Poverty is an oppressive, depressive, stressful and corrosive state. Those who carry his burdens were born or pushed into by circumstances beyond their control. When you are poor, your life is a constant search for a way out. Many of the working poor are only one step away from disaster. Illness, a car accident, and … Read more
Tony (Tim Roth) is a successful American filmmaker who made the pilgrimage to the island of Faro in Sweden, where Ingmar Bergman lived, worked and made some of his best films. His wife Chris (Vicky Krieps) has also come. She hopes that staying with the master filmmaker will help her start her script; she hasn’t … Read more
To say the whole world has been preparing for Adele’s new single is a total understatement, as thousands are eagerly watching the Midnight premiere of Easy On Me. After six years of waiting for new music, the 33-year-old did not disappoint and put her soul on the line in the ballad, while her feelings poured … Read more
Diana Ambache Although literature in all its forms is expected to be my first love, I have always had a strong interest in other art forms. During the lockdown it was a shame not to be able to go to galleries; and viewing portraits and sculptures online is a poor substitute. While in the hospital, … Read more
This 96-minute documentary provides a multi-dimensional overview of China’s special kind of capitalism, consumerism and economic growth since 1978. In three well-structured sections, the director Jessica Kingdon covers the levels of the capitalist structure: from factory workers to aspiring middle and class entrepreneurs, to the newly wealthy elites and those who serve them. She begins … Read more
Lori Erickson notes that tracking her family history helped her discover the ancestral spirits that guide her today Rebecca Christian 04.09.2021 6:00 a.m. As I read the bewitching new book by Iowa City writer Lori Erickson, I thought of what George Bernard Shaw once said about genealogy: “ In fact, Dancing with Skeletons would be … Read more
Together is a bold, sobering and addicting drama that begins March 24, 2020, the first night of lockdown in London during the COVID-19 pandemic. It ends the following March, when England’s vaccination program appears to have stopped the spread of the virus and the city reopens. The main characters are referred to as He (James … Read more
Hhe music and the glorious tension between its on-beat and its syncopated elements has long been a sound associated with South Africa. From the leisurely tempos of the sample-heavy Kwaito, a subgenre that has established itself in the post-apartheid townships in Johannesburg, to the Pretorian call-and-response from diBacardi to the adrenaline-charged polyrhythms of gqom – … Read more
B.Cleo Sol is known as one of the voices of the mysterious avant-soul outfit Sault and delivers her second solo album with little context. Three figures adorn the cover: Sol, a toddler and the photo of a young woman on the wall behind it. We have to assume that the three are related and that … Read more
It is important that we sing. . . . Singing frees the soul, makes us flexible and helps us to rise and expand. Singing lets the sun in, warms our lives and inspires our spirits.– In the winter afternoon Ruby (Emilia Jones) is a fresh faced 17-year-old who lives near the Gloucester, Massachusetts waterfront. While … Read more