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...rendering television advertising useless, and its built-in audiences will scorn it: it’s not the sort of over-the-top fare that attracts Sandler’s fans, while Anderson’s cult, salivating over the prospect of another high-octane meditation in the Magnolia vein, will likely see it as an agreeable but minor work. Years from now, it will probably surface at the Coolidge as part of their series of flops from famous directors. Nevertheless, I’ll defend it; it’s slow and somewhat slight, but there?...

Author: By Benjamin J. Soskin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Love's Labors | 10/10/2002 | See Source »

WELCOME TO COLLINWOOD. In the vein of recent heist movies like Snatch, Welcome to Collinwood looks like something reminiscent of the Coen brothers. Co-written and directed by brothers Anthony and Joe Russo, Welcome to Collinwood premiered at Cannes and features big-shots George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh as producers. The film chronicles the exploits of several small-time criminals in a neighborhood on Cleveland’s east side. Led by your average petty felon Cosimo (Luis Guzman), a brainless band of six rogues decides to do some safe-cracking. What actually happens when they try to pull their...

Author: By Tiffany I. Hsieh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: On The Big Screen: Heaven, Hannibal | 10/3/2002 | See Source »

...another and in countries from the Mediterranean to the Pacific, they have existed for decades. But until recently, the groups conducted local campaigns against local targets. Algerian organizations like the Armed Islamic Group (GIA), for example, focused their operations on the hated, secular Algerian government. In a similar vein, terrorist organizations in Pakistan concentrated on pressing the government to adopt Islamic law and waging a guerrilla war in Kashmir...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Al-Qaeda: Reeling Them In | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

...daily calories from fat. With the latest resurgence of the Atkins program, the clash of the two theories is sharper than ever--low fat vs. low carbs, Ornish vs. Atkins. But here is what is new and somewhat startling: there are hints that Atkins may have struck a vein of truth--hints that are intriguing enough to convince some mainstream obesity experts that the approach merits more serious consideration. "Is it just that the Atkins diet is monotonous, and so people eat fewer calories?" wonders Dr. Samuel Klein, director of the Center for Human Nutrition at Washington University...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cracking the Fat Riddle | 9/2/2002 | See Source »

...Adams' subjects are vast, ancient and rocky. His images of plants are delicate and detailed. In Trailside, near Juneau, Alaska (1947), briar leaves displaying every vein and dewdrop form a pattern with flowers and grass. Aspens, Northern New Mexico (1958) shows one small tree, its leaves drenched in sunlight, against a backdrop of grey stems and deep shadows. It's almost worth spending all your time at the show gazing at one such image...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Visions | 8/4/2002 | See Source »

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