The great Australian director Peter Weir is perhaps underrated as an auteur, simply because his filmography doesn’t follow any thematic or stylistic principle; each of his contributions feels like a complete work of art unto itself. While Picnic…
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Premiere: Netflix’s New True Crime Doc Dives Into a Mother’s Mysterious Disappearance
The victim’s sister called it “one big Greek tragedy”—and she meant it.
In September 2016, Nathan Carman took off in a fishing boat with his mother near Block Island. A few days later, a freighter spotted Nathan on a life raft off the…
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Will Mikayla Nogueira’s Lip Kit Kill the Clean Girl?
In a world of no-makeup makeup and slicked back buns, TikTok mega-influencer Mikayla Nogueira has fought a half-decade battle to keep bold beauty alive. Now, as she launches her own makeup line, she’s declaring the end of the clean-girl era.
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Diego Luna: On Going From “Andor” to Argentina in “Kiss of the Spider Woman”
At one point during our discussion about his new film, Diego Luna likens the character he plays to a Matryoshka doll, the Russian wooden figures that nest within each other.
The reference is apropos…
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Paddington Bear Meets BBC Reporter, Goes Viral As Musical Debuts
Paddington Bear’s meeting with a BBC News journalist appears to have captured the imagination of fans after the marmalade-loving mammal made his debut in a West End musical.
The bear, played by two different actors, had an…
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Amaya Suberviola wins 40th edition of the Premio BMW de Pintura. BMW Group celebrates four decades of art, culture and commitment in Spain.
Madrid/Munich. Navarran artist Amaya
Suberviola has won the 40th Premio BMW de Pintura for her
work “ST25061 (Coger una pestaña con los dedos)”
(Catching an eyelash with your fingers). In the Digital Art
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A rare jewellery box identified in Vermeer paintings sheds new light on the artist’s connections – The Art Newspaper
An object depicted in a Johannes Vermeer painting has been found to represent a rare Indian jewellery casket, throwing fresh light on the artist’s mysterious pictures. The discovery is reported by Alexandra van Dongen, a curator at…
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The Strad News – Semi-finalists announced for 2025 Isang Yun Cello Competition
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The cello semi-finalists for the 2025 Isang Yun Competition have been announced, following the first rounds held on 2 and 3 November in Tongyeong, South Korea.
From the 24 participants in the first round, ten…
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Robert Macfarlane on Embracing Flow and Letting Rivers Heal Us
Robert Macfarlane
We are all water bodies. We are made so massively of water, our bones, our brain, our lungs, our blood, they all flow, even though we think of them as static. And that begins to tell…
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Paris launches lottery for burial plots among Morrison, Wilde and Piaf
Getty ImagesPère Lachaise, which has become popular with tourists, is the resting place of icons including singer Edith Piaf Parisians are being offered the chance to win a burial spot among some of history’s most famous artists, including the…
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