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...Even Valenti's critics would acknowledge the ratings system worked well for a while. X, belying its suggestion of toxicity, simply meant films for adults only. Most, like Medium Cool, were serious, intense, mature social studies; and one, Midnight Cowboy, won the Oscar for the best picture of 1969. But two things changed. The MPAA had copyrighted its other classification, but not the X, which was soon appropriated by the early-'70s wave of porno features. Studios quickly became reluctant to release X-rated films, and an important avenue for frank artistic initiative was closed off. The director was still...
...This same issue of access to scholarship hits even harder on people outside of our well-funded elite universities. Most universities cannot begin to afford the journal prices for which even Harvard strains to pay. Individuals seeking to navigate with their loved ones the bewildering complexity of treatments for serious disease are shut out from the sources their doctors read, and those looking to learn about public-policy issues like global warming are denied access to critical research. Most urgently, for researchers and policymakers in the developing world, access to knowledge can mean life or death for millions suffering from...
...appropriately spring-y, but it can’t be too air-headed, because others on the beach will see you reading and judge you—and the book—by its cover. ON CHESIL BEACH: A NOVEL by Ian McEwan It’s beachy, but serious-style beachy. Clearly this is no frivolous tale of surf and sun: there’s some foreboding darkness in the top right corner and a solitary girl staring out at the deep blue. That’s kinda what you’re doing on the beach, right? She?...
...most actors, though, including the most distinguished, playing a rotter offers a holiday from more serious fare; a nice paycheck after all those worthy little independent films; a chance to retune the actor's instrument and play it in a darker, bolder key; or just the fun of being in a movie everyone will see. We heard from a dozen of them and squirreled out the secrets of their craft: the Seven Rules of Movie Villainy...
...interim Presidency is not immediately clear to me,” Bok wrote. “But I will certainly seek counsel about the question and think hard about it myself.” For her part, University President-elect Drew G. Faust told The Crimson in February that serious discussion of calendar reform will have to wait for the completion of General Education reforms. University Spokesman John D. Longbrake had no response from the Corporation when contacted about Petersen’s letter late last night. —Laurence H. M. Holland contributed to the reporting of this...