For those of us who feel like the world is constantly overflowing with a barrage of wonders and curiosities of inexplicable brilliance, this comic will make a lot of sense. It’s a charmingly clear example of what the ‘magic realism’ genre can stand for: an ordinary situation, with an ordinary protagonist, filled with extraordinary events
The phrase ‘careful what you wish for’ gets kicked around a lot these days, without much thought for it actually means. It just something we say to people who’re behaving obnoxiously and irresponsibly, but for me the phrase has a much deeper moral meaning. One that says: the fault is in the want, the desire.
Exploring a country’s heritage and history through its equine culture may seem like an odd angle for documentary films. Yet two recent films, Palio and Dark Horse: The Incredible True Story of Dream Alliance, have done just this and have managed to capture two very different societies through two equine cultures. Palio is a documentary
