Six people sit down for dinner and never get around to actually eating. Stars: Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Stephane Audran, Bulle Ogier, Jean-Pierre Cassel. Director: Luis Buñuel ...

In my wild youth, I spent a season in hell as a devotee of Arthur Rimbaud. I read about different-colored vowels as I stayed up way past my bedtime and drank cup after cup of stringent hot tea at the ...

In the mid-nineteenth century the bourgeoisie were apparent everywhere. You met them in theatres and restaurants, in churches and clubs, on beaches and river boats, in woods and parks, often walking ...

A wealthy African American family gathers at their vacation home in Martha's Vineyard and like at any family gathering, drama and comedy ensue. We'll talk with Lydia Diamond about her play "Stick Fly" ...

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“The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie” is a comedy of frustrations in which a sextet of super-civilized haute bourgeois repeatedly attempt and fail to sit down at dinner. By J. Hoberman Luis Buñuel ...

The A.J. Gaston Conference, which starts Monday in Birmingham, Ala., is a celebration of black history month with an emphasis on wealth creation and economic stability. Gaston, a black businessman who ...

In countries where social and economic development programmes have stalled, it is imperative to find new policies and programmes to improve the lives of citizens. While ensuring this kind of ...

No one admits to being bourgeois. As insults go, it's close to being the ultimate, because when you're bourgeois, you're not just smug, mediocre and overly concerned with respect- ability. What's ...