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Chalamet warns against “cult-like” leaders, Swinton descries “mass murder” at Berlinale

French-American actor Timothy Chalamet warned against the danger of following "cult-like" leaders while Scottish actress Tilda Swinton descried what she called "internationally enabled mass murder", delivering powerful messages in appearances at the Berlinale film festival. Chalamet, who stars in the Oscar-tipped Bob Dylan bio-pic “A Complete Unknown”, told a packed press conference at the Berlinale…Read more Chalamet warns against “cult-like” leaders, Swinton descries “mass murder” at Berlinale

“Hot Milk” at Berlinale: Fiona Shaw, Emma Mackey as dueling mother-daughter

Vicky Krieps as Ingrid and Emma Mackey as Sofia in "Hot Milk" If you were a 25-year-old woman who'd put her life on hold to care for her wheelchair-bound mother, what would you do if at the end of a costly cure for which your mother mortgaged the family house, she said the pain in…Read more “Hot Milk” at Berlinale: Fiona Shaw, Emma Mackey as dueling mother-daughter

Is the Budapest “Ring” Going Up in Flames?

BUDAPEST - Swedish soprano Irene Theorin was beaming backstage after she'd burned down the Valhalla home of the gods at the end of Wagner's "Gotterdammerung", and brought some five hours of singing over three nights in Budapest to a glorious conclusion. "I've now done this brilliant part many times but never in my life in…Read more Is the Budapest “Ring” Going Up in Flames?

“Never forget” — the Yellow Star Houses of Budapest…

Irish professional photographer Nigel Swann says one of the most telling details of his photograph of one of the “Yellow Star Houses” of Budapest didn't hit him until he examined it later – the name “Jakab” spray-painted on the apartment block's front door. “It just jumped out at me and there was this 'Jakab' graffiti…Read more “Never forget” — the Yellow Star Houses of Budapest…

En Route: The sweet life in Perigord

GROLEJAC, France - It looked for the longest time like Agnes Lacoste, a woman with a striking silvery mane, would have no customers for her "Barbe a Papa" (cotton candy) stall at a nighttime "marche gourmand" in the Perigord village of Grolejac. The paella, grilled duck breast and bottles of rose wine were going down…Read more En Route: The sweet life in Perigord

Joyce’s “joke bombs” get a late laugh

DUBLIN - Bloomsday came early to Dublin this year with an exhibition by the Irish artist Elaine Byrne including videos unraveling two of the hidden joke bombs in James Joyce's "Ulysses" -- one of them deeply impenetrable because it is in Hungarian. Dublin gets into full Bloomsday mode this weekend, leading up to the June…Read more Joyce’s “joke bombs” get a late laugh