'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...