The screening, timed to the 100th anniversary of Mishima’s birth, exemplified the festival’s growing confidence in bridging cinematic history with contemporary cultural diplomacy.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
With each pot, cast iron skillet, and cooking utensil, Gilmore exemplified this longstanding tradition in Black life, negotiating her identity in America and resisting the ills of racial segregation that pervaded nearly every aspect of her community.
Putnam asserted that the long-term decline in social connection and civic engagement—symbolized in his book by the fact that the number of people participating in bowling leagues has fallen off a cliff—is the core issue facing America.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
These water signs — fittingly symbolized by a fish — are imaginative, creative and empathetic.
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