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TRAPANG ROPOV, Cambodia — Trudging through a tangle of mangrove roots and muddy water, Taing Kry grimaced and howled as he and a partner shifted the weight of a 120-kilogram (265-pound) concrete pillar from their shoulders onto a plastic raft in the shallows of Trapang Ropov, a rundown fishing village on Cambodia’s southern coast. “This […]

What you can learn from Netflix and other TV: History 101, who Bruce Lee was, how to be a rock star and so much more There’s a wealth of documentaries and educational series out there, including Netflix’s Explained which provides a handy, subject-per-episode primer on all manner of topics. Photo: Netflix Decades ago, condemnation of the television set as a "goggle box" that would give you square eyes always sold short the best programme-makers (and the best programmes). Even back then, the...

European directors under 35 placed centre stage at the Riviera International Film Festival As Far as I Know by Nandor Lorincz and Balint Nagy One of the first European film festivals to start back up again after lockdown, the fifth edition of the Riviera International Film Festival is scheduled to unfold between 20 and 30 May in Sestri Levante, offering up a hybrid programme unspooling online and in person. Young people and the environment have been confirmed as the festival’s themes, but esc...