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...Castello Banfi, $60 While this is a more modern style than the other three, it's a sure crowd pleaser with its smoky cherry and little-red-berry flavors
...good historical films come out of India. Movie buffs remember Satyajit Ray's The Chess Players, a classic in which the British seize the Indian kingdom of Avadh, and Lagaan, a crowd-pleaser nominated for an Oscar in 2002, in which the Indians thrash the British at cricket. But these are the exceptions. Most Bollywood films focus predictably on ishq?love?and little else. The travails of The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey, India's most ambitious historical movie in years, show...
More disconcerting even than Gorbachev's substantive positions was his tone. The Soviet leader who met Shultz last week was not at all the affable crowd pleaser who toured London, Paris and Soviet farms and factories; he was a tough executive used to dominating a discussion. One American described the Soviet chief's demeanor as "intellectually curious, vigorous, active, articulate, argumentative, self-assured, occasionally impulsive." Suspicious too. According to Shultz, Gorbachev "suggested all that happens results from a conspiracy of the [U.S.] military and Big Business." Another American official reported Gorbachev seemed convinced that U.S. policy "was heavily influenced...
...film,” says Jean Pierre Jeunet of the long, obstacle-filled journey that he endured to create his latest film, Un Long Dimanche de Fiancailles or A Very Long Engagement. The statement is particularly surprising coming from the French director best known for creating the pervasive crowd-pleaser Amélie, one of the most widely praised films of 2001. Despite that film’s tremendous success in his home country, Jeunet insists, “You must be very strong to make a film like [A Very Long Engagement] in France...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan players enact their namesakes’ most famous comic operetta. This tale of dewey-eyed maidens, bungling policemen and soft-hearted pirates is a known crowd-pleaser. Directed by Ashley A.P. Horan ’05 and Mark P. Musico ’07. Reserved Seating. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office, evenings: regular $12/$10, students & seniors $8/$6, matinees: regular $10/$8, students & seniors $6/$4, Thursday $4 with a Harvard Student I.D. Friday, Saturday and Thursday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. Agassiz Theater...