Ramadan Cease-Fire Prospects, Portugal’s Snap Election, Oscars Go International, and More

Negotiators attempt to establish a six-week cease-fire and hostage exchange deal between Israel and Hamas before the start of the sacred Islamic month of Ramadan; Portugal holds a snap parliamentary election with a far-right party gaining traction; international films gain prominence at the ninety-sixth Academy Awards; and Chinese President Xi Jinping breaks with the thirty-year tradition of the premier’s press conference after the National People’s Congress.

 

Mentioned on the Podcast

 

J.A. Bayona, Society of the Snow

 

Ilker Çatak, The Teachers’ Lounge

 

Manohla Dargis, “‘The Zone of Interest’ Review: The Holocaust, Reduced to Background Noise,” New York Times

 

Matteo Garrone, Io Capitano

 

Greta Gerwig, Barbie

 

Johnathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest

 

Andrea Kannapell, Hwaida Saad, and Michael D. Shear, “‘We Need a Cease-Fire,’ Biden Says.” New York Times

 

Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things

 

Françoise Mouly, “Barry Blitt’s ‘Slappenheimer’,” New Yorker

 

Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

 

Celine Song, Past Lives

 

Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall

 

Wim Wenders, Perfect Days

 

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