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Peacock’s “Fight Night” Largely Entertains But Pulls A Few Punches
We all enjoy a good heist flick, but stretching one into a limited television series is a gamble that is as risky as the heist our characters try to pull off. The eight-part Peacock miniseries “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” from showrunner Shaye Ogbonna and “Dolemite is My Name” director Craig Brewer spins a…
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Telluride Film Festival 2024: Memoir of a Snail, Better Man, The White House Effect
I don’t want to say that this Telluride Film Festival has been more “political” this year than in the past, if only because political is such a broad term. But there are more pictures aware of the effect we have on each other and the world at this 51st edition of the festival than in…
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Telluride Film Festival 2024: Blink, Apocalypse in the Tropics, Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid!
The Telluride Film Festival historically incorporates a fair number of documentary features and shorts alongside the main attraction, narrative features. This year, the documentary programming was thoughtfully political, and the selections thematically aligned well with the narrative features. This permitted my personal programming to have its own common thread and for synchronicities to shine. The…
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“The Perfect Couple” Retreads Better Shows About Bad Rich People
Here’s a shocker for you: the titular pair in Netflix’s “The Perfect Couple” is not, in fact, perfect. I’m sure your mind is blown. Just like it will be when you come across the show’s radical organizing principle that money does not buy happiness. Retreading some well-worn ground, Netflix’s prestige murder mystery series cribs heavily…
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The SEC’s 2023 final rules on cybersecurity disclosures
New rules to inform investors about cybersecurity attacks on public companies.
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10 Dynamic Wines From Spain to Drink Now
Great bottles are being made all over the world, but right now no country’s are as exciting or compelling as Spain’s.
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Start-Up Investors Push Back Against Venture Capital’s Bigger-Is-Better Mantra
A small but vocal group is forming new funds and taking new approaches to counter the swell of money into venture capital in recent years.
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Hunter Biden Pleads Guilty in Tax Case
The guilty plea now exposes President Biden’s son to a likely outcome that once seemed unthinkable: significant time behind bars.
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Democrats Hope Abortion Will Save the Senate, but It Might Not Be Enough
The party’s candidates are likely to benefit from running alongside ballot measures to protect abortion rights. But the deeply conservative nature of many of these states poses a serious challenge.
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Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Another Pillar of Biden’s Student Debt Plan
The plan would affect millions of borrowers struggling with runaway interest and others who were still paying off loans after decades. It was set to take effect this fall.