Star City: A New Look at the Space Race Behind the Iron Curtain

The Soviet Space Race: Why Alternate History is Capturing Our Collective Imagination The boundary between historical fact and speculative fiction is blurring and nowhere is this more evident than in the rising popularity of “alternate history” television. With the premiere of Star City on Apple TV—a spin-off of the acclaimed For All Mankind—audiences are being … Read more

Cannes Entry ‘Coward’ Reveals a Softer Side of WWI

Lukas Dhont’s “Coward”: A New Paradigm for War Cinema In the landscape of modern cinema, the “war movie” has long been defined by the cacophony of artillery and the clinical depiction of tactical maneuvers. However, Belgian director Lukas Dhont’s latest feature, Coward, which premiered at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, is shifting the genre’s focus … Read more