SILENT FILMS DIRECTED BY ALICE GUY-BLACHE

Alice Guy-Blache (1873-1968) was a French film pioneer and was also the first woman to direct movies. Alice worked for the Gaumont Film Company and from 1896 to 1906 was Gaumont’s Head of Production. Some sources say she was the only woman in the world directing movies during that period.  Among her films: THE FAIRY […]

unnecessary | Mai Thảo

A poem in Vietnamese by Mai ThảoTranslator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm Not a single shadow at high noon and in the boundless skyAs unnecessary as the clouds are the sunlightEven more unnecessary is my liberal heartEnduring an ancient pain that never part thừa Một vũng trời cao đứng bóng trưaNhìn lên bỗng thấy nắng mây […]