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Nina Simone — Four Women is set in 1963 but the themes it tackles are as urgent and in need of frank dissection now as they were 56 years ago.
That’s perhaps one of the most disturbing things about watching this 90-minute non-stop powerhouse of a sho...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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Koch
4.15pm Saturday, March 16
Ed Koch loved the limelight — so it’s rather sad that the former New York mayor won’t get to enjoy the attention this fascinating film about his time in office will undoubtedly generate.
The 88-year-old died on Februar...
DATE: Mar 06, 2013
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Near the end of ‘Gabi on the Roof in July', a tearful Gabi is told by her older brother Sam: “You're really funny, smart and intelligent.”
Which is weird, because she displays none of these attributes for the duration of this tiresome coming-of-age t...
DATE: Mar 22, 2011
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'Last Train Home'
Every spring in China, millions of migrant workers take part in a mass exodus from the cities, as they head to the country to spend New Year with their families.
Director Lixin Fan's film opens with a scene showing the huge strain t...
DATE: Oct 23, 2010
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Thelonius Monk was an unorthodox American jazz pianist and composer, widely credited with inventing bebop. Pannonica Rothschild was a European aristocrat, born into incredible privilege and wealth.
That the pair became the closest of friends, due to ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2010
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Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould, directed by Michèle Hozer and Peter Raymont
Today at the Liberty Theatre at 9.15 p.m. and tomorrow at 1 p.m.
Glenn Gould has been described as "arguably the most documented classical musician of the last...
DATE: Mar 24, 2010
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BIFF Review — Kismet (Turkey/2008/116 minutes)
I can't spoil the ending of Kismet for you (not that I would, of course) because I didn't get to see it.
My review copy of this dark, disturbing Turkish movie froze in the DVD player about 20 minutes fro...
DATE: Mar 24, 2010
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Okay, it's now official. I am naming conga drums as my all-time favourite instrument (a position previously held by the kazoo) – and it's all thanks to Willy Torres and his NYC Salsa Project.
Torres is not a household name here in Bermuda, nor many o...
DATE: Dec 01, 2009
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All may not be lost for Bermuda's sun worshippers whose skin has suffered thanks to their love of a deep tan, according to a New York beauty expert.
Howard Kaminsky, from skincare line B. Kamins, was recently on the Island to launch a new treatment h...
DATE: Aug 13, 2009
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A young track athlete swapped his running shoes for walking boots at the weekend when he joined a sergeant major on her annual 24-hour walkathon for charity.
Samuel Bean, who trains with Bermuda's national squad, walked with Marilyn Steede for 11 hou...
DATE: Apr 02, 2009
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