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...they dress up? Because Cannes is a huge party, in which films must fight for attention with gaudier enticements. A worthy effort from Eastern Europe may be upstaged by news that a Saudi billionaire's yacht has run aground in the harbor. A global-warming documentary may be seen by few, but if its producer is Leonardo DiCaprio, journalists will turn up in droves seeking an audience. And what chance does a premiere by minimalist Taiwan master Hou Hsiao-hsien have when, that same morning, U.S. comedian Jerry Seinfeld is promoting his cartoon feature Bee Movie by dressing...
...Nobody at Cannes gives filmmakers a list of topics to address, so it is by sheer coincidence that another Eastern European movie, Andreü Zvyagintsev's The Banishment, also treats the topic of abortion. While on a stay in the countryside, a brooding woman tells her husband that she is pregnant, but not with his child. Crushed, the man insists she get rid of it. Their marriage, already strained, now splits at the seams, and everything tumbles into catastrophe. This tragedy is played out in beautiful settings and photographed with a graceful assurance, as if the world were blooming while...
...final major award was the team’s Most Improved Award, which went to freshman Kristina Bergquist after a season where she scored eight goals and two assists while finising second on the team with 41 steals. The Crimson finished the season 11-15 and qualified for the Eastern Division Championship. The squad had five freshman bu no seniors this season, and so will return all fifteen players on the roster for next year. Seven of the fifteen scored at least fifteen goals this season, while four different players scored at least twenty. —THE CRIMSON STAFF
Na’eel A. Cajee ’10, a member of Ascent’s Editorial Board, said that he supports opportunities for “more voices that come from the Middle Eastern community” to speak their minds...
...Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies often publishes the works of students in its publications, but Scheinmann stressed that the draw of New Society was the depth of its content. The Spring 2007 issue features 10 original pieces by undergraduates, graduate students, and professors...