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...exacting curves of Uma Thurman’s outer mouth headline a marvelous cast of lips at the heart of Tarantino’s brazen and torrential work, which opens nationwide today. Under the lens of Robert Richardson, an emerging master of the close-up, Thurman’s lips star in Vol. 2 as though they were themselves a separate character. Indeed, an entire subplot could be drawn merely among the players’ lips, which Tarantino leaves under scrutiny through his final scene...
...always stay with the vengeance seeker. Witness Man screenwriter Brian Helgeland’s directorial debut, Payback, which quickly degenerated into brutality for what seemed to be brutality’s own sake. The difference is in the humanity; Payback was a perfect fit for star Mel Gibson, the master of sadomasochistic cinema, but Scott wants us to care...
Scott continues his devotion, first professed in Enemy of the State and Spy Game, to jittery editing and cinematography that conjures an unholy mix of Traffic-era Steven Soderbergh and Mix Master Mike. The effect is to reflect the grime of Mexico City and Creasy’s deep ambivalence about his profession, but it often feels like a put-on concession to the MTV generation...
When O’Mary talks about his trajectory in politics, he denies being a master networker. “It wasn’t a conscious effort on my part to try to get to know people because I thought it was going to be helpful,” he says. “If I had known what I know now, I definitely would have made much more of an effort to get to know people who were coming through [at Harvard...
Mather House Master Sandra Naddaff said moving exams before winter break would have only positive ramifications for students and mental health...