3/31/2023 0 Comments The tragedy of macbeth![]() It appears to be a direct homage to Orson Welles’ 1948 film adaptation. Though the Coen brothers have made dramatic films before - including Miller’s Crossing, The Man Who Wasn’t There, and the Academy-Award winning No Country for Old Men - there is something noticeably more classical about the drama in this film. The result is a significant, structural, and tonal departure from his previous work. Most known for his creative collaboration with his younger brother Ethan, Coen made the controversial choice to helm this film without him. The Tragedy of Macbeth is the solo effort of Coen, a subtle stylistic departure from his previous work. And if this is the case, why not lean into it? It’s worth asking if this film - which also stars Cory Hawkins as a Macduff - was cast partially in response to that. In recent years, there has been much conversation over the Coen brothers (and other white directors) not casting actors of color. Is this Macbeth a Black man who is trying to prove to his white wife - and himself - that he can rise to the stature of a white monarch? It seems that Coen - who, with the exception of The Ladykillers, tends to stay away from the topic of race - is unaware of these narrative possibilities. But the racial dynamic between the two adds another layer to it. Having the couple be older is an inspired choice, transforming the characters from youthful schemers to weary elders making their final grasps at greatness. When his wife Lady Macbeth (Frances McDormand) urges him to seize the throne, it comes off more of a burden than a shining opportunity. Due to his age and visible exhaustion, it seems like Washington’s Macbeth would rather retire than vie for the Scottish throne. And yet, his motivations in the film feel murky. ![]() Washington is definitely up to the task, making a meal out of every scene. But his acting style has always been theatrical, and he’s an obvious choice for any role that requires the ability to monologue while still keeping the audience engaged. Washington hasn’t been in a Shakespeare film since 1993’s Much Ado About Nothing. With this in mind, what does it mean to have a Black Macbeth in 2021? An easy answer would be to provide space for a truly great actor to regain the dramatic spotlight with a large, theatrical project. The former gives a great actor the space to truly shine in a lead, while the latter acknowledges the present, real-life concerns of the modern Black man. Why now? Is it a response to the present moment, or does it stand separate from that as a pure dramatic exercise with no higher purpose? Films like the 1995 Othello starring Laurence Fishburne and 2001’s O starring Mekhi Phifer, are necessary cultural responses to a play notorious for being performed in Blackface. He’s also a Black man - the first to play the role in a major Hollywood film.īut what does this casting mean? Every new adaptation of an old story must be able, within the narrative, to answer the question of its existence. ![]() ![]() This time, Macbeth is an old man taking one last swing at glory. But there’s something notably different about Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth. There have been many film adaptations of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, starring powerful actors like Orson Welles, Toshiro Mifune and, more recently, Michael Fassbender. ![]() What follows is a story of murder, madness, and grief. Soon, Macbeth encounters the three weird sisters (all played by the brilliant Kathryn Hunter) who foretell his rise to power. He and his trusted friend Banquo (Bertie Carvel) have just returned home from war. Standing in the middle of a desolate landscape, we meet Macbeth ( Denzel Washington), a weary soldier in the twilight of his life. Screengrab via YouTube/A24 Despite lacking narrative intentionality, The Tragedy of Macbeth, has a number of stellar performances. Denzel Washington, who plays Macbeth, is definitely up to the task, making a meal out of every scene. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The "Game Of Thrones - The Concert Show" is the moving live show of a very special kind. ![]() The Game Of Thrones series has unleashed an unprecedented global hype that will continue for a long time as the eighth and final season of the most famous of all TV series has fueled the hype once again! Last edited: 18 October 2022 - 09:28 hoursĬinema Festival Symphonics conducted by Stephen Ellery - Kleine Olympiahalle Some of his compositions even found their way into the pop charts! Morricone's compositions were new and innovative and had an unusual sound element (jaw harps, whistles, screams, howling coyotes, owl calls, bells, music boxes, whip bangs, blows on the anvil etc.) Above all, this includes the film classics: for a handful of dollars, two glorious villains and play me the song of death. In 1964 they both started the well-known and successful collaboration. They were friends since school: Morricone and the famous film director Sergio Leone. Morricone was often nominated for an Oscar with his creative music, he received it twice: in 2007 for his life's work and in 2016 for the music for the film The Hateful Eight. An impressive number! The film genre of the Italo Western was particularly close to his heart because he wrote the music for 30 such films. The technically complex screen animation with the original film scenes condenses the gripping atmosphere to infinity and brings the famous goosebumps effect that no one can escape!Įnnio Morricone created the appropriate music for around 500 films. Over 100 musicians and singers from the Milano Festival Opera under the direction of the renowned conductor Marco Seco will be on stage and bring the thrilling Ennio Morricone music to life. Morricone's music for "The Good, the bad & the Ugly" holds second place on the list of the 200 best soundtracks of all time. His most important works include the soundtracks for "The Hateful 8", "Onec upon a time in the West", "Django Unchained", "Kill Bill 2", "My Name is Nobody", "The good, the bad & the ugly", "Once upon a time in America ”,“ For a handful of dollars ”,“ The Untouchables” and "The Mission". ENNIO MORRICONE has written over 500 film scores for cinema and television. In the winter of 20/21, his fans can now experience the unforgettable works of Morriconone live in 4 selected cities in Switzerland. Morricone immortalized himself almost 50 years ago with his music for "Play me the song of death". He received his latest Oscar in February 2016 for Tarantino's "The Hateful 8". The world-famous film composer ENNIO MORRICONE has created legendary film music. ![]() THE HATEFUL 8 - DJANGO UNCHAINED - ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST - KILL BILL, THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE YGLY - ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA - CINEMA PARADISO Get all concert-info as soon as it's published with ourġ00 soloists, singers and musicians from the Milano Festival Opera conducted by Marco Seco - Kulturpalast Submit a Concert Contact MIC What Is Film Music? Concert Musicīased on film music Soundtrack Radios Links Privacy Notes About MiC Latest Updates Concert List Concert-Tours Past Concerts Concert Producers Music Sheets ![]() 3/31/2023 0 Comments Mountain duck combine accounts![]() To install a connection profile simply enable the corresponding checkbox. You can either scroll through the list of profiles or use the Search function. This makes it much easier to connect to various hosting and cloud storage service providers without the need to lookup connection details other than credentials. Tagged boxcryptor, cryptomator Leave a comment macOS VenturaĬyberduck 8 and Mountain Duck 4.8 introduce a new Profiles preferences tab that allows to install additional connection profiles on demand. Create a new vault in on your preferred storage.įollow our documentation for step-by-step instructions to create a new vault or access an existing vault stored on your preferred cloud storage (including Dropbox).Create a new connection to any service provider supporting one of the many available protocols including S3, Dropbox, OneDrive & Google Drive or any WebDAV and SFTP compatible storage.Download and install Mountain Duck for macOS or Windows.Decrypt all existing files in Boxcryptor by following Off-Migration Guide: Decrypt all Boxcryptor encrypted files.Migrationįollow these steps to migrate documents currently in Boxcryptor to a Cryptomator vault accessible through Mountain Duck: No online services, no subscriptions, no accounts. InteroperableĬryptomator is free and open-source software with no security by obscurity, no hidden backdoors from third parties, no need to trust anyone except yourself. You do not need to have the Cryptomator apps installed but can access the same vault using Cryptomator for iOS for example. Use the built-in, fully interoperable support for Cryptomator vaults to encrypt your sensitive data in password-protected vaults with end-to-end and zero-knowledge encryption. Mountain Duck allows you to mount multiple cloud storages and servers as network drives on macOS and Windows using Smart Synchronization for offline access. So why not use Mountain Duck with support for the Cryptomator vault format independent from a single provider? Smart Synchronization It is not clear how customers with existing contracts are served in the future and no new accounts are accepted. Till then, all users have to look for an alternative. Your web browser will open leading you through the authentication and authorization flowīoxcryptor has been acquired by Dropbox and will terminate free accounts as of January 31, 2023.Select Dropbox from the protocol section on the top and choose Connect.Select Open Connection within the Mountain Duck dropdown menu.Mounting your Dropbox in Finder is straight forward using Mountain Duck: In Mountain Duck Preferences, you can change your cache location to a different folder or even to an external drive. It allows to connect to and synchronize your files in Dropbox without any additional bloat. Mountain Duck is a viable alternative to the official Dropbox client. ![]() Use Mountain Duck instead of the official Dropbox client Many users with large data sets preferred to set a custom location on an external disk previously which is no longer an option. The most prominent change from a user perspective is the limitation to store all synchronized files in ~/Library/CloudStorage as required by the File Provider API. Dropbox recently adopted the File Provider API available on macOS to be used as the exclusive way to synchronize files with their own app. ![]() 3/31/2023 0 Comments Deskconnect ink![]() Apple’s efforts to get people to see the iPhone, iPad and even Apple Watch ecosystem as something that can be used for many light-to-medium tasks could be bolstered here. There are also great opportunities here to offer value-add “power user” capabilities to the iPad ecosystem. If you spool out the thread here it’s not hard to see Workflow being integrated heavily with Siri, allowing even more seamless activation and composition of actions now that the team has access to Apple’s private APIs, which are more robust than the tiny bit of Siri that’s public so far. If that sounds familiar, you might be thinking of the budding Siri API - which will only be getting more beefy as time goes on. The special sauce of Workflow is that it enables users to dip into specific “deep linked” functions of individual apps and connect those actions together into a string of seamless, invisible commands. Some folks had taken this as a signal that Apple was no longer interested in the automation category. You can see some of the pretty intense capabilities of the app in this post from Federico Viticci, a workflow maniac.įor you super nerds, this news could be a nice treat given the recent-ish departure of legend Sal Saghoian, Apple’s automation Czar, and the elimination of his position. Workflow’s existing integrations with apps are extensive and will continue to be updated. It would have been much easier to say hey, this is for heavy users, maybe we don’t need to make sure it’s 100 percent accessible - but they didn’t, and they won a bunch of awards (and an exit) for their trouble. The accessibility features of Workflow are super impressive, especially for an app that is a tool for building complicated macros. “The Workflow app was selected for an Apple Design Award in 2015 because of its outstanding use of iOS accessibility features, in particular an outstanding implementation for VoiceOver with clearly labeled items, thoughtful hints, and drag/drop announcements, making the app usable and quickly accessible to those who are blind or low-vision.” This is off the charts!”Īpple confirmed the deal, and has said the following about Workflow: “When I first saw the app, I was just like man, this accessibility is cray-cray. ![]() Workflow won an Apple Design Award in 2015 Apple Accessibility engineer Dean Hudson waxed ecstatic about the way that it handled accessibility. Simply put, it’s super smart, really well designed and works very well. This makes sense, and I’m glad to see it because Workflow itself was a prime meat example of how to find a need in the iOS ecosystem, tackle it in an interesting way and execute it with cleverness and attention to honoring the platform. This is not a “pure acqui-hire” in that Workflow - not just the talent - is being purchased in this deal. We can’t wait to take our work to the next level at Apple and contribute to products that touch people across the world.” “We’ve worked closely with Apple from the very beginning, from kickstarting our company as students attending WWDC to developing and launching Workflow and seeing its amazing success on the App Store. “We are thrilled to be joining Apple,” said Weinstein in a statement. In a somewhat uncommon move for Apple, the app will continue to be made available on the App Store and will be made free later today. Workflow the app is being acquired, along with the team of Weinstein, Conrad Kramer, Ayaka Nonaka and Nick Frey. It had built up a sizeable number of users and downloads over the past few years. It shares some similarity with the service IFTTT, in that it allows people to group together a bunch of actions that can allow them to perform complicated tasks with one tap. Workflow has been around for a couple of years and we’ve covered it and its updates. I’ve been following his efforts since the iPod Linux days and covered his very useful DeskConnect app a few years back. The app was made by a small team that includes Ari Weinstein, a former iPhone jailbreaker. Workflow had raised an unannounced seed round of what we’re hearing was in the range of a couple million from Lowercase, Eniac and General Catalyst. ![]() ![]() As far as I know it was a solid payday for the team and small upside for investors. I haven’t been able to get financial details for the deal, but if I come up with them I’ll update. We’ve been tracking this one for a while but were able to confirm just now that the ink on the deal is drying as we speak. Apple has finalized a deal to acquire Workflow today - a tool that lets you hook together apps and functions within apps in strings of commands to automate tasks. ![]() 3/31/2023 0 Comments Crash bandicoot 2 trophy guide![]() ![]() If it's more than a second or two out of your way to get ignore the box.īelow is a table that shows the time needed for the gold relic on each applicable level with the exceptions of Hot Coco and Eggipus Rex. While some time stop boxes may look tempting to get they can sometimes take up more time getting them than you would save by doing so. The invincibility from obtaining three Aku-Aku masks can make levels very easy provided you can obtain three without taking a hit. While risky doing so can save a fair amount of time. Try to cut corners as much as you are comfortable doing. Use the Crash Dash ability (default button is the button you use to switch characters) when possible. In the underwater levels Crash moves faster when he is spinning. If you do not have the Crash Dash ability, see Cortex N. The gold relic time for the vast majority of the levels are impossible without first getting the Crash Dash ability. To start a time trial, touch the stop watch that appears after finishing a level. Some of them will most likely take you a few attempts to reach gold or platinum. However, that does not mean the trials are a pushover. Thankfully the time trials in Warped are easier than Crash Bandicoot and Crash Bandicoot 2. Description: Earn 30 gold or platinum relics ![]() 3/31/2023 0 Comments Deus ex human revolution builds![]() ![]() ![]() We've traded fundamental polish for better boss fights and less yellow filtering. The roadmap now lists March 2023 as the release window for the Friends and Foes update. Oh, and of course multiple localized languages are missing and if you choose to play in a language other than English you get visual artifacts on character faces. The Friends and Foes content update for Curious Panda Games turn-based tactical RPG The Iron Oath is taking a bit longer than originally anticipated on account of it being particularly robust, and as a result, we get a new early access roadmap for the game. Post-processing issues including degraded SSAO quality. Police often hostile to Jensen for no reason. Talking to NPCs with your gun drawn muffles their audio. Which causes cutscene fast forwarding issues.Ī weird radio sound that keeps appearing and disappearing that seems linked to the commentary system. Heck, they generally weren't even present in the launch version. Few of these issues were present in the fully patched original version of Human Revolution. The list of issues in HR:DC is ridiculous. (Something similar happened with Deus Ex: GOTY Edition/Patch 1.112fm, which used outdated map files. The big deal is the ridiculous list of bugs - quite a few game breaking - that crept into the game as a result of it being based on outdated source. You might ask, "What's the big deal? Isn't the Director's Cut just a polished version of Human Revolution with less crappy boss fights and the story DLC integrated into the main game?" Which is annoying for people who want to play the original and don't own it, but it's not as bad as when they displaced the Dead Island titles with the deeply broken Definitive Editions. Deep Silver displaced the original Metro releases with the Redux versions. Square Enix aren't the only publisher to do this. But it has been effectively removed from Steam. People with physical copies or grey market keys can still buy it. People who own the original version can still play it. ![]() When Human Revolution DC was released in 2013, it displaced the original version. ![]() 3/31/2023 0 Comments The elder scrolls vi requirements![]() Valenwood and Elseweyr would also be interesting, since both provinces are aligned with the Aldmeri Dominion. Perhaps even several provinces at a time imagine the contrast between the lush forests of Valenwood (in the lore the most beautiful province in Tamriel) and Black Marsh's swamps, or neighboring Elseweyr's deserts.įalse rumors have long been spread about the setting of the next Elder Scrolls game, but the consensus is that Valenwood and Black Marsh are the leading contenders. The best thing to do would be to present contrasts to what we've seen so far in the series by setting the game in provinces like Valenwood, Black Marsh, or Elseweyr. Skyrim, Cyrodil, and Morrowind were all big, continent-sized places that were amazing to explore, but considering the release of Elder Scrolls Online (ESO), which contains much of Tamriel if not eventually all of it, there's no reason Bethesda won't take us to previously unexplored provinces of Tamriel for Elder Scrolls VI. NPC hunters are also abound in Skyrim, but what if hunting and fishing were more vital to your character's survival? The possibilities of hunting in Valenwood or Black Marsh are endless. Given the popularity of mods like Frostfall and iNeed, there already exists a demand and it would only require minimal changes to systems already in the game.įor example, fishing equipment is seen in the game, but fish can only be caught bare-handed, meaning you have to swim into the water and pick them up. After all, it's kind of strange how your character can stay awake indefinitely, never eat, drink 20 bottles of mead standing, and walk across an arctic tundra naked with no effect. It made the world of Elder Scrolls feel more real and also gave players new challenges if you didn't eat and sleep your stats would gradually get worse and worse until eventually you died.Ī survival mode could work if Bethesda puts in a toggled mode after the character creation in a new game, much like "hardcore" mode in Fallout: New Vegas which also required you to eat and sleep. ![]() This, combined with the many other survival mods out there that require you to eat and drink at least once or twice a day as well as sleep regularly added a deep, immersive play to Skyrim. One of the best mods for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was the Frostfall mod, which gave you the ability to set up a camp and required you to seek shelter from the rain and the cold in order to avoid hypothermia. Here are 20 things we need to see in Elder Scrolls VI. ![]() Bethesda will be looking to top Skyrim's legendary status, but can the new installment deliver? Enough time has passed to make a truly revolutionary RPG, if Bethesda listens to the voices of fans. But we've seen the series make dramatic leaps in its history over the past twenty-three years, to the point where even the beloved Oblivion now seems dated. Unfortunately, considering how long it took the company to put out Skyrim after the smash hit of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - no less than five years – and given how recently the long-awaited Fallout 4 was released, we can only assume that Elder Scrolls VI is still a long, long way away.īut even if it will be a while before we can see Bethesda's sprawling open-world single-player fantasy world again, that doesn't mean we can't start to dream, right? What we know about Elder Scrolls VI is made largely of thrown-together rumors and internet gossip even the title and location are not confirmed. While The Elder Scrolls Online and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition may be getting all the media attention right now, one topic is inescapable among gamers when it comes to Bethesda's beloved open-world high fantasy RPG series: Elder Scrolls VI. ![]() 3/31/2023 0 Comments Mathtype for office 2016![]() ![]() Works with 64-bit Microsoft Office 2010: If you’re planning on switching to 64-bit Office, then you need MathType 6.8 for Windows.Here are some of the major new features in MathType 6.8. When you upgrade to MathType 6.9 any changes you’ve made in your installed version of MathType, including keyboard shortcuts, toolbars, preferences, etc. MathType 6.9 equations are compatible with MathType 6.x and 5.x equations so you can continue to work with other MathType users even if they haven’t upgraded yet. 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3/31/2023 0 Comments Great wolf lodge manteca![]() ![]() ![]() Great Wolf Lodge insists it is not competing with Disneyland, and on the surface that may be true. “Most of our guests are driving from within a three hour drive radius,” Ostrowski said. The newest Great Wolf Lodge is targeting customers from Sacramento to the Bay Area to Bakersfield. Rooms can range from $200 a night, but there are plenty of discounts, especially booking in advance. The rooms range from standard queen beds to full suites to accommodate multiple family members. There is one other GWL in California, located in Orange County. The Manteca location is the 19th Great Wolf Lodge to open in North America. Neither vaccines nor testing are required to stay. We really developed our health and safety protocols,” Ostrowski said.Ĭurrently, the only requirement is wearing masks unless in the water or eating/drinking. “That was an unforeseen delay, but it allowed us to really learn a lot and really develop our Paw Pledge (cleaning program). The resort located just west of Highway 99 on Highway 120 in Manteca. (GV Wire/David Taub) Pandemic Delayed OpeningĪfter an 11 month delay because of the pandemic, Great Wolf Lodge opened in June and is already seeing 100% capacity. The Adventure Park also includes a mini-golf course. From yoga and arts and crafts, to a nightly dance party, there is always some activity taking place. In the lobby, there is programming almost hourly for kids and their parents. The quest can take days, but as long as you keep the wand handy, you can return to your game days, or even years later. “Players use interactive magic wands to battle goblins and dragons,” the lodge says in its description of the game. It is an interactive game where kids use magic wands to go on a quest at various stations set up throughout the first floor of the hotel. MagiQuest ($29.99 per wand and game) is by the most challenging activity, and according to my kids, the most fun. The Adventure Park also features a mirror maze, an arcade and a mini bowling alley ($7 per game). There are two levels to master.Ī single climb is priced at $14.99, or an all-day pass at $24.99. Above it is a ropes course, where kids - tethered by a rope attached to a rail system - try to balance on various obstacles moving. On the floor is a 9-hole mini-golf course. The Great Wolf Lodge also has several activities to keep the younger set entertained for hours.īeyond the lobby is the Adventure Park, which features several activities that can be purchased separately or through combination passes (between $49.99-$79.99 per pass). (GV Wire/David Taub) Adventure Park Features MagiQuest, Rope Course The Great Wolf Lodge Adventure Park includes a ropes course. ![]() ![]() If you have a straightforward return to file, you can choose to use: Some people liken it to doing your taxes. what to consider when dealing with foreign property, if you have a blended family, you are under legal obligation to pay support, etc.) and might need customized language beyond what is typically standard in estate planning. However, there are some different scenarios where you may benefit from advice on a complicated matter (i.e. Identical, self-made or computer-generated documents that follow the provincial requirements are just as legal as those prepared by a lawyer. When it comes to estate planning, some people turn to lawyers in search of legal advice. Take the quiz → Do I Need A Lawyer Or Notary? Discover which Willful plan is right for you. □ Everyone's life is different - their wills should be, too. 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