'Space Odyssey' robustly explores Kubrick's '2001'
Monday, 4 June 2018, 08:26
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
"Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece" (Simon & Schuster), by Michael Benson Fifty years ago, moviegoers had their minds blown by director Stanley...
CBS looks back for its reboot-heavy new TV season
Friday, 1 June 2018, 09:46
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
— Glance at next season's schedule for CBS and you could be forgiven for wondering what decade it is. The network is adding remakes of 1980s series "Murphy Brown" and "Magnum, P.I." to a...
Eleanor Friedberger's Greek sojourn is her 'Rebound'
Friday, 1 June 2018, 09:45
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Eleanor Friedberger, "Rebound" (Frenchkiss Records) Inspired by a 2016 trip to her ancestral Greece, you can feel the electricity in "Rebound," Eleanor Friedberger's fourth solo album since The...
Rachel Dolezal documentary fascinating, well-crafted
Friday, 1 June 2018, 09:42
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
There's a scene at the end of the Netflix documentary about controversial figure Rachel Dolezal when she enters a DMV and comes out a few minutes later with a new name. "A new start," she says. The...
Words of praise for great cooking, great cooks
Friday, 1 June 2018, 09:39
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
"The Best Cook in the World: Tales from my Momma's Table," (Alfred A. Knopf), by Rick Bragg. Rick Bragg's latest book — "The Best Cook in the World" — is unusual enough in its...
Broadcast networks go for milk-and-cookies comfort this fall
Thursday, 31 May 2018, 11:13
Last update: about 7 years ago
If provocative, psyche-jangling shows like "The Handmaid's Tale" are your taste, head directly to streaming or cable. But if you're feeling the urge for milk-and-cookies comfort, broadcast television...
Modern Music Days: avant-garde expression in a Baroque setting
Sunday, 28 September 2014, 21:48
Last update: about 11 years ago
Modern Music Days (MMD) is a brand new international concert series committed to promote 20th century repertoire and contemporary music. MMD aims to motivate existing audiences and draw in...
Mistura to launch new concept album: ‘U d-Dinja Tkompli Ddur’
Sunday, 28 September 2014, 21:19
Last update: about 11 years ago
Maltese song-writing duo Mistura will be launching their first album, to be called 'U d-Dinja Tkompli Ddur' ('The World Keeps Turning'), on 10 October at 7pm during the Radio 101 programme...
Speaking artistically
Sunday, 28 September 2014, 11:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
The Manoel Theatre's programme of events kicks off next week on Friday 3rd October, with internationally-acclaimed virtuoso violinist Charlie Siem who will be performing with the Malta Philharmonic...