Chrissie Hynde revives Pretenders on soulful 'Alone'
Wednesday, 2 November 2016, 16:05
Last update: about 10 years ago
Chrissie Hynde reverts to her Pretenders moniker on "Alone," a soulful production helmed by The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach and starring her tough-as-nails vulnerability. Hynde's wonderful voice,...
'Girl on the Train' doesn't stay on the rails
Wednesday, 2 November 2016, 14:53
Last update: about 10 years ago
Tate Taylor's "The Girl on the Train" may be technically set in the Westchester suburb of Ardsley-on-Hudson, but its cocktail of commuter trains, marital infidelity and alcoholism make its...
Toni Morrison receives Bellow award for lifetime achievement
Wednesday, 2 November 2016, 14:05
Last update: about 10 years ago
Toni Morrison received a lifetime achievement award Thursday night from the PEN American Center, a ceremony of music and words that ended with a special treat from the guest of honor: An excerpt from...
Where’s my brother and other confessions – Victor Calleja
Wednesday, 2 November 2016, 11:22
Last update: about 10 years ago
Would you be interested in a book where the author talks about how scared he felt when, aged seven, he was told very seriously by his adult sister that he was a mistake? And how he then lived in...
A new era of corporate citizenship
Tuesday, 1 November 2016, 16:20
Last update: about 10 years ago
Dr Mark Anthony Camilleri has recently edited a business textbook entitled; 'CSR 2.0 and the New Era of Corporate Citizenship'. This contribution is an authoritative...
Bette Midler revisits 'old friends' _ her star-making songs
Tuesday, 1 November 2016, 15:59
Last update: about 10 years ago
The Grammy- and Emmy Award-winner is re-releasing a deluxe version of "The Divine Miss M," her 1972 debut album that included the hits "Do You Want To Dance," ''Chapel Of Love," ''Friends" and "Boogie...
A boy comes of age in achingly powerful 'Moonlight'
Tuesday, 1 November 2016, 14:47
Last update: about 10 years ago
"Moonlight " is as wistful a film as its title might suggest. Director Barry Jenkins, in only his second feature, has created a singularly powerful and masterfully restrained work of art about a...
Lawrence Ferlinghetti on Nobel: 'Bravo for Dylan.
Tuesday, 1 November 2016, 14:01
Last update: about 10 years ago
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, one of the last links to the early days of the Beat poetry movement, never doubted the artistry of Bob Dylan or his worthiness of the Nobel prize. "Bravo for Dylan, Nobel...
Last surviving member of the Bee Gees comes back for more
Friday, 28 October 2016, 14:18
Last update: about 10 years ago
If anyone had said the Bee Gees' music would stand the test of time, most serious music people would have scoffed. Rulers of the disco era, the fraternal purveyors of nine #1 hits, including...
Christopher Guest's 'Mascots' fails to really cheer
Friday, 28 October 2016, 13:25
Last update: about 10 years ago
It should be a match made in comedy heaven - director and writer Christopher Guest, whose fake documentary films explore the sad desperation in American subcultures, turns his attention to the wacky...