Word: lifeness
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Second chances in life are hard to come by. For the Harvard men’s soccer team, that proved true yesterday. And now, a tougher challenge may lie ahead...
...Battle Studies,” Mayer no longer sports the sheepish grin and earnest tone that brought humor to otherwise disheartening songs like the 2001 hit “Why Georgia.” On “War of My Life,” he mourns, “I’m in the war of my life / I’m at the core of my life / Got no choice but to fight till it’s done.” With his new set, Mayer digs deeper into his own soul to expose...
...agriculture—in order to come to an informed decision about whether or not to feed meat to his newborn son. What follows is a harsh portrayal of the modern factory-farming industry and an unflinching investigation of the implications that it has both for human morality and life in America...
...film eventually gives us the immense satisfaction of seeing footage of the real Michael Oher and the Tuohys at his 2009 draft to the Baltimore Ravens. The extent to which the real-life family resembles their cinematic counterparts is shocking, from the affection of their interactions to their individual fashion sensibilities. We are reminded with these final scenes how closely the film follows its real-life foundation, and how dedicated it remains to its mission: to let the events speak for themselves and relish the humorous moments along...
Moverman underscores the perpetual untimeliness of death in day-to-day life. The brief and rare use of music is entirely diegetic, stemming only from sources within the scenes, such as a barroom jukebox or a beaten-up car stereo. Montgomery’s first somber exchange with Stone, for example, is set to a cheery Beach Boys tune. The movie also resists the impulse to tailor the style of scenes to their emotional underpinnings; in one scene, a woman discovers that her husband has died on the sunniest, most peaceful of early fall days. With a careful hand...