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Published December 4, 2010 by Mischa Geracoulis
Possessing a larger-than-life stage presence, Ilia Darlin is frequently touted as the “European Lady Gaga.” Though there may be some similarities between the two icons,…
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Leave a CommentPublished October 26, 2010 by Mischa Geracoulis
Visually striking, Brides opens up with a little known, actual event that took place in 1920s Asia Minor— the transatlantic mail-order bride business. In the…
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Leave a CommentPublished October 24, 2010 by Mischa Geracoulis
Los Angeles, California – Setting the precedent for the rest of the nation and the world, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill 657 – authored…
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Leave a CommentPublished October 13, 2010 by Mischa Geracoulis
Clustering around the fictitious wedding between young, sweet, and narcoleptic Rym (Sarah Reguieg) and “a certain William Vancooten,” Masquerades lampoons Berber village life in mountainous…
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Leave a CommentPublished September 30, 2010 by Mischa Geracoulis
The annual Arpa International Film and Music Festival returned to Los Angeles in its 13th year with 50 films from 30 different countries. The festival’s…
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Leave a CommentPublished July 20, 2010 by Mischa Geracoulis
We first meet Max (Sean Bones), the twentysomething, almost hip, Generation Y guy, playing street soccer in his Brooklyn neighborhood— the significance of which is…
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Leave a CommentPublished July 8, 2010 by Mischa Geracoulis
Book by Mumia Abu-Jamal; 2009, City Light Publishers, San Francisco, 280 pp. To borrow from an old African-American proverb, Mumia Abu-Jamal “speaks truth to power”…
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Leave a CommentPublished December 1, 2008 by Mischa Geracoulis
Captain Paul Watson is a man on the mission of a lifetime: to protect our ecosystems and endangered species, and to stop the annihilation of…
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Leave a CommentPublished October 1, 2008 by Mischa Geracoulis
The Toltec Nation emerged some thousands of years ago throughout southern Mexico. A nation of scientists and artists, they lived in accordance with sacred, esoteric…
Leave a CommentPublished August 1, 2008 by Mischa Geracoulis
Born in India in 1936, the monastic life of Khen Rinpoche Geshe Kachen Lobzang Tsetan began at the tender age of 7. At age 16,…
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