“It felt real, it felt so believable, and yet so imaginative and creative.” Disney has debuted a set of behind-the-scenes featurettes celebrating 40 years since Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back opened. The highly anticipated sci-fi sequel first hit theaters on June 20th, 1980, three years after the original Star Wars movie rocked cinemas in…
Climate of the Hunter–directed by Mickey Reece and written by Mickey Reece and John Selvidge–follows two sisters Alma (Ginger Gilmartin) and Elizabeth (Mary Buss) who are both enticed by the same man, Wesley (Ben Hall), who shows vampiric tendencies. Visual Strengths Climate of the Hunter is beautiful in its use of shadows, lighting, and the…
The headline and subhead for a new Guardian column beggar belief. See for yourself: Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonInfinity culture war: what now for Trump’s Hollywood supporters? From actor Jon Voight to Kirstie Alley, Trump’s celebrity fans have declared war on the left – and there is little sign hostilities will…
★★★★ Directed by: Alice Maio Mackay Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by: Alice Maio Mackay, Ben P. Robinson Starring: Max Garcia-Underwood, Shabana Azeez, Charlotte Jakubowski, James McCluskey- Garcia, Vincent Donato, Brendan Cooney Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’,,Film Review by: ,,Jason Knight As the…
Antwerp is home to several symbols and stories involving hands. Such as the severed hand of a giant named Druon Antigoon. Hands have been one of the city’s symbols for several centuries, and visitors can find them in many forms anywhere, including this one hiding in plain sight. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThis…
Continuing with our series of dazzling writing from 2020, we present reviews or articles self-selected by each of our editors (Brian Tallerico, Matt Zoller Seitz, Nick Allen, Matt Fagerholm and Nell Minow); and then an article or review of a different writer selected by our editors. For Part I, see here.—Chaz Ebert Read moreA Guide to The…
A man tries to get his life back together in Palmer, the latest from director Fisher Stevens. Eddie’s life was all uphill. As a football star in college, he had everything in front of him until some trouble with the law dashed away all hope. Now out of prison, he’s back home and just trying to…
Many Australians have uttered the phrase “Beyond the Black Stump,” but few know where it started. The exact origin of the expression meaning “the middle of nowhere” or “beyond civilization,” is hotly debated. The New South Wales town of Coolah has a pretty convincing backstory to their claim on the original charcoal tree remains. Read…
★★ Directed by: Scott Spiegel Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by: Michael D. Weiss, Eli Roth Starring: Sarah Habel, Kip Pardue, Brian Hallisay and Zulay Henao Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Film Review by: Rachel Pullen Hostel: Part 3 Film Review Ah, 2011, the…
Few people that pass through Portslade, even locals, notice this important piece of local history located alongside a busy road. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonOn the corner of Church Road and Wellington Road is a small, run-down wooden “gassie” boat covered in weeds. During the 20th-century, gas works were constructed across the…
This article is part of our 2020 Rewind. Follow along as we explore the best and most interesting movies, shows, performances, and more from this very strange year. In this entry, we highlight essential movies from 2020 directed by women. It’s obvious by now that the gender of a filmmaker, writer, lead actor, or anyone else involved doesn’t…
★★★ Directed by: #Rinoshun Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by: #Rinoshun Starring: #Rinoshun Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Film Review by: Patrick Foley What a profound period the first lockdown was for us all. Hours and hours of empty time, and with it the…
Page To Screen is a column examining literary adaptations in conversation with their source material. Call up your book club and set out some canapés, we’re talking reading. Every few weeks a clip from Jojo Rabbit does the rounds on Twitter. If you have spent any amount of time on the platform, then you probably already…
Like in many parts of the world, 2020 has been an atrocious year for America: pandemic, wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, and more. “But then Kīlauea erupts, and we’re all like: ‘Yes!’” says Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, a seismologist and volcanologist at the Western Washington University. On December 20, 2020, at 9:36 p.m. local time, Kīlauea—the crowning volcanic…
This December, Martin Lersch, a Norwegian chemist and a passionate cook, rolled out his homemade gingerbread dough and got to work. He flipped his cookie cutter to and fro repeatedly, creating a quilt of cookies in the shape of Christmas trees. But Lersch’s main goal wasn’t simply a batch of delicious holiday cookies. He wanted…
★★★ Directed by #EugeneAshe Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by #EugeneAshe Starring #TessaThompson #NnamdiAsomuga Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’,,Film Review by ,,Rachel Willis Writer/director Eugene Ashe (Homecoming) helms a charming, if paint-by-numbers, love story in Sylvie’s Love. Young saxophonist Robert (Nnamdi Asomugha, Crown…
2020 has been a tough year for everyone. While many will have had their own unique experiences and hardships, there is an overarching swell of emotions we have each felt at some point through the year. Fear, isolation and even hope have all found us in the crevices of the homes we have found sanctuary…
“You agree that you’ll teach me magic, and I agree to help you out.” GKids has revealed a new US trailer for the Japanese animated film Earwig and the Witch, the latest film by Goro Miyazaki, Hayao Miyazaki’s son who also directed the films Tales from Earthsea and From Up on Poppy Hill previously. This…
The traditional public Christmas tree in Lismore, the largest town in the northeast of Australia’s New South Wales, used to be pretty ho-ho-hum. Before 2015, a Cook pine in the middle of a roundabout was dressed up each holiday season as a tannenbaum. But, like all Cook pines, the tree leans toward the equator, so…
Meryl Streep warned us about newly sworn-in President Donald Trump’s tone during a blistering Golden Globes speech four years ago. She leaned on a dash of Fake News in the process. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWhat Streep didn’t realize at the time was how her Hollywood peers would trump the unorthodox…
While 2020 has robbed many of their nuptials – whether it be in the dream of a big wedding or all together – the folks at Saban Films are determined to deliver their latest union before the year is up. Unfortunately, Sister of the Groom is a film you will want to lose your invitation…