Christopher de Vinck: A thank you for all the craftsmen in our lives
To all craftsmen and artists, carpenters and architects, to all of us who even knit the simplest sweater, or build birdhouses ...
Be Like Sisyphus
This is a bleak model for those in lamentation over our current moment. But Camus’ brand of pessimism is apt, simultaneously ...
‘Eternal You’ and the Ethics of Using A.I. to ‘Talk’ to Dead Loved Ones
Examining what it means to make money by selling the bereaved on an illusion, the film feels like something of a warning.
Irish Star on MSN1d
Russell Crowe ‘privately gloating’ over harsh critiques of Paul Mescal
Russell Crowe won an Oscar for his 2000 role in the original Gladiator movie, but Gladiator II did not receive a nomination in any of the major categories this year ...
Why is Delhi important for Modi?
Legend says the modern city of Delhi is built on seven older ones. Though the nuances of ideological substrata are more than ...
The Irish Times20d
Intel goes from dominance to despair
If 2024 was an annus mirabilis for Broadcom and Nvidia, it was an annus horribilis for another chip stock, fallen tech giant Intel, which sank 60 per cent – its worst year since going public in ...
Los Angeles Times20d
Letters to the Editor: ‘Jim Crow laws of a new color’ — on states making it harder to vote
Otherwise, we simply have Jim Crow laws of a new color. The states must also provide an appeals process for immediate resolution when documents are deemed unacceptable. Preventing citizens from ...
Variety21d
Britt Allcroft, Producer Who Adapted ‘Thomas the Tank Engine’ for TV, Dies at 81
Britt Allcroft, a British television producer and writer who helped to develop “Thomas & Friends” based on “The Railway Series” books and its characters including Thomas the Tank Engine ...
The Hollywood Reporter21d
Britt Allcroft, Creator of TV’s ‘Thomas the Tank Engine,’ Dies at 81
By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Britt Allcroft, the British writer, director and producer who steered the animated locomotive Thomas the Tank Engine to television 40 years ago en route to launching a ...
New York Post21d
‘Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends’ series creator Britt Allcroft dead at 81
Britt Allcroft, the creator of the “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends” series, has died at age 81, filmmaker Brannon Carty announced on X. Allcroft was most known for producing popular children ...
The Independent22d
Britt Allcroft, Thomas the Tank Engine series creator, dies aged 81
Allcroft’s death was announced by filmmaker Brannon Carty, who knew Allcroft from their work together on the 2023 documentary An Unlikely Fandom: The Impact of Thomas the Tank Engine.
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The End Review
Michael Shannon stars in the film with Tilda Swinton. These are two of our finest performers and they play Mother (Swinton) and Father (Shannon), respectively. They try to raise a character known ...