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...necessarily mean you're sexually uninteresting to someone else in the crowded family manse - but none of this turns A Christmas Tale into a farce. Desplechin is aware of the humorous cross-currents in the film, but he's not out to exploit them. He's a more serious filmmaker than that, interested in exploring the wayward, occasionally inexplicable tensions of a group bound together more by the accidents of birth than by any true communality of interests. Families are supposed to love one another - that's the social convention. But lots of times they don't. They just make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Christmas Tale: Family Friction and Fine Dining | 11/14/2008 | See Source »

...convergence recession', because there's a synchronization of the negative business and economic cycles around the world, which are gaining more strength and speed than we've ever seen before," Naudé warns. "Even the figures coming out of once inexhaustible emerging markets like China and India point to serious weakening. It took awhile to get here, but recession is here, and it's a serious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stock Markets Undeterred by Euro Recession | 11/14/2008 | See Source »

...world where women will never say ‘no,’ men are never forced to settle down and make serious choices,” he said, before listing the consequences promiscuity has on women...

Author: By Nayeli E. Rodriguez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: True Love Revolution Guest Pushes Students to Abstain | 11/14/2008 | See Source »

...Conyers says the evidence raises "serious questions" about the U.S. Attorney in the Siegelman case, who, documents show, continued to involve herself in the politically charged prosecution long after she had publicly withdrawn to avoid an alleged conflict of interest relating to her husband, a top GOP operative and close associate of Bush adviser Karl Rove. Conyers' letter also cites evidence of numerous contacts between jurors and members of the Siegelman prosecution team that were never disclosed to the trial judge or defense counsel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Allegations of Misconduct in Alabama Governor Case | 11/14/2008 | See Source »

...Force took a field trip to Yale, touring the university’s artistic spaces and meeting with various deans, according to the Yale Daily News.Greenblatt, a Yale alum, was reportedly impressed with his visit. “Yale has for a long time had a very deep and serious engagement with the arts,” he told the Yale Daily News in April. “It is a model for how a university can take arts-making seriously.”Besides finding inspiration by looking at other universities, the Task Force has also tapped into these...

Author: By Alexander B. Cohn and Meredith S. Steuer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Putting Art to the Task | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

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