Director Ridley Scott’s latest filmic collaboration with leading man Russell Crowe (their fifth) is Robin Hood, an adventure and skirmish-packed tale of one of history’s most beloved anti-heroes, featuring...
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A glimpse of a legend – Maria Callas exhibition
Just over fifty years since Maria Callas”™ historic debut at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, the spirit of “La Divina” returns to the City of Angels at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura...
All You Need Is Love — The Last Station – film review
It”™s the time for the season of love – at least for the independent period dramas coming out of Great Britain this autumn. Following the romantic tales of Bright Star and An Education, we are now...
(Where’s the) Rhyme & Reason? – A Serious Man reviewed
The Coen Brothers have made a career of examining the more absurd sides of philosophy, morality and ethics. They have, perhaps, never done so in such a personal a manner as they do in A Serious Man. In this, their most...
A gentle coming-of-age bon-bon — An Education – film review
A slight but sweet movie, An Education is based on the memoir of journalist Lynn Barber, depicting a life-altering relationship she experienced at the tender age of 16. Adapted for the screen by Nick Hornby (whose own...