Tag: culture

  • Auteur Inspired

    Auteur Inspired

    Berlinale is around the corner, I attended a warm up event, Hellas Filmbox Berlin is an annual Greek Film Festival held to showcase New Greek Cinema. On the program is a series of up and close conversations with filmmakers titled “Box Talks”. I attended the first with German Auteur Volker Schlondoff had an influence on…

  • Yves Saint Laurent Museum Opens

     

  • IGA Berlin

    IGA Berlin

    Berlin is a city known for its hedonism but from April 13th to September 15th the city will host the International Garden and Cultural Exhibition. As a fan of gardens and parks it was exciting to get a tour of the event before the opening. Numerous landscaped and garden themes cover the 104 hectares park…

  • Berlinale-Reports

    Berlinale opening film Django received a lukewarm response according to press room feedback.  Clichéd, typical, and wooden Nazi characters is how the  biography feature on jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt has been described.    Judging by the reactions I think I will pass. The Dinner with Richard Gere and Laura Linney.   Director Oren Moverman’s film based on…

  • Berlinale

    Berlinale The 67th Berlinale opened with some political questions on the agenda but Jury President Paul Verhoeven stating he was here to judge the quality of the movie, not the political perspective. Mr. Verhoeven said he expects to see a lot of movies that are different and have heated arguments with respect. Jury member Diego…

  • Perfume Museum from France 24.

  • The Color Line

    The Color Line

    While in Paris for Fashion Week I had a chance to see a moving exhibition on the African American experience at the Musee du Quai Branly.  In these times of uncertainty it reminds a person of how far a country has come and  needs to go concerning race relations.

  • THE ONE Grand Show with Gaultier in Berlin

    THE ONE Grand Show with Gaultier in Berlin

    THE ONE Grand Show French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier has arrived in Berlin collaborating with the Friedrichstadt-Palast for the stage show The ONE Grand Show.   Opening October 6, the 11 million euros spectacular show features performers from 26 nations with 500 costumes on the world’s largest stage. Director and writer Roland Welke is the…