As networks of railroads spread across the United States, engineers were also busy building thousands of dams. Steam locomotives required large amounts of water, and in areas of the arid west, that was often hard to come by. Thus, reservoirs were constructed adjacent to tracks to supply the trains with water. Read moreA Guide to…
Revenge takes place deep underground in SAS: Red Notice, the latest from director Magnus Martens. Based on the book of the same name, it imagines the hijacking of a train traveling under the English channel. The inaccessibility and tanks of gasoline available to the hijackers make it clear that they had planned this thoroughly, but what…
Tucked away in the woods of Durham, New Hampshire, there is a peaceful spot that was once a quiet sanctuary for two college professors. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonIn 1948, Lorus and Margery Milne came to Durham to teach zoology at the University of New Hampshire. Margery hailed from New York…
The 78th edition of the Golden Globes that took place on February 28 was a Zoom-heavy affair. As for the usual glitz and glam, some fair nominated ladies made an effort and donned divine couture ensembles. Regina King, who was up for her directing debut, “One Night in Miami,” was a standout in a glittery…
This story was originally published in Wired and appears here as part of our Climate Desk collaboration. Bivouacked in the middle of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf—a five-hour flight from the nearest Antarctic station—nothing comes easy. Even though it was the southern summer, geologist James Smith of the British Antarctic Survey endured nearly three months of…
The Janiculum, or Gianicolo in Italian, is a wooded park that provides spectacular views over the city of Rome. It is also a monumental park planned around the theme of the short-lived Roman Republic of 1849. This experimental government, which temporarily overthrew Papal authority in Rome, fought for its survival against the French army on the fringes of the…
Streaming might be the future, but physical media is still the present. It’s also awesome, depending on the title, the label, and the release, so each week we take a look at the new Blu-rays and DVDs making their way into the world. Welcome to this week in Home Video for March 2nd, 2021! This week’s…
The murder hornets came. America didn’t listen. Sure, some media coverage circulated around the arrival of the Asian giant hornet, but in the grips of a pandemic, the story was largely pushed aside. Attention and care and support was not lent to that cause. No one cared. And no one cared to know or appreciate…
You notice the castles the minute you arrive in Gerbstedt, a quiet little town in Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state, an hour’s drive from Leipzig. Elaborately constructed miniature castles, replete with tiny windows, shrubs, and dwellers in historical attire, greet you at different spots around town—outside the supermarket, in front of the church, on people’s front lawns….
Picking through overhanging palm leaves and tiptoeing over mangrove roots, the sound of gushing water rumbles into earshot, drowning out the chirp of tropical birds and insects. The rainforest clears, revealing a crystalline rock pool nourished by the white wisps of Pinaisara Falls, Okinawa’s tallest single-drop waterfall. Iriomote, a 110-square-mile island at the southern tip…
In the last six months, films have come to light showcasing the cruelty and racially driven motivations of the United States Government – primarily within its Federal Bureau of Investigation – and the utilization of power to maintain a division of races and a suppression of equality. Where Judas and the Black Messiah and MLK/FBI…
If the clause “write what you know” is to be taken literally, then Kerry Mondragon fits the bill with his feature debut Tyger Tyger. Off the bat, I can tell you that this was a movie that, outside of its visual style which is very arresting and captivating, did not end up much on my…
★★★ Directed by #DylanMcCormick Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by #DylanMcCormick Starring #KateWalsh #DonalLogue Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Film Review by Rachel Willis Opening on a man sprawled on the beach, a crashed motorcycle and a wallet floating into the ocean, Sometime Other…
“What does it feel like to feel something?” Lionsgate has finally revealed the first teaser trailer for a new sci-fi space adventure movie called Voyagers, the latest from director Neil Burger (Limitless, The Illusionist). This was originally set for last year, but has been delayed and is now set to open in April this spring….
A rice cracker notable for its banana-like shape, bakauke is a very popular snack in Japan. It comes in flavors like soy sauce with seaweed, soy sauce and sesame, and mild curry. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe cracker was introduced in 1990 by Befco, then known as Kuriyama Beika Co. It quickly became the company’s…
Located on the central Piazza Maggiore, Palazzo d’Accursio serves as the town hall of the city of Bologna. On its façade, there is a large bronze statue located over the portal. This statue represents Pope Gregorius XIII, who was born in the Italian city and is most known for having commissioned the Gregorian Calendar. Read…
The minds at Turner Classic Movies smell cinematic blood in the water, and they’d be foolish to do otherwise. Cancel Culture just claimed Dr. Seuss, the beloved children’s author whose work is suddenly racist and unacceptable to young minds. Never mind the boundless joy his books have delivered to countless readers over the decades, or…
Master storyteller T. Shawn Taylor will be hosting a virtual workshop on Saturday, March 6th, at 10am CST. This exclusive webinar is open to all as part of the No Malice Film Contest, presented by the Roger and Chaz Ebert Foundation, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation (with a grant from Healing Illinois and The…
“You have no idea how hard it is to program flirting”, says a woman (Sandra Hüller) to Alma (Maren Eggert), after her date, Tom (Dan Stevens) tilts in the middle of the dance floor and has to be carried away by a group of men. The two had met just a few minutes earlier, Alma…
Sewer lamps, such as this one, were invented after The Great Stink of 1858. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonDuring this event, London’s sewers created an incredibly foul stench, one so bad that even the House of Commons was aware of the issue. The curtains of the House of Commons were supposedly…
Cengiz Özek sits at his desk in the dimly lit back office of his shadow theater near Taksim Square in central Istanbul. The theater is one of the last in operation in the city. He holds a piece of camel leather, a transparent sheet of paper with some sketches on it, and a small cutter….