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...White Ribbon:” Just kidding. With or without “Avatar,” no one really would really care about Michael Haneke’s allegorical drama, although it might well be the best film of the year. Another one to watch for in February is “A Prophet,” Haneke’s equally dreary, equally subtitled competition for critically-anointed, unseen European film of the year...
...Last Station” and “Fish Tank”: Awards season wouldn’t be awards season without a few middlebrow, middle-quality art-house pieces that appear and then subsequently vanish from the Kendall Square Cinema over a few weeks in January. A month typically considered a dumping ground for poor movies, foreign and independent films can sometimes be fairly successful when pitted against the otherwise sparse landscape of January cinema. This year, however, hype over “Avatar” has blinded many to alternative movie-going options, which...
...government to criticize the actions of another government, especially one with which it seeks to build important economic relationships. Moreover, reprimanding the Chinese government for violating human rights comes off as high-handed and hypocritical given the deplorable treatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib. By acting independently and without any association with the U.S. government, Google was able to make a very effective statement without any sort of political baggage...
...supposed to love Alice Munro almost as much as they love yogurt. A serene, poised, white-haired presence on the book jacket, Munro rules over her own world of strong, quiet, older women. She never raises her voice and provides neat little bites of stories that are flavorful without too many calories...
...scene, a shy college girl goes for dinner at the house of her roommate’s strange benefactor. Upon entering, she is told, “Here is where you leave your clothes.” Without missing a beat Munro writes, “Don’t worry, you won’t be cold. The house is well heated throughout.” Because both lines are uttered in the same casual manner, the expectation for her to strip seems almost as natural as the assumption that she would take off her coat. In moments like...