It’s an underdog story (and then some) in Boogie, the feature debut of writer/director Eddie Huang. Boogie dreams of playing in the NBA, but as a Chinese-American, no one looks at him and sees a basketball player. He’s got the skills, though, and just needs the opportunities to open up. That’s not going to come easy…
During the early 20th-century, the Santa Clarita Valley was a favorite backdrop for numerous western films. Dozens of western actors could be seen chasing bandits or hunting for treasure amid the hillsides and valleys of the area. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonHarry Carey Sr. was a prolific western actor, starring in…
This old tram depot in the Berlin district Moabit has been transformed into a vintage car paradise. Aficionados, collectors, and professionals share their passion for classic cars in the workshops and garages throughout this historic building. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonClassic Remise is not a museum, but instead a place where collectors and…
Double Take is a series in which Anna Swanson and Meg Shields sit down and yell at each other about the controversial, uncomfortable, and contentious corners of cinema. In this edition, they consider whether the reputation of Constantine as a mediocre comic-book adaptation is deserved. With remakes and reboots engulfing Hollywood, it’s easy to get the…
The opening of David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive” is a delirious jitterbug sequence, in which figures dance all over the screen. The dancers are superimposed in a kaleidoscopic manner, their movement appearing enthralling as well as manic. Only a few minutes in and the audience needs to pay close attention — even at this point, there…
“My girls are not the enemy…” IFC Films has also debuted a new US trailer for the UK thriller set just days before WWII began called Six Minutes to Midnight, the latest from director Andy Goddard (of Set Fire to the Stars, A Kind of Murder). We just featured the UK trailer for this yesterday,…
★★★ Directed by: #LeelaVarghese Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by: #SeatonKaySmith Starring: #AkksheyCaplash, #EmmaHarvie, #SeatonKaySmith, #VeronicaClavijo Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Short Film Review by Taryll Baker When Matt accidentally shrinks himself and is captured by the ants whom he has unwittingly been squashing,…
A few decades ago, a team of scientists reported in Nature that life on land is possibly over a billion years older than previously demonstrated. Their evidence came in the form of a chunk of ancient soil, or paleosol, that contained what they believed were once “mats” of microbial life, maybe including photosynthetic cyanobacteria (sometimes…
A film could have been made on the production of Thomas Clay‘s The Delivered (originally Fanny Lyne Deliver’d) alone. Plagued by hassle – starting with the death of Clay‘s friend and longtime collaborator Joseph Lang, and later including several attacks from Mother Nature – the writer-director knew this one needed to be finished. After delays that plowed…
There is magic in the art of indie film. A journey of exploration whose defined boxes of storytelling give way, warping and bending, allowing for emotional explorations and narrative oddities to fill the screen. Outside the blockbuster realm, it’s where some of the best geniuses take root. And writer-director Mike Cahill’s Another Earth is the…
On September 6, 1970, four flights heading from Europe to New York were hijacked in a coordinated action by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLFP). Two of the aircraft wound up landing in Jordan on a desert airstrip called Dawson’s Field. Another was diverted to Cairo. Intense hostage negotiations followed….
Children in the U.S. are taught from a very early age that they live in the greatest country in the world. Things may be difficult at times, but at least they have vague nouns that we have yet to clearly define, like “freedom.” One would imagine from the way that some Americans talk that we…
Located in Lorton, Virginia and widely considered to be “The Mother Church of Northern Virginia,” Pohick Church was the first to be established in the colony north of the Occoquan River. The church’s original site, according to George Washington’s map of the area, shows that it was originally located near the present-day Cranford Methodist Church,…
The Lillipad Cafe’s signature gangurru burger is, like many burgers, topped with lettuce and served in a toasted bun. Take one bite, however, and you’ll realize there is something special about it. The patty sports hazelnut-bitter notes, thanks to the addition of indigenous Australian wattleseed. It’s topped with a juicy bush tomato relish and finger…
One of the best accounts to follow on Instagram is “Influencersinthewild,” in which submitters catch camera-ready wannabe celebs and social media titans in the act of hamming it up for their followers, while showing the stark backdrop of the real world outside their phone’s POV. Such a reality check is an easy way to burst an influencer’s…
After two decades spent leading archaeological digs among the 1,900-year-old ruins of the former Roman emperor Hadrian’s sprawling Villa Adriana, Rafael Hidalgo Prieto thought he’d seen it all. Then the Spanish professor and his team discovered an imperial breakfast room unlike anything in the world. The palazzo area once featured a royal four-bedroom complex centered…
A man’s reinvention doesn’t stick in Nobody, the latest from director Ilya Naishuller. Years ago, Hutch had a job that required a certain set of skills and some pretty dangerous co-workers. Eventually, he decided that he wanted a different life, so he gave it all up and settled down to become a quiet, suburban family man….
There are several secluded stations across Japan known as hikyō-eki, which are often located in remote mountainous areas. The term was popularized in the 1990s by Takanobu Ushiyama, a well-known railfan who wrote numerous books about his train travels, resulting in a boom in tourism to such stations. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonAccording to…
Embedded into the façade of a tall office building in downtown San José, four digital yellow circles rotate every few seconds, seemingly without purpose. This display has gone on since 2006, and it could be easily dismissed as an unusual artistic choice by the resident of the building, the software company Adobe. But in actuality, this…
The academy of Dosan Seowon was designed to serve two purposes: education and commemoration. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe academy was established in 1574 and was completed in memory of Korean Confucian scholar Yi Hwang by a few of his disciples. Hwang settled in the area around 1549 and begun construction on the…
Masochists will have a field day with “Paradise Cove.” The thriller stars a couple who suffer, and suffer, at every step of this clumsy cautionary tale. What’s more frightening than the film’s villain? The red tape the characters endure in modern-day California. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonIt’s a recurring theme in…