The Henry James novel by the same name is much better. But in the end the movie is not much more than an anthology of beautiful shots and world-weary attitudes. Placido, Italy - and the director, Anton Corbijn, manages a quiet, oblique tone. ![]() ‘The American’ (R, 1:45) George Clooney is a shadowy assassin-type who settles down in an Italian village, where trouble follows him and he falls for a local prostitute played by Violante Placido. ![]() This documentary covers the striking breadth of its early years (the ’30s and ’40s), enlivened by her lucid memory and sensible, compassionate bearing. ‘Ahead of Time’ (No rating, 1:13, in English and Hebrew) The career of Ruth Gruber - reporter, photographer, civil servant, memoirist, humanitarian and riveting raconteur, now almost 99 - is remarkable, and not only for a woman of her generation. Full reviews of all current releases, movie trailers, showtimes and tickets: /movies. Ratings and running times are in parentheses foreign films have English subtitles.
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