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Val Kilmer Brought a Wonderfully Weird Sensibility to Every Role

Even his choice of parts could be eccentric. In the end, he’s best thought of as a character actor trapped in a leading man’s body.

By Esther Zuckerman

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Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65

A wide-ranging leading man who earned critical praise, he was known to be charismatic but unpredictable. At one point he dropped out of Hollywood for a decade.

By Bruce Weber

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The Bizarro Worlds of Quentin Dupieux’s Comedy

The French director, whose latest film is “Smoking Causes Coughing,” spoke about five comedy clips that have inspired his work.

By Nicolas Rapold