
What the river may have looked like two hundred years ago… apart from the skyscrapers of Canary Wharf in the background. (From a recent tall-ships festival at Greenwich.)
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Spotted in the window of the Anya Hindmarch boutique on Bond Street.

Thrilling intellectually and viscerally, full of stirring notions of what humanity is capable of, and full of hope. A wonderfully refreshing sort of SF.

Utterly empty. It’s aware of the tropes of the new mythos of alien abductions, but makes no attempt to find anything even the slightest bit fresh in them.

This is no stuffy costume drama but a richly lived-in visit to early-19th-century England that is rough, bawdy, often funny, and more often unsettling.


What the river may have looked like two hundred years ago… apart from the skyscrapers of Canary Wharf in the background. (From a recent tall-ships festival at Greenwich.)
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I would not obey these driving instructions…

Serious film fans will appreciate the 4K restoration of this 1939 French melodrama, which has been all but unseen for 75 years.

Is Doctor Who going to insist on pinning down a concrete, rational explanation for every human fear?


The enormous piece of installation art is titled “Take My Lightning But Don’t Steal My Thunder,” by artist Alex Chinneck.
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The structure definitely feels like concrete, but apparently it’s made of resin and other lightweight materials, according to The Independent.

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The secret support is hidden in the green cart:

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I just discovered that today was the last day to see it.

The animation is fresh, unique, and gorgeous. But we don’t need another tale of a man having exciting adventures while a woman waits around to marry him.