“The Age of Goodbyes” begins, in more ways than one, with a curse. In Li Zi Shu’s sprawling Malaysian Chinese novel, a family is said to be marked by early death; in Edmund Yeo‘s screen adaptation, in the Special Presentations section of the Toronto Film Festival, that curse becomes the hinge on which five decades
Rothesay County Championship, Division One, County Ground, Hove (day three) Nottinghamshire 240 & 149-7: Hameed 43; Karvelas 4-34, Unadkat 3-39 Sussex 358: Clark 89, Price 72; Hutton 4-59, Stone 3-81 Nottinghamshire (3 pts) lead Sussex (6 pts) by 31 runs Match scorecard Sussex’s Ari Karvelas took four wickets either side of tea to leave Nottinghamshire’s
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Asian Shadows has boarded international sales rights to Eddie Cahyono’s “Ibuku,” starring Christine Hakim and Ayushita Nugraha, which the Busan International Film Festival has selected for its Competition lineup. “Ibuku” centers on Sumiati (Hakim), a widow in her 60s isolated in a small Javanese village since her husband took his own life. Her daughter, Sri
Let’s start with the current leaders and the most romantic tale of all – Somerset. One of only three counties never to have been crowned champions, this is the holy grail. Think of Boston Red Sox’s ‘Curse of the Bambino’ 86-year wait between World Series titles, Hibernian’s 114-year yearning to win the Scottish Cup again,
