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Iran War Live Updates: Trump Says He Hopes to Put War in ‘Rearview Mirror’
Iran’s foreign minister said new talks on nuclear arms and sanctions relief would start on Friday, right after an initial agreement is signed.
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After a Bitter Split, European Leaders Play Nice With Trump
A peace framework with Iran, and hope for cooperation with Ukraine, softened the tone on Tuesday at a Group of 7 gathering in France.
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Naval Mines Could Still Stymie Gulf Shipping After War
The U.S. Navy will be deploying a new generation of drone-based countermeasures to search the sea floor and surface for any mines Iran laid.
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Australia’s Former Electricity Substations Are Being Turned Into Homes
In a country where the housing market is squeezed, decommissioned electrical substations are in demand as refurbished residences.
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Can a Trump-Modi Meeting Reset U.S.-India Relations?
Despite mutual praise between the two leaders, there has been a series of setbacks to U.S. relations with India since they last met more than a year ago.
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In 30,000 Gallons of Water, Hundreds of Bowls Play Music of the Spheres
The French sound artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot creates an unlikely symphony by setting singing bowls bobbing at the Park Avenue Armory.
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Film Criticism’s Crisis in the Letterboxd Era
The digital war between critics and audiences isn’t new, but it has seemingly reached a disconcerting inflection point this year. Populist hits based on beloved IPs have garnered fervent reactions from fans who reject criticism and accuse critics of bias, pretentiousness, or both. This prolonged stretch of backlash feels especially precarious amid a film industry…
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I Am Telling You: Dreamgirls at 20
Is it a coincidence that both the Broadway and Hollywood versions of “Dreamgirls” are celebrating anniversaries this year? Writer-director Bill Condon’s movie adaptation starring Beyoncé, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Foxx, and Oscar-winning Jennifer Hudson opened on Christmas Day, 2006. That was 20 years ago! But if you really want to feel old about an anniversary, the…
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Through My Lens: The Accidental Archivist of ‘90s Howard University
In August of 1990, I had dreams of becoming a filmmaker, in part because of the films Spike Lee and John Singleton made. Following in my parents’ footsteps, I enrolled at Howard University to learn how to make films. By my second year, my dad gifted me a Minolta camcorder for Christmas to help me…
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Can the New Anti-Heroine Heal My Inner Black Girl?
Aleshea Harris’ seething, stylish “Is God Is” vibrates on a frequency that’s hard to fully get one’s arms around. It’s a séance for the anger that Black women share, an exorcism for the indignities we’ve been forced to swallow down. It is commiseration, maybe even a call to arms, taking cues from a handful of…