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...most enduring physical and psychological barriers. Only twice have armies crossed it to invade Britain: the Roman legions in 54 B.C. and the one led by William, Duke of Normandy, in 1066. Secure on their sceptered isle, Britons developed their own proud brand of insularity, summed up as "splendid isolation" during the palmy Victorian...
...just a while, White Palace makes good on the promise and seriousness of these two splendid movie icons. He is a brooding Brahmin copywriter, she a blowsy waitress who tries to pick him up at a bar. It's class vs. crass. While he acts aloof and demure, she flatters his prettiness, then gets quickly to the business at hand. Soon they are shrugging off age prejudices like unwanted clothes, the quicker to satisfy their passion. She: "I'm 43." He: "I'm 27." Who cares? Wham! Their sex scenes, more intense than anything in the NC- 17 Henry & June...
...this show had to be done -- and at a high level of curatorial skill -- in Indiana. No New York museum plans to take it; nor could Manhattan venues be found for Franz Kline, Guido Reni, early Poussin, De Stijl, Lucian Freud and quite a number of other splendid and informative exhibitions mounted by museums west of the Hudson in the past few years. There is something unpalatable about this, a dismal message about the provincial art politics of the supposed center...
MISS EVERS' BOYS. Kenny Leon, new artistic director of Atlanta's Alliance Theater, is only the second black to run a major regional theater. In a splendid staging of this true story about a government syphilis experiment in which blacks went untreated, he demonstrates his great gifts...
COURT ARTS OF INDONESIA, Asia Society in New York City. Sculpture, court regalia, shadow puppets, dance masks and jewelry make up this splendid exhibition. The galleries resemble a kraton, or palace, where princes once assembled the finest treasures of the kingdom on ceremonial occasions. Through...