Movies & Music
‘Forest Dark’ is mesmerising, cleverly and beautifully written
Forest Dark by Nicole Krausz (Bloomsbury) From the bestselling, twice Orange Prize-shortlisted, National Book Award-nominated author comes a vibrant tale of transformation: of a man in his later years and a woman novelist, each drawn to Tel Aviv on a journey of self-discovery. Jules Epstein has vanished from the world. [...]
13 Successful People on the Books That Changed Their Lives
This is a compiled reading list of the books several CEOs, COOs and company founders say changed the trajectory of their lives. Some are tried and true career inspirations like The Art of War, while others are literary classics or feats of investigative journalism such as A Wrinkle in Time or The New Jim Crow. All [...]
Why listening to books is good for you
Do you Tolstoy on the treadmill? Christie on the commute? Kipling in the kitchen? Humanity has a long history of storytelling, with oral stories pre-dating written language by tens of thousands of years, passed down between generations. Whilst stories are universal, the way we tell them changes with technology. There's [...]
Cinema Manners to Live By
Nowadays, going to the cinema is a kind of luxury you want to experience once in a while because films can now be seen through Netflix and similar apps for an affordable monthly cost. Because you don’t often go there, you’d expect to just sit and enjoy the entire movie. [...]
Black Panther Director to Make a Movie About the Women of Wakanda
Black Panther director Ryan Coogler just co-signed the movie of our dreams: At a panel during the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, he was asked if he'd be open to making a spinoff featuring the women of Wakanda. He was instantly into the idea—and made our hearts soar. "Oh man," Variety reports Coogler [...]
How to Introduce Your Kid to Studio Ghibli
Studio Ghibli films have been a touchstone in my life for years. They’re artistic masterpieces, featuring a stunning attention to detail. The films defy stereotypes—they feature female protagonists with great depth, male leads with striking vulnerability, and unforgettable background characters. While the films are not perfect—with a few being controversial [...]