A rice cracker notable for its banana-like shape, bakauke is a very popular snack in Japan. It comes in flavors like soy sauce with seaweed, soy sauce and sesame, and mild curry. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe cracker was introduced in 1990 by Befco, then known as Kuriyama Beika Co. It quickly became the company’s…
Located on the central Piazza Maggiore, Palazzo d’Accursio serves as the town hall of the city of Bologna. On its façade, there is a large bronze statue located over the portal. This statue represents Pope Gregorius XIII, who was born in the Italian city and is most known for having commissioned the Gregorian Calendar. Read…
The minds at Turner Classic Movies smell cinematic blood in the water, and they’d be foolish to do otherwise. Cancel Culture just claimed Dr. Seuss, the beloved children’s author whose work is suddenly racist and unacceptable to young minds. Never mind the boundless joy his books have delivered to countless readers over the decades, or…
Master storyteller T. Shawn Taylor will be hosting a virtual workshop on Saturday, March 6th, at 10am CST. This exclusive webinar is open to all as part of the No Malice Film Contest, presented by the Roger and Chaz Ebert Foundation, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation (with a grant from Healing Illinois and The…
“You have no idea how hard it is to program flirting”, says a woman (Sandra Hüller) to Alma (Maren Eggert), after her date, Tom (Dan Stevens) tilts in the middle of the dance floor and has to be carried away by a group of men. The two had met just a few minutes earlier, Alma…
Sewer lamps, such as this one, were invented after The Great Stink of 1858. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonDuring this event, London’s sewers created an incredibly foul stench, one so bad that even the House of Commons was aware of the issue. The curtains of the House of Commons were supposedly…
Cengiz Özek sits at his desk in the dimly lit back office of his shadow theater near Taksim Square in central Istanbul. The theater is one of the last in operation in the city. He holds a piece of camel leather, a transparent sheet of paper with some sketches on it, and a small cutter….
In the North Devon resort town of Ilfracombe stands an unusual sculpture, created by the often-controversial contemporary artist Damien Hirst. Standing 66.4 feet tall, Verity depicts a naked pregnant woman holding up a sword toward the sky and carrying the scales of justice. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonOn the other side her…
Welcome to Horrorscope, a monthly column keeping horror nerds and initiates up to date on all the genre content coming to and leaving from your favorite streaming services. Here’s a guide to all the essential horror streaming in March 2021. March has got me feeling a certain kind of way. This month marks the one-year…
Farmer Kristyn Leach wants to talk about her delicious harvest from last year. “Progress is good,” she tells me. As it happens, that’s a huge understatement. Kitazawa Seed Company, the retailer that sells Leach’s heirloom seed varieties, reports that sales are up tenfold. “Her seeds are just flying out the door. It’s pretty phenomenal,” says…
One of the first sounds you hear in Jurgis Matuelevičius‘ Isaac is the Wilhelm scream. Over the years, the effect – one of the most overused and saturated in the business – has worn out any dramatic stature it may have once had. It’s a misleading introduction to Isaac. A disorienting one. For what follows is a…
Fans of John Carney‘s work will find much to love in this sweet, poignant tale from Korean director Shim Chang-yang. Like the Irish auteur’s work – specifically Once and Sing Street – Da Capo finds resonance from a bittersweet concept and mines it to full effect, combining gentle comedy with beautiful music and some wistful…
Crossing the Streams is a series of columns spotlighting all the offerings hitting the big streaming services each month. This time we’re checking out the new Netflix arrivals for March 2021, including new movies from Jennifer Garner, Olga Kurylenko, and Amy Poehler, a new series featuring Sherlock Holmes, and more! Keep reading to see what’s…
On Washington State’s Protection Island, Marty Bluewater stands alone. A colony of gulls swoop and squawk around the sandy bluffs where he looks out to the sea, watching tufted puffins bob in the water in search of fish to feed their young. His morning music is the sound of waves crashing onto the beach below,…
Although the year 2020 will almost certainly be remembered mostly for the rise of COVID-19 and the subsequent socio-economic ramifications of that, it was also a year in which the role of police was questioned. The death of George Floyd and the rise of Black Lives Matter mean it’s an incredibly relevant topic to address,…
Not even a minute into the new Tom & Jerry movie, I wanted to turn it off. Do not fall for its appearance. It may feature some of the longest lasting icons in all of animation. It may feature my entire childhood writ large on screen, but viewers beware: This is not the William Hanna…
A stone’s throw from the Dickie Bird statue, also crafted by local sculptor Graham Ibbeson, is the tribute to the 1866 Oaks colliery disaster. The incident claimed the lives of 361 miners when firedamp caused huge explosions in the shafts. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe sculpture depicts a woman carrying a…
Welcome to One Perfect Monster — our 2021 One Perfect Shot bracket project. Stay tuned by bookmarking this page or follow along with #OnePerfectMonster on Twitter. Last year, we explored the realm of perfect TV show bingeability with the One Perfect Binge bracket. And while it was fun to watch two shows about small-screen monsters…
Johannes Gutenberg introduced the printing press to Europe after tinkering with the Chinese invention towards the middle of the 15th-century. It would take several more decades before this revolutionary mechanism found its way to the British Isles. It wouldn’t be until the 1500s when the city of York got its first printing press. The street…
Surrounded by crumbling walls and a sprawling English park, the Rusovce Mansion is a decaying example of neoclassical architecture. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThere are records of a castle at this location dating back to 1266, but today visitors to the area will only see this once-glorious white mansion constructed between 1840…
★ Directed by: #SamSeen Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonMusic by: #SamSeen, #4R3X Film review by William Hemingway Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Soooo…… it’s a head on a table. No wait, hang on, that makes it sound far more interesting and exciting than it…