ZfinMalta dance their way to London’s top theatre
Sunday, 22 January 2017, 16:03
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta's national dance company, ZfinMalta, flies to the UK tomorrow for its big debut. The sore muscles and blistered feet have paid off as it is quite a rare feat for such a young company...
'Toni Erdmann' cringes, smiles, sings through life
Sunday, 22 January 2017, 15:43
Last update: about 11 years ago
"Toni Erdmann " is a hard film to love, but that might be the point. The German movie from the clearly talented and incisive writer/director Maren Ade seems like it should be a comedy - the...
'The Lost City of the Monkey God' by Douglas Preston
Sunday, 22 January 2017, 15:21
Last update: about 11 years ago
To pigeonhole Douglas Preston a true-crime author is a gross understatement of his skills as a writer. Yes, his many best-sellers with Lincoln Child are fun, suspenseful romps chronicling the...
Loach film is a searing call for humanity, decency
Saturday, 21 January 2017, 15:42
Last update: about 11 years ago
The 80-year-old British director and social critic has long been an ardent, insistent, eloquent champion of the more vulnerable members of society - particularly working-class folks who are trying to...
'The Beautiful Dead' by Belinda Bauer
Saturday, 21 January 2017, 15:20
Last update: about 11 years ago
Art, obsession and the pull between one's professional life and personal life make a searing background for British author Belinda Bauer's new stand-alone psychological thriller. Although "The...
UK's Sky scraps show with Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson
Friday, 20 January 2017, 16:43
Last update: about 11 years ago
A British broadcaster said Friday it was canceling a TV comedy starring Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson after the program was condemned by the late musician's family. Sky Arts said it has...
In uplifting 'Hidden Figures,' three women's rise
Friday, 20 January 2017, 15:40
Last update: about 11 years ago
Theodore Melfi's buoyant "Hidden Figures" is an old-fashioned feel-good movie with powerful contemporary relevance, spearheaded by a trio of unstoppable actresses playing black women who wouldn't be...
Children's authors protest deal for far-right commentator
Friday, 20 January 2017, 15:19
Last update: about 11 years ago
Cassandra Clare and Laurie Halse Anderson are among more than 160 Simon & Schuster children's authors and illustrators who added their names to a letter sent to the company's chief executive in...
Major Lazer, Rae Sremmurd to perform at Middlelands festival
Thursday, 19 January 2017, 16:42
Last update: about 11 years ago
Musical trio Major Lazer and hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd are set to perform at the medieval-themed Middlelands festival in Texas in May. Organizers announced Wednesday that DJ...