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...goodbye is therefore marked by the same frustrating passivity characteristic of the film as a whole. As noted, “Bright Star” is not a wholly disappointing experience. The actors uniformly deliver strong performances, only occasionally lapsing into facile sentimentalism. The cinematography is especially charming, and silent sequences highlighting the splendor of the countryside and the complexity of Brawne’s needlework are arrestingly beautiful. Poetry buffs will also likely delight in hearing Keats’ work in a different context; it is particularly interesting to hear his theories on poetry and the role...
According to the study, at least 174 million people worldwide suffer from Trichomoniasis. And though the disease is treatable with antibiotics, its relatively silent nature in males complicates efforts at treatment...
...memory reminding me of it, but her voice." The florid romantic tale, titled The Princess and the President, might have passed largely unnoticed into the annals of pulp fiction were it not for the fact that its author is former President Giscard himself. Although the author remains silent amid the media furor, some newspapers have covered the book as though it might be a thinly disguised kiss-and-tell. (See pictures of the inquest into Princess Diana's death...
...five years to arrive and catalog, according to Film Conservator Elizabeth Coffey. The HFA began receiving the shipments in May 2008. The materials—which according to Coffey include film stills, negatives, pressbooks, posters, slides and transparencies, and text documents—span all the way back into silent films and include international movies. Notably, the collection includes shots from films whose footage has been partially or wholly destroyed—such as Josef von Sternberg’s The Case of Lena Smith and Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons. The film collection is immense...
...authorities know that street demonstrations could easily flare up again, considering that some half-dozen universities crowd Enqelab (Revolution) Boulevard alone, site of a millions-strong silent march in June. But can the students dent the hard-liners' seemingly armored position of power? New York University professor Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, author of a new book, The Predictioneer's Game, that argues that pressure by student demonstrators this summer has already led to concessions by the regime, predicts that the influence of students will rise sharply this month to a level that will rival that of Khamenei's. "That doesn...