When I first started this history cinema project, I mostly expected films to be about stories - plots, characters, events unfolding. But with German Expressionism, I’ve learned that sometimes films...
Watching Caught Stealing is like being smacked in the face by a baseball bat and asking for more. Darren Aronofsky’s blood-splattered love letter to 90s New York echoes with that very specific...
The Gorgeous Nothings: Flowers at Chatsworth is an exhibition designed to wow. Full of artwork celebrating “the resilience and persistence of nature”, the abundance of styles, media and subject...
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share Something Special you don't want to miss. To fit with the six core pillars of the magazine, these will alternate between the themes of watch / listen / read /...
There are moments when simply reading a good story isn’t enough — the desire to understand how it was written also begins to stir. For those curious about the art of storytelling, whether they...
I must begin this column by pointing out that I like superheroes. Their story arcs give me that soaring feeling, and I like the overarching American narrative embedded in our most popular superhero...
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share Something Special you don't want to miss. To fit with the six core pillars of the magazine, these will alternate between the themes of watch / listen / read /...
Visiting Recoleta Cemetery is not just a stroll among tombs, it’s a walk through an open-air gallery where architecture, art and history blend in every corner. Nestled in the heart of Recoleta, one...
When you carefully examine the infrastructure connecting the pristine upper middle-class houses of Maybrook, Pennsylvania to the gleaming elementary school where 17 students in the same class have...
Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes was born on August 12, 1911 on the sixth street of Santa María la Redonda, in Mexico City, without knowing that he would become “Cantinflas”, a movie idol, who...
