By JONATHAN RICHARDS I FOR Fall of the House of Kepesh Jonathan Richards I For The New Mexican Elegy, May-December infatuation, rated R, Regal DeVargas, 988- 2775, 2.5 chiles "The biggest surprise in a man's life is old age," says David Kepesh (Ben Kingsley), quoting Tolstoy.

By MARK SHECHNER Past efforts to translate Philip Roth's books into film have produced one dog after another. They include Larry Peerce's "Goodbye Columbus" (1969), Ernest Lehman's gagfest "Portnoy's Complaint" (1972) and Robert Benton's dreary "The Human Stain" (2003).

By Anthony Quinn FILM OF THE WEEK ELEGY (15) Isabel Coixet (112 mins) **** STARRING Ben Kingsley, Penelope Cruz, Dennis Hopper This had all the warning signs of a disaster.

By Siobhan Synnot ELEGY * Director: Isabel Coixet Running time: 113 minutes AGREAT date movie is not necessarily a movie about dating, or relationships, or any movie that comes close to examining sexual relations.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - English writer Doris Lessing won the 2007 Nobel Prize in literature, the Swedish Academy said Thursday.