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...antique and modern movie tradition is The Girl: the lovely flower in an arid ethical landscape who wins the hero's heart and puts him in jeopardy. Here Ferris falls for a Jordanian nurse, Aisha (Golshifteh Farahani). In a movie like this, a love interest has two functions: eye candy for contrast and sympathy, hostage bait for the plot. (Yes, Mr. Ferris, you may kill many and risk your own life for your mission. But what if I told you we were going to, heh heh, rough up your girlfriend...
...quaint feel. At times, Wood’s writing is tweedy and old-fashioned. He returns again and again to Flaubert, “as if unable to stop rereading the old letters of a former lover.” Wood is right to idolize Flaubert—his eye for detail and his polished technique exemplify Wood’s aesthetic ideal of literary realism, and he offers an ideal model for writers aiming at Wood-worthy work. But surely someone equally exemplary has set pen to paper since the mid-nineteenth century.If you’ve ever read...
...along with it. Burns, who originally wanted to be a feature film director in the style of John Ford, was exposed to the potential of the still image by his photography professors at Hampshire College. “I decided to explore with an energetic camera’s eye the entity of that photography,” Burns said. He’s been at it ever since. “I have spent my life trying to express history in a broad, popular way.” Burns emphasized that he tries to liven up the history that...
Usher is back and more woman than ever. Yes, you heard me right. Your favorite piece of male eye-candy has returned with another steamy video, “Trading Places.” In this, the newest single off his fifth album, Usher has managed to reinvent himself in an unimaginable fashion. He is no longer that R&B crooner, oozing sex appeal as he glides across the dance floor. Well, actually, he still is. But now, he is also much more: Usher is the woman in the relationship. You see, Usher can relate to every struggling female...
...Keep an eye on Ukraine" has become something of a refrain for Senator John McCain, who warns darkly that the former Soviet republic may be the next victim of Moscow's efforts to squelch plucky little democracies on its doorstep. McCain urges that the U.S. respond by doing whatever it can to speed Ukraine's accession to membership in NATO. But Ukrainian democracy has a way of muddying the picture. On Wednesday, President Viktor Yushchenko, a strong U.S. ally and champion of NATO membership, called a snap parliamentary election, following the collapse of his ruling coalition last month. Questions...