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...Good Bye, Lenin!, a huge hit in Germany and across Europe, may sound like sitcom stuff, a wacky mistaken-identity plot inflated to national dimensions. In fact, as handled with expert tenderness by director and co-writer Wolfgang Becker, the trope works splendidly as both political metaphor and love story. If some Iraqis can look back with a twisted longing on the more orderly days of Saddam's rule, why can't East Germans get a little misty over the Honecker regime? As they do. It's called Ostalgie, or Eastalgia. The film taps the universal suspicion that whatever...
...make art-house movies for international juries instead of more popular crowd pleasers - which could hurt the popularity of German film back home. Last year the market share for local films in local cinemas rose to 17.5% (up from 11.9% in 2002) thanks mainly to the hits Good Bye Lenin! and The Miracle of Bern. "The problem is that we in Europe see film as a cultural product and not as a commercial product," he says. "That limits mass appeal of a film and that's why people don't go to the cinema." Will these bills make a difference...
...given its motivation—the Big Green is fighting for a first-round bye during this weekend’s games—Harvard’s task won’t be easy...
Harvard currently sits in seventh place in the 12-team ECAC, meaning that if the season ended today Harvard would host a playoff series on the ice at Bright in the first round. But the Crimson would miss the first round bye and home-ice throughout the postseason that goes along with a finish in the top four spots...
Despite its likely inability to secure a first-round bye, the contests this weekend will be crucial, according to junior defenseman Noah Welch...