Still from the film “The Bride!” (2026, Maggie Gyllenhaal) Source: Warner Brothers At the worldwide box office, “The Bride!” - a loose remake of "Bride of Frankenstein" starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale. Warner Brothers' $80 million production has entrusted Maggie Gyllenhaal with a femoptic look at the Romantic era and the Golden Age of Hollywood. The view turned out, of course, barbaric, but hardly true, says Zinaida Pronchenko.

The US-Israeli Operation Epic Fury against Iran has been going on for almost a week. The Rahbar of the Islamic Republic, Ali Khamenei, and dozens of other prominent figures and high-ranking security officials in the country are dead. The entire region is noticeably shaking: explosions thunder in Doha, Dubai, and Kuwait, transport links are barely getting back to normal, and oil prices are steadily rising. However, the regime continues to function.

Cover of Oleg Kashin's novel "Bull" In February, ISIA Media Verlag published the novel “Bull” by publicist, troublemaker and regular contributor to Republic Oleg Kashin. Kashin's first fiction book in decades is an adventurous detective story set in a future in which the war in Ukraine has ended and Russia has collapsed. Is it possible in 2026 to write a fascinating book about Russia after Putin and entertain everyone? Lisa Birger thinks the attempt counts. Russia of the near future.