PARTENOPE, Handel’s bitter, witty and ironic comedy of sexual intrigue, jealousy and rage, premiered in London in 1730. Four years earlier the erotic libretto had been deemed entirely unsuitable for t ...
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THE POWER OF THE DOG (Netflix). How many Oscars is this film written and directed by Jane Campion going to win? Quite a few, I should think. Benedict Cumberbatch is unexpectedly cast as a rancher in M ...
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DUNKIRK (BBC iPlayer) is conscientious and sincere but lacks the passion and anger which had informed such masterpieces as All Quiet on the Western Front and Paths of Glory. The inherent weakness in t ...
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THE ARREST OF AI WEIWEI (YouTube). A Chinese conceptual artist was arrested in 2011 and imprisoned because he had criticised the Chinese’s government’s stand on democracy and human rights. Howard Bren ...
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