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...react well to the NC-17 rating and subtitles. “Its pace, its film language —it’s all very Chinese...It’s not very audience-friendly for a market like the U.S. It’s not their subject matter,” he said. But despite low expectations, the film has garnered successes, notably a Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, where it premiered. And since its debut in New York, the film has been highly profitable, particularly for a foreign-language film. “Lust, Caution?...
...being shown on Oct. 6, 5pm at Kendall Square Theatre. A hungry, edgy Arab football team wins the Israeli national cup in “Hardball.” The Boston Palestine Film Festival will become a yearly phenomenon, according to its organizers—no matter how controversial its films may be.As Roy Cohen ’10, an Israeli citizen, says, “I am very happy that some of the films are shown in Coolidge Corner Movie Theatre, as it is located in the center of one of the biggest Jewish communities in the Boston area...
...month that two-thirds of the population will disappear by 2050 because of shrinking sea ice. But his main argument is still worth considering. Lomborg believes that it would be far too costly to reduce global carbon emissions enough to actually cool the climate. Since warming is coming no matter what we do and poor countries will suffer the most from it, we should instead direct scarce resources to helping those nations adapt to climate change. That means improving health-care systems and aiding economic growth so that poor countries are better prepared for calamities ahead, climate-related...
...Financial Aid decided in 2006 to expand the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative (HFAI), we were optimistic. By eliminating the family contribution for any student whose family earned under $60,000 per year, the College was taking a major step towards making a Harvard education affordable for anyone, no matter their means...
...activities, while kept "on the table" by the Administration - and loudly championed by its more hawkish associates - remains prohibitive in light of the uncertain prospects of success and the backlash it would trigger. And many old diplomatic hands in Washington and in allied capitals have long argued that the matter can only be settled by a "grand bargain" of the sort now in process with North Korea...