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...mood at the critics' screening of the film was not one of respect, not awe. The feeling was that Pedro was not working at his usual masterpiece altitude. I had no definitive verdict to offer, so I did something I don't usually allow myself at a festival, where there is so much to see and write about. I saw the movie again at the public screening. The second time, not expecting a masterpiece, I found a film that pleased, impressed and touched me - a fully satisfying comedy-melodrama about the burden of motherhood, the power of sisterhood...
...hand; “doubtless,” “obvious,” “unquestionable,” on the other, will have the same effect. A hint of nostalgic, antiacademic languor at this stage as well may match the grader’s own mood: “It seems more than obvious to one entangled in the petty quibbles of contemporary Medievalists—at times, indeed, approaching the ludicrous—that smile as we may at its follies, or denounce its barbarities, the truly monumental achievements of the Middle Ages have become...
...food grab and increasing militarization of the government comes as annual inflation passed 1,000% on Friday. The World Health Organization says Zimbabweans now have the world's lowest life expectancy, due to poverty, hiv/aids and the collapse of the country's health-care system. Says Cross: "The mood in Zimbabwe is one of resignation and misery." Without change, "we will end up as a small country with 6 million poor peasants who do what they are told...
...prolong his clout he refuses to set a date, and supporters blandly declare that polls can go up as well as down. But the political village at Westminster is so consumed with succession gossip and plots that his authority is fading anyway. Outside Westminster, where it really counts, the mood music is scratchy. "Blair should've gone out on a high and given Brown a chance to make his mark, whereas now we're left with this crappy infighting," says Neil Pennill, an information-technology worker in London, whose colleagues, dining with him, nod in agreement. As with George...
...toons anthropomorphize their characters by having the headlights serve as the eyes. Lasseter, following a charming Disney short, the 1952 Susie, the Little Blue Coupe, made the windshield the eyes. Cars also has fun turning hood ornaments into mustaches, grilles into mouths. More important, it evokes shifts of mood by the subtle shift of body weight, the low growl of an engine...