Month: May 2026

Set in Russia in the years following the fall of communism, The Wizard of the Kremlin doesn’t always work dramatically. But you leave with a better understanding of how Vladimir Putin came to power.

Caputo, who died May 7, wrote the acclaimed 1977 memoir A Rumor of War, about leading a Marine platoon during the Vietnam war. He went on to a career in journalism. Originally broadcast in 2005.

Attenborough began hosting and producing nature documentaries for the BBC in the 1950s. He spoke to Terry Gross in 1995 about about traveling the world to film Life on Earth.

In Aleshea Harris’ fiery feature debut, men are men, and women pay the consequences.

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The sun never sets on the Vulgarian Empire.

Glitter, vocal gymnastics, on-stage flames — the show goes on on the Eurovision stage in Vienna, even though five countries are boycotting this year’s contest due to Israel’s participation.

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Former national security official Rush Doshi says President Trump’s sky-high tariffs on Chinese goods sparked a clash in which China prevailed. We look at the current state of U.S.-China relations.

“Brandy,” Dr. Feldman says, carefully, “when he says that the sea is his lady, what do you hear?”

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Gabriela Lena Frank’s first opera, in its Met debut, sees late Mexican painter Frida Kahlo leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead to be reunited with her husband and fellow artist Diego Rivera.

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Netflix turned heads in Hollywood by giving Greta Gerwig’s Narnia an exclusive theatrical release, a move that could signal a shift in the streamer’s relationship with movie theaters.