For those who haven’t visited Havana and traversed seafront promenade Avenida de Maceo from old Havana to the central business district of Vedado and then on to upscale Miramar, taking in the myriad stories of grandeur, genteel decay, resignation, resilience, and optimism, while hearing strains of rumba, jazz, and nueva trova, and seeing the murals of ‘Commandante’ (Fidel Castro) or ‘Che’, there is an alternative.
Books.
There is a wide array of books, both fiction and non-fiction, by authors new and old, known and unknown, that bring Havana, and Cuba, to life from the times of soldier-turned-dictator Fulgencio Batista to Castro and further.
The focus, though, is more on the days of Mafia dominance, Castro and his revolution, and the Cuban Missile Crisis – the first time the world was on the brink of a nuclear war.
And they span genres from gritty stories of life to crime noir and police procedurals,...
Books.
There is a wide array of books, both fiction and non-fiction, by authors new and old, known and unknown, that bring Havana, and Cuba, to life from the times of soldier-turned-dictator Fulgencio Batista to Castro and further.
The focus, though, is more on the days of Mafia dominance, Castro and his revolution, and the Cuban Missile Crisis – the first time the world was on the brink of a nuclear war.
And they span genres from gritty stories of life to crime noir and police procedurals,...
- 3/26/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
“The kids need a future,” a city council member tells Dorothea (Tyne Daly) half way through the first of Patrick Wang’s two-part A Bread Factory: “they need to learn about the world.” Forty years prior to the exchange, Dorothea and her partner Greta (Elizabeth Henry-Macari) bought a bakery in the fictional upstate New York town of Checkford, and turned it into the Bread Factory, an arts center the married couple has fought hard to keep afloat through the years. Cash and funds have historically been finite and resources volatile—but while stage director Dorothea and actress Greta powered through the decades with indomitable determination and grit, the creation of a bigger arts institute in the opposite side of town, led by a couple of world-renowned Chinese performance artists, May Ray (Janet Hsieh and George Young), is poised to spell the end of the Factory’s illustrious work. The center...
- 11/26/2018
- MUBI
“A Bread Factory,” written and directed by Patrick Wang, is a drama that tickles your spirit in a special, buoyant way. It’s set in the small town of Checkford, N.Y. (it was shot in the picturesque historical village of Hudson), and though Wang has conceived the film as an epic — it’s four hours long, and is being shown in two parts, each of which is presented as a movie unto itself — “A Bread Factory” revolves around something that may sound astonishingly minor: a community arts center, the sort of homespun place that presents plays, chamber-music concerts, and art shows and hosts the occasional visiting luminary and features after-school programs for children.
The center is called the Bread Factory (that’s because it’s situated in an old bread factory), and it’s been run for 40 years by its two founders, crusty WASPy Dorothea (Tyne Daly) and elegant...
The center is called the Bread Factory (that’s because it’s situated in an old bread factory), and it’s been run for 40 years by its two founders, crusty WASPy Dorothea (Tyne Daly) and elegant...
- 10/27/2018
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
We may not ever get the Marty Hart and Rust Cohle “True Detective” reunion we’re pining for, but Woody Harrelson is considering a return to the small screen — as a sleuth, no less.
Read More: Woody Harrelson’s Hammy Performance Almost Makes ‘Lbj’ Worth Endorsing — Tiff Review
At a press conference for “Lbj” at the Zurich Film Festival last week, Harrelson said there’s a chance he could be lured back to television. “There is one project that I would go back to do,” he said. “It’s based on a series of books — the Bernie Gunther novels from [British author] Philip Kerr.”
“He’s a detective during the 30s and 40s in Berlin,” Harrelson said. “He kind of hated Hitler, and was really kind of a rebel in a lot of ways. But he was a hard core investigator and got into so much trouble… You have various people from the German government,...
Read More: Woody Harrelson’s Hammy Performance Almost Makes ‘Lbj’ Worth Endorsing — Tiff Review
At a press conference for “Lbj” at the Zurich Film Festival last week, Harrelson said there’s a chance he could be lured back to television. “There is one project that I would go back to do,” he said. “It’s based on a series of books — the Bernie Gunther novels from [British author] Philip Kerr.”
“He’s a detective during the 30s and 40s in Berlin,” Harrelson said. “He kind of hated Hitler, and was really kind of a rebel in a lot of ways. But he was a hard core investigator and got into so much trouble… You have various people from the German government,...
- 10/5/2016
- by Ellen Killoran
- Indiewire
Every few days, the Hollywood Cog sends me manila envelopes stuffed with cryptic typewritten messages with Los Angeles postmarks and no return address. Lately, the envelopes have had a jasmine and lavender scent, so who knows where this is leading. Who I think now is probably a she (although, given my perception on the site, who knows?) provides quite a bit of information that I never use, that I file away. By the time it gets to me on the East Coast, a lot of the information has already been reported by Deadline or The L.A. Times or The Wrap, although, more times than not, it's Nikki Finke over at Deadline, who has lately become the obnoxious Internet troll screaming First! while skipping around her office in her skivvies eating Snickers.
What I've realized over the last year, working with the Cog and her lavender scented envelopes, however, is that...
What I've realized over the last year, working with the Cog and her lavender scented envelopes, however, is that...
- 11/2/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
The X-Files creator Chris Carter is set to direct the big-screen adaptation of British author Philip Kerr's A Philosophical Investigation for Paramount Pictures. Mace Neufeld, who has owned the rights to the novel for close to a decade, is producing with Carter and X-Files collaborator Frank Spotnitz. Carter and Spotnitz also will adapt the thriller. Brian Witten is overseeing for Paramount, with Kel Symons overseeing for Mace Neufeld Prods. "The property was brought to me while (I was) under contract to Paramount," Neufeld said. "It is one of my passion projects, and they generally take a long time to get off the ground. (Paramount chief) Sherry Lansing brought up the idea of Chris Carter. I thought it was a great idea. I love 'The X-Files.' We had an exciting dinner discussing it. We will be seeing a script shortly. I'm a big fan of Chris and Frank and am very enthusiastic about the project. There is a great role for a leading woman."...
- 7/13/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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