Films
In ‘Poor Things,’ Emma Stone takes an unusual path to enlightenment
It is sickly hilarious to make a movie in which so much consensual sex is had, often so gleefully, that is not the least bit sexy. Though Bella Baxter's insatiable libido might be her guiding light at first in "Poor Things," sexual liberation (or "furious jumping," as she calls it) is only part of this fantastical, anarchic journey to consciousness.
Car driver seriously injured in collision with bus
A woman was seriously injured early Thursday morning when the car she was driving crashed into a bus in Piraeus, police said.
The accident happened at the junction of Alipedos and 34th Infantry Regiment streets at 5.30 a.m.
An ambulance transferred the woman to a nearby hospital. It was not clear if there were other passengers in the vehicle.
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A modern retelling of Oedipus and a retrospective
Marisha Triantafyllidou and Argyris Xafis star in "Music," an award-winning film by Angela Schanelec, whose work is the subject of a retrospective at the Greek Film Archive, on December 7-12. "Music" is loosely based on the ancient Greek myth of Oedipus and was shot almost entirely in the Peloponnese, with a Greek crew and cast members.
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Rishi Sunak’s ‘Superman’ persona
With many British voters seeing Rishi Sunak as a weak personality, he is determined to present them with a new persona. Last week, we saw the fallout.
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Violent Robbery Shakes Blagoevgrad: One Injured in Shooting Incident
Blagoevgrad was startled by a distressing incident early this morning involving an attempted robbery and gunfire that left one person wounded.
Miracle on 34th Street | Athens | December 21
George Seaton's film "Miracle on 34th Street" remains one of the best-loved Christmas classics of all time, conveying a message of hope and love. To make sure we all still believe in miracles, the Hellenic American Union (hau.gr) has arranged a screening of the original 1947 version.
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Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos have nothing and everything in common
It's one thing to cry while performing. Emma Stone can do that. What she doesn't want to do, and what she found herself doing anyway, is to cry in the middle of an interview.
"I'm such an actor, what is wrong with me?" she said, her eyes welling up with tears.
Palestinian family doc applauded at Marrakech Film Festival
Thirty years ago, Palestinian actor Hiam Abbass left her home to pursue her dreams of being in the movies, joining generations of women in her family who were shaped by exile and "learned to leave everything and start anew."
‘Alien’ signal beamed to Earth from Mars in SETI test
The coded message is designed to help us prep for a real potential signal from E.T.
Some of the 40 workers trapped in India tunnel collapse are sick as debris and glitches delay rescue
Some of the 40 construction workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for a fourth day were sick as falling debris and technical glitches delayed the work to free them, officials in northern India said Wednesday.