Word: acclaim
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Last year, Laura Marling released her debut album, “Alas I Cannot Swim,” to much critical acclaim. She was, in fact, nominated for the prestigious 2008 Barclaycard Mercury Prize, which honors recorded music by British and Irish artists. And she’s still just a teenager...
Although Nair’s films—from “Salaam Bombay!” to “Monsoon Wedding”—have garnered widespread acclaim from the media, she is a populist at heart, playing more to the audience here than to the critics. This is not a bad thing; although some might find the constant swelling of tympanis and the inconsistent quality of the digital effects to be grating and cheesy, these are forgivable and do not detract from the meaning or pleasure of the movie. Nair’s affinity...
...groups to emerge from that movement, sweater-clad, skinny-white-boy duo Kings of Convenience—otherwise known as Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe—have found the most commercial success. Critical acclaim up to this point has been well-deserved: their delicate guitar strumming, occasionally infused with piano, horns, and violin, channels the pared-down acoustics of Pink Moon-era Nick Drake and warm harmonizing of Simon & Garfunkel into gentle, unassumingly beautiful melodies. Øye, the Paul Simon of the pair, sings in a slightly accented baritone about girls he?...
...writing on his own comedy show “Late Night With Conan O’Brien,” and Rich for his work on Saturday Night Live. 30 Rock, which was created by Saturday Night Live writer and comedian Tina Fey, has earned critical and commercial acclaim since the pilot episode aired in October 2006. The cast includes Fey, Tracy Morgan, and Alec Baldwin. Perhaps as a testament to its success, 30 Rock took home the Best Comedy Series award for the third year in a row. Hubbard has written and produced for the show since...
...Japanese public, they will have the chance to make up their own minds about the film - if The Cove is released in theaters after the festival. Whether the acclaim will be as great as it has been at other festivals remains to be seen. But for the filmmakers, a few dolphins freed and a screening at TIFF might just be reward enough...