In the summer of 2020 in the small western New York town of Perry, the serpent returned. It moved along the shore of Silver Lake, long as a football field some onlookers reckoned, fangs bared. Its eyes were flecked with gold, a hint of its previous deaths by fire, and of the future that awaited…
Pul Moran, or as it’s famously known Pul Kanjri, is a place very few have on their itineraries when visiting Amritsar. It’s located in close proximity to the India-Pakistan international border. This structure was built by Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the emperor of the Sikh Empire in the Panjab region of India, and was used as…
★★★ Directed by: #ShehrozeKhan Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by: #MohammedallyShushtari & #ShehrozeKhan Starring: #CarlaElenaRodriguez, #MohammedallyShushtari, #GianbrunoSpena Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Short Film Review by Taryll Baker Chocolate follows 17-year-old Jordan, who has grown up his whole life without a father. When his…
“These women know what they signed up for…” Samuel Goldwyn Films has released an official trailer for an indie feature titled The Marijuana Conspiracy, based on a remarkably true story. This entertaining & informative film took place in 1972. It’s about an outlandish study on the effects of marijuana on young women. This film centers…
The star of “Supa Modo” is a bright young girl living in rural Kenya. Jo loves comic books and Jackie Chan movies, and has familiar half-serious, half-joking discussions with her friends about how superheroes would fare in the real world. They all agree Iron Man would not survive the wet season without rustproof armor. Read…
This article is part of The Reading List, a monthly column in which we encourage you to take your enthusiasm for a particularly groovy movie and direct it into a wide array of extracurricular studies. This entry explores the Snyder Cut of Justice League and the many opportunities it presents for comics discovery. Sweet release…
Welcome to Movie DNA, a column that recognizes the direct and indirect cinematic roots of both new and classic movies. Learn some film history, become a more well-rounded viewer, and enjoy like-minded works of the past. This entry recommends movies to watch after you see the Russo brothers’ Cherry. Joe and Anthony Russo‘s ambitious adaptation…
Roughly once a year a major media outlet corroborates every conservative’s fears about La La Land. The industry actively discriminates against the Right, and the problem is only getting worse. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonYou’d think an industry stung by the McCarthy era, a time when Communist sympathizers faced career suicide,…
★★★ Written & Directed by: #RaphaelFrostGonzalez Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonStarring: #TaylorHancock, #RaphaelFrostGonzalez Short Film Review by Taryll Baker Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’A relationship is tested when one friend, Ezra, asks the other, Gavin, to help him commit his suicide. A somewhat…
People who visit ancient remains often see a few stones or broken walls. But the Iberian Citadel of Calafell offers a chance to immerse yourself in a village as it was some 2,500 years ago. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonCalafell is located in an area near the coast that is popular…
Workplace comedies have been a treasured genre of television nearly as long as television has been around. We’ve entered the day-to-day lives of cops (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Reno 911), lawyers (Night Court, Ally McBeal), doctors and nurses (Scrubs, Dr. Ken), government workers (Parks and Recreation, Veep), and journalists (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, News Radio, Murphy…
This 18-mile footpath follows the routes of the Haytor Tramway (or Railway) and the Stover Canal. It is named for the family that constructed the unique tramway and the historic waterway. Together, these routes were used to transport granite from quarries at Haytor to the docks at Teignmouth. For lovers of old railways and old…
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…
As the world changes, and as society evolves, so must teaching, and so must teachers. But how, exactly, and where is there an example of a teacher that can best educate (and handle) youngsters as they’re growing up? This exceptional documentary brings us into the classroom of one extraordinary teacher who offers a near perfect…
In Natasha Kermani‘s film Lucky, which just arrived on Shudder, May (played by the amazing Brea Grant), a self-help writer, suddenly finds herself fighting for her life every night by a masked intruder. I was able to speak with the very talented cinematographer of this new horror-satire, Julia Swain, where she was able to really guide us…
“I don’t care about our legacy.” We’re still a few years away from seeing Matt Reeves’ The Batman (due out in 2022), in the meantime this short will definitely scratch your itch for extra Batman content. Batman: Dying is Easy is an impressive new fan-film made by the brothers Aaron and Sean Schoenke. The short…
Turbulent Skies is a Dutch television series that was released in 2020. The series is directed by Joram Lürsen, who is known for directing The Resistance Banker. Turbulent Skies is about Anthony Fokker and Albert Plesman. These were two aviation pioneers who played a major role in building civil aviation in the Netherlands. The series…
Warning: this film contains depictions of suicide, which are discussed in this review. Center Stage, director Stanley Kwan‘s unusual but undeniably brilliant depiction of the life of silent film star Ruan Lingyu, begins with a series of stills of the actress from her earliest films when she was only 16. Many of these films are…
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…
There are actually nine Troys. Each one is built on the ruins of the last. Homer’s Troy, which the poet wrote about in The Iliad and The Odyssey, is likely Troy VI, trapped under the ruins of other cities. Watching Absent Now the Dead, an avant-garde travelogue from Hamilton Sterling, now streaming via Laemmle Cinemas,…
Originating from Harajuku, Japan’s kawaii subculture has found its way beyond Tokyo, influencing the rest of the world in its sugary wake. Even so, the notoriously dodgy district of Takenotsuka may be the last place in Tokyo one would expect such as culture to materialize, let alone thrive. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho…