A decade after his outback Western Sweet Country, First Nations director Warwick Thornton returns, with his new film, Wolfram, to the colonial frontier of 1930s Australia. Like Sweet Country, Wolfram is set in Thornton’s hometown of Alice Springs, and inspired by real family history, that of Thornton’s and David Tranter, co-screenwriter (with Steven McGregor) on…
A stunningly realistic AI video of Tom Cruise fighting Brad Pitt has one top Hollywood screenwriter warning the industry is about to face major challenges due to the new and rapidly evolving technology, while the MPA has blasted the company behind the model. The 15-second video (watch it below) depicts the two A-listers trading blows…
South Korea, Japan, Vietnam and mainland China are emerging as popular Lunar New Year destinations for Hongkongers this year, as residents take advantage of a calendar arrangement allowing them to enjoy nine consecutive days off by taking just two days of leave. Travel industry representatives said the long break had “significantly stimulated” demand, with departures…
China’s low-key rollout of an underwater commando craft in Saudi Arabia highlights how it is linking special operations warfare with a global arms-sales push. This month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that China’s state-owned shipbuilder China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) unveiled a rare overseas glimpse of a secretive underwater combat vehicle at a…
Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Samsung confirmed its next Unpacked date. It will unveil its newest Galaxy S series on February 25. Preorder and trade-in offers are available. Samsung this week confirmed the date of its February Unpacked event, where the company is expected to unveil new…
The transactional approach is not necessarily bad, Opalo said, but he argued that there is not the strategic depth of thinking going on, or diplomatic expertise, in African governments “to play this game well”. This means leaders may go for easy wins without considering the long-term implications, he feared.
Across history, humans have always been drawn to the idea that love isn’t random. In ancient Greece, Plato imagined that we were once whole beings with four arms, four legs and two faces, so radiant that Zeus split us in two; ever since, each half has roamed the earth searching for its missing other, a…
