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Beyerdynamic Aventho 300 Review: Great Sound, Steep Price
These noise-canceling headphones sound surprisingly great but don’t quite shut out the world.Wired - 6d -
Zepp Clarity Omni, One, Pixie Review: Lackluster Hearing Aids
Zepp’s upcoming try-before-you-buy plan wants to encourage greater hearing aid adoption. Unfortunately, the hardware on offer still needs work.Wired - 6d -
Hot Milk review – Fiona Shaw a fierce fly in simmering erotic soup
A cantankerous Shaw undercuts her daughter’s summer sexual awakening in this interestingly elusive adaptation of Deborah Levy’s novel. Dramatist and film-maker Rebecca Lenkiewicz presents Berlin ...The Guardian - 5d -
Memoir of a Snail review – Adam Elliot’s stop-motion animation is brilliantly bleak
In this Oscar-nominated tragicomedy, Sarah Snook is the voice of a loner whose relentless misfortune is tempered only by a bond with her pet snails. Mention stop-motion animation and the first ...The Guardian - 5d -
Wages for Housework by Emily Callaci review – dust off those protest banners
A history of the campaigners who in the 1970s were viewed as cranks for demanding pay for domestic work is unintentionally comic at times but, 50 years on, their ideas no longer seem so radical. In ...The Guardian - 4d -
Marvel’s New ‘Captain America’ Is No. 1, Despite a Backlash and Poor Reviews
“Captain America: Brave New World” was expected to take in $100 million from Thursday through Monday in North America.The New York Times - 4d -
The Koran and the Flesh by Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed review – the trials of a gay Muslim
This courageous, melancholy memoir, about the author’s struggle to reconcile his faith with his sexuality, argues that homophobia is a cultural phenomenon, not a religious edict. A few years ago I ...The Guardian - 3d -
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra review: still the superphone to beat
Huge glass and metal slab packs super-fast chip, long battery life and unrivalled camera zoom, but its AI features are overhyped. The Ultra is Samsung’s largest and greatest phone and is packed to ...The Guardian - 3d -
Gourmia All-in-One Pizza Oven and Air Fryer Review: Hot Air
This 800-degree countertop pizza oven nails crust but can’t air fry or toast bagels well enough to be your everything.Wired - 3d -
Weekend review: Bellingham's red costs Madrid and Arsenal might have a striker
Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham being sent off was the main talking point. That and more from around the continent.ESPN - 3d -
Intercepted review – phone taps are a chilling glimpse into Russian soldiers’ minds in Ukraine
Recordings of fighters’ wiretapped phone calls are juxtaposed with images of wartime destruction in Oksana Karpovych’s compelling war documentary. Vietnam saw the advent of the visible war, ...The Guardian - 3d -
A ‘great shock’: Julianne Moore’s children’s book under review by Trump administration
The actor’s book Freckleface Strawberry is on a list of library books suspended for a ‘compliance review’ after a presidential executive order. Julianne Moore has said it is a “great shock” to ...The Guardian - 3d -
Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone review – these incredible children offer a sliver of hope
This often-distressing BBC documentary follows astonishing kids working as TikTok chefs and hospital porters – and shows their determination to smile in the face of unimaginable horror. The ...The Guardian - 2d -
Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell review – a dread-stoking domestic abuse drama
O’Donnell brings the spare intensity of her award-winning short stories to her first novel, a compulsive tale of one woman’s escape intensified by Dublin’s housing crisis. When it comes to escaping ...The Guardian - 2d -
'Tough on crime' policies behind prison crisis, says review
The independent review says successive governments made "knee jerk" decisions to issue longer prison sentences.BBC News - 2d -
Trump administration keeps Biden's tough rules for merger reviews
The Biden-era guidelines for antitrust reviews of mergers by the DOJ and FTC are widely disliked by corporations.CNBC - 1d -
Truth review – Julian Assange play is hard going, with flashes of brilliance
Merlyn theatre, the Malthouse Five actors play the WikiLeaks founder – but instead of exploring different, contradictory parts of his character, they form a united chorus of complaint. The ...The Guardian - 1d -
Billie Eilish review – snarls, seduction and moments of sheer rapture
Brisbane Entertainment Centre At one point the singer soars on a pedestal far into the air – a glorious new-age leader exorcising her heartache . Where do you go as a pop star when you’ve already ...The Guardian - 1d -
The Violet Hour by James Cahill review – art, secrets and lies
The Tiepolo Blue author’s impressive second novel is an enthrallingly intricate portrait of the art world. James Cahill’s first novel, Tiepolo Blue , charted the sexual liberation and psychic ...The Guardian - 1d -
Oscars 2025: best picture nominees – reviews, awards and where to watch
What to know about the 10 films nominated for the Academy Award’s biggest prize, along with the reviews, interviews and the big prizes earned so far. • Full list of Oscar nominations . . The ...The Guardian - 1d -
Glencore reviews London listing as miners sour on UK market
Chief Gary Nagle says mining group is seeking to boost its valuationFinancial Times - 1d -
Kontinental ’25 review – scattergun satire on a tour of Romania’s social ills
A bailiff has an identity crisis after a tragedy in Radu Jude’s new film, a scornful polemic on 21st-century Europe set between hope and despair. Once again, Romanian film-maker Radu Jude has given ...The Guardian - 22h -
Zero Day review – De Niro’s cyberhacking thriller is an astonishing amount of fun
The actor is on fine form in his first major TV role – as an ex-president trying to track down the source of a digital terrorist attack. Was it rogue hacktivists? The Russians? It’s preposterously ...The Guardian - 14h -
Schmeichel review – a spirited celebration of Man United’s great Dane
Goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel reflects on his Champions League triumph, on-pitch aggression, double-agent dad and son Kasper in a fan-friendly documentary. This is a pretty respectable entry in the ...The Guardian - 12h -
Sam Fender: People Watching review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
(Polydor) On his third album, produced by the War on Drugs, the North Shields singer-songwriter shows just how gifted he is at pairing stadium choruses with sharp, bleak vignettes. Sam Fender’s ...The Guardian - 7h -
ProtoArc XKM01 CaseUp Combo Review: A Reliable Portable Workstation
This foldable keyboard combo delivers a seamless experience for getting work done on the go without breaking the bank.Wired - 6h -
Champions League review: Club Brugge rise as Italians and Americans stumble
The last 16 beckons, and there were plenty of storylines to digest. We hand out honours and dishonours from the latest round of action. Feyenoord Continue reading...The Guardian - 5h -
'A Thousand Blows' review: Steven Knight's boxing drama is anything but subtle
The creator of 'Peaky Blinders' is back on his Victorian turf with a story of bare-knuckle boxing in East London, starring Stephen Graham, Erin Doherty and Malachi Kirby.Los Angeles Times - 53m -
Review: Larissa FastHorse's 'Fake It Until You Make It' has its historic premiere at the Taper
'Fake It Until You Make It,' a satiric farce by Larissa FastHorse ('The Thanksgiving Play'), has its world premiere at the Mark Taper Forum, in a production directed by Michael John Garcés.Los Angeles Times - Feb. 7 -
Trump says Elon Musk and DOGE will review "just about" every federal agency
President Trump said nearly every federal agency in the U.S. government could fall under the scrutiny of Elon Musk and the White House's Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE. CBS News ...CBS News - Feb. 7 -
Review: William Kentridge's 'The Great Yes' at the Wallis: A dazzling meditation on a world out of kilter
Enough cannot be said about the singing, the dancing, the costume and production design and more in William Kentridge's chamber opera, in which noted intellectuals and artists flee 1941 France.Los Angeles Times - Feb. 9 -
The Seed of the Sacred Fig review – Mohammad Rasoulof’s fearless drama is a damning indictment of the Iranian regime
A government official comes into conflict with his wife and daughters when violent protest grips Iran in the exiled director’s Oscar-nominated latest. It takes an inordinate amount of courage to be ...The Guardian - Feb. 9 -
Super Bowl 2025: Kendrick Lamar, SZA's halftime show recap, review and surprise guests
Lamar, SZA, Samuel L. Jackson, Serena Williams deliver at halftime showCBS Sports - Feb. 10 -
Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl half-time show review – game over for Drake
The Pulitzer prize-winning rapper chose artistry over more obvious showmanship in an unusual set yet still delivered the final blow to his diss track nemesis. The Super Bowl half-time show is ...The Guardian - Feb. 10 -
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Review: 'Noises Off,' Michael Frayn's ingenious farce, doesn't have to be perfect to succeed
Tony winner Anna D. Shapiro directs a revival of Michael Frayn's backstage farce at the Geffen Playhouse in a co-production with Steppenwolf Theatre Company.Los Angeles Times - Feb. 10 -
European soccer weekend review: Liverpool KO turns FA Cup upside down
The lower leagues showed Liverpool and the Premier League that they can't buy the FA Cup.ESPN - Feb. 10 -
Anselm Kiefer: Early Works review – his Nazi salute dominates a show haunted by horrors
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford From shocking images of him Sieg Heil-ing to a woodland watercolour haunted by the atrocities of war, the German artist confronts his homeland’s fascist past – and it’s ...The Guardian - Feb. 11 -
Looking at Women, Looking at War by Victoria Amelina review – in memory of the Ukrainian novelist who catalogued war crimes
A powerful, posthumous collection of diary entries, interviews, war reports and poetry has the late author’s tragic absence at its heart. When Russia attacked Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Victoria ...The Guardian - Feb. 11 -
My Husband, the Cyborg review – the raging narcissism behind rich-man body modification
Susanna Cappellaro’s intimate documentary follows her spouse as he gets a body implant, the process serving to demonstrate the self absorption behind it. A cheeky programming choice for February, ...The Guardian - Feb. 12