Writer/director Satyajit Ray started shooting The Apu Trilogy — Pather Panchali, Aparajito, and Apur Sansar — with his personal savings in 1952, and each masterwork stands on its own as a visually radiant journey...
Satyajit Ray
May 2, 1921 – April 23, 1992
In Paulette Goddard, actor/director Charlie Chaplin found his ideal female lead for Modern Times, and the film ends with them walking off into the distance, two wanderers content with the open road, and each other...
Paulette Goddard
June 3, 1910 – April 23, 1990
Judy Davis #botd — One of the finest actresses of her generation and recipient of numerous accolades, including nine AACTA Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards...
Lee Miller and Pablo Picasso
Fashion model and surrealist muse turned photographer turned war reporter, she chose to live her life by her own rules...
Lee Miller #botd
Susan Choi and Lily King shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. They join four debut authors in demonstrating ‘the complexity and beauty of the female experience’, said chair of judges Julia Gillard. The winner will be announced on June 11.
womensprize.com/revealing-th...
Vivian Dorothy Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American street photographer whose work was discovered and recognized after her death.
Vivian Dorothy Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American street photographer whose work was discovered and recognized after her death.
Vivian Dorothy Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American street photographer whose work was discovered and recognized after her death.
Vivian Dorothy Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American street photographer whose work was discovered and recognized after her death.
Vivian Dorothy Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American street photographer whose work was discovered and recognized only after her death.
Maier's best-known photographs depict street scenes in Chicago and New York during the 1950s and 1960s.
Remembering Eduardo Paolozzi
March 7, 1924 – April 22, 2005
An artist of ceaseless creativity. Sculptor and highly original printmaker, some of whose collage-based silkscreens are among the finest examples of pop art...
One of his most acclaimed images...
Moonrise over Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941
Ansel Adams
February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984
Born in the Prussian city of Königsberg, Käthe Kollwitz established herself in an art world dominated by men. She was the first woman to be elected to the Prussian Academy of Arts and to receive honorary professor status.
Käthe Kollwitz
July 8, 1867 – April 22, 1945
Jack Nicholson #botd. "When we arrived at his house in the morning, Jack opened the door and said: ‘Oh my God, it’s snowing! I have a great idea.’ His housekeeper made us bacon and eggs, and he went outside, and sat in the snow for 20 minutes..." — Albert Watson
"He was the greatest bass-playing leader/composer jazz has ever known, one who always kept his ears and fingers on the pulse, spirit, spontaneity, and ferocious expressive power of jazz..." — Richard S. Ginell
Charles Mingus #botd
The story of Ned Kelly and his gang of outlaws has become the stuff of Australian legend, but nobody captured the essence of the story in a way that resonated with the public like artist Sidney Nolan #botd
"I like to do my homework with films, especially Christopher Nolan’s films. American Prometheus adds rich context to many of the chance encounters, interpersonal relationships and courtroom drama scenes in Oppenheimer..." — Rebecca Kuang
J. Robert Oppenheimer #botd in 1904
Vladimir Nabokov #botd was a Russian and American novelist, poet, and translator. From 1948 to 1959, Nabokov was a professor of Russian literature at Cornell University. His 1955 novel Lolita ranked fourth on Modern Library's list of the 100 best 20th-century novels.
Georgina Hayden’s quick and easy recipe for smoky prawn, new potato and spinach stew..
www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ap...
Four auctions in June will allow fans to bid for clothing and personal objects owned by the late Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton – as well as the original, untitled script for Annie Hall...
Catherine Shoard | www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ap...
"Once I understood Bach's music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music..."
Nina Simone
February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003
Black Orpheus
dir. Marcel Camus #botd
"From the moment of its first appearance, at the Cannes Film Festival in 1959—where it won the Palme d’Or—it was clear that Black Orpheus was a very special film..." — David Ehrenstein
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, 1959
"I never knew anyone who came close to Marilyn in natural ability to use both photographer and still camera. For me there has been no one like her before or after." — Eve Arnold #botd
The Oscar-winning director studied at Cambridge and at London’s RADA, before entering the film industry. Riot in Cell Block 11, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and Dirty Harry, are among his best known action dramas.
Don Siegel
October 26, 1912 – April 20, 1991
"If I had to start over, I'd pursue photography,
probably to the exclusion of acting..."
📷 Jessica Lange #botd
"His work is loved for its joyful celebration of life and colour. It also contains ideas of freedom which, in Franco's Spain, were very dear to the painter..." — Tim Adams
Joan Miró #botd
"Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. The writer does not need to invent the fiction, it is already there..." — J G Ballard
Empire of the Sun | 1984 • Crash | 1973
Concrete Island | 1974 • The Atrocity Exhibition | 1970
The pioneering Queen's Lane Coffee House in Oxford, England, has been serving coffee since 1645...
"Other writers describe; Ballard anticipates..." — Will Self
"One of the most haunting, cogent and individual imaginations in contemporary literature..." — William Boyd
J G Ballard
November 15, 1930 – April 19, 2009
"Beyond myself, somewhere,
I wait for my arrival..."
Octavio Paz
March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998
"She was able to create worlds in which people and even houses are mysterious and mutable; haunted rooms in which disembodied spirits sometimes dance at absolute liberty..." — Olivia Laing
Daphne du Maurier
May 13, 1907 – April 19, 1989
"The only things I'm competitive in,
are backgammon and poker..." — Kate Hudson #botd
When Beyond The Fringe — with Dudley Moore #botd, Jonathan Miller, Alan Bennett and Peter Cook — opened in London's Fortune Theatre in May 1961, Kenneth Tynan called it the moment when "English comedy took its first decisive step into the second half of the 20th century".