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2026-05-12 16:02:09 (6 days ago)

The Electric Kiss review – belle époque seance comedy struggles to summon real magic

Pierre Salvadori’s whimsical period farce about a fake medium and a grief-stricken painter has charm and elegance, but its romantic fantasy never quite ignites

This year’s Cannes menu begins with something left over from the sweet trolley: a gooey, glutinous and slightly flat confection, a comedy about art for which not everyone has the palette or the palate. A fake spiritualist at the time of France’s picturesque belle époque pretends she is in contact with the dead lover of a grieving and creatively blocked artist – but she has been secretly put up to it by the painter’s wily agent, convinced that his client’s ecstatic contact with this amour from beyond the grave will inspire him to recommence the production of hugely expensive paintings.

The film is directed and co-written by Pierre Salvadori and the result is something like a moderate mid-period Woody Allen or Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit – though Allen and Coward would surely have followed the obvious narrative possibility of the dead person disconcerting the conspiracists by actually speaking through this bogus medium. In fact, this movie is not unlike Cédric Klapisch’s Colours of Time from last year’s Cannes, though with more strained comedy and farce.

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-05-12 16:00:32 (6 days ago)

UVA installs tampon dispensers in men’s restrooms, students call move ‘absurd’

University of Virginia students raise concerns over tampon dispensers in men's restrooms on campus, calling the installations absurd and wasteful.

The Guardian - World News

2026-05-12 16:00:09 (6 days ago)

How Keir Starmer lost authority over two days of confusion and drama

Labour leader remains UK prime minister despite mounting calls to step down before state opening of parliament

As the afternoon faded in Westminster, final preparations were being made for Wednesday’s state opening of parliament, where King Charles will set out a year-long legislative programme for a government that even its most ardent allies fear might not last the week. Once again, here we are.

Keir Starmer is still the UK’s prime minister. It is even possible he might be in a few months from now. But after two days punctuated by confusion and drama on a scale that belies Labour’s promise to end years of political upheaval, his authority appears shredded. What is less certain is what exactly that means.

Fox News - Video

2026-05-12 15:57:28 (6 days ago)

Texas authorities say illegal migrant charged in 2 murders, 2 shootings and more victims possible

Austin authorities say an illegal from Mexico who was deported back in 2020 is now charged in two Texas murders, two more shootings where the victims survived and may have harmed more women in a pattern of "extreme violence." (Courtesy: KTBC)

New York Times - World News

2026-05-12 15:56:39 (6 days ago)

Kuwait Accuses Iran of Trying to Infiltrate Its Territory

Kuwait’s interior ministry said a group of armed Iranians arrived at Bubiyan Island in the Persian Gulf on May 1 aboard a rented fishing boat and exchanged fire with Kuwaiti soldiers.

The Guardian - World News

2026-05-12 15:54:48 (6 days ago)

Starmer given a lifeline after Streeting challenge fails to materialise

Downing Street insiders suggest health secretary does not yet have the support for a leadership push

Keir Starmer was increasingly confident that he had seen off the immediate threat to his job on Tuesday after a challenge from Wes Streeting failed to materialise despite several of the health secretary’s allies quitting the government.

Downing Street insiders suggested that the health secretary did not yet have the required support from the 81 MPs he needed to formally launch a leadership bid after Starmer issued a “put up or shut up” ultimatum to his cabinet.

Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-05-12 15:54:05 (6 days ago)

Why have peace efforts failed to end conflict in Sudan?

The UN says the use of drones is making the conflict more dangerous.

Fox News - Video

2026-05-12 15:54:03 (6 days ago)

AOC comments on billionaires puts Dem Calif gubernatorial hopeful in awkward spot

Chicago Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts analyzes New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's recent controversial statements on billionaires and more on ‘America Reports.’

Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-05-12 15:52:10 (6 days ago)

Red Cross says people displaced by conflict in Colombia doubled last year

Annual report by ICRC finds worsening conditions for Colombian civilians amid continued fighting between armed groups.

Fox News - Video

2026-05-12 15:50:53 (6 days ago)

'High degree of coordination': Calif mayor admits to being secret Chinese agent

California Post opinion editor Joel Pollak has the latest on the national security concerns following the resignation of Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang on 'America Reports.'

Fox News - Sports

2026-05-12 15:50:48 (6 days ago)

Casemiro Names Gareth Bale As Most 'Complete' Teammate Over Cristiano Ronaldo

Casemiro has hailed Gareth Bale as the most complete player he has ever played alongside.

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-05-12 15:49:40 (6 days ago)

Loudoun County high school student accused of filming students in bathroom under investigation

A Loudoun County high school student is under investigation for allegedly secretly recording other students in a school bathroom at Freedom High School.