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Set in Pittsburgh in the early 1990s, “The Gymnast” follows a young athlete who, after a life-changing accident, loses her identity — much like her city. But director Charlotte Glynn, who…
Why? Because she’s been too sadistic even for Donald Trump and Stephen Miller? Please. She’s probably not sadistic enough for Miller. No, the problem appears to be that Trump, depending on…
The United States, of course, is a “nation of immigrants.” That’s not a lie. No American citizen, with the exception of Native Americans, has a family history that does not involve some…
Oscar Isaac told Variety in late August before the world premiere of “Frankenstein” at the Venice Film Festival that he was more than open to returning as Poe Dameron in a future “Star…
David Axelrod is far better known these days for occasionally wagging his finger at his fellow Democrats than for breathing partisan fire, so it caught my eye when he posted this on X…
But the unprecedented reception did not inspire the Kremlin to budge on its peace terms. The superpower has instead insisted on receiving “international legal recognition” of its 2014…
“Attacks on sovereignty, arbitrary sanctions, and unilateral interventions are becoming the rule. There is a clear parallel between the multilateralism crisis and the weakening of…
Marc Maron recently appeared on “Pod Save America” (via Vulture) and doubled down on his criticisms of Bill Maher. While the “WTF” host acknowledged that he joined Maher on HBO’s “Real…
WUSA9 reported Sunday that restaurants in the nation’s capital saw a more than 25 percent dip in reservations in the days after Trump federalized the city’s police forces. Trump also…
Now that Congress is in summer recess, homebound Republican lawmakers are learning just how much their constituents hate the president’s policies. In his first town hall since voting in…
Barkan both consistently condemns the savagery of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack and disavows the violence that Israel has wreaked on Palestinians since then, making clear that the…
“You’re a born Fascist, one of the authentic ones,” the Italian writer Piero Gobetti wrote to his friend Curzio Malaparte in 1925, three years into Mussolini’s dictatorship. Gobetti,…
On September 8, 1943, Italy surrendered to the Allies, and the Germans, who already effectively controlled the north of Italy, turned on their former partners and moved to take over the…
The Italian government has been criticised for praising fascist soldiers who fought in El Alamein, on the 82nd anniversary of the World War Two battle. In a social media post, it said that…
Sometimes, you can see clearer from afar. I find this especially to be true when it comes to observing the role your native country has on you – and evaluating events at home. As a German…
