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Filmed in a pastoral eden by John Duigan

Sirens #%% (Miramax Filnis)
Rated R (at the Park & Tilford,

: Granville, Varsity and Coquitlam
cinemas)

hat do a minister,
his wife and a
-Y- voluptuous nude |
“nailed to a cross have in
_ common? »

“At first, nothing. But when
British vicar Anthony Campion
(Hugh Grant) and his wife, Estella
_ Tara Fitzgerald) are sent to
Australia to do battle with blas-
phemous artist Norman Lindsay
“(Sam Neill), the minister finds out

_ that he’s not quite as liberated as

he. thougtit he was.
- Lindsay's latest social outrage

isa painting called ‘Crucified. -

: Venus which ‘portrays a naked

“woman nailed to the cross with’

“the clergy. at:her-bleeding feet.
While it’s tame by today’s stan- -
dards, in 1930 it makes the

“~echurch-boil under its dog collar:

So much so that they want
: Lindsay to remove it from.a .
~. pending exhibition. |
That’s how Anthony and
Estella end up.at the artist's:
estate. And that’s also where his .
: latest painting, The Sirens, may
.- beckon their taarriage.to a

. watery grave... cine

While the men civilly: debate

‘ moral philosophy, Lindsay’s.

models (Elle MacPherson, Portia

‘; de Rossa, Kate Fisher) entice the

restrained Estella to join them on
.their little adventurous romps.

** The casual nudity, wildlife roam-:
“ing unchecked and a handsome

die

- FILM REVIEW

handyman basking in the buff is
a revelation that becomes a liber-
ation for someone more accus-
tomed to social teas and prayer
meetings.

Lovingly filmed in a pastoral

‘eden, director John Duigan

(Flirting, The Year My Voice
Broke) lingers on open female |
sensuality. The languid pace is

filled with slithering snakes,
bawdy jokes and Stilton cheese

being teasingly licked from fin-
gers. (It’s what you would call an -
earthy atmosphere.)

Likeable Hugh Grant gives the
vicar an optimistic charm and
intelligence that makes this man
of the cloth a man first'and fore: -
most. Sam Neill is equally good
in an understated performance as
the passionate painter. .

But this is really the women's

~. showcase and Tara Fitzgerald
. hijacks every scene, shedding
‘one strait-laced inhibition at a

time.
The Joy Luck Club tok |
(Hollywood Pictures Home
Video) Rated Mature

Four mothers. Four daughters.

Two cultures. Good luck!

The Joy Luck Club is a weekly
get-together of the mahjong-play-
ing mothers who bemoan the
mistakes their daughters make
hut remain fiercely proud and
protective of their offspring.

After her mother dies, June
(Ming- -Na Wen) sits in with her

“aunties” at the game table.
However, she finds her responsi-
bilities don’t end there. She has
to go to China and advise her
long-lost step-sisters of her moth-

ers death.

Director Wayne Wang and
the terrific ensemble cast are
more than a natch for this com-
plex movie with 16 interlocking

story lines, a jumile of characters

and multiple time fraries:”

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