Donald Trump lashed out at a New York Times reporter, to the point of accusing him of “treason,” as the correspondent asked him a question on Air Force One on Friday about the prospect of resuming bombing in the Iran war. On the president’s return trip from China, David Sanger, White House and national security…
The BAFTA-winning creative team behind Amandaland have revealed secrets behind separating the hit BBC spin-off from its origin series, Motherland. Speaking at the BBC Comedy Festival, co-creator Holly Walsh said the secret lies in the characters, especially the lead, played by Lucy Punch in a performance that has been hailed far and wide. In Motherland,…
In Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord, Sebastian Stan returns to his Romanian roots with a story that forces us to examine our prejudices, our assumptions, and the treatment of immigrants. Starring opposite Renate Reinsve, Stan once again plunges into a risky, thorny role with a look that belies his MCU star status. As he prepares for both…
Premiering in competition tonight at the 79th Cannes Film Festival is one of this year’s French entries, and this new film from Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, one of several female directors in this year’s lineup, is a strong portrait of the many facets of one woman’s life which may well be why that has become the English…
“The School for Good and Evil” author Soman Chainani has moved on from fairy tales to radical politics with the Tuesday release of his debut YA novel, “Young World,” from Penguin Random House. Told through diary entries interspersed with over 150 neon-orange visuals, “Young World” is described as a geopolitical thriller that follows an average…
Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s “The Beloved” (“El ser querido”), which world premieres in Cannes competition on May 16, begins in a plush Madrid restaurant. The scene lasts 20 minutes. In it, a world-famous film director, Esteban Martínez (Javier Bardem) reencounters his estranged daughter (Victoria Luengo) to offer her a part in his next film, even though he…