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Now It’s Germany’s Turn to Frustrate Allies Over Ukraine
First President Emmanuel Macron of France, then Chancellor Olaf Scholz, exposed divisions among Western countries trying to avoid direct hostilities with Russia.
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Vote for Neuro(diversity): On the 20th Anniversary of Napoleon Dynamite
I revisited Dustin Hoffman’s extraordinary performance as the autistic Raymond in “Rain Man” (1998) and for the first time noticed how many shots are from Raymond’s point of view: the play of light and shadow on a diner floor, the hypnotic glitter of a spinning roulette wheel or a silver chain, in brief poetic cutaways…
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How Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Adapts the Un-Adaptable
In the lexicon of modern pop culture, few board games have made as many film/TV appearances as Dungeons & Dragons, Gary Gygax and David Arneson’s tabletop roleplaying game. From “Stranger Things” to “Community” to “Futurama,” TV shows have had their fun paying homage to (or, in plenty of cases, making fun of) D&D’s complicated gameplay…
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Why Closer Still Matters Two Decades After Its Release
In the mid-2000s, when adult dramas still reigned supreme, director Mike Nichols decided to adapt another play. Back in 1966, he began his career as a Hollywood director with a critically acclaimed adaptation of Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” In the time since, he had adapted multiple books, ranging from Charles Webb’s “The…
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Introduction to Women Writers Week 2024
When Chaz Ebert invited me to become an editor at rogerebert.com, she said it was her plan to have at least half of the reviews and articles on the site written by women. I was thrilled to be a part of that effort, and especially happy to be a part of Women Writers Week in…
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How Poor Things Subverts the “Born Sexy Yesterday” Trope
(This article contains spoilers for Yorgos Lanthimos’s “Poor Things”) If you’ve been following some of the discourse on TikTok or watching recent interviews with Emma Stone, you might be tempted to dismiss Bella Baxter, the character Stone plays in Yorgos Lanthimos’s “Poor Things,” as just another casualty of the Born Sexy Yesterday trope. And it’s…
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It’ll be back: Attackers still abusing Terminator tool and variants
First released in May 2023, an EDR killer – and the vulnerable Zemana drivers it leverages – are still of interest to threat actors, along with variants and ported versions
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Why It’s So Challenging to Land Upright on the Moon
Two spacecraft have ended up askew on the lunar surface this year. It is easier to tip over in the weaker gravity on the moon than you may imagine.
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Europa, Thought to Be Habitable, May Be Oxygen-Starved
A new study suggests that the amount of the element on the moon of Jupiter is on the lower end of previous estimates.
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A man wanted to see ‘Dune 2’ before he died. The director sent his laptop.
Weeks before “Dune: Part Two” premiered, a Canadian charity worked with director Denis Villeneuve to show the film to a dying movie buff in Quebec.