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...bongos and flutes from a lighthearted Caribbean tune invade the decrepit room. At this point, the last (or maybe first) thing you’d expect is the blind to break out singing as if in a seeing-impaired musical. But something similar, and potentially worse, happens: they all begin to whistle along. This ironically cheerful moment is abruptly severed, as the various wards form mock governments. The self-proclaimed “King of the Third Ward,” played by Gael Garcia Bernal, claims that he will only distribute food in exchange for women. In ridiculously cheesy...
...important tonal and thematic element has already led some critics to call “Ballast” one of the best debut features in years. Hammer was given the award for Best Director at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The film, which will begin a theatrical run at the Kendall Square Cinema on October 17, revolves around the impact that a man’s suicide has on his twin brother, ex-lover, and young son. Utilizing three nonprofessional, local actors to portray the principal characters lends the film a sense of weight and realism...
...here are personal. Walls speak to the students and—better yet—the students use them to speak to one another.“The building was to reflect the occupants,” explains Hartman. “The people that pass through it would begin to claim the building in a way.”Inside the laboratories, attention to the needs of the scientists and students prevails. D. Allan Drummond, a Bauer Fellow working in the building, says, “The new lab space is gorgeous.”Drummond explains that...
...Shea’s life, I am reminded of the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, who argued that God deserves special praise for “all things counter, original, spare, strange.” Perhaps this explains why, when the wrecking balls begin to gouge holes in Shea’s alienating concrete exterior this fall, I will feel a peculiar yet visceral pang of sadness...
...baby into her chest like a bear hug. She then turned away from officers while bending over at the waist, turning her body in an attempt to prevent the officers from taking the child." When another officer stepped in, Griffin began swinging back and forth urgently, causing Jesse to begin to cry and his head to lurch violently back and forth, the complaint reads. "The detective was concerned that the baby would not be able to breathe. Using force, he and another officer were able to get the child away from the defendant." At that point, police say, Griffin reached...