“The Independent Creative Has the Power Now…Hollywood is Dead” – The RynoRyder Vlogs – Week 15

When thinking of animals that reflect the breadth and diversity that is Edinburgh, there’s a plethora of species to choose from, from the mythical unicorn, which is the nation’s symbolic animal, to Greyfriars Bobby, a famed Skye terrier who is the city’s mascot. There is also Dolly the Sheep, the first mammal to be cloned, or  Wojtek…

This essay is part of our series Episodes, a bi-weekly column in which senior contributor Valerie Ettenhofer digs into the singular chapters of television that make the medium great. When we think of Breaking Bad with a half-decade of retrospect, certain moments are more likely to be seared on our brains than others. Jesse, crying with a gun…

October is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as “31 days of horror.” Don’t bother looking it up; it’s true. Most people take that to mean highlighting one horror movie a day, but here at FSR, we’ve taken that up a spooky notch or nine by celebrating each day with a top ten list. This article about…

From its opening beat, it is clear Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn is in it to shock. The first three minutes consist of uncensored, unabashed sex; dirty talk, a fully zoomed-in oral scene, a touch of BDSM-friendly whipping, you name it. The people on the homemade video, we learn soon after, are a primary…

When mining finally ceased in this Nottinghamshire town, the people wanted to install a reminder of a time foregone. This led to the creation of a magnificent sculpture depicting a giant Davy miner’s oil lamp with two figures of coal miners, one of which is inside the lamp as if working in a thin coal…

It’s going to be an unusual Toronto International Film Festival this year. With the dual strikes still rattling the industry, the red carpets won’t be quite as star-studded, leading to a different kind of fest. However, the movies will still be there, with submissions from dozens of countries and hundreds of perspectives. In fact, we’re…