In June 2020, after years of speculation, it was confirmed that Kate Winslet would portray Lee Miller, British Vogue’s prolific World War II correspondent, under the magazine’s formidable editor-in-chief Audrey Withers, in a new film directed by Oscar-nominated auteur Ellen Kuras. (Kuras previously collaborated with Winslet as the cinematographer for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.) Now, the first teaser and full-length trailer have been released, providing a glimpse of Winslet in character as Miller, […]
War
This five-part docuseries is a cohesive chronicle of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., offering illuminating perspectives and personal stories of how the catastrophic events of that day changed the course of the nation. From the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 to the country’s breathtaking collapse back into the hands of the Taliban just weeks before the twentieth anniversary of the attacks, history continues to be made. Twenty years after the terrorist […]
In the wake of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, fears are growing that Afghan women will suffer the sort of harsh treatment they encountered during the 1990s, when the Taliban imposed their hard-line interpretation of Sunni Islam on them, a form of oppression that helped make Afghanistan a pariah state at the time. This PBS report was produced in 2019. Afghan women share their hopes and memories that connect them to their country. […]