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Updike wrote the four alliteratively titled “Rabbit” novels about a decade apart, beginning in 1959, tracking middle-class America over a period of 40 years through the realism that has become his hallmark. The last two of the series collectively garnered two Pulitzer Prizes, a National Book Award, a National Book Critic’s Circle Award and the Howells Medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters...
...syrupy sentimentality of the source material, the film is surprisingly moving, thanks also to powerful performances by the leads. James Garner’s charisma alone is enough to carry the film, but the real surprise is Rachel McAdams (Allie), who portrays her tortured character with touching vulnerability and realism. Unfortunately, Ryan Gosling (Noah) seems uncomfortable and out-of-place, phoning in a wooden and unsympathetic performance that threatens at times to capsize the movie. The expectation-defying conclusion of the film is delivered with a satisfying visceral punch, however, and is definitely worth the price of admission...
Join the lovers Imogen and Posthumous in this enchanting production of one of Shakespeare’s lesser-known plays. Fairy tale realism and great performances brought to you by the Winthrop House Drama Society. Tickets $3 General, $2 Harvard Students (2 per I.D.), $1 Winthrop Residents. 4 p.m. Winthrop Courtyard...
...become the developing world's new spokesman, a pragmatic populist who matches his anti-Yankee bluster with economic sobriety. His successes with pension and tax reforms have made Wall Street want to samba. Lula is often cited as the first leader to apply the social activism cum fiscal realism of Europe's "third way" to places where it is more needed. Brazil, for example, has one of the world's most inequitable distributions of wealth. His message: only economic growth can fund antipoverty crusades like his Zero Hunger program. And only by playing hardball within the globalized economic system...
...most famous work of legendary independent director John Cassavetes—a strong influence on everyone from John Sayles to Steven Soderbergh—is a must see for all ardent cinephiles. As always, Cassavetes braces his films in an emotional reality reminiscent of Italian neo-realism and the French new wave salted with American disappointment. This time he wrote and directed his muse, Gena Rowlands, to an Oscar nomination for her Woman in a emotionally fraught relationship with Peter Falk, trying to get a handle of what she’s allowed to be in the modern world...