Louie is a 32 year old Palestinian who tries to live his life unobtrusively hidden away from society’s prying eyes. He has no legal right to live in Israel, and thus without ‘papers’ he must continually avoid any confrontation with the Police or officialdom, as if he returns back across the Border he risks the … Continue reading
As a professional basketball player for hire St Croix native Kevin Shepherd was recruited to play for teams in Argentina, Venezuela, Israel and Puerto Rico before he landed his most unusual gig in 2008. He was employed by A.S. Shiraz a fledgling team who were desperate to make the Iranian Playoffs and they saw Shepherd as the … Continue reading
The gruesome story of Jeffrey Dahmer the infamous serial killer and sex offender who murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991, has already been the subject of several films and television programmes, and its highly questionable whether there is need for yet another take on these murders. Newbie writer/director Chris James Thompson, a native … Continue reading
Erika Cohn’s very sympathetic profile on Khoulud Al-Faqih who became the first woman appointed to be a Judge in a Palestinian Shari’a Court in the West Bank bravely attempts to uncover some of the mystique and secrecy that cloaks this Islamic culture. Most of the time she succeeds exceptionally well, but on some occasions, … Continue reading
Gracie Otto’s affectionate documentary on the charismatic and adventurous English theater and film producer Michael White is a movie long overdue. Despite his enormous contribution in a prolific career that spanned three decades he is as Anna Wintour succinctly put it, ‘the most famous person that you’ve never heard’. Ms Wintour also so accurately summed up his … Continue reading