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...opens with a shot of anempty road stretching out into the distancethrough a flat, nondescript landscape.This overused and bland imageis representative of the film as a whole.Even heartfelt performances cannotquite compensate for a plot that teetersbetween tedium and brutality, and a tritescript that only barely leaves room forcharacter development.AnnaSophia Robb (“Bridge to Terabithia”)plays Tara, a troubled but lovable12-year-old who grapples with beingneglected by her mother. Early in thefilm, Tara’s mother, Joleen (played byCharlize Theron, “Monster”), abandonsher for reasons that are intentionally ambiguousbut nonetheless unconvincing.Tara...

Author: By Rachel A. Burns, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sleepwalking | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...maincharacter.“I liked the material a lot, but weneeded to find the right girl because if wedidn’t, the story wouldn’t have held anyweight to it.”Theron found the right person in 14-year-old actress AnnaSophia Robb. “Shewas the element that really made mecommit to the film,” Theron said.Theron became Robb’s mentor duringproduction, balancing the roles ofnurturing the young actress and pushingher to hone her craft. “I was very protectiveof her,” Theron said...

Author: By Victoria D. Sung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Theron Steps Behind Lens in 'Sleepwalking' | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...documentary—and, some would hold, of art in general—is to make plain the unclear. “Secrecy,” the new documentary from History of Science professor Peter L. Galison ’77 and Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) professor Robb Moss, inverts this idea. It explores the U.S. government’s systems of classification and official concealment used to keep sensitive information from the public.The filmmakers trace the precedent of the State Secrets Privilege back to a 1953 Supreme Court decision in which the widow of Robert Reynolds...

Author: By Kyle L. K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Secrecy | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

Kovacs, juniors Jon Garrity and Megan Watson, and sophomore Drew Robb split time skippering for Harvard, as senior Elyse Dolbec, juniors Kerry Anne Bradford and Watson, sophomore Michelle Konstadt, and freshman Meghan Wareham rotated crew duties for the Crimson...

Author: By Thomas D. Hutchison, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Meets with Mixed Success at Weekend Regattas | 3/3/2008 | See Source »

After Harvard professors Peter L. Galison ’77 and Robb Moss screened the first act of their new documentary “Secrecy” to students, one raised his hand and asked, “What are the secrets?” While “Secrecy” focuses less on actual secrets than the structure of government censorship, it reveals the dark and hidden realities of democracy.In June 2004, Galison and Moss began shooting their film “Secrecy,” with the intent of exploring the architecture of the secrecy system...

Author: By Mia P. Walker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Directors Reveal Truth About 'Secrecy' | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

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