On this week in history
Every week we go back to re-visit some of the significant happenings that took place in living memory; just about, for some of us. To remind ourselves of how life has changed and how some things stay ...
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The multi-Oscar nominated film is a dazzling tribute to investigative journalism
Joyce Glasser reviews Spotlight (January 29, 2016) Cert. 15, 129 min. Anyone who saw writer/director Tom McCarthy’s debut film, The Station Agent would have recognised that slow burning drama and touc ...
A visually brilliant, but soulless exercise in storytelling
Joyce Glasser reviews The Revenant (January 15, 2016) Cert 15, 156 min. While there are several films about the USA’s vain efforts to control its borders with Mexico, America has welcomed with open ar ...
Discovering the buried Crusader city of Acre
The ancient city of Acre now called Akko in the north of Israel is definitely a place to visit and with so much history continually being unearthed it has been nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage sit ...