News - Powered by Yahoo NewsGuy Maddin's 'Keyhole' at IMA tonigh
Guy Maddin's cinema is ripe for explication: those all-caps intertitles come from Soviet silent cinema; that un-synched dialogue from the early years of sound-on-film; that mannerized staging from German expressionism; that overripe, weirdly off color from two-strip Technicolor. But you miss a lot by interpreting his films as merely pastiche or collage: Say, his uniquely Canadian polymorphous ...
Thu, 03 May 2012 14:05:42 -0700 -
Mo. Prof.: 'JPMorgan Runs The World's Largest Gambling Operation'
A law and economics professor at the University of Missouri- is blasting and its top executives for making huge gambles on risky derivatives, which resulted in the bank's recently revealed $2 billion-plus in trading losses. Writing on the "The Big Picture" blog of Barry Ritholtz, a financial columnist and former lawyer who often takes provocative ...
Wed, 23 May 2012 12:24:56 -0700 -
Believe him or not, Thomson rises to occasio
It?s not often you can sit in Parliament for an hour, listening, and be totally captivated.
Sun, 20 May 2012 21:41:43 -0700 -
Smith stoppe 25 tirs, les Coyotes battent les Preds 1-0 et mènent la série 3-
NASHVILLE, États-Unis - Shane Doan a marqué en première période, Mike Smith a effectué 25 arrêts et les Coyotes de Phoenix ont battu les Predators de Nashville 1-0, vendredi, pour ainsi prendre les devants 3-1 dans leur série demi-finale de l'Association de l'Ouest.
Fri, 04 May 2012 20:55:52 -0700 -
Mark Spitznagel: The Austrians And The Swan - Birds Of A Different Feathe
Submitted by Mark Spitznagel, CIO of Universa Investments LP: a white paper The Austrians and the Swan: Birds of a Different Feather On Induction: If it looks like a swan, swims like a swan? By now, everyone knows what a tail is. The concept has become rather ubiquitous, even to many for whom tails were considered inconsequential just over a few years ago. But do we really know one when we see ...
Mon, 21 May 2012 19:41:19 -0700 -
Jonathan Franzen chassé de HB
Le roman de Jonathan Franzen, Les Corrections a été déprogrammé par HBO. La chaîne câblée américaine n'a pas souhaité signer pour une première saison après...
Wed, 02 May 2012 10:13:19 -0700 -
Obama's Indian strategist has new prophesie
Inder Dan Ratnu says his third self-published novel inspired Obama's 2008 campaign. But he has a dire prognosis for 2012. Jason Overdorf Longtime fans of GlobalPost may remember Inder Dan Ratnu, whose story I first told in " Obama's Indian strategist " in 2010. The upshot? Inder ?believes that he deserves credit for [President Obama's] stunning landslide victory in 2008, as his third self ...
Tue, 15 May 2012 05:03:56 -0700 -
Groundbreaking book explains lost origins of Pyramids of Giz
In ?Measure Motion and Maat? (ISBN 0615551696), Harry Rogers explains...
Wed, 16 May 2012 09:35:50 -0700 -
McClendon's Secret Hedge Fund Appears To Violate His Fiduciary Duty To Chesapeak
How will McClendon ever regain the trust of shareholders?
Wed, 02 May 2012 16:34:50 -0700 -
Rats, rorters and toxic political workplace
Don't expect the media to join the dots on the Slipper allegations and wonder why MPs' offices are such toxic workplaces. Read more on the blog... Read more on the blog... Read more on the blog...
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