by | Feb 8, 2009 | Culture Music Art
from the NY Times Chocolate (2008) Magnet Releasing “Jija” Yanin Vismistananda in the 2008 film “Chocolate,” directed by Prachya Pinkaew. Portrait of a Martial Artist By NATHAN LEE “Chocolate” is dedicated to “the unconditional love given to...
by | Feb 7, 2009 | Culture Music Art
from The Economist Ideological debate in China The Little Red Bookshop Feb 5th 2009 | BEIJING | The Economist print edition Whose little-read leftist texts may be coming back into vogue Illustration by Claudio Munoz IN A small bookshop on the ninth floor of an office...
by | Feb 7, 2009 | Culture Music Art
from The New York Times Capturing History With Video of the TV By MANOHLA DARGIS A number of years ago, the critic Amy Taubin, in a hilarious review of a misbegotten movie from Abel Ferrara, wrote that it “inspires the ontological question ‘What are films, and why is...
by | Feb 7, 2009 | Culture Music Art
from The Times South Africa Barbie’s midlife crisis AFP NEW YORK – She doesn’t have a streak of grey hair, her breasts remain unnaturally perky, and she has endless outfits – but Barbie is feeling miserable ahead of her 50th birthday. Not only is she...
by | Feb 5, 2009 | Culture Music Art
from the New York Post [ click to read full article in the NY Post ]
