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Alessandra Celesia’s film is part seance, part news story: a documentary about the run-down New Lodge estate in Belfast. It is primarily about the families who still live with the unresolved agony of the Troubles a quarter of a century on, the psychic residue of political violence coexisting with sexism, domestic abuse, substance abuse and futile rage against drug dealers in working-class neighbourhoods. But there is something else too. Along with TV news stories about the Queen’s death there is the sensational revelation…

Posted in: Comics, Dynamite, Preview | Tagged: negaduckIn Negaduck #3, everyone's favorite villain hits the beach, but will Agony Island end up being his final vacation spot?Published Tue, 05 Dec 2023 07:26:08 -0600 by Jude Terror | Article Summary Dive into Negaduck #3's deadly Agony Island adventure, coming Dec 6th. Expect betrayal and danger as Negaduck searches for the Gauntlet of Gold. Creatives Jeff Parker and Ciro Cangialosi bring the treachery to life. LOLtron's world domination scheme is…

The fan is a necessary but ambiguous figure in sport. A vital part of the spectacle as well as a source of financial support, he (and it’s most often a he) can be a dutiful follower, fierce critic, passive spectator, possessive adulator, worshipful and entitled, and not infrequently all at the same time.This tribal dependency, with all its pain, disappointment and fleeting moments of triumph, has made for some powerful memoirs, such as Frederick Exley’s (loosely fictionalised) A Fan’s Notes and Nick Hornby’s Fever Pitch.…

Postwar Italian neorealism was one of the most exciting literary movements of the 20th century, but it’s only recently that the female neorealists have had the attention they deserve. In 2018, the publisher Daunt began its vital championing of Natalia Ginzburg, and now Pushkin brings us Alba de Céspedes. These women were famous in their lifetimes but have been forgotten since, and I think we owe their rediscovery to our own need for a reinvigorated realist novel during a moment almost as crisis-laden as Italy in the…

In her much-heralded debut, a voyeuristic coming-of-age mystery bristling with horror tropes, Dizz Tate evokes a Florida town poisoned by secrets and explores fickle allegiances in teenage lives.Brutes recounts the disappearance of a TV preacher’s 14-year-old daughter, Sammy, through the watchful eyes of a Greek chorus of 13-year-old girls who form her unofficial fanclub. As the town searches for its lost “angel”, the girls trace the events leading to this moment: the complex dynamics between Sammy and school power couple…

Mario Kart is celebrating its 30-year anniversary today, August 27, 2022. Below, we take a look at one of the most controversial power-ups in video games, the infamous Blue Shell.There is no single item in all of video games as hated and feared as Mario Kart's Blue Shell, aka the Spiny Shell. Though it didn't debut with the original game on the Super NES, the item has become a recognizable icon and a part of the series' identity. It is the ultimate equalizer, representing not just a single mechanic in a…

Four months after Will Smith shocking slap of Chris Rock onstage at the 2022 Academy Awards, the “King Richard” actor has sparked another debate by releasing a nearly 6-minute video Friday, publicly apologizing to Rock on camera for the first time. Within hours of the video’s release, some people online praised Smith for the courage and humility he demonstrated with his apology, but others questioned the movie star’s sincerity, even as he expressed profound remorse. Indeed, at points in the video, Smith appeared to reach…

| Mr. Agony and Mr. Ecstacy stalk their prey in this preview of Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country #3, in stores on Tuesday. Check out the preview below. SANDMAN UNIVERSE: NIGHTMARE COUNTRY #3DC Comics0422DC1570422DC158 – Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country #3 Francesco Francavilla Cover – $4.99(W) James Tynion IV (A) Lisandro Estherren, Andrea Sorrentino (CA) Reiko MurakamiIt's not in the Corinthian's nature to save a life—but if he wants to understand the nature of the Smiling Man, he's going to have to protect one of…

After Alec Baldwin was involved in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on a movie set in October, it’s easy to wonder if his actor friend, Matthew Broderick, reached out to offer sympathy and to let him know that he, more than others, understands his unique anguish. Baldwin and Broderick will probably never reveal whether such a conversation took place, but Broderick, 60, also was involved in the death of another and has said things that suggest he’s experienced what experts say is the particular trauma,…