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Tragedy Reigns in ‘Winter’s Bone’

“Winter’s Bone” is beautifully bleak, a marvel because of its unflinching commitment to the relentless realism that always accompanies endurance.

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"Winter's Bone" presents a darkly tragic tale of rural life. The film won the Grand Jury Prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival.

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‘Machete’ Mines Fun from Gratuity

Focusing on the problems of illegal immigration and the growing influence of Mexican drug cartels, every element of the movie is exaggerated: the evil is pure, condensed, and particularly despicable, while the forces of good are fearless, charismatic, and attractive.

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Nolan’s ‘Inception’ Is A Dream Worth Having

Dicaprio's work in “Inception” is elevated by the stellar vision of director Christopher Nolan, a phenomenal supporting cast, and the added benefit that this film’s aesthetic compliments the actor’s own suave style. And “Inception” is about as suave as it gets.

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Leonardo Dicaprio prepares to enter the world of the dream in Christopher Nolan's "Inception."

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Pasolini Screens at HFA

Throughout September, the Harvard Film Archive (HFA) will screen “The Complete Pier Paolo Pasolini,” a series comprised of the thirteen features and five short films directed by one of the most controversial and important intellectuals of the twentieth century.

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In Pasolini’s 1974 film, “Arabian Nights,” the Italian director highlights human sexuality with an explicit level of frankness and sincerity.

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Making a Movie? The Final Clubs Welcome You.

As we understand it, you can't exactly stroll into any final club without being a member or guest. But Aaron Sorkin, the mastermind behind "The West Wing," "A Few Good Men," and now "The Social Network," got a lucky break.

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Eduardo L. Saverin '05, Facebook co-founder who later sued Mark E. Zuckerberg '07.

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The explorations of Harvard Foundation Director S. Allen Counter, pictured here in Haiti following the devastating earthquake in January, will be the subject of a biopic to be released in 2011.

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Will Smith To Produce Biopic on Harvard Prof

The scholarly expeditions undertaken by modern-day explorer and Harvard Foundation Director S. Allen Counter will be featured in a biopic produced by actor Will Smith.

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Harvard, As 'The Social Network' Sees It

For those of you who couldn't get close enough to the film crews shooting on Holyoke St. last year, the new full-length trailer for The Social Network that was released today should provide the most thorough look yet into the highly anticipated film about the founding of Facebook and its Harvard roots.

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Novelist and filmmaker Atiq Rahimi speaks about his writing and filmmaking, in both French and Persian, in Fong auditorium yesterday. Rahimi is creative adviser to Moby Group, Afghanistan’s largest media group.

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