Art and Culture

My two years of high school Latin got me to Julius Caesar’s account of his exploits in the Gallic war Commentarii de Bello Gallico, written in a straightforward, rather simple style. Unfortunately, I never took third-year Latin, which…
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Motion capture, or MoCap, is when an actor wears a special suit covered in dots or balls to physically act out scenes, which can then be overlayed on to an animated or digitally generated character.Oscar De Mello, who helps run The Shed…
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Eurovision is basically the Olympics of the song contest world, and 2027 will be the first time Canada competes on the world stage in front of millions of spectators.It's still too soon to say how Canada's act will be chosen, but as any…
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Pastore once said, “It’s easier for me to play a tough guy than it is to play the good guy. … I grew up in a tough neighborhood. I didn’t study the classics. I’m a street actor. A lot of my training was on the set.” – The New York…
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The airy, modern house on the outskirts of Edinburgh shared by Val McDermid and Jo Sharp is surrounded by greenery and feels as though it was designed to provide enough space for two minds to think.Both women are high achievers in their…
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Is straight sex the most perverse sex of all? Gregg Araki’s new film makes a convincing case. Titled I Want Your Sex, the movie is a deliriously fun and often hilarious study of desire, power and art that features bondage, full-frontal…
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Our critics on that viral Odyssey review from Homer translator Emily Wilson. Photo: Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures…
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Keeping pace with Hollywood’s awards horserace.…
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Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Do you want to know the real scuttlebutt about Natalie Portman and Rachel Cusk’s new novel, …
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