Something would have had to go very, very wrong for " Dog " not to work on a basic level. Pairing Channing Tatum, one of our most likable leading men, with a dog in a road trip two-hander is probably...

"Time Is a Mother" by Ocean Vuong (Penguin Press) Life's aftermath ebbs and flows throughout Ocean Vuong's poetry collection "Time Is a Mother." An ode to his mother's passing, Vuong orbits the...

 "The last piece of work I directed was Alfred Buttigieg's drama, Ippermettili Nitlaq, if I'm not mistaken, in 2008. Then, I was in the middle of finishing up my doctorate, work and lots of...

Following three sold-out concerts in September, the MPO 22/23 Concert Season ensues with a number of events in the coming weeks. For its next symphonic concert, the MPO (Malta Philharmonic...

Review by Charles Briffa  A biographer is mainly concerned with the truth and therefore he has to go beyond the mere collection of facts because the subject of a biography is human...

The door knocker is a staple feature of the old houses in Malta, especially in rural areas, although some, or many of them today, have electric bells. The knockers, however, are kept on, not just...

The director Speaks: pre-opera lecture World renowned stage director Franco Zeffirelli brings the best of both worlds in opera and film industry. There's so much opera in his films as much as...

A surprise awaited "black-ish" creator Kenya Barris and his family on a 2016 visit to the newly opened National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington: An exhibit on the TV...

Kurt Vile says he's always thinking about making catchy music — yet his attempts usually end up sounding fried or sizzled out. It's an apt description of this Philadelphia-based songwriter...

Goonies never say die, and neither do some of their storylines. "Uncharted,"  a new movie based on the PlayStation video game, cribs heavily from adventures like "The Goonies" and its holy...