A prominent Cuban exile and anti-Castro activist has sued Netflix for defamation, claiming the 2020 film “The Wasp Network” – marketed heavily as being “based on a true story” – defamed him and his ...

Set in Miami in the 1990s, Wasp Network, is a gripping real-life spy story that’s not what it seems. Based on the book “The Last Soldiers of the Cold War” by Fernando Morais, the film dives into the ...

In 1952, two-thirds of Harvard applicants were admitted. The average verbal SAT score for incoming freshmen was 583. If your father went to Harvard, you had a 90 percent chance of getting in.

Netflix Sued for Defamation by Cuban Exiles Over Spy Thriller ‘Wasp Network’ Brothers to the Rescue leader Jose Basulto, who is portrayed in the film, claims director Olivier Assayas distorted key ...

Carlos star Édgar Ramírez plays Rene Gonzalez, a Cuban pilot deemed a traitor when he flees to Miami, while leaving his wife Olga (Penélope Cruz) and young daughter behind. He’s followed by glamorous ...

“The Film is an obvious attempt to rewrite and whitewash history in favor of the communist Cuban regime and is factually inaccurate,” the complaint states. “Brothers to the Rescue leader Jose Basulto ...

In July 1953, Fidel Castro, a young lawyer, led 160 followers in an attack on an army barracks in Santiago, Cuba, to protest the rule of dictator Fulgencio Batista, who had seized power in a coup the ...

Despite a great subject, a superb cast and muscular imagery, Olivier Assayas’ Cuban spy thriller seems cut down from a longer mini-series, leaving viewers feeling shortchanged. It’s hard to think of ...

Headlined by Penelope Cruz and Edgar Ramirez, “Wasp Network” is world premiering and competing in Venice, but the Cuba-set film was a long-shot to get made because of its political subject and the ...

Wasp Network, written and directed by Assayas, is adapted from the book The Last Soldiers of the Cold War by Fernando Morais. In addition to his personal portrayal in the movie, Basulto takes issue ...