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GOYA PAINTED HIS DEMONS ON THE WALLS

Francisco de Goya didn't need imaginary monsters to paint horror. War, disease, superstition, and… were enough for him.

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SOCRATES: THE MAN WHO TURNED DOUBT INTO A FORM OF FREEDOM

No escribió una sola página, no fundó una religión ni gobernó una ciudad. Sin embargo, enseñó a Occidente que una…

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GOD DOES PLAY DICE

Richard Feynman advocated something that seems simple but requires tremendous honesty: we must learn to live without answers when…

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THE DAY CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S COFFIN WAS STOLEN

Charlie Chaplin had been dead for just over two months when someone decided to kidnap him. It wasn't a metaphor or the plot…

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ON FRIENDSHIP AND OTHER DELUSIONS

  "Friendship" is one of those words. We say it with remarkable ease. We have childhood friends, friends from work,…

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POETRY ::: ALCIDES HERRERA

Seven Black Drops. All it takes is for you to show up once or twice to fill up a day's worth of hard drive space. Almost…

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‘THE BLACK BALL’ TAKES TORONTO BY STORM

  Toronto wrapped up its 51st edition this Sunday with one of the festival’s most anticipated announcements. La Bola Negra,…

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THE MATRIX: THE MOVIE THAT MADE US QUESTION REALITY

  There are movies that are hits, movies that stand the test of time, and movies that end up becoming part of popular culture. *The Matrix* belongs to…

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THE SONG THAT KNOWS WHERE YOU WERE

Sometimes absurdly precise details come back to me: a light, a smell, the clothes we were wearing, the way a person…

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GEORGE LUCAS BRINGS COMICS AND FILM TO THE MUSEUM

  George Lucas is preparing to introduce a new way of looking at the images that are part of our lives. The Museum…

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ARE WE WITNESSING THE DEATH OF THEATER?

  Theater came into being long before movies, television, and digital platforms. It came into being even before…

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WE ARE ALL STRANGERS

There is an everyday scene that, precisely because it is so commonplace, has almost ceased to catch our attention. Dozens of people are waiting…

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THE DEATH OF PAINTING: WHEN KNOWING HOW TO PAINT STOPPED MATTERING

  I can paint an almost perfect face. I can spend hours searching for the exact shade of skin, the depth of…

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CINEMA AFTER CINEMA

Sometimes I try to imagine what movies will be like in a hundred years, and I end up asking myself an even stranger question:…

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ROMAIN GARY: THE WRITER WHO HAD TO BECOME SOMEONE ELSE TO EXIST AGAIN

Some writers use a pseudonym to hide their identity. Romain Gary did something far more disturbing: he used another name to find out…