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...between the two Beijings on my first visit to China. But this summer, the most beautiful places I found were neither the most attractive parts nor the grittiest ones.Instead, the sites that were most appealing to me captured both of the city’s aesthetic extremes—modern ugliness and ethereal classicism—in microcosm. In doing so, they served as solitary points of departure from which I could begin to understand Beijing as a whole.I found that kind of beauty, for instance, at Jianguomen, an ancient astronomical observatory. The rooftop collection of huge, rusted telescopes...
...being put up in the summer, simply because it demands so much more analysis than a casual museum-goer is willing to give. Rather, summer exhibitions feel like summer movies, complete with high-budget special effects (for example, Salvador Dalí, at London’s Tate Modern), easily digested storylines (Hopper, at the MFA), and big-name stars (Cezanne and Picasso, at the Musée d’Orsay). Granted, you snack on a 12-dollar turkey-and-avocado sandwich instead of 4-dollar popcorn, but you enjoy the A/C for two hours and walk out into...
...might be a little more skeptical about the life you live. You might even take someone up on an adventure. If nothing else, when the Boston winter arrives, you finally might see ice and snow as an avenue for ruddy character building, rather than an inconvenience in your cushy modern life. —Reviewer Andrew F. Nunnelly can be reached at nunnelly@fas.harvard.edu...
...step above standard romantic dramedy fare that, for all the screenplay’s faults, delivers an enjoyable movie. Despite the film’s clichés, one has to admire the filmmakers for telling a story that attempts to avoid the easy laughs or tears that most modern-day cinematic romances effect. “Book Club” brings together an impressive roster of actresses, including Maria Bello (“A History of Violence”), Emily Blunt (“The Devil Wears Prada”) and Amy Brenneman (TV?...
...history and literature concentrator in Adams House. Returning for a second semester, her column, “Spilt Milk,” will examine the collision of modern mores with conventional society on alternate Tuesdays. Incidentally, Caldwell only cries over spilt triple nonfat lattes with extra foam...