Emerald Fennell’s Pursuit of Provocation
‘Wuthering Heights’ promised to revel in bad taste, but was ultimately afraid to get its hands dirty—a recurring theme in the British director’s filmography
Peter Strausfeld, the Movie-Poster Master
An exhibition in New York celebrates the work Strausfeld made for a cinema in London over the course of more than thirty years—designs of graphic confidence that were clean, strong, and scornful of embellishment.
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