The Warm Absurdity of Old vs. New in Jacques Tati’s ‘Mon Oncle’

The original Tin House facade was crafted by Ottawa tinsmith Honoré Foisy in the early 1900s to showcase and advertise his tinsmithing business. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonFoisy adorned his home, then-located at 136 Guigues Avenue, with galvanized iron sheet metal that he painstakingly molded into rosettes, pediments, and other architectural embellishments…

Think of your last road trip. There were sights, destinations, but as much as anything else, there were signs. For businesses, public safety messages, accident memorials, threats directed at outsiders, advertisements for worms, eggs, and firewood, reminders of sin (83-FOR-TRUTH), and, of course, political campaigns. In his book Political Sign, author Tobias Carroll compares the…

An unrivaled master of the macabre, John Carpenter is best known as the man behind horror classics like “Halloween,” “The Thing,” and “Assault of Precinct 13.” Rightly hailed as masterpieces on the strengths of their sharply unnerving stories and muscular direction, Carpenter’s best films—also including “Escape from New York” and “They Live!”—benefit from his pioneering…

The Santuario de Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco (Sanctuary of Jesus of Nazareth in Atotonilco) is a baroque temple of the 18th century located just outside San Miguel Allende in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. Its construction was led by Father Luis Felipe Neri de Alfaro, who was inspired by the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. Read moreA…

“So we did it – actually moved in together… Scary, isn’t it?” “Terrifying.” Indeed it is… Strain Pictures has debuted this “fun little horror short film” titled Burnt, both written and directed by British actor Danny Morgan. A young couple move into a new home and find a little gift leftover by the previous tenants….

A holy text, in both form and content, is an instrument of awe. The first thing one might notice about them, in many cases, can be their sheer bulk, as if heft must correspond to importance. But it’s often the smaller objects that are most truly impressive, representing examples of discipline, precision, craft, and devotion….