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Subtle triumphs: 'The Nativity Story' is moving and unsentimental; 'Climates' shows pain of human relationships.(MOVIES - The Nativity Story; Climates)(Movie review)
National Catholic Reporter
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December 15, 2006|
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I was initially suspicious of The Nativity Story, distrusting films that claim to be based on scripture. For me, religious content in the cinema should be implicit, and something the audience only gradually comes to sense.
That's because movies are basically a realistic medium. The camera should not be asked to imprison the supernatural in a specific shot. The painter is in a better situation to suggest that she or he has chanced on a moment of illumination. Icon painters, using techniques emphasizing a symbolic reality, have a special advantage.
In spite ...
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News in Pictures: Vortigern's Machine.
Magazine article from: Design Week
; Vortigern's Machine, co-written by Russell Waterman and James Jarvis, featuring illustrations by Jarvis, is published by Amos Novelties in April. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors
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About the Saxon Rebellion and the Massacre at Amesbury
Magazine article from: Arthuriana
; ...standard view is that the 'proud tyrant' Vortigern hired three shiploads of Saxon mercenaries...leaders of the Britons, sparing only Vortigern. Significantly, Gildas, as an almost...the British went in fear for 40 years. Vortigern ruled in Britain, and...he was under...
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Jarvis in Wonderland.
Magazine article from: Creative Review
; Vortigern's Machine is the first full-length...eagerly anticipated venture into comics, Vortigern's Machine. Jarvis and Russell Waterman...And there's a bit of nudity too." Vortigern's Machine follows two intrepid friends...
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The Arts: The April Fool forger A `Shakespeare' play unmasked on its opening night as a forgery is being restaged. Rhoda Koenig tells how a teenage scribbler almost fooled the experts
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; ...had a premiere as exciting as that of Vortigern - the kind of excitement that sends theatre...author, William Henry Ireland, though, Vortigern was a sort of triumph: no one has ever...Ireland said he had found a play about Vortigern, a fifth-century king of Britain who...
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Taking Mr Spoon to Hollywood TALK OF THE TOWN MAGIC MACHINE
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday
; ...Harvey and Jubs, they head to Mr Vortigern's house (via Mr Spoon's icecream van, of course). There, Vortigern uses his magic machine to transport...strange happenings described above in Vortigern's Machine and the Great Sage of...
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Tapes reveal Nixon bid to smear rivals
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...One valuable lesson you learn from Vortigern, William Henry Ireland's celebrated...us. One of the things that marks out Vortigern as unShakespearean is the lack of any...this context, the outrage that greeted Vortigern on its first night, 2 April 1796, looks...
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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Curiosity corner.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
; ...credits as the retreat of the Welsh king Vortigern, the man who foolishly invited Saxon...national identity. It is said that when Vortigern attempted to build his fortress,he...to see that below the foundations of Vortigern's fort there was a huge cave containing...
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A thankless father Frances Wilson on why an 18th-century boy took to forging Shakespeare
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; ...a previously undiscovered play called Vortigern, which the 19-year-old William...his father, were admired. It was when Vortigern was staged at the Theatre Royal, Drury...to the opening - and only - night of Vortigern, Edmond Malone, a cool, efficient...
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Magical tales of dark past
Newspaper article from: South Wales Evening Post
; Vortigern's Kingdom Pontardawe Arts Centre...show, fresh from Edinburgh Fringe. Vortigern's Kingdom, at Pontardawe Arts Centre...way, with a bit of comedy as well." Vortigern's Kingdom begins with the dragons of...
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 "Isle of Man Newspapers (Douglas, England)")
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LOCAL MAN PREPARES FOR POWERBOAT DEBUT.
Newspaper article from: Isle of Man Newspapers (Douglas, England)
; ...the boat and their newly formed team Vortigern after the fifth century British warlord...conditions.' Commented Stephen. Team Vortigern are still, however, quietly confident...with the 150hp class at 12.30pm. Team Vortigern will be making their debut at 1.20pm...
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