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'Fruitvale Station'

Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 16:08 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

"Fruitvale Station" is more than the dramatization of an obituary. It's about empathy.   In recounting (and slightly fictionalizing) the final day of 22-year-old Oscar...

Filmmaker's wit enlivens 'My Lunches With Orson'

Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 15:57 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Orson Welles would enter the trendy Los Angeles restaurant Ma Maison through the kitchen, thus avoiding being seen arriving by wheelchair. His girth as wide as his talent, the director of 1941's...

Rock the rock!

Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 14:29 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

It started as a birthday party. A Maltese guitarist brought up as a Brit, coming home and having fun.   The plan was, to have a concert where diversity was key, hence many musicians. The...

Earl Sweatshirt ready to release new album

Monday, 15 July 2013, 14:44 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Earl Sweatshirt, one of rap's most enigmatic stars has begun to reveal more details about his major label debut, "Doris," and he couldn't be more excited to let people in on the...

JK Rowling revealed as writer of crime novel

Sunday, 14 July 2013, 17:30 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

An ex-military man tries his hand at writing, publishes a debut detective novel, and wins critical acclaim. But here's the twist in the tale: The true identity of the author is none other than...

Second Superbrands volume launched at Tribute Event

Sunday, 14 July 2013, 13:29 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Malta’s top brands received the status of superbrands at the gala Tribute Event during which the second volume of Superbrands was launched at the Pavilion Suite of the Westin Dragonara Resort...

Women throughout the centuries

Sunday, 14 July 2013, 08:27 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

While Malta is blessed with a healthy number of writers in most genres, writing about science in general and medical issues in particular is particularly uncommon, and the number of monographs dealing...

Verdi's 'Les vepres' gaining new attention

Saturday, 13 July 2013, 12:46 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

It's been called the "missing link" among Giuseppe Verdi's operas, composed right after his three mid-career mega-hits — "Rigoletto," ''Il Trovatore" and...

'White House Down' a silly throwback

Saturday, 13 July 2013, 12:28 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Staggeringly implausible, cartoonishly comical, Roland Emmerich's "White House Down" is refreshingly dumb.   Refreshing because carefree action absurdity, once the province of...

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