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Weeks before falling ill, he urged his countrymen to consider laughter “an act of resistance.” One of the country's most beloved actors, he died of complications of Covid-19.
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Five International Movies to Stream Right Now

23 hours ago | NY Times

This month's picks: an Indian artist's journey, a Japanese wild ride, an Egyptian trip into the past, a Nigerian satire and a mysterious French romance.
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Hibbing: 1941

1 day ago | Shorpy

August 1941. "Main street of Hibbing, Minnesota." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Look Development in "Mitchells Vs. Machines"

1 day ago | Gurney Journey

The new Netflix movie "The Mitchells vs The Machines" uses innovative techniques to create the contrast between humanistic world and the machine world. The team at Sony, which...
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‘Wrath of Man' Review: ‘H' Has Some Fury

1 day ago | NY Times

Jason Statham plays H, a movie tough guy you don't want to mess with, in Guy Ritchie's action film.
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We, Tina

1 day ago | NY Times

How Tina Turner reclaimed her voice, her image and her spirituality.
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The Film That Made ‘Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song' Possible

1 day ago | NY Times

Melvin Van Peebles had to go to France to make “The Story of a Three Day Pass,” the tale of a Black soldier on leave that's full of bold directorial choices.
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‘Monster' Review: Teenager on Trial

2 days ago | NY Times

In this drama, a young man's future is threatened when he is accused of participating in a deadly bodega stickup.
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‘The Water Man' Review: Oyelowo Directs With a Touch of Magic

2 days ago | NY Times

As a newly transplanted family tries to adjust to the countryside, the son is desperately pulling strings to cure his seriously ill mother.
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‘Pink Skies Ahead' Review: Partying Through Anxiety

2 days ago | NY Times

Kelly Oxford's '90s-set coming-of-age story follows a college dropout as she navigates a new romance and a new medical diagnosis.
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Emma Elliott presents new marble sculptures at on form 18

Emma Elliott is one of forty sculptors selected for on form 18, a biennial exhibition of sculpture in stone at Asthall Manor in the Cotswolds. She joins world renowned and... Read more ...

"Beirut, after the Dust Settles" in Design and the City Podcast

Melting Glaciers Have Exposed Frozen Relics of World War I

Artifacts from the White War - a battle between Italian and Austro-Hungarian troops that took place in the forbidding heights of the Alps - are on their way to a museum. Read more ...

On The Sunny Side

Saturday Leftover Day. Tom Sims was a comic strip writer who is known for little else than his stint as a writer on The Thimble Theater, the strip that was known for... Read more ...

"Green Roof"

This is my demo painting I did two days ago for my One-Day Zoom Workshop. It was another successful one. The feedbacks from my 3 Zoom workshops so far have approved that using... Read more ...

Gorgeous Sunset With Magical Statues Of Easter Island Chile Watercolor

I was always fascinated by monumental statues of Easter Island, Chile. Here is the watercolor painting of a gorgeous sunset on Easter Island with their Moai Stones. This... Read more ...

The Art Party Circuit Comes Roaring Back at Frieze New York

But even Michael R. Bloomberg, whose name graces the building, got stuck outside the Shed until he provided the proper Covid documentation. Read more ...

Got Masks? Here's What to Do With Them

As more people are vaccinated and guidelines around mask wearing are easing, some are finding ways to preserve, repurpose and recycle their face coverings. Read more ...

Jake Tapper's Hero Is Embedded With the Rat Pack, Hoping to Catch a Rat

Tapper's new thriller, “The Devil May Dance,” plumbs the connections among Hollywood, the Mafia and the Kennedy administration. Read more ...

Trying to Imagine Post-Pandemic Life? Virginia Woolf and Toni Morrison Can Help

“To the Lighthouse” and “Beloved” suggest how to envision a world we might actually want to re-enter. Read more ...

Making a Collagraph from Mat Board with Acrylic Gloss Varnish

This is a post from Belinda Del Pesco's Art Blog Belinda Del Pesco . Acrylic Gloss Varnish Sealer on Mat Board Collagraphs When you make a collagraph plate from mat board , the... Read more ...