‘Mr. Jones’ screenwriter Andrea Chalupa has family ties to Ukraine stretching from the 1930s famine to the Trump impeachment — with ‘Animal Farm’ and Soviet propaganda sprinkled in Ukraine being used as a pawn between super states will come as no surprise ...
7 Feb 2020 - Steven MacKenzie
The Nobel Peace Prize winner, who led a global microfinance movement, aims to create a world where poverty doesn’t exist “Poor people are like bonsai plants. If you take the seed of the tallest tree in the forest and put it in a flowerpot, that tree will ...
5 Jan 2018 - Steven MacKenzie
The Chinese activist, dissident, artist and exile’s new film, 'Human Flow,' focuses on the people the world would rather forget: refugees In his debut feature, “Human Flow,” Chinese artist Ai Weiwei stylishly documents the greatest migration of ...
15 Dec 2017 - Steven MacKenzie
‘Immigration is an integral part to all that,’ says the actor who plays McDonald’s CEO Ray Kroc in ‘The Founder’ He’s starred in films from “Beetlejuice” to “Batman” to “Birdman.” From “The Paper” to “Spotlight.” Now, Michael Keaton plays Ray Kroc, the fo ...
19 May 2017 - Steven MacKenzie
The actor reflects on some of the Bard's greatest lines, written 400 years ago, and their relevance today PROLOGUE “Shakespeare is more than just plays in the theater,” Sir Ian McKellen said. “I’ve got a little collection of Shakespeare figurines at ...
19 Feb 2016 - Steven MacKenzie
Mark Reay has acted for HBO, modeled for Vogue and worked with Martin Scorsese. He is also homeless. A typical week for model, actor and photographer Mark Reay — a debonair, 6-foot-3, 56-year-old — is spent shooting at New York Fashion Week, appearing in ...
11 Sep 2015 - Steven MacKenzie
The actress on three-dimensional female characters, X-Files reboot and driving with Top Gear The truth may be out there but Gillian Anderson isn't interested. Best known for her role as skeptical (and smoldering) FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in The ...
25 May 2015 - Steven MacKenzie
A new film profiles puppeteer Caroll Spinney, the man behind some of ‘Sesame Street’s’ most-adored stars If you are able to read this sentence, chances are it’s partly due to “Sesame Street.” The show has taught literacy skills to generations of children ...
15 May 2015 - Steven MacKenzie