Ambition trumps experience in writer-director Phil Plattenberger’s “Laws of Man,” whose meandering plot ends up looking like a wild goose chase — and whose execution should have been even wilder. Suspense and atmosphere are so poorly provided that this stab at an old, noisy thriller comes across as anything other than talky, weird, and unconvincing. … Read more
Berlin — Polish President Andrzej Duda requested a special exemption to allow Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attend events in the country marking 80 years since the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz, without risking arrest under an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court. Poland will host a memorial service eight decades … Read more
Iran’s military forces conducted four days of extensive exercises on Wednesday that many believe are essentially preparations for how the country might respond to a U.S., Israeli or combined attack on its nuclear facilities. Brigadier General Mohammad-Nazar Azimi, commander of the western headquarters of Najaf Ashraf, the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, touted the national … Read more
When counting the casualties of war, there is rarely an idea of the animal kingdom beyond our own bipedal species. It is assumed that Mother Nature will simply “adapt”, with its less evolved inhabitants abandoning old habitats and finding new ones on their own when they have to. Checkpoint Zoo is training its lens on … Read more
At least four infants have died of hypothermia in recent weeks in the Gaza Stripwhere hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by nearly 15 months of war are crowded into tents along the rainy, windswept coast as winter sets in. Jomaa al-Batran, 20 days old, was found with his head “cold as ice” when his … Read more
Gaza residents face cold and hypothermia as war continues – CBS News Watch CBS News With almost the entire population of Gaza displaced and many living in flimsy tents, this winter brings its share of bitter cold and hypothermia. Holly Williams reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events … Read more
Amid Gaza War, Another Year of Low-Key Christmas Celebrations in Bethlehem – CBS News Watch CBS News For the second year in a row, the war raging in Gaza is keeping pilgrims and tourists away from Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, where Christmas tourism accounts for around 70% of the city’s economy. Imtiaz Tyab … Read more
Tyler Perry and Kerry Washington bring an untold story from World War II to life with ‘Six Triple Eight’ – CBS News Watch CBS News Tyler Perry and Kerry Washington team up for “Six Triple Eight,” which highlights the only black women’s battalion in Europe during World War II. Washington plays Charity Adams, the highest-ranking … Read more
A film director burns his lamination for warmth. A teacher works to feed his students. A stand-up comedian arrives at the party to find the place bombed. In From Ground Zero, Palestine’s entry for the Academy Awards’ Feature Film category, 22 directors present cinematic memoirs from Gaza, shot between (and sometimes during) Israeli army raids … Read more
One of the darkest chapters in South Korean history is chronicled in “12.12: Today,” a dramatic account of the 1979 coup that followed the assassination of authoritarian President Park Chung-hee on October 26. Meticulously written and extremely well performed by a first-rate cast including Hwang Jung-min (“Deliver Us from Evil”), director and co-writer Kim Sung-soo’s … Read more