“As a boy during the Soviet era, [Pavlo] went to Midnight Mass. Because of this ‘crime,’ he was declared an enemy of the state. Teachers stripped him of everything but his shirt and he had to walk and eventually crawl 5 km home in the middle of winter. He ended up in the hos...
It was well after midnight when she finished. Bob had made his own dinner and she had gone without, as she struggled with sleeves and darts and all manner of things that didn’t make sense to her. He had kissed her on the forehead sometime ago and gone to bed. Just exactly when tha...
The 1952 Furtwangler recording (on EMI, in mono) is Tristan as music; the live 1966 Bayreuth recording (on DG) by Karl Bohm is Tristan as drama. You may think that listening while driving would favour the former approach., but, as I indicated earlier, that is not the case; and it is...
Shortly after midnight on April 29, he married his mistress, Eva Braun. On the 30th, the two committed suicide, Eva from biting into a cyanide capsule and Adolf Hitler from cyanide and a shot under his chin, according to his valet, Heinz Linge. Their bodies were carried out of the ...
November 1 is a special day in Mexico and in Mexican-American communities throughout the states. It is the day known as “Dia de Los Muertos” — the Day of the Dead. It is a festive day when families remember and honor their loved ones who have passed away. ...
'Midnight Cowboy' CREDIT: United Artists Ari Jacobson Jan 18, 2023 We often talk about films impact on us when we discuss the importance of cinema, but it isinfrequentdiscussed how society and culture are also shaped by the movies that are created for us to watch. ...
Living Dead. When she confronts him, he reveals that the study is designed to test a new technology that allows them to “decode” their test-subject’s dreams and view them in digital form. In other words, he has been watching her dreams. When the study goes awry, unforeseen horrors ...
But "Reward" is actually a snippy commentary on pop stardom in the great post-punk tradition. The sound though: over thundering bass and drums, "Reward" has a brass section tooting out blasts of golden light. Like Dexys Midnight Runners, the Teardrop Explodes had brass that sounded, well,...
It was a particular privilege to be asked by eOne to work on this dazzling film of one of the most celebrated novels of recent times, the Best of Booker prize-winner, Midnight's Children. Adapted and narrated by Salman Rushdie, the film is directed by Deepa Mehta, the acclaimed director...
It was nearly midnight, and even there was such a thing at the Japanese grocery store the next morning, it would be too late. The turkey had to be in the oven first thing. “Oh, go ahead and use it anyway,” Marsh consoled me. “Who’s going to notice a couple of caraway seeds...