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It means that, in the next earthquake, this building could fall down,” Radu Jude, the Romanian film director, explained to me ...

American animus.

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In contemporary liberal democracies most of us are astounded that blasphemy elicited severe sanctions in earlier times – and ...

In 1979, a movie was released that became so scandalous that it sparked protests and was even banned in some countries.

The last time Eric Idle’s Monty Python and the Holy Grail spoof musical Spamalot landed at a major Los Angeles venue a decade ago, he played the show’s tweedy historian, who sets the scene for the ...

While there were four seasons of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, it is often forgotten that John Cleese only actually starred in four of them. The legendary actor said in an interview that he was "an ...

The Grim Reaper arrives at a middle-class dinner party to collect his guests, only to face the most British of responses. Get your Playback Pick here! Watch Monty Python's The Meaning of Life here: ...

Physical media fans, this is a preorder well worth picking up for your collection: Monty Python and the Holy Grail is getting a 50th anniversary 4K steelbook (see here at Amazon). Huzzah! The beloved ...