A spooked and lonely Taiwan looks for new friends
China's incessant military drills drive Taiwan to look for support.
2023-10-16 06:29
Alexandra Pelosi strains to find common ground with 'The Insurrectionist Next Door'
Alexandra Pelosi has built a rich resume of personal documentaries in which she seeks to build bridges, or simply hangs out with, people with whom she doesn't agree politically. That approach reaches its logical if somewhat limited conclusion in "The Insurrectionist Next Door," in which the filmmaker spends time with those who participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
2023-10-16 00:19
Eritrean asylum seekers in Israel: 'Our second country is bleeding'
Eritrean asylum seekers in Israel relocate for a second time following Hamas's surprise attack.
2023-10-15 21:27
'Lessons in Chemistry' cooks up a not-so-marvelous showcase for Brie Larson
After limited series featuring Chris Evans and Tom Holland, "Lessons in Chemistry" serves up another faulty experiment in combining serious Apple TV+ dramas and Marvel stars. Brie Larson takes center stage in this adaptation of Bonnie Garmus' novel, but its depiction of a female scientist turned cooking-show host navigating the patriarchal 1950s yields a souffle that sounds tasty but never rises.
2023-10-13 21:27
'In the Fire,' Amber Heard's first movie after the Depp trial, goes up in flames
Those who fell victim to the over-the-top animosity directed at Amber Heard during the Johnny Depp trial -- as chronicled in the docuseries "Depp v. Heard" -- will alas have fresh ammunition thanks to "In the Fire," a pretty awful starring vehicle for the actor that she also produced, a film unlikely to produce many sparks beyond those set off by the morbidly curious.
2023-10-13 21:25
'The Fall of the House of Usher' builds an eerie update on Edgar Allan Poe's foundation
Ambitious, intriguing and ultimately a trifle confounding, "The Fall of the House of Usher" represents Mike Flanagan's latest macabre series for Netflix, this time taking a page from Roger Corman by adapting (even more loosely) the works of Edgar Allan Poe. English majors should get a kick from the names and titles, but the emphasis on excess detracts from a limited series worth watching upon a midnight dreary but that doesn't deserve to be loved.
2023-10-13 05:51
'Frasier' reenters the building in a new venue, but following the same old script
Between "Cheers" and "Frasier," Kelsey Grammer spent more than two decades playing the erudite if pompous character, with the latter representing one of the rare spinoff series that matches the original, during happier times for network TV. He's back in a show that engineers such an obvious trick one needn't be a psychologist to recognize it, or conclude Frasier should have been left happily retired.
2023-10-13 04:17
Marketmind: A window into the Fed's thinking
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets by Amanda Cooper, editor, finance and markets
2023-10-11 18:17
Marketmind: Fed's dovish shift welcomed; inflation's next
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Stocks are up, U.S. interest rate
2023-10-11 12:54
Prosecutors' star witness is getting ready to testify against Sam Bankman-Fried
Caroline Ellison, the 28-year-old star witness in one of the most closely watched fraud trials in US history, is expected to take the stand as soon as Tuesday to offer rare insight into the collapse last year of a multibillion-dollar crypto empire.
2023-10-11 00:25
'Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover' marks a chaotic year since the billionaire made X his spot
Frontline provides a longform examination with "Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover," an evenhanded account of the impetuous billionaire's misguided foray into another business frontier.
2023-10-10 22:20
Marketmind: 'Remarkable' US markets surf crosscurrents
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan U.S. stocks have surfed through multiple
2023-10-10 19:54