Tag: culture
Review: At Eternity’s Gate
It is worth watching At Eternity’s Gate for Julian Schnabel’s mesmerising cinematography alone. This new biopic of Vincent van Gogh, with the titular character...
The ‘happily ever after’ we seek only exists in fiction
Reading stories full of delusions allows us to escape from the modern world
The Duality of Movement in the New Taiwanese Cinema Movement
The entry of Hong Kong cinema to the
Taiwanese market in the 1980s brought with it a move to protect homegrown
directors and maintain...
Review: Gods are Fallen and All Safety Gone – ‘a relationship...
Rose on a Rail's latest production provides a touching and intimate look into a complex mother-daughter relationship.
‘Say we want a revolution’: Music, politics, and protest songs
While some may hold the view of music as an absolute art form, the fact is that music is an integral part of human culture, society and our passion for protest
Is West Side Story still relevant today?
West Side Story has stood the test of time not just because of its artistic mastery, but because of its universal message. As the show’s choreographer Jerome Robbins once said, the show is about intolerance all over the world, not just in 1950s New York. In many ways, the show is more relevant today than it ever has been.
