Experiencing Jennifer Sheridan’s unsettling, surprisingly moving debut feature Rose: A Love Story is like watching a very bleak version of Santa Clarita Diet. Where that show (which was glorious and cancelled far too early by Netflix) explored the ‘reality’ of living with a normal person who just happens to be a zombie, Sheridan’s film, scripted…
The island of Cyprus is known for its various offerings of exotic foods and cuisines. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonNow, tourists and locals alike can marvel at more than 20,000 ways to flavor their food at the Salt & Pepper Museum. Inside is one of the world’s largest collections of seasoning…
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…
Yerevan can surprise the occasional visitor with its abundance of public art. One contemporary example is the spider statue in the city’s Charles Aznavour Square. Dedicated to the French Armenian singer Charles Aznavour, this square boasts a number of landmarks, including the Moscow Cinema, the Stanislavski Russian Theatre, and the giant spider. Read moreA Guide…
Located in the mountains southeast of downtown Sochi, Eagle Cliffs (Орлиные скалы – Orlinyye skaly) provides a reasonably easy hiking experience. It’s complete with placid meadows, spectacular views across the Caucasus Mountains, waterfalls, and swimming holes. At the mountaintop is a statue of Prometheus, the Greek hero associated with the Caucasus region. Read moreA Guide to The…
★★★★ Directed by: Pete Docter Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by: Pete Docter, Kemp Powers, Starring: Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Film Review by Robert Stayte Soul Film Review Pixar’s releases as of late have not been bad by any…
A game will be turned on its head in Free Guy, the latest from director Shawn Levy. Guy was pretty content with his life. He had an okay job, spent time with his best friend, and mostly avoided the gruesome mayhem surrounding him. That is until he encountered a woman he couldn’t let slip by, so…
Completed in 1572, Büyük Han is an exquisite example of Ottoman caravanserai architecture. Documents reveal that its original name was Yeni Han (New Inn). Due to the high number of patrons from Alanya, it became known as Alanyalılar Hanı, but during the 17th-century, a smaller inn was opened nearby. People began referring to the two…
★★★★★ Directed by #GarrettBradley Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonStarring #FoxRich #RobRichII #FreedomRich Film Review by George Wolf Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’I can’t remember the last time a film I was dreading made me feel so grateful that it existed. I knew that…
★★★★★ Directed by #AaronSorkin Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by #AaronSorkin Starring #SachaBaronCohen #MarkRylance #EddieRedmayne Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Film Review by Hope Madden Oscar winning, much beloved and frequently frustrating writer Aaron Sorkin first ducked behind the camera for the clever if…
Jia Zhangke is one of the most intriguing chroniclers of contemporary Chinese life in cinema today. His latest feature, Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue, is his first documentary since his lyrical ode to the city of Shanghai, I Wish I Knew, was released in 2010. (That film was conveniently re-released and screened in…
In a yellow taxi in the Jordanian capital of Amman, a photo of Saddam Hussein dangles from Mustafa Khalid’s rear-view mirror. The dictator’s face is printed on one side of an air freshener; the other side shows Jordan’s late King Hussein. As Khalid drives through the packed city streets, the two faces seem to trade…
★ Written, directed and produced by Rahul D. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonStarring: Sudarshana Das and Sumit Ghoshal Film review by Will Jones Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’I have always found it somewhat charming that older and plenty of newer Indian films, from…
On November 4, 1857, a notice appeared in the Cambridge Democrat, the local newspaper of Cambridge, Maryland. Submitted by one Dr. Alexander Hamilton Bayly, it offered a $300 reward for anyone who could locate and kidnap a 28-year-old woman named Lizzie Amby, whom Bayly had enslaved. She had fled Bayly’s house some days before, bound…
The fourth installment of Fargo — Noah Hawley‘s crime anthology series based on the Coen Brothers‘ 1996 movie of the same name — opens with a fictionalized history lesson, narrated by a clever 16-year-old biracial girl named Ethelrida Pearl Smutny (E’myri Crutchfield), who, for 24 minutes, explains the power dynamic of Kansas City crime in…
★★★★ Directed by: Christopher Deakin Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by: Christopher Deakin Starring: Katherine Farquhar, Adam Cryne Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Film review by: Joseph Rodgers Ever had one of those conversations where heavy words lingered in the air for longer than…
★★★ Directed by: #ChadFerrin Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by: #ChadFerrin, H.P. Lovecraft (inspired by) Starring: #GinaLaPiana, #JackieDebatin, #JohannUrb, #RobertMiano, #SilviaSpross Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Grimmfest Film Review by: ,,Darren Tilby If you have seen one cultist community film, you have seen them…
CW: domestic violence, abuse There is a shot in Phyllida Lloyd’s exceptional Herself, during a wince-inducing scene of domestic violence, that reminded me of something out of a horror movie. Our heroine Sandra lies on the floor, hair over her face, arm outstretched, as she tries to get away from her abuser. It is an…
★★★ Directed by: Erik Bloomquist Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by: Erik Bloomquist, Carson Bloomquist Starring: Caroline Williams, Nicole Kang, Nicholas Tucci, William Youmans, Adam Weppler Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Grimmfest Film Review by: Darren Tilby It is a surprisingly perceptive little vampire…
The village of Ose, tucked among Norway’s western fjords, is what one might call prime Scandinavian real estate, if you’re into the misty essence of storybooks and sagas. It’s not surprising then that there’s a market for new housing in the area, or that it once hosted temples to leading figures of the Norse pantheon….
Detention is a ghost story that’s pretty much atmosphere all the way down, more haunted house than horror film. It excels at presenting a ghoulish ambiance and creepy scenery, but when it has to make anything of its characters or plot, the film runs out of tricks. Appropriately, Detention — which I saw at Nightstream’s…