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...afternoon of the Competition's last day - traditionally a dumping ground - but Penn and his colleagues also saw it as a great film whose qualities could not be ignored. Penn called it "virtually a seamless film. It's everything you want film to give you." Juror Alfonso Cuaron described The Class as "high cinema you can share with a young audience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And At Cannes, the Winner Is... | 5/25/2008 | See Source »

...head of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for the Family, Colombian-born Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo was a staunch advocate of the Roman Catholic Church's conservative policies, opposing abortion, stem-cell research, gay marriage and contraception--at one point calling into question the efficacy of condoms in preventing the spread of HIV. Considered a possible candidate for Pope before Benedict XVI succeeded John Paul II in 2005, López Trujillo was deeply wary of leftist liberation theology and its influence on Latin American Catholicism. "I don't believe that in Latin America, Marxism has any possibilities," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 4/24/2008 | See Source »

...embodies everything good about (illegal) immigrant heroism. Overall, “Under the Same Moon” is watchable, entertaining, and well-meaning, but the predictable plot fails to address immigration as a complex social issue. The movie follows nine-year-old Carlitos (played with sweet seriousness by Adrian Alfonso) as he crosses the Mexican-American border illegally after his grandmother’s death to search for his mother. The plot is conventional, but Carlitos is heartbreakingly cute. His relationship with Enrique (Eugenio Derbez), the migrant worker who comes to take care of him, is charming, funny...

Author: By Linda Y. Liu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Under the Same Moon (La misma luna) | 4/3/2008 | See Source »

...major set change is seamless as two large doors open to replace a living room with a garden landscape.The talented cast fills Raasch’s set well, using both their voices and their gestures to bring Mozart’s story of seduction and betrayal to life. Don Alfonso, played by Jonathan G. Roberts ’09, plots a test of female loyalty, but he needs the treacherous persuasion that Robin W. Reinert ’10 brings to her role of Despina in order to orchestrate his con. Both Roberts and Reinert carry the production with their...

Author: By Eric M. Sefton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Così fan Tutte' Carried by Cast | 2/20/2008 | See Source »

...major set change is seamless as two large doors open to replace a living room with a garden landscape.The talented cast fills Raasch’s set well, using both their voices and their gestures to bring Mozart’s story of seduction and betrayal to life. Don Alfonso, played by Jonathan G. Roberts ’09, plots a test of female loyalty, but he needs the treacherous persuasion that Robin W. Reinert ’10 brings to her role of Despina in order to orchestrate his con. Both Roberts and Reinert carry the production with their...

Author: By Eric M. Sefton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Così fan Tutte' Carried by Cast | 2/10/2008 | See Source »

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