Mark Farnsworth is currently reviewing selected films from the London Film Festival. “Blessed,” adapted from the play “Who’s Afraid Of The Working Class,” should really be titled “Who’s...
David Letterman has been the king of late night for decades. From stupid animal tricks to tossing out canned hams to the audience, he has kept the laughs coming. Part of his charm is his ability to...
I was celebrating with every trans person around the world in November 1999, when I heard the news that New Zealand’s Georgina Beyer became the first open trans person elected to a national...
Mark Farnsworth is currently reviewing selected films from the London Film Festival. The camera is low, prowling and probing through a car park kicked on by the jittery score. A van is jimmied and...
If we’re afraid we’re going to fail at something, then we’ll do anything to procrastinate. I'm convinced that it’s because we simply don’t want to contemplate the idea of failure until we...
Last week, activists crashed a meeting of America's Health Insurance Plans, singing about the death of the public option to the tune of “The Sun'll Come Out” from Annie. Their song appears to...
In comparison to all of the other reality television games, “Survivor” continues to be the hardest. Not only must you attempt to outwit your fellow players, but you must do so while fighting the...
Mark Farnsworth is currently reviewing selected films from the London Film Festival. Osamu Tezuka’s classic manga strip “Astro Boy” has just received a bubblegum and lipstick makeover in David...
Canada was originally divided into Upper and Lower Canada. This division was based upon linguistics and culture and to this day, there continues to be a lack of harmony between Anglophones and...
Finnish rockers The 69 Eyes have been around since the 80's, but it’s only recently that they’ve begun to make inroads into the American market. With a new vampire-themed album released just in...
