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...wins over), acquit themselves admirably. Perhaps the most inspired supporting performance comes from the ever-dependable Craig Ferguson, who voices Hiccup’s mentor Gobber, a character who says everything mentor characters are never supposed to say in movies, thus providing some of the film’s best laughs. At one point, when Hiccup complains how he can’t help that he wasn’t born with the beefy physique of his father, Gobber helpfully explains “It’s not what’s outside that he dislikes—it?...
...time of its release, “Games of Love and Chance” was a triumphant critical success, winning four prizes—including Best Film, Best Director, Best Writing, and Most Promising Actress—at the César Awards in France. His subsequent movie, “The Secret of the Grain,” released in 2007, achieved even stronger critical acclaim. Along with the same four César prizes rewarded to “Games of Love and Chances,” it also received three others at the Venice Film Festival, including...
...studio courses are still a helpful foundation,” said Paula Soares, Manager of Academic Programs for VES. Further, the Office of Student Life, which boasts a list of over 413 officially recognized student groups, does not include a single student group explicitly focused on graphic design. The best resources Harvard has to offer its graphic designers are free software downloads: both Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop are offered to students by Harvard’s FAS Information Technology...
Around Heidi flit a host of eccentric characters who add color and humor to the play. As Susan Johnston, Heidi’s volatile best friend, Emily B. Hyman ’13 was both boisterous and comical. She portrayed extreme change with grace. At the play’s beginning, she is a loud member of a woman’s collective in Montana. By the end, she is one more discouraging force in Heidi’s life. “I mean, equal rights is one thing, equal pay is one thing, but blaming everything on being...
...logical extension of his experience at the Kennedy School, Khuri explains. “The Kennedy School did a great job of urging me to contribute,” he says. “But I found that working in a bureaucracy turned out not to be the best way for me to achieve that. I wanted to connect on a more direct level, and I found that the best way I could do so was by playing music. If having that one-on-one connection means just playing Saturday night gigs...