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Our Minds Have Been Colonized: Ari Aster on “Eddington”
It may be about time, or perhaps far too soon, to craft a movie that explores the realities of living through Summer 2020. Regardless, director Ari Aster’s pugnacious and genre-pliant “Eddington” is here, and it offers up the best approximation of the unique hell of that time. Bristling with natural ease, Joaquin Phoenix plays Joe…
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KVIFF 2025: Sand City, The Visitor, Better Go Mad in the Wild
It’s always surprising, when watching films from all over the world at a festival as diverse as this year’s 59th Karlovy Vary International Festival, how strong thematic parallels start to emerge. Between the festival’s main competition, with 12 feature-film premieres competing for the prestigious Crystal Globe, and its sidebar Proxima section, dedicated to bold works…
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New Clue to How Matter Outlasted Antimatter at the Big Bang Is Found
Physicists working at the CERN particle physics lab said they detected a slight but significant difference in how particles of matter and antimatter decay.
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Ceratosaur Fossil Auctioned for $30.5 Million by Sotheby’s
The price paid for the juvenile specimen of the 150-million-year old predatory dinosaur is the third-highest on record.
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This Golden Fungus Is Spreading Wildly in North America’s Forests
The golden oyster mushroom, a tasty species native to Asia, has proliferated in states around the Great Lakes and may crowd out native species, a new study shows.
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Is This Restaurant the Only Thing Democrats and Republicans Agree On?
In polarized Washington, Ama is drawing leaders from both camps with an anti-additive menu and a vow to bar all manner of toxicity.
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Where Do Berlin’s Club Kids Go When They Grow Up? La Maison for a Croissant.
The coffee shop and patisserie in the Kreuzberg neighborhood has became a daytime hot spot in a city known for its nightlife.
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What Is a Coffee Bucket? A Trend has Lattes Going Big for Attention.
Across the United States, cafes are serving jumbo-size coffee drinks in plastic buckets. The gimmick is working.
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Congress Was Supposed to Vote on 3 Crypto Bills This Week
The crypto industry was headed for a landmark moment in the House with three bills that it helped push going to a vote. But a coalition of ultraconservative House Republicans staged a mutiny.
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Henry Raymont, First to Report Bay of Pigs Invasion, Dies at 98
On assignment for U.P.I. in Cuba, he learned of the U.S.- backed effort to overthrow Fidel Castro and was imprisoned. He later worked for The New York Times.