I listened first to Mazzy Star only a few years back, and at once was enveloped in the dreamy blanket that the band weaved with their music. Songs like Fade Into You and Rhymes of an Hour were made for a lazy day on the bed. Sandoval’s smooth and intimate voice fit well with the [...]

Requiem for a Dream is directed to within an inch of its life by Darren Aronofsky, who throws everything at the screen and hopes it sticks. Much of it does. But by sheer volume of technical craft he defeats himself. Aronofsky means to show us drug addiction from the inside out, but too often he [...]

Kristin Rachelle is a San Diego photographer and a mother of three gorgeous children – children who inspired Kristin to take on her passion for photography in full swing and enthusiasm. Kristin loves to portray youth, happiness, playfulness and emotion - “I’ve found a huge love for photographing babies, young children and families. [...]

Full Metal Jacket is the great Stanley Kubrick’s high-octane ode to the war in Vietnam and the impression it left on the American psyche. It is neither definitively for nor against the war; like its protagonist, who wears a peace button but writes “Born to Kill” on his helmet, the film represents the “duality of [...]

A film starring kids from the townships of South Africa has been called the country’s Slumdog Millionaire. Izulu Lami, which means My Secret Sky, is the story of Thembi, 10, and her eight-year-old brother Kwezi, who are left alone in their rural farmhouse after their mother’s demise.
The only thing they have is a traditional Zulu [...]

This story is about many things. It is about a miscarriage of justice. It is about relationships. It is about a crime mystery. It is about what society expects of us. It is about national identity. And, yes, it is about two people named Arthur and George. At its core, however, it is about judgement. [...]

In 1986 Philippines’ President Ferdinand Marcos went into exile after two decades of rule, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated on his way home by a dissenter, the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated seconds into flight. What’s more, the Cold War was still going on, while an earthquake in El Salvador killed over 1,500 people [...]

Mohammad Moniruzzaman (Monir) is a Bangladeshi photographer and lecturer in a private university of Bangladesh, practicing photography since the year 2005. As soon as Monir started pursuing his passion for photography, his pictures attracted more than enough commercial attention and have been sold nationally and internationally through several media. Monir loves to travel and [...]

Yann Martel, Canadian author of the best-selling novel Life of Pi, is set to publish his third novel. Spiegel & Grau, part of Random House Publishing Group, has bought the rights to the untitled book, which may be called Beatrice and Virgil. The novel will be published in the United States in 2010 [...]

Ellipse by Imogen Heap - Immie’s army of fans can rejoice because the singer-songwriter-composer extraordinaire is back with her latest album - Ellipse. It has been four long years since Speak for Yourself came out with its electric landscape of warm fuzzy music. Imogen Heap has the sort of friendly, familiar voice you want to [...]