With such disruptive devices as intercutting color and black-and-white footage, parodying silent-film antics, and inserting scenes of youths dancing the twist, Pasolini both affirms the classical grandeur of cinematic modernism and conveys his sense of a time out of joint.

NEWYORKER: La Ricotta

The BBC has responded to hundreds of viewers who complained about violent scenes in BBC One's Silent Witness.

BBC: Silent Witness prompts almost 500 complaints to the

Jewish groups and foreign governments, including America's, remained silent about the affair, as negotiators worked behind the scenes to secure their release.

ECONOMIST: Iran