The word “poetry” evolves from the Greek term “poiesis,” which is translated to the English word, “making.” It’s a creative use of language (literature if you will) that employees aesthetic, often rhythmic, forms of words – symbolism, metre, rhyme – for instance, that bring forth meanings that pr
After listening to the London cabbie spew forth his socialists beliefs, the passenger held captive in the backseat flees the vehicle without paying his fare. Returning to the taxi dispatch, the driver, Kempton Bunton (Jim Broadbent), is fired.
The invasion of Ukraine was expected by many experts on foreign affairs. We all must oppose the brutal Russian aggression, but we must look at the causes of this war beyond the misinformation of the White House, the State Department and the corporate media.
Along with Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton was seminal among silent film actors. What’s more, like Lloyd, Keaton was a courageous stunt performer.
The vehicle drivers are anxious to disembark the ferry that brought them the short distance from Denmark to Sweden. Their departure is being detained until the Swedish police investigator, Eva Forsberg (Tova Magnusson), arrives.
Losing a spouse after 53 years of marriage leaves a huge void in your life but having three adult children and a broader support group of relatives, neighbors and friends can ease the pain.
What constitutes good acting? Honesty? Authenticity? Realism? Charisma? The culture critic, Isaac Butler, explores these questions as well as past as prologue in his absorbing new book, “The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act.”
This isn’t his first visit to his grandmother, but it is his last. Victoras (Vasillis Magouliotis) is standing at the door to his grandmother’s hospital room to find her bed empty. With great sadness he leaves the flowers he has brought and heads out the door into the bright Greek sunlight.
