Edinburgh is a very photogenic city that offers visitors several prime locales to snap a picture. One such visage is located along the Royal Mile, in an area known to locales as the Canongate. The Tolbooth Tavern is situated in an impressive stone building with an ornate clock tower. But what many tourists may be…

Welcome to How’d They Do That? — a bi-monthly column that unpacks moments of movie magic and celebrates the technical wizards who pulled them off. This entry looks into the head explosion scene in Scanners. Much like its infamously explosive setpiece, the making of Scanners was a real headache. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect…

Matt writes: For our 400th edition of The Ebert Club newsletter, we are providing you with a direct pathway to our complete coverage of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Our exclusive reviews of the numerous enticing titles that premiered virtually this year are penned by Brian Tallerico, Nick Allen, Robert Daniels, Kristy Puchko, Carlos Aguilar and…

Maximo Cardoso had never used a crossbow before, but he was intuitively able to assemble the Barnett Raptor FX, a model typically marketed for deer hunting. The field guide also displayed natural marksmanship. So it was agreed: He would be the one to launch the poison. At the base of a sheer rock face amid…

The fifth annual Drunken Film Fest in Bradford, England, wrapped up this past November, running nine days with 79 shorts total. Though the pandemic forced the festival online this year, when in-person, DFFB relies on local venues for the “drunken” component and international filmmakers for the “film” part. But the real intoxication at DFFB and…

In 1895, Washington Pie was such a popular recipe that it was also a metaphor. Leading up to Independence Day festivities in Grand Rapids, Michigan, an article in The Michigan Tradesman used the dessert to explain a way to keep the town’s raucous paraders in line, suggesting that they make, “a sort of Washington Pie…

Vinegar Syndrome remains one of the great indie home video labels, and each month they bring forgotten genre gems and old favorites back to life on Blu-ray. Their releases for January 2021 include Cthulhu Mansion (1992), Dark Tower (1989), The House of Usher (1989), and Satan’s Blood (1978). Keep reading for our look at all…

“As good as the original, maybe even better?” It can’t be! This is some of the best 30-seconds of nostalgia bliss you will enjoy this entire year. Many try, but few succeed, in making great commercials based on our favorite movies. But this one perfectly pulls it off and goes even further to make us…

Popular game designer and Dungeon Master Matthew Colville explains that one of the central tensions in games like Dungeons & Dragons is order versus chaos. He explains this tension can be represented by “civilization versus wilderness. Civilization represents order, the wilderness represents chaos.” This tension is at the heart of PG: Psycho Goreman, a film…

This story was originally published in The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It is dusk beside a creek and we are instructed to look for a trail of bubbles, under which could be one of the world’s weirdest mammals. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWhen you’re…

The trailer for Fatale, the most recent film from Deon Taylor, previews a mysterious, action-packed caper the likes of which you have not seen since your last Deon Taylor film. In it, Michael Ealy’s character, Derrick, offers a cautionary proverb: “Life is a road, straight and narrow. Stay on the road, and it will take you…

One of the greatest chapters in the history of United States westward expansion is the Transcontinental Railroad. The train allowed passengers and cargo to cross the country in a fraction of the time of wagons and stagecoaches. It also gave rise to the railroad tycoons and robber barons who had a virtual monopoly on transportation….

In 1911, Berlin got its first crematorium: a dramatic, domed building that stands amidst a graveyard in the multicultural district of Wedding. After it closed in 2002, holding its final cremations, a group of Berliners reinvented the space as a hub for art, events, and learning.  Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe former crematorium…

On August 6th, 1903 two train cars carrying members of the Great Wallace Shows Circus collided in the Durand railroad yards. The incident killed 23 people along with several animals. Nine of those killed were never identified and lie buried in Lovejoy Cemetery. The animals, including an elephant named “Maude,” were buried at the scene…

A mesmerizing sight to behold, the intricacies of this temple are what make it so amazing. The Sun Temple is a Hindu temple constructed after 1026 CE, during the Chaulukya dynasty. The complex was designed in the Māru-Gurjara style. Unlike other tourist destinations around the country, this temple isn’t usually overrun with tourists, which adds to…

The Old Hill Street Police Station is a former station used by the Singapore Police Force. It now stands as a historic building with an amazing facade.  Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe building has a total of 927 windows, each with a wooden shutter painted in one of the colors of a…

A couple gets strange and not so friendly advice in Happily, the feature debut of writer/director BenDavid Grabinski. Tom and Janet are a happy couple. Unusually happy according to their friends and a mysterious stranger who shows up at their house, and they recommend Tom and Janet come down to everyone else’s level. The stranger even…

This little bridge near the heart of Darlington has a wondrous and under-appreciated history. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe Skerne Bridge is officially the world’s oldest railway bridge in continuous operation. The bridge was constructed as part of the Darlington to Stockton railway in 1825, the world’s first public railway to…

Author Larry Correia read the cultural tea leaves before some of his peers. The mind behind the “Monster Hunter” series saw how publishers put increasing pressure on writers to toe a progressive line. Those who didn’t paid the price. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonNow, Cancel Culture is in full swing, but…