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Studio Babelsberg: reel deal

Despite the ubiquity of digital effects in cinema, Berlin’s Studio Babelsberg has preserved the craft of prop making. Its lifelike items continue to appear in some of the biggest movies today. We inspect the…

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Film

Screen living

Cultural ventures from the US to Asia are proving that combining pursuits is sound business. From a cinema-hotel in Paris to a newsroom-café in Texas, we explore a new wave of hybrid businesses.

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Screen living
Design

Stick ’em up!

When done well, posters can persuade us to buy a pen, observe social norms or fly to a faraway land. They look great too. Put them on your walls.

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Tom Eckersley 1960 poster for Society of Industrial Artists exhibition featuring green eyes and blue arrow
Film

Top of the props

From silent movies to streaming, Studio Babelsberg's art department has created scenery and sets for over a century. As directors worldwide favour physical simulations over digital, we explore the vast backlots and workshops.

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Top of the props
Affairs

Cities briefing

Helsinki’s mayor on selling his city, China’s Haikou heads to the beach and a Corsican pedestrian walkway.

  • Issue #143
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Jan Vapaavuori, Mayor of Helsinki, standing outdoors in a dark suit with white cathedral building behind him
Art

Only human

The humanoid forms of sculptor Antony Gormley dot landscapes across the world. We meet the team that helps put them together.

  • Issue #143
  • 3 min read
Group of people posing in an open sculpture studio with their works.
Media

Pilou Asbaek

In our column asking accomplished people for their take on events, business and culture, we speak to the Danish actor about the rise of Scandi drama.

  • Issue #143
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Pilou Asbaek sits on a theater balcony railing in an ornate theater with red velvet seating
Culture

Prime times

From Low Countries noir to a phenomenal art sale, we pick the books, films, albums and exhibits to give your month a fresh perspective.

  • Issue #143
  • 8 min read
Prime times

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