Film Review | Pacific Rim
A film about robots punching aliens may be as infantile as they get, but Guillermo del Toro’s latest sci-fi blockbuster is done with an earnest aplomb that is both enjoyable and...
Calleja, Zucchero light up the Granaries [SLIDESHOW]
Maltese tenor and Italian bluesman Zucchero make 2013 a special edition of the annual Calleja & Friends concert.
Giving voice to the oppressed | Jon Mallia

No Bling Show’s Jon Mallia speaks to us about the hip-hop outfit’s brand...

No Bling Show’s Jon Mallia speaks to us about the hip-hop...

That is no country for old men | Red

Award-winning local theatre-maker Simone Spiteri directs a play about seminal American artist Mark Rothko in Red, working off a script by John Logan –...

Award-winning local theatre-maker Simone Spiteri directs a...

Film Review | Lincoln

How exciting does a film about a constitutional amendment sound? If the answer is an inevitable 'not very', you'd be intrigued by Steven Spielberg's involving,...

How exciting does a film about a constitutional amendment...

Drive to incorporate subtitles in cinema, TV to aid deaf

Subtitles Now, a collaboration between two seemingly unrelated groups is...

Subtitles Now, a collaboration between two seemingly...

Travelling paintings | Ljupco Samardziski

As part of his drive to donate a painting to each of the countries holding the...

As part of his drive to donate a painting to each of the...

The truth is out there | Joe Zammit-Lucia

Photographer Joe Zammit-Lucia fills us in on ‘Private Art – Exploring the...

Photographer Joe Zammit-Lucia fills us in on ‘Private Art...

Film Review | Django Unchained

Quentin Tarantino is back with a tale of revenge and racism in spaghetti western form. But does this story of a freed slave turned bounty hunter carry the same...

Quentin Tarantino is back with a tale of revenge and racism...

The idiot’s guide to Quentin Tarantino

Can’t tell your Kill Bill from Bill Clinton? Do you think that ‘Pulp Fiction’ is a kind of sauce, or that ‘Reservoir Dogs’ is a harrowing documentary...

Can’t tell your Kill Bill from Bill Clinton? Do you think...

Simshar on film: we’re getting there | Rebecca Cremona

Simshar director Rebecca Cremona speaks to us about her long-gestating – but...

Simshar director Rebecca Cremona speaks to us about her...

Muscat’s biographer praises Labour leader as ‘an agent of change’

Labour leader turns 39 with biography to add oomph to his electoral campaign.

Labour leader turns 39 with biography to add oomph to his...

No chatter, just music | Lisa Micallef-Grimaud

They may have a funny name, but Areola Treat take their music very, very...

They may have a funny name, but Areola Treat take their...

Film Review | Les Misérables

Tom Hopper’s loud-and-proud follow-up to The King’s Speech is a graceless, lumbering beast that should be labelled ‘For Fans Only’.

Tom Hopper’s loud-and-proud follow-up to The King’s...

Kung-fu comedy | Mike Sheer

Canadian stand-up comedian Mike Sheer tells us that his profession of choice is ‘like chess or marital arts’, so it’ll be interesting to see what he...

Canadian stand-up comedian Mike Sheer tells us that his...

Film Review | Jack Reacher

Tom Cruise brings Lee Child’s beloved literary creation to life in this Christopher McQuarrie thriller. But is it worth the effort?

Tom Cruise brings Lee Child’s beloved literary creation...

Wandering musical gypsy | Stanley Brinks

We speak to singer-songwriter Stanley Brinks (formerly Andre Herman Dune from the French/Swedish duo Herman Düne) will perform at the San Gejtanu Band Club,...

We speak to singer-songwriter Stanley Brinks (formerly...

The buildings that make us | Konrad Buhagiar

Architect Konrad Buhagiar of Architecture Project speaks about A Printed Thing,...

Architect Konrad Buhagiar of Architecture Project speaks...

The music of politics [LISTEN]

Do campaign songs reveal things about the political parties that take them up?

Do campaign songs reveal things about the political parties...

Baroque Festival | Molière’s Don Juan at Teatru Manoel

Drama at the Baroque Festival with Maltese adaptation of Don Juan

Drama at the Baroque Festival with Maltese adaptation of...