It’s not easy being Dalí,” surrealist painter Salvador Dalí tells his assistant, 50 years his junior. Certainly not, by the looks of it: From parties to paintings, Dalí’s life is one continuous machine of theatricality and commerce surrounded by hangers-on, … Continue reading DALÍLAND
It opens in an African coltan mine. Black bodies dig through the rocks for precious metals. “Metal precious currency,” the narrator intones. “Third and First world currency. Black market currency… That old black-bodied currency.” Men with guns demand the workers … Continue reading NEPTUNE FROST
DC and Warner Brothers’ Justice League enters the movie-sphere lugging a fair amount of baggage. Wonder Woman—2017’s previous installment in DC’s extended universe—was a success, but the two prior outings—Man of Steel (2013) and Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)—did little to flesh out the … Continue reading JUSTICE LEAGUE
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