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8 months, 1 week ago

'The Beast' jumps from 1910, to 2014, to 2044, tracking fear through the ages

NPR

'The Beast' jumps from 1910, to 2014, to 2044, tracking fear through the ages Enlarge this image toggle caption Carole Bethuel/Kinology Carole Bethuel/Kinology There's no easy way to sum up the work of the brilliant and maddening French writer-director Bertrand Bonello. It's 1910, and Gabrielle is a renowned pianist who has a run-in at a Paris salon with a gentleman …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Review: In ‘The Beast,’ two lovers can’t connect — and maybe AI is to blame

LA Times

Whether it’s Charlie Chaplin literally trapped in the gears of industrialization in “Modern Times” or James Cameron crafting a gripping vision of robots enslaving us in “The Terminator,” audiences are consistently confronted by the threat of machines. But French writer-director Bertrand Bonello’s disquieting new film paints those anxieties in muted new colors, chronicling a love story that spans its characters’ …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Pune task fraud: Cyber criminals siphon ₹19.10 crore in 8 months

Hindustan Times

In the last eight months, as many as 187 cases of task fraud totalling ₹19.10 crore have been registered at the cybercrime police station, stated a data released by police officials. At least 55 FIRs have been filed In the last eight months, as many as 187 cases of task fraud totalling ₹ 19.10 crore have been registered at the …

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1 year, 11 months ago

How a 1910 air show launched L.A.’s rise to aerospace capital

LA Times

What a spectacle the 1910 air show over Rancho Dominguez, near present-day Compton, must have been. The United States’ first significant air show was 10 days of thrilling feats of aviation on and above the bare hilltop and fields of the old Spanish grant lands of the Dominguez family, which welcomed the air meet after it turned out that the …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Titans sweep Colts for 2nd straight season with 19-10 win

Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans are so banged up that even quarterback Ryan Tannehill now is in a walking boot. Andrew Adams returned an interception 76 yards for the first pick-6 of his career, and the Titans never trailed in beating the Indianapolis Colts 19-10 Sunday for their second straight sweep of their division rivals. And at the end …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Maharashtra reports 1,910 fresh Covid cases, 7 deaths; 61% more than yesterday

India TV News

Highlights Maharashtra logged 1,910 fresh coronavirus cases on Tuesday while the positivity rate stood at 5.9% Mumbai logged the highest number of cases at 1,355 The active tally of Covid cases in the state has jumped to 80,87,476 Maharashtra Covid cases : Maharashtra logged 1,910 fresh coronavirus cases on Tuesday while the positivity rate stood at 5.90 percent. As per …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Fascinating book of vintage photo postcards reveals life in the U.S during the early 20th century

Daily Mail

A gun-toting gang, Roosevelt giving a speech and women posing at the Grand Canyon in their finery. It's revealed that 'real photo postcards' became 'omnipresent' in small towns and large cities across the United States around the turn of the 20th century thanks to leaps in photography technology by the Eastman Kodak Company, which introduced a portable camera in 1903 …

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3 years, 6 months ago

This is How a Texas Town Got Its Bizarre Name 'Chickenfeather' Following a 1910 Incident

News 18

Often towns or places are named after renowned personalities or people achieving the remarkable feat in respective fields. A town in Texas which no longer exists has this extremely bizarre name – Chickenfeather. As per the former resident of the town and historian John Dulin, the community was originally called New Hope, until some mischievous residents did something which was …

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