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In a Major Boost for the Right, Another Bolsonaro Nears Brazil’s Presidency
Flávio Bolsonaro’s first round lead leaves President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva three weeks to find the votes to stop Brazil’s, and Latin America’s, rightward shift.
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Jeff Koons Is Selling $100 Million of His Personal Art Collection
Much of the trove, offered this fall at Christie’s, comes from a buying spree in the late 2000s and includes Dutch Golden Age art and paintings by Picasso and Manet.
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Apple TV’s “Small Prophets” Finds the Magic in Yearning
What’s more human than yearning? Not much, as the prescient British series “Small Prophets” illustrates across its tight six-episode first season. The premise goes like this: Michael Sleep (a sardonic and kind Pearce Quigley) is waiting for his partner Clea to return. She disappeared Christmas Eve seven years ago, and his life (and house) have…
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The Possibility of Forgiveness: Reed Van Dyk, Boyd Holbrook, Hiam Abbass, and Kenneth Branagh on “Atonement”
From the opening moments of director Reed Van Dyk’s “Atonement,” the film subverts tropes and expands what war films (and their harrowing aftermath) can be. Shot on a warm, 16mm film by cinematographer Jon Peter, the film opens with a family in Iraq going about their quotidian rhythms for an extended period of time before…
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Red Palm Oil Makes These Dishes West African Dishes Even More Special
It’s also a conduit to West African food culture.
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Nashville Symphony Receives $10 Million Lifeline From Oracle
The symphony announced last week that it was pausing the rest of the season after disclosing financial trouble. The concerts are back on now, thanks to a tech company gift.
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High Interest Rates Aren’t Slowing the A.I. Boom. That’s a Problem for the Fed.
Rising borrowing costs are taking a toll on households and businesses. But they are doing little to dampen enthusiasm for investments in A.I. infrastructure, which are contributing to inflation.
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Facing Backlash, Trump Says His Super PAC Will Pay for Taxpayer-Funded Ads
The president said that his PAC, MAGA, Inc., would pay for TV ads promoting him that had been paid for with taxpayer money.
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Biden-Era Memo on Covid and Schools Set Off Dispute in Justice Dept.
The Trump administration released a report showing career officials had objected to the 2021 memo as evidence that the policy was biased against conservatives. But in an ironic twist, the administration has forced out many of the objectors.
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‘Kramer/Fauci’ Review: A Thrilling Episode From the AIDS Battlefield
Daniel Fish’s staging of a C-SPAN segment reveals the complex yet tender relationship between the fiery Larry Kramer and the diplomatic Anthony Fauci.