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...performance is certainly engaging, though the excitement of the four-year-old in the front row testified to the fact that the piece might have been better received (and performed) in an elementary school music class. The acoustic result was initially interesting, but once the novelty wore off, simply chaotic...
Tourists typically give Manila a wide berth, or else use the smoggy, chaotic Philippine capital as a mere layover en route to one of the country's coastal resorts. More fool them. If you take time to explore it, Manila pays rich dividends. One of the best ways to get to know the city is through the half-day walking tours given by the garrulous Carlos Celdran, which are booked through the Peninsula Academy, a cultural program of the Peninsula hotel...
...During this year's congress, which opened March 5, the message sent from Beijing had a degree of urgency to it. The emphasis from the Party leadership has been on the social inequalities brought about by the country's rapid and chaotic economic growth. One of the important goals President Hu Jintao set for this year's congress is to promote a "harmonious society" by finding ways to address the populace's many grievances while bolstering central Party authority over the provinces. The widening gap between China's rich and poor?evident in a sharp rise in public demonstrations against...
...shows that societies go on, even after individuals have made mistakes." Still, the pressures that attended the success of The Remains of the Day - perhaps reopening wounds he didn't know were there - brought Ishiguro a sense of foreboding he couldn't shake: "My life suddenly became much more chaotic. I realized that we can't control our lives. Life might just pick you up and drop you somewhere else. You just have to dignify the position you land in, because life is short, and you can't defer death." That feeling suffuses Never Let Me Go. People have manufactured...
...drives home the point that fans will approach the movie as a starring vehicle for their respective idols, making the questionable directorial choices a bit more reasonable: there needs to be scenes that satisfy each of the actors’ groupies. Problematically, that creates a chaotic movie in which even DeVito diehards will inevitably get the short shrift...