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...Air” is the finest movie ever made. But these moments are only funny in a fleeting, peripheral way, and they lack the bite that a comedy with such satirical aspirations requires. Only one scene in the film felt truly comedic. Sidney sees the trailer for Sophie??s award-winning new movie, “Teresa: The Making of a Saint,” in which she plays a young Mother Teresa whose heart is torn between her love for a priest and her desire to help the poor. The trailer immediately provokes laughs because it raises...

Author: By Jessica R. Henderson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'How to Lose Friends and Alienate People' | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

...that rise above the orchestra’s often-overpowering volume. Woolf, as Sophie, nearly steals the show with her spectacular voice. Demonstrating outstanding vocal command as well as impeccable breath control, Woolf hits each note and expresses each phrase with purpose and ease, catering to the simplicity in Sophie??s character for which the score calls. Her vocal quality becomes increasingly stunning as she climbs the octaves. Woolf’s acting is also impressive, particularly in her interactions with the rest of the cast...

Author: By Nan N. Ransohoff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ARTSMONDAY: Stars Make ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ a Success | 3/12/2007 | See Source »

Well, the American family is under threat today. The very women who were told they could climb the corporate ladder, and indeed encouraged to do so, must now partake in a Sophie??s choice between equally desirable public and private ends. This is not ideal. Women should, so to speak, be able to bake their cake...

Author: By Ramya Parthasarathy | Title: Let Them Eat Cake | 5/10/2006 | See Source »

...Arkadin” intertwines narrative aspects of “Citizen Kane” and “The Third Man” to probe Cold War institutional corruption. A dying man gives a petty criminal named Van Stratten (Robert Arden) two names—Gregory Arkadin and Sophie??which he tries to use to blackmail Arkadin (played by writer/director Orson Welles), one of the world’s richest and sketchiest men. The other name, it is later revealed, is that of Arkadin’s collaborator from his former days as an international criminal...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Classic Movie: Mr. Arkadin | 5/4/2006 | See Source »

Streep, a Yale School of Drama graduate, has netted two Academy Awards, including best actress for her 1983 role in “Sophie??s Choice...

Author: By Lindsay A. Maizel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Streep Gets Coolidge Award | 3/24/2006 | See Source »

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