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...DIED. KAREL REISZ, 76, Czech-born film director who was a seminal figure in the renaissance of gritty British cinema in the 1960s; in London. Reisz is perhaps best known for directing Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), which launched British actor Albert Finney's career, and The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), an acclaimed adaptation of the John Fowles novel...
...Sept. 11. Air traffic worldwide nose-dived. Within a month, Swissair grounded its fleet and Sabena sought protection from creditors. On Nov. 7, the president of the Brussels commercial tribunal declared Sabena bankrupt. "Until the last day we believed it would be impossible for Sabena to go bankrupt," says Karel Gacoms, a leader of the powerful metalworkers' union, who acknowledges that labor bears some blame for the collapse. But the post-Sept.11 downturn didn't kill Sabena. Corporate misconduct did. As the commission has dug into company files, it has unearthed troubling details about a range of decisions, most...
Following stints as a teacher and a critic, Toback says he finally chose to get his life “back on track” at the age of 27 by writing a screenplay. The Gambler, a semi-autobiographical tale, was eventually made into a movie by director Karel Reisz in 1974. Following Reisz around the set, Toback absorbed filmmaking techniques, and by the end of production, he felt ready to direct his own film...
...Writes screenplay for director Karel Reisz's The French Lieutenant's Woman, starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons...
...Soon to be gone are Quincy House Master Michael Shinagel, whose 15-year tenure is the longest among current masters, and Dunster House Master Karel Liem, who criticized Lewis soon after his resignation for a lack of diversity among masters. Liem is currently the only member of a racial minority group to lead a House...