Monthly Archives: September 2022

Uber investigating cybersecurity incident after hacker breaches its internal network

Uber confirmed on Thursday that it’s responding to a cybersecurity incident after reports claimed a hacker had breached its internal network. The ride-hailing giant discovered the breach on Thursday and has taken several of its internal communications and engineering systems offline while it investigates the incident, according to a report by The New York Times, which…

‘Speak No Evil’ review: A frightening parable of ‘F*ck Politeness.’

A lovely trip with friends descends into hellishness as our protagonists ignore increasingly crimson flags in favor of civility — it’s the kind of vacation terror we last felt in Midsommar. Co-written and directed by Christian Tafdrup, Speak No Evil is on its surface simply the story of a Danish family who becomes vacation friends with…

‘See How They Run’ review: Saoirse Ronan leads a charming Agatha Christie-inspired whodunnit

The new 1950s-set whodunnit See How They Run never escapes from Agatha Christie’s shadow, but that’s entirely by design. And while Christie fans may get more out of the film’s references than people who are less familiar with her work, it’s still an enjoyable caper thanks to the charm of its stars. Agatha Christie’s name…

Untangling the truth of ‘The Silent Twins’ with director Agnieszka Smoczynska

Director Agnieszka Smoczynska’s movie The Silent Twins is the latest pop culture meditation on the lives of June and Jennifer Gibbons, Black identical twins who were incarcerated in England’s notorious Broadmoor psychiatric hospital from 1982 until 1993 after a brief rash of petty crimes and arson. Even before that, they confounded their parents, siblings, teachers,…