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Very close to the beginning of the 28-minute silent film, Buñuel, who directed the film with Salvador Dalí, stands calmly behind a seated young woman with a razor in his hand. Lifting the razor, he draws it swiftly across the surface of her eye, making a piece of the cornea fall away...

Author: By Marianne F. Kaletzky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: All Eyes on Surrealism | 11/2/2006 | See Source »

...possible rebuke by voters. And if Bush were a different kind of politician--if he loved political jawboning like Lyndon Johnson or could show political elasticity like Bill Clinton--this moment might be less significant. But Bush has perfected the art of governing from inside his razor-thin majority, and is proud above all of his ideological toughness. That's why the midterms could do more than change the balance of power in Washington, if current polls are right and one or both houses shift to Democratic hands. The election might also produce a different kind of presidential style. Bush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush's Lonely Election Season | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

Nevertheless, even a multibillion-dollar chain like Zara needs ideas. And a designer like Nicolas Ghesquire, who has been in fashion's driving seat of late with his razor-sharp focus on silhouette and tailoring, can still turn the business on its head. His buglike silhouette of skinny black legs and poufy miniskirts, first shown last February, has resurfaced on countless other runways this season. Fashion insiders--the people who determine which trends will make it onto department-store shelves or fashion-magazine covers and, eventually, to Zara--need a bad boy to shock them into a new look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion Gropes for A Future | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

...Boston underworld, which helps it stand on its own. Clocking in at over 150 minutes, this is a long and involving story to tell, but the characters are so complex and the twists are so unexpected that it flies by faster than a Will Ferrell movie. The razor-sharp dialogue is particularly top-notch, which was quite unexpected considering Monahan’s previous credits include the incredibly banal Orlando action-flick, “Kingdom of Heaven.” Wahlberg, delivering his best work since the decade old “Boogie Nights,” has half...

Author: By Christopher C. Baker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Departed | 10/5/2006 | See Source »

...only tailoring that did show up-and it was razor-sharp-was on Donatella Versace's runway, where coats and dresses had a pared-down, almost minimalist feel. Versace gave the fashion crowd something else to write home about on Friday night: an hour-long live Prince performance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wrapping Up Milan | 10/2/2006 | See Source »

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