Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos has premiered his second film, “ALPS”, at the BFI London Film Festival. This is Lanthimos’s first release since “Dogtooth” (2010), an acclaimed Oscar-nominated film. Critics such as Steve Rose of the Guardian are offering raving reviews of this promisingly “weird wave” of films in Greek cinema. “Dogtooth”, “Attenberg” and now “Alps”…
Is art and science truly incompatible? “Performing Medicine” is a new series of performances, workshops, and lectures run by British theatre director, Suzy Willson. The series of performances questions the compatibility of the arts and the sciences, but provides no answers. This season, performances are based on the theme of anatomy — what we know…
These days it appears advertisers may be losing the plot a little, as suggested by their choice of loony tunes, or questionable songs, chosen as backing tracks to big budget adverts. Consider this year’s Christmas advert for John Lewis, a British department store. The store opted for a version of The Smiths’ “Please, Please, Please…
Former No. 2 uniformed officer in the U.S. military, James Cartwright, has voiced concerns regarding an increase in cyber attacks by foreign hackers. Cartwright insists the United States should be more transparent with regard to its development of offensive cyber weapons. While current and former U.S. officials tend to keep information regarding specific cyber weapons…
In 1965 it was predicted that Americans would be working 20 hours a week by the year 2000, as a result of anticipated increases in labor productivity due to technological advancement. However, the number of hours Americans are working daily is only increasing, and workers are now required to get much more done and more…
Japanese companies are in a demographic pickle. The population which currently stands at 127m is predicted to fall by 40m in the next 30 years. This does not bode well for the workforce, which stands to suffer greatly due to a massive decrease in numbers. But what’s a country to do? As it turns out,…
