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...somewhat less than grand public school in the north of England in the 1980s, a group of bright young students have been singled out for special tutoring with an eye to getting them into either Oxford or Cambridge, which would greatly enhance school's prestige. Or so, at least, its cranky and clueless headmaster believes. He places an eccentric teacher named Hector (Richard Griffiths) in charge of their tuition, then adds a newcomer to the faculty, a man named Irwin (Stephen Campbell Moore...
...fugue format, pouring dozens of plots into a post-ethnic melting pot, gave everyone a brief grab at movie immortality. On the great plains of Altman's precious wide screen, America bustled, hustled and tussled. His searching telephoto lens, focusing on this micro-event or that, suggested the eye of a man who is always interested, was rarely impressed by all the milling. This was the director, of course, whispering to his characters, "Go on, make fools or heroes of yourselves. Don't let me stop...
...cost much and didn't have to make much. The flurry of films that followed MASH were no blockbusters, but they helped shaped a generation's idea of its own potential, and of the cinema's. Altman subverted genres like the western (McCabe & Mrs. Miller) and the private-eye thriller (The Long Goodbye) with equal parts energy and anomie...
...insistence that all drinks were disposed of before entrance. Inside, officials clutched detailed plans of the area to make sure student groups stayed within their assigned square footage. Micro-management was the watchword as both the Boston Police Department and the Harvard University Police Department kept a suspicious eye on student fun levels...
You’ll have to understand that my experience with Harvard-Yale football before this year consisted entirely of the 2005 contest. I’m sure you remember—the unimaginable, eye-popping, this-is-the-greatest-rivalry-in-sports edition of The Game, when the Crimson beat the Bulldogs 30-24 at the Yale Bowl. It actually, for a few hours, made New Haven a decent place...