Ferran Adrià: Notes on Creativity

A look inside the complex mind of the world's most innovative chef

If you read Ferran Adri’s explanation of his origins at elBulli, the renowned chef humbly explains that it was simply chance which determined his career. While destiny may have been the impetus for his place in the kitchen, the new exhibition at NYC’s Drawing Center, “Ferran Adri: Notes on Creativity,” makes it boldly clear it’s Adri’s profound mind that turned the Spanish seaside restaurant into …

Snowpiercer: The Escape

The French sci-fi graphic novel, whose film adaption will soon release in the US, finally gets its English translation 30 years later

The 1982 French sci-fi comic “Le Transperceneige” would have remained in obscurity had film director Bong Joon-Ho not walked into a comic book shop in Seoul and devoured all three volumes in the store. Nobody could blame him. Within the black-and-white illustrations, a post-apocalyptic world, frozen over by ice and snow, is revealed. The only human survivors are aboard a train—the Snowpiercer—that perpetually circles the …

Sundance 2014: Kathryn Bostic

The composer of festival favorite "Dear White People" discusses her work and the film

A good score can unite a film, subtly enhancing key moments with flourishes to emotional beats or linking transitions elsewhere. There’s a refined balance between making the music powerful enough to be felt and resonant, while providing something in service to one of the most collaborative creative processes—filmmaking. Musician Kathryn Bostic—a singer/songwriter and composer for stage and screen—mastered the craft and has demonstrated this with …