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...gained him leverage in resisting Warner Bros.’ efforts to shorten and update the film. With an R rating, Snyder was able to embrace the sex and violence of the novel and maintain its setting: a fictional 1985 in which a fifth-term Nixon celebrates American triumph in Vietnam. Our insight into this alternate reality comes from primary narrator and protagonist Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley), whose deliciously gravel voice, hangdog look, and uncanny resemblance to his novel counterpart lend the movie its most gripping and startling moments.Snyder’s cast performs smoothly and largely carries...
Last month, ethnic Albanians in Kosovo celebrated the one-year anniversary of their country’s independence from Serbia. This anniversary is, in some ways, a triumph for Kosovo. The United Nations-backed government is slowly taking over some of its own administration, although 15,000 NATO troops are still deployed there to maintain security and internal stability...
...curtain, revealing pairs upon pairs of synchronized tapping feet. While perhaps hewing a bit too close to the design and staging of the excellent 2001 Broadway revival, the Boston Conservatory’s production—which ran through March 8—is nevertheless an exuberant triumph on all levels.The ultimate backstage musical, “42nd Street” follows ingénue Peggy (Riley Krull) as she attempts to get a part in a new Broadway show directed by the famous director Julian Marsh (Brennan Roach). As Peggy’s celebrity grows, the career...
...season—which doubled as the last games of the collegiate careers of seniors Andrew Pusar, Drew Housman, and Evan Harris—the Crimson turned in one of its best performances of the season to down archrival Yale, 69-59, at John J. Lee Amphitheatre on Saturday.The triumph over the Bulldogs (13-15, 8-6 Ivy) was especially sweet for the three seniors, as Harvard (14-14, 6-8 Ivy) had lost its last seven games in the rivalry—a drought that began with the senior class’s freshman campaign. The win was also...
...Just 48 hours after Hassanzade's triumph in the final, French government officials announced that they would grant the young fighter legal residence papers. Those, in turn, will allow him to apply for naturalization on his 18th birthday so he can represent France on the international stage in the most French of all combat sports: savate, also known as la boxe française. (See pictures of boxing...