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...novel’s flashback plotline explains how Seltzer came to write such a book, recounting his trajectory from life as a long-suffering graduate student in the humanities to becoming personally concerned with matters of faith. Under the tutelage of Jonas Elijah Klapper—a Harold Bloom caricature??Cass visited New Walden, a cloistered Hasidic enclave where men and women walk on different sides of the street and modernity has yet to intrude. There Cass meets Azarya, a child prodigy who at the age of six has derived complex mathematical proofs without any formal education...

Author: By Yair Rosenberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Goldstein Opens Up Religious Discussion in ‘36 Arguments’ | 4/20/2010 | See Source »

...JCVD” is a pleasant surprise, honest and endearing without glossing over grittiness. Van Damme is known for being far from an impressive actor, but the opportunity to present a sincere portrayal of himself—rather than a convincing portrayal of an English-speaking caricature??has allowed him to finally flourish on-screen. Critics might argue that it is not difficult to play oneself, but in a movie that essentially lays his career before him, Van Damme lets his character emerge gradually, evolving continually until the final, defining monologue. Mechanically lifted above the set, he turns...

Author: By Ross S. Weinstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: JCVD | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...Alvin Dewey strikes the right balance of a character that both chooses to help Capote and to resent his presence. But as every good Oscar-tracker knows, this movie is Philip Seymour Hoffman’s to win or lose.To portray a man whose daily life was practically a caricature??a persona of who he wanted to be—is far from easy. Anyone who takes on the high-pitched tones of Capote should be, presumably, relegated to parody or mere imitation. But Hoffman is the voice, capturing the pauses and drawn-out phrasing in the undertones...

Author: By Margaret M. Rossman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Capote | 10/13/2005 | See Source »

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