Stanford White

(3 ½ STARS) (unrated) PLOT An innocent girl is caught between a jaded older lover and a rich but unstable young suitor. CAST Ludivine Sagnier, Francois Berléand, Benoit Magimel LENGTH 1:50 PLAYING AT Cinema Arts Centre, Huntington BOTTOM LINE...

One silent look from the French actress Ludivine Sagnier can tilt a cinematic world on its axis. In Claude Chabrol's "A Girl Cut in Two," in theaters today, Sagnier plays Gabrielle, a TV weather girl in love with a married novelist (François Berléand)....

MOVIES BANGKOK DANGEROUS. In the gritty Thai city, hit-man Nicolas Cage lets the bullets fly ... and perhaps opens his heart. Opens Friday. A GIRL CUT IN TWO. Sex, murder and insanity commingle in Claude Chabrol's latest drama, loosely based on the...

On June 25, 1788, Virginia ratified the U.S. Constitution. In 1852 architect Antonio Gaudi was born in Reus, Spain. In 1876 Lt. Col. George Custer and his 7th Cavalry were massacred by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of Little Bighorn in...

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The European Union Film Festival continues at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State St.; 312-846-2600. For a complete schedule, visit www.siskelfilmcenter.org. 'A Girl Cut in Two' 3 1/2 stars (good-excellent) (France/Germany; Claude Chabrol, 2007)....

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After just two trips to Shanghai, I've already developed a first-day routine that I'm sure I'll stick to on future visits: As soon as I drop my bags at the hotel, I head directly for one of the rooftop bars and restaurants lining the Bund, the city's...

NEW YORK CITY'S 94th first lady is having a celebrity friend to tea at her Long Island farmhouse and you're invited, too. They won't be there in person, of course, because she and her contemporaries are long gone (the city is now up to Mayor No. 107)....