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In Interview, Zelensky of Ukraine Challenges West Over Hesitations
“Shoot down what’s in the sky over Ukraine,” he said in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times. “And give us the weapons to use against Russian forces on the borders.”
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Russia Starts Tactical Nuclear Drills, in a Warning to Ukraine’s Allies
Moscow has said the exercise is a response to “provocative statements and threats of individual Western officials.”
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Prince Harry Cannot Include Rupert Murdoch in Lawsuit, Court Rules
A judge ruled that the prince and other plaintiffs could not expand their claims of unlawful actions by News Group Newspapers in the U.K. to include allegations regarding Rupert Murdoch.
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After President Raisi’s Death, Iran’s Elections Pose Tricky Test for Rulers
Iran’s political establishment must choose between opening the race and facing moderate rivals, or limiting candidates and risking the embarrassment of low turnout.
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Orlando Museum of Art Gets a Gift With Strings and Tries to Cut Them
The museum has asked a Florida court to modify restrictions on a donor’s bequest amid a financial crisis in the wake of its failed, “fake” Basquiat show.
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Cannes 2024 Video #4: Jason Gorber on Canada’s Films
The Cannes Film Festival is underway, and Chaz Ebert is on the ground to report on every development. In this video, Canadian correspondent Jason Gorber briefly mentions the Canadian films highlighting the festival this year before discussing “Universal Language” and “Black Dog” in depth. Watch the video below.
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Cannes 2024: Anora, Limonov, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found, Lula
The films of Sean Baker (“The Florida Project,” “Red Rocket“) invariably focus on people who live on the margins. If there’s a difference in “Anora,” his latest feature, it’s that the protagonist is almost immediately put on a fast track to great wealth. The movie stars Mikey Madison (“Better Things”), in a deeply moving, verbally and…
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The Legacy of David Bordwell; or, The Memorial Service as Network Narrative
The memorial for film scholar David Bordwell was as funny, erudite, and thorough as the master’s own writing on cinema. Organized by his widow and regular writing partner Kristin Thompson, it was also an example of a type of storytelling that David coined a term to describe: the “network narrative.” As David wrote in a…
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Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 Wastes Its Potential
It’s okay for stories to end, and when I rolled credits on 2017’s “Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice,” I thought Ninja Theory, its developer, understood that as well. Senua, a woman who hears voices and was thought cursed by those around her, overcame the grief and trauma of losing loved ones and learned to accept herself—all of…
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Living Through Words: Ethan Hawke on His Career, Poetry, and Wildcat
By-the-books biopics are a dime a dozen and often result in a shallow portrait of their subject. But every once in a while you’ll get a filmmaker whose film’s unconventional form perfectly aligns with the singular talent at its heart. Such is the case with co-writer and director Ethan Hawke’s “Wildcat,” starring his daughter Maya…