The second feature from writer-director Juja Dobrachkous, who has two new films in the works, premieres at Rotterdam and features a cast of mostly non-professional actors.

Quietly unfolding as a folk-horror of German history, the stories in the film are told from the peripheries and through the ...

Acapla has shared a new single, titled "Somewhere i'm not supposed to be". Emerging from Wyoming’s wide, quiet spaces, Acapla is focused on building emotional worlds through sound. Largely self-taught ...

On December 2, 2025, the Metropolitan Opera delivered a ray of sunshine with a jubilant opening of Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess.” Last seen on the Met stage in their 2021 season, this year’s run ...

Self-administered clinical hypnosis was linked to reduced menopausal hot flashes, greater perception of benefit, and reduced interference of hot flashes in daily life. These effects were further ...

The frequency and severity of menopausal hot flushes could be more than halved through the use of hypnotic audio recordings, which can be listened to from the comfort of home. Up to 80 per cent of ...

The ballroom scene in The Shining remains one of Stanley Kubrick’s most haunting sequences, blurring the line between the real and the supernatural. Set in the Overlook Hotel’s lavish Gold Room, the ...

An interactive anime film has rewritten the rules of limited theatrical releases in Japan, with “Hypnosis Mic – Division Rap Battle” earning JPY2.5 billion ($16.5 million) despite averaging fewer than ...

Not that long ago, while talking horror movies with an Asian film critic, I mentioned that ghost stories (especially the Japanese kind, where spirits haunt the living until some unresolved injustice ...

For this week’s Fault Lines column, Jon Allsop is filling in for Jay Caspian Kang. Joe Manchin is as plainspoken as the day is long. He is a serious guy who does not like to waste time playing games.