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...bank does not act quickly enough - and deteriorating financial conditions create a self-perpetuating feedback loop with a collapsing economy - the bank may end up just "chasing the neutral rate down" without reaching the level needed to jump-start demand. Japan's experience in the 1990s provides a cautionary tale: even 0% rates failed to resuscitate the economy...
...before it heads to New York's Tribeca film festival next month. Like other memorable Latin films of this decade, including Mexico's Amores Perros and Brazil's City of God, Paraiso Travel is as richly crafted as a fine Day of the Dead altar. But for Yanquis, this tale of a Medellin couple's harrowing odyssey to the U.S., and their hard but often humorous struggle in New York, packs a welcome bonus in the midst of a presidential race: a thoughtful, non-politicized take on America's immigration mess...
...Even if it doesn't go that far, the small budget ($16.5 million) les Ch'tis has already produced the mini-miracle of enticing French moviegoers into laugh away some of their own enduring regional prejudices. The movie tells the tale of Philippe Abrams, a manager in France's postal system whose efforts to finagle a transfer to the sunny Riviera go wildly wrong. His bosses punish him by sending him instead to the Nord Pas de Calais, warning him of its reputed cold, gloom, incessant rain, and expanses of flat, barren land pocked by slag heaps, abandoned mines...
...similarly pokes fun at notorious French stereotypes. But whereas the Bronzés film was just the latest in a hugely popular series spanning back to the original 1978 film, Bienvenu chez les Ch'tis has been a bolt-from-the-blue phenomenon. Its simple, sex- and violence-free tale about normal, unappreciated people has many critics comparing it the 2001 French smash hit Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie in the U.S.). In light of its strong first week, some French film experts expect les Ch'tis to break the record for a domestic...
...Most Stressful Thing in the History of the Universe” starts the book off with a bang. Vebber describes, in lengthy detail, his failed first attempt at sex with his long-standing girlfriend and the resultant emotional scarring. Illustrating everything good about the book, Vebber’s tale is uproarious, raunchy, and, every so often, sweet and touching. Though he finds himself deflated in his attempt at sex, he is able to laugh at the episode and ends the chapter praising the love he has now found with his family. As the book goes on, the solid lineup...