Roger Ebert

Ecstasy and Agony: Mona Fastvold on “The Testament of Ann Lee”

While in production on her second feature, “ The World to Come ,” Fastvold had stumbled upon a vast archive of Shaker worship ...
The New Yorker

Mona Fastvold Knows Her Way Around a Chair

The director’s new movie, “The Testament of Ann Lee,” stars Amanda Seyfried as the Shakers’ founder. But the film’s furniture ...
National Geographic news

The Louvre has a wild history of being robbed in broad daylight

One of the most infamous heists in the cultural institution’s history was the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa—when Pablo Picasso numbered among the suspects. People gather around the Mona Lisa painting in ...
IndieWire

To Build Her ‘The Testament of Ann Lee,’ Filmmaker Mona Fastvold Had to Imagine Her Own Kind of Utopia

IndieWire Honors: This season's Visionary Award recipient has always been drawn to stories of daring female pioneers. She's one of them, too. Mona Fastvold has always been drawn to stories about women ...
Smithsonian Magazine

See the ‘Mona Lisa of Illuminated Manuscripts,’ a 600-Year-Old Bible Covered in Intricate Illustrations

The Borso D’Este Bible rarely goes on display. The 15th-century, two-volume illuminated manuscript filled with miniature paintings of gold and lapis lazuli is usually locked in a safe at the Gallerie ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet on ‘The Testament of Ann Lee,’ That ‘Brutalist’ AI Controversy and What’s Next

The Oscar-nominated pair are back in the Oscar race with another audacious, brilliantly acted epic. In their first extensive interview about 'The Testament of Ann Lee,' they're game to talk everything ...
ABC News

Lisa Cook's attorneys call mortgage fraud allegations 'baseless,' say investigation into Fed governor should be dropped

The Fed governor's attorneys pushed back on the criminal referral to the DOJ. Attorneys for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook are firing back against her criminal referral to the Department of ...
New York Post

15th-century Bible described as the ‘Mona Lisa of illuminated manuscripts’ goes on rare display in Rome

ROME — A 15th-century Bible which is considered one of the most spectacular examples of Renaissance illuminated manuscripts went on display in Rome on Thursday as part of the Vatican’s Holy Year ...
Associated Press

Bible described as the ‘Mona Lisa of illuminated manuscripts’ goes on display in Rome

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. One of the most spectacular examples of ...
National Catholic Reporter

Bible described as the 'Mona Lisa of illuminated manuscripts' goes on display in Rome

A 15th-century Bible which is considered one of the most spectacular examples of Renaissance illuminated manuscripts went on display in Rome on Thursday as part of the Vatican's Holy Year celebrations ...
Houston Chronicle

Mona Ziade, who helped shape the AP's Middle East coverage in the 1980s and '90s, dies at age 65

BEIRUT (AP) — Mona Ziade, who covered major events out of the Middle East during the 1980s and '90s for The Associated Press, including the taking of Western hostages during Lebanon’s civil war and ...
KXAN

Mona Ziade, who covered Lebanon’s civil war and Arab-Israeli peace talks for the AP, dies at 66

BEIRUT (AP) — Mona Ziade, who helped The Associated Press cover major events out of the Middle East during the 1980s and ’90s, including the taking of Western hostages during Lebanon’s civil war and ...