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...Niki Cairo’s inspirational story features Keisha Castle-Hughes in the role that made her a star. As Paikea, a young girl of the Maori tribe of New Zealand, Castle-Hughes confronts issues of tradition, family, race and gender in her struggle to prove herself to her grandfather. Free and open to the public. Wednesday at 7 p.m. Common Room, Center for the Study of World Religions, 42 Francis...
...After Niki Haab led off with a pinch-hit home run, Harvard head coach Jenny Allard elected to go to her senior ace Brotemarkle in the dicey situation, and her move proved quite sage...
...there are so many of them. I like the Coen Brothers. I like directors who work a lot, who are basically improving constantly. I thought it was a great year for women directors last year. Niki Caro did such an amazing thing with Whale Rider last year. I could sit here forever and name directors. I mean, all the Coppolas. I think Sofia did a spectacular, truly intimate comedy drama, which, I think, is incredibly hard to pull off. In its way, it feels like a real behavior version of a Billy Wilder movie, which is, I think, incredibly remarkable...
CoCoRo Restaurant of Chicago has long served shabu-shabu to expatriate Japanese businessmen, says owner Katsuhiro Niki. But lately, on weekends, 80% of his customers are non-Japanese. Harmony Watling discovered shabu-shabu during her honeymoon in Bora-Bora and had "so much fun" using chopsticks to swirl paper-thin slices of beef in the bubbling cauldron of water (the Japanese word shabu-shabu comes from the splashing sound). Local reviews call shabu-shabu "great date food," which puzzles Niki. "It's not for couples," he says. His wife Hitomi explains, "It's messy...
When their leader dies, a Maori community in New Zealand must come to terms with their new leader, a female and the twin of the deceased. Directed with evocative, poignant subtlety by Niki Caro, this film has received accolades for its beautiful cinematography and the breakthrough performance of its young protagonist, played by the precocious newcomer Keisha Castle-Hughes. The MFA, 11 a.m., $8 students...