Culture

Netflix drama review: Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet o...

Director presents an eclectic mix of tales, from the gothic fables of H.P. Lo...

POST EDIT: Rolex’s support of artists, from the Vien...

Rolex’s commitment to the arts, from collaborating with the Vienna Philharmon...

The Vow: A Requiem for The Fifties, by Jiří Kratochv...

I haven’t read much Czech literature, only the usual Kafkas and Josef Skvorec...

How Hong Kong triad film Young and Dangerous and its...

Pop stars, fashionable clothing and a fresh take on triad life made the Young...

‘Being Chinese is so important for me’: entrepreneur...

Entrepreneur turned author Ian Huen tells Kate Whitehead about the school bul...

New York Film Festival Dispatch: Cold War Movies

“We are a nation whose fate is to shoot at the enemy with diamonds.” From Dia...

When You Wake and Find Me Gone, by Maureen McCarthy

When You Wake and Find Me Gone (2002) is an oldie from the TBR.  I bought it ...

Frozen Planet II offers breathtaking view of a frigi...

How long is there left for wild Siberian tigers, Bactrian camels, polar bears...

K-drama May I Help You: Lee Hye-ri, Lee Jun-young le...

Girl’s Day singer Lee Hye-ri plays a funeral director who communes with the d...

K-drama Love is for Suckers: Lee Da-hee, Choi Si-won...

Lee Da-hee and Super Junior member Choi Si-won play a reality-TV producer and...

Abused Indonesian domestic helpers in Hong Kong writ...

‘Dea (Migrants Built This City)’ is the story of a woman who leaves her home,...

Notes from Iran

Iranian protesters on Keshavarz Boulevard in Tehran. Licensed under CC0 4.0. ...

K-drama Bad Prosecutor: Doh Kyung-soo carries out qu...

Prosecutor Jin Jung (Doh) spends more time breaking the law than enforcing it...

Will Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s Black Adam save DC ...

Dwayne Johnson’s new film comes at a critical time for DC, after Batgirl’s ax...

Yodeling into a Canyon: A Conversation with Nancy Le...

Courtesy of Nancy Lemann. I first read Nancy Lemann’s novel Lives of the Sain...

Netflix movie review: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio...

The Mexican director’s first full-length stop-motion animation, a fascinating...