Gaspar Noe's Irreversible is uncompromising and visceral, an essential piece of modern cinema. Punctuated by dazzling avant-garde techniques, the film depicts, in reverse-chronological order, a woman's rape and her boyfriend and friend's subsequent hunt for vengeance through the underworld of Paris.[...]

It is easy to get lost in the images of sunbeams shinning through a green canopy, or admiring the massive root structures of the trees. Tim Palmer, the author and photographer of "Rivers of America", continues to capture the beauty of the American landscape in "Trees and Forests of America". In this[...]

After 450 years of colonial administration, Portugal returned the territory of Macau to the People's Republic of China in 1999. The government subsequently liberalised the local casino monopoly and opened the industry to investment by foreign gaming companies who have poured billions of dollars into[...]