Food For the Soul: At The Movies … At Other Countries

Food For the Soul: At The Movies … At Other Countries

“If someone has to commit a crime in order to survive, society must take a look at itself and ask who the guilty ones really are.” Dr. Chen Zuo Bing, director of Kangfu Medical Center at Beijing University Hospital By Nina Heyn, Your Culture Scout Since Marvel superheros and various American action hits dominate movie…

Food for the Soul: MAGRITTE – known and unknown

Food for the Soul: MAGRITTE – known and unknown

“In opposition to the general pessimism, I set the search for joy, for pleasure.” René Magritte By Nina Heyn, Your Culture Scout The Belgian artist René Magritte made his name as a surrealist in the 1930’s, joining a cultural movement that has been spreading since 1920’s and already included poet Guillaume Apollinaire, who coined the…

Food for the Soul:  Brain  Not Brawn – Women In Action

Food for the Soul: Brain Not Brawn – Women In Action

“Debbie Ocean: How long would it take you to make seven pieces of jewelry? Amita: Five or six hours. Debbie Ocean: How long if I told you you didn’t have to live with your mother anymore? Amita: Less.” ~Dialog from Ocean’s Eight By Nina Heyn, Your Culture Scout Hollywood is rocked daily by harassment accusations…

Food for the Soul: Museum BRANLY

Food for the Soul: Museum BRANLY

“If Jacques Chirac is so interested in non-European art it’s largely because the 20th century discovered the quality, scope and significance of these cultures after having dominated and scorned them for such a long time.”< em>Former French Culture minister Jean-Jacques Aillagon in an interview for Financial Times By Nina Heyn, Your Culture Scout It is…