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DIED. DAVID RAKSIN, 92, composer of scores for more than 100 Hollywood films and 300 TV shows who was best known for the haunting theme song of the 1944 film noir Laura; in Van Nuys, Calif...
...must dispatch with an assortment of high-caliber weapons. Doom 3 tells the same story but this time treats it with surprisingly artistic tenderness. Carmack's light engine allows the game's designers to paint the story the way a film director would, with light and shadow, like a noir mystery. Scenes are lit by broken light fixtures, flickering and swinging, or cut up by the shadow of a spinning overhead fan. id's designers have worked wonders, despite the newness of the technology. "It's like making a movie while you're inventing the camera," says Tim Willits...
...last Sunday with a youth forum on voting called “The Power of One,” hosted by Cambridge’s vice-mayor Marjorie Decker and Lethal Weapon star Danny Glover. It continued at the Clintons’ private bash on Monday night at the Noir Bar in the hotel lobby...
Grapes that thrive here are classic cool-climate growers. The best wines offer mouth-watering qualities that leave you wanting more. The Chardonnay can be light and fresh, the Riesling limelike, the Gewurztraminer spicy, and the glorious grape of Burgundy, Pinot Noir, velvety. The wineries are friendly and ready to receive. Some, like Fox Run, have gift shops stocking local products like Lively Run Goat Dairy (love the goat feta). There's a cool cafe next to Bloomer Creek called the Stonecat, which has become a local winemakers' hangout. The summer fruits are fantastic (Red Jacket Orchards' apricots...
...obstruction and Leth has the freedom to do as he wishes. Without the arbitrary guidelines, Leth delivers an unfocused mess. But even that botch has instructive value. It shows why a director's most personal work often fails and why masterpieces are made within the confines of genre: film noir, western, Cuban movie in half-second shots...