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...behemoth consisting of Gibbons’ vocals over a droning bass note and pieces of organ-driven jazz-guitar freak-outs filled with happy injections of feedback and tonal non-sequiturs. At almost seven minutes, it rewards the time it requires. The smoldering, near-space-rock “Threads?? lets the album fall away, packed with chunky percussion and rousing, indignant, Björk-like howls from Gibbons. She seems to reach out for any last shred of reality. What she gets is a minute-long, foghorn-like blare that all but pushes the listener...
...faithful representation of human relationships, suffers from some heavy-handed production choices that warp the bleak into the boring. Most notably, the ending drags on painfully as the climax gets buried beneath a long series of concluding scenes. Green manages to tie together each relationship’s loose threads??some neatly, some clumsily—but the time he takes to do so is excessive. Still, the film’s achievement lies in making use of extremes. As “Snow Angels” closes with shots of daily life, what is fictional and what...
...faithful representation of human relationships, suffers from some heavy-handed production choices that warp the bleak into the boring. Most notably, the ending drags on painfully as the climax gets buried beneath a long series of concluding scenes. Green manages to tie together each relationship’s loose threads??some neatly, some clumsily—but the time he takes to do so is excessive. Still, the film’s achievement lies in making use of extremes. As “Snow Angels” closes with shots of daily life, what is fictional and what...
...overblown concept, suggesting that Schmid’s most renowned film might not be an ideal starting point for American viewers. His 2003 film “Distant Lights” (“Lichter,” screening Saturday, Nov. 18, at 9 p.m.) illustrates the many interwoven threads??including smuggling and romance—connecting the lives of people living on either side of the Polish-German border. Critics have lauded the ensemble cast—featuring both German and Polish actors—and verité-infused cinematography for casting light on the complexity...
...university requires freshmen to attend a diversity program entitled “Different Voices, Common Threads?? during orientation, Blake says. The program consists of a series of skits and cultural events that address the history of integration and discrimination not only concerning minorities but concerning homosexuals as well...
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