A review of Taika Waititi’s film, starring Jenna Ortega, Amy Adams, Mia Tharia, Natascha Lyonne and Steve Buscemi

A review of the film by Harris Dickinson, starring Frank Dillane, Meghan Northam, Shonagh Marie and Harris Dickinson

In exceptional times, the invisible energy “that dwells at the heart of the political machine is activated” and “power ceases to flow silently behind the façade of legality, revealing its fundamental task: to decide how the state must survive and at what cost”. Lorenzo Castellani’s new essay

Bitter, dark, cinematic: the superband wrote the soundtrack for the documentary “Ellroy vs L.A.” without ever meeting the ‘mastiff of noir’. Beethoven, discount true crime and songs for dark times

When the left realised just how foolish it had been to leave online propaganda in the hands of the right, when the PT realised that it would be suicidal to abandon the field of social media propaganda in a young country with a very low average level of education and where people are constantly on their mobile phones, Lula ordered his supporters to fight the opponent with their own weapons  

The idea of opening up EU membership in Ottawa is meeting with resistance from France and Germany, as well as a lack of concrete proposals. At the Montreal summit, they will focus on the Alliance for the Future: trade, technology, raw materials and security

For thirty years, there has been no independent and verifiable measure of the influence of trade unions and employers’ organisations. A law could break the deadlock, but when it comes to wages, the priority is an immediate safeguard mechanism. And the early renewal of the service sector’s collective agreement points to a possible way forward

The Russian president is not well regarded among Republicans, 78 per cent of whom view him unfavourably. The survey by The Economist and YouGov America

Anton Troianovski, a correspondent for The New York Times and former head of Il Foglio’s Moscow bureau: “For Putin, one of the main strategies, right from the start of this Trump administration, has been to try to separate the Ukrainian issue from talks on bilateral relations between the United States and Russia.”

Who wrote to the editor-in-chief, Claudio Cerasa 

Elizabeth Holmes was convicted in 2022 for the Theranos fraud and is being filmed by a crew as she tries to convince the world that she is different from how she has been judged. But the documentary raises a question: is she telling the truth, or is this just another charade?

Restrictions on Starlink are bringing down Ukrainian drones and jeopardising operations on the front line. No one in Washington is taking responsibility for this. But the CIA continues to support Ukraine, including in deep strikes against Russia. And its director is trying to keep an alliance afloat that the US president risks undermining

“The American people know that it is important for us to continue to stand with the Ukrainians, supporting their efforts to protect their country and uphold principles such as democracy, freedom and truth,” the Democratic leader in the House of Representatives tells Il Foglio

There are almost as many voters as there are inhabitants, and the review of the electoral registers will only take place after the vote. The NGO CRTA has denounced organised electoral migration, obstructed checks and a culture of impunity that protects Vučić’s power. 

Massimo Garavaglia’s candidacy has thrown a spanner in the works of Matteo Salvini’s plan, announced at Pontida, to bring the internal debate to a close whilst pretending to open it up. The party conference and the fate of Via Bellerio

“We are neither left-wing nor right-wing, let alone far-right. Just as we have never been, and cannot be, moderates. I want this to be a team, a group of friends – cheerful friends.” Massimo Garavaglia talks about his Lega

Figures and lies: the incredible story of the €738 million error regarding judges’ back pay. The association admits to Il Foglio that there was a mistake in the accounts: “New pay scales coming soon”