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With audiences hostile to innovation, and in the absence of franchise directors, distributors look for movies that stress heart over art. The three breakout foreign-language hits of the '90s--Cinema Paradiso and Il Postino from Italy and Like Water for Chocolate from Mexico--are nice romantic dramas about love and loss. They were brilliantly promoted by Miramax. But they didn't extend film language as Fellini's or Godard's films did; instead, they gave audiences that warm-puppy feeling. Any Disney movie can do that. So can many of the American independent films that have filled...
...sophomore year—the first year the convention was held—we had no trainers, no organizers, and no one like Congressman Frost.” The event, held at the Center for Government and International Studies, began with a breakout session in which students were asked to formulate a statement to sum up the Dems’ broad principles. While some questioned whether the word “progressive” should be included in the statement, members ultimately voted to keep the word.Member-at-large and session leader Kate L. Penner ’07 said...
After the near-universal critical acclaim accorded to her debut film “Whale Rider” in 2003, director Niki Caro follows up on her breakout success with “North Country.” She looks slightly embarrassed when I address her as “Ms. Caro” and asks me to call her Niki. Caro sits down with The Crimson to talk about her life, her film, and her duty to tell the stories of great women. The Harvard Crimson: In your previous film, “Whale Rider...
Rewind to 2000. Broderick had been gamely vamping his way through big-budget nonsuccesses (Godzilla, Inspector Gadget) while quietly surprising a few dozen moviegoers with skillful turns in low-budget indies (Election, You Can Count on Me). Lane had given what looked like, and should have been, a breakout performance opposite Robin Williams in The Birdcage in 1996. But no. "Nothing. I had two offers," says Lane, with a touch of pardonable bitterness. "One was, I was asked to play Mr. Magoo, which I turned down. The other was a film called Mousehunt. That was it." Nobody questioned his talent...
...performance, who wouldn’t exchange resumes with the elder Thomas, now affectionately referred to by teammates as “Pops?” Heir to the legacies of Isaiah Kacyvenski ’00 and Dante Balestracci ’04, Thomas had a breakout year in which he led the defense in six significant categories, including sacks and tackles for loss...