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Julie Christie has the kind of face you find on the covers of romance novels, and surely one of the reasons she was cast in "Dr. Zhivago" was that she would look so good on the poster. She projects the wounded perfection of a great beauty who has had the wrong sort of luck. In "Afterglow," only her third role in the 1990s, Alan Rudolph has given her the sort of character she knows inside out: bemused, sad, needful, mysterious. She plays Phyllis Mann, a former B-movie actress specializing in horror roles, who now lives in Montreal with her husband, Lucky (Nick Nolte), a handyman equally at hom...

Artist Jolyon Fenwick launches Virus Classics, Penguin books reimagined for age of Covid Jolyon Fenwick (1971-), Virus Classics (2020) Covers Sculpture (detail). Sculpture of 21 volumes. Edition of the 30. Signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Framed in tulip wood with museum glass, 73.5cm x 104.5cm in the frame. LONDON .- ‘Virus Classics’, a collection of sculptures and prints, is a sharply humorous response to the current state of affairs by artist, photographer and historian Jolyon Fenwick. Through this new collection he has created a lightly-satirical, black-humoured – and, with lu...

>> Kyle Buchanan, The New York Times Published: 27 Dec 2020 10:18 AM BdST Updated: 27 Dec 2020 10:18 AM BdST The actress Carey Mulligan in London, Nov 29, 2020. Mulligan delivered the performance of her career in the dark comedy “Promising Young Woman” — then came those with their tired views of women. (Danny Kasirye/The New York Times) Not every Carey Mulligan movie begins with a Charli XCX song, but maybe more of them should. When “Promising Young Woman” deploys the 2017 pop bop “Boys” in its opening moments, it’s the first sign you’re about to get something from Mulliga...

Design inspiration: the best projects from December Light-up machines that connect loved ones and a shadowy identity for a Bauhaus master are some of our favourite projects from the month. December 21, 2020 6:06 pm Feed identity, from DutchScot London-based design studio DutchScot has created a typographic identity for social media and content creation agency Feed. “Their spirit is young and vibrant but it’s backed up by expertise,” studio partner Alex Swatridge tells Design Week. The logo is a “living, breathing representation of the word ‘Feed’” and is constantly moving vert...

Suffragette (M, 106mins) Directed by Sarah Gavron ★★★★ The Glasshouse Laundry is all Maud Watts (Carey Mulligan) has ever known. She's devoted 17 of the 24 years of her life so far to that business – and given it her body and soul. Her reputation for being good at collars helped her go far in the East End laundry, but then so did the unwanted attention lavished on her by her boss. But still, despite the steamy, insanitary conditions, leg ulcers, headaches and chest coughs, she's managed to rise up the ranks to become forewoman, has a devoted husband (Ben Whishaw) and a belove...