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...glimpse of the dizzyingly fast-paced social life of a serial womanizer. Jude Law has the clothes, the car, and the looks to get any girl—and he does, with an endless string of paramours ranging wildly from an aging cosmetics empress (Susan Sarandon) to a flighty, semi-psychotic teenager. But the car is borrowed, the suits were on sale, and beneath Law’s charming smirk is a calculating mind. Alfie has no warmth or romanticism, despite his British charm. The movie captures his gradual comprehension of that emptiness surprisingly well. His self-discovery is aided...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Headline | 11/12/2004 | See Source »

...positively, especially to the lines “New England has the foliage / But I’m not goin’ back,” despite the fact that the lyrics are more dismissive than praising. The joy of hearing their region name-checked by one of its semi-prodigal sons outweighed the actual message, or perhaps all that could be made out way in the back of the club over the dense, effects-heavy guitars was the name of the locale and not the message attached...

Author: By Eric L. Fritz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Luna’s Light Finally Dims | 11/12/2004 | See Source »

...trying to remake Louis Feuillade’s classic silent thriller serial Les Vampires, but the plans go awry as plans are wont to do. Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung, as herself, comes to Paris to take the lead role, Irma Vep. Soon, however, she is waylaid by semi-psychotic journalists lecturing her on the future of cinema and strange, frightening dreams that seem to be connected to the project. This bizarre and amazing satire of modern French cinema and culture is a delightful romp with surprisingly deep performances. 9:15 p.m. at the Harvard Film Archive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happening | 11/5/2004 | See Source »

Mackenzie credits her ease on the rink to her father—a Canadian native who played semi-pro hockey after high school in the IHL—and his constant advice and companionship through her experiences with youth hockey. Now at the Division I level, Mackenzie is doing her part to vicariously fulfill a dream of her father...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The New Freshman Sextet | 11/5/2004 | See Source »

Several large organizations other than the HRC have still not registered, including the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, The Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine, and the Harvard Advocate...

Author: By Joshua P. Rogers, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Half of Student Groups Fail To Re-register | 11/1/2004 | See Source »

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