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Bill Hader gets deep on human nature in ‘Barry’ final season

The HBO series begins its fourth and final season on Sunday, as the show’s titular hit man seeks to convince himself and others that he is ultimately a good person.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bill Hader gets deep on human nature in 'Barry' final season

“In every man, of course, a demon lies hidden – the demon of rage,” says the intellectual brother, Ivan, in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s, “The Brothers Karamazov,” a theme to which the Russian novelist frequently returns

The Independent UK

Factbox: Who is Alexei Navalny and what does he say of Russia, Putin and death?

Russia's most prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny has lost 8 kg in jail and is suffering an illness that could be some sort of slow acting poison, his spokeswoman said.

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Review: 'The Last Russian Doll,' by Kristen Loesch

FICTION: Three generations of women span Russian history from the revolution through glasnost.

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An Anarchist's Guide to War

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon's most controversial book has finally been fully translated into English.

Reason

Strong adolescent-parent relationships make for healthier young adults

Adolescents who report strong relationships with their parents enjoy significantly higher levels of good general health in young adulthood.

The New Daily

Imagine a time when Shakespeare played a very second fiddle to Ben Jonson

Richard Cohen’s Making History returned me to the childhood ecstasy of leafing through my first encyclopaedia

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Bill Nighy plays a dying council worker looking for meaning in Living, which reaches for profundity but ultimately rings hollow

The British actor was nominated for best actor at the Oscars for his role in this 50s-set drama written by Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro.

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The Ides of March and perils of power

This Wednesday will be the 74th day of the year, which admittedly doesn't sound like something to get too excited about. But it is not just any old day. Known in Roman times as the "Ides of March" the 15th marks the anniversary of the assassination of Julius Caesar in…

Bangkok Post

What is a pogrom? Israeli mob attack has put a century-old word in the spotlight

Following the murder of two Israeli brothers in the West Bank on Feb. 26, 2023, a mob of around 400 Israelis attacked the Palestinian town of Huwara. They torched dozens of homes and cars, leaving one dead and hundreds wounded before being stopped by Israeli security forces.

The Conversation

Pro-Ukraine demonstrators denounce Joffrey Ballet’s production of ‘Anna Karenina’

The Joffrey has stood firm in its decision to stage Yuri Possokhov’s “Anna Karenina,” based on the novel by Russian author Leo Tolstoy, despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hungary’s staging of War and Peace puts spotlight on its Russia stance

Patriotic Russian opera opens in Budapest as first anniversary of war in Ukraine approaches

The Guardian - UK

Happy Valentines Day 2023: Best Messages, Quotes, Wishes, Images, Greetings and Pictures to share on Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and what better day for couples to celebrate their love for each other. The day of love falls on February 14 every year and is celebrated by different couples in their own unique way. The conventional celebration includes wearing the color red, which…

The Times of India

Even a cemetery in France is affected by Putin's war

The largest Russian Orthodox cemetery outside Russia is in a suburb of Paris. This normally tranquil place has become a battleground between Russia and the West.

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Things to Do in Chicago Feb. 9-15 — The Mix

The Joffrey Ballet, ‘Les Mis’ and a full-on staging of “Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till” are among the entertainment highlights in the week ahead.

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Morning Mail: Djokovic triumphs, hundreds of school abuse claims revealed, $300m boost to arts

Almost 400 civil claims filed in the past 12 years in Victoria for historical child sexual abuse

Daily Mirror

Inside Happy Valley star James Norton's love life - dating co-star to secret engagement

Actor James Norton has played Happy Valley villain Tommy Lee Royce since 2014 and is currently starring in the third series

Boston Herald

Movie review: Bill Nighy triumphs in poignant ‘Living’

A greatly moving hybrid film, the British entry “Living” is based on the 1952 film “Ikiru” by the Japanese master Akira Kurosawa, itself loosely based on Leo Tolstoy’s 1886 novella “The Death of Ivan Ilyich.” The Kurosawa film features a great Takashi Shimura (“Seven Samurai”) in the lead. “Living,” which…

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Happy New Year quotes to share with friends, family and colleagues

It's almost time to bid 2022 farewell and greet 2023 with fresh zeal, passion, and positivity.

Los Angeles Times

Review: If you doubted the greatness of Bill Nighy, a moving new drama offers 'Living' proof

Not long into "Living," Mr. Williams learns that he has not long to live. The news doesn't come as a huge shock, but even if it did, you gather, nothing about this man — not his stiff posture, his calmly appraising gaze or his thin, flat line of a mouth…

Reason

Pronouncing Foreigners' Names

Some comments on the thread about pronouncing foreign country names (such as Qatar and France) raised the question of how we should pronounce foreign people's names. Here too my answer is: We should follow the English norms, which often depart from the norms in those people's native languages—just like, I…

Los Angeles Times

Review: Frederick Wiseman's gorgeous 'A Couple' brings the words of Sophia Tolstoy to life

The title of "A Couple," Frederick Wiseman's new movie, is both intriguing and a little misleading. Intriguing because it doesn't make reference to a place, establishment or social issue, as you might expect by now from this 92-year-old master of the institution-centric documentary. And misleading because in the course of…

Al Jazeera

Are Putin’s views fascist?

The Russian leader often evokes a philosopher who praised Mussolini, but analysts are divided on Putin’s own ideology.

The Conversation

Homophobia as a wartime marketing tool: Some Russians fear the West will make them gay

The Russian Book Union recently sent a letter to the Russian Duma, one of the chambers of the country’s parliament, expressing concern that a proposed bill expanding the scope of forbidden LGBTQ+ “propaganda” could lead to the banning of works of classic literature, including books by Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky,…

The Conversation

Shannon Burns' Childhood is a story of disconnection, neglect, violence and poverty

Shannon Burns’ memoir Childhood begins with an epigraph from Leo Tolstoy’s book of the same name:

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