In 1918, the Russian Imperial Romanov family was executed by Communist revolutionaries. After the royal family was murdered, there were rumors that one of the Romanov children had escaped. These rumors often centered around 17-year-old Grand Duchess Anastasia, which led to many women claiming to be Anastasia and therefore connected to the Russian royal lineage….
Hulu’s “Sasquatch” is a modern true-crime doc of a rare breed: rarely have they felt as nerve-racking, dangerous, and truly scary. It is not all about Bigfoot, one must say right off the bat, because I suspect that most people wouldn’t want to get into a series that’s about Bigfoot hunters unless it had a…
As we wait for the world to emerge from the shadow of shut down and for places and venues to being to open again, the film world is continuing to evolve and adapt to an unprecedented time. With cinemas still closed but the appetite for art and escape still needed, maybe now more than ever,…
Lanleff’s temple is a pink sandstone ruin located in Lanleff, Brittany. It is a round church, reminiscent of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe exact age of this building is unknown. The earliest known references to the building is from 1148 when the Lord…
Say what you will about Disney+’s “WandaVision.” The mercurial series felt nothing like the preceding MCU movies that made Marvel the Hollywood behemoth it is today. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonIt’s why “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” feels both familiar and welcome. The new series opens with the kind of…
Standing at nearly 200 feet (60 meters) tall and just southwest of the Austrått manor entrance is an unusual four-sided pyramid. According to a few historical records, the structure was erected in 1665 by the Austrått manor’s owner Ove Bjelke in memory of his father Jens Bjelke. Ove Bjelke was one of Norway’s richest and…
Dark Matter Oddities & Artisan Collective located in the French Quarter is an offbeat home to both the beautiful and macabre. The shop contains a curated combination of strange antiques, locally hand-crafted artwork, and small-batch artisan products. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonA small group of artists produces an array of taxidermy,…
A teenage boy is out of his depth in Concrete Cowboy, the feature debut of co-writer and director Ricky Staub. Cole knew going to live with his father would be awkward. The two lived in different cities and barely knew each other, but nothing could prepare him for finding out he’d also be sharing quarters with a…
The Museum Club, known locally as “The Zoo”, is a Route 66 icon. It began as a taxidermy museum/shop in 1931 when taxidermist Dean Eldredge purchased federal land just outside Flagstaff, Arizona. He constructed what he believed was “the largest log cabin in the nation.” The upper floor and roof are supported by several massive…
This former stately home had a fragmented history before it was renovated into a luxury hotel. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonConstruction on the home began in the 1840s. However, work ceased when the owner died and the structure stood incomplete for many years. That is until local businessman, José Francisco da…
★★★ Directed by #BradFurman Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by #RandallSullivan #ChristianContreras Starring #JohnnyDepp #ForestWhitaker Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Film Review by George Wolf After nearly three years of lawsuits, allegations, finger-pointing and false starts, City of Lies lands in theaters as an…
“Pull yourself up by your bootstraps” is rhetoric intended to prop up the promise of the American Dream while ignoring the systematic prejudices that prohibit it from coming true for all Americans. Three films within SXSW 2021’s Narrative Feature Competition grapple with this hypocrisy with varying degrees of self-awareness and success. They are “Women Is…
I’m just going to say this right up front: Ninjababy is one of the most creative, innovative films I’ve seen this year. This film rocks! For whatever foolish reasons, I was resistant to watching this one when it first premiered at the 2021 Berlin Film Festival. Then I finally caught up with it at the…
Mike Leigh has shown throughout his long career that even at our most mundane we, humans, are entertaining. His characters are obnoxious, whiny, pretentious, awkward, and belligerent – personality traits that in real life are predisposed to irritate. But it is through these people that we witness the nature of Leigh’s empathy. By 1971, with…
Welcome back to the newest, and at times goriest, column here at Film Inquiry – Horrific Inquiry. Twice a month, I will be tackling all things horror, each month bringing two films back into the spotlight to terrify and frighten once more. And occasionally looking at those that could have pushed the envelope further. Join…
This article is part of The Reading List, a recurring column in which we encourage you to take your enthusiasm for a particularly groovy movie or TV series and direct it into a wide array of extracurricular studies. This entry plunges into Captain America canon, suggesting the ten best comic books to devour in anticipation…
Two of Sion Sono’s films, which premiered in the United States this year, Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021) at the Sundance Film Festival and Red Post on Escher Street (2020), presented by Japan Society and Agency for Cultural Affairs, comprise of a large cast of characters and exceptional use of extras who also act as…
Tourlida is an islet of Patras Gulf, located three miles (five kilometers) away from Messolonghi. It owes its name to a seabird species. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThis area was surrounded by water until 1885 when a road was finally constructed to the mainland. This construction work led to the separation…
At 7:30 a.m. on a Monday in January, the sun has yet to climb over the snowy San Juan mountains that stand sentinel around the tiny town of Ouray, Colorado. In the twilight, a pair of climbers bundled in layers, a thermos of hot coffee or tea in their backpacks, make their way to the…
Is there anything more fascinating than a ‘blank check?’ You know, that moment when a filmmaker — or filmmakers — achieve so much success, whether by acclaim or box-office, that they’re given carte blanche to whatever they desire. Have any passion projects you’ve been unable to get made? Want us to add an extra couple million onto that budget…
Old Fort Park is a beautiful public park located in an artsy little seaside city in central Florida. The park overlooks a small community harbor and is open to pets. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe site itself is named after a Scottish physician Andrew Turnbull, who established the colony of New…