On a hot, sunny morning in June 2006, Reginald Van de Velde was walking in the center of Sorrento, the famous Italian town on the Gulf of Naples, when something struck him. “I was walking on a footbridge to get back to my car,” says the Belgian photographer, “and noticed something unusual under the bridge.”…
Radu Jude‘s Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn took this year’s Golden Bear at the Berlinale. The director sat to discuss the film’s controversial themes, the politics behind the humour and how cinema can subvert art to shine a light at political and societal hypocrisy. On the inspiration for the film I think it’s a…
When icebergs make news, it is generally due to something rare and dramatic: a chunk twice the size of New York City, another threatening the ecosystem of an entire island, or, of course, Titanic. But each day human eyes are watching bergs of many shapes and sizes, mapping their movements at both ends of the…
“All we see are walls. But what these walls contain, all of our memories, what our parents passed down to us…” Still Here is a stunning short film directed by Taiwanese-American filmmaker Sean Wang, and it already won a Sundance Ignite award last year. It also was chosen as the Best Doc of the Year…
We had to sit in agony for two weeks for the Snatch Game, a RuPaul’s Drag Race staple where queens must use their wit and improvisational skills to make RuPaul laugh, and it was well worth the wait. Snatch Game is a notoriously difficult maxi-challenge that often makes or breaks the contestants as it always causes a…
Doug Liman’s “Chaos Walking” has been covered heavily in the press, stating it underwent extensive re-shoots and is a “troubled” film. The end credits even list “Additional Editing” and “Additional Scoring.” Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonIt sure sounds like a disaster-in-waiting, but the end result isn’t a botched or even a…
★★★★★ Directed by: #ShaunJamesGrant Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by: #ShaunJamesGrant & #LukeShentonSharp Starring: #JaneDowden, #YannGael Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Short Film Review by Taryll Baker A couple on an ominous journey pull into a rest stop diner in the early hours of…
In terms of universal ailments, we can all say we’ve had at least one sleepless night. A night of lying in the dark, waiting for sleep that never comes and no matter how many sheep you count or glasses of warm milk you chug, you just lie there, the world around you reduced to a…
The late 18th century was an era of rapid expansion in the American West, especially the areas known now as Ohio and Indiana. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonIn this land, John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, took it upon himself to travel the countryside, spreading the Gospel and planting orchard…
WarnerMedia, a division of AT&T Inc., announces an expanded entry-level Access Writers program that aims to amplify underrepresented voices and historically marginalized narrative writers to provide a pathway into the television industry. The WarnerMedia Access Writers program, formerly known as HBO Access, is one of several innovative initiatives being led by the company’s new Enterprise…
John Smith’s Citadel perfectly captures the United Kingdom’s 2020. Beginning with a boisterous Boris Johnson, still bouncing from his general election win, and ending with the worst COVID-19 death toll in Europe. The story of the country’s battle with the Coronavirus pandemic is told both visually, with shots of the capital’s skyline and buildings, but also…
This “modern megalithic garden” has three stone circles, a seven-circuit classic labyrinth, dolmen, dry-stacked stone sculpture, many boulders and standing stones as well as natural buildings and restored prairie. Visitors can walk in a self-guided manner along mown grass paths and there are signs at many of the features explaining a bit about each one….
The small village of Onogur, Bulgaria stands on land that, some 14 centuries ago, was home to a large and well-fortified city. Though there seems to be nothing left of it to this day, the strategic nature of the location makes it clear how convenient it would have been for a fortress. The site is…
From its original construction in 1226, all the way up through the 20th century, Burg Lahneck has experienced many notable events that have led to it’s intriguing tale including several wars, political unrest, the tragic death of a young noble. The castle even inspired the German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Read moreA Guide to The…
In the classic American play Our Town, Emily Webb and George Gibbs stop at Mr. Morgan’s drug store. There, at the soda fountain that serves as the center of the social life in Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, young love blossoms over strawberry ice-cream sodas: Emily and George realize they are “fond of” each other and…
There’s a new superhero team on the job in Thunder Force, the latest from writer/director Ben Falcone. The world needed superheroes. Supervillains were running amok, so scientist Emily Stanton developed a procedure to give regular people powers. She hoped that, eventually, it could be used on people who would be willing to battle the evil forces…
The City of Frankfurt Oder is often overlooked and forgotten, especially in light of sharing its namesake with the much larger and internationally well-known Frankfurt to the west. However, this abstract fountain, which also serves as a working clock, does a good job of making sure visitors leave the city with a memory. Read moreA…
At Crow Wing State Park, visitors can enjoy hiking, snowshoeing, and skiing on the peaceful forested trails at the confluence of the Crow Wing River and Mississippi River. This intersection once provided more than natural beauty, the region was once home to French and Ojibwe residents who constructed a thriving trading town in 1823. Read…
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 March 9th, 2021! This week’s…
Watch Over Me – dir. Farida Pacha Rating: (3.5/5) Death, always a ripe subject for cinema, is something that is incompatible with the way we have built society. Financially, emotionally, and socially, death is considered an inconvenience. It is something that is not at the whims of our need for control and comfort at every turn….
For one of horror’s best and newest, The Stylist, I was able to speak with writer/director Jill Gevargizian and the star Najarra Townsend about the creation of the character, story, style, and bringing this sympathetic killer to life: Jill Gevargizian This is Kristy Strouse with Film Inquiry. I really loved the film! As a big…