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...Rough story, huh? Unfortunately, it’s the reality for poor countries throughout the world, struggling under the burden of international debt...
...tracks, the strings of San Francisco's acclaimed Kronos Quartet. But the songs are really designed to showcase the range of moods and colors in Traoré's own voice. On Mariama, a stirring call-and-response duet with veteran Ousmane Sacko, she provides the velvety counterpoint to his rough edges. On Manian, a searching song about poverty in which she asks, "What have I done to deserve such a life/ Who have I offended in heaven?", she begins with a matter-of-fact resignation familiar to anyone who has spent time in Africa, then unleashes a spellbinding...
...Villa). "America's Best Actor" is also America's most actor-y actor; his technique is out front for all to applaud; his dark psychic energy can lead viewers to admiring him rather than understanding the character. That's why roles that allow him to strut his rough anxiety--as in Dead Man Walking and Sweet and Lowdown--are his catnip. Brooding, conflicted, R-rated character studies like Mystic River and 21 Grams: these are natural Sean Penn films...
...Schweitzers, the move has been "a grand adventure." Soon after they settled into their new house, their son and daughter-in-law had a second child and found a more suitable home, which was, coincidentally, right next door to Linda and Bill. Their lives are anything but a rough replica of Everybody Loves Raymond. "We rarely see them more than once a week," Linda says. "My son is a busy man. He has a family, a wife, a business. I don't expect him to sit down and talk to Mom all the time. I don't expect...
...number of individuals who have seen rough cuts of the film have offered similar critiques, stirring up a frenzy of name-calling and finger-pointing from theological scholars and religious extremists alike...