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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...projectors and fully-automatedscreens make showing videos a simple process.Simple, that is, except for the fact that theinner walls of each classroom is made of glass.So, in spite of the high-tech, fully automaticblackout window shades, light from the hallwaycannot be blocked and provides enough glare torender the movie screen nearly unwatchable.Perhaps the architect momentarily forgot that hewas designing an academic building rather than adesign showcase. Also, the video projectors arepermanently fixed in each of the classrooms,prompting some TF's to complain that theeffectively reduced classroom size makes foreignlanguage instruction difficult. Though noteveryone has classes in Boylston, anyone...

Author: By Stephen G. Henry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Brand New Boylston | 10/30/1998 | See Source »

...Corn is Green owes most of its success to its altogether excellent cast. Ms. Peabody, a Harvard alumnae and star of stage and screen from the Boston area, has appeared in films such as The Crucible, Amistad, The Proposition and Mermaids and in theater productions including The Widow's Blind Date, Park Your Car in Harvard Yard, and The Primary English Class. Peabody was able to portray Miss Moffat's struggles and hopes with incredible passion and strength, yet managed not to overshadow the freshman cast or dominate the play completely. Her depiction of Miss Moffat was perfect--like most...

Author: By Marcelline Block, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Freshmen Play in Alien Corn | 10/30/1998 | See Source »

...along with McKellan, is the only artist behind this project. The film is based on the novella of the same name by Stephen King, whose fiction, which can feel somewhat pulpy on the page, seems to come into its own via the overpoweringly visceral medium of the big screen...

Author: By John T. Meier, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Nazis Lurk in Stephen King's Suburbs | 10/30/1998 | See Source »

...most recent film was How Stella Got HerGroove Back. Other big screen performancesinclude Ghost, Sister Act, Jumpin' Jack Flash,Boys on the Side, and her 1985 debut, TheColor Purple. She is a winner of the Academyaward and has twice received Golden Globe awards...

Author: By Adam M. Taub, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Whoopi Goldberg To Speak In Sanders | 10/29/1998 | See Source »

Competition with the Brattle Theater and a five-screen Sony-Loews theater on Church Street were probably other important factors behind the decision to let the lease expire...

Author: By Carine M. Williams, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Without Any Fanfare, Sony-Loews Janus Cinema Closes | 10/27/1998 | See Source »

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