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In Gaza, a War the World Can’t See
From outside Gaza, the scale of death and destruction is impossible to grasp, shrouded by communications blackouts, restrictions barring international reporters and extreme challenges facing local journalists.
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Former President Zuma Threatens ANC Hold on South Africa
Six years after he was forced from office, former President Jacob Zuma, who still has a loyal following, is campaigning for opponents of the party he once led, the African National Congress.
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Catalan Separatist Party Shuns Amnesty Bill, in Setback for Pedro Sanchez
A hard-line Catalan separatist party argued that the legislative shield against prosecution for alleged crimes linked to a failed bid for independence is weak and has to be broader.
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Josephine Baker, Still Moving
She entertained Europe between the wars and still inspires artists and activists now, as a new exhibition in Berlin shows.
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Home Entertainment Guide: January 2024
10 NEW TO NETFLIX “Aquaman““The Babadook““Brawl in Cell Block 99““Dumb Money““The Florida Project““How to Train Your Dragon““John Wick““Jurassic Park““The Novice““Train to Busan“ 14 NEW TO BLU-RAY “The Apu Trilogy” (Criterion) There are a lot of titles that I love because Roger Ebert loved them first. One of his greatest gifts was being able to spread…
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Sundance 2024: Handling the Undead, Desire Lines, A Different Man
While most of the dispatches from Sundance this year have been built around three films from a single Sundance program like U.S. Dramatic Competition or Premieres, that kind of structure inherently leaves a few orphans, films without dispatch partners in cinematic crime. So this is a final, grab-bag dispatch, featuring an excellent film from the…
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Perfect Days
The peripatetic German-born director Wim Wenders, now 78, has drawn nearly as much inspiration from Japan over his career as he has the U.S. Two of his 1980s documentaries, “Tokyo-ga” and “Notebook on Cities and Clothes,” are set there, as is a section of his 1991 epic elegy for life on earth, “Until the End…
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The Perfection of the Human Soul: The Cast of Groundhog Day Celebrates Harold Ramis
The movie was “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.” The theater was Century 12 Evanston. The man sitting behind me was Harold Ramis, though I was initially unaware of his presence. I had just entered the theater after a pre-movie pitstop in the men’s room, and sat down without having the slightest clue that…
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Sophos MDR and Sophos XDR now integrate with Google Workspace
Protect your Google Workspace productivity tools with Sophos
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In Peru, a Mission To Save the Stingless Bee
Native to the tropics, these pollinators are taking a lead role in one of the latest efforts to conserve the Amazon rainforest.