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Interviewed by Houtan Froushan
Meet Nicholas Bruckman, a 23 year old New Yorker, political activist and director of the absorbing documentary film La Americana.
The film is a topical documentary focusing on the migrant crisis in America. This gripping account follows...
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The exhibition explores the recent trend among European designers for unique or limited edition pieces that push the boundaries between art and design. It showcases furniture, lighting and ceramics, designed by a new generation of international designers, who are all inspired by the spirit of story-telling.
Each tells a tale through their use of decorative devices, historical allusions or choice of materials, sharing common themes such as fantasy, parody and a concern with mortality. The exhibition runs till October 2009 and admission is free .
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Each tells a tale through their use of decorative devices, historical allusions or choice of materials, sharing common themes such as fantasy, parody and a concern with mortality. The exhibition runs till October 2009 and admission is free .
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Where's Osama Bin Hidin'? Review by Mariam Sheikh
Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? (2008) Directed by Morgan Spurlock With more wasted potential than an Amy Winehouse concert, this film certainly left me disappointed. After the success of Super Size Me, where Spurlock took on the capitalist...
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giant that is McDonald’s, I was expecting some real investigative journalism, some seriously hard-hitting facts, and some…depth?See the problem when someone like Spurlock builds up a reputation for exposing one of the world’s largest companies – and single-handedly tarnishing their reputation beyond repair – is that we’re all waiting to see who he destroys next … but no such luck here
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Capitalism: A love story
Tubby trouble maker Michael Moore is at it again… Having taken on guns (Bowling for Columbine), Bush (Fahrenheit 9/11) and healthcare (Sicko), Moore is now out to investigate the men at the heart of the economic collapse. His new film is blunt, provocative and silly; from meeting Harvard economists who get confused by their own theories to wrapping AIG...
Find out moreheadquarters in crime-scene tape.
Moore uses comedy, talking heads and good old-fashioned research to put a human face on cold statistics, proving that it’s still hard to ignore a fat man on a soapbox.
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A Woman’s Woman By Selina Ditta
Big build, bespectacled skin, bad hair, awkward dress sense but with wit and good common sense (when it comes to everyone else’s life), and still feeling a little odd in the street-smart world…
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That’s Ugly Betty - and me (well, minus the braces). The smash hit comedy has me glued to my seat, as does the work of it’s producer Salma Hayek, who has also come a long way in her own career despite the odds stacked against her, just like me…I mean Betty.
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Size matters
Prompted by the recent death of Zelda Rubinstein, who starred in the Poltergeist films, Ronald Bergan picks his top 10 big-screen performances by smaller actors on film.
Find out moreZelda Rubinstein, celebrated for her role as the clairvoyant in the three Poltergeist movies, was active in campaigning for greater acceptance and dignity for diminutive actors. She once said: 'It's absolutely despicable the way little people are used as comic relief or as grotesques in movies. You're not an actor if you're just a person that fits into a cute costume. You're a prop.'
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