Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman Shine in ‘C’mon C’mon’

Since the 13th-century, water from the Lech river was drained at the retaining weir known as “Hochablass” towards the city of Augsburg to drive water mills. In the past, goods were shipped along the river to supply local industries. The weir was the place to reload goods from larger to smaller rafts, with several thousand…

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, the second stage play from August Wilson and, coincidentally, the second of which Denzel Washington has helped bring to the big screen, has now released on Netflix. Featuring the final performance from the late Chadwick Boseman and having made it to the top of President Barack Obama’s list of 2020 films, the production appears to be…

The year is 1985, and the rise of video nasties — the bloody and gory low-budget horrors distributed in the form of VHS — has created a moral panic and public hysteria in the UK. The right-wing and parent groups believe that such films (as ridiculous as this sounds) are the main reason why the…

According to the records, the first temple in Prambanan was built around the year 850. It is believed that Rakai Pikatan, king of the Sanjaya dynasty Medang Kingdom, had it built partly as a Hindu response to the nearby Buddhist Borobudur, and partly as a marker to commemorate the return of the Sanjaya dynasty to…

Premiering this weekend at the 2020 Sitges Film Festival, The Old Ways, from director Christopher Alender, is a horror film that takes you below the equator and into the jungle of forgotten traditions. Cleverly balancing the elements of horror with its deeply relevant and urgent themes, The Old Ways is sure to satisfy both viewer…

Things have gone well past thinking of ending things in Blackbird, the latest from director Roger Michell. Lily doesn’t have long no matter what she does. She’s terminally ill, but instead of waiting for an unspecified expiry date she’s set one herself and gathered her family for one last get together. She’s feeling chill about it…