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Relief, Grief and Pain as Gaza’s Wounded Are Flown to Safety
Hungry and injured passengers on a medical evacuation flight showed the toll of nearly two years of bombardment.
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This Conquistador Changed History. Neglect Haunts His Tomb in Mexico
Hernán Cortés toppled the Aztecs, winning Mexico for Spain. His trash-strewn resting place reflects how the conquest is still fueling quarrels and testing ties with Spain.
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Fantastic Fest 2025: Mārama, Mother of Flies, Bulk
One of the best things about Fantastic Fest is the programming team’s willingness to import hits from other festivals. It’s actually the fest where I finally caught up with “Anora” last year, believe it or not, and some of the biggest FF films this year launched at Cannes too, including Oliver Laxe’s stunning “Sirat” and…
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Hotel Costiera Serves Up a Cozy, Slightly Watered Down Heist Cocktail
Cozy mysteries are as addictive as cocktails because they require a specially crafted mix. The combination of sleuthing, everyday situations flipped into comedy, and the tease of ‘will they, won’t they’ romance is the allure that defines the genre. Add personal stakes, and you’ve got a variation as reliable as a cozy but with the…
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Marvel Animation’s “Marvel Zombies” Doesn’t Have Enough Flesh On Its Shambling Bones
One episode of the first season of Marvel Studios’ animated anthology series “What If…?” showed what would happen if zombies took over the MCU. For some unknown reason, that was adapted into a four-part miniseries spin-off, “Marvel Zombies,” which continues the narrative thread in a gorier setting. This is possibly the first and only time…
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“Slow Horses” Continues to Entertain, Even in a Lesser Season
Apple TV+’s hit “Slow Horses,” based on the novels by Mick Herron, has become one of the streaming service’s most beloved shows for a reason: efficiency. In an era when so many shows drag their way through overlong seasons, all five chapters of “Slow Horses” are a lean, mean six episodes, and most of those…
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An Ear for Writing For Women: Stan Zimmerman on Golden Girls, Rosanne, Gilmore Girls
Stan Zimmerman is an actor, director, and writer whose television career included writing for three beloved female-led series, “The Golden Girls,” “Roseanne,” and “The Gilmore Girls.” His memoir, The Girls: From Golden to Gilmore, tells the story of growing up as a theater kid from the suburbs of Detroit, attending college at NYU, where he met Jim Berg,…
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Now Arriving, a New Theory of In-Flight Turbulence
Physicists have devised a new model to account for the discomfort that airline passengers know all too well.
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This May Be the Easiest Way to Make Ratatouille
Topped with crispy, spiced chickpeas, this nontraditional sheet-pan ratatouille is a perfect place to use the last of summer’s produce.
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Trump Administration Bars Some Giant Brand Bicycles, Citing Forced Labor
The Trump administration said it would begin seizing Giant brand bicycles manufactured in Taiwan at the U.S. border, after an investigation found evidence of forced labor.