"Try to remember. It's a very old story. Thousands of years ago, Orpheus was sad and melancholic, like this little bird trapped in its cage. But one day, from the strings of his guitar that sought only one true love, a voice spoke to him of lost kisses from the lips of Eurydice. Eurydice's lips trembled anxiously, and her mouth opened slightly like a fragrant flower"
A modern take on the classic Greek myth set against the backdrop of mid-century…
"But you see in dealing with me, the relatives didn't know that they were dealing with a staunch character and I tell you if there's anything worse than dealing with a staunch woman... S-T-A-U-N-C-H. There's nothing worse, I'm telling you. They don't weaken, no matter what."
It's disappointing to see that the Maysles brothers, who produced the phenomenal Salesman and Gimme Shelter, settle for such a mundane subject as two biddies living in isolation in their dilapidated East Hampton mansion…
Don't watch Caligula.
Seriously, don't watch it.
Caligula is a complete waste of 2 and a half hours of your life. The movie has no sense of direction or what it wants to be. It wants to be a biopic of the eponymous Roman emperor, a hardcore porn flick and political satire all at the same time. It's really sad to see the protagonist of A Clockwork Orange and Peter O'Toole debasing themselves by starring in it. The music was…
The Lost Decade, Japan's period of zero growth in the 90s following their phenomenal rise as a rising economy in the 80s, is one of those subjects people have heard about on the Internet but don't exactly know much about.
The usual reason given for this turn in Japan's fortunes is the Plaza Accord, a treaty between Japan, America and Europe that ended up gimping their economy but this isn't the whole story.
Princes of the Yen, a documentary based…
