76 foreign language films to compete for Oscar
Monday, 28 October 2013, 15:04
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The foreign language Oscar competition this year will be wider than it ever has been before. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday that a record 73 countries,...
A killer who found prey through lonely hearts ads
Monday, 28 October 2013, 14:30
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
"Quiet Dell" (Scribner), by Jayne Anne Phillips In the 1930s, a man who called himself Cornelius O. Pierson began to correspond with a 45-year-old widow struggling to raise three...
A history of a city and its liberal ideals
Monday, 28 October 2013, 14:21
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
"Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City" (Doubleday), by Russell Shorto No guide to Amsterdam is complete without a mention of tulips, canals and legalized pot...
The legend of The Bride of Mosta revisited
Monday, 28 October 2013, 10:29
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
What prompted you to write a well known Maltese legend ‘The Bride of Mosta’, a novel based on folklore? The Bride of Mosta is a legend I grew up with in Mosta. Actually the...
Sensiela Juann Mamo
Monday, 21 October 2013, 12:22
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Juann Mamo's cult novel Ulied in-Nanna Venut fl-Amerka about social and political life in early twentieth century Malta and Maltese emigrants in New York will be available soon in bookshops...
Taylor Swift opens $4M Country Hall of Fame center
Sunday, 20 October 2013, 16:30
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
It might as well be Taylor Swift weekend in MusicCity. The pop star opened her $4 million Taylor Swift Education Center at the CountryMusic Hall of Fame and Museum on Saturday...
H. G. Wells’ classic The Invisible Man in Maltese
Sunday, 20 October 2013, 15:24
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
H.G. Wells’ classic tale of ‘The Invisible Man’ has been published in Maltese for the first time, in a small, 118-page pocket book - easy to carry and read! Who was this...
Spielberg honors Clooney for humanitarian work
Sunday, 20 October 2013, 15:21
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Steven Spielberg and George Clooney go way back in show business. In fact, it was Spielberg who gave Clooney his big break on the TV show "ER," the actor recalls. But the two...
Literature in translation
Sunday, 20 October 2013, 13:21
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The University of Malta’s Department of Translation, Terminology and Interpreting Studies published the Literature in Translation/Il-Letteratura fit-Traduzzjoni written by the academic members...