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HBO Almost Cut the ‘Industry’ Season Finale’s Most Shocking Scene

Oct 2, 2024 | chronicleslive.com | Haddis Thomas

In the volatile universe of Industry, all debts must be paid. No one understands that better than Rishi (Sagar Radia), whose gambling addiction finally caught up with him in Sunday night’s season three finale, “Infinite Largesse.”[Spoiler alert: The following includes spoilers for Industry’s third season finale.]Rishi, for the uninitiated, spent much of the past season falling deeper into debt.
Twin Cities guide to art and culture events happening this weekend

Oct 2, 2024 | chronicleslive.com | Haddis Thomas

The St. Paul arts community rallies after the unthinkable violence of last week in this edition of Weekend Picks. Read on to get a glimpse of the goings on at the Art Crawl. Also this week, PJ Harvey stops by the Palace for her first U.S. tour in seven years, and pipa player Gao Hong unites with flamenco guitarist Ignacio Monteverde. I review Emily Michael King’s scorching solo show, “Star Keeper,” and let you know about AIR’s “Moon Safari” concert and the Franconia Five Minute Film Festival.
$35M Monet Will Lead Christie’s Hong Kong’s First Sale in New HQ

Aug 23, 2024 | chronicleslive.com | Haddis Thomas

Claude Monet’s Nymphéas (1897–99) is set to headline the inaugural sale at Christie’s new Zaha Hadid-designed Hong Kong headquarters on September 26. With an estimate of between HK$200 million and HK$280 million ($25 million – $35 million), the work is poised to become one of the most expensive artworks ever sold in Asia.
Netflix K-drama The Frog review: stylish mystery favours philosophy over reason

Aug 22, 2024 | chronicleslive.com | Haddis Thomas

Focusing on events at two rural Korean holiday homes 20 years apart, the series is directed by Mo Wan-il (The World of the Married) and stars film actor Kim Yoon-seok (The Thieves), in his first TV drama role in almost two decades, along with Yoon Kye-sang (The Kidnapping Day) and up-and-comer Go Min-si (Sweet Home). Kim plays Jeong Young-ha, the widowed proprietor of a handsome vacation rental in the woods. One day, mysterious young woman Yoo Sung-a (Go) comes to stay along with her stepson.
Caroline Lucas picks her favourite books

Aug 22, 2024 | chronicleslive.com | Haddis Thomas

The former MP and Green Party leader picks her favourites. She will be talking about her new book, “Another England”, at the Queen’s Park Book Festival on 31 AugustFinding the Mother TreeSuzanne Simard, 2021Simard’s extraordinary account of her discovery that trees can communicate through subterranean networks of fungi has transformed our view of the natural world. This isn’t just another book about saving the trees; it’s a book about how the trees might just save us.
Lowry and the Sea: 'intriguing' show explores 'enigmatic' seascapes

Aug 22, 2024 | chronicleslive.com | Haddis Thomas

L.S. Lowry (1887-1976) will forever be associated with the “industrial cityscapes” he painted of his native Lancashire, said William Cook in . The artist spent most of his life in Pendlebury in Greater Manchester, where he was born, raised, worked as a rent collector – and produced his depictions of “dark satanic mills and smoking chimney stacks”.
Hollywoodgate: a 'raw and uncompromising' documentary

Aug 22, 2024 | chronicleslive.com | Haddis Thomas

Shortly after US forces pulled out of Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban occupied Hollywood Gate, a complex in Kabul that is said to have been a CIA base, said Linda Marric in The Sun. This “fly-on- the-wall documentary”, made by the Egyptian filmmaker Ibrahim Nash’at, is about the Taliban’s first year in power; it follows a group of fighters led by Mawlawi Mansour, a commander whose father was killed in a US strike, as they sort through the military equipment the Americans left behind.
The Killer movie review: John Woo’s gender-flipped remake of his action classic is a dud

Aug 22, 2024 | chronicleslive.com | Haddis Thomas

There are doves, a church and a blinded club singer, but beyond these cosmetic similarities, little of Woo’s seminal bullet ballet remains. The Killer is often credited with bringing Woo to Hollywood’s attention, and an English-language remake was swiftly put into development. Studios were eager to profit from the original’s stellar reputation, but were apparently wary that the film’s overwrought tale of heroic bloodshed might come off as homoerotic to Western audiences.
Stay active on the road with these handy portable fitness items

Aug 22, 2024 | chronicleslive.com | Haddis Thomas

When you make a purchase using links on our site, The Week may earn a commission. All reviews are written independently by our editorial team. Skip the shared gym and sweat solo with these seven portable fitness items that easily fit into a suitcase or car trunk. Bala Bangles wrist and ankle weights(Image credit: Bala)Attach these bands to your wrists or ankles for strength training anywhere, anytime.
‘Black Myth: Wukong’ Devs Told Streamers to Avoid Politics in Their Playthroughs. It Backfired

Aug 22, 2024 | chronicleslive.com | Haddis Thomas

Amid a long list of Twitch streams for Black Myth: Wukong, a new action role-playing game released this week, one stood out: “Covid-19 Isolation Taiwan (Is a Real Country) Feminism Propaganda.” The stream, run by a creator called Moonmoon, did not include anything out of the ordinary for a video game playthrough—just that one cheeky nod to a few topics the Chinese studio Game Science, which developed the game, would rather ignore.