A restless America   In the wake of World War II, a restless America emerged.  It was a time of unprecedented national growth and aspiration, but also of rootlessness and lingering...

From rags to riches       1815, Toulon/Digne: After 19 years on the chain gang (“Look Down”), Jean Valjean (Jackman) - prisoner 24601 - is released by Javert...

The bonds of love and family are tested in the most mundane ways in "Save the Date," an indie relationship comedy that's short on both romance and humor.   Los Angeles...

Dustin Hoffman's directing bow at 75 finds a perfect match in the well-heeled subject of "Quartet," a charming tale of aging musicians whose passion for life continues undiminished in a...

Promised Land" offers an experience that's alternately amusing and frustrating, full of impassioned earnestness as well as saggy sections.   Director Gus Van Sant has the...

The schmaltz is piled on thick, and if the comedy were any broader it would require an Imax screen, but still there's something touching about how hard Billy Crystal and Bette Midler hustle to...

Cinemas in Malta were serviced by KRS Film Distributors with 163 feature film releases, 16 less than 2011, which included productions from the USA, United Kingdom,  France, Denmark, Norway,...

Verging on 95 years of age, John Cremona still manages to overwhelm readers of his latest book of verse, Il-Kantiku tax-Xagħra, with captivating verse written in a luxuriant, even if deceptively...

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”, so goes the ancient English dictum. However, I have always struggled with it and I have always found it difficult to accept it, nonetheless embrace...

The essays offered in British Writers and the Experience of Italy (1800-1940) by Prof Peter Vassallo this book explore some of the significant Romantic and post-Romantic constructions of Italy, its...