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...play’s moral—is normalcy really preferable to a fully lived life?—may be too pat, its presentation of the characters’ lives and explorations is honest and unsparing, providing tiny details—Alan’s mother thinks a portrait of Christ going to Calvary is a bit too gory but doesn’t want to stop her son from hanging it up; the lawyer who wishes Dysart would shut up about “sacrifices to the God of Normal” has feelings of inadequacy...
...award for best actress at the Venice International Film Festival this year, a fitting prize for her exemplary work, but she is not alone in this accomplished ensemble. The acting throughout is of extraordinary quality: a film that could have been all about a message becomes instead a portrait of a time, a place and a family. That in itself is a triumph, and something that makes Vera Drake stand out from the crowd...
...have given too much away is not really a problem when reviewing this film, but rest assured that Zelary has much more to offer than what is described here. This gem from the Czech Republic is a breathtakingly photographed portrait of the way life in Czechoslovakia—and indeed much of Europe—during that period was so cleanly book-ended by the start and end of the war, revealing just how much wartime could define a stage in a person’s life, but seemingly leave the rest of it fairly untouched...
...winner will be reading from War Trash, his new novel. It is a powerful, unflinching story that opens a window on an unknown aspect of a little-known war—the experiences of Chinese POWs held by Americans during the Korean conflict—and paints an intimate portrait of conformity and dissent against a sweeping canvas of confrontation. 6:30 p.m. Harvard Bookstore, 1256 Mass...
Though surely more difficult, Sawyer-Lauçanno said his reliance on Cummings’ own writings rather than the accounts of friends and family resulted in the truest and most comprehensive extant portrait of the poet...