Eat Not Thy Mind is a piece of art. A collage by Claude Pelieu on the front cover and a foreward written by friend and bass spanker Mike Watt. This book comprises of 18 contemporary poems by the Outlaw Poet that is Charley Plymell who was known to have rubbed […]
Poem: The Moment the Two Worlds Meet by Sharon Olds from the poetry collection The Gold Cell This poem starts with a very strong and distinct sentence that makes the reader curious. “That’s the moment I always think of.” A Poem by Sharon Olds, review by Mahnaz Badihian was last […]
Speed Racer live action film Directed by Wachowski Brothers)%> Speed Racer is the most visually stimulating experience I have ever had. Film Review – Speed Racer Directed by Wachowski Brothers was last modified: May 12th, 2008 by mahvand sadeghi
Persepolis A Film written and directed by Marjane Satrapi The brief glimpses into the psyche of a young Iranian woman dealing with the turmoil of a country torn apart by revolution and war while trying to find an identity that can be accepted by her western peers was both well […]
Apparently, the world as we know it was created by God 6,000 years ago and dinosaurs, canyons, mountains and all the wildlife in the world came into being upon the happenstance of a global flood. Creating Delusions: The World’s First Creation Museum by Shirin Sadeghi was last modified: June 24th, […]
Spenta Productions | THE TRUTH BEHIND ‘300’ For many Iranians the cinematic movie ‘300’ may come as a shocking revelation. But to those of us who came up through America’s school system, the ‘Battle of Thermopylae,’ which is what the movie ‘300’ is based on, is as familiar as George […]
In Alfonso Cuarón’s recent movie “Children of Men” we see a brilliant portrait of a world in which the concept of ‘human’ is brought to the front of our imagination. Alfonso Cuarón has previously introduced his touch for human emotions and behavior with “Y tu mamá también.” In this new […]
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins Reviewed by Pooyan Sadeghi Every once in a great while, someone writes a book that completely revolutionizes the way in which people view themselves and the universe they are a part of. Richard Dawkins’ book “The God Delusion” is decidedly not one of those […]
From Zayandeh Rud to the Mississippi by Mahnaz Badihian (OBA) Reviewed by Jennifer Langer This is a collection of poetry by Iranian born Mahnaz Badihian who has lived in the US for twenty-five years. Half the poems are translated from Persian and half written in English. The subtitle of the […]
From Zayandeh Rud to the Mississippi A voice from a road between East and West Mahnaz Badihian (Oba) cover design by Shirin Sadeghi About the Book From Zayandeh Rud to the Mississippi is a voice from East and West – a voice so Romantic, Simple and Philosophical. Half of the […]