Search Details

Word: roberte (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Made in the mid-50s, “Arkadin” intertwines narrative aspects of “Citizen Kane” and “The Third Man” to probe Cold War institutional corruption. A dying man gives a petty criminal named Van Stratten (Robert Arden) two names—Gregory Arkadin and Sophie—which he tries to use to blackmail Arkadin (played by writer/director Orson Welles), one of the world’s richest and sketchiest men. The other name, it is later revealed, is that of Arkadin’s collaborator from...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Classic Movie: Mr. Arkadin | 5/4/2006 | See Source »

...note at the beginning of the original edition of “Inherit the Wind,” which premiered in 1955, states explicitly that the Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee’s play is not history. Sure, names were changed, characters had been added, and I had to admit that Clarence Darrow, whom I had idolized, was probably not nearly as dashing as Spencer Tracy, but the plot itself stayed relatively true to the infamous 1925 Scopes Trial over the teaching of evolution—leading me to believe that the evolution debate was what the play...

Author: By Marianne F. Kaletzky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Inheriting a Parable of Anti-Intellectualism | 5/4/2006 | See Source »

...seemingly have no relation come together and I’m anticipating how this experiment will turn out.” After one major success (“Gosford Park”) and one major dud (“The Company”), this one should put director Robert Altman back on the map. Oh right, and Lindsay Lohan is in it. Any combination of Meryl Streep and Lindsay Lohan has to be entertaining. Nuff said.Superman ReturnsDue Out: June 30Many seem to be revving up to see the third and final insIf people are disappointed that Spider...

Author: By Christopher C. Baker, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Long, Hot Summer Flicks | 5/4/2006 | See Source »

...mingle, he will be near other notorious inmates at ADX Florence including Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski, Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols, attempted shoe bomber Richard Reid, 1993 World Trade Center mastermind Ramzi Yousef, 2000 Atlanta Olympics bomber Eric Rudolph and FBI agent turned Soviet spy Robert Hanssen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Moussaoui Is Likely to Spend Life in Prison | 5/4/2006 | See Source »

...note at the beginning of the original edition of “Inherit the Wind,” which premiered in 1955, states explicitly that the Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee’s play is not history. Sure, names were changed, characters had been added, and I had to admit that Clarence Darrow, whom I had idolized, was probably not nearly as dashing as Spencer Tracy, but the plot itself stayed relatively true to the infamous 1925 Scopes Trial over the teaching of evolution—leading me to believe that the evolution debate was what the play...

Author: By Marianne F. Kaletzky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Inheriting a Parable of Anti-Intellectualism | 5/3/2006 | See Source »

Previous | 665 | 666 | 667 | 668 | 669 | 670 | 671 | 672 | 673 | 674 | 675 | 676 | 677 | 678 | 679 | 680 | 681 | 682 | 683 | 684 | 685 | Next