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WWI

Wonder Woman movie review: women’s work

Thu, Jun 08, 2017
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Everything about this joyful, sincere origin story feels like a retort — a very welcome and much needed one — to traditional male-centered superhero stories.

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The Ottoman Lieutenant movie review: erasing the past with sleight of cinematic hand

Fri, Mar 10, 2017
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Odious propagandistic attempt to enshrine Turkish denial of the Armenian genocide of World War I into cinematic history via a tepid and unconvincing romance.

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Theeb movie review: a tiny slice of the Great War, through a child’s eyes

Sun, Feb 28, 2016
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A gorgeous, cracking adventure with a smart ring of authenticity, full of pulpy twists and perils, and with a sweetly naive but gruffly charming young hero.

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Testament of Youth movie review: woman’s war story

Wed, May 13, 2015
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A compassionate, distressing tale of a woman’s determination to find her own purpose, full of heartbreaking moments that pile up until they’re unbearable.

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The Water Diviner movie review: magic unrealism

Wed, Apr 08, 2015
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When director Crowe sticks to historical adventure, his film is tense and exciting. But it lacks a sense of magic that it needs to make it fully engaging.

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London photo: poppies in the shadow of Tower Bridge

Fri, Nov 14, 2014
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One last image from “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red” by Paul Cummins at the Tower of London.

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London photos: personal tributes among the Tower poppies

Thu, Nov 13, 2014
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Today I returned to see the poppies installation at the Tower of London to discover that visitors have been leaving their own tributes.

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London photos: sea of poppies

Thu, Sep 11, 2014
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A couple of last looks at the sea of ceramic poppies at the WWI memorial installation “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red” by artist Paul Cummins at the Tower of London, from my shift helping to “plant” them.

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London photo: poppy tourists

Tue, Sep 09, 2014
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Those of us planting poppies at the WWI memorial installation “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red” by artist Paul Cummins became part of the tourist attraction that is the Tower of London.

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London photos: broken poppies

Mon, Sep 08, 2014
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During my shift at the WWI memorial installation “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red” by artist Paul Cummins at the Tower of London, we “planted” 5,000 ceramic poppies. Well, 5,000 minus a few.

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A very few. This seems to me like a remarkably small number of breakages and unusables.

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