HBO Max is set to bow “Song of the Samurai,” a live-action jidaigeki series rooted in one of Japan’s most enduring manga franchises, on May 9. The show is drawn from “Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem,” the long-running manga by Umemura Shinya, whose work on “Record of Ragnarok” earned him a global following after the title was…
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Introduction Finnish filmmaker Alli Haapasalo, fresh from the global success of ‘Girl Picture,’ has turned her lens to the past. Her new period drama, ‘Tell Everyone,’ premiering at Göteborg, is set in 1898. Yet, its exploration of silenced female pain resonates with a chilling urgency in today’s world, proving some societal battles are tragically timeless….
Cuba’s Supreme Court has sentenced Alejandro Gil Fernández, the country’s former economy minister, to life imprisonment on espionage charges in what marks the most significant prosecution of a high-ranking government official in decades. Gil, who served as a key economic architect during Cuba’s worst financial crisis in 30 years, was convicted in a case that…
