“Who on Earth could believe that of Woody Allen?” HBO has unveiled the teaser trailer for a documentary mini-series titled Allen v. Farrow, and we just have to post it anyway (breaking our no-TV rule). This is a new doc from the award-winning filmmakers Kirby Dick & Amy Ziering, who last made the outstanding On…
Christopher Plummer knew that he would remain best known to a mass audience as Captain von Trapp in “The Sound of Music” (1965), a worldwide mega-hit that he sometimes called “The Sound of Mucus,” but he had come to terms with its popularity by the end of his long life. That very wholesome picture needed…
While much of America rehashes the outcome and aftermath of a recent election, voters in Massachusetts have been electing another official. The job description is vague, the duties negligible. The gig is mainly as a figurehead, which is good, because the candidates aren’t particularly revved up about representing their constituents. They demonstrate astonishingly little interest…
Theo Anthony’s “All Light, Everywhere” is one of the more mind-bending films from Sundance this year, and also the only one I saw that included an extensive bibliography in its closing credits. The film finds Anthony confidently wading into the discussion of police surveillance, engaging the viewer by highlighting the artifice of making a doc,…
France’s submission for Best International Film at this year’s Academy Awards is an intense drama about two women secretly in love, but before you jump to any conclusions, it is not Portrait of a Lady on Fire. (That was eligible last year, and passed over by France in favor of Ladj Ly’s Les Misérables.) The…
Throughout cinema, there have been a bevy of plots revolving around individuals whose humanity got pushed to their limits, teetering good people to lash out at a world that brought them harm, heartache, and loss. Societally fractured characters like Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver, D-Fens played by Micheal Douglas in Falling Down, and most recently…
This magnificent geyser has become a must-see for visitors to this region of Germany. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe geyser was actually the result of a drilling expedition in 1903 to extract carbon dioxide from mineral water. The geyser is fed from an artisan well and became a well-known tourist attraction…
It was only a matter of time before filmmakers would start creating content about the COVID-19 pandemic, and it makes perfect sense that documentaries would be at the forefront of these artistic endeavors. Taking a step back and examining how the pandemic started, it’s hard not to be curious about Wuhan, China; the city that…
This nearly 40-year-old plane wreckage is located in the Great Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina. A moderately difficult two-mile round trip hike from the Waterrock Knob Visitor Center and trailhead in Sylva, North Carolina lead to the wreckage. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe trail begins at the Waterrock Knob Visitor…
The exact age of the painting in this cave is unknown, but it’s estimated that the artwork is well over a thousand years old. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonAccording to creation stories from Aboriginal Australians, Bunjil is a principle legendary hero, the creator who provides for all and remains a protector…
★★★★ Directed by #FilippoMeneghetti Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by #MalysoneBovorasmy #FilippoMeneghetti #FlorenceVignon Starring #BarbaraSukowa #MartineChevallier Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Film Review by George Wolf The plan was to sell each of their neighboring French flats and move to Rome. After decades of…
It may have been reduced to a tiny box on my Zoom program – which was further reduced to half of my computer screen – but there was no doubt that what iconic performer Sam Neill was basking in, living in, and talking to me from was a slice of paradise. With tranquil hymns from outside…
The little town of Fillmore is known for its authentic steam train rides and this unique curiosity shop that also happens to have a bakery. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonAcross from city hall is a classic 1900s bungalow that is home to various industrial treasures. Visitors to this curiosity shop will…
Constructed in 1934, this small service station is an architectural rarity. American architect Carl-August Petersen designed the building in the Tudor Revival style. The rounded doorways and windows, steeply-pitched roofs, and chimneys are similar to those found on old English cottages and homes in the surrounding Island Park neighborhood. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong…
Crossing the Streams is our monthly look at all the offerings hitting the big streaming services each month, and this time we’re checking out the new Netflix arrivals for February 2021. This month’s titles include a disappointing shortage of older, non-Netflix movies, but we’re also getting new films starring Rosamund Pike, Zendaya, and more! Keep…
The disconnect between movies and reality is unavoidable. Contrary to what we assume from films like “The Breakfast Club,” life offers few fist-raising moments like Judd Nelson’s triumphant scene in that John Hughes classic. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonFor this reason, the 1988 Italian film “Cinema Paradiso,” a movie which says,…
More than 20 million years ago, off the coast of what is now northern Taiwan, a marine creature tunneled vertically in the seafloor sand, then veered to the side. Every now and then, the animal—probably a skinny, sprawling, ancient worm—jutted its head above the sediment, snatched some prey, and dragged the unwitting morsel into its…
“The game is more dangerous than it may seem.” Well Go USA has released an official US trailer for the extra absued, epic Russian sci-fi CGI spectacle called Cosmoball, made by famed producer Dzhanik Fayzi. We posted an international trailer for this a few months back. The film follows four athletes with the rare ability…
Border control in the United States has been a topic that often triggers heated discussions in recent years. Fuelled by a (former) president who constantly incited hateful ideologies in his public remarks, any discourse on the subject often feels highly politicized. In Maisie Crow‘s At the Ready, political messaging takes a backseat to the much more…
If you were thinking you’d go into Prisoners of the Ghostland, the latest from director Sion Sono with Nicolas Cage in the lead role, and it wouldn’t be a wild ride – you are going to be exceptionally wrong. Of course, Cage does Cage best in the role of Hero, as his brazen, intense self, and it is…
Congratulations to the Sundance Institute for a successful virtual film festival with a near-impeccable screener platform. We can’t wait to get back to seeing films on the big screen in Park City, but if we ever have to do this thing remotely again, we know we’ll be in good hands. The special circumstances of the…