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...opening shot of Branagh's version is that he desperately wants this Sleuth to be not the record of a play but a real, filmy film. Unfortunately, his notion of film is a combination of bizarre camera angles and an alternation of baffling long shots and punishing closeups. Once upon a time, Branagh directed some agreeable movies: the burly Henry V, the inventive Much Ado About Nothing. So I can't say his visual choices here are made from ignorance. They have to be called willfully stupid. The mise-en-scene becomes so aggressive that in its last third...
...Some HoCo chairs remained confused about when and if their committees would receive money. The Quincy HoCo is departing from previous practice and asking House residents to pay for Quincy apparel ahead of time, rather than upon receipt...
...Harvard is actually a remarkably safe (and tame) place to drink, in particular because so few people drive. Without cars, most of the harm done by drinking falls upon the drinker. And if the occasional Harvard student feels like possibly lopping a few years off of his expected lifespan in return for enjoying the years he has a little more, so be it. That’s what living...
...underage drinking may or may not warrant such intervention—the Office of General Counsel and the administration seem to say different things here—and the lay of the legal land remains muddled. Regardless, the College’s response thus far overreaches; to impinge upon student groups and House life for the sake of the Party Fund is unfair.To illustrate, the College’s new policy requiring receipts for disbursement—meant to crack down on students and groups illegally using grant money to fund alcoholic purchases—essentially terminates the UC?...
...after the daily ritual of breaking the 12-hour Ramadan fast. As his platoon fans out into the shadows on both sides of the road, Vansandt strides toward the nearest knot of men beneath a sagging string of bare light bulbs, greeting them confidently with "asalaam ilikem" - peace be upon...