Mesmerised by Malta
Some places remind you of somewhere else. You’d never say that about Malta. Its unique mix of influences gives it a character like no other. ...
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A dog’s life
Nowadays many re-homing centres are inundated with unwanted dogs in the months after Christmas and beyond. ...
A brutally honest, but uplifting story without sentimentality
Joyce Glasser reviews Gloria (November 1, 2013) Cert. 15, 107 min. With its observant panorama of Santiago’s changing middle-class post Augusto Pinochet, it might not be surprising that Gloria is Chil ...
Barnard succeeds in creating a visual landscape as bereft as her characters
Joyce Glasser reviews The Selfish Giant (October 25, 2013) Cert 15, 90 min. Oscar Wilde’s short story, The Selfish Giant, is a religious allegory in which eternal winter descends on an ogre’s once-bea ...