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...convergence of an Oscar winner (Voight), an Oscar nominee (Norton), an Oscar wanna-be (Farrell) and a Tony winner (Ehle) ought at least to provide solid acting, and in stretches it manages that. Voight, navigating some dreadful dialogue, doesn't make a misstep; Norton executes his usual business of revealing little but threatening plenty; and Ehle, her head shaved as a cancer patient, deftly underplays her function of providing the poignant feminine touch. But by the the movie's climax, which discards the standard sibling shootout for bare-knuckles barroom machismo, and throws in the instant insanity of a secondary...
...movie naturally sags a bit at Hélwne's death. So does the moviegoer, as Summer Hours is obliged to follow the dispute and disposition of the estate. (Berling, solid and subtle, becomes the focus of the film; Binoche and Renier appear only briefly.) I think Assayas wants Hélene's loss to be felt through the rest of the picture. Her shadow, and that of her home, have to linger till the end, when Frédéric's own children spend a last weekend at the chateau, and one of them connects with its gentle...
...Mikaelle Comrie said. “We didn’t let them back into the game. Last year, we really struggled with closing games, and this year, at that game especially, we were doing things right.”The Crimson’s win was marked by solid individual performances, particularly by freshman Anne Carroll Ingersoll, who notched 16 kills and recorded a .517 hitting percentage in just her second collegiate match. The rookie also managed to post an ace, three digs, and a solo block. “[Anne Carroll’s] really tall...
...It’s just a sign of what she’s going to contribute this year,” Rhoads said of Cho’s performance. While her teammates struggled on Saturday, Cho tore up the course with a round of 73. After another solid round yesterday, Cho ended regulation play tied for first. She parred the playoff hole, but her opponent, Katelynn Mannix of Siena College, made birdie to take the individual crown. After her great performance, Cho noted her teammates’ support during the start of her college career. “They followed...
...expect to see a continuation of the process of financial market de-leveraging,” the managers wrote, referring to the increased difficulty of borrowing. “This process will likely create periods of disruption and market volatility.” Harvard’s solid investment returns come at a time of leadership transition for the management company, which has been led by four different chiefs in as many years. Harvard’s investment company returned to permanent leadership July 1 with new chief executive Jane L. Mendillo, who worked at Harvard for 15 years before...