Word: mysticism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...with more drizzle than dazzle. Rarely do the two towns’ paths cross, but when they do, the result has taken the form of stars like Ben Affleck and Matt Damon or box office hits like and “The Departed” and “Mystic River...
...Will Hunting,’ which is also a class-conscious Cambridge story,” Sherman explains. “Movies like ‘Good Will Hunting’ sustain Boston as a movie location, and a couple years after that, Clint Eastwood made ‘Mystic River’ and then Martin Scorcese made ‘The Departed’ and then it came full circle when Ben Affleck made ‘Gone Baby Gone.’ It’s a whole chronology that you can follow to today from the late...
...coziest with bureaucracy, Christine’s story and the ramifications of her actions strike a chord. Eastwood is clearly a master storyteller, but “Changeling” does not have the same quality that some of his darker films, like “Mystic River,” can boast. In spite of all this, “Changeling,” unlike Eastwood’s other bleak dramas, revels in the capacity of the human spirit for strength and love—something that, as Christine says, “Gives me something I didn?...
Underneath, however, Americans still long for the mystic chords of memory strummed by the better angels of our nature - a patriotic harmony that we like to think is the song of our nation at its best. This is why the two candidates who fared best in this election were the ones who spoke most convincingly about bringing us together. When the two are finally narrowed to one, his mandate will be change, his timetable short and his environment stormy with division. At a historic moment desperate for a successful President, everything will hinge on one man's ability to navigate...
...Addressing God, Yancey says, allows us to "bring our fears to someone who seems quite positive that he's able to run the world. You can take the panic and anxiety and transfer that to him." That is the context, says Martin, for the famous prayer of the beatified mystic Julian of Norwich: "All will be well, all will be well, and all manner of things will be well...