Thomas Sowell on Intellectuals and Society
“Those Voices Don’t Speak for the Rest of Us”
The American Form of Government
À bout de souffle – the interview
Jean-Luc Godard (born 1930) may be one of cinema’s greatest names, but his films remain consistently abstruse and unseen by mainstream audiences. Read more…
Restrepo
Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington’s year dug in with the Second Platoon in one of Afghanistan’s most strategically crucial valleys reveals extraordinary insight into the surreal combination of back breaking labor, deadly firefights, and camaraderie as the soldiers painfully push back the Taliban. Written by Sundance Film Festival.
Release Date: July 2nd 2010 (USA)
Ricordati di Me
Remember Me, My Love (Ricordati di me) is a 2003 Italian movie directed by Gabriele Muccino.
Hôtel Costes
The Hôtel Costes is a famous hotel in Paris, France. Located in 239 rue St-Honore, it is perhaps best known for its bar and courtyard café. Hôtel Costes also releases its own compilation lounge music CDs, which contain music played and mixed within by DJ Stéphane Pompougnac.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B4tel_Costes,_Vol._10
Berlin Berlin
Berlin, Berlin is a television series produced for the ARD. It aired in Germany from 2002 to 2005 Tuesdays through Fridays at 6:50PM on the German public TV network Das Erste. The show won both national and international awards.
Episode 73
Novalis
The German poet and author Novalis (1772-1801) was the most important poet and imaginative writer of the early German romantic movement. Both his poetry and his prose writings express a mystical conviction in the symbolic meaning and unity of life.
