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THE CIVIL WAR Documentary (PBS, unrated) Ken Burns takes us behind the conflict between the states as only he can: with deep, sepia emotion. A

GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT: THE LEGACY OF SUN RECORDS Documentary (Image, unrated) The house that Elvis built still shimmies with soul. A-

MONSOON WEDDING Naseeruddin Shah (USA, R) Director Mira Nair's color-drenched Indian drama is a joyous hymn to the bond of family. A

COMING UP

GANGSTER No. 1 (MGM, R) The rise and fall of one of Britain's baddest blokes, costarring Malcolm McDowell, who knows a thing or two about the subject.

LUMUMBA (Zeitgeist, unrated) A time-shifting biopic of the African beer salesman who would become the prime minister of a newly independent Congo.

MR. DEEDS (Columbia TriStar, PG-13) Winona Ryder makes off with... Adam Sandler's heart as a girl in love with a nouveau riche simpleton.

SCOTLAND, PA (Showtime, R) Macbeth in a Pennsylvania burger joint -- funny how thinking about Shakespeare can put one in the mood for fast food.

Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN (MGM, unrated/R) The kind of hot, steamy, poignant, three-way, ambisexual, May-August sex you can only get south of the border.

Originally posted Oct 18, 2002 Published in issue #678 Oct 18, 2002 Order article reprints

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