In the following excerpt, the critic describes Strike as cinematic poetry and likens its symbolism to that used by T S. Eliot in The Wasteland.
Minor poetry is often met with in the cinema, and now...
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After a half-year of fruitless contract talks, the Service Employees International Union threatened a long-term strike of Valley and Desert Springs hospitals starting Dec. 4.The threat worked. Hosp...
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Mr. Roth has purchased for $1.81 billion a majority stake in 1290 Avenue of the Americas and a San Francisco building from a group of investors led by Mr. Trump.
Vornado will take a 70 percent maj...
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Lisa Ronis is sitting in a coffee shop with her French hound, Stella, leaving a sparkling message: “I’ve found the man for you. His name is John. He’s hilarious, sexy, and I’...
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy focused on a winnable fight, divided the opposition and appears to have come out on top after nine days of strikes by seething rail drivers.Yet tensions lingered as...
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Los Angeles (dpa) - Hollywood screenwriters will go on strike,
said union leaders after collective bargaining talks Thursday with
producers ended with a deadlock over paymen...
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Democrat John Edwards voiced his support Tuesday for striking television writers, telling a boisterous rally that he would work to protect the rights of union members if elected president next year...
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Los Angeles (dpa) - With the ongoing screenwriters strike causing
the cancellation of the Golden Globes ceremony, industry reports
Thursday said the Oscar show could be next...
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Travelers in Germany faced the prospect of long delays at train stations and airports after unions authorized more walkouts Monday at state railway Deutsche Bahn AG and budget airline LTU.The decis...
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A long-running hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay gained several participants in recent weeks amid complaints over conditions at a new unit of the prison, but a spokesman at the U.S. military base sai...
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Critical Essay by David Sylvester
Hospital Strike Looms
