Certain passages mystified me - for example, the suggestion that claiming the right to be publicly sad (as Mitchell does on "Blue" and elsewhere) is a feminist power move. There were other moments when my inner
The film tracks Ip Man's journey from the Southern Chinese village where he was well known as a skilled martial artist to his family's displacement during the Japanese occupation of the Second Sino-Japanese War, his eventual rise as a fighter, and his establishment of a school in Hong Kong...
Now Ian, also an actor and writer, has used his late father’s diaries to pen The Shark Is Broken (with fellow playwright Joseph Dixon) The result is a frankly brilliant comedy drama revealing the behind-the-scenes tensions during filming. He also stars in the production which has already ...
It's about how during the Vietnam War, most of the soldiers forced to go to Vietnam were minorities or lower class, while the sons of rich white men were able to avoid the draft.Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) - Pink Floyd Not only is this a classic rock song, the lyrics are...
Siobhan Fallon, has a Master of Fine Art from the New School in New York City in addition to being a military spouse, is the author of “You Know When the Men Are Gone” a short story collection book. In the short story “You Survived the War Now Survive the Homecoming” Fallon write...
Apparently, the Brexit movement and the COVID 19 health crisis in 2020, the flooding incidents, inflation, the energy crisis and the war in Ukraine had resulted either in zero or low ticket sales. The AIF chief remarked “During the past 5 years live festival promoters had to manage the ef...
“Hung my head as I lost the war and the sky turned black like a perfect storm. Rain came pouring down when I was drowning, that’s when I could finally breathe. And, by morning, gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean.” ...
After surviving a battle with termites, he is welcomed home as a war hero, but decides to kidnap Princess Bala, who is currently engaged to the fascist leader of the army, General Mandible (Gene Hackman). When writing about “Despicable Me,” I addressed the idea of what is adult humor ...
A running account of what happens when fishing crosses the line from a hobby into a twisted obsession
When you're happy you enjoy the music, but when you're sad you understand the lyrics. — Frank Ocean 128 There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds. — Laurell K. Hamilton 128 ...