On the outskirts of Sheffield is the Rivelin Valley Trail, where beautiful riverside walks provide a mixture of nature and the industrial, lined as it is by ruins and remnants of various water wheels’ used to pump water to the mills and steelworks of the city in a bygone age. Read moreA Guide to The…
The Terrorium Shop is a quaint hidden gem tucked away in Denver, Colorado. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWhat started out as a strange little hobby, blossomed into a business after owner Amber Hage-Ali gifted her partner Ian Johnson with one of her “terroriums,” a glass vessel showcasing a skull with living…
In 1865, an enterprising local farmer, Upton Darby, began raising funds to build a schoolhouse for the children of local farmers, which inspired neighbors to pitch in with cash and labor to bring his vision to life. This beautiful one-room schoolhouse was up and running the following year, using distinctive red sandstone from nearby Seneca…
It’s a night of The Smiths in Shoplifters of the World, the latest from director Stephen Kijak. The young, bored characters of this movie could be found at any time in history, but there are only a few moments when they could mourn the breakup of a truly great band. One of those came in 1987…
These small, Small strange-looking buildings can be found along the seafront of Brighton & Hove. These little shelters actually date back to the Victorian era. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThere are seven, elegant matching cast iron shelters along the seafront. They have provided residents and tourists with a place to rest…
Latinas are supposed to be quiet—or at least, that’s what you might have heard. Historically, we’ve attempted to silence our own with “advice” like “calladita te ves más bonita” (which loosely translates to “you’d be prettier if you talked less”). It’s not exactly a feminist sentiment and it’s reinforced externally by Hollywood’s portrayal of Latinas—we’re…
The Canadian fishing village of Glover’s Harbour, Newfoundland (formerly known as Thimble Tickle) claims to be the “Home of the Giant Squid.” It earned this distinction in 1878, when a living giant squid (Architeuthis dux) was discovered stranded offshore. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho Marathon According to contemporary documents, on the morning of…
Since January, the Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon, England, has been selling copies of one of the strangest cookbooks ever published. That’s according to Stuart Orme, the museum’s curator, who’s also written the new introduction to The Court and Kitchen of Elizabeth, Commonly Called Joan Cromwell, the Wife of the Late Usurper. This is no Joy…
On a hot, sunny morning in June 2006, Reginald Van de Velde was walking in the center of Sorrento, the famous Italian town on the Gulf of Naples, when something struck him. “I was walking on a footbridge to get back to my car,” says the Belgian photographer, “and noticed something unusual under the bridge.”…
Radu Jude‘s Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn took this year’s Golden Bear at the Berlinale. The director sat to discuss the film’s controversial themes, the politics behind the humour and how cinema can subvert art to shine a light at political and societal hypocrisy. On the inspiration for the film I think it’s a…
When icebergs make news, it is generally due to something rare and dramatic: a chunk twice the size of New York City, another threatening the ecosystem of an entire island, or, of course, Titanic. But each day human eyes are watching bergs of many shapes and sizes, mapping their movements at both ends of the…
“All we see are walls. But what these walls contain, all of our memories, what our parents passed down to us…” Still Here is a stunning short film directed by Taiwanese-American filmmaker Sean Wang, and it already won a Sundance Ignite award last year. It also was chosen as the Best Doc of the Year…
We had to sit in agony for two weeks for the Snatch Game, a RuPaul’s Drag Race staple where queens must use their wit and improvisational skills to make RuPaul laugh, and it was well worth the wait. Snatch Game is a notoriously difficult maxi-challenge that often makes or breaks the contestants as it always causes a…
Doug Liman’s “Chaos Walking” has been covered heavily in the press, stating it underwent extensive re-shoots and is a “troubled” film. The end credits even list “Additional Editing” and “Additional Scoring.” Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonIt sure sounds like a disaster-in-waiting, but the end result isn’t a botched or even a…
★★★★★ Directed by: #ShaunJamesGrant Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by: #ShaunJamesGrant & #LukeShentonSharp Starring: #JaneDowden, #YannGael Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Short Film Review by Taryll Baker A couple on an ominous journey pull into a rest stop diner in the early hours of…
In terms of universal ailments, we can all say we’ve had at least one sleepless night. A night of lying in the dark, waiting for sleep that never comes and no matter how many sheep you count or glasses of warm milk you chug, you just lie there, the world around you reduced to a…
The late 18th century was an era of rapid expansion in the American West, especially the areas known now as Ohio and Indiana. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonIn this land, John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, took it upon himself to travel the countryside, spreading the Gospel and planting orchard…
WarnerMedia, a division of AT&T Inc., announces an expanded entry-level Access Writers program that aims to amplify underrepresented voices and historically marginalized narrative writers to provide a pathway into the television industry. The WarnerMedia Access Writers program, formerly known as HBO Access, is one of several innovative initiatives being led by the company’s new Enterprise…
John Smith’s Citadel perfectly captures the United Kingdom’s 2020. Beginning with a boisterous Boris Johnson, still bouncing from his general election win, and ending with the worst COVID-19 death toll in Europe. The story of the country’s battle with the Coronavirus pandemic is told both visually, with shots of the capital’s skyline and buildings, but also…
This “modern megalithic garden” has three stone circles, a seven-circuit classic labyrinth, dolmen, dry-stacked stone sculpture, many boulders and standing stones as well as natural buildings and restored prairie. Visitors can walk in a self-guided manner along mown grass paths and there are signs at many of the features explaining a bit about each one….
The small village of Onogur, Bulgaria stands on land that, some 14 centuries ago, was home to a large and well-fortified city. Though there seems to be nothing left of it to this day, the strategic nature of the location makes it clear how convenient it would have been for a fortress. The site is…