“Every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other…” Array has debuted the first official trailer for Funny Boy, the latest film from acclaimed Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta (of Fire, Earth, Water, The Republic of Love, Heaven on Earth, Midnight’s Children). This is premiering directly on Netflix in December,…
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 November 2020. This month’s titles include Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy, Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square, and the return of Kurt Russell as Santa Claus! Keep…
Sean Connery led with his shoulders and his wicked grin. Raised in a tenement in Edinburgh, Scotland, he was a brawler, sailor, footballer, and bodybuilder before turning to show business. He went on to become a movie star and accomplished film actor—though with a turbulent private life, a flair for provocation, and a propensity for…
★★★★ Directed by: #HarveyKadijk Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by: #HarveyKadijk and #JolijnvanDulken Starring: #MelisaAlkanlar, #RomyBlom, #AbelSanders Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Film Review by Lucy Clarke Dion is a lonely figure. Her long face and dark hair are permanently shrouded in a grey…
This year should have been the 98th annual county fair that takes place in my state. While some have never taken an interest in a Hawaiian event that brings in massive crowds, the waft of a cotton candy, noisy rides and a glowing carousal, the fair is always something I eagerly await. Read moreA Guide…
October is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as “31 days of horror.” Don’t bother looking it up; it’s true. Most people take that to mean highlighting one horror movie a day, but here at FSR, we’ve taken that up a spooky notch or nine by celebrating each day with a top ten list. This article about…
Noooooooo not another!! The one-and-only Sean Connery has died at age 90. His family reports that he has been “unwell for some time” (via BBC), and passed away in the Bahamas with much of his family with him. The original James Bond! Indiana Jones’ dad! And so many other iconic roles in so many outstanding…
Two rules of thumb apply to today’s woke culture. The first is something Hollywood ignores at its own peril — “get woke, go broke.” Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe second is equally true. “You can never be woke enough…” The latter proves true once more with a scathing IndieWire story about…
Singer and unabashed patriot Ava Aston isn’t a fan of artists disrespecting the National Anthem. The version AlfonZo Rachel wrote was a striking exception. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho Marathon“He orchestrated and arranged this really beautiful, bluesy version of the Anthem. It was still very respectful,” Aston says. Read moreRobert Stack Finally…
★★★ Directed by: #AlishahAhmad and #AmberWright Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by: #BenArcher and #OscarRobinson Starring: #AlexTuohy, #OliviaFreeman, #NualaWalsh, #SafiaOakleyGreen, #AmeeraLayla and #LauraAlexander Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Film review by: Brian Penn It’s difficult to know exactly where to start with Last Rites;…
While paging through the first known cookbook written in the United States, Amelia Simmons’s 1796 American Cookery, you’ll find quite a few recipes that seem familiar. There’s the pumpkin pie, the roast turkey, and even the “cookey.” But one recipe stands out, both due to its name and its gargantuan proportions: the Election Cake. American…
“Hey kids, do you know what time it is?!” Well, I’m sold! Screen Media has released an official trailer for a wacky action horror coming up next year titled Willy’s Wonderland. There’s no date set – they’re holding it until sometime in 2021 – but I’m already looking forward to it. A quiet drifter is…
Director George A. Romero was born on February 4, 1940, in New York City. After graduating from high school, he attended Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA; the city and the state that would serve as filming locations for a bulk of his filmography (like John Waters with Baltimore, John Hughes with Chicago, or M. Night Shyamalan with Philadelphia). When he completed…
Across generations and around the world, the name “Dracula” now calls to mind a pale man in a tuxedo and cape, eyes bloodshot and fangs gleaming. Originally introduced in Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel of the same name and given that familiar look by Bela Lugosi in 1931, Dracula has since become the world’s prototype vampire,…
In Inca mythology, there is a deity, Viracocha, whose name can be translated as “sea of fat.” He is the creator of the Earth and all its creatures, the maker of the sky and the sea and all the other gods. Among the Quechua people, he must be honored. “In the Andean world, indeed, blood…
CW: sexual abuse, trauma For much of its running time, Cicada is reminiscent of a host of romances dating back to Richard Linklater’s seminal Before Sunrise. The ones where nascent couples wander both aimlessly and with purpose, discussing life, death, and everything in-between as the magic of love quietly appears in a low-key, touching manner. If…
It is perfectly possible to have gone through life never having heard of Rebecca. That said, this is a story more familiar than most; and with that comes great pressure. If you are one of the lucky ones coming to Ben Wheatley’s new film, his first for Netflix, without the slightest idea of what a…
On a drizzly Thursday in October 2020, I arrive at Berlin Brandenburg International Airport’s Terminal 1, a gleaming glass box on the outskirts of the city. After checking my passport and scanning a QR code, a staffer hands me a bright safety vest, a face mask with the airport logo on it, and a packet…
Remember when Under the Silver Lake was the hot mess of 2018? Premiering in competition at Cannes that year, David Robert Mitchell’s follow-up to his wildly terrifying It Follows gained as many cult fans as it did detractors; the former largely viewed it as a sprawling Lynchian interrogation of the conspiracy theory, navigating hidden strata…
Planning for the next century’s electrical needs, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) broke ground on the Hartsville Nuclear Plant in 1975. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonAt the time, the plant would be the world’s largest nuclear plant. Amid much controversy, the sleepy town boomed with construction workers and new businesses that…
We may not be getting a new “Star Wars” movie this year (or even next), but we’ll at least have “The Mandalorian,” a serial that proves with one of its best episodes yet that it still has a lot of flair, inspiration, and jetpack fuel to go around. Directed by Jon Favreau, this first episode in…