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...seek to bureaucratize extracurricular life at Harvard,” it will be the unavoidable consequence of creating “formal procedures.” The ideals of initiative are noble—and might be justified if Harvard’s extracurricular atmosphere was somehow failing—but the proposal falls far short of its intent. In addition to the pedagogical value of activities, the faculty expresses hope that course-related activities will encourage teamwork and foster student-faculty interaction. But current student organizations are already built on teamwork. And, while student-faculty contact could certainly...
...handiwork). All this is to say that the film, as an aesthetic object created for pop-culture consumption, is nothing short of gorgeous. But at the same time, it feels about as fleeting as the 80s glam-rock symphony that pervades it—delightful in its transience, but somehow ultimately hollow. It’s not that the cast can really be blamed for this lack of emotional identifiability; quite on the contrary, Schwartzman and Dunst play incredibly well off each other as a quirky, awkward young couple, and Dunst is, as always, at her best when quietly channeling...
...Somehow, we’ve managed to cobble together most of the information that he knew, but it’s all spread out now,” she says...
...roots of such Islamic mores, but they'll still wonder why they can't see their teacher's face. I wouldn't want a niqab-wearer as a role model for my child, and I wouldn't want to explain that his teacher considers her bare face somehow immoral. It is ironic that living in an Islamic theocracy, this is something I would never have to do, while non-Muslim British parents are being asked to do so on grounds of cultural tolerance...
...thing, it features a voice-over narration, rare in films of this kind, especially since its tone is often boldly ironic. Yes, it distances us a little from the inevitable banalities of the action. But it also somehow encourages a kind of sardonic sympathy for the film's rather grimly fated players. For another, a sex criminal--a child molester (Jackie Earle Haley), newly released from jail--has moved in with his mother nearby, in a sort of living, breathing nightmare on Elm Street. Is he still a threat? An ex-cop (Noah Emmerich) has no doubt on that point...