Cults are fertile ground for exploring gender dynamics in a vacuum, and so The Other Lamb, helmed by Polish director Małgorzata Szumowska, is perfectly fitted to the conditions of insularity. Bordering horror and psychological thriller, the film meanders through a crisp aesthetic, first seducing the viewer into the remote and idealized country lives of the Shepherd (Game of Thrones’ Michiel Huisman), his red-frocked “wives,” and blue-frocked […]
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Governments across the world are taking emergency measures to curb the rapid spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. There are currently almost 500,000 cases and over 22,000 deaths worldwide. The Keiser Report looks at the situation in the US as some experts say the government has already failed to contain the outbreak. “The US is a hospital masquerading as a country,” Stacy Herbert says, pointing out that […]
Few high-profile industries have been beset by as many stunning tragedies as professional wrestling, and in its first season, VICE’s Dark Side of the Ring explored a collection of squared-circle horror stories that illustrated how a wild environment of substance abuse, rampant egos, incessant travel and outsized personas and lifestyles often led to catastrophe. It was a docuseries of superheroic characters and destructive impulses, and in […]
Randstad, the world’s largest human resources firm, has begun testing a combination of the Cypherium blockchain and Google Cloud to better match talent to corporate needs. The Netherlands-based firm said in a blog post that it believes the blockchain can offer ways to automate bureaucratic tasks associated with workforce recruitment by handling the “nuts and bolts” of day-to-day recruitment activities, making the entire process more efficient. […]