There’s never any shortage of new talent to be discovered at Sundance, and that is certainly the case again for this year’s edition of the festival. In addition to showcasing features from 38 first time directors, the 2021 edition of the Sundance Film Festival continues to rally behind bold and innovative creative choices that push…
The year is 1985, and the rise of video nasties — the bloody and gory low-budget horrors distributed in the form of VHS — has created a moral panic and public hysteria in the UK. The right-wing and parent groups believe that such films (as ridiculous as this sounds) are the main reason why the…
While it’s hard not to miss this bright, golden structure while speeding by on US 50, it’s what visitors don’t see that makes this bridge unique. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonConstructed in 1935, the center section of this bridge lifts 100 feet above the Sacramento River, allowing large watercraft to pass…
Being home to “the “largest” anything in a country can be a great honor for locals and a boom for tourism. The Njupeskär waterfall is one such place and is one of the more popular attractions in the region. Thousands of people visit the falls each year and many trails lead to the top. Its beauty…
It’s a heavyweight title match in Godzilla vs. Kong, the latest in the ever-growing Monsterverse. I think the title covers the plot. It’s Godzilla. Versus Kong. A battle between the giant ape and the sea monster, two icons of the big screen. It’s what Legendary has been building towards since starting this shared universe, and considering…
What could be mistaken as a lighthouse, the Portland Observatory was built in 1807 by Captain Lemuel Moody to serve as a communication station for Portland Harbor. The Portland Observatory was one of the earliest marine signal stations in the United States and the only one still standing today. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect…
Sunnyvale, a Silicon-Valley city chockablock with tech and aerospace companies, once looked very different. Stone fruit orchards once covered its landscape and employed its citizens, and old-timers still speak fondly of oceans of pink-and-white flowers in the springtime and the summer fruit stands selling sweet apricots and cherries. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong…
Often mistaken as a commemorative statue, this sculpture has become a memorial of sorts, honoring the deaths of 23 Chinese cockle pickers who died in Morecambe Bay working for criminal organizations. The sculpture was actually imagined before the tragedy occurred in 2004. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonUnveiled in November 2013 and…
★★★ Directed by #NicholasAsheBateman Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by #NicholasAsheBateman Starring #JordanMonaghan #NicholasAsheBateman Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Film Review by Hope Madden Light on plot, heavy on atmosphere, Nicholas Ashe Bateman’s feature debut drops us in a distant post-apocalypse. Here, those trapped…
The official awards for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, usually held in Park City, Utah every January, were announced this evening at a fun virtual ceremony live online and hosted by Patton Oswalt. It has been a different year for Sundance-at-home, with plenty of exciting world premieres and a new virtual screening system. But there’s…
A veteran comedy troupe tried the virtue signaling route following the rise of Black Lives Matter. When that failed to solve racism in the Great White North, The Sketchersons took extreme measures. The long-running Canadian group canceled itself before the woke mob could do it for them. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho…
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 February 2nd, 2021! This week’s…
It’s a common sight in tropical places from Nigeria to India to the Philippines. In the mornings, before the harsh sun has burned the mist away, tappers climb the palm trees. Aided with nothing more than wiry muscles and woven rope or cloth, they scale to the top, risking the steep drop to collect palm…
Even watching the trailer for Greenland, it’s easy to get carried away by the ominous comets hurling across space towards the Earth. It’s all too easy to throw yourself in the grips of that crisis, where staring up at the sky and gawking at the incoming inevitable wouldn’t be unfair. But to director Ric Roman Waugh’s credit,…
Sundance is known for its progressive approach to wide entertainment, but it also can be known for loving a crowd-pleaser. It has worked for “Little Miss Sunshine” all the way to 2019’s “Troop Zero,” so why should it stop? Enter writer/director Kate Tsang’s “Marvelous and the Black Hole,” a wholly sincere crowd-pleaser with bursts of inspired…
Nattawut “Baz” Poonpiriya‘s sophomore feature Bad Genius — a high school heist thriller, which was also the highest-grossing Thai film of 2017 — was deemed as one of the best films ever made in its original country. Now, 4 years later, he follows it up with One for the Road, a stylish and affecting road-trip…
Is there a star as consistently reliable as Denzel Washington? In today’s age, the currency of movie-stars seems to be falling — Say it ain’t so! — as IP brands take center stage. And yet, Washington has remained arguably our most endearing star, the kind of presence at the movies who can sell a project just on his name…
The Bateshwar collection of Hindu temples is believed to have been constructed between the 8th and 10th-centuries by the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty. Little is known about their construction, as once this empire fell, the temples too disappeared from the history books and were swallowed up by the jungle. They were re-discovered by British archeologist Alexander Cunningham…
Molly Lester was walking around north Philadelphia a few years ago when she saw a ghost. The specter was haunting the alabaster remains of 1513 North Second Street, a former townhouse. Lester took a picture, the first of what has become a spirited collection of Philly building ghosts—the imprints of demolished rowhouses that linger on…
Designed to highlight the agricultural diversity of the Piedmont region of the Carolinas throughout the year, this seasonal produce clock was completed in 2020. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonMeasuring nearly 12 feet in diameter, the installation features a custom-built clock hand that makes one full rotation per year. With 12 o’clock…
Creating a narrative that weaves together pieces of her own childhood life, Kate Tsang has crafted a striking directorial debut in Marvelous and the Black Hole. The film is a tender examination of how beautifully difficult it can be to find hope in times of darkness and features wonderful performances from a standout cast. Tsang…