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...taut study of petty criminals shot in a month on a low budget, his long takes, real-time, off-hand dialogue and minimal exposition combine to superb effect in charting the pull of human loyalties. This is a gangster film that works without violence - or even revealing, until close to the end, that these pill-popping, pleasure-seeking if girl-shy goof-offs are gangsters at all. And Lee wisely lets singer turned actor Pete Teo and sleepy-eyed Singaporean cult actor Sunny Pang (cast as a country bumpkin who rises by default to gang boss) carry the weight with...
...merchandise in some of the world's worst gridlock is a fitting metaphor for a country that hopes to add a second I to the so-called BRIC emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China. Just as SBY's second five-year term will draw to a close in 2014 - by which time he has vowed at least 7% economic growth, up from the 4.5% estimated for this year - urban planners fear that traffic in Jakarta will grind to a halt unless its transportation system is overhauled...
...probably intentional—detail. After all, it could not have been lost on director Matthew C. Stone ’11 that British playwright Martin Crimp’s “Attempts on Her Life” is not a play that makes anyone feel like being close...
...president with no time to do anything but work—but not so. In August of this year, the president and his family enjoyed a summer vacation at Martha’s Vineyard. In addition to this scheduled activity, the president schedules basketball games with advisors and close friends as well as dinners with his wife. To be fair, unlike President Obama, students don’t have a double-digit staff to handle their daily affairs. However, students also don’t have the ultimate responsibility that the president carries and can afford to work and play...
...Strangely,” as Sterle shouts through the megaphone again in the aptly named scene 12 (“Strangely!”), the lights dim on Napier at the close of the show, leaving her sprawled on the floor in the dark as in the first scenario. Now, however, we have at least some understanding as to the immediate cause. It’s a full circle orchestrated by Stone that capitalizes on the necessarily absent center of a continuous loop, and though the action has come to a close, its ideas continue to linger—unlike...