Word: charme
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...LANDS IN CHARM SCHOOL...
...early 1970s we used to sit around a little caf? and listen to old-timers talk about the harlequin days before the war when Cambodia was full of charm. Even the poor ate well then, we were told. We fervently wanted to believe that some day, when the fighting was over, the country would return to that bucolic ideal. It never happened. The war never really ended, as the pictures in this book painfully remind us. If you look closely around the edges of Neveu's pictures taken in the 1990s you see a modicum of prosperity and happiness creeping...
...within a certain space.” Bare lightbulbs on the ceiling illuminate the sections of the display, which are partitioned into square grids with masking tape, each grid marking the space that a particular bag occupies. The asymmetrical geometric arrangement of the bags and objects lends a peculiar charm to the display, and the sparseness of the room brings out with astonishing vividness the hues and shapes of the objects—as well as the dramatic contrasts between the objects themselves, which would not have been as evident in a more well-lit room...
...been too busy making fun of it. Much pleasure awaits those who have the time in their day for some harmless “Real World” bashing (in other words, poking fun at seeing a supposedly uncontrived soap opera). But nonetheless, the inherent charm of watching a group of twenty-somethings whine and complain about their meaningless relationships and the arduous task of “finding themselves” without any form of acting is completely undeniable. With the tenth season underway and another just now casting, it’s obvious, yet surprising, that such...
...these ideas." Miramax Films, which distributed Il Postino, Life Is Beautiful and Chocolat, bought Amelie for the U.S. and has an idea of its own: to duplicate Amelie's success in America. It's the company's Oscar-push picture. Miramax is banking that this intimate epic has the charm and pulse to seduce viewers here...