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As Trump’s H-1B Visa Fee Targets Foreign Workers, China Woos Them
A new visa for science and engineering graduates is part of China’s effort to establish itself as the world leader in science and technology.
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Argentina’s President Vowed to Fix Its Economy. Then Came a Crisis.
President Javier Milei slashed inflation and spending, but it wasn’t enough to stave off an economic crisis. President Trump has offered him a lifeline.
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Russian Assets, Frozen in Europe, Could Help Ukraine in New Plan
Germany’s chancellor is the latest to back a loan plan that is meant to send a message to Moscow that Ukraine will not collapse. But the idea carries risks.
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Judge Rejects Lawsuit Claiming Art Had Lost Its ‘Oomph’
The collector’s holding companies had sued his insurers for $400 million to cover paintings that they say had been damaged in a fire. The insurers said they had survived untouched.
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The Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia: Claudia Cardinale (1938-2025)
When she was only 19, Claudia Cardinale won a competition for the Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia, and the movie career that would follow over the next two decades would create millions of fans who would agree with that prize. Cardinale’s beauty helped make her a star, but it was her elusive charm and…
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Hulu’s “Chad Powers” Wastes Talents of Glen Powell
The new Hulu series “Chad Powers” combines the “over-the-hill athlete makes a comeback” movie and the “person wears prosthetic makeup to pretend to be somebody else” movie. It’s not a combination that has been attempted before, to my knowledge, and when you watch even one episode, you’ll understand why. Glen Powell, who also executive produced…
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NYFF 2025: The 63rd New York Film Festival Centers Film and Poetry
About midway through Kent Jones’ “Late Fame,” I heard the last thing I ever expected to hear at the New York Film Festival: the voice of Ezra Pound. The aged speaker is not identified, nor is the poem he’s reciting; if you don’t know one or both, it won’t register. The film’s protagonist, Ed Saxberger…
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“Borderlands 4” Invites Gamers to Spend Months in Its Chaotic World
The first thing one realizes about “Borderlands 4,” the first true entry in this beloved series since 2019’s “Borderlands 3,” is that this game is massive. You should know that I’ve spend dozens of hours in this world and barely scratched its surface, but in a season with two film festivals for this critic (TIFF…
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Fantastic Fest 2025: CAMP, Bad Haircut, Theater is Dead
My final dispatch from the annual genre fest known as Fantastic Fest highlights three young filmmakers, a reminder of how much this event seeks to amplify new talent. It’s also a remarkable showcase for inclusivity, as the programming team seeks out and elevates the kind of voices that the Hollywood system often ignores, including LGTBQ…
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HeartCrypt’s wholesale impersonation effort
How the notorious Packer-as-a-Service operation built itself into a hydra