Movies
An obituary for eminent French writer Georges Bataille (1897-1962) stated that “he believed that through excess rather than deprivation one could obtain a freedom of the spirit,” and in writer-director Christophe Honore’s film of Bataille’s “Ma Mere” everyone believes in excess, the more wretched the better.
May 13, 2005
Entertainment & Arts
Paul Verdier is about to translate into English a remark by his longtime friend and director, Nicolas Bataille.
March 20, 1993
Books
Nothing sells a magazine like sex.
July 16, 1995
In plain English, ‘L’informe: mode d’emploi, at the Pompodou, is anything but an academic exercise.
Aug. 4, 1996
Culture Monster Blog
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Oct. 7, 2011
California
Education: Washington State provost, one of four candidates for presidency, does not offer a specific reason for dropping out.
Nov. 13, 1999
Education: Gretchen M. Bataille, provost at Washington State University, answers questions from public on tenure, funding, new stadium head-on.
Nov. 11, 1999
When Claire Bataille recently broke down a combination, students in the advanced dance class at Anaheim High School weren’t worried about her getting into one of their lockers.
March 7, 1991
Education: Trustees selected either Antoine Garibaldi or Jolene Koester on Monday, after two other finalists withdrew from process.
Nov. 16, 1999
World & Nation
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration’s overhauled healthcare website got off to a bumpy relaunch Monday as a rush of consumers caused an uptick in errors and forced the administration to put thousands of shoppers on the HealthCare.gov site on hold.
Dec. 2, 2013