Nov 06 Swedish Cinemas introduce rating system to test female presence in films The Bio Rio art-house theater in Sweden. Photo by Flickr Creative Commons User Hannu-Makarainen Be prepared to add "rated A" to your movie vocabulary. Bio Rio, an art-house theater in Sweden, is one of four Swedish… Continue reading
Nov 05 Happy 100th birthday, Vivien Leigh Publicity still by MGM studio Happy birthday to the actress that made American southern belles into stars. Vivien Leigh, born Vivian Mary Hartley, would have been 100 years old Tuesday. The actress was most well-known for her… Continue reading
Oct 22 London’s Royal National Theatre celebrates 50th anniversary Photo by Aurelien Guichard/National Theatre Tuesday marks 50 years of theatrical performances for the Royal National Theatre, orginally founded as the National Theatre. The AP reports that Queen Elizabeth II visited the theater to mark… Continue reading
Oct 20 Mark Twain Speaks! Special excerpt from Twain’s Autobiography Vol. II The second volume of The Autobiography of Mark Twain has just been published -- a scant 113 years after his death. Volume One, published in 2010, was a bestseller. The 700-page book is filled with the author's pictures and… Continue reading
Oct 12 Art in exile: From Tehran to Brooklyn .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Nicky Nodjoumi's artwork walks a… Continue reading
Oct 11 How do we preserve the world’s most treasured sites from being ‘loved to death’? .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } From corroding modernist monuments to… Continue reading
Oct 10 Alice Munro is last to know she won the Nobel Prize in Literature Image by Andreas Vartdal/Wikimedia Commons When news broke that writer Alice Munro had won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature, it seemed that everyone in the world knew about her win. Except for Munro. Okay,everyone's… Continue reading
Oct 08 60 years after debut, James Bond sets out on new ‘Solo’ mission New James Bond novel "Solo" was published 60 years after the super spy first hit the pages in 1963's "Casino Royale." It's 1969. James Bond is 45 and on a solo mission. Agent 007 receives an assignment to… Continue reading
Oct 02 Army of schoolgirls critiques China’s gender inequality .embed-container {position: relative; padding-bottom: 120%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden;} .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } French artist Prune Nourry sculpted an army of Chinese schoolgirls to… Continue reading
Sep 27 Get ready to cook for the Breaking Bad finale .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Sunday night brings to a… Continue reading