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...film Bean is exactly the wrong venue for Atkinson's character. Applying a simple-minded and contrived plot--or indeed applying any kind of plot of import, especially one with morals and attempted emotional baggage--just isn't the kind of load the framework of the character of Bean is supposed to support. It's like having an hour-and-a-half long "Seinfeld" episode about something and expecting viewers to care sincerely about the daily pitfalls of the characters--pitfalls which are so endearing because they are everyday and unimportant. Bean takes Atkinson's comic mastery and confines...

Author: By Jonathan B. Dinerstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Big-Screen `Bean' Doomed by Weak Plot | 11/7/1997 | See Source »

...rare college student streamed into Symphony Hall on Sunday night to view the fourth installment of the 1997-'98 BankBoston Celebrity Series, now in its ninth year of bringing world-renowned artists to a city where culture begs to be seen, heard and adored. The Celebrity Series'latest import, Italian music director Daniele Gatti and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, proved itself worthy of adoration...

Author: By Andrea H. Kurtz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Devil Inside Mr. Gatti: How to Make an Audience Faint | 10/31/1997 | See Source »

Both D'Alessandro--an import from Ft. Myers, Fla.--and Murphy, who were both candidates for the vacated post, stood watch together at the Harrington School early this week, comforting parents, students and teachers and promising change...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Florida Native Takes Helm of Cambridge School District | 10/8/1997 | See Source »

...opinion page of a daily newspaper should be a forum for the most relevant issues of each day, and while lines at the sourcebook store may prove an inconvenience to our student body, they are of laughable import in comparison to the sometimes damaging habits of alcohol consumption at universities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Opinion Page Shirks Its Duty | 10/8/1997 | See Source »

...understand the import of filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, one should simply read the first three letters of his last name. And this fall, the Brattle Theatre may be the place for reverence with its Forever Godard retrospective...

Author: By Lauren M. Mechling and Hanna R. Shell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Riding the New Wave: Absolut Godard | 10/3/1997 | See Source »

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