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...Insider (and, dare I say, Lost in Translation and Y Tu Mamá También), turning their lack of momentum into a virtue with a line like “this movie is reminiscent of a great novel”–—faint praise, given that I’ve read few “great” novels that didn’t drag terribly. Yes, Ebert also calls attention to some underappreciated gems, but consider this: he likes about as many movies as he dislikes—he has to, otherwise...
This spring’s Sexpressions — oops, sorry, Expressions show was not for the faint of heart (or for any individual with a heart condition, for that matter). Hips gyrate, sweaty bodies thrust up against each other, breathless...did we mention these are Harvard students? The dancers get hotter and heavier surrounded by a packed crowd than they probably do in the privacy of their dorm rooms...
Chalk it up as yet another one of those choice campus locales where I do not want to find myself on a dark and stormy Sunday night; Lamont Reading Room is not for the faint-hearted. Lest this be immediately dismissed as the hyperbole of an avowed library-phobe, and in the interests of a fair trial, here is a comprehensive list of Lamont’s redeeming features: those heavenly chairs which sink faster than the latest Bennifer venture and, like Gigli, are guaranteed to induce snores in under 15 minutes; the comfortingly kitsch circa 1973 aesthetic...
...last summer founder Sheik Yassin, in his elliptical way, sketched out for me how Hamas might consider a more accommodating solution. The sheik was cadaverously frail, and he had been ill for two weeks when I gained a brief audience at his house. His high-treble voice was so faint I had to lean awkwardly close to hear. But he remained the movement's ultimate authority. While he leveled boiler-plate criticism at the "racist" Israeli state and the religious rationale for Hamas' stand, he hinted there was room for compromise. In pursuit of Hamas' goals, he said...
...It’s not a seminar for the faint-hearted,” he says...