Shakey Grounds is what I would call a “little movie.” The budget was small, the actors (except for a cameo by the always good ...

Eleanor the Great” is only 98 minutes, but feels longer. Scenes could have been tightened. Anguished dialogue might have been ...

On one of these archipelagoes, a literary scholar named Thomas Metcalf searches through historical archives for a copy of a legendary poem, composed by a 20th-century poet, Francis Blundy, honoring ...

Long before the launch of The European Correspondent, there were just two friends, one in Amsterdam, one in Basel, swapping news updates from their corners of the continent. As they traded headlines ...

There are times when Cloud feels like it will do something surprising or compelling, only to do deliver something more mundane than expected. This Japanese thriller, directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has bowed to weeks of pressure from within his party and announced his resignation, less than a year after taking office. His departure plunges Japan back into ...

The Sydney Opera House is more than just an architectural marvel. It’s more than the gleaming white sails that grace postcards, Instagram feeds, and travel documentaries. It’s more than the iconic ...

Fear of reprisals from the Trump administration has made many people cautious about expressing their opinions. Fired federal workers are asking not to be quoted by name, for fear of losing housing.

There’s something queer about language. Not just in the sense of being descriptive. In fact, the idea that language is supposed to simply describe, to point at something fixed and say “this is what ...

Meg Wubbenhorst didn't think twice before ordering a space cake at a coffee shop in Amsterdam recently. But maybe she should have. As she was about to discover, it was something she should never have ...

The Bear is a show that demands patience from its audience. I would call it a slow burn, but that would imply there’s a clear vision for the future and payoffs that make the pace worth it. It’s more ...

Confession time. What's the worst thing you've ever done on vacation? Austin Rulfs says he's still embarrassed about his recent visit to a Balinese temple. He was wearing a T-shirt and tattered shorts ...