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Ukraine’s Exposure Grows as Satellite Use Is Restricted and Russia Escalates
A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.
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Turkey Raids Pro-Opposition TV Station
The government appointed an overseer to the last big news channel critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The authorities have now replaced the leadership at five major news outlets.
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‘Why Did They Kill Him?’ Mourning Victims of Houthi Attack on a Saudi Airport
The strike was the Iran-backed militia’s most lethal against Saudi Arabia, by far, during their long conflict.
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The Taliban Suspend BBC Broadcasts Across Afghanistan
The Taliban government has intensified its crackdown on the press in recent months but had so far targeted Afghan news outlets.
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Chicago International Film Festival 2026 Preview
As is often the case with CIFF, the team here at RogerEbert.com has seen and covered many of the films playing at the event. An increasingly impressive programming team does a stellar job of scouting events like Cannes for highlights, along with scheduling many of the same films that drew attention at Venice, Toronto, Telluride,…
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“The Lowdown” Darkens and Deepens in a Terrific Second Season
One would hope that, after the push-and-pull of trying to do the right thing, Lee Raybon (Ethan Hawke) would have learned a thing or two. The prickly protagonist of “The Lowdown” strutted down Tulsa’s streets during the Season One finale after earning citywide praise for his tribute to the late Dale Washberg. His essay helped…
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The Revolution Is My Boyfriend: On the Queercore Provocations of Bruce LaBruce
If you like your arthouse pornography with a heaping ladle of leftist agitprop (or “agitporn,” as he’d call it), Bruce LaBruce is a name that should be on your lips. As our very own Scout Tafoya once put it, Bruce is “one of the most fearless filmmakers alive,” a man who’s spent the last thirty…
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A New World of Lung Cancer Therapy Awaits Pope Leo
Lung cancer is still a leading cause of cancer death, but that rate is half what it was in the 1990s, partly because newly developed treatments are working.
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They Created a Cell That’s Almost Alive. What to Do With It Now?
SpudCells may one day produce new medicines and materials. But first scientists have to improve them — and make sure they aren’t misused.
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22 People Got Together For a Dinner Party. So Did Their A.I. Agents.
As artificial intelligence bots spread, we are increasingly glimpsing how these digital entities interact and what they talk about with one another.