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That conflict, which began in 1808 and pitted ragtag bands of peasants against Napoleon's imperial army, provides the bicentennial occasion for "Goya in Times of War." But in no sense is the show a commemoration of the glories of battle. "For Goya the war was a disaster, a shock for his nation and a shock to his Enlightenment ideas," says Manuela Mena, the exhibition's curator. "You can see his skepticism, his loss of faith in humanity...
...classic of anti-war iconography, often interpreted as a 19th century take on the biblical theme of the slaughter of the innocents. The painting has been displayed before alongside The Second of May, a depiction of the previous day's battle, in which Spanish militias viciously attacked Napoleon's Mameluke soldiers. But an earlier, insensitive attempt to repair damages to the canvases had dulled the poignant narrative impact of the two paintings. A magnificent restoration, begun in 2000, revived the original colors so that crimson blood in the two works shimmers as if still wet and the rich blues...
...several of the condom-singles into the crowd, bruising audience member Amy Phillips, a reviewer for Pitchforkmedia.com. Phillips will ultimately decide the band has whack taste: her write-up denounces Chester French as “beyond terrible” and mocks Wallach for being a “Napoleon Dynamite-looking front man pretending...
Imagine a movie that takes “Knocked Up,” combines it with “Superbad,” and then sprinkles some “Napoleon Dynamite” on top. That sounds like a great movie, right? It probably would be, but such a teen-pregnancy-movie-spawn has not actually been conceived.When I first saw “Juno,” I remember leaving the theater and calling the first person that came up on my phone just to tell them I had seen the worst movie since “AI?...
...churches. "In New York and L.A., there's this complete ignorance about what Evangelicals are really like," says Alexandra Pelosi, a documentarian (and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's daughter) who made the HBO movie Friends of God, about evangelical culture. "When I visited megachurches, the pastors were all making Napoleon Dynamite references...