2021年12月に公開予定の映画『マトリックス レザレクションズ』の予告編が公開された。シリーズを通して語られてきた「赤いカプセルか、青いカプセルか」という選択がもつ社会的・政治的な意味は時代と共に大きくさま変わりしている。こうしたなかシリーズ最新作の映像とティザーサイトに改めて同じ選択が繰り返し示されたことで、本作がこれまでになく重大な意味をもつことが示唆されている。
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アニメ配信大手クランチロールの買収と、訪れた「ビッグアニメ」の時代に起きること
アニメ配信大手「Crunchyroll（クランチロール）」の運営会社をファニメーションが買収し、アニメに特化した巨大な配信会社が誕生した。“ビッグアニメ”の誕生はアニメがメインストリームに躍り出たことを意味すると同時に、消費者にとって大きな恩恵をもたらす可能性も秘めている。
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Kacey Musgraves: Star-Crossed review – a tragedy of wifely strife
(Interscope/Polydor/MCA Nashville)The bliss of Musgraves’ Grammy-winning Golden Hour sours on this follow-up, with a breakup narrative that is a little too tidyEverything about the run-up to Star-Crossed, Kacey Musgraves’ fifth album, suggested high dr…
‘Rewrite Rule, Britannia!’ What would you do with the Last Night of the Proms?
Its patriotic songs ignited a culture war last year. Is it time to rethink the Proms’ closing concert? A panel of leading musical figures suggest some alternative ways of approaching the contentious eveningThe Last Night of the Proms is a fantastic opp…
Matrix by Lauren Groff review – a brilliant nun’s tale
Visionary leader, queer lover, 12th-century writer … the life of Marie de France is triumphantly reimagined in an assertively modern novel about female ambition and creativityThe author of Fates and Furies has been much acclaimed, especially in the US,…
Moulin Rouge gets ready for reopening – in pictures
Moulin Rouge performed a full dress rehearsal two days ahead of the reopening of the cabaret following an 18-month closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Moulin Rouge and Le Lido, emblems of the crazy Parisian nights since 1889, will open again on 1…
Malfeasance: Biden decried it in Afghanistan – but what does it mean?
Entering English from French, ‘malfeasance’ tends to describe misdeeds in public office – such as those by US presidentsIn his speech marking the end of the Afghanistan war, begun soon after the 9/11 attacks on 11 September 20 years ago, Joe Biden comp…
ヴィデオ会議で映る自分の見た目が気になる「Zoom異形症」が増加している
コロナ禍における在宅勤務の浸透でヴィデオ会議が増えるなか、画面に映る自分の外見を気にして皮膚科や美容外科を訪れる人が急増している。「Zoom異形症」とも呼ばれるこうした症状に、わたしたちはどう対処すればいいのか。
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Olga Koch review – uproarious, gleefully obscene comedy
Soho theatre, LondonThe Russian-born comic racks up the punchlines as she auditions to be a Bond girl, considers British quirks and recalls her schooldaysThe comedian from far afield, observing British idiosyncrasies for the delight of British audience…
Samantha Bee brands supreme court ‘gutless monsters’ for Texas abortion decision
Late-night hosts discuss Texas’s six-week abortion ban, flooding in New York and Covid’s new Mu variantSamantha Bee tore into the new abortion law in Texas, the most restrictive in the nation, on Wednesday evening – a week after the supreme court, in a…