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...work. For any director to make sense of one of Arriaga’s screenplays is remarkable, but for a first-timer to create a film of such elegance shows preternatural directorial insight. No actress in Hollywood better embodies stillness and frenzy than Charlize Theron, the bombshell whose statuesque grace has been the X-factor in films from “The Cider House Rules” to “Monster.” Arriaga conceived of the movie with Theron in mind, and told Vogue’s Kevin Conley that he did so because...

Author: By Jillian J. Goodman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Burning Plain | 9/10/2009 | See Source »

...voice still quakes, perhaps more age-appropriately. Murph’s drums still explode with cymbal-work. Barlow’s bass still fills out each song with wall-like intensity. “Ocean In The Way” glides with the same freefalling, if more sedated grace of the vintage “Sludgefeast.” The more extended pieces, “Said The People” and “I Don’t Want To Go There,” a combined 16 minutes and change and the longest of the band?...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dinosaur Jr. | 9/4/2009 | See Source »

Karzai's fall from Washington's grace has been spectacular. He was feted as an Afghan Mandela by the Bush Administration and enjoyed unparalleled access to the White House. Bush and Karzai routinely chatted in videoconferences. Obama, however, has treated the Afghan leader like spoiled fruit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan: Will the U.S. Settle for Karzai? | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

...once again mirror the national zeitgeist. Big Papi is, of course, just the latest member of the All-Asterisk team, but because he was seen as the heart and soul of the Red Sox and as the Nation’s de-facto ambassador to America, his fall from grace hit Boston fans particularly hard...

Author: By Gabriel J. Daly | Title: Little Papi | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

...Senator's wife Victoria was the picture of dignity walking along the sloped ground with her hand on her son's arm; on her face she wore a look of utter and exhausted sadness. She had given a 100-hour tutorial on composure and grace. On the way to Arlington, the hearse paused outside the Senate chamber where Kennedy had served longer than all but two men in the nation's history. Victoria Reggie Kennedy stepped from the motorcade and a great cheer went up. She hugged current and former members of her husband's staff, waved softly, blew gentle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amid the Nation's Fallen, Kennedy Is Laid to Rest | 8/29/2009 | See Source »

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