Some folks don’t have a choice. Jeff Cronenweth sprung from cinema. His dad, Jordan Cronenweth, shot Blade Runner, Stop Making Sense, and the best bits of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. From roaming his father’s sets, the younger Cronenweth absorbed his hunger for the lens. He crawled through crews, starting as a loader and…
Star rating (out of 5): ★★★ Directed by: #JDRothRound Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by: #JDRothRound Starring: #JDRothRound, #JohnCraggs, #DionJones Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Jones Film Review by: Julian Gaskell Iso-Pocalyptis is a psychological horror from J D Roth-Round, available to watch on…
Welcome back to the newest, and at times goriest, column here at Film Inquiry – Horrific Inquiry. Twice a month, I will be tackling all things horror, each month bringing two films back into the spotlight to terrify and frighten once more. And occasionally looking at those that could have pushed the envelope further. Join…
“I whipped up a kick ass divorce mix playlist for ya.” Gravitas Ventures has debuted an official trailer for Before/During/After, an indie drama written by and starring Finnerty Steeves. The film earned good festival buzz taking home Dances With Films’ “Industry Choice Award”, Greenpoint Film Festival’s “Best of the Fest” award, San Diego’s “Best Ensemble…
The study and sweep of history tends to turn real life into myth. In hindsight we imagine it unfolding in grainy footage, or in black and white, set to a sweeping cinematic score. It’s less like it physically happened, and more like it has always just been. Throughout 2020 and into 2021, we’ve been reminded…
Chrissie Mayr knew the media fix was in long before the Jan. 6 rally that descended into chaos last week. The podcaster and stand-up comic figured the press would downplay the crowd’s size by covering its earliest stages to minimize Trump’s support. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho Marathon“Oh, look there are 40…
In 1979 during restoration works in an apartment near the center of Vienna, a sensational find was uncovered. After removing plaster from the walls, a set of ancient frescoes were revealed. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThese works of art were ordered by Michel Menschein, a wealthy merchant who wanted them as decorations…
There are certain films that proudly declare themselves British, not through accents or by waving the Union Jack but by evoking a certain feel, sweeping through with such grandiosity and delicately measured emotion that they evoke the essence of the British film tradition. I suppose many countries have these trademarks, but few put it on…
Penmon’s history dates to the 6th-century when a monastery was established here by Saint Seiriol. Seiriol created a cell at Penmon Priory and was the son of King Owain Danwyn of Rhos. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonMany Celtic churches were associated with these wells. Holy wells were springs thought to have…
Tucked away in the middle of the suburbs near Mission Hills, visitors will find one of the best places to view Modern architecture in Fremont. The California School for the Blind was originally founded in 1867 in Berkley. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonHowever, the Board of Education determined the school did…
Wilson Bentley called snowflakes “nature’s wonder gems,” possessing “an infinity of beauty,” and wrote that when they fell, “the mysteries of the upper air are about to reveal themselves.” The self-educated meteorologist was the first person to make a successful picture—“photomicrograph”—of a snowflake in 1885, and the first to claim that no two are alike….
Nestled above a charming general store near the Quechee Gorge, the Vermont Toy Museum’s vast collection of dolls, action figures, lunchboxes, yo-yos, and matchbox cars is a hidden treasure right off the White River Junction. Around 100,000 toys are housed inside the museum. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe museum’s items largely came…
A couple have a difficult night in Malcolm & Marie, the latest from writer/director Sam Levinson. The night was supposed to be a celebration. Malcolm’s movie premiered earlier and it seemed inevitable that acclaim would roll in. In the meantime, though, they’re stuck waiting, and in these quiet moments, personal grievances come to the fore. Turns…
The Brady Bunch first aired on September 26, 1969, and ran until March 8, 1974. It was based on a blended family with Carol Martin Brady having three girls, and Mike Brady having three sons. The family also had a live-in maid named Alice Nelson, whose character was a major part of the show’s success and…
The sands of time ravage all, stripping structures from the Parthenon in Athens to monuments in Persepolis of their color. But in rare cases, the past prevails, and structures retain hints of their once-vivid polychromy. The sandstone vestibule (or pronaos) of the temple of Esna, abutting the Nile about a half hour south of Luxor,…
A lock ladder or staircase is used to raise canal boats over large vertical distances within a small horizontal range. They operate by allowing the lower gate of one lock to form the upper gate of the adjacent lock. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonTo avoid wasting water, they require very careful…
[Note: Spoilers ahead.] Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonI sit staring at my laptop, and let my eyes go out of focus. I have just received a message from a dear friend. By message, I mean an apology about never believing that I was raped. I read phrases like “I can’t believe I…
“I’ve never yielded to anyone.” Netflix has unveiled the official trailer for an indie Italian drama titled The Last Paradiso, also known as L’ultimo Paradiso originally in Italian. This film tells the true story of an impossible love, a dream of an indomitable man who has a sense of rebellion and justice coursing through his…
Ratatouille: The Musical, the musical of our dreams. What started as a meme last year on TikTok — that the 2007 Pixar film Ratatouille has Broadway musical potential — unexpectedly exploded in popularity, with hundreds of creators contributing songs, performances, choreography, set design, costuming, and even a playbill. The internet’s favorite “musical that’s not a…
This story is excerpted and adapted from Kristen J. Sollée’s Witch Hunt: A Traveler’s Guide to the Power and Persecution of the Witch, published in October 2020 by Red Wheel Weiser. To German witches—hexen—the Harz highlands of northern Germany is home, a mountain range steeped in pagan lore. Here, Quedlinburg, a dazzling medieval town untouched…
This story was originally published on SAPIENS and appears here under a CC BY-ND 4.0 license. On South Africa’s southern coast, above the mouth of the Matjes River, a natural rock shelter nestles under a cliff face. The cave is only about three meters deep, and humans have used it for more than 10,000 years….