I should be writing about our historic progressive victory this morning. The U.S. House of Representatives voted for the first time to pass a health care reform bill. But I'm not, because I don't...
There's nothing new about record companies throwing their weight around. Since, Napster they have sought to control access to illegal music, encouraged by artists such as Metallica, who themselves...
November 4th marked two key ceremonial activities in Israel – the anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, and the subsequent hand-wringing over his legacy. Rabin was killed 14 years ago by...
By blurring the audience’s focus right from the opening shot, director Giuseppe Piccioni starts as he means to go on. As we adjust our vision, we realise we are in a swimming pool. The dazzling...
This week, France mourns the loss of one of the nation’s most influential anthropologists and thinkers. Claude Lévi-Strauss died after enduring cardiac arrest last Friday, just twenty-nine days...
The self declared visionary Joe Coleman has been making waves in Irish religious circles for the past few weeks. He claims that that the Virgin Mary speaks to him on a regular basis, specifically...
Mark Farnsworth is currently reviewing selected films from the London Film Festival. As a child, British director Stephen Poliakoff would drive around with his father at night, looking into rich...
Last week, you will recall that we saw the exit of Russell Swan due to medical complications. This left tribe Galu with an even number of men and women. It did not take long for the surviving male...
Mark Farnsworth is currently reviewing selected films from the London Film Festival. Early on in “Dear Lemon Lima,” dreamy Vanessa is told by her specky git of a boyfriend, Philip, “You need to...
Thanks to a pair of horrific events in Juárez, Mexico’s addict population has drawn unusual international attention in recent weeks: 17 addicts were murdered on September 17 in a rehab center in...
