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...Shulamis” tells the story of a young girl, the opera’s namesake, as she wanders lost and alone in the desert. Thirsty and desperate, Shulamis lets herself down an empty well in search of water. Trapped underground, she is saved by Avsholem, a handsome and courageous young man. Though Avsholem must continue his journey to Jerusalem with his servant Tsigitang, the young hero promises to marry Shulamis upon his return. While Avsholem disregards his vow and establishes a comfortable life in Jerusalem, Shulamis clings to the memory of her beloved and fakes madness in order...
...last time director James McTeigue teamed up with writers Andy and Larry Wachowski—in 2005 for the blockbuster “V for Vendetta”—he had an engaging plot for a foundation on which to construct a dazzling series of cityscapes, underground lairs, and fight scenes. This time around, however, the Wachowski brothers produce the film and leave the writing to rookie Matthew Sand and J. Michael Straczynski, who wrote the script for last year’s decidedly middling Clint Eastwood offering, “Changeling.” While McTeigue successfully...
...HOMELESS No trip to NoHo is complete without a visit to Homeless (29 Gough Street). The flagship store is packed to the brim with home accessories from international underground brands in addition to its own designers. Look out for specially commissioned pieces by Hong Kong artist Carrie Chau...
...Beatles in reverse. Beatlemania was a reaction to the buttoned-down, sexually repressed pop culture of the 1950s. Twilight is a reaction to the reaction - it's a retreat from the hedonistic hookup culture that the sexual revolution begot. Nobody hooks up in Twilight. Meyer put sex back underground, transmuted it back into yearning, where it became, paradoxically, exponentially more powerful. "For me, the appeal of the vampire is safe sexuality," says Melissa Rosenberg, who has written the screenplays for all the Twilight movies. "It's the ultimate romantic ideal. You have the allure of the danger. And yet there...
...back road that was used by security forces from the nearby Counter-Terrorism and Jungle Warfare College. The insurgents' tunnel's exit points, on the side of the road, were well concealed with alternating layers of sandbags and dirt. But before the Naxalites got around to booby-trapping the underground tunnel with improvised explosives cobbled together from scavenged pieces of iron and heisted explosive materials from state-owned mines, it had been filled in. The villagers had tipped off commandos from the college. (See pictures of India's turning points...