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Asteroid City; L’Immensità

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Houyhnhnm

Asteroid City My first solo film of the Curzon cult membership; the day after Barbie with a group: good feelings.

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Oppenheimer; Barbie: Frankenheimer?

Posted on August 9, 2023 by Houyhnhnm

Bit of a cliché this, but… How they are related Both films construct worlds – Barbieland and Los Alamos. So Oppenheimer is Ruth Handler; for Barbie is as much her story as anyone else’s. Both are about the discovery of … Continue reading →

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Fit Bodies: Statues, Athletes and Power

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Houyhnhnm

A small and interesting exhibition at UCL on views of the (beautiful) human body over millennia, from Greek sculpture to female bodybuilders, usefully augmented by entries from a student competition of photographs on the same theme. The entries are here; … Continue reading →

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