Word: recollective
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...Movie reviewing is the solitary evaluation of a communal medium. Critics watch films in small screening rooms, or alone on DVD players, then retire in solitude to write up their opinions and insights, to recollect passion in tranquility. Roger does all that; but more than any critic I know, he brings the informed discussion of film out from under the lamp, into daylight. He has used his fame to elevate the conversation, challenging audiences to attend not just to the dramatic and ethical aspects of films but to their visual strategies. (Roger is one of the few film critics...
...sad—the times when moving heralded future uncertainty: moving from a home or helping a friend pack up to move away. While packing this week for the summer, those feelings came back. They came not from an inability to visualize the future, but from an inability to recollect the past. I used to look at a box and see a toy: It was the jumping-off point for inventing, coloring, and story-telling. As an adult I see a box as a chore. It has to be packed, taped, carried downstairs. This morning...
...each point against brings with it a sharp sting just as if we too were on the ice. Each penalty hits straight to the heart. But just as the team must shake off the goal, the band puts the other team’s momentary triumph behind us. We recollect our energy and voice, encouraging the team and the fans to ignore that which is past...
...spread-out scoring.” The Crimson had not recorded back-to-back slaughters of this ilk since the 30-win 2003-04 squad bested the Dutchwomen by 13-0 and 11-0 counts in Schenectady three years ago, a series the team’s seniors could recollect. “I was playing soccer, so I wasn’t on the ice,” Johnston said. “But I do remember when everyone got a lot of points that year.” Sophomore netminder Brittany Martin preserved her season-long clean sheet...
...Ballet Russes It's a very convetional documentay-a lot of old dancers recollect their days as member of the Ballets Russe De Monte Carlo mainly during the interwar years. Their memories are interspersed with archival footage of many of their most stirring productions. Their life, mainly on arduous tours, was hard and financially hand-to-mouth. But no one's complaining. They brought dancing of a very high order to places that had never seen anyone in toe shoes and tutus before, they found camaraderie, fun and the ineffable satisfactions of artistic enterprise in their work. In short, they...