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Bleak Is Chic; No Country for Upbeat Films

newsvine.com
19 hrs ago 1 related
        

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Mon Dec 1, 2008 10:20 AM EST excerpt:"Big movies have tent-poled 2008 with a tarp of cruelty. No resolution, no absolution. Just the raw misery of the human condition. Buh-leak. We expect this of...

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Culture: Why I was wrong about the Baftas

independent.co.uk
30-Nov-2008
        

As a member of Bafta, I'm currently being bombarded with emails inviting me to screenings of films that distributors believe are in the running for awards. This is a reminder that, for industry insiders, the awards season has...

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Books: Apocalypse now, and then

scotsman.com
29-Nov-2008
        

perspective: geological time. By far the most powerful recent imaginating of life after apocalypse is Cormac McCarthy's great novel, The Road – now filmed with Viggo Mortensen in the main part, due for release early next...

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The Cormac McCarthy Society Conference 2009

warwick.ac.uk
28-Nov-2008
        

CAPITAL Centre, University of Warwick, UK The Cormac McCarthy European Conference 2009 will bring together academics from around the globe for a series of papers, workshops and seminars dealing with all aspects of Cormac...

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Stars bright and dim

spectator.co.uk
27-Nov-2008
        

Much great American writing is regional in a way that British or French writing never has been. Most of the best writing coming from the States inhabits a place which apparently feels no pressure from the great metropolitan...

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NM governor hosts star-studded dinner

charlotte.com
27-Nov-2008 20 related
        

Gov. Bill Richardson hosted a star-studded dinner party last weekend to thank moviemakers and celebrities, including George Clooney, Kevin Spacey and Paul Sorvino, for shooting films in the state.Clooney and Spacey have been in...

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Nam Le, Defender of Fiction

thetyee.ca
27-Nov-2008 1 related
        

Nam Le: Writing from a 'wound.' He is all these things and none of them, and while it may be a cliche to wonder just who anyone really is, Le knows that this is exactly the question that fiction is best suited to explore. "I...

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Laura Bush, publishers, discuss a book deal

csmonitor.com
26-Nov-2008 55 related
        

It's been a source of speculation for some weeks now, but yesterday the White House made it official, confirming to the Associated Press that Laura Bush is planning to write a memoir and has been meeting with publishers to...

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The Dark Knight, WALL-E, Ratatouille and Knocked Up among best DVDs of 2008

telegraph.co.uk
26-Nov-2008
        

By Philip Horne and Serena Davies Ratatouille makes a rat discovering a gift for cooking sweet, inspiring, hilarious - even civilised Knocked Up 15, Universal, 2 discs, £19.99 Judd Apatow's truthful, funny, often obscene...

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Review of BBC's Survivors Remake 2008

suite101.com
25-Nov-2008
        

Apocalyptic Drama Wins a Quarter of UK TV Audience on Debut The BBC's keenly awaited remake of Survivors, the classic TV drama in which society collapses after a super-virus wipes most of the population, is a ratings hit. It...

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