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Artists create not because they’ve been given permission to do so, but simply because they must. This certainty illuminates filmmaking duo Hossein Keshavarz and Maryam Ataei’s Tehran-set…
When you go into a movie knowing that it’s about two couples who get together for a dinner party, there are certain expectations about what’s going to happen that are just about wired into…
When you’ve only lived for a decade, the next one stretches ahead of you like an apparent eternity. To the elders raising you, it goes by in the blink of an eye. Docmakers Itab Azzam and…
SPOILER ALERT: The following review contains mild spoilers. For decades, the Motion Picture Association’s film ratings system — devised by the American studios to advise parents and avoid…
Keir Starmer has made a mess of things. Source link
California is inflating ambulance service reimbursements to get more federal taxpayer dollars. Congress can end this swindle. Source link
Auctions and the Winter Show at the Armory hint at the strength of the market for old American art. Source link
“The Moment” kicks off with black-and-white strobe images of Charli xcx writhing on the floor in skimpy torn clothing, as an industrial beat pounds away with apocalyptic fury on the…
Movies with female friendships at their core are some of the best of the best, especially in the coming-of-age genre. From hilarious comedies such as Booksmart and Mean Girls to darker…
Sure, the devil wears Prada, but what does an aggressive contemporary artist wear to work? How about a see-through dress and stiletto heels? Kinky costumes are just a fraction of the fun…
Female friendships demand something a little extra. As that famous America Ferrera monologue in “Barbie” reminded us, it’s tough to be a woman — or, in the case of the two off-kilter leads…
Brendan Carr, the Trump-appointed chairman of the FCC, offered his opinion that Netflix‘s proposed $83 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros.’s studios and HBO Max businesses raises…
If life is a contest, the way the folks at Guinness World Records seem to treat it, how exactly does one win? Is it by amassing the most assets? The most wisdom? Some might argue that…
He should simply comply with the subpoena and not flirt with a prosecution that would be expensive and time-consuming for him. Source link
If there was a reason for veteran actor Edward James Olmos to resurrect his magnetic role in “Zoot Suit,” it’s to honor the man behind that landmark work centering the Mexican American…
To hear the president and his allies speak of it, it is a United Nations in miniature — one under the president’s control. Source link
U.S. pressure on the Iran-Venezuela-Cuba crime network will help protect the Western Hemisphere for years to come. Source link
As 65-year-old letters between conservative heavyweights reveal, the right’s internecine clashes on foreign policy are nothing new. Source link
Scritti Politti’s ‘Faithless’ — political songwriting done right. Source link
The U.S. president is losing the goodwill of the very nationalists and conservatives who until recently saw him as an ally. Source link
We understand why Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pride has been wounded, but we urge him to think harder about the long-term interest of his country. Source link
Plus: Josh Shapiro, secret agent? Source link
Fairly late into Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story, comedian Maria Bamford goes on a radio show where the idea is brought up that she’s the “next big thing.” It’s particularly…
