Completely reversing the roles of the United States and Russia might help Westerners understand how the Russians see 2014 events that reverberate today.
Filmmaker Peter Jackson and Paul McCartney accentuate the positive as if to paper over the acrimonious history of lawsuits, the loss of the Lennon-McCartney publishing catalog and the solo careers that followed, writes Tim Riley.
Ithaka, a film about a father seeking justice for his son, has premiered at the Sydney Film Festival in Australia. Consortium News was there on opening night.
Many viewers of the hugely popular series may not realize how the fantastical vision of wretched worker suicides is rooted in South Korea’s recent union history, writes Minsun Ji.
Following last weekend’s D.C. comedy show in support of the imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher, the show traveled to New York City Sunday night. Watch the replay here.