Searing

Here’s a cause for celebration for fans of British cinema: a feature debut that launches not one but two of the most promising talents to arrive in movie theatres for a long while. Writer and director Molly Manning Walker is the complete package: a storyteller with an acute ear for youth vernacular; a film-maker with a gift for capturing images that sear themselves into your eyes, while also filling each frame with a sensory overload of energy and movement; and a director who can tease remarkably intimate and revealing…

With the far right on the up worldwide, it’s getting late in the day to exhume the lessons of the mid-20th century. There are few surviving Holocaust perpetrators and victims still living, but this exemplary Austrian documentary, an attempt to chronicle the massacre of Hungarian Jews in the Danube river community of Hofamt Priel, does its damnedest to track down and understand both sides before they are gone.Director Hans Hochstöger grew up in Hofamt Priel, a rural farming village about 100km west of Vienna, which was…

The "official" start of grilling season may be a few months away, but Weber is unveiling its 2023 lineup with plenty of time to spare. Today, the company revealed a trio of new models covering smart pellet grills, griddles and a compact electric unit. Weber also has new options when it comes to accessories it hopes will help you expand the utility of a grill you may already own. First, the company has a new version of its SmokeFire smart pellet grill. Dubbed the Sear+, this model carries all of the features of last year's…

John J. Ray III, CEO of FTX Group, testifies during the House Financial Services Committee hearing titled Investigating the Collapse of FTX Part I, on December 13, 2022 Photo: Nathan Howard (Getty Images) The House Financial Services Committee began one of its most dramatic hearings in recent memory Tuesday, while its main subject, disgraced crypto exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried, sat behind bars in a cell nearly 1,000 miles away.Instead, lawmakers questioned court-appointed FTX CEO John Ray III who said he had never…

L to R: Eugene Lee Yang, Zach Kornfeld, and Keith Habersberger of the Try Guys.Screenshot: The Try Guys/GizmodoThe YouTube comedy quartet The Try Guys has now become a trio, say its remaining members Eugene Lee Yang, Zach Kornfeld, Keith Habersberger. In a video posted to their YouTube channel yesterday, the three, who ranged in emotion from rage to tears, also confirmed that Ned Fulmer, the fourth member of the Try Guys, had been removed from the group and will be edited out of future releases. Fulmer, whose brand within…

Image: Marvel Studios / DC / Marvel Comcis The multibillion-dollar franchise Marvel which now encompasses nearly every facet of pop culture should apparently be taking notes from their biggest competitor, DC, according to an absolutely scorching take from a fan. The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s effect on the film industry is palpable. Every studio is now diving through its archives for film rights and ways to crossover several different properties. Among them are Warner Bros. and DC Comics, who have both…