In February 1991, queer writer-director Derek Jarman set out to adapt a400-year-old Shakespearean play,Edward II, into an avant-garde protest film that he hoped would capture the hostile homophobia of Thatcher-era England in his typical radical fashion. Thirty-five years later, armed with atreasure trove of intoxicating unseen behind-the-scenes footage, writer-director Theo Rollason uses their debut feature
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After awar comes areckoning. The survivors will sweep the streets and bury the dead – and then start to point fingers. In the wake of World War Two, many societies that had suffered under Nazi occupation were rightfully angry towards those they saw as sympathisers and collaborators. They were quick to dole out what they
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[ LUXUO turns back the clock to explore how historic buildings can gain new relevance without losing the character that made them worth preserving. From a 1930s Art Deco landmark in Kuala Lumpur and a former remittance house in Singapore to a Victorian coal depot in London and a 19th-century office building in New York,
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We independently evaluate all recommended products and services. Any products or services put forward appear in no particular order. if you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. High on the list of “love ‘em or hate ‘em” men’s wardrobe staples is the men’s quarter-zip. Those who cherish cool-weather function have found a
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Hovering afew meters above the city from the window seat of acrowded bus, London (Victor di Marco) ponders how daylight has always been ​“denied” to him. He is aman of the night, aself-described ​“question mark limping happily through the streets.” It is apoignant reflection, but one that contradicts the film that follows for, while London
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Directors have often enjoyed toying with Louis Garrel’s onscreen heartthrob reputation. The latest to capitalise on his charisma is Nanni Moretti inIt Will Happen Tonight, who sets Garrel to work in adecades and nations-spanning romance about waiting for the ones you love. In spite of its ambitious proportions, though, this patience-testing film consistently underwhelms on
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We independently evaluate all recommended products and services. Any products or services put forward appear in no particular order. if you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Are you struggling to get a close or comfortable shave? The chances are you aren’t taking time to prep your skin. This means cleansing with
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Kouzuki is not the only one. Count Fujiwara is in fact aKorean conman, and the ease with which he passes as Japanese nobility unsettles the concept of acoherent ethnic identity. The lack of perceivable difference between the Japanese colonisers and the colonised Koreans engenders an uneasy ambiguity where it’s hard to tell friend from foe.
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The crowning achievement of Miloš Forman’s still somewhat overlooked biopic ofHustlermagazine founderThePeople Vs. Larry Flyntis its tight grasp on the performative nature of morality. In the claustrophobic home of hypocrisy, all walls are made of glass. WithInk, Danny Boyle’s own shot at profiling acontroversial media mogul, the director is so swept up in underscoring his
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Taylor Swift joined an “iHeartCountry House Party” for an interview on BOB 94.9 FM out of Harrisburg, Pa., Saturday night (Sept. 5). Why make a random appearance on Pennsylvania country radio this weekend? Well, Swift made a return to country airplay this summer with “I Knew It, I Knew You,” the original song she penned
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The opening scene of Lili Horvát’sMy Notes on Marsevokes that of Sandra Wollner’sThe Trouble of Being Born: the contrast of agrey, granite pool against the bright green of surrounding nature, the water whooshing in the same lulling frequency as the wind. Both openings also instantly ingrain aslithering irksomeness to the film that will follow, the
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Ye (formerly Kanye West)’s two-night homecoming at Soldier Field served as a love letter to Chicago. Friday’s (Sept. 4) spectacle celebrated West’s legacy, influence and family tree touching three different decades. The show was a star-studded affair, bringing 15 guests into the fold for a loaded, 60-track setlist that spanned about three hours. While past
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Duane “Keffe D” Davis is speaking out after being convicted in connection with the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur. In his first interview since being convicted of the rapper’s first-degree murder earlier this week, Davis, 63, maintained his innocence and said he expects to be released from prison. “S—t, I ain’t worried. I’m getting out
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