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When it was announced that Disney planned a singing, dancing Hunchback of Notre Dame [CINEMA, June 24], it seemed like an absurd idea. Having seen the movie, I can only assume the next project will be something along the lines of Anne Frank, the Musical. PHILIP J. SCHACCA West Hempstead, New York
Actress Liv Tyler is no doubt attractive, even talented [CINEMA, June 17]. She may be the new Grace Kelly or Audrey Hepburn, but right now her main claim to fame seems to be her "matter-of-fact ease with her sensuality." Famous actors like Kathy Bates, for example, or even Leslie Nielsen appear to be at ease with their sensuality. This is pointless, and as interesting as reading about the "quiet sexuality" of a turtle. RUTH SMETHERS Olathe, Kansas...
directed by Todd Solondz at Kendall Square Cinema...
...video stores. This one's easy to get to--it's right next to HMV in Brattle Square. But getting a seat can still be a struggle. Imagine an audience full of over-achiever grad students whose hauteness depends on seeing Now Voyager one last time. Kendall Square Cinema Hip art flicks, an espresso bar, and faux-art-deco interior make this the most chichi theater in town. After getting off at the Kendall-MIT stop, you have to cut through the Marriot, negotiate a deathly intersection, cross train tracks, and trudge through the dubious and probably health-threatening wastelands...
...They do. Cinema Europe is a glorious time machine transporting us back 70, 80, 100 years. A train, a dragon, a beautiful face: Look, it moves! It moves us now to relive a time when films were possessed of such ambition, achievement and optimism. Back then, you could believe that nothing mattered more than films--and that they could only get better...