Getty ImagesNudes in Michelangelo's The Last Judgment were covered up after they were found to contravene a ban on "lasciviousness" in art (Credit: Getty Images)In retrospect, Michelangelo's fresco got off rather lightly. Not long after Volterra began preserving the modesty...
Olafur Arnalds & Talos – A DawningIcelandic musician/producer Olafur Arnalds has spanned numerous musical styles, including neo-classical, punk rock and TV-and-film scores. A Dawning is an inspired collaboration, a celebration of kindred spirits and a deeply poignant commemoration; Arnalds began...
Lawrence points out how important it was to stay true to the spirit of a novel that is often labelled as King's most pessimistic, with its grim violence and chilling despair perhaps explaining why its journey to the screen has...
Pocket history Pockets for women have long been an afterthought. "In the 16th and 17th Centuries, women did have a kind of pocket," says Stevenson. "They had what they called tie-on pockets which tied around the body and were underneath the...
The glory of this novel is foremost in the life force of its characters, particularly Elizabeth Bennet, who is the most appealing of literary heroines, backing her own judgement and vitality against odds that are often overwhelming. But there is...
The importance of music"We found that when we were working on it that we could keep going faster and faster because of the cocaine-induced state that he is in," Schoonmaker said on the BBC's Film Programme in 2017. "We started...
Daniel Craig returns as Benoit Blanc and Josh O'Connor nearly steals the show in the "darkest" but also "most playful" instalment of the Knives Out franchise so far.Can anyone steal a Knives Out film from the great detective Benoit Blanc?...
Sydney Sweeney trained for months, muscled up, and put on 30lb (13.6kg) to play Christy Martin, a real-life champion boxer with a dramatic personal story. She wears a dark wig and brown contact lenses. And yet it is impossible to...
At this year's Venice Film Festival, no film has been more talked about than this latest project from Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania, which recounts the heart-shattering story of a six-year-old girl killed in Gaza, and received a record 23-minute...
Phill Magakoe/AFP/Getty Images10. Ballet students, Tembisa, South Africa A photo of two 5-year-old ballet students, Philasande Ngcobo and Yamihle Gwababa, posing in July outside a dance academy in Tembisa, South Africa, was powerful and touching. The stark contrast between parched ground, chiselled...
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