I recently watched a TV interview with Robert Redford recorded in 1976. In it he described his career with special emphasis on two films which he felt were some of the most important. The Candidate was about a candidate for State Senator who started out with little hope of winning but through clever manipulation and [...]

WHERE IS TRUTH AND JUDGEMENT?
I’m getting to the point when I am reluctant to turn on TV and radio news programmes for fear of hearing yet another Trump or Vance or Musk diatribe, laced liberally with damaging lies and total disregard for integrity, honesty and humanity.

America, What Have You Done…
I still cannot believe that American [...]

Self portrait of photographer Ernest Cole. 1967. © Ernest Cole / Magnum Photos
Apartheid and Beyond: Rare, Vintage Prints from Cole’s Collection
Rare and vintage prints from Ernest Cole’s House of Bondage series and work made in exile from the U.S. arrive at Magnum Gallery for Part II of a three-country exhibition.
Magnum Gallery opened its doors in [...]

After suffering a seizure while riding his bike to work in February 1996, Rainer Ptacek was diagnosed with a brain tumour in February 1996. He described his frustrating symptoms to his friend, Fred Mills:
“You know, these” — Rainer held up his hands and nodded at them — “know where they want to go. They remember [...]

“Maybe I’m one of those people who’s
always wanted to do it but never had a
chance. It’s a pipe dream. Maybe it’s
like you said. Maybe I need to grow up.”

- Mia in La La Land

La La Land is a 2016 American musical romantic drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle. It stars Ryan Gosling and [...]

Motion pictures sometimes deliver the most profound and true messages. SCROOGE is one such film which concludes that deep underneath the wickedness of some humans lies a dormant level of humanity, and it seems to be  becoming increasingly rare for it to surface…

IF ONLY this was more common. Today’s world is the most inhumane and [...]