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“The Bride!” Is All Exclamations but No Explanations
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s imaginative adaptation of the Frankenstein story, starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, leaves its premise and its principles undeveloped. Source link
Yuval Sharon Reimagines the Canon
In the director Yuval Sharon’s book “A New Philosophy of Opera,” he reflects on the plight of contemporary artists interpreting classic works, writing, “We can choose to either reinforce...
Has Taking the Perfect Photo Ruined Tourism in “The Spectacle”?
Yasmin van Dorp’s short film depicts beautiful destinations—and the crowds of cell-phone photographers who inundate them. Source link
Rimbaud and Verlaine in Washington Square Park
“Godlike” is a poet’s novel, a dazzling Künstlerroman that touches on art, love, aging, and queerness, punctuated with verses by Hell (in both Vaughn’s and Wode’s voices) and his...
Chris Fleming Prances, Scuttles, and Undulates Onto HBO
Fleming’s HBO special, his first for the network, is his chance to tip into mainstream comedy after more than a decade as a cult figure. (Or, as he puts...
The Future of Horror Movies Is on YouTube
For this week’s Infinite Scroll column, Alex Barasch is filling in for Kyle Chayka.Horror is a genre of upstarts. Many of its strangest, most striking films, from “The Night...
Why a Woman Would Rather Love a Statue Than a Man
As Venus educates Rika in the art of self-possession, we are only moderately surprised when Rika informs us, “I was in love with the marble goddess.” When she abruptly...
Martin Parr’s Eye for Human Folly
Martin Parr, who died in December, at the age of seventy-three, had a specific paint color in mind for the first room of “Global Warning,” a retrospective of his...
“How to Get to Heaven from Belfast” Is an Ode to Middle-Aged Friendship
In Lisa McGee’s show “Derry Girls,” about a group of teen-agers growing up in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, the threat of violence—in the form of car bombings and...
Eugène Atget’s Epic Record of Time and Place
Through his conversations with artists, he learned that they sometimes used photographs as source materials. Atget decided to provide those source materials. He rose early to bear witness to...
