Heart of Darkness

The Most Provocative Filmmaker in the World: A Conversation With Mads Brügger on The Ambassador

Jason Apuzzo | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: The-Red-Chapel, Werner Herzog, Africa, Central African Republic, Liberia, Jean-Bedel Bokassa Central African Republic, Mads-Brugger, Sundance Film Festival 2012, Colonialism, Communist China, North Korea, Omar El Bashir, Blood Diamonds, Robert Mugabe, Carl-Theodor-Dreyer, Heart of Darkness, The Ambassador, Mads Brugger, Video, Entertainment News
Jason Apuzzo

He's punk'd both the North Korean communist government and in his new film, the Central African Republic and its corrupt diplomatic culture. Mads Brügger is one of Europe's funniest and most controversial filmmakers, although most Americans haven't heard of him -- yet.

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WATCH: Fred Armisen Covers Devo

Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Union Hall, Fred Armisen, Video, Fred Armisen Devo, Fred Armisen Union Hall, Brooklyn, Greg Barris, Heart of Darkness, Fred Armisen Music, Comedy News

Fred Armisen is a man of many characters on "Saturday Night Live" and "Portlandia," but he's proven himself to be a tremendous talent otherwise when h...

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This Summer's Perfect State of Wonder

Nancy Doyle Palmer | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Truth and Beauty: A Friendship, Brave Irene, Elizabeth Gilbert, Diane Rehm, Cutting for Stone, Ann Patchett, Heart of Darkness, State of Wonder, Bel Canto, Ann Patchett Interview, Author Interviews, Books News
Nancy Doyle Palmer

Something I've always wondered -- is a book good because of the story it tells or how it's told? Then I remember the best books are a perfect combination of both -- which is the case with State of Wonder by Ann Patchett.

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10 Unrealized Book Adaptations That We'd Like To Have Seen

Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Heart of Darkness, Book Adaptations, Book to Film Adaptations, Film Adaptations, A Confederacy of Dunces, Unrealized Book Adaptations, Books News

From Flavorwire: When Universal announced last year that an epic adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower was in the works, which would includ...

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Obama in Libya: The Horror! The Horror!

Cody Gault | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Gaddafi, North Africa, Middle East, Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, Air Strikes, Imperialism, Barack Obama, Libya Protests, World News
Cody Gault

When I listened earlier this week to Obama's speech on the Libyan intervention, my thoughts kept drifting to Joseph Conrad's unforgettable description of a late-nineteenth century colonialist warship shelling the African coastline.

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Dispatches From the Looney Front: Heart of Darkness - 1

Mike Arkus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Angola, Heart of Darkness, Africa, Congo, Travel News
Mike Arkus

I haven't even left for a gander at Conrad's old stomping ground in the Heart of Darkness, and I'm already up to my neck in the benighted bowels of American bureaucracy.

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Cigarette Pack Books: Publisher Tank Books Finds Bizarre New Way To Package Books (PHOTO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cigarettes, Cigarette Packs, Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, Smoking, Tank Books, Reading, Book Publishing, Book Packaging, Books, Heart of Darkness, The Metamorphosis, Tankbooks, Books News

Smoking has become less and less publicly acceptable in recent years, from the ban in restaurants and bars to the outcry against cigarette advertising...

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