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  • Expat loses appeal against 10-year jail term for killing wife in Dubai 18 Aug 2019 12:03 Khaleej Times He was found guilty of murdering his wife and then trying to end his life by stabbing himself several times. A 27-year-old expatriate, who stabbed his wife to death, has lost his appeal against a 10-year prison term for a murder conviction. The Dubai Court …
  • Sun? Sand? Culture Drawing Tourists to Greek Islands Too 18 Aug 2019 11:40 National Herald By TNH Staff August 18, 2019 FILE - Reconstruction of the marble Stoa of Philip V, a major ancient public building on the island of Delos. (Photo by Ministry of Culture) While most visitors to Greece use Athens as a pit stop – although it’s getting more …
  • ROYAL RUBBLE: Gibraltar’s ageing Queen’s Cinema building set to be demolished 18 Aug 2019 11:16 Olive Press THE ageing Queen’s Cinema building will be demolished and turned into parking spaces.  It comes after it was announced at a recent planning meeting that the iconic site will finally be given a purpose following its closing in 2014.  The Government had …
  • Docu.Text festival at National Library to show films that spotlight words 18 Aug 2019 10:37 Jerusalem Post 'Mike Wallace is Here' is directed by Israeli-born Avi Belkin. (photo credit: DOGWOOF) The Docu.Text Documentary Film Festival, which is run by the National Library of Israel, and which is held in collaboration with the Docaviv International …
  • I still root for the underdog: Brad Pitt 18 Aug 2019 10:25 Indian Express Brad Pitt will be next seen in James Gray’s space epic Ad Astra. (Photo: AP) Brad Pitt says he likes a good “underdog” story as it resonates with his own career graph in Hollywood. The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood star recalled starting out as an extra in …
  • Where did your love blossom? 18 Aug 2019 10:07 Citizen By Devotha JohnWe all know that finding true love is not as easy as it may seem. Most people will tell you they had been in several relationships before they finally met their life partner. And those already in serious relationships or marriage, always …
  • This Hollywood director will helm Apple TV adaptation of Mumbai crime memoir 'Shantaram' 18 Aug 2019 09:59 The New Indian Express By Online Desk LOS ANGELES: Australian director-screenwriter Justin Kurzel is all set to helm Apple's 'Shantaram' series. The 10-episode original is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Gregory David Roberts. According to The …
  • Joaquin Phoenix on how he cracked Joker’s signature laugh 18 Aug 2019 08:55 Indian Express Joker will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival later this month. It releases worldwide in October. Joaquin Phoenix says he based the signature laughter of iconic DC villain The Joker on a neurological disorder known as Pathological Laughter …
  • Bungarribee review: A trip to the edge of the possible 18 Aug 2019 08:44 Sydney Morning Herald It's a rare sensation these days, but there is still such exhilaration in being taken to the edge of the possible. Many sections of this concert made you felt you'd had a craniotomy, and the top of your skull had rocketed skyward. Led by Gary Daley …
  • Thelma Plum review: Plum delivers on debut album's promise 18 Aug 2019 08:44 Sydney Morning Herald Thelma Plum empowered at a rousing Factory Theatre show.Credit:Simon SchluterBetter in Blak, the Brisbane singer's debut album released last month, is an instant classic where killer hooks seem to arrive as easily as quotable lines. So there was a buzz …

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Αβραάμ Λίνκολν: ο ρεπουμπλικάνος πρόεδρος που κατήργησε την ανθρώπινη δουλεία

Ιούλιος 6, 2019 Posted in FILMIND

Του Νίκου Αρτινού

Η ταινία του Στίβεν Σπίλμπεργκ είναι βασισμένη στο βιβλίο της Ντόρις Κιρνς Γκούντγουιν «Team of Rivals», το οποίο αφηγείται τις τελευταίες εβδομάδες της ταραχώδους ζωής, ενός από τους πιο ιστορικούς προέδρους της Αμερικής, του Αβραάμ Λίνκολν, πριν από τη δολοφονία του. Ο Σπίλμπεργκ γυρίζει με ακαδημαϊκή συνέπεια τις πρωτοφανείς ιστορικές στιγμές βασιζόμενος στην εκπληκτική ανασύσταση της εποχής και στην ερμηνεία του Ντανιέλ Ντε Λιούις. Παρά τα προφανή πλεονεκτήματα της ταινίας, ο επιτηδευμένος ακαδημαϊσμός με τον οποίο ο παραμυθάς Σπίλμπεργκ επιλέγει να αφηγηθεί την ιστορία της κατάργησης της δουλείας, αποτελεί τροχοπέδη στην απόλαυση της θέασης...

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Εθισμός με το Netflix – κι ας φωνάζει ο Σπίλμπεργκ

Μάρτιος 17, 2019 Posted in ART&SOCIETY / NETFLIX

Της Λένας Παπαδημητρίου

Οσο και να γκρινιάζει ο διάσημος σκηνοθέτης, η νέα κουλτούρα θέασης έχει πάρει διαστάσεις επιδημίας. Ακόμα και στην Ελλάδα της κρίσης τα «κρούσματα» αυξάνονται. Αλλωστε ο μεγάλος αντίπαλος του Νetflix δεν είναι το σινεμά. Είναι όλες οι άλλες δραστηριότητες των θεατών – ακόμα και ο ύπνος.

Ο Ελληνας της κρίσης ξυπνάει μέσα στη νύχτα. Μπροστά του η ανοιχτή οθόνη της τηλεόρασης τον ρωτά: «Βλέπεις ακόμη το «Casa de papel»; « Ή ρ...

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