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...satisfaction of another sort to have movies that appeal to the deepest, dreamiest parts of a tyro moviegoer's soul. In the pre-Thanksgiving lull, parents can take their young'uns to Bolt, drop their 10-to-14-year-olds off at Twilight, and the whole family will have survived the weekend. All it takes is a handsome vampire's bite and a cute dog's bark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bolt: Dog Gone Disney | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...policy. The Fed funds rate is already down to 1%, and the economy is still sinking. Rates have nowhere to go but down - all the way to zero. And by the time President-elect Barack Obama takes office in January, it's likely the U.S. will be debating what sort of tax relief to individuals and businesses might be best - mimicking policy discussions that are already occurring along the same lines in Europe and Asia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Global Economy's Big Fear Becomes Real: Deflation | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...language and grammar to dispute his claims.Nevins and company also draw attention to other, equally serious concerns about the characterization of the Pirahã people. “Given the inevitable impression left when one describes a people primarily in terms of what they lack, we would expect this sort of characterization would be offered only as a last resort—and on the basis of the firmest possible evidence. We have argued that in the present instance, the evidence is anything but firm. Hence our discomfort.” Professor Pinker, on the other hand, sees some merit...

Author: By Joshua J. Kearney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Don't Sleep,' There is Much (Linguistic) Debate | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...realized she could do nothing else. Denis began working as an assistant director on the sets of both Wim Wenders and Jim Jarmusch. “I was unfit for life, basically,” Denis said in an interview. “And I think cinema was sort of a second life. It was another way to be in contact with my life as an adult, as a woman, more than through my family or through my school. And, somehow, feeling unfit, I had the impression that I could not be only a film-watcher.”Much...

Author: By Mia P. Walker, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: French Filmmaker Denis Gets Frank | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...return? I was excited about competing gain, to start pushing myself. I wanted to see where my level was compared to other people. It all sort of made sense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surfer Kelly Slater | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

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