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Live Updates: Slovakia’s Leader Survives Surgery After Shooting, Deputy Says
Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot five times in what officials said was a politically motivated assassination attempt. The deputy prime minister told the BBC the surgery appeared to have gone well. A suspect is in custody.
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Putin Is Selling Victory, and Many Russians Are Buying It
Vladimir Putin’s message to his country appears to be taking hold: that Russia is fighting against the whole Western world — and winning.
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Who Is Robert Fico, the Prime Minister of Slovakia?
Much of the discussion of Mr. Fico’s leadership has focused on his ties to President Vladimir Putin of Russia and Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary.
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King Charles III and a History of Polarizing Royal Portraits
Jonathan Yeo’s painting of King Charles III has prompted both admiration and bemusement, but it’s far from the first royal portrait to divide opinion.
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Christie’s Holds Major Art Auctions Despite Cyberattack
Although a cyberattack hobbled its website, the auction house held two major sales, totaling $115 million, on Tuesday night. One expert praised the evening’s “really respectable sales in a difficult environment.”
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Cannes 2024: The Girl with the Needle, Wild Diamond
Of the 22 films in this year’s Cannes competition, the first two to screen have a lot in common. Both are portraits of strong-willed women willing to be exploited to find a way out of poverty. Both films doggedly stick to their heroines’ point of view, and both heroines prove more credulous than is strictly…
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
“The question is, do you have what it takes to make it epic,” says an undaunted Chris Hemsworth. It’s a call to action that comes toward the end of “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” George Miller’s apocalyptic epic western prequel to “Mad Max: Fury Road” that could, of course, be directed at Miller himself. Because…
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Roger Corman’s Greatest Legacy Was Giving So Many People Their Big Break
Roger Corman, who died last week at 98, was so important and influential that a thorough account of his impact would require a book (there have already been many – and documentaries, too). But the most impressive achievement of all is his mentorship of young actors, writers, and filmmakers, many of whom would go on to…
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The Red Carpets of the 2024 Chicago Critics Film Festival
What makes the Chicago Critics Film Festival so special (besides the fact that it’s the only festival curated by critics) is that it truly is a love letter to Chicagoan cinephiles. This year’s festival featured its strongest line-up to date, where over two dozen films had their Chicago premieres at the historic Music Box Theatre.…
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Fated for All: Romanclusivity Captures Our Hearts in Bridgerton and Beyond
An epiphany can strike like an astronomical event, the way love is like the birth of a star. My latest ah-ha moment arrived with the total eclipse of the sun. I’d been pondering romance. Not any old love, but the magnetism of “historical romance” novels when adapted into movies/shows that celebrate inclusivity. It’s a starry-eyed…