@ Park & Tiiford Cineplex 200 — 333 Brookshank, North Vancouver (985-3921) Girl Interrupted (PG) -— 12:50, 3:45, 7:10, 9:50 p.m. Stuart Little (G} — 12:40, 2:45, 6:30 p.m. Down to You (PG) —- 1:20, 3:20, 7:20, 9:25 p.m. Sunshine (18A) — 8:15 p.m. Snow Falling on Cedars f14A) — 1, 3:40, 6:55, 9:35 End of the Affair (PG) -- 1:10, 3:30, 7, 9:15 p.m. The Hurricane (PG) — 12:30, 3:25, 6:45, 9:45 p.m. Esplanade 6 Cinemas 200 W. Esplanade, North Vancouver (983-2762) The Talented Mr. Ripley — Fri, Mon-Thu 7:05, 9:50 p.m. Sat/Sun 1:30, 4:10, 7:05, 9:50 p.m. House Rules — Fri, Aton- Tau 7, 9:40 p.m. Sat/Sun 1:40, 4:26, 7, 9:40 p.m. Toy Story 2 —- Fri, Mon- Thu 7:30'p.m. Sat/Sun 1:45, 4:30, 7:30 p.m. Supernova — 9:35 p.m. Play it to the Bone — Fri, Mon-Thu 7:10, 9:45 p.m. Sat/Sun 1:56, 4:25, 7:10 9:45 p.m. The Green Mile -—— Fri, Mon-Thu 7:45 p.m. Sat/Sun 2, 7:45 p.m. Galaxy Quest —- Fri, Mon- Thu 7:15, 9:30 p.m. Sat/Sun 2:10; 4:40, 7:15, 9:30 p.m. @ Caprice Park Royal South West Vancouver (926-6699) Sweet & Lowdown (PG) — 7:05 p.m. Man on the Moon (?'G) — 7, 9:15 p.m. Anna and the King (PG) — 7:40 p.m. The World is Not Enough (PG) —9 p.m. Fifth Avenue Cinemas 2110 Burrard at 5th, Vancouver (734-8700) Magriolia (14A) — 7:10, 10:30 p.m.Sat/Sun/Tue 3:30 p.m. (no 10:30 p.m. show on - Sun, Mon, Wed, Thu) The Talented Mr. Ripley (PG) — 7, 9:40 p.m. Sat/Sun 1:15, 4:20 p.m. Tue 4:20 p.m. (no 7 p.m. show Feb. 2) Angela's Ashes (14A) — 6:50, 9:45 p.m. Sat/Sun 1, 4 p-m. Tue 4 p.m. All About My Mother (14A) — 7:20, 9:30 p.m. Sat/Sun 1:30, 4:30 p.m. Tue 4:30 * Sanshine (18A) — 7:3€ p.m. Sat/Sun 12:45, 4:10 p.m. Tue 4:10 p.m. @ Park Theatre 3440 Cambie at 18th, Vancouver (876-2747) Topsy Turvy (PG) — 3:30, 6:45, 9:50 p.m. @ Hollywood Theatre 3123 West Broadway, Vancouver (738-3211) Buena Vist> Social Club (G) * — 7:30 p.m. Music of the “eart (PG) — 9:20 p.m. : . Pacific Cinematheque 1131 Howe St., Vancouver (684-3456) Cinematheque Ontario recently asked 60 film pro- grammers to choose their top ten films of the 1990s. The Pacific Cinematheque will screen executive director Jim Sinclair's selections over the next couple of weeks. This weekend it’s Kiarostami's A Taste of Cherry (Iran 1997} tonight at 7:30 p.m and Sat., fan. 29 at 9:25 p.m. Kaurismaki’s Drifting Clouds (Finland 1996) tonight at 9:25 p.m. and Sat., Jan. 29 ac 7:30 p.m. Julie Crawford Contributing Writer DIRECTOR Stephan Elliott sounds relaxed over the phone from New York. Unlike the last starlet I spoke to, who was on her 15th interview of the day, Elliott has learned how to play the game, how to say no. “For the first dine in my career I’m actually begin- ning te sav, ‘F#!* "em, they can wait’.” He’s earned it. Australian-born Elliott is promoting his new film Eve of the Beholder starring Ewan McGregor and Ashley Judd. In addition to directing the film, Elliott wrote the screenplay and put up ali his own money to get the film made. Ic’s been a seven-year labour of love. Ellioti has wanted to make the film since his 1994 debut hit Priscilla: Queen of the Desert. “ft (the atrention from Priscilla) was very flat- tering... I was limocd around from one end of L.A. to the other, got great accolades thrown at me. But they wanted another large Hollywood romantic comedy — ny other offers came in out- side of that.” After the success of Priscilla Elliott found him- self typecast as someone who did comedies. (A lacklustre 1997 offering, Welcume To Woop Woop, didn’t help.) “All they wanted, all they still want, to be perfectly honest, is Priscilla 2.” “What it (Eve of the Beholder) will do is break those shackles. It’s killing ‘Priscilla,’ as much as | love it.” Eve of the Beholder is a drastic departure from musical comedy. It is a psychological thriller in the ald tradition, drawing the usual coniparisons to Hitchcock and DePalma. Ewan McGregor plays a reclusive intelligence agent known simply as The Eye. Holed up in an office with only his computer for comfort, The Eve is so out of touch that he wakes up one day and realizes his wife and daughter are gone. He monitors people with high-tech gadgetry, e-mails and video conferences, rarely interacting with anyone face to face. It’s symptomatic of our culture today, and Elliott says it scares him. Photo Soviile Pictures DIRECTOR Stephan Elliott (right) and Ewan McGregor on the set of Eye of the Beholder. The thriller also stars Ashiey Judd and Norih Vancouver native Jason Priestley. “This film is very much a statement about my techno-fear. It’s beginning to scare me... P’'m watching too many people disappearing into a digital void.” We debate the merits of Playstations and Pac- Man until bis kettle boils. “I grew up on Bondi Reach: we used to surf, get skin cancer, have a fabulous time. Kids today are just sitting at their bloody computers” After running through the list of top 10 lead- ing men to play The Eve (“the Brad Pitts”) Elliott met Ewan McGregor in.a pub and the ewo were “immediate drinking buddies.” “Alcohol is the first great bond... and Ewan was the first person whe got it, vou know GOT it. See Thriller Page 29 YOU COULD WIN one of THREE New Cars starting January I7th. Pick up your game card at any full service White Spot before February 27 and play Tic Tac Triple O, Scratch 3 O's in a row and you could win one of three new cars or one of thousands of other great prizes. 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