Sony Pictures Classics acquires James Vanderbilt's Nazi thriller 'Nuremberg'
Written and directed by Vanderbilt and produced by Walden Media, Bluestone Entertainment and Mythology Entertainment, the film is a thrilling drama set in post-war Germany based on the book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist by Jack El-Hai.
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- Deccan Herald
Sony Pictures Classics acquires James Vanderbilt's Nazi thriller 'Nuremberg'
Written and directed by Vanderbilt and produced by Walden Media, Bluestone Entertainment and Mythology Entertainment, the film is a thrilling drama set in post-war Germany based on the book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist by Jack El-Hai.
Hindustan Times
19-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Book Review: Ocean Vuong takes existentialism to deeply intimate level in 'The Emperor of Gladness'
Hai is 19 and suicidal. Grazina is 81 and living alone with dementia. So when she strikes a deal to house him so they can keep each other company in exchange for his help as a kind of unofficial live-in nurse, this could spell their mutual salvation or destruction. Ocean Vuong's new novel follows Hai as he takes care of Grazina and works in a fast-casual restaurant to help support them. Told in moments, 'The Emperor of Gladness' takes existentialism to a deeply intimate level, leaving the reader to contemplate what it is to live in a messy, complicated world of wars, addiction, class struggles and good people looking for second chances. The novel was immediately named Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick. The author draws heavily on his own life — from Hai's family fleeing the Vietnam War to their jobs in the service industry that allow them to scrape by — so 'The Emperor of Gladness' is only a few degrees away from a memoir. And while it's told in prose, Vuong's penchant for poetry shows in patches of colorful, visceral language strewn with metaphors that run through the whole book, all the way back to its title. The novel opens with a movie-like sweep through East Gladness, a tiny town outside of Hartford, Connecticut. The omniscient narrator zooms in on various scenes of decay and neglect until we land on Hai, at possibly his lowest point. There's not so much a plot as a gathering of people and experiences. We piece together the characters' stories the way you would with real people in real life; through snippets that build atop each other until you can patch together a narrative of the relationships that left the biggest scars and the events that had profound impacts. Vuong achieves more by writing beside his characters than one would by writing a straightforward story about them. True and gritty, 'The Emperor of Gladness' is almost voyeuristic in how it looks into the most intimate and human moments of people's lives, reflecting back on the reader and leaving plenty to ponder. book reviews: /hub/book-reviews
Hindustan Times
16-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
In photos: Check out designs by Charles Frederick Worth, the father of haute couture
. This is only the second retrospective of House of Worth ever held, 60 years after the first in New York. (Above and top) An electric green-and-navy-blue tea gown made for the French socialite the countess Élisabeth Greffulhe in 1896-97. . An evening gown of large white lilies against black velvet, known as the Robe aux lys, also made for by the countess Greffulhe. The dress was embellished with pearls, sequins, rhinestones and silver thread. . In the 1850s, Worth began to sew tags into his designs, bearing his name. This made him, essentially, the inventor of the 'fashion label'. This — and his dramatic designs — is part of why historians consider him the father of couture. . Another thing Worth did differently that changed the fashion business, was create ready-to-try-on gowns at a time when aristocratic women generally dictated styles to their dressmakers. (Above right) The House of Worth in Paris catered to the who's who of the fashion capital for decades. It lived on long after its founder's death in 1895, and only shut in 1956. An attempt to revive it in the late 1990s, however, failed. The market was too crowded by then. . The French Empress Eugénie, wife of Napoleon III, was a prominent patron. Here, she poses for a portrait in a gown designed by Worth. . Other patrons included the US's Astor, Morgan and Vanderbilt families. (Above) Alice Vanderbilt is dressed as 'electric light,' in a gown designed by Worth for a Vanderbilt fancy-dress ball in 1883.
