Russia

Explaining nuclear radiation in layman’s terms can sound a lot like a fantasy novel’s black magic: See, there’s this…

Netflix’s Away depicts humanity’s first, perilous mission to Mars, but it’s not a gritty sci-fi drama like Star…

Another day, another reminder that it’s a goddamn miracle the human race has somehow survived this long. Last week,…

How’s this for a cinematic recipe: Take two parts ultraviolence and witty, pop-culture-laden dialogue a lá Tarantino,…

Here’s something extremely pleasant: a message in a bottle, written by the crew of a Soviet fishing vessel,…

We’ve previously reported on Russia’s “gay propaganda” law, which Vladimir Putin signed into existence in 2013.…

This week’s entry: Bald-hairy

We were huge fans of Chernobyl, HBO’s five-part miniseries about the 1986 nuclear reactor explosion. We weren’t…

We ended up not being especially hot on Dexter Fletcher’s Elton John biopic Rocketman, a film that came in less…

Last week, we reported that Pyotr Verzilov, a member of Russian punk band/art collective Pussy Riot, had fallen…

In what’s either a massive over-estimation of the U.S. public’s ever-waning tolerance for Steven Seagal—or just a…

When last we wrote about the insane, hilariously complex number of in-jokes in the opening credits to HBO’s Silicon…

In January, we reported that a Russian arthouse theater had defied the country’s Ministry Of Culture by screening…

Veep creator Armando Iannucci’s latest film, the Cold War-era satire The Death Of Stalin, has been getting rave…

Despite being down two jobs at this point—three, if you count his dried-up Hollywood career—Steve Bannon is in high…

We’ve unfurled ourselves from the fetal position we’ve been in since Trump revived his threats of nuclear war on…

In news that Donald Trump will probably have something to say about—assuming it’s covered on Fox And Friends, that…

Former national security advisor Michael Flynn will plead guilty to one count of “willfully and knowingly” making…

Following a first act that involved having his home raided by federal authorities, the inevitable political thriller…