• WOUNDS

    WOUNDS

    I do not have much to say about the historical context of Wounds, except that it was written by a war doctor – a famous, legendary and pioneer surgeon; but this is not important, all war doctors are the same in their abnegation, their courage and in risking their own lives for the sake of…

  • Barbie and my near-mob experience

    Barbie and my near-mob experience

    I did something nasty last Thursday : I bought myself a Barbie movie ticket. The initiative was taken after careful consideration : “please, don’t let it be after your birthday, because you know, every birthday represents a new life and if you truly don’t like it, it will be left behind with all the bad…

  • The Menu

    The Menu

    What happens when an eccentric chef decides to put an end to his sad, excruciating life of having to please not only the palate, but the small mind of V.I.P. customers who don’t understand him?I must confess that nothing could have emotionally prepared me for The Menu.The call interested me immensely – a very select…

  • Wir Kinder Vom Bahnhof Zoo

    Wir Kinder Vom Bahnhof Zoo

    Berlin, late 70s, a heroin epidemic ravages the west side of the divided city. Children take to the streets in search of a meaning to their despondent lives – We, children from Bahnhof Zoo.

  • O Gato Malhado e a Andorinha Sinhá – uma história de aquecer o coração.

    O Gato Malhado e a Andorinha Sinhá – uma história de aquecer o coração.

    O Gato Malhado e a Andorinha Sinhá – uma história de amor de aquecer o coração. Passaram-se mais de quatro anos sem que eu lesse um autor Brasileiro. Não consigo me recordar o último, na verdade. Venho me aventurando por outras terras, outros mares, outras línguas, fugindo da dor de ver meu povo e meu…

  • You cannot always be on the right side of history, unless you are

    You cannot always be on the right side of history, unless you are

    You cannot always be on the right side of history, unless you are – The People’s Republic of Amnesia Introduction It has been said that history is made by the victors, and written to legitimate them. This is an aspect that cannot be denied, and humankind has, indeed, lost track of the most significant events,…

  • Vapniarka, never forget

    Vapniarka, never forget

    From a little-known Romanian concentration camp in what is now Ukrainian territory comes not only the inhumanity of war and nazism, but an inspiring story of human resilience and solidarity.

  • Incorruptible

    Incorruptible

    A short essay on rules and what they mean to us

  • Corruptible

    Corruptible

    Who gets power and how it changes us

  • The Raven and the mysterious circumstances of Poe’s death

    The Raven and the mysterious circumstances of Poe’s death

    Edgar Allan Poe reinvented “mystery” in literature and influenced thousands with his plutonian art, but nothing has been as poignant as the dark enigma his death comprises.