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...Ichikawa, 93, directed some of the finest Japanese films of the '50s: the war parable Fires on the Plain, the pacifist The Burmese Harp, the kinky, contemplative Odd Obsession. His most enthralling epic is Tokyo Olympiad, a record of the 1964 Olympics that stands with Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia as the great art-reportage of the summer games Xie Jin, 84, a preeminent director in Mao's China, is best known for Two Stage Sisters, an assured melodrama about a country girl who joins a rep company. During the Cultural Revolution the film was charged with advocating "the reconciliation...
...ever made in its language - an easy claim to fame, since it is probably the only film in which the characters speak Plautdietsch, the form of Low German used by the sect in Europe, Latin America and Canada. One could make a grander claim: that this is among the finest recent foreign films. And to viewers conditioned to the speed and swagger of Hollywood product, one of the most foreign. (See TIME's list of the top 10 films...
Bassett’s strong play this year was displayed at its finest in a Nov. 1 match-up against Princeton. She recorded a career-high four points, including two goals and two assists, in the Crimson’s 6-4 victory over the Tigers...
Hall, who co-taught a historical studies course with Hoffman, called the expert on French political and intellectual history the “finest lecturer I’ve ever heard...
...Indian society, Tobaccowala said. “It’s an interesting situation because the Taj and the Oberoi are where most of the foreigners go when they visit Mumbai,” Tobaccowala said. “They are the best hotels, they show India at its finest. They are two of the places where Indian society goes to play.”Her parents had their wedding reception in the Taj Mahal Hotel.“This is where my family is from, this is our home,” she said...