In ‘How to Make a Killing,’ a family inheritance inspires Glen Powell to do dirty deeds

Director John Patton Ford’s spin on the 1949 British thriller “Kind Hearts and Coronets" doesn't have his star in eight roles, but it does have a spirit of dark fun.

‘How to Make a Killing’ Review: Glen Powell Carries You Through a Screw-Loose Thriller of Money and Murder

It's a watchably weird reimagining of "Kind Hearts and Coronets," though with a lot more than murder on its mind.
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Technology is changing how we write — and how we think about writing

Andrew Robinson is the author of Lost Languages (2002) and other books on scripts and decipherment. He is based in London. How the world’s largest language family spread — and why others go extinct ...