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...bomb, killing two others. On both sides, not all the stories of slaughter and desecration were immediately verifiable, since the violence and curfews--extended through last weekend--restricted the movements of journalists. But the authenticity of the allegations mattered less than their effect on a scared and sullen population. Omar Saad, 73, saw his Sunni mosque in the northern Baghdad district of al-Shaab being attacked twice on the same day by armed Shi'ite militias dressed in black--the uniform of the Mahdi Army. The mosque's guards fought off the attack until they ran out of ammunition...
...BęTE HUMAINE JEAN RENOIR Many years later, Renoir described this streamlined 1938 version of the Zola novel as a love triangle about a man, a woman and a locomotive. That sells short the sullen passion that binds sooty engineer Jean Gabin to kittenish femme fatale Simone Simon. An implacable film noir before noir was cool, this is atypical but essential Renoir, and a reminder that subtitles are no hindrance when a great director paints in the visual language of film...
...song, and you have to make it believable” says Sammi K. Biegler ’08, who plays Zorah, the professional bridesmaid, “Not like [you’re singing] just because someone wrote it.”Gilbert and Sullivan depict Zorah as a sullen, depressed alcoholic—Krause provides the “why.” Zorah is in love with Dick, who went off to sea; when he returns, he falls in love with Rose. Biegler then incorporates this background story into a more nuanced performance.“PAINTED EMBLEMS?...
...also had an affair with his wife. Pete’s drunkenness through 99 percent of the movie is integral. His goofy charm is particularly necessary in light of the fact that the screenwriters try too hard to push Cusack’s classic cool delivery on the sullen, nihilistic Charlie. Another failing of this film is its dreary, comedy-sucking location. “The Ice Harvest” takes place in Wichita, Kan., specifically either in or in front of strip clubs or suburban houses. The lack of visual diversity of the scenes makes the 88-minute movie...
...many Iraqis, may be the only thing preventing a slide into a sectarian bloodbath. The Bush Administration hopes that increased Sunni political participation will help defuse the insurgency. But elections have proved an insufficient antidote to the violence, and the U.S. and Iraq's new leaders have given sullen Sunnis few tangible reasons to support them. Because of security concerns, the State Department has only one envoy and one staff member from the U.S. Agency for International Development for the whole of Anbar province. As a result, reconstruction money isn't being spent in insurgent-friendly places like Fallujah. Says...