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Thrillers, whether of the action or psychological varieties, typically rely on plot turns to power the drama. There’s nothing wrong with that, but it’s always a welcome surprise when a film can build those thrills as much through character as it does through those story beats. Caddo Lake, a new Max Original Film premiering this […]
Bill Barrett/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images The U.S. men’s national soccer team had a chance to earn some positive momentum in a friendly against Canada on Saturday. That did not happen as the USMNT fell to Canada 2-1 in Kansas City. The result marked Canada’s first win over the U.S. since 2022 and the first on U.S. […]
Crystal Pix/MB Media/Getty Images Kylian Mbappé said his Euro 2024 performance was a “failure” after France was eliminated Tuesday with a 2-1 semifinal loss to Spain. “My competition? It was difficult,” Mbappé told reporters after his team’s elimination (translation h/t ESPN’s Sam Marsden.) “It was a failure. We had the ambition to be European champions. […]
The transcript below may be for an earlier version of this episode. Our transcripts are provided by various partners and may contain errors or deviate slightly from the audio. Shankar Vedantam: This is Hidden Brain. I’m Shankar Vedantam. In the 1960s, the psychologist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was studying patients with terminal illnesses. She noticed a pattern […]