J.B. Spins

G.K. Chesterton's famous words: “When men chose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capab...

Bohemy, an inmate serving time in 1978 Communist Bulgaria, considers his best days those he spends toiling as an unpaid laborer, in a state ...

High ranking secret policemen do not often get to present their own work at MoMA, but Donio Donev did. His involvement in the Bulgarian d...

It is not about collard greens or any of the staples Americans typically consider Soul Food. It is about the local cuisine that transcend...

She drinks Coca-Cola and uses a Statue of Liberty cigarette lighter. Obviously, Boryana’s heart is not in Bulgaria’s glorious effort to b...

It is impossible to imagine Pu Yi, China last boy emperor, successfully standing for election as the country’s head of state.  Yet, that...

Tzvetanka Gosheva was an oncology specialist forbidden to tell her patients they had cancer.  This is how medicine was practiced in Bulg...

When the youth of Bulgaria feel alienated, evidently they head to the beach.  It makes more sense than moping about a housing project.  ...

Batko Stamenov is like a character in a Samizdat novel come to life, but not necessarily in a good way.  The former informer is a figure...

Film Noir and Socialist Realism both share a kind of economic determinism, in which financial need often leads to tragedy. Director Javor Ga...