Daniel Harding, a British conductor with a storied career leading Europe’s top orchestras, will take the helm of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the institution announced Tuesday. Harding, 50, who currently serves as director of Italy’s Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, will make his Los Angeles debut in the 2027/2028 season. The conductor said the opportunity is […]
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Louvre heist to be turned into film
Last year’s brazen robbery of the Louvre — when thieves made off with jewellery worth some $100 million — is set to become a movie and a documentary series, a publisher said on Tuesday. French director Romain Gavras — whose work includes 2025 Hollywood film “Sacrifice” starring Anya Taylor-Joy and music videos including most recently […]
Video games turn to classic films to woo middle-aged millenials
Millenial gamers who grew up on 80s and 90s blockbusters are today being courted by the industry, with the latest James Bond offering hard on the heels of an Indiana Jones adventure and soon to be followed by “Jurassic Park”.”I’ve worked on a lot of different projects, but always had an eye to Bond,” Rasmus […]
Sonny Rollins, last jazz ‘colossus,’ dead at 95
Sonny Rollins, the “Saxophone Colossus” whose hard-charging yet flowingly meditative works made him the last in a golden era of jazz greats, died Monday. He was 95.”It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins,” a post to his social media page said, adding that he “died this […]
‘Spider-Noir’ brings a mature superhero to the small screen
While stars of the Spider-Man franchise have trended younger over the years — from Tobey Maguire to Andrew Garfield to Tom Holland — the new series “Spider-Noir” starring Nicolas Cage explores a more mature version of the web-slinging superhero. Premiering on Amazon’s streaming platform this week, the series follows Ben Reilly (Cage), a private investigator […]
Mandalorian and Grogu blast to first place in weekend box office
Disney’s “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” saw the much-adored Baby Yoda and his adoptive guardian sweep the North American box office with an estimated $102 million take through Monday, industry estimates showed. The film is a jump to the big screen for the hit streaming series, and the first Star Wars film to be […]
Romania’s Mungiu wins top prize at glitzy Cannes finale
“Fjord”, a thought-provoking drama by Romanian director Cristian Mungiu that challenges left-wing prejudices, won the best film prize at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday at a star-packed closing ceremony. In his second Palme d’Or-winning film, Mungiu explores the contradictions of Scandinavia’s supposed tolerance in a drama starring Renate Reinsve (“Sentimental Value”) and Sebastian Stan […]
Mungiu wins Cannes again with culture wars drama
Cristian Mungiu, who won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday with “Fjord”, is not a man who is afraid of taking on difficult issues. He won his first Palme d’Or almost 20 years ago with “Four Months, Three Weeks, Two Days”, a gruelling indictment of the criminalisation of abortion in Romania […]
Russian war drama among favourites for top Cannes film prize
A tense family drama set against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is among the favourites for top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, which will be awarded at a star-packed ceremony later Saturday.”Minotaur”, by exiled Russian auteur Andrey Zvyagintsev, depicting a callous businessman caught up in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, is one of […]