A schmaltzy history lesson in 'Bitter Harvest'
Tuesday, 11 April 2017, 15:32
Last update: about 8 years ago
Yep, that's the tagline for "Bitter Harvest," the new movie about young love during the Holodomor, the 1932-33 forced famine in Ukraine orchestrated by Josef Stalin that killed millions. And if it...
Acclaimed and off-beat magazine The Believer has new owner
Tuesday, 11 April 2017, 15:16
Last update: about 8 years ago
A highly praised and proudly off-beat literary magazine, where contributors have ranged from Nick Hornby and Anne Carson to Leslie Jamison and Daniel Handler, is changing ownership. The Believer,...
Crossing
Monday, 10 April 2017, 15:09
Last update: about 8 years ago
Dr Lydia Buttigieg Crossing - a creative project which constitutes a series of culminations of artistic perceptions that combines both music and the visual arts. It is expressed by...
Dwal Godda: A modern take on Good Friday, Palm Sunday
Monday, 10 April 2017, 13:35
Last update: about 8 years ago
It is perhaps peculiar that a Good Friday–related performance is held on Palm Sunday. However, Dwal Ġodda, a group of theatrical performers in Għargħur, have a reasonable...
The Shins harness 'Heartworms' on playful 5th album
Sunday, 9 April 2017, 16:17
Last update: about 8 years ago
James Mercer takes the helm on "Heartworms," producing The Shins' fifth album and shaping the band's style and identity as much as ever. Mercer creates a diverse set of tunes which remain...
'The Wanderers' is mission-to-Mars fiction with a twist
Sunday, 9 April 2017, 14:18
Last update: about 8 years ago
In "The Wanderers," a private corporation called Prime Space is financing the first crewed mission to Mars and training three astronauts: an American woman, a Russian man and a Japanese...
Laura Marling takes a giant step on 'Semper Femina'
Saturday, 8 April 2017, 16:16
Last update: about 8 years ago
Laura Marling takes a giant step on "Semper Femina," nine exceptional songs of vulnerability, bursting with femininity and passion. Skillfully produced with great sympathy by Blake Mills (Alabama...
'Life' is a mediocre science-fiction thriller
Saturday, 8 April 2017, 14:43
Last update: about 8 years ago
In Daniel Espinosa's "Life," an international space station orbiting the Earth intercepts an automated capsule returning from Mars with samples: rocks, dust and, as it turns out, a tiny...
Spy novelists keeping an eye on Trump-Russia allegations
Saturday, 8 April 2017, 14:16
Last update: about 8 years ago
Jason Matthews is a retired CIA officer who now writes spy novels, focused on Russia. He was working on a book last year that ordinarily would seem a little far-fetched, but which proved too close to...