Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives a phenomenal performance as a profoundly unhappy woman. There isn't a lot of plot, but director Mike Leigh builds his stories from the details and detritus of daily life.

After a 1990 wildfire destroyed his home and possessions, Iyer started over. The loss led him to a Benedictine monastery, where he found comfort and compassion in solitude. His new memoir is Aflame.

David A. Kiesling of Pleasant Valley, passed away unexpectedly on January 2, 2025. A memorial service will be held at Poughkeepsie United Methodist Church, 2381 New Hackensack Rd., Poughkeepsie ...

A good comedian has to "know what regular people are going through," he says. In his new Hulu special, Lonely Flowers, Wood riffs on how isolation has sent society spiraling.

David A. Kiesling passed away unexpectedly on January 2, 2025. The son of Frank and Loise Kiesling, he was born and raised in Rochester, New York. After graduating from Charlotte High School ...

Swinton plays a woman dying of cancer in Pedro Almodóvar's The Room Next Door. "A life spent considering how we're going to spend our end is not wasted time," Swinton says.

Nicole Kidman plays a high-flying, married businesswoman who begins an affair with an intern half her age. It's a lead performance more daring than the film itself.