Arts Review
The Soloist: Strife and despair in the City of Angels
By Dan Conway, May 21, 2009
The Soloist chronicles the real-life encounters of columnist Steve Lopez and Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, Jr., a former cello-playing prodigy whose musical ambitions were derailed by a severe case of schi...
San Francisco International Film Festival 2009
Part 1: Painful truths
By David Walsh, May 20, 2009
The recent San Francisco film festival, its 52nd, presented 151 films from 55 countries to a combined audience of some 82,000 people.
Book review: Death in the Haymarket
The eight-hour-day movement and the birth of American labor
By James Brewer, May 19, 2009
Death in the Haymarket by James Green is an important contribution to the early history of the American labor movement.
The Idea Man at the Elephant Theatre Company in Los Angeles
By Richard Adams, May 18, 2009
Kevin King’s The Idea Man, now receiving its world premiere with the Elephant Theatre Company in Hollywood, CA, leaps exuberantly into the gulf between labor and management.
Home of Slumdog Millionaire child actor destroyed by Mumbai authorities
By Hiram Lee, May 15, 2009
The home of one of the child actors from the award-winning Slumdog Millionaire was demolished Thursday by authorities in the slums of Mumbai, India.
Samson and Delilah: a searing portrait of life for Central Australian Aboriginal youth
By Richard Phillips, May 14, 2009
Samson and Delilah touches on many social issues—poverty, homelessness and substance abuse in Aboriginal communities—questions that Australian feature filmmakers have, up until now, largely chosen...
“Cinema is a lie that tells the truth about life”
Warwick Thornton discusses Samson and Delilah with the WSWS
By Richard Phillips, May 14, 2009
Samson and Delilah writer, director and cinematographer Warwick Thornton spoke with the World Socialist Web Site this month when his film screened at the Message Sticks film festival in Sydney.
A tribute to James Yancey: Volumes 5 and 6 of Madlib’s Beat Konducta series
By Hiram Lee, May 12, 2009
Hip hop musician Madlib pays tribute to fellow hip hop producer James Yancey, who passed away in 2006.
Renowned pianist Krystian Zimerman protests US militarism during concert
By Hiram Lee, May 11, 2009
Pianist Krystian Zimerman spoke out against US military activity in Poland and the Middle East during an April concert in Los Angeles.
“To show the beauty of this reality”
Film director Sergey Dvortsevoy speaks with WSWS
By Richard Phillips, May 6, 2009
Sergey Dvortsevoy, director and co-writer of Tulpan, spoke with the World Socialist Web Site during his recent visit to Australia.
Tulpan: Poverty and unrequited dreams on the Kazakh steppes
By Richard Phillips, May 6, 2009
Documentary filmmaker Sergey Dvortsevoy’s Tulpan is a gentle but engaging drama about shepherds in southern Kazakhstan.
Everlasting Moments: The world to be explored and preserved
By Joanne Laurier, April 30, 2009
At the age of 77, Swedish director Jan Troell is one of Europe’s more distinguished filmmakers. His latest film, Everlasting Moments, tells the story of Maria Larsson, a Finnish-born mother of seven...
