Over the centuries, Edinburgh has seen its fair share of crime and murderous plots. From the conspiracy to do away with the husband of Queen Mary of Scots, Lord Darnley in 1567— to the serial killer duo Burke and Hare. One particular event involved citizens uprising against governmental officials that resulted in a truly heinous…
Initially, this cube-shaped structure was designed as a mosque that was constructed during the Seljuq dynasty around the 10th-century. The structure originally contained a massive green dome, however, it eventually collapsed. It was then redesigned as a mausoleum for the Alavian family. Two senior members of the family reside in tombs located in the cellar of…
Stepping into a taishū engeki show is like being welcomed into a wild and flamboyant secret society. As performers in outlandish costumes dance on stage, delighted fans dance along in unison from their seats. Somehow, everyone knows the moves. Periodically, an excited fan will scurry up to the stage with an envelope or wrapped gift,…
A woman goes on the run with the perfect accomplice, a baby, in I’m Your Woman, the latest from co-writer/director Julia Hart. Jean knew what her husband did. She knew he was a criminal, but she never expected that he wouldn’t come home or that she would be squirreled away by strangers while men hunted her…
Carnlough, a village located along the East Antrim coastline of Northern Ireland, is home to one of the most beautiful stone harbor ports in the country. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe stone harbor as seen in Carnlough today was first constructed in 1854 by the Marquess Marchioness of Londonderry. It was…
The original “Borat” felt like comedy got the facelift we didn’t realize it needed. Sacha Baron Cohen leveraged “Candid Camera” pranks with sly social commentary, delivering a smart bomb blast of laughter. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonIt’s lost little of its sting today. Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in…
Paul Bunyan’s gigantic likeness appears all across Minnesota. Legend has it, the state’s 10,000 lakes were made by Paul’s footprints as he trampled across the land. However, only one location in the state claims to be home to his final resting place, a camping ground known as Paul Bunyan Memorial Park. Beyond the headstone that notes…
★★★★★ Directed by: Ruth Beni, Daniel Greaves Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by: Ruth Beni Starring: Mubin Al-Khafaji, Jadesola Cole, Perez Thomas-Gaye, Zeina Ducasse Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’,,Film Review by: ,,Jason Knight Feeling stressed out and worried can cause a lot of…
Wherever I travel I always go on the ghost tour. Most cities have them, dusk tours of the macabre. Violent murders, ledges from which people jumped, hidden basements where illicit activities took place, the things locals have whispered about for centuries all spruced up and monetized for those passing through. It’s a fun thrill, sure,…
“Believe it or not I was young once, too…” A girl’s walk home alone at night turns into a surreal nightmare. The Three Men You Meet at Night is a horror short film from writer / director Beck Kitsis and it’s now available to watch online after a successful festival run throughout the year. The…
As soon Riz Ahmed takes the stage at the start of Mogul Mowgli, you know you’re about to see something special. From this moment it is clear that this will be a film with energy and bite, and that plugs into the supercharged power of its star. Ahmed plays Zed, a British-Pakistani rapper who is about…
Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” is a deliciously unstable comedy. This new installment in the misadventures of Cohen’s ignorant yet fearless Kazakhstani journalist Borat Sagdiyev is filled with risqué (and just plain risky) jokes. Some land. Others explode in the film’s own face like a baggy-pants comedian’s prop cigar. That’s all true to the…
About 40 miles off the coast of Poland, nearly 300 feet below the surface of the Baltic Sea, a beam of light cut through the cold water and fell onto the metal hulk of a ship. As the light panned across the wreck in September 2020, it cast long shadows across the seafloor. For the…
Deep in the woods, there are cubes. Enormous, ominous chrome cubes, with dozens of cables jutting out of them like potato batteries. The cubes are the most arresting images in Noah Hutton’s Lapsis. A smart sci-fi chiller showing at Nightstream’s Virtual Film Festival, Lapsis has more on its mind than just tech. Those chrome blocks…
If you were driving through the English countryside sometime in October 2020, you may have spotted a man in a full suit of medieval armor, marching along the side of the road. It was neither a present-day Don Quixote nor a lost LARPer. It was simply Lewis Kirkbride, a 38-year-old charity worker from Durham, in…
Scandinavian Heritage Park is believed to be the only park dedicated to the five Nordic countries. The heritage park is operated by the Scandinavian Heritage Association and the Norsk Høstfest. The Norsk Høstfest is the largest Nordic festival in North America. The centerpiece of the park is the Gol Stave Church Museum. Read moreA Guide…
The first film since Molly’s Game from director Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7 finally arrived on Netflix last week after a nearly decade-long delay that pointed to a cancellation many years ago. Yet, in the midst of our tense political climate in these past few years, Aaron Sorkin decided to step behind…
Icelandic composer Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson lived in Edinburgh during the 1870s, as the Scottish capital represented more opportunities for a fledgling musician than his home country. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonHe resided in a Georgian-style townhouse in the city’s New Town, however, he probably never imagined that one of his pieces composed…
Diversity only goes so far in today’s woke landscape. Yes, Hollywood and major media platforms like Netflix routinely attempt to bring more people of color into the entertainment industry. The moves come after decades of inadequate representation. In many ways the cultural wave is a worthy one. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThere’s…
This piece was originally published in High Country News and appears here as part of our Climate Desk collaboration. Centuries-old sycamore trees tower over the dry riverbed of Harshaw Creek, in the Patagonia Mountains of southern Arizona. Where houses once stood, flat, barren earth stretches to the base of nearby low, oak-covered hills. A crumbling…
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…