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Int’l Film Festival of Colombo 2014:

Everything is set for the much awaited, first ever major international film festival in Sri Lanka: International Film Festival of Colombo 2014, which will be held from September 2 to 7. It has an exciting line-up of films including the Asian premier of Beauty and the Beast (La belle et la bête) by Christophe Gans as the opening night film,

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Bard poised between Marlowe and Spencer

Christopher Marlowe was the victim of Shakespeare's challenge to the literary pre-eminence of Edmund Spencer as a dramatist in terms of his rivals. The Bard was forced to think quickly and at times badly and with intent. It all happened because he was poised between Marlowe and Spencer.

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Creating an impact with colour

Selection of colours in a painting is dictated by the method of working. Colour can be realistic, adhering to nature as closely as possible, or it can be subjective, with the artist using colour he feels is right at that time. Between these two extremes exists a wide range of possibilities,

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