History has puzzling patterns. Michelangelo Antonioni and Ingmar Bergman (two film directors who both explored the post-World War II malaise of European society) died on the same day in 2007. Ten years later another juxtaposition was just as revealing about American society. George Romero (who directed the most politically charged horror film of the 1960s) …
Big was the excitement when in 2016 HBO announced a mini-series which would be directed by the Italian Paolo Sorrentino (La grande Bellezza), one of the greats in contemporary arthouse cinema. Curiosity grew when title and topic were announced: „The Young Pope“. And the confusion was perfect when it was revealed who would play this …
Our insular existences do not allow us to grasp all the wonders of this big, wide world, and know about all the many facets beyond regional stereotypes and canons. Facets that present themselves as phenomena in our perception, but are equal expressions of the soul of a nation. Few outside of Turkey will know that …
Jesse Sykes was born on July 17, 1967 in Mount Kisco, New York. She studied photography at the Rhode Island School of Design before moving to Seattle in 1990. In Seattle, she met guitarist Phil Wandscher and they formed a band together: Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter.From 2002 – 2011, Sykes and Wandscher released …
