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Russia-Ukraine War: U.S. Says Main Thrust of Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Has Begun
Artillery duels flared along the southern front, as troops trained and equipped by the West pressed forward.
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Where Russia Is on the Attack in Ukraine
Along the vast 600-mile front line, Russia is mostly playing defense. In the northeast, it is once again mounting fierce offensive operations.
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Japanese Pop Star, Shinjiro Atae, Comes Out Publicly as Gay
“I don’t want people to struggle like me,” said Shinjiro Atae, making an announcement that is extremely unusual in conservative Japan.
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70 Years Along the Zone Where the Korean War Never Ended
The Korean War Armistice was signed seventy years ago, separating the two Koreas and putting an end to the fighting, but not the war itself.
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Military in Niger Announces Coup After Soldiers Detain President
President Mohamed Bazoum was one of the West’s most reliable partners in a volatile region threatened by militant extremists and prone to coups.
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Midwest Film Festival to Hold the Chicago Premiere of Jason Miller’s Ghosts of the Void on July 31st
One of the year’s most sneakily effective horror films, writer/director Jason Miller’s “Ghosts of the Void,” will have its Chicago premiere at 7:30pm on Monday, July 31st, as part of the Midwest Film Festival at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164. N. State St. With heartbreaking authenticity, Miller portrays the financial desperation eating away at a young…
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Netflix’s Untold Returns with Four New Deep Dives into Sports History
Sports documentaries and docu-series are chasing the non-stop crime docuseries pipeline for streaming prominence over the last few years. There seems to be a new attempt to mimic ESPN’s critical and commercial success with “30 for 30” every month as people turn to television for sports more than anything else. The truth is that sports…
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Peacock’s Twisted Metal Adaptation Takes Too Long to Get Into Gear
The vehicular combat video game series “Twisted Metal,” where drivers battled each other in demolition derbies with guns and armor surrounding their cars, was one of the breadwinners on the original Sony PlayStation. It drove big sales and spanned many games across multiple platforms until 2012’s PS3 version. Now in the PlayStation 5 era, Sony has…
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After the Bite
We humans are pretty arrogant Earth tenants, aren’t we? The amount of space we take up, the damage we readily inflict, the cohabitants we sideline—we’re the planet’s loudest renters, which makes us think we own the place, and that every other species should act accordingly. “After the Bite,” an engrossing new documentary that only starts with…
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Looming Retraction Casts Shadow Over Ranga Dias and Study of Superconductors
Misconduct allegations are leading scientists to question the work of Ranga Dias, including his claimed discovery of a room-temperature superconductor.