The Kraken waketh
Even Alfred, Lord Tennyson was young once. You wouldn’t know it from the photos, thanks to…
Tag: Art History
Robert Duvall, 1931–2026
Despite his impassive eyes, balding pate, and slit of a smile, Robert Duvall could be volcanic…
Brigitte Bardot, 1934–2025
To put the death of Brigitte Bardot in the proper perspective, let us consider this fact:…
Mamet’s worried sigh of relief: Review of ‘The Disenlightenment’
You’ve seen this movie before: a Jewish intellectual who brings not peace, but a sword. This…
The Force adrift – Washington Examiner
Looking back at it now, 10 years later, the warning signs were clear from the start — from the…
Ralph Lauren’s all-American cultural appropriation
After years of Scandinavian and Bauhaus-inflected minimalism, no-frills graphic design, and the…
Meet The Saint Who Shaped The Modern Nativity Scene
Artists have been depicting the birth of Christ for centuries, but no one made the image warmer…
An undivided Kill Bill demands your undivided attention
The elusive original cut of Quentin Tarantino’s fourth and fifth films, known together as Kill…
How Tolkien built worlds
J. R. R. Tolkien was a poet at heart. Charmed by the sound of language, he was influenced by…
Rob Reiner, 1947–2025
Rob Reiner was the leading light of what could be called the “sitcom generation” of…
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