The ‘girl with the pearl earring’ by #Vermeer will come to #Osaka in August during the renovation of the #Mauritshuis museum in The Hague. Judging from the press-conference, she is very popular in #Japan. Maybe this is her last tour, since she is ‘advancing in age’ like all of us
CLARISSA is as exquisite as they come. A lyrical reimagining of Virginia Woolf’s 1925 novel “Mrs Dalloway,” repositioned to Lagos, Nigeria, this is how you do an adaptation: honoring the spirit of the source material while infusing it with such a distinct and personal perspective that it feels entirely new. The younger and older ensembles are cast so perfectly it’s nearly impossible to single anyone out when every performance is this strong. Passionately told and gorgeously shot on 35mm, this is the kind of film where every frame feels meticulously crafted, with immense care poured into making something both thematically rich and emotionally cathartic.
Filmmaker Park Chan-wook states, “I don’t think politics and art should be divided.”
“I think it’s a strange concept to think that they’re in conflict with each other. Just because a work of art has a political statement, it should not be considered an enemy of art. At the same time, just because a film is not making a political statement, that film should not be ignored. Even if we are to make a brilliant political statement, if it’s not expressed artfully enough, it would just be propaganda. So what I want to say is that art and politics are not concepts that are in conflict with each other, as long as they are artistically expressed, they are valuable.”
Hantavirus cases linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship are being monitored in the following countries:
Argentina
Canada
Cape Verde
Denmark
Germany
Israel
The Netherlands
New Zealand
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Singapore
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
The United Kingdom
The United States.
Rolling Stone names the moment the ‘Golden’ acceptance speech was cut off as one of the worst moments of this year’s Oscars:
— "Last year, Adrien Brody spoke for an interminable five minutes and 40 seconds when he won Best Actor for The Brutalist. At no point was his mic turned off. But this year, when the KPop Demon Hunters song “Golden” won — the first K-pop song to be honored by the Academy — a member of the songwriting team, Yu Han Lee, didn’t get out more than a “thank you” before producers cut away and killed his mic… and didn’t bring it back, even after an audible negative reaction from the crowd as the orchestra swelled. It was a shockingly rude moment for a group of people who’d just made history, and whose earworm song had the audience singing along earlier in the night. They could have given that man 30 seconds to soak in the glory. And when Brody presented a few minutes later and mocked his long speech last year, the joke landed with a thud."
Kristen Stewart has purchased Highland Park’s historic 100-year-old movie theater Highland Theatre, saving it from permanent shutdown.
“It’s an opportunity to make a space to gather and scheme and dream together. This project is about creating a new school and restructuring our processes, finding a better way forward. We want to make it a family affair, something for the community.”
(https://t.co/IxWtWs5E8B)
NMIXX members had a vocal battle singing ‘Happy’ by DAY6, with each member raising the key note as they took on different parts 😭
They managed to finish the song with the highest part ending with Jiwoo, truly a group full of vocalists...