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...character, clinging narrowly to respectability as a small-town lawyer, but running behind in everything from his support payments to his housekeeping habits. He loves his son deeply, but somehow doesn't seem to know what to do with him besides ordering pizza and watching ballgames with him. In particular, he has lost any hope of understanding from his tightly wound ex-wife (Mia Sorvino). And he is surely no match for Ethan Lerner (Joaquin Phoenix), implacably determined to find his son's killer and punish him with something more than a short jail sentence. Ruffalo is a very good...
Harvard has raised the curtain on new secondary field programs for budding actors, dancers, and musicians seeking formal recognition for their work. Minors in music and in dramatic arts, which includes theater and dance, recently became available to undergraduates. Students of drama in particular have long pushed for more academic acknowledgment, either through the creation of a department or concentration. “There’s been a long and difficult process getting credit for theater,” said Robert Scanlan, who chairs the Committee on Dramatic Arts, the group of faculty and artistic leaders that proposed...
...perils of the twentieth-century lifestyles they lead. In that sense, the underlying theme of despair is in almost every paragraph, even the ones that catch Ricardo and his bad girl at a truce. There is a suggestion that the abnormality of their relationship is merely a particular strain of a disease we’ve all caught, a suggestion that the unconventional is today’s norm. But “The Bad Girl” is still a love story, though it would be better characterized as a story of obsession. Each time he sees her, though...
...editors: Kathy Lin wrote a excellent analysis on Asian diversity in her article “Color and Variation” (column, Oct. 10). It helped me to understand the many misconceptions about Asian achievement in America and in particular in American higher education. Her legwork in breaking down the different ethnic groups of Asian students should be required reading by all college admissions officers. As a college admissions consultant with several Asian clients it helped me immensely to understand that lumping all Asians together under one banner is dangerous and misleading. I would venture to say that most Asian...
...though individual performances are effective, few are memorable—a frustrating fact, given the many Academy Award nominees in the large cast. Meryl Streep’s flat role, in particular, is utterly thankless, as nothing makes her merciless CIA executive the least bit interesting or human. The only actor to shine beyond the constraints of the tired script is Peter Sarsgaard, who plays Witherspoon’s college friend and former lover. Unlike most characters in the film, Saarsgard grapples with moral quandaries in a relatable way, and the actor distinguishes himself in what could have been little...