PART I: THE BURDEN OF PERFECTION, BY CHRISTINE ROGERS On Saturday October 20th, Mary McDonnell came back to her Alma Mater, SUNY Fredonia to talk to the theater and film students and have a public conversation, on the occasion of the homecoming weekend. Truly at ease and grounded in her home and roots, Ms. [...]
Dear Mary, Sharon is gone. Or maybe, rather than ‘gone’ I should say that she is dead; because she cannot, and she will never, be gone for me. I am writing this after having listened to your podcast yesterday. While I am still not sure I will ever come to see Sharon’s death as you [...]
People like him exist to remind us that it is not just politicians, scientists, or humanitarian workers (category the latter to which he belongs without a doubt) who have the fate of the world in their hands. Artists do, too, and the wider their celebrity and their success, the bigger their responsibility for sharing their [...]
Last Saturday I was lucky enough to be among the press covering the IV Platino Awards of Latin American Cinema ceremony. These awards celebrate the Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American movie industry and promote our shared culture, language and history in a borderless, genuine, and cheerful brotherhood. As directors, actors, actresses, editors, producers and other [...]
Las personas como él existen para recordarnos que no son sólo los políticos, los científicos o los trabajadores humanitarios (categoría ésta última a la cual él pertenece sin duda) quienes tienen en sus manos las riendas del mundo. También son los artistas, tanto más responsables de aportar su visión, su inspiración y su ejemplo cuanto [...]
Writing about Bill Adama and Laura Roslin does not come easy to me. As a matter of fact, I even fear it. I fear it with that kind of distress and frustration that takes over you when you are not sure you will be able to convey all the extent of the meaning of something [...]
Journeys of the soul 