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North Korea: Inside The Mind Of A Dictator, Kim Jong-un docu on Nat Geo, is portrait of an enigmatic, reclusive leader Firstpost 2 hours ago Kusumita Das © Provided by Firstpost North Korea: Inside The Mind Of A Dictator, Kim Jong-un docu on Nat Geo, is portrait of an enigmatic, reclusive leader In some ways, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is similar to Michael Corleone in  The Godfather III. And drawing this comparison is none other than someone who has observed him closely, former national security ambassador to South Korea, Chung Min Lee. In the inside-access speci...

How Minari paints a full, uncomfortable picture of the immigrant experience without leaning on stereotypes Firstpost 1 day ago The New York Times © Provided by Firstpost How Minari paints a full, uncomfortable picture of the immigrant experience without leaning on stereotypes Growing up, I never saw my Korean American parents touch each other. No hugs or kisses, or even pats on the back. It wasn’t the byproduct of a loveless marriage, just the consequences of a life centred on survival — that endless list of unsexy chores. I’ve lived 30 years without acknowledging s...

At Visions du Réel 2021, two films explore the intersection between images and war with great cogency and rigour Firstpost 1 hour ago Srikanth Srinivasan © Provided by Firstpost At Visions du Réel 2021, two films explore the intersection between images and war with great cogency and rigour “ The history of battle,” wrote Paul Virilio in 1984, “ is primarily the history of radically changing fields of perception.” Examining the relationship between war and images, the French philosopher advanced that, through the ages, victory in an armed conflict has always been...

As TV production crews tweak plans to suit pandemic protocols, business seems to look up Firstpost 2 hours ago The New York Times © Provided by Firstpost As TV production crews tweak plans to suit pandemic protocols, business seems to look up When it became clear early in the pandemic that it was safer to be outdoors than in, the creators of Big Shot, a new Disney+ series being made with John Stamos, started rewriting scenes so they could be shot outside. Then new guidance emerged, which underscored that loading a cast and crew into buses and dispatching them to sites al...

'Truth appeals to me', says co-writer of Zero, Netflix's first Italian TV series to feature a predominantly Black cast Firstpost 2 hours ago The New York Times © Provided by Firstpost 'Truth appeals to me', says co-writer of Zero, Netflix's first Italian TV series to feature a predominantly Black cast While much of the world spent 2020 in lockdowns of varying severity, 28-year-old Italian author Antonio Dikele Distefano had the busiest year of his life. Along with working on his sixth novel, and interviewing Italians of different ethno-cultural backgrounds for a televisio...