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Gabriel Attal Is France’s Youngest and First Openly Gay Prime Minister
Gabriel Attal, 34, replaces Élisabeth Borne in a cabinet shuffle that President Emmanuel Macron hopes can reinvigorate a term marked by drift and division.
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Russian Billionaire’s Aide Testifies That Sotheby’s Helped Defraud Him
An adviser to Dmitry Rybolovlev said the opinions of an expert from the auction house were used to persuade him to buy overpriced art. Sotheby’s said it was not part of any scheme.
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Marvel’s Echo is a Short Yet Surprising New Edition to the MCU Canon
With its milestone tenth endeavor into television, it would appear that the stakes in a series such as “Echo” would be higher. Perhaps it would be backed by a classic end-of-the-world scenario, packed with heroes we’re familiar with bouncing in-and-out of various scenes. Tying itself into the knots of other shows and even films would…
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Self Reliance
The “directorial debut of a well-regarded comic actor” subgenre can be a bit of a minefield; for every “Eighth Grade,” there are about a dozen “Fool’s Paradise”s, case studies for how a talented performer’s skills don’t necessarily translate to the director’s chair. Complicating that further is the (hopefully) waning genre of the “LA COVID comedy”—movies…
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#475 January 9, 2024
Matt writes: Happy 2024, Ebert Club subscribers! We are kicking off the new year by sharing Chaz Ebert’s annual Seasons Greetings essay in which she provides a recap of the past twelve months, featuring highlights of coverage from our writers, including my fellow editors Brian Tallerico, Matt Zoller Seitz, Nell Minow and Robert Daniels. You can…
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2024’s first Patch Tuesday steps lightly
Four dozen fixes and a handful of advisories make for the quietest January since 2020
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NASA Delays Artemis Astronaut Moon Missions
Artemis II, a trip around the moon will now occur no earlier than September 2025 while a moon landing, Artemis III, will move to 2026.
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The New Space Race Is Causing New Pollution Problems
Earth’s stratosphere has never seen the amounts of emissions and waste from rockets and satellites that a booming space economy will leave behind.
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How Astronomers Are Saving Astronomy From Satellites — For Now
Even the most powerful telescopes are in peril as orbits above Earth fill with thousands of new satellites. But scientists aren’t ready to give up the night sky.
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Protecting the Ancient Beech Trees of Romania
In Romania, a walk in the woods blossomed into a mission to safeguard centuries-old beeches and the history that shaped them.