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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...when the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy is in his waning days but still greatly celebrated, as a novelist and the touchstone of a community of "Tolstoyans," passive resisters living virtuous lives based on his ideals. The words "Some even regard him as a living saint" appear on the screen, which is generally bad news for the living saint, especially if he's got a wife around to point out all the ways in which her husband is actually flesh and blood who never takes out the garbage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Station: Two Stars Enact Tolstoy's Final Days | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

Most Alcohol Consumed On-Screen...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: BEST OF THE DECADE 2000-2009 | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

...least boring thing you managed to do in 2009 was a screen adaptation for a children’s book, and the second least boring thing you managed to do was write a novel, you’re walking the fine line between boring and criminally untalented. But we’ll err on the side of boring...

Author: By Rachel A. Burns, Jeffrey W. Feldman, Ama R. Francis, Jessica R. Henderson, Joshua J. Kearney, Eunice Y. Kim, Chris R. Kingston, Ali R. Leskowitz, Beryl C.D. Lipton, Monica S. Liu, Ryan J. Meehan, Antonia M.R. Peacocke, Erika P. Pierson, Bram A. Strochlic, Mark A. VanMiddlesworth, and Denise J. Xu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Editor's Picks 2009 | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

...inspiration for the design. Cameras in the 60s certainly looked very different to today, but I’m pretty sure they didn’t look like this. My suggestion: Knock it down and rebuild it in the shape of a sleek modern camera. Imagine the giant digital screen. Amazing...

Author: By Rachel A. Burns, Jeffrey W. Feldman, Ama R. Francis, Jessica R. Henderson, Joshua J. Kearney, Eunice Y. Kim, Chris R. Kingston, Ali R. Leskowitz, Beryl C.D. Lipton, Monica S. Liu, Ryan J. Meehan, Antonia M.R. Peacocke, Erika P. Pierson, Bram A. Strochlic, Mark A. VanMiddlesworth, and Denise J. Xu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Editor's Picks 2009 | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

...Manila's Tondo port area, is placing second. Behind him is ousted former president Joseph "Erap" Estrada. He was convicted on corruption charges in 2007, sentenced to life imprisonment and then pardoned by current President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. The 72-year-old actor - who is back on the big screen now in a comedy playing a bus driver - still counts the masses as his support base. But it is unlikely that they will vote for him in quite the same numbers as in his win in 1988, and the constitutionality of a former president running again will likely be challenged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Philippines: Colorful, Chaotic Election Season | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

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