Word: romanticism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Who rides the rails these days? In the sparsely populated coach sections, many passengers are black families with irrepressibly active children; for them the unfettered train trip is clearly more comfortable and practical than airliner or bus. A number of elderly passengers, mostly occupying bedrooms and roomettes, relish the scenery...
Soviet military aid to Cuba-at least $9 billion since 1961-makes Castro's African adventurism possible and helps direct its course. Nonetheless, Castro has reasons of his own for the involvement. To achieve his goal of becoming a hero and leader of the Third World, Castro has returned...
There is such a hunger for romance, for decent emotions, that people will probably go to see this film despite its vulgar ineptitude. But it is a shame that the romantic spirit should, these days, be the first refuge for the charlatan, the last for honest craftsmen.
One of the main difficulties with Maude Pratt is that she is more convincing as a metaphor than as a character. She is full of biting, often cranky opinions about fame and the effects of patronage on artists. This contrasts with her humid, romantic maunderings on art and incest. It...
But the first few years were difficult. Miro continued to paint farm scenes inspired by his native Spain that were realistic on the surface yet almost nightmarishly intense in spirit. Ernest Hemingway bought a huge work entitled "La Ferme," which Miro had toiled over for nine months in a studio...