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TIFF 2025: Wasteman, Winter of the Crow, Charlie Harper
Interesting leading men and women dominate this unusual dispatch, one that gathers films that have almost nothing in common on paper, itself a testament to the variety of styles one can find at a festival as broad-reaching as TIFF. The best of the three is the intense, unforgiving “Wasteman,” another evidence exhibit in the case…
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TIFF 2025: Hamlet, Rose of Nevada, No Other Choice
The first couple days of TIFF are often dominated by films that played other fests. This year’s crop included screenings of Cannes hits like “It Was Just an Accident,” “Sirat,” “The Secret Agent,” and “Sentimental Value,” but there were also flicks that made the jump across the pond more quickly, including the latest from Park…
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Get to Know the Ratfish and the Forehead Teeth It Uses During Sex
Scientists studied how the sea creatures, also known as chimaeras or ghost sharks, ended up with one of evolution’s most bizarre appendages.
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Justice Breyer Defends Judge Accused of Defying Supreme Court Order
The justice’s comments reflected tensions within the judiciary, as trial judges struggle to interpret the Supreme Court’s often cryptic emergency orders.
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President of Peace, Department of War. A New Name Sends Mixed Signals.
President Trump’s renaming of the Defense Department comes amid his overt campaign for a Nobel Peace Prize.
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ICE Has Begun Immigration Crackdown in Massachusetts
The operation includes Boston, whose mayor has drawn the administration’s ire for speaking out against the growing scale of its immigration actions.
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When It Comes to Spotting Fake Receipts, It’s A.I. vs. A.I.
Software companies that audit expense reports are adding a new arsenal of capabilities to try to detect receipts that have been created using A.I. chatbots.
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Immigration Raid on Hyundai-LG Plant in Georgia Rattles South Korea
The shocked but subdued reaction to the arrest of hundreds of Koreans at the site reflected the delicate position of a government engaged in tense trade talks with the Trump administration.
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Settlement Talks Stall Between Harvard and the Trump Administration
One major reason is said to be an emerging divide within the administration over whether the current framework is too favorable to Harvard.
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Trump Says U.S. Military Has ‘Never Fought to Win’ Since World War II
As he signed an order recognizing the Defense Department as the “Department of War,” President Trump said that the country “could have won every war, but we really chose to be very politically correct.”