‘Crude’ chronicles what happens when an ecological disaster meets a media circus Nov 5, 2009
His previous movies - Brother s Keeper, Paradise Lost, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster - coolly stare down their subjects until other stories start to emerge, and so it is here. The rousing primary narrative of Crude follows Ecuador s Pablo Fajardo, a likable former laborer turned activist attorney who pushes the lawsuit forward in the name of his cancer-ridden countrymen. (Boston Globe)
‘Crude’ taps into court battle involving Ecuadorans and oil giant Nov 1, 2009
His past films include Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, about the explosive tensions in the heavy metal group; Paradise Lost, about convictions in the murder of three 8-year-old boys; and Brother s Keeper, also about a murder trial. As with his earlier films, Berlinger lets the characters speak for themselves without narration. (Boston Globe)
When a Man Loves a Computer Screen Oct 28, 2009
Unfortunately for me a startlingly attractive woman has come along IRL and I suddenly find myself trying to work off my beer gut, oh well, paradise lost, and please wish me luck. directly referenced. (Slate)
* Classical music Oct 4, 2009
And one of the sources of the text is Miltons Paradise Lost, though this its wrongly implied as being the only source on the new and otherwise excellent DVD from Deutsche Grammophon. Its of a celebrated performance conducted by Leonard Bernstein in 1986 in the rococo splendor of the Benedictine Abbey of Ottobeuren in southern Germany, with Lucia Popp and Kurt Moll among others as soloists. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Jonesboros witch trials of 1994 (1) Sep 30, 2009
As shown in the documentary, Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, there is no physical evidence linking the three convicted of these murders to the crime scene ... According to the documentary, Paradise Lost, Echols was questioned for reading Stephen King and Dean Koontz and listening to Metallica ... What was not entered at the trial, but was well-documented in Mara Leveritt s book, Devil s Knot and in the documentaries, Paradise Lost and Paradise Lost II: Revelations is that... (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
more. Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009 Sep 23, 2009
Briefly, though, this new documentary from the co-director of "Paradise Lost," "Brother's Keeper" and explores the epic-scale, endlessly complicated story of one of the largest lawsuits in history. It's the suit in which the indigenous inhabitants of Ecuador's Amazonian jungle are on the verge of winning a massive judgment from Chevron -- a court-appointed expert has suggested $27 billion -- for the poisoning of their homeland, previously among the most pristine and biodiverse rainforest regions... (Salon)
In Search of the Auden Martini: How to make a cocktail beautiful, humanizing, and good, Rosie Schaap, Poetry Foundation Sep 11, 2009
It's much the way I feel when, riding the subway some evenings, I catch sight of someone reading Atlas Shrugged, and want to tear the book from his or her hands and replace it with Paradise Lost or The Prelude. Life is too short for Ayn Rand, when one's time could be spent with Milton or Wordsworth that is, with something beautiful and humanizing and good. (Harper's Magazine)
Will Ecuador's Indians bankrupt Chevron? Sep 10, 2009
Briefly, though, this new documentary from the co-director of "Paradise Lost," "Brother's Keeper" and explores the epic-scale, endlessly complicated story of one of the largest lawsuits in history ... It reminds me of our earlier film, "Paradise Lost" [about the dubious conviction of the on murder charges], when co-director Bruce Sinofsky and I were so flabbergasted at what was going down that we'd pull the judge aside, or the prosecutor, and ask them, "Are you guys kidding?" It became very... (Salon)
Chance to see how artists made exhibition of themselves Sep 9, 2009
According to the official catalogue, the painting shows the creatures from Taronga Zoo ''expelled from an implied Garden of Eden - a paradise lost. Blackman had a rather more prosaic explanation for the Noah's Ark scene, says Coburn. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Robbed at Kmart Aug 26, 2009
okay, the three remaining people can handle things here now and maybe recreate paradise lost. Leave a comment. (The Palm Beach Post)
Massa has his eye on Brazilian comeback after speedy recovery Aug 23, 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. Peter McKayAugust 23, 2009. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Capturing the essence of real-world girls Jul 11, 2009
By 1992, she had been hired at BC, where she established herself as an expert on 17th-century literature while publishing essays with titles like Milton, Galileo and Sunspots: Optics and Certainty in Paradise Lost and a book called Founding Fictions: Utopias in Early Modern England (1996). In 2003, however, Addie Swartz, the head of a new publishing company, asked Boesky to help with the launch of Beacon Street Girls, a book series about five seventh-grade girls from Brookline. (Boston Globe)
Anniversary nod to Haydn opens Bach fest Jun 29, 2009
Haydn's genius here is his ability to illustrate the familiar biblical words by way of John Milton's "Paradise Lost," through descriptive music. Birds, bees, the rising sun and the joyful union of man and woman come across in graceful specificity. (OregonLive, OR -- Living)
Shakespeare in the Bay Area and Oregon May 24, 2009
Paradise Lost by Clifford Odets, directed by Libby Appel, July 22-Oct. 31. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
UP FOR AIR: Repressing a shocking urge May 8, 2009
Instead, he would have made me re-read Milton s Paradise Lost or Beowulf bad enough punishment. The urge to light up passed, I am happy to report, but it set me to thinking about bad habits in general. (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
Hawaii Asks Obama to Bring Back Business Travelers Apr 6, 2009
Paradise Lost: Hawaii loses $98M from corporate meeting cancellations, asks Obama for help. By JAYMES SONG Associated Press WriterHONOLULU April 5, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press FONT SIZE. (ABC News -- Wire)
* [EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT] Apr 3, 2009
Bearing titles such as Erotic Paradise and Paradise Lost for the Heterosexuals, the pieces unflinchingly explore religion, sexual desire and the artists own life experiences. National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts in Taichung (xWN]), 2, Wucyuan W Rd Sec 1, Taichung City (xv@q2). (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
'We Look Like the Enemy' tells a 'hidden story' with preconceived notions Mar 26, 2009
But some of the bitterest regrets of Arab Jews for the Paradise Lost of Baghdad come out of the mouths of her uncles, her father, and former members of the upper class of Iraqi Jewry. Many members of this privileged class - and their counterparts in Morocco, Egypt, and other Arab countries - would have preferred not to give up what was a very good life for the hardships of an unknown future in the Israeli melting pot. (Boston Globe)
Size matters - smaller is better Mar 1, 2009
A few fanatics, geniuses or saints may strive only to match their own ambitions - to climb the highest mountain, fast for a fortnight, memorise the whole of Paradise Lost. But most people simply want to relate to those around them. (BBC News -- UK)
* Symphonic tap Feb 20, 2009
Touring in the wake of their seventh and most successful studio album, Paradise Lost, set lists are dominated by new material, but revelers can expect to hear older crowd-pleasers like Sins and Shadows or Sea of Lies. Smoke and Mirrors is another song that always goes over well, says Romeo, who thinks guitar-music fans of different walks could enjoy themselves this Sunday should they wish to indulge. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Quiet revolution taking placing in e-books Feb 8, 2009
69 in the UK, with 16 free out-of-copyright books, from Paradise Lost to Pride and Prejudice, with more to be added later. Maybe one day it will give access to the digital treasure chest at europeana. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
