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Released on 26 November in the US, 28 November in Turkey and Taiwan, and 12 December in the UK and IrelandNetflix11. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out MysteryDaniel Craig puts on his tailored suit and his extravagant Southern accent once again for the third of Rian Johnson’s Knives Out whodunnits. The setting this time is a country church in upstate New York. The new deputy priest (Josh O’Connor) clashes with a fire-and-brimstone preacher (Josh Brolin) and various hostile parishioners, including a church warden (Glenn Close), a loyal groundskeeper (Thomas Haden Church) and a struggling author (Andrew Scott). When their…
TNT Africa’s new documentary celebrates the continent’s rich legacy of superhero storytelling.Long before Wakanda captured the world’s imagination, African creators were building their own superhero universes, rich with ancestral wisdom, urban grit, and mythic power. From Captain Africa to Kwezi and Mighty Man, these homegrown heroes have reflected the continent’s diverse cultures and challenged outdated colonial narratives.Now, a new documentary shines a spotlight on the artists behind the masks and capes. Produced and directed by Xavier Fournier and Frédéric Ralière, Children of Captain Africa premieres on TNT Africa this October. With a runtime of 53 minutes, the documentary journeys through Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and beyond, meeting the writers, illustrators,…
Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum is on Saturday finally opening its doors, unveiling a vast collection of artefacts – some never before seen by the public – after more than two decades in the making and a series of protracted delays caused by political instability, the Covid-19 pandemic and regional conflicts. Source link
Having survived nine crash landings, aviator Alfred Buckham created some of the earliest and most awe-inspiring bird’s-eye images. To achieve them, he risked his life, employing perilous, death-defying acts of ingenuity.”What scenes of Grandeur and Beauty!” exclaimed Thomas Baldwin in his 1786 account, Airopaidia, of a balloon journey over Chester during which he created one of the earliest aerial drawings. Everything was “brought up in a new manner to the eye… The imagination… was overwhelmed”. Today, we take aerial views for granted. The advent of drones has popularised amateur aerial photography, while tools such as Google Earth supply bird’s-eye views…
The III Financing Summit for Africa’s Infrastructure Development Investors has closed, with investors having committed US$18-billion to developing African infrastructure.Co-hosted by the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) under the theme “Capital, Corridors, Trade: Investing in Infrastructure for the AfCFTA and Shared Prosperity”, the three-day conference drew 2 000 African Heads of State, investors and development partners to Luanda. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a trade agreement that aims to create a single, integrated continental market for goods and services across a combined African market of 1.4-billion people.In a development officially welcomed…
A Moody MasterpieceAnyone who’s ever been a kid knows that a big part of coming to grips with the world is having your wishes collide with reality. Maybe it’s the usual list of casualties: Santa, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, even the slow disintegration of your imaginary friend. Maybe your parents were more literary in their fancies and populated the woods behind your house with goblins, faeries, and elves. Or maybe your heart conjured up a giant pumpkin that showers gifts on the virtuous kid in the sincerest pumpkin patch in the neighborhood.Like its predecessor, A Charlie Brown Christmas,…
In this edition of our arts24 music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with French electronic producer and composer Thylacine. Travel is central to his artistry, having recorded music in unusual locations such as the Trans-Siberian Railway. He is releasing the third instalment of his “Roads” series, which had previously taken him to Argentina and the Faroe Islands. This time, he went to the Namibian desert to record “Roads vol.3”, turning a 1972 airstream caravan into a recording studio. We also talk about the ultimate revenge record by British pop star Lily Allen. “West End Girl” is a deeply personal dive…
The pan-African communications agency strengthens its West African footprint with a new local operation in Accra, deepening its ability to provide market insight and communications expertise in one of Africa’s most dynamic economies.ACCRA, Ghana, 30 October 2025 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- African Media Agency (AMA), a leading independent pan-African communications and public relations firm with offices in New York, Abidjan, Durban, and local presence in 30 African markets, is proud to announce the launch of its on-the-ground operations in Ghana, marking another milestone in its mission to offer localized, insight-driven communication across the continent.The move comes at a time when Ghana continues to assert…
In this episode of arts24, we’re at Paris Games Week, where the hit French video game “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” has gone from digital epic to musical phenomenon. Composer Lorien Testard’s symphonic tour “A Painted Symphony” is taking sold-out audiences by storm across France. Next, we head to Paris’s newest cultural landmark as the Fondation Cartier unveils its spectacular new home opposite the Louvre – a Jean Nouvel-designed masterpiece blending Haussmannian charm with modernist flair. Finally, Hollywood’s love affair with the musical biopic continues. From Elvis to Bob Marley, we explore why rock legends’ real-life stories keep striking box office gold…
Alamy(Credit: Alamy)Judge Doom shows his true self in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)Robert Zemeckis’s live-action/cartoon Chinatown pastiche highlights the violence and sadism inherent in cartoons, with both “toons” and humans being electrocuted, stabbed, crushed, and generally traumatised in a variety of inventive ways. The final, horrifying scene features Christopher Lloyd’s bad guy Judge Doom being run over by a steamroller, before reappearing the other side as flat as a pancake, revealing himself to be a cartoon in disguise. He peels himself off the floor, walks matchstick-like over to a balloon pump to reinflate himself, and his eyes pop out to reveal…