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From tortured romantic heroes and monstrously terrifying villains to famous faces from literature and world-weary Catholic cardinals, British actor Ralph Fiennes has already proven that he's a performer who can do anything. (Except, apparently, get appropriately recognized for his work by the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and
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Ralph Fiennes is one of the most prolific British performers working today. He's had roles in prestige dramas, weirdo comedies, blockbuster franchises, and one-off independent films, playing everything from James Bond's boss and Greek hero Odysseus to a Nazi commandant and a wizard supervillain. He'
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Uberto Pasolini’s The Return isn’t just built off the closing stages of Homer’s Odyssey – featuring a guilt-ridden, lonely Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) tentatively and reluctantly returning to the frayed, fragile kingdom overseen by his queen Penelope (Juliette Binoche) – it builds on an appealing interpretation of its final scenes.
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Greek mythology retellings have exploded in popularity across the publishing world in recent years. From feminist reimaginings and queer explorations to graphic novels and literary fiction that uses specific moments from familiar epic tales as a jumping-off point for other stories, they're everywhere, both when it comes to
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The Catholic Church is known for many things, from centuries of tradition to painful public reckonings with its all-too-human failures. It is perhaps best recognized for its intricate rituals, from the comforting traditions of daily Mass to the pageantry of high feast days like Easter and Christmas. The Church has
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For all that it's been around for thousands of years at this point, the institution of the Catholic Church is still fascinating to many people. The Church has centuries of tradition behind it, from the colors of the vestments priests wear on particular Sundays to the prayers that
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If you’re struggling to get tickets to Simon Godwin’s buzzy new production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, well, just know that you’re not alone. The critically acclaimed production, which stars Ralph Fiennes (The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar) and Indira Varma (Game of Thrones) as the show’s
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For the past decade, we’ve slowly watched every rising and established artist take up streaming on their offer of crazy money to make whatever they want before realizing that an algorithmically driven platform doesn’t care for their hard work and unique style. Netflix won’t curate or even
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The official kick-off of Netflix's planned Roald Dahl universe of interconnected films and series will take place later this year with the arrival of The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Both the story of a man who steals a book and teaches himself to see the future (sort
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The 1996 film The English Patient was a prestige period drama juggernaut --- the kind of film that absolutely epitomized the intellectual, highbrow brand that was Miramax in the 1990s. It was nominated for eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and acting nods for stars Ralph Fiennes, Kristin
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American audiences are probably most familiar with actor Ralph Fiennes from his turn as the Dark Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter films or his Oscar-nominated turns in The English Patient and Schindler’s List. But Fiennes has quietly assembled one of the most eclectic and critically acclaimed careers of
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The Roald Dahl Extended Universe is coming to streaming, and Netflix is wasting no time setting its boat down the chocolate river to success. The streaming service first made a deal with the Roald Dahl Story Company in 2018 to create animated adaptations of 16 of Dahl's biggest