@ Park & Tilford Cineplex
200 — 333 Brooksbank,
North Vancouver (985-3911)
American Beauty (144A) —

» 7:15, 9:50 pan.

Hearts (P

12:45, 3:20, 7, 9:45 Pp
Blue Streak (PG) — 3:05,
3:15, 7:20, 9:30 p.m.
Jacob Two-Two Meets the
Hooded Fang (G) — 1:30,
3:40, 6:55 p.m.
The Adventures of Elmo in
Grouchland (G) — 1:40,
3:50, 6:45 p.m.
Drive Me Crazy (PG) —
1:15, 3:39, 7:30, 9:40 p.m.
Jakob the Liar (PG) — 9
pm.
Austin Powers: The Spy
Who Shagged Me (PG) —
9:10 p.m. $5 admission.

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200 W. Esplanade, North
Vancouver (983-2762)
Double Jeopardy --
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9:40 Sat/Sun/Mon 2, os 20,
7:10, 9:40 p.m.

. Superstar —
Fri/Tue/Wed/Thu 7:15,
9:35 p.m. Sat/Sun/Mon
2:05, 4:05, 7:15, 9:35 p.m.
Three Kings —~
Fri/Tue/Wed/Thu 7:20,
10:00 p.m. Sat/Sun/Mon
2:20, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 p.m.
Mumford — 9:35
Mystery, Alaska —

Si /Sun/Mod 28, 7:25

‘ Fri/ Tue /Wed/Thu 7: 35,
9: 50 Sat/Sun/Mon 2: 25,

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Runaway Bride (PG) — 7:10
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For the Love of the Game
(PG) — 7:05, 9:35 p.m.

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201-999 Canada Place (682-
4629)

Extreme — 1:15, 3:30, 9
pan.

Alaska: Spirit of the Wild —
noon, 6, 8 p.m. daily

Island of the Sharks — 2:15,
4:45, 7 and 10 p.in.

T-Rex: Back to the
Cretaceous in IMAX 31D daily
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@ Fifth Avenue Cinemas
2420 Burrard at Sth,
Vancouver ( 734-8700)

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4:40 p. m. “ind Neaytue t4
p.m.

Better Than Chocolate
(18A) — 7, 9:20 p.m. plus
Sat/Sun 1:30, 4 p.m. and
Mon/ tue 4 p.m. (no shows
Wed, Oct. 13 and Thu, Oct.
14) :
Buena Vista Social Club (G)
—~ 7:10, 9:25 p.m. plus
Sat,/Sun 1:40, 4:10 p.m. and
Mon/Tue 4: 10 p.m.

My Life So Far (PG) —
7:15, 9:30 p.m. plus Sat/Sun
2,4: BU p.m. and Mon/Tue
4:30 p.n.

Guinevere (subject to classifi-
cation) — 7:05, 9:35 p.m.
plus Sat/Sun 1:50, 4:20 p.m.
and Mon/Tue 4:20 p.m.

@ Park Theatre

' ~ 3440 Cambie at 18th,

Vancouver (876-2747)
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9:30 p.m. ets Sat/Sun 1:30,
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3123 West Broadway,
Vancouver (738-3211)
Limbo (PG) — 7:30 p.m.
Arlington Read (14A) —
9:45 p.m.

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CANADIAN actoy Sarah Polley piays Harper Sioan in the new film Guinevere on now at Fifth Ave. Cinemas.

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Guinevere Kk aK
Starring Sarah Polley and
Stephen Rea.

Directed by Audrey Wells.

dulie Crawterd
Film Reviews

SARAH Polley has
already been proclaimed
one of the next big
things by Vanity Fair
magazine.

A pivotal role in Atom
Egoyan 's The Sweet Hereafter
got her noticed; her riveting

performance in "Guinevere will
pet her on Hollywood’s A-

Polley plays Harper Sloan
who, when we first meet her,
seems as uncomfortable in her

own skin as she is in her ilt-fit- :

ting bridesmaid’s dress.

While ditching her sister’s
wedding reception for the
comforz of a bottle of cham- .

ley shines in Gui

pagne, Harper runs into
Connic Fitzpatrick (Stephen
Rea), the wedding photogya-
her. “I don’ t like to be
looked at,” she confides.
Connie gains Harper's trust
when he manages to get her

out of all the wedding photos.

Attracted by the older
man’s bohemian qualities,
friendship quickly tums to an
affair, and it isn’t long before
Harper, whom Connie calls
Guinevere, moves in. But the
living arrangements come
with a price: Harper must
study the arts, and Connie is
her stavemaster teacher.
“You’re mistaking me for
someone with potential,”

Harper insists.

joes Connie unconscious-
ly or subconsciously play
mind games with Hi:
indeed 1 Harper isn’t the fit

roung Guinevere to suppos-

edly benefit f from Connie's
tutelage. And his nickname
for her certainly anticipates
her ultimate “betrayal” of
him.

Guinevere gives an un-
romanticized account of what

May/September couplings are.

really like. The film explores:
the all-too-common exploita-
tive relationship between an
older man and an insecure
young woman. Be it the rela-
tionship between teacher/stu-
dent, coach/player or -
pimp/child prostitute, the
dynamics are the same.

Harper cuts off relations cwith

her family, she turns down

. Harvard Law School, and

learns to live by Connie’s ©

mood swings. _ ;
Polley plays Harper with:

out an ounce of artifice, and

hevere

"undergoes the transformation
from awkward gitl to confi-
dent young woman effortless
ly. Jean Smart is excellent in
the few scenes she steals as
Harper’s bitter mom. :
but Guinevere isn’t with- :
out its flaws, most notably the.
unlikely ending. It would’ve
been more believable if
Harper retumed to law school
on her own terms or.at least.
turned her back on what.
Connie taught her, The
reunion of the Guineveres is
too sentimental, and the
dream_-sequence is entire!

. of place, and pace, with

rest 0 of the
The performances and th
honest treatment of Conni

_and Harper's relationship, |

however, compensate fo:
last-act flaws, and inake
Guinevere well worth seein

n inrchase;necessany -

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