New book captures pop culture moments that scream love
Friday, 29 January 2016, 14:49
Last update: about 12 years ago
Fashion and style have forever been in bed with film, television and music, especially the moments that scream love. We all have our top pop memories of romance, lust, marriage, heartbreak...
Maggie Smith in her wheel house in 'Lady in the Van'
Thursday, 28 January 2016, 15:32
Last update: about 12 years ago
There are cozy, innocuous pleasures to Nicholas Hytner's adaption of Alan Bennett's "The Lady in the Van," but chief among them is watching two grand old talents - Maggie Smith and Bennett, himself -...
'Olive Kitteridge' author publishes new novel
Thursday, 28 January 2016, 14:48
Last update: about 12 years ago
The narrator of Elizabeth Strout's new novel has a peculiar voice for a twice-married, successful writer and mother of two grown daughters. She sounds like a little girl. Indeed, readers may...
Holocaust tale 'Son of Saul' haunts and provokes
Wednesday, 27 January 2016, 15:32
Last update: about 12 years ago
"Son of Saul" doesn't just get under your skin - it goes straight to the bloodstream. There, it churns and festers as you try to make sense out of the senseless horror of the Holocaust and the plight...
'House of 8 Orchids' is compelling thriller
Wednesday, 27 January 2016, 14:47
Last update: about 12 years ago
James Thayer delivers a vivid and compelling thriller set in 1937 China in his new novel, "House of 8 Orchids." Readers will travel to a time and place unfamiliar yet also strikingly real. The...
'13 Hours' is thrilling, but too video game-like
Tuesday, 26 January 2016, 15:30
Last update: about 12 years ago
The most surprising thing about "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi" is how Michael Bay makes 144 minutes pass so quickly. His excitable camera is always doing something, whether shaking...
Criticized book on Washington slave pulled
Tuesday, 26 January 2016, 14:44
Last update: about 12 years ago
Scholastic is pulling a new picture book about George Washington and his slaves amid objections it sentimentalizes a brutal part of American history. "A Birthday Cake for George Washington" was...
Teatru Astra launches a call for auditions for its ‘Grease’
Monday, 25 January 2016, 15:44
Last update: about 12 years ago
The Teatru Astra will be presenting its first ever live musical production Grease - The Musical. Regarded as one of the most popular musicals of all time and one of the longest running productions in...
Do Re Mi Fa to premier next month at Eden
Monday, 25 January 2016, 15:13
Last update: about 12 years ago
On 21 February, Eden Cinema's will be exclusively premiering the award winning, multi-threaded narrative drama set in Malta - Do Re Mi Fa. Written and directed by Chris Zarb, shortly after graduating...
VOICES 25th Anniversary Concerts scheduled for October 2016
Monday, 25 January 2016, 14:50
Last update: about 12 years ago
This will be a very special year for VOICES, as it marks the 25th anniversary since the first concerts were staged way back in 1991. In order to celebrate this milestone, the Voices Foundation is...