61. Queen at Sea (Lance Hamer)February 2026 (Berlinale Première)Back in 2008, Lance Hamer was a name on everyone’s lips due to his massively impressive indie feature, Ballast. Then… crickets. The guy went off somewhere, did some other things evidently. But now he’s finally back with Queen at Sea, and he’s got none other than Juliette Binoche in tow, and the film is set...
If anyone was going to try to adapt Silent Hill 2, one of video gaming’s most spectacular artistic achievements, you could do worse than French stylist Christophe Gans, who directed 2006’s Silent Hill – a loose adaptation of the first game in the series. Much to fans’ chagrin, the film rewrote the game’s story, but it did maintain its eerie atmosphere and disturbingly...
If your Gmail account doesn’t seem to be working properly today, you’re not alone. The official status dashboard for Google Workspace suggests that the issues began at around 5am Pacific on Saturday morning, with users experiencing both “misclassification of emails in their inbox and additional spam warnings.” For me, that meant my Primary inbox was filled with messages that would...
Harvey, the high-flying legal AI startup, has acquired Hexus — a two-year-old startup that builds tools for creating product demos, videos, and guides — as the company continues its aggressive expansion amid fierce competition in the legal tech market. Hexus founder and CEO Sakshi Pratap, who previously held engineering roles at Walmart, Oracle, and Google, tells TechCrunch that her San...
Kais Khimji has spent most of his professional career as a venture investor, including six years as a partner at the prominent VC firm Sequoia Capital. But just like several other former Sequoia partners — including David Vélez, who founded the Brazilian digital bank Nubank — Khimji (pictured left) has always wanted to be a startup founder. On Thursday, he...
Membership at many of the high-level advisory coucils for the US National Institutes of Health is dwindling ― a decline that could trigger a freeze in issuance of some grants.Credit: Grandbrothers/AlamyCrucial grant-review panels for more than half of the institutes that make up the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) are on track to lose all their voting members within...
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers detained a five-year-old boy on Tuesday during an immigration enforcement operation, Minnesota school officials and the family's lawyer have said.Pre-schooler Liam Ramos was with his father - named by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias - when Conejo Arias was approached by agents on his driveway. In a...
Richmond has launched a new "hub" that officials say will make the city stronger and better prepared to tackle not only daily operations, but larger-scale events like this weekend's winter storm. Source link...
(RNS) — Faith communities have long been places where people with different perspectives gathered and built relationships. But today, many find those spaces look different. Social scientist Ryan Burge, whose research examines how polarization intersects with American religious life, spoke at an RNS virtual event this week to share his insights about what polarization means for congregations, community life and...
Researchers at Sinai Health have identified a blood test that can signal the risk of Crohn's disease years before symptoms begin. The discovery points to the possibility of diagnosing the condition earlier than ever before and may eventually help doctors intervene before lasting damage occurs. The blood test focuses on how the immune system reacts to flagellin, a protein found...
