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Once it seemed sketchy, but now the Big Apple seems clean, modern and safe.
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Economic hardship has forced many people to fall in love with their existing wardrobe and make what is old new.
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Forget high-end brands: the subtleties of excellent posture, exquisite tailoring, and 80 year-old Milanese men will do the trick.
In popular culture, everything old suddenly becoming new again is a common occurrence. But never before has it been as relevant a concept to the group commonly referred to as […]
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A conversation with The Sartorialist, an influential fashion blogger.
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Growing up in the Midwest, Schuman initially saw fashion as an in with women.
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The digital revolution has made filmmaking technologies available to the masses. But the idea that it makes us all artists, says Ken Burns, is “bullshit.”
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The most effective question he ever asked a subject from behind the camera wasn’t a question at all.
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It’s a classic historian’s question, but Ken Burns rejects it, insisting that “human nature is the only given.”
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According to Ken Burns, imposing a narrative on the past keeps humans from going crazy—and is an act of love. Critics who find that view tidy and sentimental are revealing […]
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Does making a documentary deepen or exhaust Ken Burns’s appreciation of its subject? And does he ever start imagining his life as one of his own films?
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Filmmaker Ken Burns describes how he hopes “The National Parks” will succeed both as a topical statement about conservation and a timeless human story.
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Inspired by Twain’s own example, the “Mark Twain” documentarian seeks to explore quintessentially American issues of “race and space.”
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From cutting huge amounts of footage to zooming and panning on still photos, the documentarian explains the techniques that distinguish his films—and why changing them now would be “ridiculous.”
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As a young director with a risky film, Ken Burns had countless doors slammed in his face. How did he push past them, and how would he advise today’s young […]
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The documentarian last took a formal history class in 11th grade, “when they hold a gun to your head.” But as a passionate student of film, he soon became drawn […]
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From brain size to emotional intelligence, Lise Eliot uncovers the truth behind age-old clichés.
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The neuroscience professor explains that parents are more cautious with daughters than sons, but females are technically easier to rear.
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How parents, siblings, and home setup—including toys in the nursery—influence gender identity.