The skeleton of a woolly mammoth was discovered by a woman walking her dog by a nearby gravel quarry in 1986. It was one of the most complete mammoth skeletons ever discovered in the United Kingdom. The skeleton of the adult male was unearthed accompanied by partial skeletons of several juvenile mammoths. Read moreA Guide to…
Elio Callistio, a freedman of Emperor Hadrian, would have never imagined that his then fashionable, temple-shaped sepulcher would become popular in Roman folklore. Indeed, as the sepulcher fell to ruins, it strangely started assuming the shape of a great chair or throne. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWayfarers and others who maintained…
An ancient imperial capital and the eastern starting point of the Silk Road, Xi’an was the first city in China to be introduced to Islam. Today, it has an estimated population of 50,000 Hui Muslims and a total of seven mosques, the most notable of which is the Great Mosque of Xi’an, perhaps the oldest…
Nature may shape the characters of Francis Lee’s rugged, working-class romances, but it’s nurture that ultimately saves them. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonIn 2017’s “God’s Own Country,” the Yorkshire-bred writer/director made a powerful first impression with a story, set on his home turf, about the attraction that builds between two young…
The holiday season is getting a little more queer with Happiest Season, the latest from co-writer/director Clea DuVall. Abby was stoked about the holidays. She was going to spend it with her girlfriend’s family, meeting everyone for the first time and taking that big step in the relationship. Then she was told that her girlfriend isn’t…
Before iPhones, there were DVDs. Before DVDs, there were Walkmans. Before Walkmans, there were cassette players. Before cassettes, vinyl, and before vinyl, Edison wax cylinders. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonBut according to Nissan Cohen, owner and curator at the Nisco Museum, what came before all of these was by far more magnificent: intricate…
John Onyango has never been to culinary school, nor did he start his career as a chef in a recognized restaurant or hotel. Instead, he first cooked in a suburban food kiosk, where he served the wage earners who worked in the neighboring schools, market and local Nairobi City Council offices. But that was 25…
★★★ Directed by: Dana Ziyasheva Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by: Dana Ziyasheva Starring: Arman Darbo, Chloe Ray Warmoth, Nick Moran, Eric Roberts Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’,,Film Review by: ,,Jason Knight So many films have been made that depict life in different…
Big Touch contains far more than its diminutive runtime would suggest. A very short-short, the film draws its audience into several small, human moments. Written, directed, and edited by Christopher Tenzis, the film dives into just a few minutes in a woman’s life as she perceives, is perceived, and finally, seems to release perception altogether….
“We saw the world the way we wanted it to be, we did not see the owrld the way it was.” Sony Classics has unveiled an official trailer for an acclaimed documentary titled The Human Factor, which played at lots of fests last year including the Hamptons, Chicago, AFI Docs, Denver, and Telluride Film Festivals….
California has long been associated with fantasy, but few people know that centuries before Hollywood, it drew its very name from an imaginary kingdom—one ruled by a Black queen. Around 1530, when Hernán Cortés’s conquistadors, amid shipwrecks, mutinies, and the destruction of the Aztec Empire, arrived at the peninsula on Mexico’s western side, they christened…
This imposing bronze statue on the Montreux promenade features Freddie Mercury striking his iconic pose. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe statue is the work of a British-based Czech sculptor Irena Sedlecka, famous for British public figures, but also for oversized Communist statues dedicated to the working man. Sedlecka first saw Mercury…
When sketch comedy finds a wide audience, it’s like lightning in a bottle. Think of how The Lonely Island used to dominate “Saturday Night Live” with their digital shorts, or how Tim Robinson made a cult Netflix hit out of his 2019 series, “I Think You Should Leave.” Netflix seeks to replicate some of Robinson’s…
Tired of the endless positive energy of our media? Ready for something a bit more gritty and dark as your entertainment? Want a movie that matches your own cynicism about the current state of affairs? Sure you are, because, ya know, not everyone gets good things in life, chum. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect…
The twisted terror that can live on at the heart of one’s grief, especially when that grief is over the death of a child, has been the subject of cinematic exploration for many decades. From Donald Sutherland imagining his drowned daughter stalking him on the streets of Venice in Nicholas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now, to…
A life-size and lifelike painted bronze statue of a man and his dog stand near the Morristown Green in Morristown, New Jersey. The man is Morris Frank, co-founder and first Vice President of The Seeing Eye. The dog’s harness is immediately recognizable as that of an assistance animal. The dog is Buddy, a German Shepherd…
The pizza Margherita is considered to be the classic Neapolitan pizza. While it has come to be a famous dish all over the world, some say its story began in a narrow alley in Naples. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonAccording to the popular legend, the pizza Margherita was invented in 1889…
Broadway comes to Indiana in The Prom, the latest from director Ryan Murphy. Based on the Tony-nominated musical of the same name, it’s ostensibly about two queer girls who just want to go to prom together. Problem is that the PTA in their small Indiana town has banned them from doing so, and when some no…
This gem lies right off the Pacific Coast Highway in the town of Davenport, just north of Santa Cruz. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe view from the roadway is inspiring, as visitors will find old pilings of a defunct pier that stretches out into the Pacific Ocean. To get to 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 November 10th, 2020, including our…
A little commercial break never hurt anyone. What we see too often on broadcast stations, though, is a crush of advertising that makes TV watching a chore. We’ll put up with a few spots in between an NFL touchdown or grand slam. Sitting through a two-hour movie overstuffed with ads can be brutal. Read moreA…