Butdonotattempttomakepaellawithouttheproperpanandtheproperrice.

    PARISAstronglywordedprotestagainsttheproposedfilmdecreenowbeingfinallyconsideredbyMarioRoustan,MinisterofNationalEducation,replacingthepresentstrictquotaonthereleaseof“dubbed”AmericanfilmsinFrancebyamoredrasticquota,forcingFrenchcinemastoshow30percentFrenchfilms,ismadeinthelatestissueof“L’Ecran,”aweeklycinemapublication.Thepresentquotaauthorizes94“dubbed”Americanfilmseverysixmonths,“dubbing”beingthetermusedforfilmswithdialogueinFrench.ByeliminatingthisquotaandsubstitutingtherulethatFrenchcinemasmustrun30percentFrenchfilms,thealreadynarrowAmericanmarketwouldbefurtherreduced.

    WATERBURYMattatuckMuseumArtsandHistoryCenter“There’sNothingHeretoMakeaManLoveaSoldier’sLife,”CivilWarartifacts.ThroughSept.18.“RoomsWithaView:200YearsofAmericanDesign.”ThroughSept.25.;seniors,;childrenunder16,free.TuesdaysthroughSaturdays,10a.m.to5p.m.;Sundays,noonto5p.m.MattatuckMuseumArtsandHistoryCenter,144WestMainStreet.mattatuckmuseum.org;(203)753-0381.

    ‘TibetinSong’(Norating,1:26,inEnglishandTibetan)Inthisstirring,dismayingdocumentary,NgawangChoephel,aTibetanmusicologist,doesmorethanjusttellhisownremarkablestoryofbeingimprisonedbytheChinesewhilehewastryingtorecordTibetanfolksongs.HerecapsTibet’slongstruggle,paintsastarkpictureofChina’seffortstoeraseTibetancultureandintroducesustosomecourageoussoulswhohaveresistedtheencroachments.(Genzlinger)20100930

    Bepatient,Tasha.Bepatientwiththeinevitableprocesstosuccess.Don’tgrowweary,forindueseason,youwillreaptheblessingsGodhasforyou.

    ‘Winter’sBone’(R,1:40)DebraGranik’sflintyOzarknoirfollowsateenagegirl’ssearchforhermissingfather,anexpertmethamphetaminecookerwhohasfallenafoulofhisownoutlawkin.JenniferLawrence’sleadperformanceisflawlessandhelpstoliftthisfilmaboveatleastsomeoftheusualindependent-movieassumptionsaboutruralpovertyinAmerica.(Scott)20100930

    July26,1990BarneyFrankofMassachusetts,forusingpoliticalinfluencetofixparkingtickets,andtoswayprobationofficersforapersonalfriend.

    ThatittookBritainacenturyandahalftoaccepttheGregorianstandardisonemeasureoftheanti-Catholicbigotrythathasstaineditshistory.

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    ★‘GetLow’(PG-13,1:42)RobertDuvallplaysaTennesseehermitwhoarrangeshisownfuneralwhileheisstillalive.BillMurrayistheundertakerwhoagreestoorganizetheservice,andSissySpacekisanoldflameofthenotquitedeceased.Thestory,basedonareal-lifeanecdoteofDepression-eraAppalachia,veersintosomecornyandoverfamiliarterritory,butthetellingiseasyandassured,andthecastishardtobeat.(Scott)20100930

    Theironkadhaiistheworkhorse.Freshfromthestore,withadustyslickofoiltopreventitfromrusting,itlooksprimitiveandunlovely.