‘Ingeborg Bachman – Journey Into The Desert’ Review: Vicky Krieps’s Sensational Performance Leads Period Piece About Art, Love, And Suspicion [Berlin]

Guy Lodge Film Critic Nearly 125 years after her assassination, the Empress Elisabeth of Austria — or Sisi to her enduring cultists — continues to inspire a veritable industry of portraiture in Europe: In the last year alone, a novel, two TV series (one of them a glossy Netflix affair) and two feature films have been dedicated to the tightly corseted royal icon. Viewers outside the Continental sphere of Sisi-mania may only have registered one of those films, Marie Kreutzer’s chic, subversive anti-biopic “Corsage,” which might make the second, German director Frauke Finsterwalder’s lush, irreverent “Sisi & I,” seem to them a too-soon spare — coincidentally repeating several tricks from Kreutzer’s anachronistic playbook with its modern feminist inflections, contemporary soundtrack cues and sensational fashions, albeit with plenty of its own panache.

Al Roker and his wife Deborah Roberts have been enjoying a well-earned break in Puerto Rico after several months of health battles, and the pair look happier than ever. ABC News anchor Deborah looked radiant in the pictures, as she rocked a geometric-patterned swimsuit with a low V-neckline and appeared to have a refreshing sparkling drink in hand.Al, who helps to host rival network NBC's Today Show wore a Team USA tee and board shorts in the pictures and kept safe with a baseball cap covering his head.

Bad Bunny will be returning to his native Puerto Rico in May to host the upcoming “Backlash” event for WWE.

Bad Bunny is bringing one of his passions to his home of Puerto Rico. He’ll serve as host of WWE’s “Backlash,” one of the sport’s most famous and viewed live events. The show will be hosted on May 6th, at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot in San Juan.

If you’re scrolling through Instagram today, you may see your friends and favourite celebrities dedicating posts to the women in their life in honour of International Women’s Day. Brooklyn Peltz Beckham is one of them, and has shared a heartfelt message to his wife Nicola.

William Earl Music superstar Bad Bunny is set to host the live WWE event “Backlash” in his native Puerto Rico. It will take place on Saturday, May 6, at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot in San Juan. It’s the first live WWE event taking place in Puerto Rico since 2005. “In 2005 when I was a kid, I wasn’t able to attend New Year’s Revolution at el Coliseo,” Bad Bunny said in a statement. “Finally, 18 years later WWE returns to the island with a massive event and this time I won’t miss it.” Bad Bunny is no stranger to the world of the WWE. In 2021, he performed “Booker T” at that year’s Royal Rumble event, and then started appearing on Monday Night Raw. He eventually won the WWE 24/7 Championship that year. In 2022, he appeared at the Royal Rumble as a contender, advancing past noted wrestlers Sheamus and Dolph Ziggler to make the final five. He will also be a character in the upcoming wrestling video game “WWE 2K23.”

David Beckham was snapped exiting his hotel in France with his daughter, Harper, as the rest of the iconic family followed behind for a sweet family outing. The former professional footballer, who recently celebrated his son Cruz’s birthday in a boozy celebration in Dublin, attended Paris Fashion Week where he was pictured attending various shows with his family.

Posh and Beck’s son Brooklyn Beckham spent his birthday at his mum fashion show for Paris Fashion Week, saying he is ‘so proud’ of the former Spice Girl. The 24-year-old took to Instagram to share a series of snaps from the event - but everyone is saying the exact same thing.

A woman who was declared dead in the United States after she went missing for more than three decades has been found alive in Puerto Rico. Patricia Kopta, then 52, disappeared suddenly in 1992 from Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, US after her husband came home and she was nowhere to be seen.

Brooklyn Beckham and Cruz Beckham have reunited to support their mum at her Paris Fashion Week show.The brothers, aged 23 and 18 respectively, put to bed any rumors of a current feud between members of the family as they both enjoyed watching Victoria Beckham's Autumn Winter display. Their mother also did her bit to suggest any hostility between their extended family is over by hugging Brooklyn's wife Nicola Peltz Beckham at the end of her show.See the Beckham family's earlier reactions to the former Spice Girl turned fashion industry icon's collection in the video below.WATCH: Brooklyn and Cruz support their mum at her fashion showAlthough Cruz's appreciation for his mother's designs was more noticeable during the show thanks to the fact he leaned towards the catwalk, Brooklyn's head can also be seen on the left near Cruz also nodding along appreciatively.Harper Beckham, 11, was also present watching with her brothers.

Brooklyn's 24th birthday is right around the corner, which will guarantee some mega celebrations hosted by the Peltz-Beckham clan, but the fun does not stop there. Victoria Beckham is set to showcase her latest collection during Paris Fashion Week on Friday, and her family are expected to take their place on the front row for the occasion.The fashion designer, who debuts her latest collections for her eponymous luxury label bi-annually, will send a string of models down the runway sporting her minimalist designs for all to see.

Naman Ramachandran Indian cinema legend Amitabh Bachchan will headline Ribhu Dasgupta’s courtroom drama thriller “Section 84.” The film is produced by Reliance Entertainment, Film Hangar and Saraswati Entertainment in association with Jio Studios. This film will mark Bachchan and Dasgupta’s third collaboration after the critical success of Sony Entertainment Television India’s 2014 miniseries “Yudh” and 2016 film “Te3n.” Bachchan’s last release was Sooraj Barjatya’s “Uunchai,” one of the few box office hits in a 2022 that was otherwise dull for Bollywood.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Watching “Kiss the Future,” a documentary about the band U2’s relationship with wartorn Sarajevo in the 1990s, it’s hard not to think: “We’ve seen this movie before.” That’s not to do with the doc itself so much as how aspects of the 30-year-old footage from Bosnia’s brutal civil war parallel what we’ve seen in the news coverage coming out of Ukraine for the past year. Both involve stranger-than-fiction (or stranger-than-fascism) scenarios of cosmopolitan cities suddenly subject to state terrorism, which makes the Matt Damon and Ben Affleck-produced film coincidentally timely, for all its belatedness. In a sense, “Kiss the Future” is the story of a long-distance romance, between a superstar rock quartet reaching its peak and a once-grand metropolis that’s bottoming out. In the early ’90s, genocidally minded Serbian president Slobodan Milošević tried to subject the happily mixed population of Sarajevo to ethnic cleansing by any means necessary. The area’s young people fought back in whatever spirit-lifting way they could — including founding underground discos, forming punk bands and otherwise keeping the arts alive as they dodged shelling and snipers. An American activist, Bill Carter, had the idea to enlist the stadium-filling U2 in publicizing their plight, which led to nightly satellite appearances by Sarajevo locals on the giant screens of the “Zoo TV” tour’s European leg.

Married At First Sight UK star Kasia Martin looked stunning as she enjoyed the sun and celebrations at the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival earlier this week. 36 year old Kasia, who was unsuccesfully matched with Kwame Badu as part of the E4 experiment, took to social media to reveal that she’d been busy soaking up the carnival atmosphere as she shared a snap of her incredible outfit.Taking to Instagram to share a glimpse inside the trip, TV personality Kasia shared a snap of herself sporting a sensational carnival look which was made up of a red beaded bra and matching bottoms.

Cruz Beckham is celebrating being of the legal drinking age in the United Kingdom. The youngest son of Victoria and David Beckham celebrated his 18th birthday with his older brother, Romeo Beckham, and his dad.«Feels good to be 18,» Cruz captioned a shot of himself drinking a pint of beer as Romeo pops into the frame and David holds up his own pint.The Beckham boys are surrounded by silver balloons for Cruz's milestone birthday.

Victoria and David Beckham are enjoying a luxury trip to the slopes with their two youngest kids.The couple, who recently paid tribute to their decades long relationship for Valentines’ day, were joined by 18 year old son Cruz and 11 year old daughter Harper Seven for the trip.The family headed to Courchevel, one of the world’s largest ski resorts in the world, in the picturesque French alps - but eldest sons Romeo and Brooklyn were missing in action. Taking to her Instagram, Victoria, 48, posted a series of snaps from the holiday for her 30 million followers to enjoy.

Jordan Moreau SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from Episode 6 of “The Last of Us,” now streaming on HBO Max. HBO’s “The Last of Us” series just took a major leap to the video game’s sequel, “The Last of Us: Part II,” that fans are sure to recognize: The snowy Jackson, Wyoming, settlement where “Part II” begins was faithfully recreated in Episode 6 — despite not appearing in the original game. It’s the first major connection to “Part II” that the show has made. Without spoiling the events of the sequel, the wintery Jackson town is a major location in the opening hours of the game. In the original “The Last of Us,” players learn about Jackson from Tommy (Gabriel Luna) and Maria (Rutina Wesley), but they mainly stay at the hydroelectric dam encampment and see Jackson only at a distance. The section of the game also takes place during the fall, not the winter.

“They treat you like a movie star,” says an admirer to Ingeborg Bachmann at one of her celebrated readings. She smiles graciously and agrees, thus establishing the baseline for her story.

Jessica Kiang One wonders what Ingeborg Bachmann — the celebrated Austrian poet, author, linguist and thinker who became a darling of the midcentury, continental European literary set — would make of the staunchly old-fashioned Margarethe von Trotta biopic that now bears her name. She might be happy to be portrayed by Vicky Krieps — who among us would not be? She might be gratified by the occasional mention of one of her poems or lectures, and the nice amber tinge to Martin Gschlacht’s stately photography. Or she might be justifiably miffed that for all she achieved across a glittering, eccentric literary career, it is her rocky personal life and the men who rocked it, that are the film’s sole, stultifying focus. 

Ed Meza @edmezavar German cinema looks set for a major boom this year with a strong lineup of diverse works that span historical dramas, coming-of-age tales, high-octane nostalgia, animation and sci-fi fun. The Berlin Film Festival is bowing a muscular selection of local titles, among them “Afire,” by Berlinale mainstay Christian Petzold (“Undine”), screening in competition. The films centers on a group of young people staying at a holiday house near the Baltic Sea during a hot, dry summer, exploring volatile emotions that start to sizzle when a wildfire spreads through the surrounding forest. Likewise vying for the Golden Bear is Margarethe von Trotta’s biopic “Ingeborg Bachmann: Journey Into the Desert,” starring Vicky Krieps (“Corsage”) as the radical Austrian author. The film examines her relationship with Swiss writer Max Frisch and her 1964 journey of self-discovery through the Egyptian desert.