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"Have you ever wondered why the womaniser is never short of willing women?" Natalie d'Arbeloff makes a much better and funnier job of one of life's big mysteries of "the good, the bad and the ugly" than almost any of the shrinks or sexologists I've encountered.
The Ishii-Itô teamwork so stunned me on first viewing of a bleak sci-fi allegory, it was hard to say whether 'Avalon' was virtuoso nonsense or a subtle masterpiece. This time, I've made up my mind.
Alastair Reynolds recently published the closing act of a major new hard SF trilogy which shook down old notions of threats to intelligent life just waiting in space. Here's a look back at first contact with the really alien.
Meg Ryan, now showing (all) east of the Atlantic, makes a brave effort to save Jane Campion's 'erotic thriller' from falling right through its cracks, offering the odd graphic pleasures even when you cringe.
Peter Weir's maritime adventure finally sweeps across the Atlantic, where the intense drama of clashes both onboard and in the chase round the Horn fills both French cinemas and very high expectations.
What struck me most, now we've seen it all, was the depth and breadth of vision and commitment that makes Jackson's personal view of the whole trilogy a masterpiece. Love it or hate it! While we should be cautious how much we "read" into it all.
"...cette anomalie restreint son utilisation et constitue un vice caché au sens de l'Article 1641 du Code civil." A French High Court ruling slaps the record industry across the face for copy protecting CDs, telling it "Stop that! Or tell the truth."
While catching up on a recent fable still doesn't mean I've devoured all that's available from Ursula Le Guin's genial and fertile mind, it's reason enough to send a trans-Atlantic smacker 30 years into an old friendship.
While no political treatise, the monumental novel published by Kim Stanley Robinson last year offers many rich insights into today's world — by taking Europe and the United States right out of the picture in a drama spanning seven centuries.
A new grasp of the 'intelligence' shaping nature has led Romanian-born mechanical engineering professor Adrian Bejan to bring a revolution to the human 'art' of design and the understanding of processes.
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