Новости за 06.04.2017

Though it begins as a mystery, “God Knows Where I Am” eventually reveals that it has more in mind than just telling the story behind a dead body. Instead, this documentary is a lyrical exploration of both a person and the place she died in, as well as a devastating commentary on American society’s...

We’ve written before about the drawbacks of the vaunted “Internet of Things.” For one thing, equipping common household products with Internet connections endows your home with unexpected security gaps. For another, it gives manufacturers and sellers of “smart” projects far more control over you...

Don Rickles, the aggressively caustic comedian who became known as “The Merchant of Venom” and “The King of Zing” as he took insult comedy to a new level, has died.

Dr. Scott Gottlieb, President’s Trump’s nominee to head the Food & Drug Administration, has said the FDA displays an “unreasonable hunger for statistical certainty” and a “profound lack of confidence in the ability of doctors to make careful judgments.”

1. J.J. Redick got off to another of his hot starts, scoring 10 points in the first quarter against the Dallas Mavericks. Redick was three-for-five from the field, three-for-three from three-point range.

With its acrobatic zest, swing dancing was a perfect expression of defiant resilience during the Great Depression. For contemporary enthusiasts, it’s an antidote to the emotional disconnect of the so-called connected age. Swing buff Susan Glatzer, a film executive turned director, makes these points...

The boundaries of the conventional docudrama form are intriguingly blurred in “All These Sleepless Nights,” an evocative snapshot of contemporary Polish twentysomethings that packs a universal poignancy.

One hardly needs a reason to see “La Promesse” (1996), the superb immigration drama that first brought Belgium’s Dardenne brothers to international attention, or “Boat People” (1982), Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui’s harrowing look at life under communism in post-liberation Vietnam. But in light of...

“Speech & Debate,” based on the hit 2007 Off-Broadway play by Stephen Karam (who scripted here), is a smart and entertaining, if slight, comedy about three high school misfits who unite to rock the system.

FYF Fest organizers have announced a number of new acts to the already stacked lineup for this year’s expanded event, along with a breakdown of which days acts will play.

Under President Obama, the United States was seen as a leader on climate change, forging alliances with China and other big polluters that were pivotal to an agreement reached in Paris two years ago that aims to avert the most dangerous effects of global warming.

A turbulent friendship of French cultural giants, the bond between post-Impressionist painter Paul Cézanne and novelist Emile Zola makes for agreeable big-brushstroke historical drama in Danièle Thompson’s “Cézanne et Moi.” Flitting around in the timeline between the pair’s the-world-is-ours youth...

Hamas, the Islamic militant group that controls the Gaza Strip, said it executed three Palestinians on Thursday for alleged collaboration with Israel, stoking tensions after the killing of one of its commanders nearly two weeks ago.

Art openings around Los Angeles and beyond.

Logan Sandler’s “Live Cargo” is stuffed with arty close-ups and stunning backdrops, but the emotions to connect them are missing. A black-and-white meander into the dark heart of a Bahamas tourist town populated by the grieving, the soul-sick, and the nearly empty, it’s a visually arresting first...

To the editor: We live in interesting times. In Tuesday’s paper we had two writers, Jonah Goldberg (“The problem with the Trump presidency is Trump”) and Max Boot (“Let's count the ways Donald Trump has gone where no president has gone before”), both continuing their elucidation of how wrongheaded...

To the editor: Anyone who spends time on the roads of L.A. is probably not shocked by the number of traffic collisions and the rising death toll, even though Los Angeles Police Department Lt. David Ferry says, “It’s shocking.” (“The number of pedestrians, cyclists and drivers killed in L.A. traffic...

The Senate was headed for a dramatic showdown Thursday over President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court as Democrats prepared to filibuster Judge Neil M. Gorsuch and Republicans were set to retaliate by changing Senate rules to advance him toward confirmation.

If this were any other year, the upcoming federal election in Germany would be like every other German election: humdrum and focused almost exclusively on domestic issues. Despite their country’s size and economic power, Germans resist seeing their nation — or their chancellor — as a potential...

The California political class almost uniformly accepts the argument that residents must drive less if the state has any chance of meeting its tough climate-change goals. When I was in the Assembly, I heard dozens of politicians and celebrities urge Californians to take their cars off the road.