It has also led to a whole franchise of spin-offs and tie-ins, including a prequel theatre show (Stranger Things: The First Shadow) and an upcoming animated series (Stranger Things: Tales from '85), plus board games, comics and clothing lines. On...
"Throughout the years before I made this, I kept on telling Sean that I really want to tell a story about women. The way I grew up in Taiwan, there's a lot of expectations, a lot of limitations that we...
7. AmadeusThe 1984 film Amadeus, in which the composer Antonio Salieri admits to jealously (and fictionally) causing the death of his far more gifted rival, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, won the Oscar for best picture and is now considered a classic....
The Little People concept had quickly attracted wider attention well beyond rural Georgia. Babyland even got a mention in the UK's Daily Express as early as 1980, albeit as "the kind of lunatic scheme that appeals to Americans". Still, as...
Oscar-tipped new film Hamnet imagines the home life of William and Agnes Shakespeare – and the "soul-crushing" loss of their child. It's a powerful story that fills in many blanks.In Hamnet – Maggie O'Farrell's eloquent 2020 novel and the deeply...
With Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel Wicked, on which the successful Broadway musical and now duo of feature films are based, The Wicked Witch of the West was given a name – Elphaba – and a backstory that elicits empathy for...
Hidden for decades from public view, the artist's Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer has now sold at auction for a record sum. Why is it so valuable?A mysterious and relatively little-known painting by Gustav Klimt is now the most expensive work...
Grande really gets her moments to shine in this instalment and makes the most of them. She was always ideal in the role, giving Glinda just the right little giggle and hair flip. She has a stronger narrative arc here...
Meanwhile, President Reagan's criminal justice reforms – tougher punishments, expanded law enforcement powers, and increased incarceration – came wrapped in uncompromising rhetoric. ''The American people want their government to get tough and go on the offensive,'' the president said in...
Although Sir Geoffrey had been a close ally of Thatcher in her early years in power, their relationship had soured. When she reshuffled her cabinet in July 1989, he was replaced in his role as foreign secretary by John Major,...
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