Thinking of going to see Quentin Tarantino’s "Inglorious Basterds" soon? You’ll need to brush up on your Second World War knowledge, Hollywood-style. Typically a bunch of mismatched guys, each...
Summer is the most popular time for weddings. Driving by a church on a Saturday afternoon will most often mean watching a bride and groom pose for pictures while families smile with what is in some...
The previous installment of the Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) retrospective discusses "2001: A Space Odyssey." Betrayed by pirates and trapped between three Roman armies Spartacus has little choice but...
I was in a downtown Kyiv coffee shop the other day, quietly tapping away on my laptop, drinking tea and (not) minding my own business, when I overheard the same conversation you can hear almost...
HBO has pushed the envelope ever since it started airing programming. Many have embraced innovative shows such as "Six Feet Under," "OZ," "The Sopranos," "Big Love" and "True Blood." HBO's latest...
It’s time for an updated edition of Susan Faludi’s Backlash Witness the recent mass murder of women at a gym in Pennsylvania by a man obsessed with his inability to get women to sleep with him....
America's foremost food evangelist, Michael Pollan, has a new article in the New York Times Magazine, decrying the decline of cooking in America and the outsourcing of our meals to corporations. He...
When it was announced that Barack Obama had won the American election, many Blacks across the diaspora cried with jubilation. Seeing a Black man become leader of what is termed the free world gave...
Film fans are mourning the loss of iconic filmmaker John Hughes, who died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 59. The genius behind hits such as "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off," "The Breakfast...
The previous installment of the Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) retrospective discusses "Dr. Strangelove." The screen is at first an impenetrable dark. “Real country dark” as Alex DaLarge might say....
