Word: falling
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Listening to “Here Lies Love” means first coming to terms with the bizarre reality of this album: David Byrne, Fatboy Slim, and a host of guest singers narrating the rise and fall of Imelda Marcos, First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. It’s an alt-rock opera about a woman most well known for the appalling excess of her collection of 3,000 designer shoes. As if that weren’t bewildering enough, it fails to cover the most well-known events of its subject’s life...
Goldberger intends this final segment, with its ridiculously rapid succession of plot twists and accusations flying back and forth, as a parody of a film noir murder mystery, in which the plot unfolds, the guilty reveal themselves, and all the pieces fall into place in one climactic scene. He is fairly successful—the series of deceitful maneuvers and murders is entertaining, and so absurd that it’s funny. Here, Goldberger successfully creates the satirical thriller he was aiming...
Unfortunately, the majority of the film does not live up to these intentions. During the first hour, viewers are subjected to stilted dialogue and heavy-handed jokes. These awkward one-liners often fall to Leo, in her role as the disturbingly cheerful and deceptively prim Marie. When McKay first arrives at Sonny’s house, he notices a “home sweet home” sign in the hallway, to which someone has attached a large axe. When he expresses his surprise, violins screech forebodingly, and Marie answers, “You never know when you may need...
Marilyn Wood, an associate librarian for collection management at HCL, said that planning for the pilot program began last fall as part of the library’s effort to streamline its operations. “It’s really an opportunity for us to look at different models of collaboration,” Wood said...
...Movin’,” highlights this careful attention to detail. Grocery checker Babe Secoli (Nicole I. Torres ’11) explains her repetitive work, demonstrating the “hips, hand, and register” technique as she handles groceries. Suddenly, each mundane movement begins to fall into rhythm until her work transforms into a dance, with groceries flying flawlessly across the stage from cart...