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Tag: 01.31.14
The Number Of New British Films Is Falling, Hard
Big-budget films dropped from 87 in 2011 to 62 last year, and small-budget films fell dramatically to less than 200 – though in the same time period, total investment rose. What’s going on?
Smashed Stained Glass Window In Le Corbusier Chapel Ignites Controversy
“The irreversible damage to what the Fondation Le Corbusier’s president Antoine Picon calls ‘one of the most iconic and most fragile elements of the chapel’ … has sparked controversy over the state of preservation of the structure.”
A Reporter Tracks Down Owners Of A Painting Looted By The Nazis (Here’s How)
“Critics complain that the effort to find heirs has been sluggish and inefficient, despite increased online genealogy resources and the rise of social media. So I decided to see if I could trace the ownership of any of the works.”
What Happened To The Biopic?
“Biopics used to be a mix of entertainment, education, and guilt-free voyeurism—a peek behind the curtain at people who touched our lives in some way. Now, they’re a contradictory mix of hagiography and revisionism, lionizing their subjects while somehow managing to diminish them in comparison to the products of their imaginations.”