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...making of these underground movies gives Black a chance to put his usual ham on wry, and for Def to exhibit a gallery of eloquent shrugs. It's also a way for Michel Gondry, the French writer-director who worked with Charlie Kaufman on the Jim Carrey time-slip comedy Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, to bang home his point that all moviemaking, whether a tiny indie film or a Michael Bay extravaganza, are communal enterprises. The whole town not only lines up to rent Mike and Jerry's faux films, they join in their production, serving as extras...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nostalgia Hits the Tracks in Be Kind Rewind | 2/22/2008 | See Source »

...Athenaeum. In Kellner’s photographic reconstructions of famous landmarks, such as the Eiffel Tower, the structure disassembles and seems to be dancing, breaking, or floating into air. He creates his works by taking individual photos of the architecture, which resemble tiles composing the whole. Kellner alters our usual perspective by tilting particular photos at angles. In this way, a formerly stable image in the world’s collective psyche can shift, to become a wavering mass of once-familiar images. Although not as iconic as the Eiffel Tower, the Boston Athenaeum was one of the nation?...

Author: By Elsa S. Kim, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Photos Alter But Can't Shake Up | 2/22/2008 | See Source »

...Instead, the new management has been given the remit of carrying on business as usual, competing in the market for loans, to the dismay of the commercial banking sector, which must now go head-to-head against a state-owned and state-guaranteed competitor, which they are promised will one day be privatized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Failure After Failure | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

...court,” head coach Jose Barbosa said. “Both of them were injured. My setter has a hurt wrist and one of my middles bent his ankle.” Due to the missing players, Harvard’s entire lineup shifted. The usual libero, senior Brian Rapp, was filling in for setter. Taking Rapp’s spot was freshmen Jeff Nathan, who saw increased time on the court. Coming in to the game, the Crimson was unsure of what to expect playing with the new rotation. “We had mixed feelings...

Author: By Michael J. Buckley, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Injuries Play Key Role In Heart-Breaking Loss | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

...much system, it’s more about skill.”The young but experienced team won’t receive any help from its taxing schedule. Up from 12 games over the last two seasons, this spring’s 14 include the usual tough Ivy matchups—Cornell and Princeton back to back—in addition to a game at Duke that falls between Penn and Denver.As if it needed more hype, the game against the Big Red—a perennial Ivy juggernaut—will be played at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Youth Ready To Go | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

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