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Female Filmmakers in Focus: Grace Glowicki on “Dead Lover”
Part low-budget DIY theatre, part “Frankenstein,” part Kenneth Anger, and yet wholly its own creation, writer-director-star Grace Glowicki’s sophomore film, the expressionistic romantic horror comedy “Dead Lover,” is ready to teach you how to let go. The film stars Glowicki as a lonely, ostracized gravedigger who finally meets the love of her life, only to…
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Across 50 Seasons, “Survivor” Reflects Evolving Views of American Women
CBS’s “Survivor,” the iconic survival-themed social competition series, launched its 50th season this year into a very different world than the one in which it premiered. When its first season became a sensation in the summer of 2000, American culture was shot through with a particularly rancid strain of misogyny with which we are only…
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How “The Testament of Ann Lee” Subverts Cinema’s Lineage of Cult Leaders
Ever since Niall MacGinnis ordered his devil worshippers—among them malevolent ghouls and spirits—to do his bidding in 1957’s “Night of the Demon,” cinema has had its fair share of egotistical male cult leaders. From Sidney Blackmer in the satanic double act of “Rosemary’s Baby” and Orson Welles’ bespectacled coven leader in “Necromancy” to a literally…
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Tree Rings Reveal Origins of Some of the World’s Best Violins
A study of over 275 violins suggests that Antonio Stradivari used wood from high-altitude forests in northern Italy to craft some of his most renowned instruments.
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Iranian TV and Social Media Project Defiant and Distorted View of the War
State media and online propagandists are striking a confident posture, despite heavy losses. Some of the content was generated by artificial intelligence.
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Travelers Stranded by U.S.-Israel Conflict With Iran Face Endless Flight Cancellations
Even far from hubs like Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the disruptions from the growing violence have left people jumping “from one cancellation to the next.”
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What to Know About Iran’s Drones, Which Are Cheap to Launch but Expensive to Intercept
What to know about Iran’s cheap, noisy Shahed drones and the expensive defense systems trying to stop them.
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Liquid Natural Gas Exporters Like Shell and ExxonMobil Could See Big Profits From War
Prices for liquefied natural gas have shot up in recent days, which could bring bigger profits for European and U.S. energy companies.
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The Best Playbook for Investing During a War Is Usually Doing Nothing
The Trump administration has breached so many norms that the old approach carries heightened risks, our columnist says.
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Whose Airstrike Hit a Girls’ School in Iran? The U.S. Says It’s Still Investigating.
The strike was one of the deadliest attacks of the American-Israeli campaign against Iran so far.