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...Hollywood product it either parodies (the cop-buddy action pics) or resembles (the current wave of Stiller-Ferrell-Vaughn-Wilson-Wilson slob-buddy comedies) is that Wright is an actual filmmaker. His acute sense of visual wit, rich but not assaultive, puts me in mind of Buster Keaton's classic silent farces. To Wright, the movie screen offers a smorgasbord of small, savory gags to be sampled by the attentive viewer; it's not a grapefruit pushed in your face...
...boss was responsible for cutting up old reels from classic directors like François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Goddard, and Federico Fellini, sometimes hacking at random to prepare the film for broadcast on late-night television...
...Both the Mahdi Army and the Sunni insurgents are working from the classic guerrilla warfare playbook: avoid confrontations with concentrations of better-armed enemy forces; lie low or mount attacks elsewhere to stretch his forces. It's been this way, in one form or another, since the insurgency began in the summer of 2003. And it's a reminder that no matter how thoughtful and well-executed the military strategy is, its effectiveness will be determined by the political reality...
LONDON Vitra's Panton chair ($272), an updated version of the 1967 classic, is family friendly. Made of polypropylene, it's durable and easy to clean...
...ground-floor store, housed in a building dating back to 1896, is a departure from the traditional Diesel retail formula. Customers will enter the vast, windowless shop through large Gothic doors in the front or a cloud-festooned hallway that leads from the rear parking lot. Classic Diesel design aspects, such as the worn-in, vintage atmosphere of other locations, have been discarded in favor of unique lighting techniques and product displays. The stark cement floor gives way to a decorative metal-studded wood-marquetry design near the entrance. In addition, men's and women's clothing and accessories will...