Prince Siegfried falls in love with a white swan (Odette, pure innocent) and is seduced by a black swan (Odile, evil and erotic). No other ballet is staged so often. No other ballet is more loved. No ...
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Joyce Glasser reviews Enys Men (January 13, 2023) at BFI Southbank and cinemas UK-wide – Cert 15, 96 mins. Mark Jenkin’s 2019 film Bait, set in Cornwall, was more than a calling card: his do-it- ...
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American playwright Lillian Hellman (1905-1984), of German-Jewish heritage, was blacklisted in 1952 when she refused to name names before the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities. “I Cannot,” she ...
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Joyce Glasser reviews Alcarràs (January 6, 2023) Cert. 15, 120 mins. Carla Simón’s first feature, Summer 1993 was autobiographical, observing a lonely orphan struggling to adapt to rural life with her ...
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