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  Unless you’re an archeologist in the German state of Brandeburg with a badger accidentally uncovering 12th century burial finds for you, finding anything long lost can be a long and time-consuming ordeal. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in the arts where paintings, sculptures, and most pertinently to this Continue Reading

  There is nothing certain but death and taxes is one of those awkwardly cliched readily-accepted truisms that is trotted out whenever people are struggling to make informed comment on an unexpected turn of events. To this much-over used phrase you could well have added “… and any film by Continue Reading

  Appearances are everything in the glittering world of the Steven Soderbergh-directed Liberace biopic Behind the Candelebra. From the extravagant multi-layered crystal-studded costumes that Liberace, masterfully played by Michael Douglas, wore at his twice nightly Las Vegas shows to the self-described “palatial kitsch” of his homes and apartments and even Continue Reading

  So here’s the thing. You’re a noble Jedi Knight sworn to uphold freedom and justice throughout the length and breadth of the Galactic Republic. To do that you need to battle evil, cunning Sith lords from time to time, light sabres at twenty paces. And as in all titanic Continue Reading

SNAPSHOT “The idea of this film is that our gang is on this global tour, and we’re selling out these grand theaters all over Europe—in Berlin, Madrid, London—but we sort of get into a little bit of trouble when we run across my doppelganger. He’s the world’s number one criminal Continue Reading