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...years ago. You begin to wonder: maybe it's time to give film noir a rest. The academics have had their fun with it; no genre has attracted more scholarly attention in recent years. And we've had our fun with it too; the DVD re-releases of its classic titles and cult favorites have been delicious reminders of noir's wonderfully stylized strengths. And some of neo-noir's best titles, from Chinatown through The Grifters, have been real additions to the American canon. But The Black Dahlia is tired when it is not self-parodying, and it suggests...
...syllabus includes Jean Renoir’s brilliant and hilarious class comedy “The Rules of the Game,” Bunuel’s surrealist shorts, Godard’s flawless “Breathless,” and Truffaut’s classic “The 400 Blows.” We hear the class is relatively painless, though it is taught in French. Parlez-vous anglais? Non! A new offering, FC 85, “Japan Pop: From Basho to Banana,” teaches anime and manga, alongside other eclectic elements of Japanese...
...English concentrators who break down sonnets like it’s their job, and the reading list won’t be very focused (unless you consider “excerpts from the Western Canon” focused). On the other hand, you’ll be dealing with classic texts that are either (a) a joy to read or (b) great to say that you’ve read (“ I can’t tell you how much I was taken by Shelley’s metaphors!”). If Peter Savaal is still TF?...
...Man” Mansfield, author of “Manliness,” is also a purveyor of moral reasoning. He teaches MR 17, “Democracy and Inequality.” The reading—consisting mainly of Plato, Hobbes, and Tocqueville—is classic but tough. Questions revolve around democracy and equality, considering questions one wishes were resolved in the past century. “How is equality possible in a society with racial differences?” is just one. Have you ever wondered why the constitutional catch phrase...
Sitting in her large office in a classic Haussmann-era building off the Champs Elyses, Jabs, 42, explains how the beauty industry is undergoing a period of major change, with more and more niche brands and organic products on the market today compared with when she bought the then struggling 32-year-old company on a coup de coeur...