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Close Your Eyes
The opening twenty minutes of “Close Your Eyes,” the third fiction feature from Spanish director Victor Erice, and his first film in thirty years (his documentary, “The Quince Tree Sun,” came out in 1993; the debut feature that made his reputation was 1973’s “The Spirit of the Beehive”), are as quietly spellbinding as anything you’ll…
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A Look Back at MUBI FEST CHICAGO
On a rainy weekend in Chicago, MUBI, the indie film streaming powerhouse that champions both emerging and established filmmakers, launched MUBI FEST, an international film festival. MUBI FEST is about building community around the love of film, transcending the limits of streaming to bring audiences face-to-face with the raw essence of cinema. Chicago, known for its…
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2024 XL Film Festival & Summit – Highlights of its Sophomore Year
XL Film Festival & Summit, founded by Creative Cypher’s Troy Pryor, has returned to Hyde Park for year two, once again hosted at Hyde Park’s Polsky Exchange Center. This year, XL Fest expanded with a series of shorts screened around the corner at the Harper Theater for the August 15-18 weekend. Since its reopening in 2021,…
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Locarno Film Festival 2024: By the Stream, Toxic, Drowning Dry, When the Phone Rang
Locarno was a tricky festival to navigate. Usually, when I attend a festival, I’m forced to keep my eye on the newest titles and open my ears to the latest buzz, retooling my schedule on the fly to catch a film I may not find again. But because of the Columbia retrospective series—I will write about…
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Sophos UK Volunteers Transform Outdoor Learning Space for Autistic Youth
A group of Sophos employees recently volunteered at Prior’s Court’s Countryside Learning Centre, dedicating a day to enhancing the safety and accessibility of outdoor learning spaces for autistic students.
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How Did the First Cells Arise? With a Little Rain, Study Finds.
Researchers stumbled upon an ingredient that can stabilize droplets of genetic material: water.
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A ‘Speedy Little Star’ May Be on Course to Escape Our Galaxy
The so-called hypervelocity object, which is either a low-mass star or a brown dwarf, is traveling through the Milky Way at around a million miles an hour.
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How Costco Hacked the American Shopping Psyche
More than 100 million people visit the retailer for their groceries — and gas and TVs and gold bars and pet coffins — but saving money may not be the only motive.
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Can Deli Meat Recalls, High Prices and Health Scares Keep Americans From Buying?
Sales dropped after the Boar’s Head recall, but as parents go back to packing school lunches, don’t bet against this popular staple.
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Microsoft Teams app now supports both work and personal accounts
Teams users can now access work, education, and personal accounts in the same app, Microsoft announced on Tuesday. Microsoft introduced the original Teams app for workplace collaboration in 2017, with a separate app for conversations with friends and family appearing in 2020. Users had to install two different Teams apps on their PCs if they…