More than 30 years after her death, admirers pay tribute to one of Germany's most enigmatic - and overlooked - artists, dancer and actress Valeska Gert. She's said to have laid the foundations for the punk movement.
Glen David Gold is a writer as well as a film enthusiast. His second novel, Sunnyside, was published to great acclaim in 2009. It’s based on incidents in the life of Charlie Chaplin. The book was released in softcover in May.
In his 1912 silent film La Conquête du Pôle ("The Conquest of the Pole"), pioneering French director Georges Méliès introduced audiences to one of the most underrated monsters in movie history — the man-eating ice giant of the North Pole.
Considerable press has been given to last week's announcement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences naming four new recipients of an honorary Oscar.