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Year: 2017

Barcelona photos: Casa Batlló roof

Tue, Jan 10, 2017
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Even the rooftop is magnificent.

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Fox’s ‘Exorcist’ series is deeply creepy (Season 1 open thread)

Tue, Jan 10, 2017
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It’s incredibly unnerving in ways that filmed horror often fails to achieve… [This post is not behind the paywall.]

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when I see fanboy sites gossiping…

Tue, Jan 10, 2017
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…about who’s gonna get cast in a superhero movie the script for which hasn’t even been written yet…

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Barcelona photos: Casa Batlló interior (details)

Mon, Jan 09, 2017
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I love the hobbity feel of Antoni Gaudí’s designs.

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the odd mobile-phone ad starring Jeremy Renner that’s all over London

Mon, Jan 09, 2017
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Apparently it makes more sense if you seen the TV ad from the same campaign…

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Silence movie review: not golden

Mon, Jan 09, 2017
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This overlong, underpowered tale of Christian martyrdom, in which iconography and allusion stand in for character, is a challenge to even the Scorsese faithful.

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Barcelona photos: Casa Batlló interior (part 2)

Fri, Jan 06, 2017
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Beautiful, organic-feeling domestic spaces, designed by Antoni Gaudí.

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still loving ‘The Man in the High Castle’ (Season 2 open thread)

Fri, Jan 06, 2017
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Season 2 is even better than the first. [This post is not behind the paywall.]

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Barcelona photos: Casa Batlló interior (part 1)

Thu, Jan 05, 2017
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I’ll start with just the two light wells in the center of the townhouse.

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Live by Night movie review: criminal tedium

Thu, Jan 05, 2017
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Commits the cardinal sin of cinema: it’s boring. Feels like two hours of highlights from a 20-episode miniseries that only hint at a rich story tapestry.

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