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...Toro, Iñárritu, Cuarón—Mexico has had no shortage of talented filmmakers lately. Fans of Mexican cinema may recognize that last name from 2001’s “Y tu mamá también,” which featured Carlos Cuarón as screenwriter and Alfonso Cuarón as director. Now with “Rudo y Cursi” (translated as “Rude and Corny”), younger brother Carlos makes his first attempt at directing a full-length film, a tale of fortunes...
...penchant for mixing purple vodka with pure ethanol while on the job—give each character an idiosyncratic tint. The debut script from Adam Nagata and director Matt Aselton is fresh and quirky; the dialogue alone could drive the awkward humor of the piece even without the nuanced talent of Dano and Deschanel.Furthermore, the film manages to focus on these quirks without overdoing them as indie flicks often do. The silly surface of the film is upheld by beautiful cinematography and careful music choices. A few shots in particular stand out: one at the very start of the film...
...students to exercise their lyrical prowess and creativity. Tuesday, a self-proclaimed general interest magazine, seeks to publish works from a broad spectrum of genres that might not have other venues for expression. OUTWIT is a manifestation of this mission. “We try to find the undiscovered talent at Harvard, the weird little quirky niches that no one gets to see, and OUTWIT is another way to showcase that,” says May M. Zhang ’10, Tuesday Magazine’s Co-President. In its third year, OUTWIT mainly showcases rappers, who tease each...
Lots of things about the novel do work. Wray deposits moments of exposition at key points in his apparent madcap narrative, showing the careful planning and loving consideration of a first-rate writing talent. His prose flies along with the unstoppable force of a subway train, but he can still make me pause and wring my heart out over poor Lowboy...
...leaves the ground. Though the performances are convincing and compelling, the movie is weighed down by its insistence on subordinating both music and personal narrative to a broader social message. The story of Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx) has ample potential to be poignant and transformative. A man whose early talent for the cello propelled him to The Juilliard School and boundless opportunity, somewhere along that journey he lost himself. The movie never gives sufficient evidence as to why or how, but when we first see him, he’s living homeless and schizophrenic in the tunnels and streets...