“In Darkness” is a new thriller co-written by Natalie Dormer (“Game of Thrones”) and Anthony Byrne. Dormer also stars as ‘Sofia’ and Byrne directs.
Here, the pair, alongside co-star Ed Skrein (“Deadpool”), discuss some of the behind-the-scenes challenges in writing, casting and shooting the film.
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Why is it that despite the enormous resources and money we spend fighting antisemitism, it just keeps getting worse?
If we want a different future, we must be willing to examine what already exists, what has failed, and what is quietly working.
The story of Cain and Abel constitutes a critical and fundamental lesson – we are all children of the covenant with the opportunity to serve each other and to serve God. We are, indeed, each other’s keeper.
A society that maximizes belonging while severing it from standards produces conformity, not freedom. A society that encourages mattering divorced from truth produces fanaticism, not dignity. Life and liberty depend on holding the two together.
Both the Chief Rabbi and America’s Commander in Chief understood that America and Israel were bonded by the Bible, allies in a faith guided by God’s ancient promise of freedom centuries ago.
The Israeli public may look at Jerusalem with nostalgic longing, but it misses the glaring warning sign the city is raising. The current Jerusalem model is not sustainable at the national level.
Fear alone cannot explain Gaza’s moral void after Oct. 7.
The hostility we’re seeing today in K–12 schools has very little to do with education and everything to do with power.
It was a masterclass in moral confidence. He met a moment of anger with dignity, and a moment of division with cultural self-assurance. He reminded America who Latinos are, without begging for permission or absolution.
We are in command of our own destiny—and it’s not wrong to defend our sovereignty.
Envy is a completely unproductive, and even self-destructive, emotion.
The short-form film (calling it an advertisement would diminish both its art and its impact) offered an inspiring lesson about how to most effectively confront antisemitism.
We teach young Jews to defend themselves and Israel before we teach them to love Jewish civilization. Because our priorities are inverted. Too many resources flow toward monitoring hate groups. It’s time for a change.
How does one pick up the pieces after a close family member has been murdered in a terror attack or fallen in battle?
Nineteen visiting Israeli filmmakers and talent took to the stage in recognition of their films, which will be screened throughout the festival.
Are we moved to protect girls, or by the ease of condemning the correct villain?
SJP is urging UMD and the University System of Maryland Foundation to divest from and commit to not investing in arms-producing companies.
Even if we really are victims, it doesn’t help us to come across as victims. The minute we do that, we look like losers, we make things worse, and the haters win.
