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Dream Palaces: Wonderland At Birmingham Museum And Art Gallery
The Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery partially reopened it’s doors yesterday, hosting a series of pop up exhibitions. Amongst the offerings is Wonderland, a collaboration with the Flatpack Festival that is a showcase for Birmingham’s rich and varied cinema history. As an architecture nerd with a serious interest in old cinema’s, this was catnip for me, so I went along to have a closer look. The history of our cinema buildings is a story of modern times. Beginning in the early part of the 20th century, the first cinemas were often buildings converted from something else, old chapels, former vaudeville theatres etc. This period was supplanted by a period of…
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Stylish Films: Seberg
Despite a rather disastrous start to her movie career, Jean Seberg created one incredible role that made her immortal as both an actress, an icon of cool and a style original. Her role as Patricia in the New Wave Classic Breathless (1960) totally reinvented her after the catastrophe of her debut role in Otto Preminger’s Saint Joan, and she became a much loved icon of French Cinema. With her gamine crop, flat shoes and t-shirt, she looked fresh, modern and original. But in the late 1960s her life spiralled out of control when she became associated with the Black Panther movement back in America. This led to her being targeted…
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Why The Victorian Style Is Still Trendy In 2022
Many people nowadays are fascinated by the Victorian style. Most of us were raised in old houses built in this style, which has since become a classic of English architecture and has piqued our interest. Also, many of our parents had Victorian furniture, which they still consider fashionable today. The Victorian era style was known for its context of excess, which could be seen in the sophisticated decoration and furniture that was popular. Even though it may be considered a fad, there are numerous reasons why this style is still popular today. The leading feature of the Victorian style is uniqueness; that’s why it is still prevalent in 2022. Victorian…
