<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Features</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artsandliving/movies/features?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</link><description>Features</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Laughing Across Color Lines]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9494-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9494-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:29:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It just might be that, however segregated live comedy has become, at the movies we're at least getting together and laughing together.]]></description><author> Ann Hornaday</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Way With the Punch Line]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6311-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6311-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:29:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In Asia, he's huge. But in America, nobody notices Stephen Chow, the star-director-writer of "Kung Fu Hustle." At least not yet.]]></description><author> William Booth</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear of Films]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8066-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8066-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:29:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Whether  his movies break box-office records or flop worse than "Ishtar," Sydney Pollack has the same feelings about making them: fear and misery.]]></description><author> Desson Thomson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Springtime Love Connection]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56476-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56476-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:29:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Got a passion for screen romance? Here's a low-stress quiz to see if you really &#9829; movies.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silent Film Premiere]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51651-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51651-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:29:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With its remake of "Trapped by the Mormons," colorful theater troupe Cherry Red Productions is channeling its efforts toward the screen instead of the stage.]]></description><author> Jonathan Padget</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scare Tactics]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37401-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37401-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:29:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The horror movie will not go away. And as the scare-genre mutates, an old form emerges from the shadows: menace.]]></description><author> Stephen Hunter</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Blood, Old Ideas: Horror's Familiar Scripts]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37402-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37402-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:29:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Hollywood is gripped by horror.<br>Opinions are divided as to whether the current glut of movies that fall inside the very porous boundary of classic horror  --  with vividly suggestive titles, relatively modest budgets, lack of expensive star names  --  is a welcome dose of lifeblood to an...]]></description><author> Bridget rne</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asian Itinerary]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37407-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37407-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:29:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Unlike previous festivals, this year's Filmfest DC focuses on the films of India and China.]]></description><author> Ann Hornaday</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ultimate Workout]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26666-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26666-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:29:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Jane Fonda exorcises her demons in her new autobiography and gets set for a return to the big screen in "Monster-in-Law."]]></description><author> Lynne Duke</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apartheid and Cinema Verity]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18959-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18959-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:29:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It's tough to reconcile the truth with "In My Country's" handling of it.]]></description><author> Lynne Duke</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holding the Thriller Genre 'Hostage']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18960-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18960-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:29:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Bruce Willis movie "Hostage" provides the perfect vehicle to examine a clinical question: What is wrong with the thriller today?]]></description><author> Stephen Hunter</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stephen Hunter Recommends]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18961-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18961-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:29:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Three perfect small thrillers that illustrate how well this kind of movie can be made.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Break in Jackson's Picture]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17514-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17514-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:29:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Other stars may pick and choose their projects like anorexic models. Samuel L. Jackson fills his plate.]]></description><author> William Booth</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Totally In Character]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14557-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14557-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:29:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Throughout his career as an actor, Day-Lewis has been nothing if not committed, to a degree that is invariably mesmerizing and often alarming.]]></description><author> David Segal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[It Hurts to Laugh]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5809-2005Mar27.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5809-2005Mar27.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:29:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The story of Gene Wilder's life is filled with comedy, but ultimately it is not funny.]]></description><author> David Segal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Facets of a Rising Star]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2303-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2303-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:29:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Starring in "Melinda and Melinda" is an intriguing challenge for 31-year-old Radha Mitchell, whose eclectic career has earned an eclectic audience.]]></description><author> Darragh Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['Annie' Doesn't Live Here Anymore]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1131-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1131-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:29:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Woody Allen's Manhattan has become a cultural prison-island where the collective guilt isn't criminal behavior, it's self-absorption and haute pretentiousness.]]></description><author> Desson Thomson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Desson Thomson Recommends]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1132-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1132-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:29:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Desson Thomson Recommends <br>In these three films, Woody Allen goes to the dark side  --  successfully. And you don't feel as though you're stuck in Manhattan, either.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making 'Millions']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52506-2005Mar20.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52506-2005Mar20.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:29:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Do we have this correct: Danny Boyle, director of "Trainspotting" and "28 Days Later," has made a PG-rated movie about children?]]></description><author> Desson Thomson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Channeling a Profit]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47227-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47227-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/movies/features</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:29:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When the DVD of "What the Bleep Do We Know!?" hit the market last week, it did so after earning more than $10 million in theaters. Not bad for a movie you've probably never heard of.]]></description><author> Ann Hornaday</author></item></channel></rss>