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Dates: during 1990-1999
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"I think we played well," Sullivan said. "In the second half we showed excellent character and made some great plays."

Author: By Timothy Jackson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Williams, Navy Sink M. Basketball at Buzzer | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

The brothers had many happy memories of playing tabletop arcade machines like Frogger and Centipede in their father's garage. Now they wanted to take the new 3-D environment pioneered in the shooting game Doom and use it for something a little more cerebral, something set in the tombs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Behind Lara Croft | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

What bolsters this assertion is the immediate clarity of Rosetta's uncompromisingly bleak vision of the title character's world. In their sophomore outing, the Dardennes have made an art of stripping cinema down to its bare bones. There are no designed interiors--the entire film was shot using locations...

Author: By James Crawford, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rosetta's Chilling Portrait | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

Though the narrative is depicted with a bizarre sense of detachment, Rosetta becomes completely absorbing and engrossing. In particular, fascination evolves regarding the heroine's character. Where other directors might have tried to arouse sympathy and pathos through various devices, the Dardennes refuse to present her as a victim; conversely...

Author: By James Crawford, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rosetta's Chilling Portrait | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

This, coupled with the fact that Rosetta appears in every scene, lends to what is initially bizarre behavior--running helter-skelter through a factory simply because she was fired. The film creates a sense of continuity, because the world, from our view, does not exist as the town, her work...

Author: By James Crawford, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rosetta's Chilling Portrait | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

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