Category Archive: Stage & Screen
![Gone Wilde](https://encyclopediaoftheexquisite.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wilde-333x300.png)
Gone Wilde
There is such a wealth of Oscar Wilde ephemera surrounding his 1882 tour across America out there. Where to begin? Two items recently sifted to the top of my files. I loved this newspaper clipping, printed that year: “Frightened at…
![Circus World](https://encyclopediaoftheexquisite.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/index-1-400x300.jpg)
Circus World
All the Time in the World opens with a glance at the circus as it comes to life in the early morning pre-dawn, the cooking crew whipping up eggs, bacon and coffee to feed an entourage of hundreds. While doing…
![Happy Memories](https://encyclopediaoftheexquisite.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/jonas-mekas1-400x300.png)
Happy Memories
It’s just so beautiful. I cannot wait to see director Jonas Mekas’ new movie, “Outtakes from the Life of a Happy Man.” I’m watching the trailer in my kitchen this morning, eyes shining. The avant-garde filmmaker, now 90 years-old, has…
![Last Days](https://encyclopediaoftheexquisite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pompeii-1.png)
Last Days
If I had a movie theater I’d happily go broke showing films like “The Last Days of Pompeii” ( or “Gli Ultimi Giorni Di Pompei”) a 1926 silent movie with hand colored frames that recently had its first US showing…
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