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...Mother and Talk to Her) and the crafty, corrosive Bad Education, Almodóvar carried a massive burden of expectations. To some, Volver was a marking of time between inspirations. To these eyes, it was a fully satisfying comedy-melodrama about the burden of motherhood, the power of sisterhood. Volver begins with a tracking shot through the cemetery in a Spanish village, as dozens of widows polish the tombstones of their late husbands. Among the mourners is Raimunda (Penélope Cruz, in a performance of great strength and ferocity), scrubbing down the grave of her mother Irene (Carmen Maura...
...Vinci Code and X-Men: The Last Stand. But its usual fare is provocative or perplexing films from top directors. Three of the attention-grabbing entries: Volver Pedro Almod�var blends ghost story, revenge drama and all-girl comedy in a tale of courageous, if loco, sisterhood. Lovely Pen�lope Cruz and spectral Carmen Maura merit laurels, maybe Oscars...
...where there is so much to see and write about. I saw the movie again at the public screening. The second time, not expecting a masterpiece, I found a film that pleased, impressed and touched me - a fully satisfying comedy-melodrama about the burden of motherhood, the power of sisterhood...
...ideas, hires writers, then delivers a finished product to publishers. Packagers have been more common in nonfiction--cookbooks, joke books--but Alloy has turned itself into a giant of young-women's fiction. Headed by Leslie Morgenstein, 39, Alloy has put together hit series, including The Clique and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. It's a "fiction factory," as a publishing insider calls it, but one with a well-respected sense of the mercurial girl culture; Alloy's parent company also owns the teen shopping website delias.com What it provides publishers, says Publishers Weekly editor in chief Sara Nelson...
...community at Harvard, but also to reach out beyond”—into the wider community. “It’s not just about one person’s plan—it’s about coming together in our mission of sisterhood,” Alford said. Alford’s words about outreach set the stage for two of the night’s most hotly contested races. The chair of ABHW’s Alberta V. Scott Scholar Program, a mentoring program currently operated in conjunction with the Cambridge Rindge and Latin...