Silk Brocade Soaked in Blood and Passion
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Set in the twilight of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Yimou's "House of Flying Daggers" is a gorgeous entertainment, a feast of blood, passion and silk brocade.
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You're unlikely to find a martial arts movie as beautiful as Zhang Yimou's House of Flying Daggers, but you'll need to look elsewhere for passion. By Jason Silverman.
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There's a popular saying in the town that 'It drizzles when Malaika sizzles'.
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By Graham Keeley in Barcelona  A battle is raging in the world of flamenco which is almost as passionate as Spain's most quintessential art form.   Purists are fighting to stop the dance and music from being "ruined", as they see it, by modernists introducing new influences.
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Given our love affair with high-priced luxury goods, and their association with status and power, itâs possible that weâve come to experience cerebral delight in response to things that promise that cachet.
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The Metropolitan Museumâs show of tapestry from the Baroque era is stupefying and awesome in its exacting detail.
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The makers of this exceptionally foolish thriller starring a most excellent Leonardo DiCaprio want you to know there may be blood on your hands, specifically your wedding finger.
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With the exacting ruthlessness of a novel by Georges Simenon, "The Aura" tells the story of an ordinary man caught up in a web of crime, accident and mistaken identity.
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By Chris Sullivan  I had always been entranced by the idea of flamenco. The famously impassioned music. The impossibly raven-haired ladies. The glorious macho posturing of the men, so surly and so proud.
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What goes around, comes around with a vengeance.
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In âStill Life,â the blood and the sweat run directly into the Yangtze River, where they mingle with more than a few tears.
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A mutilated body found at an abbey has been identified as that of Sir Hugh Despenser the Younger, one of the most reviled medieval courtiers and reputed gay lover of the Plantagenet king, Edward II.
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Epical romances set in the courts of the Mughal rulers have enamoured filmmakers and audiences alike and the fascination continues even today.
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From the warehouses of the northern Champagne area to the truffle grounds of the Mediterranean Alps, organised gangs are cashing in with unprecedented vigour on France s devotion to its festive luxuries.
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Itâs been a bountiful year for the kinds of art finds â or at least the publicizing of them â that make fans of âAntiques Roadshowâ weep with envy.
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Mistletoe has a legendary reputation for romance, but it is also widely considered as lethal as it is festive.
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At Robert Cavalli's show, the histrionics were all backstage, in a scene that was as deliriously over the top as the designer's clothes.