Laurent Cantet, an eminent director who made penetrating films about the prickly undersides of French life and society, died on April 25 in Paris. He was 63. His screenwriter and editor, Robin Campillo, said he died of cancer in a hospital. Mr. Cantet’s best-known film was “Entre les Murs” (“The Class”), which won the Palme … Read more
Menachem Daum, a filmmaker who co-produced a groundbreaking 1997 documentary that illuminated the cloistered world of America’s Hasidim, died on Jan. 7 in a hospital near his home in Borough Park, Brooklyn. He was 77. His death was confirmed by Eva Fogelman, a friend and the author of a book about Christian rescuers of Jews … Read more
Video showing an abandoned hotel trashed by vandals has gone viral on social media, with viewers venting about “awful” people who “destroy” private property. The clip was captured last month by a Detroit “urban explorer” known only as Bobby, who posts to TikTok under the handle @tru_explores. Bobby didn’t disclose the name of the hotel, … Read more
The royal life might look glamorous, but the reality is often considerably less appealing. From stately homes and stables of servants to BFF with the Queen and Lady in waiting to Princess Margaret, Anne Glenconner, born Lady Anne Coke, the eldest daughter of the 5th Earl of Leicester, fell from a fairy tale life into a … Read more