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...there is life after his brand of New German Cinema. The Harvard Film Archive (HFA) recognizes this salvation in an upcoming series: “Growing Up: The Films of Hans-Christian Schmid,” running from Nov. 18 through 21. The series, co-presented by the Goethe Institut Boston, aims to introduce an American audience to the varied oeuvre of Schmid. Though his work is highly-regarded within German-speaking countries, it remains internationally obscure when compared to the few recent German breakthrough films such as Tom Twyker’s “Run Lola Run?...
...main reason the country hasn't been able to reform itself is because it never put enough money into the effort. The slew of measures he proposed, including more kindergartens and higher unemployment benefits for low-paid workers, would cost more than €35 billion, according to the Institut de l'Entreprise, a pro-business think tank. There wasn't a word about how any of it would be financed. The left is even more fractious but, barring a huge last-minute upset, Ségolène Royal will be anointed the Socialist Party's candidate later this month...
...children in a large house in Lorraine. Her father's regime was a strict one (the family intoned Gregorian chants on Sundays). Royal attended a Catholic boarding school and the University of Nancy before attaining the classical educational polish of the French political lite: a degree from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and another from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), where her class included the current Prime Minister, Dominique de Villepin, and her partner, Socialist Party secretary Franois Hollande. She met Hollande there in 1978 and had their first child...
...army general. Her father's regime was a strict one (the family had to sing Gregorian chants on Sundays). Royal was sent to a Catholic boarding school and the University of Nancy before attaining the classical educational polish of the French political élite: a degree from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris ("Sciences Po") and another from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ena), where her class included the current Prime Minister, Dominique de Villepin, and her partner, Hollande. They met there in 1978 and had their first child...
PARIS—If exclusivity describes the obstacles posed to those seeking access, then the library of the Institut de France is one of the most exclusive spaces in the world, and Harvard allows its students to practice one of the most exclusive forms of tourism in existence. Upon entering the Institut for the first time, I peered at the hall of assembly, where 40 “immortal” members meet to give speeches in praise of one another and to do whatever it is that such a large group of aged but exceedingly learned men and women...