19 h. ago Silence and Cry review – deeply strange 1960s erotic ballet meditating on Hungary’s history and politics

Director Miklós Jancsó creates a bizarre psychodrama set after the fall of the 1919 Hungarian Soviet republic, encompassing postwar trauma and erotic overtonesMiklós Jancsó’s mysterious film from 1968 is a deeply strange somnambulist ballet. It shows a piece of Hungary’s political history implicitly juxtaposed with the postwar Soviet present, in which Czechoslovakia and Hungary have been crushed. The brutality of the anti-Communist powers of 1919 depicted in the film would have been an officially acceptable subject, but the indictment of brutality is clearly transferable. And it is an impenetrable psychological trauma with weird erotic overtones, like an absurdist bad dream transcribed by Kafka.The scene is the vast Hungarian plain, with a desolate wind always blowing, on which the characters perform their roles as if on a gigantic stage; it is a single unitary space which appears to extend, Sahara-like, to the far horizon in all directions. People do not quite enter and exit in the...

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42 h. ago Women are being secretly filmed on smart glasses for social media content

Women have told the BBC how they feel 'violated' after being secretly filmed by strangers wearing smart glasses, who then put the footage on TikTok

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52 h. ago I went from broke single council house mum to millionaire with 38 homes – I think anyone can be rich

FROM a single mum who swapped her council house for a property empire, to a young widow who fought to provide for her family – three women share the secrets to their success. ‘I went from broke single mum to multimillionaire’ Katie Bloomfield, 42, lives in Suffolk with her husband Danny and their blended family...

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68 h. ago ‘A long time coming’: table tennis world hails Marty Supreme

Once dismissed as a basement game, table tennis is enjoying an unlikely US revival as the Oscar-tipped biopic Marty Supreme collides with a wave of new playersFor decades in the US, table tennis has lived a double life: one of the most widely played sports in the country, yet still dismissed by many as a basement pursuit. Now, unexpectedly, it is having a cultural moment.The release of Marty Supreme, a film steeped in obsession and myth, and loosely based on postwar American table tennis champion Marty Reisman, has pushed ping-pong into the pop-culture mainstream – just as US Major League Table Tennis sells out matches, clubs report growing interest, and younger players pick up paddles for the first time. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago ‘Use extreme caution’: manhunt widens for alleged triple murderer presumed armed in remote NSW

Police reveal Julian Ingram reported to local officers as part of his bail conditions hours before the shootingsWarning: This article contains references to Indigenous Australians who have diedPolice have widened the search for a gunman suspected of killing his pregnant former partner and two others in remote NSW, as police explore whether the Lake Cargelligo local may be receiving help to evade authorities.Julian Ingram, 37, was last seen driving out of Lake Cargelligo, in the NSW central west, on Thursday. Police suspect he is armed with at least one firearm, but confirmed he has never held a firearms licence. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Custody: The Secret History of Mothers by Lara Feigel – why women still have to fight for their children

Feigel uses her own experience as a starting point to examine the past, present and future of separationThis book about child custody is, unsurprisingly, full of pain. The pain of mothers separated from their children, of children sobbing for their mothers, of adults who have never moved on from the trauma of their youth, and of young people who are forced to live out the conflicts of their elders. Lara Feigel casts her net across history and fiction, reportage and memoir, and while her research is undeniably impressive and her candour moving, at times she struggles to create a narrative that can hold all these tales of anguish together.The book begins with a woman flinging herself fully clothed into a river and then restlessly walking on, swimming again, walking again. This is French novelist George Sand, driven to desperate anxiety as she waits to go into court to fight for the right to custody of her children. But almost immediately the story flicks away to Feigel’s own...

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4 d. ago Police to explore civil action in cases of women secretly filmed and posted online after criminal case collapses

Police arrested a suspect over the ‘Manchester nightlife’ videos in November 2024

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4 d. ago ‘A stranger stopped me in the street and asked me for my number. Then I found out he was secretly filming me’

Experts say smart glasses are being used to violate women’s privacy and threaten their safety online

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4 d. ago Everything you need to know after secret filming of women case collapses

A man was arrested

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5 d. ago Criminal investigation into women being secretly filmed on nights out in Manchester collapses

One man was arrested after the disturbing trend went viral on sites like TikTok and YouTube

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5 d. ago Snapchat’s parent company settles social media addiction lawsuit before trial

Snap’s chief executive had been due to testify in civil action also involving Meta, TikTok and YouTubeSnapchat’s parent company has settled a civil lawsuit shortly before it was due to start in California, but other large tech companies still face a trial under the case.Snap’s chief executive, Evan Spiegel, had been due to testify in a tech addiction lawsuit which also involves the Instagram owner, Meta; ByteDance’s TikTok; and Alphabet-owned YouTube – which have not settled. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago This fun thriller does the impossible: it makes you feel sorry for influencers (yes, really)

Influencer stars Cassandra Naud as CW, a Tom Ripley for the Instagram generation, who takes out influencers, posts as them and enjoys their lifestyles“Film is a machine for empathy,” Roger Ebert famously once said – and given how empathetic this scrappy thriller made me feel towards influencers, of all people, Influencer is a very well-oiled machine indeed. Director Kurtis David Harder takes a good elevator pitch – hot girl kills influencers and takes over their social media accounts – and turns it into something far smarter and entertaining than you might expect, with a small budget and a lead actor who, mark my words, will be in everything before long.The film opens on Madison (Emily Tennant), an influencer who is in Thailand on a sort of working holiday – taking smiley selfies, posing with skincare products and barely leaving her hotel while espousing the values of travel to her thousands of followers. “I love soaking it all in and really experiencing Asia as it is meant to be ex...

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8 d. ago 'Brutal' film 'more emotional' than Schindler's List is free to watch

An Oscar-Award winning post-war film based on a best-selling novel is ready to stream for free.

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1 week ago AMANDA PLATELL: I know the secret of why Katie Price and Kate Moss look like that... women take note

She's looking younger by the minute, more fabulous than any woman has a right to be at that age. Which made me wonder. Just what is her secret?

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1 week ago Lord Of The Dance tour could ‘fall apart’ in Michael Flatley’s absence, court told

Switzer Consulting is taking legal action in a civil case against the choreographer and dancer for alleged breach of contract

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1 week ago Where was 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple filmed? Here are the filming locations for the post

Here’s where 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple was filmed, as well some of the locations used for the previous film - including some in Scotland.

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1 week ago Singer Natasha Bedingfield pays tribute to US musician John Forte

In an Instagram post, Bedingfield said she met John Forte at the Sundance Film Festival and they became friends and collaborators.

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1 week ago AD FEATURE: Each day 300,000 forgetful UK drivers risk £100 fine and court date

Mirror Switch and Save, in partnership with Quotezone.co.uk, offers a simple way to compare car insurance policies and explore whether a better insurance deal is available

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1 week ago Love Island: All Stars to launch this week after wildfires saw filming postponed

Host Maya Jama announced the first episode will air on Thursday at 9pm.

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1 week ago 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple review – Nia DaCosta’s sequel goes further than its predecessor dared

Danny Boyle cedes directorial duties to the ‘Candyman’ filmmaker for a bold and deceptively playful post-apocalyptic follow-up

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