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...book/movie that a writer/animator would dream up to convince his kids that, no matter how much he ignored them while he was doing his important work, they're better off in this family than in any they may dream of joining. As Gaiman puts it, "sometimes the people who love you may not pay you all the attention you need; and sometimes the people who do pay you attention may not love you in the healthiest way." It's a position paper for benign parental neglect - for the security of Kansas over the surface seductions...
...Mishima,” the militaristic title character reaches a violent end in part due to his right-wing politics. This “spiritual integrity,” however, doesn’t mean the characters are always completely honest. “I love the unreliable narrator,” Schrader says.Though Schrader said he rarely watches his work after it is released, he retains an impression of each of his films, reflecting the initial emotional stimulus behind the film’s conception. “Certain things stay with me,” he said, referring...
...bring new students into your discipline than by putting together some young and new exciting faculty with young and new exciting students?” To Rohse, many of the studio-based seminars have a notable sense of energy and excitement. “We have a special love of studio seminars and the other small literature-based seminars, which don’t have as high a profile as some of the other seminars out there do,” says Rohse. “But they have a very keen group of students.” Damon...
...malls - and be haunted by the thought of Antonio Samson's slum-dwelling illegitimate son Pepe. He features in Mass, the book that ends José's impassioned saga. In the novel's closing pages, Pepe confronts plutocrat Juan Puneta at his Makati mansion. After hearing Puneta say "I love exploiting the poor," Pepe kills him in an act of class rage and flees this town of heartbreaking contrasts, convinced his act was righteous. Though they may not harbor murderous intent, many of Manila's poor would share his grievances today...
...find gratification in small things," says Sienatra, fondly known to regulars as Felix the Chef. In the case of the Wind Chime, that attitude translates into fastidiousness (think personalized menus and elaborate presentation) and food that is prepared slowly, with obvious dollops of love and care. The oven-baked chicken with veal sweetbread and mushrooms that we tried was the highlight of an eight-course set meal spread over two hours. The à la carte menu, including a wonderfully traditional Scotch broth, is similarly made for lingering over. "This is not a place to come...