’Tis the season again. Some people enjoy being “festive”; for others it’s a chore. But under threat of being caricatured as an Ebenezer Scrooge, all of us – even we who subscribe to none of the three mainsprings of the tradition (Christianity, Nordic paganism and Coca-Cola commercialism) – are...

The Broken Circle Breakdown , the Flemish bluegrass drama directed by Felix Van Groeningen, has won the LUX Prize of the European Parliament. The prize was decided and announced yesterday from Strasbourg. Three films were nominated and screened for the 766 members of the Parliament: The others were...