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Assassins is a sketchbook, sparse and almost forgettable in its musical elements, dominated by skits that would have been too extreme for Saturday Night Live in its heyday. The linking idea is that assassins constitute a sort of club, with past and future killers inspiring one another in a grand...
BAXTER. A vicious bull terrier (who growls the narration) finally finds an owner meaner than he is. Jerome Boivin's minimalist French thriller is no carnival of canine violence. It rarely goes for the jugular, yet it drains the viewer bloodless.
The real estate contraction represents, in effect, the unraveling of the 1980s. For much of the decade, economies were growing, demand was strong, and, best of all, money was easy to come by. Financial institutions, especially American savings and loans, fell over themselves to lend to real estate developers. Says...
We could have been having some fun. Entertainment in the Quad, bands between Memorial Church and Widener, carnival-like games down by the River, volleyball and softball down by Soldiers Field Park, food and drink everywhere.
Miller explores the collective memories of six countries and finds them all in various ways deceptive. The West Germans have made some amends, but they have forgotten too much; the Austrians deny they were Hitler's willing accomplices; the Dutch idolize Anne Frank but overlook the fact that she was...