It's all about that tempo switch. 'Take Me Out', the signature hit of Scottish band Franz Ferdinand, possesses one of the all-time great song introductions. "So if you're lonely," frontman Alex ...

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The biopic is such a staid genre that any attempt at doing something unique with its form is cause for excitement, if not outright celebration. Franz is that sort of daring endeavor, investigating the ...

Swirling events from across the Czech writer's life into a prismatic study of his creative frustration and uncontrolled legacy, this ambitious film makes a show of shunning convention but has nothing ...

“Franz is a writer who doesn’t like to talk,” says Franz Kafka’s agent in this playful and oddly endearing biopic of the enigmatic Czech author, who died in 1924 aged just 40. Kafka’s output was slim ...

The Scottish band’s sixth album summons the vintage swagger and suave humor of its early work but little of the punkish exhilaration. Save this story Save this story Franz Ferdinand transitioned ...

One hundred years ago, the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian empire and his wife were assassinated by a gunman during a drive through Sarajevo. One month later, Austria-Hungary declared war ...

TIFF: The Czech literary giant deserves more than this rote, ludicrous hagiography. But these pages are nothing more than solid replicas. They are superficial offerings to a shallow hagiography, an ...

With the cash from the Thesaurus Musicarum sales snowing in, Editor-in-Chief Ryan Schreiber decided\n\ to treat the entire staff ... Save this story Save this story With the cash from the Thesaurus ...

Way back in the Mesozoic Era of the Internet, which was approximately 2009, maintaining your status as an Internet Socialite required a deft understanding of a multi-faceted messaging ecosystem. You ...

How many Broadway shows has Elizabeth Franz been in? Elizabeth Franz has appeared on Broadway in 12 shows. How many West End shows has Elizabeth Franz been in? Elizabeth Franz has not appeared in the ...

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