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'Jojo Rabbit' seeks humour in the darkest of places

Wednesday, 8 January 2020, 10:31 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"Oh good, another Hitler comedy! It's been too long," said no studio development executive, ever. But of course, absurd as the idea may seem, some attempts to wring humor from the horrors of Nazi...

Jack Reacher is in deep trouble in Lee Child's 'Blue Moon'

Wednesday, 8 January 2020, 10:28 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"Blue Moon: a Jack Reacher Novel," Delacorte Press, by Lee Child The narrative in "Blue Moon," the latest Jack Reacher novel by author Lee Child, has the feel of an old Western where the town...

Second appointment with Movimento

Tuesday, 7 January 2020, 15:05 Last update: about 8 years ago

On Thursday, 9 January, Heritage Malta together with ŻfinMalta is inviting the public to participate in an engaging discussion about the relevance and function of contemporary art. The session...

False dome or a trick on the eyes?

Tuesday, 7 January 2020, 14:58 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

The recent restoration (by PrevArti) of the large painting that stands for the dome of the Gozo Cathedral of the Assumption has drawn attention to the painting itself and its artistic...

Neil Young back in his ragged glory with 'Colorado'

Saturday, 4 January 2020, 13:09 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Neil Young with Crazy Horse, "Colorado" (Reprise) Neil Young is back with his old band Crazy Horse in all their ragged glory with "Colorado," a beautiful, rambling, chaotic howl against climate...

In 'Mistress of Evil,' Maleficent plays mom

Saturday, 4 January 2020, 13:05 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

For a moment, "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil" seems poised to turn into a wonderful take on "Father of the Bride" only with fangs and wings. Princess Aurora (Elle Fanning), the beauty who escaped...

'Classic Krakauer' is pure adventure and risk

Saturday, 4 January 2020, 13:03 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk," Anchor Books, by Jon Krakauer The essays are older — primarily from the mid-1990s — for publications such as Smithsonian's Air &...

Mark Lanegan draws on 1980s to back singular vision

Friday, 3 January 2020, 13:35 Last update: about 8 years ago

Mark Lanegan Band, "Somebody's Knocking" (Heavenly Recordings) Can Mark Lanegan lend credibility to the 1980s, that regularly disparaged but nevertheless exciting decade reduced by detractors to...

Pattinson and Dafoe shine in 'The Lighthouse'

Friday, 3 January 2020, 13:25 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Enter "The Lighthouse " at your own risk. This is a stark, moody, surreal and prolonged descent into seaside madness that will surely not be for everyone. But those who do choose to go on this...

Allison Moorer details tragic family legacy in memoir

Friday, 3 January 2020, 13:23 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Singer-songwriter Allison Moorer has long been hesitant to talk about the deaths of her parents when she was just 14, but it was no secret. The murder-suicide in 1986 was something Moorer and her...

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