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Palestinian Documentary Filmmaking Takes Center Stage in Copenhagen: We Should Win an Oscar for Pretending That Everything Is Normal
The eyes and ears of attendees of the industry conference of CPH:DOX, the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, were on Palestinian filmmakers with documentary projects in development on Thursday afternoon. The latest edition of CPH:Conference during the 23rd edition of the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival looked to help people understand “how their different approaches…
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New York Times, Serial Launch True Crime Podcast The Idiot (Exclusive)
The New York Times and Serial Productions are launching a new true crime podcast based on a family member of New York Times Opinion columnist M. Gessen. The five-part podcast, The Idiot, is hosted, written and reported by Gessen, who describes disliking their cousin, Allen, growing up, and then being shocked to find out he…
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Kremlin says Ukraine peace talks on situational pause amid Iran war
Peace talks between the United States, Russia and Ukraine on ending the Ukraine war, the deadliest European conflict since World War II, were on a “situational pause”, the Kremlin said on Thursday. Moscow’s statement followed a report by Russia’s Izvestia newspaper that the Iran war had temporarily halted negotiations between Moscow, Washington and Kyiv. Kremlin…
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Iran wars terrifying logic means no one can back down
The primary danger in the escalating Iran war is no longer the risk of expansion but a complete collapse of restraint. The conflict has surged past a contained bilateral US-Israel versus Iran exchange and become a wider regional crisis fueled by a dangerous conviction that hesitation equals defeat. Washington’s political landscape reflects this shift toward…
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Champions Leagues biggest comebacks: Barcelona, Liverpool more
Sporting CP brought Bodo/Glimt‘s fairytale UEFA Champions League run to an abrupt end on Tuesday by overcoming a huge deficit to bundle everybody’s favourite underdogs from the Arctic Circle out of the competition in the round of 16. Trailing 3-0 on aggregate from the first leg in Norway, it looked like Sporting were on course…
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A Sweetness From Nowhere Is an Experimental Hybrid About Transphobia, Healing and Darkness as Nourishment (Exclusive CPH:DOX Trailer)
A Sweetness From Nowhere. That is the title of the new film by Swedish artist Ester Bergsmark (Something Must Break), which just world premiering at the 23rd edition of the Copenhagen International Documentary Festival (CPH:DOX). And as always, she merges art forms in what is described “a contemporary hybrid of forms and strategies.” So, get…
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Kevin Spacey Settles With Sexual Assault Accusers Before London Trial
Kevin Spacey has settled out of court with three men who sued the actor over sexual assault claims. BBC News reported on Thursday that the upcoming civil trial, due to take place at the High Court in London in October this year, has now been frozen following the settlement. The claims had come from three…
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John Wilson on His Mr. Magoo-, Mr. Bean-Type Character, His Doc on Unsexy Concrete and Hoping to Pitch a New TV Series
HBO cult icon John Wilson (How to With John Wilson) took the Danish capital on Thursday morning, appearing at the industry conference of the 23rd edition of CPH:DOX, the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival. In conversation withThom Powers, a veteran documentary programmerof TIFF and Pure Nonfiction, he discussed his work and career, his dry wit…
