Word: comer
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...Christos’ sickly demeanor and frustrated ineptitude in front of Turkish rule. Granted, it is not such a difficult task, but, with only a few short scenes, he manages to steal the show. It is no surprise that Christos’ girlfriend, Areti, leaves him for the new comer, especially after he manically leaps from the church rafters to profess his love to her right there in the chapel. If Tsarouchas wanted his audience to understand something of Christos’ fervent love of his land and traditions, this is the material that he should have used...
...good reason to hope. Winning the prestigious O. Henry award last month for a short story he wrote established Kalam as an up-and-comer in the literary world...
...their enterprise should be doubtful, unless, perchance, the standard they have set themselves will raise expectations which it will be next to impossible to meet. It is to be regretted that they have taken it so much for granted that the papers already established will treat the new-comer harshly. We, certainly, are not so bowed down by years that we can consistently look upon every innovation in the literature of the College as a permanent evil. The field the Lampoon has chosen by no means encroaches on our ground--even if it did, we should be rather glad than...
...zooms, tracking and slow motion; here he incorporates these techniques with new ones in the development of his own style, evidencing in the choreography and composition of shots (coppers and blues highlight stunning photography by Robert Elswit) a disciplined and knowing eye. He also shows, like fellow up-and-comer David O. Russell in last year's Three Kings, a playful capacity for invention and experimentation that includes shooting a small turn-of-the-century sequence with an antique hand-cranked Pathe camera. The narrator's chronicle of "strange things told" includes this pseudo-historical footage, and it, like...