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Russia Strikes Danube Port, Escalating Attacks on Ukraine Grain Routes
The assault, across the river from Romania, heightened the risk of a more direct confrontation with a NATO member and came on the same day that drones struck buildings in Moscow.
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What the Collapse of Spain’s Far Right Means Going Forward
About the only thing clear from Spain’s muddled election results was that Spaniards were turning away from the political extremes.
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Russia-Ukraine War: Russia Strikes Danube River Port, Escalating Attacks on Ukrainian Agriculture
A drone attack on a port near Romania signaled that Moscow, after pulling out of a deal enabling Ukraine to ship grain via the Black Sea, is targeting alternate export routes.
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Faith in Life: Jane Birkin (1946-2023)
When I read the news that Jane Birkin had died, my first thought was of the scene in Agnès Varda’s “Jane B. par Agnès V.,” where Birkin discusses Marilyn Monroe in front of a wall of mirrors. Her body reflects in multiples, then later disappears into the mirrors altogether before Varda cuts to a medium shot,…
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Legacy Forever: Memories of Tony Bennett (1926-2023)
How does one sum up a life as momentous as that of Tony Bennett? He won 20 Grammys, two Emmys, and sold over 50 million records worldwide. He was a WWII vet, a Civil Rights leader, and a phenomenal collaborator with everyone from K.D. Lang to Lady Gaga. He was a legend who made his…
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Futurama Returns with Uneven but Often Funny New Season on Hulu
You just can’t kill Philip J. Fry. When Matt Groening premiered “Futurama” on FOX back in 1999, he probably foresaw it running for decades, much like his beloved TV staple “The Simpsons.” That wasn’t meant to be, and FOX canceled the witty animated sci-fi comedy in 2003, but reruns on Adult Swim did well enough…
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Dark Winds Proves Itself a TV Noir Mainstay its Second Season
Genre television has always been on the outs. While many have maintained strong ratings and critical success, more often than not, these stories are shut out and not viewed as prestige TV. AMC+ appears to be changing that though, with last year’s “Interview with the Vampire” surprising longtime fans as well as critics, and “Dark…
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Comic-Con Without the Stars
It is quieter at San Diego Comic-Con this year. The SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes mean that the headline-making events in the cavernous Hall H, the one that people line up the day before to make sure they get to see, are all canceled. Press events for upcoming series “Twisted Metal” and “The Continental” were removed…
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Apple ships that recent “Rapid Response” spyware patch to everyone, fixes a second zero-day
Another month, another patch for in-the-wild iPhone malware (and a whole lot more).
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Hacking police radios: 30-year-old crypto flaws in the spotlight
“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”