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'In the Bedroom' is an Oscar-worthy achievement

By Mark Sweeney | January 10, 2002

Rare are the films that display such uninhibited emotional power as does Todd Field's new thriller, "In The Bedroom." The intense view of the emotional and psychological scars left on parents grieving the loss of their only child pulls no punches and leaves the viewer captivated at every turn of the plot. "In The Bedroom" stars Sissy Spacek and Tom Wilkinson as Ruth and Matt Fowler, whose only son Frank, played by Nick Stahl, is home for the summer before venturing off to architecture school. Frank, in between his summer trade as a lobster fisherman, is romantically involved with an older woman, portrayed by Marisa Tomei.

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'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' measures up perfectly

By Kelly Swartz | January 9, 2002

The movie opens with the depressing flicker of a neon sign outside of the Kansas City, Kan., location of the fictional nationwide restaurant chain, Bilgewater's (think Big Boy meets Applebys), where Hedwig and his band, The Angry Inch, are beginning their American tour. Once inside things instantly explode, and the sugary voice and screen presence of John Cameron Mitchell in drag as his transsexual main character, Hedwig, captivate a stunned audience of diners. "Are you ready, Kansas City!

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Choreographer Comfort makes right moves with 'Asphalt'

By David Jain | January 8, 2002

Jane Comfort is not your standard choreographer and director. Her work typifies the eclectic style of dance and performance that has recently taken the arts community by storm. Comfort's unique style utilizes motion, light and song, with her story told through the eyes of the spoken word and dance. Through a special series of performances and discussions at the Hopkins Center this winter, Jane Comfort and Company has brought a little touch of the real world and dance into the snow-covered streets of quintessential Hanover, NH. Jane Comfort and Company's latest production, "Asphalt," has won much acclaim from the critics and theatergoers of New York. A close and detailed look into the hardships faced by the people of the inner city, "Asphalt" ties together a wide array of musical and theatrical genres. Originally intended to portray the concurrence of dance, motion and word, Comfort's production grows into an all-encompassing theatrical piece, combining elements of dance, lighting, thematic structure and music. Initially commissioned through the Doris Duke Awards for New Works, and the Andrew W.

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Anderson reigns with 'The Royal Tenenbaums'

By Kelly Swartz | January 7, 2002

Lies, love, death and deception. Weddings, divorces, affairs and funerals. These intriguing themes, along with director and screenwriter Wes Anderson and co-writer Owen Wilson's dark, deadpan humor await anxious viewers of "The Royal Tenenbaums," the latest film from the pair. There are several routes a director and/or screenwriter might take to ensure his or her film's public and economic success.

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'Waking Life' is worth living

By David Klein | January 3, 2002

Director and screenwriter Richard Linklater appears to have great difficulty shedding his "Dazed and Confused" mindset with "Waking Life," an entrancing animated voyage that's destined to be a requirement in any stoner's video collection. While "Life's" trippy visuals (the film was animated over live-action footage) may provide sufficient fodder to hook in the toking crowd, Linklater's engrossing script, which explores the fine line between the dream and real world, is sure to captivate the clear-headed as well. Since his 1991 cult-fave, "Slacker," a string of isolated vignettes which explores a day in the lives of hapless Gen-Xers in Austin, Texas, Linklater has been able to create a style all his own. His impressive ability to formulate a variety of highly unique and memorable characters through witty and often thought provoking dialogue was acknowledged by many with the release of his critically and commercially successful hit, "Dazed and Confused," one of those rare teen comedies that doesn't make you proclaim, "not another teen movie." Linklater's depiction in "Dazed" of a final school day in the late '70s accurately captures the eagerness and awkwardness of rising freshmen and the high-anxiety of students facing their final year of high school with charming realism. With "Waking Life," Linklater proves that his writing ability has matured over the past decade.

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Ivy Festival will honor student films

By Valerie Silverman | November 21, 2001

The upcoming first annual Ivy Film Festival to be held at Brown University on Dec. 1 hopes to celebrate and expose students' films by gathering young filmmakers to screen and judge each other's submissions. Jethro Rothe-Kushel '03, an avid filmmaker since he was nine years old, made arrangements for Dartmouth's participation in the conference.

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Barenaked Ladies clown around

By David Klein | November 21, 2001

You might assume Monday night's program at the Verizon Wireless Arena, which included a selection from "Annie," a bass presentation of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and a rendition of a Muppet's "near, far" shtick, had to be part of a "Sesame Street Live" performance.

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Students organize a 'Space for Dialogue' in Hood

By Alex Rich | November 16, 2001

A painting does not just magically appear on the walls of a museum gallery. Likewise, an exhibition cannot be thrown together in a matter of days -- or even weeks. In fact, the art you see displayed in a museum betrays only the end-result of extensive behind-the-scenes preparation. Indeed, the job of a museum curator involves much more than selecting a work of art and placing it in the galleries.

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Percussion Ensemble hits Hop

By Matt Lewis | November 14, 2001

The infectious rhythms of traditional and modern West African, Brazilian and Indian music will reverberate in Spaulding Auditorium tonight when the Dartmouth World Music Percussion Ensemble performs its annual fall concert entitled "Dance of the Small Drums." The performance is dedicated to those who lost loved ones on Sept.

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Big laughs and big heart found in 'Shallow Hal'

By Andrea Salas | November 13, 2001

"Shallow Hal" has all of the classic gags of a Farrelly brothers' film. Something separates it, however, from the purely slapstick and grotesque humor of their prior flicks such as "There's Something About Mary" and "Dumb and Dumber." "Shallow Hal" is surprisingly moving and provides audiences not only with cheap laughs but also with a worthwhile message: that beauty is only skin deep. Hal (Jack Black) grows up in a promise to fulfill his father's dying wish for him to only date beautiful women regardless of who they are inside.

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