Word: poignant
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...music today doesn’t “suck.” In fact, it is as inspirational, motivating, cathartic, emotional, poignant, energetic, disturbing, controversial, touching, stirring, therapeutic and beautiful today as it has ever been. Yes, let us start “talking ’bout my generation.” Let us start talking about the merits of a society where Eminem, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Foo Fighters, 3 Doors Down, Tori Amos, Linkin Park and U2 can all contribute to an amazing diversity in music. Let us start talking about my generation: one that...
...another south-of-the-border coup. These films are worth the hype, and then some. And for once, they have plenty of regional company. Years used to separate successes like Argentina's The Official Story (1985), the only Latin film to win the foreign-language Oscar, and Brazil's poignant Central Station (1998), the Oscar-nominated tale of a cynical Rio woman who helps a street urchin find his family. But starting with Central Station, Latin American directors have found what many critics are calling buena onda, a consistent "groove" of relevant, top-drawer filmmaking that uses distinctly regional stories...
...being held by state social services after the death of his mother, Ulysses’s ex-wife. The play takes a powerful and bleak journey through a mind tortured by a violent, war-filled past. Based on the prototypical road trip saga, the show is simultaneously the poignant memoir of an abused wife and mother and a commentary on the myths of war and heroism. Daily at 7:30 p.m. except Mondays (2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Sundays) through March 22. Tickets $34-$68, available at the ART Box Office or by phone 617-547-8300. American Repertory...
...being held by state social services after the death of his mother, Ulysses’s ex-wife. The play is a powerful and bleak journey through a mind tortured by a violent, war-filled past. Based on the prototypical road trip saga, Highway Ulysses is simultaneously the poignant memoir of an abused wife and mother and a commentary on the myths of war and heroism...
...Rice Mother is at its most poignant when Lakshmi loses power over her brood. Her granddaughter Dimple marries Luke, a rich Japanese-Chinese businessman in Kuala Lumpur. Their romance starts off passionately, but Luke's eye wanders and their union turns into a frosty farce. Luke pays a waiter to sleep with his wife and Dimple complies, hoping the assignation will lead to divorce. To her horror she finds she has stepped into her husband's new kinky obsession. Luke and Dimple's twisted relationship provides startling scenes that save the novel from reading like it's been cooked...