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Mention German-born filmmaker Uwe Boll?s name in certain circles-especially those of the Internet geek variety - and you?re sure to be pummeled by an onslaught of negative adjectives and metaphors. Indeed, Boll is no stranger to criticism: when his film Alone in the Dark-based on the video game of the same name-came out in 2005, critics called it "overblown, amateurish gibberish," and used it as proof that Boll "belongs in the pantheon of inept directors." His follow-up film BloodRayne, another video game adaptation, was equally panned, and left critics declaring that he was "fast...
Another panelist, the recently deceased University of California-Santa Cruz chancellor Denice D. Denton, attended the January 2005 conference where Summers made his now-notorious remarks—and was an outspoken critic of Summers’ speech afterwards...
...York-based Carlyle Group for Xugong Group, China's leading construction-machinery manufacturer, has been delayed for 10 months. More recently, Chinese corporate officials and commentators condemned the proposed takeover of China's biggest manufacturer of kitchen goods, Supor Cookware, by the French firm SEB. One critic of such takeovers is the former head of China's National Statistics Administration, Li Deshui, who told a China Daily reporter: "If China lets multinationals' malicious mergers and acquisitions go ahead freely, China can act only as labor in the global supply chain...
...Taiwan national, the other from overseas. This has led to the occasional spat, with the Taiwan curator at the 2005 event having what one official diplomatically described as "communication problems" with her Belgian curating partner. This year, Taipei will try the pairing of American curator Dan Cameron and artist-critic Junjieh Wang. Chinese video artist Cao Fei, who will produce a new work for the show, will be joined by Japanese painter-photographer Kazuna Taguchi and almost 40 other artists. BRISBANE: The Asia-Pacific Triennial in Brisbane (Dec. 2 to May 27, 2007) is often dwarfed by the Biennale...
Powers, the media critic for National Journal magazine, will investigate ‘the death of paper’ and its implications for media content...