AlamyJulie & Julia (2009)Nora Ephron wrote When Harry Met Sally and she wrote and directed Sleepless in Seattle, so you might not think of this as her most romantic film. But Julie & Julia is a buttery, unconventional love story....
Their playbook for statecraft was based on Chinese philosophy, principally the ideas of Confucius. "In Neo-Confucian thought," says Buckland, "you have to have a balance between military power and cultural skill." The ramification was increasing investment in soft power in...
There are a handful of Nordic design characteristics that these homes share. Key is the use of natural materials, and the way these houses connect with and frame views of the landscape. Bradbury also cites their relative modesty of scale...
Robbie turns up in the first of many bright red-and-white dresses, and her performance is magnificent, making Cathy wild and selfish but with a conscience, and an innocence beneath her sense of entitlement. And forget her age. Fennell simply makes...
Listen to the 1939 BBC recording of Tutankhamun’s trumpets found in his tomb.Tutmania was reborn in the 1970s with the international success of the Treasures of Tutankhamun exhibition. Its star attraction, the gold mask, drew more than 1.6 million visitors...
Notable for its moments of shocking violence and its avant-garde visual approach, Taxi Driver is brimming with memorable scenes beyond Bickle's famous squaring off in the mirror. In particular, another shorter scene really stands as the film's most important moment...
In the trailer, Robbie is seen doing some highly suggestive breadmaking, her cheeks flushed and her bodice heaving, as she remembers Elordi's naked torso. Then there are shots of a corset being pulled tight, of Elordi stripping off his shirt,...
Yet he is painfully aware that this is "an impossible way to live", an "idiot compassion" that eliminates personal responsibility and enables people to continue their immoral actions unimpeded. Sometimes people need to get their "asses kicked" in order to...
"People perceive that an anatomical illustration is an objective depiction of the human body to the best of the artist’s abilities," says Gann, which is something that the exhibition seeks to "break apart". "In truth, they are subject to culture...
Heathcliff lives a life of torment and uncontainable grief, but inflicts that suffering on everyone around him and feels no remorse in doing so. By not righting his wrongs, and letting him die without further punishment, O'Callaghan says, Brontë poses...
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