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| 2025 |
George Sand
Nine D'Urso stars as George Sand in the TV series 'La rebelle: Les aventures de la jeune George Sand', which explores her relationship with Marie Dorval (played by Barbara Pravi).
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| September 5 2023 |
Sleepy Hollow
Paramount Pictures released a remastered 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray version in anticipation of the film's 25th anniversary.
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| 2022 |
The Magnificent Ambersons
Continuation of efforts to potentially locate or restore the original version of the film.
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| 2022 |
Howards End
Michael Barker, co-founder of Sony Pictures Classics, recalled Ismail Merchant's decision to choose Sony's distribution offer over a more lucrative offer from Harvey Weinstein's Miramax Films.
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| June 10 2022 |
Sleepy Hollow
Paramount announced plans for a reboot of Sleepy Hollow, with Lindsey Beer in negotiations to write and direct the film project.
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| January 25 2022 |
The Piano
The Piano was released by Criterion Collection on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray.
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| 2021 |
George Sand
Fifth Polish Television adaptation of 'A Summer in Nohant', with Katarzyna Herman and Marek Kossakowski.
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| 2021 |
The Blue Lagoon
Susan Stranks conducted an interview for the BFI channel on YouTube, which helped revive interest in the film The Blue Lagoon.
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| 2021 |
The Blue Lagoon
Robin Holabird reviewed the film, praising it as a respectable endeavour and noting its less salacious approach compared to the 1980 remake.
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| September 2021 |
The Magnificent Ambersons
A documentary team led by Joshua Grossberg planned to search for the film's original rough cut, though the search was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| August 11 2021 |
The Piano
Criterion Collection announced The Piano would be part of their first 4K Ultra HD releases.
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| September 2020 |
Weltschmerz
Scottish singer Fish released his final studio album titled 'Weltschmerz', which he described as particularly apt for the current state of the world, reflecting the concept's essence of world weariness or world pain.
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| April 2020 |
The Phantom Lover
Hong Kong's Mandarin Motion Pictures released a remastered 4K version of the film.
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| 2019 |
The Piano
The BBC polled 368 film experts from 84 countries, and 'The Piano' was named the top film by women directors, with nearly 10% of critics placing it first on their ballots.
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| 2019 |
The Wordsworth Circle
Charles W. Mahoney from the University of Connecticut succeeded Marilyn Gaull as the editor-in-chief of The Wordsworth Circle journal. Simultaneously, the University of Chicago Press assumed publication responsibilities for the journal.
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| September 24 2019 |
Sleepy Hollow
For the 20th anniversary, Paramount Home Entertainment released a Blu-ray digibook with a photobook containing the original story.
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| March 3 2019 |
Medievalism
Juggling the Middle Ages exhibition concludes at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC.
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| 2018 | National Guard projected to expand to an 86,000-member national reserve, supported by a 311-million euro budget. |
| 2018 |
Howards End
Concord Video released a 4K Ultra HD Region Free edition of the film in Germany.
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| 2018 |
The Phantom Lover
The movie was screened at the 6th Singapore Chinese Film Festival to commemorate director Cheung's 15th death anniversary.
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| November 20 2018 |
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Criterion Collection released the film on Region A Blu-ray and Region 1 DVD.
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| October 16 2018 |
Medievalism
Juggling the Middle Ages exhibition begins at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC.
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| September 25 2018 |
The Bride
Scream Factory released 'The Bride' on Blu-ray, which included an audio commentary by director Franc Roddam and interviews with Roddam and actor Clancy Brown.
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| 2017 | National Guard expected to grow to a 72,500-member force, with personnel drawn from reserves, private sector, and active personnel. |
| December 6 2016 |
Howards End
Cohen Film Collection released a special edition Blu-ray of the film, labelled as remastered in 4k but actually a 1080p Blu-ray disc.
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| October 12 2016 | French Cabinet officially reconstitutes the National Guard as the fifth service branch of the French Armed Forces after 145 years, under the Ministry of the Armed Forces. |
| 2014 | Terror attacks in France intensify, leading to discussions about re-establishing the National Guard. |
| April 26 2014 |
The Magnificent Ambersons
A script of The Magnificent Ambersons was sold at auction for $10,625, along with a collection of approximately 275 stills and production photos.
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| April 26 2014 |
The Magnificent Ambersons
A script of the film was sold at auction for $10,625, along with a collection of approximately 275 stills and production photos discovered in Orson Welles's personal possessions.
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| May 22 2013 |
Medievalism
New Medievalist Visions exhibition concludes at King's College London, Maughan Library.
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| January 30 2013 |
Medievalism
New Medievalist Visions exhibition begins at King's College London, Maughan Library.
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| January 6 2013 |
Sleepy Hollow
An unofficial video game adaptation titled Cursed Fates: The Headless Horseman was released by Fenomen Games and Big Fish Games.
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| 2012 | Concluded co-hosting 'Das Philosophische Quartett' with Peter Sloterdijk. |
| January 31 2012 |
The Piano
The Piano was released on Blu-ray by Lionsgate.
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| 2010 |
The Piano
The Piano was released on Blu-ray in Australia.
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles The Piano, Medievalism, National Guard (France), The Wordsworth Circle, Weltschmerz, George Sand, The Phantom Lover, Rüdiger Safranski, The Blue Lagoon (1949 film), The Bride (1985 film), Howards End (film), The Magnificent Ambersons (film) & Sleepy Hollow (film), which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.