Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hoped to press President Donald Trump during their meeting on Friday at the White House on helping Ukraine take the war to Russia. But Zelensky’s chances of convincing Trump to provide Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles that can reach 1,000 miles into Russia appear to have dissipated on Thursday after Trump’s phone call with […]

Slow Horses’ fifth season, now streaming, is another reminder of why the show has become one of AppleTV’s biggest audience hits. Based on a book series by Mick Herron, the show is pacy, funny, and boasts a murderer’s row of acting talent that includes Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jonathan Pryce, and Hugo Weaving. It […]

In the early 1980s, during what must grimly be acknowledged as the “golden age” of the nuclear-war drama, the most effective and compelling movies on the subject confined themselves to the effects of such a war on ordinary people. The feature film Testament, the American TV movie The Day After, and the BBC production Threads […]

Actress Diane Keaton often seemed to have a claim on the daffy, quirky, and zany. She could seem ditzy and distracted, and her laugh did not always arrive at the most opportune time. Other than Michael Jackson, perhaps no other star was as well known for wearing gloves for no obvious reason.  Yet in the […]