While working on a carefully guarded film project in 1982, Steven Spielberg invited the versatile writer William Kotzwinkle to Hollywood. Spielberg had read and enjoyed Kotzwinkle's vivid evocation of the ethos of the late 1960s hippie counterculture in...

Leonard Fein Forward 07-01-1994 Is This Exile?. Last week I spent two days in the home of Israel's president, Ezer Weizman. I appreciated his invitation, admired his warm hospitality and was beguiled by his very considerable charm; in short, it was a...

37 441 Exil Tony Gatlifs neues berauschendes Road Movie kommt gleich in der ersten Einstellung auf den Punkt: Während eine wütende Frauenstimme im Sprechgesang die Abwesenheit der Demokratie beklagt, flxiert die Kamera den muskulösen Männerrücken von Frankreichs neuem Star Romain Duris in...

The Dalai Lama warned Friday that Tibetan culture could be "finished" in 15 years if China does not allow the region to govern itself."Our approach is not seeking independence," the exiled spiritual leader told reporters in Melbourne. "We are seeking genuine autonomy to preserve Tibetan...

The Dalai Lama said Thursday that China is taking an increasingly harsh stance on Tibet and he appealed for international help during a visit to Rome.Addressing Italian lawmakers in the lower chamber of parliament, the exiled spiritual leader said Tibet was not seeking independence from...