How the Royal Family and Press’s Complicated Relationship Affected Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Coverage

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry spoke openly about the palace briefing against them. In his new book Endgame, longtime royal reporter Omid Scobie offered insight into the situation. When Meghan and Harry were working royals, there was a “toxic culture of leaking and negative briefings within the institution,” Scobie wrote. Multiple sources told Scobie that […]

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Fallen Leaves review – the Finnish legend returns

Another gorgeous tragicomic farce from Finnish maestro Aki Kaurismäki, a heartfelt cinephile ode to the possibility of love among the working classes. When you see guys with droopy jaws, immaculate greased side-partings, slightly ill-fitting leather jackets, and a flask of unidentified hooch in their breast pocket, there’s only one place you could be: the wonderful […]

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The Eternal Daughter review – double your Tilda, double your pleasure

Tilda Swinton plays both mother and daughter in Joanna Hogg’s eerie and effective exploration of parent-child relationships. The Eternal Daughter opens on a shot of mist drifting across a wooded section of road. A white taxi cab, fog lights on, glides like a ghost out of the mist towards us. The taxi is conveying two […]

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The Best Black Friday and Cyber Monday Travel Deals to Save On Your Next Trip

We’ve officially made it to the last leg of the year—the home stretch of 2023, if you will. And I, for one, have only one thing on my mind: taking a break. If you, too, have upcoming holiday travel plans or daydreams about booking your next escape, I have good news. This year, there are […]

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May December review – a frothy psychodrama with a lurid bite

Todd Haynes’ deliciously dark melodrama sees Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman go head-to-head as a housewife and the woman tasked with playing her in a film. Adding melodrama to the seemingly endless list of genres he can turn his hand to, Todd Haynes creates a thorny, completely compelling feature from Samy Burch’s acerbic script in […]

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