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Fears Grow Over Mexico Military’s Power as Five Men Killed
Uniformed soldiers shot and killed unarmed civilians, including an American, then blocked medics from providing care, a top government official said. To many Mexicans, such abuse is all too familiar.
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Macron Wraps Up China Visit, but Little Progress Seen on War
Russia’s war in Ukraine figured little in statements after meetings between President Emmanuel Macron of France and China’s leader, Xi Jinping.
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Taliban Bar Women From U.N., Threatening Afghanistan’s Last Lifeline
The Taliban administration extended a ban on women working in aid organizations to the United Nations, putting at risk one of the country’s last sources of badly needed aid.
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U.K. Seafood Exports Race Against the Tides of Brexit
British seafood is prized in France and Spain far more than at home. Britain’s exit from the European Union hasn’t halted exports, but the path from sea to stovetop is fraught with new obstacles.
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A Familiar Face at the Met, Now in His Own Light
Juan de Pareja was immortalized in a portrait by Velázquez, his enslaver for two decades. Now he takes center stage with his art and personal history.
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Sam Now
“Sam Now” is a gentle, empathetic movie that will be unbearably intense for viewers who fear abandonment, but that might prove to be healing, or at least enlightening, if they can stick with it to the end. Constructed of home movies and family interviews spanning 24 years, director Reed Harkness‘s documentary tells a painful and complicated story…
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Paint
It’s incredibly challenging to separate Bob Ross from “Paint.” Yes, Owen Wilson has the same afro, the pillowy whisper, and joy in painting nature’s landmarks. But technically, this is the story of Carl Nargle, a Vermont-based public access fixture on the downfall of his local celebrity thanks to a creative rut and some problematic relationships…
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline
“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” is one of the most original American thrillers in years, and one that draws from a deep well of movie history as it develops its characters and sets up its plot twists. It’s likely to become controversial because of how it presents its central characters—a group of young American self-described “terrorists” trying…
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Ebert Symposium 2023 to Precede Ebertfest on April 18th & 19th
This year’s edition of the Ebert Symposium, entitled, “Documentary, Violence and the Media,” will precede Ebertfest at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign this month. The 2023 Symposium is dedicated to the memory of Roger and Chaz Ebert’s beloved grandson, Joseph London Smith, who tragically became the unintended victim of gun violence in Atlanta, Georgia, last August.…
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Slasher Returns to Shudder with Intriguing New Season
Maybe it’s because I think “The Twilight Zone” is one of the best television shows of all time, but I’m a sucker for a horror anthology series. There’s something fun about a talented group of people getting together to tell different stories, which is the modus operandi for Aaron Martin’s Canadian horror hit “Slasher,” returning…