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A useful primer on how art and politics combined to shape the Russian Revolution

Joyce Glasser reviews Revolution: New Art for the New World (It will be broadcast in the BBC’s upcoming Russian Revolution Season and will air on Monday 6th November 9pm on BBC4) Politics and art is t ...

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Albert Serra’s historic depiction of Louis XIV is compelling viewing

Joyce Glasser reviews The Death of Louis XIV (July 14, 2017) Cert: 12A, 115 mins From Catalonian co-writer (with Thierry Lounas)/director Albert Serra’s new film, The Death of Louis XIV, set almost en ...

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An under par score for this well-acted period biopic of two Scottish golfing legends

Joyce Glasser reviews Tommy’s Honour (July 7, 2017), Cert. PG, 112 min. Jason Joseph Connery, Sean’s son, has directed a handsome and well-acted, though dramatically flat, historic film, adapted from ...

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Film director Sofia Coppola teams up with Valentino in a new costume-led production of La Traviata

Joyce Glasser reviews La Traviata (In cinemas on Sunday, July 9, 2017) Opera directed by film directors is nothing new. Franco Zeffirelli glided between film and opera with ease. But La Traviata, dire ...

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