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...It’s like going to the funeral of someone you don’t know—you are miserable and don’t know why you are there.” So says famed New York Times film critic Elvis Mitchell on what children’s films were like for parents during most of film history...
...enter any other aspect of the entertainment industry any time soon. No matter how many bad films Mitchell may endure, he remains positive. “I’m basically set,” he said about his job at the Times. “Being a critic is like being a perpetual dater—everything looks great from a distance. When you get up close many will be disasters, but I keep hope alive and always try to think that the next film will...
...they must increase wages to attract employees. The laws give more bargaining muscle to unionized city and county workers, whose ranks have been thinned by the privatization of many government functions. Both directly and indirectly, living-wage laws can drive up government spending. Suffolk legislator Allan Binder, a leading critic of the county's minimum wage for contractors and firms that receive county funds, cites a study that found the county may have to shell out an extra $13.5 million a year for increased wages. "We have no idea of its impact," says Binder. "We're going into untried territory...
Being the cleverest fellow in movies had its perks: six Oscars (out of 21 nominations), for writing, producing and directing. It also earned Wilder, from the sterner critics, the label of cynic. They said his films were long on wit and short on compassion. Pick up a rock, and Wilder's view of the human condition would crawl out from under it. Nearly 40 years ago, critic Andrew Sarris wrote, "Billy Wilder is too cynical to believe even his own cynicism." Today we can see that Wilder was less a cynic than a premature realist. An Austrian Jew who left...
...example the Catholic Students Association, Chinese Students Association and Black Students Association might fail to “contribute to the educational goals of the University,” as McIntyre desires of funded student groups. However, they undeniably have a significant impact on hundreds of students. Does our critic want to eliminate the funding of these groups? We think the more than 2,000 members of these groups would object. The groups McIntyre labels less “worthy” deserve the funding that is supported by their termbill fees. Not all activities should take place...