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...city, which means the people coming for the world's largest movie conference, the Cannes Film Festival, are in their seats for the morning's major screening by 8:15. Cannes is also a Riviera resort, which means the town comes alive at night. Debonair folk in evening clothes stroll the Croisette until just before dawn. The discos (including the one directly under our hotel room) blast their pounding sounds nonstop to 3 or 4 a.m. (which may explain why the prose of this night owl is sometimes on the jagged side). Critics, who want to be part of both...
...Koolhaas, a fierce critic of skyscrapers, at the Big Debate on London's soaring skyline. PASSEGGIATA Armed with a bit more knowledge, it'll be time to hit the streets. On the Passeggiata (Italian for a walk), you'll take in architectural gems, temporary installations and exhibitions on a stroll from south to north London. All that, and refreshments, from coffee and pastries near Borough market to dessert at St. John's Square. Thanks to the architects, you'll have seen the city from a whole new angle. londonbiennale.org.uk
Stefan Pryor knows what a neighborhood back from the brink looks like. Five years ago, taking a Sunday stroll from his home near the World Trade Center meant jostling among the tourists. Today, he says, he bumps into neighbors. "There are many more residents now and a sense of community," says Pryor, president of the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. "We even have a new coffee shop...
...that deadly run is about as intense as the "action" in Army of Shadows gets. Melville is a deeply patient director. He lets his players stroll, chatting, to their destinies, his camera panning or tracking their very normal, very unsuspicious, movements, while we in the audience get the creeps. We know, quite early in this film, that when death or capture appears it will be sudden. A car door opens or its window rolls down and there it is - "the distinguished thing." The effect, finally, is a forced, but mutedly melodramatic perspective on the religious saw about how, in life...
This Friday, as students, locals, and tourists alike stroll down Massachusetts Avenue, heads will turn. Between 12 p.m. and 5 p.m., the Holyoke Center stage will feature a program that combines vocal ingenuity with interludes comprised of superb Indian, Chinese, and Ballroom dance. The afternoon will showcase eight of Harvard’s most noteworthy a capella groups—as annual staples of Harvard’s Arts First weekend, these groups share an unmatched excitement about contributing to Harvard’s artistic tradition.First to perform is Harvard’s oldest a capella group...