One of the main thoroughfares of San Jose’s downtown is the site of a whimsical, interactive light feature, the Lantern Relay. Along several blocks of San Carlos Street, several tall light poles sport six-foot lanterns, programmed to turn on at nightfall. The multi-colored lanterns are pretty enough on their own, but large buttons installed on…
Christianity has deep roots within the horror genre, fear of retribution and eternal suffering a driving force of terror and persecution. Within its malleable constraints, the horror genre allows for fluidity and inclusion in its narratives that both embraces and critiques the age old religion and its mass of followers. The Sinners, from writer and…
Niccolò Paganini was a spectacular violinist—so talented that people believed he had made a deal with the devil. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThroughout his final years, Paganini’s health deteriorated, and after the casino he set up in Paris proved to be a failure, he fell into financial ruin. He soon left…
The Free French Memorial monument sits less than 100 meters from the summit of Lyle Hill in Greenock with a viewpoint accessible by car. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonDuring World War II, France was under Nazi occupation. However, several French troops were evacuated from the country and wanted to still contribute…
★★★ Directed by #DonHall #CarlosLopezEstrada #PaulBriggs #JohnRipa Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by #QuiNguyen #AdeleLim #PaulBriggs #DonHall #CarlosLopezEstrada #KielMurray #JohnRipa #DeanWellins Starring #Awkwafina #KellyMarieTran Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Film Review by Hope Madden and George Wolf Disney was looking to do something different….
“The Fountain of Faith” is one of two major works created by Swedish sculptor Carl Milles found in the National Memorial Cemetery in Falls Church, Virginia. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThis massive, expansive fountain sits in a large courtyard, which contains numerous memorials and consists of 37 figures who are said…
It goes without saying that today’s late night comics won’t mock the new Biden administration. They’ve made it crystal clear their shows are progressive propaganda first and foremost. Speaking “truth to power” comes in a distant second. Some nights it ranks dead last. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWhen you wait nearly a…
“For some kids, I want it to turn their lives around.” Discovery has unveiled a trailer for the documentary film titled My Beautiful Stutter, which is premiering on the Discovery+ streaming service starting this month. The doc follows five kids who stutter ages 9 to 18, from all over the U.S., who after experiencing a…
As networks of railroads spread across the United States, engineers were also busy building thousands of dams. Steam locomotives required large amounts of water, and in areas of the arid west, that was often hard to come by. Thus, reservoirs were constructed adjacent to tracks to supply the trains with water. Read moreA Guide to…
Revenge takes place deep underground in SAS: Red Notice, the latest from director Magnus Martens. Based on the book of the same name, it imagines the hijacking of a train traveling under the English channel. The inaccessibility and tanks of gasoline available to the hijackers make it clear that they had planned this thoroughly, but what…
Tucked away in the woods of Durham, New Hampshire, there is a peaceful spot that was once a quiet sanctuary for two college professors. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonIn 1948, Lorus and Margery Milne came to Durham to teach zoology at the University of New Hampshire. Margery hailed from New York…
The 78th edition of the Golden Globes that took place on February 28 was a Zoom-heavy affair. As for the usual glitz and glam, some fair nominated ladies made an effort and donned divine couture ensembles. Regina King, who was up for her directing debut, “One Night in Miami,” was a standout in a glittery…
The Janiculum, or Gianicolo in Italian, is a wooded park that provides spectacular views over the city of Rome. It is also a monumental park planned around the theme of the short-lived Roman Republic of 1849. This experimental government, which temporarily overthrew Papal authority in Rome, fought for its survival against the French army on the fringes of the…
This story was originally published in Wired and appears here as part of our Climate Desk collaboration. Bivouacked in the middle of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf—a five-hour flight from the nearest Antarctic station—nothing comes easy. Even though it was the southern summer, geologist James Smith of the British Antarctic Survey endured nearly three months of…
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 2nd, 2021! This week’s…
The murder hornets came. America didn’t listen. Sure, some media coverage circulated around the arrival of the Asian giant hornet, but in the grips of a pandemic, the story was largely pushed aside. Attention and care and support was not lent to that cause. No one cared. And no one cared to know or appreciate…
You notice the castles the minute you arrive in Gerbstedt, a quiet little town in Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state, an hour’s drive from Leipzig. Elaborately constructed miniature castles, replete with tiny windows, shrubs, and dwellers in historical attire, greet you at different spots around town—outside the supermarket, in front of the church, on people’s front lawns….
Picking through overhanging palm leaves and tiptoeing over mangrove roots, the sound of gushing water rumbles into earshot, drowning out the chirp of tropical birds and insects. The rainforest clears, revealing a crystalline rock pool nourished by the white wisps of Pinaisara Falls, Okinawa’s tallest single-drop waterfall. Iriomote, a 110-square-mile island at the southern tip…
In the last six months, films have come to light showcasing the cruelty and racially driven motivations of the United States Government – primarily within its Federal Bureau of Investigation – and the utilization of power to maintain a division of races and a suppression of equality. Where Judas and the Black Messiah and MLK/FBI…
If the clause “write what you know” is to be taken literally, then Kerry Mondragon fits the bill with his feature debut Tyger Tyger. Off the bat, I can tell you that this was a movie that, outside of its visual style which is very arresting and captivating, did not end up much on my…
★★★ Directed by #DylanMcCormick Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by #DylanMcCormick Starring #KateWalsh #DonalLogue Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Film Review by Rachel Willis Opening on a man sprawled on the beach, a crashed motorcycle and a wallet floating into the ocean, Sometime Other…