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"TELL" TALE: "Tell No One" dominated the 2006 Césars (the French Oscars) by picking up four awards, including a best actor honor for François Cluzet. Known as a fixture in Claude Chabrol's relationship-driven films, the veteran French character actor emerges...

Southfork's loss is Southall's gain as Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder chadha tells Siobhan Synnot about scoring another winner with a new Brit comedy

MAMMA MIA! (12A) Director: Phyllida Lloyd Running time: 108 minutes **

THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM (12A) ***

New york - A spellbinding fever-dream of a film, "My Winnipeg" isn't your average documentary. Which is in keeping with the idiosyncratic oeuvre of the movie's director, Canadian iconoclast Guy Maddin, who isn't your average filmmaker today.

The new "Journey to the Center of the Earth" may be a milestone in the evolution of 3-D film technology - but it owes a great big comin' atcha high-five to a long line of films from the goofy-glasses past. Without a hideously disfigured Vincent Price diabolically sculpting his wax figures decades ago, there would be no hunky Brendan Fraser ...

With the Boston French Film Festival starting this Thursday - more on that in a moment - why not think about a full Francophone immersion and take in the splendid Yves Saint Laurent exhibition in Montreal as well?

Film News: Director shooting Broadway show for cable -- Spike Lee will film the Broadway tuner "Passing Strange." Helmer will shoot three perfs -- two with auds and one without -- of the critically lauded but sales-challenged musical, according to online reports that surfaced over the holiday weekend.

Film News: Cologne screenings run July 10-13 -- German Films Previews, the teutonic film market taking place in Cologne July 10-13, will showcase 23 local pics, including Andreas Dresen's Cannes screener "Cloud 9" and Helma Sanders-Brahms' "Clara," about 19th-century composer Clara Schumann.

Moviegoers checking out next week's 3-D update of the Jules Verne classic "Journey to the Center of the Earth" will get their share of popcorn spectacle - maybe not the jumbo bucket, but a medium with extra butter, anyway. Kids especially should respond to the highlights: Whoa, duck - prehistoric flying fish! Look out, that T-rex is charging right at ...