President-elect Donald Trump declared Monday evening that he would go to Paris for the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedrala big party which will take place this weekend. “It is an honor to announce that I will be traveling to Paris, France on Saturday to witness the reopening of the magnificent and historic Notre-Dame Cathedral, which was … Read more
In recent years, films about aging and death have taken on an unflinchingly bleak and frightening tone, particularly in awards shows like “Amour,” “Vortex” and “The Father.” What Holland prefers is a less bleak approach to her international Oscar nomination this year. Director Jilli de Jong’s “Memory Lane” is a sometimes raucous, ultimately serious comedy … Read more
Egyptian authorities said Monday they had rescued 28 people from a tourist boat that sank off the coast of the Red Sea, but that a search operation was still underway to find 16 others missing. Egypt’s Red Sea governorate initially reported that 17 people were missing, but later revised that figure to 16. The luxury … Read more
Good intentions lead to not-so-great places in Heaven at a Mother’s Feet, a beautiful but ultimately arduous road movie that tells the story of a Kyrgyz mother and son setting out to reach Mecca in a mother’s final days. When the Bible insists that salvation lies in making a pilgrimage on foot, the steps that … Read more