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...this a political thriller? In part, yes. The film has whispered conspiracies, a typewriter smuggled inside a cake box, the sexual compromising of a beautiful woman, a violent death. But those are mere trappings of a social structure that puts everyone at mortal risk, the spies no less than the spied upon. The narrative is a noose, tightening around all the characters--and the moviegoer...
...entirely in Japanese. The selections for the year’s biggest prize are quite eclectic for the Academy’s taste—besides “The Departed,” which grossed over $100 million, none of the nominees have done very well at the box office. The category’s very noticeable absence of “Dreamgirls” incited controversy. Despite having the most nominations—a grand total of eight, due largely to three for Best Original Song—the film failed to make the cut, a first...
...sameness in a focused, non-didactic way. Finally, Sabrina Chou ’09 questions conventional ideas about the nature of human interaction in her work “Vend a Friend” (2006). “Vend a Friend” is comprised of a large cardboard box with written directions, explaining that with the insertion of a “ticket,” a cardboard “friend” comes through a slot in the box. On one side, an open door reveals the reality that each friend inside the box is the same...
...Stone said.Despite the comeback, Harvard’s hopes appeared to be dashed after Stack scored her second goal of the game for B.C. on a power play, following a holding penalty called on sophomore Sarah Vaillancourt.But Vaillancourt immediately redeemed herself when she left the penalty box, receiving the puck from co-captain Julie Chu and threading a nifty pass to sophomore Jenny Brine. Brine ripped a shot into the top-left corner of the net. The goal was Brine’s team-leading 22nd goal of the season.Both teams played tough defense until the end of regulation, sending...
...having participated in the longest game in NCAA history, since the organization began keeping records for women’s hockey in 2000. Longer even than the Crimson’s memorable triple-overtime war of attrition with Mercyhurst in the Frozen Eight two years ago. Longer, the press box consensus went, than any college women’s hockey game save one, shorter than only four games on the men’s side. The game lasted so long the band, Harvard’s most vocal supporters, had to depart Conte Forum after the first overtime, in order...