The damp, salt-laced air of the Lido always seems to carry a distinct sense of finality on closing night. As the 82nd Venice International Film…
By Sara Bright The news landed with a quiet significance that felt entirely deliberate. Sophie Turner, an actress who built a career portraying the evolution…
By Tessa Nolan There is a prison built of gold, and Sean Connery lived in it for most of his adult life. The prison was…
By Tessa Nolan There is a particular quality of light in Moscow at the end of August. It’s a low, golden light that seems to…
By Maria Bregman Every autumn, the small Ukrainian city of Uman swells, transformed by the arrival of tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews. They come…
By Sara Bright Giorgio Armani has left the world he so meticulously dressed. His name is synonymous with a certain quiet luxury, a brand that…
By Sara Bright The true magic of London theatre isn’t confined to the stage. It lives in the bones of the buildings themselves – in…
By Alexander Stone In the highlands of Bolivia, on a hilltop known to local farmers but never explored by researchers, an ancient temple has emerged…
By Sara Bright The British fashion industry occupies a peculiar position in the global economy: simultaneously celebrated as a creative powerhouse and besieged by structural…
A film’s soul is frequently dictated by its geography. For a narrative that concerns itself with unearthing ancient, entombed horrors, the choice of where to…