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'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...

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...

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