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...particularly cares for. The next thing she knows she is being tortured by the Inquisition on the grounds that her dietary preference is dictated not by taste but by a secret adherence to Judaism. She is then jailed (for 15 years), impregnated by her chief tormentor, Father Lorenzo (Javier Bardem) and driven mad, largely because her child is taken from...
...would consider Ceuta in a pre-jihadist stage," says Javier Jordan, a terrorism expert at the University of Granada. "But it takes outside recruiters to transform a marginalized area into a real jihadist breeding ground...
...Stephanie S. Garlow contributed to the reporting of this story. —Staff writer Javier C. Hernandez can be reached at jhernand@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Daniel J. T. Schuker can be reached at dschuker@fas.harvard.edu...
...acting awards went to two performances of grieving spouses. Konstantin Lavronenko was cited for The Banishment, the Russian film about a crumbling marriage, in a slim fortnight for male actors - though Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem would have been more than worthy for their roles in Joel and Ethan Coen's No Country for Old Men. This was a year for les femmes, with many films about woman isolated in their passion or misery. One of those performances, Jeon Do-yeon's in the Korean Secret Sunshine, was the favorite to take Best Actress...
...Still, over the fortnight certain favorites have emerged among the critics. Few would be surprised if awards went to the Coen brothers' crime drama No Country for Old Men or the Romanian 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days. Either Josh Brolin or Javier Bardem, the hero and villain of No Country, would be a fine choice for Best Actor. Jeon Do-yeon, the addled widow in the Korean Secret Sunshine, and Asia Argento, in An Old Mistress, give just the sort of passionate, showy performances that win Best Actress awards. And there are other films, esteemed by the critics, that...