Watching Dead Of Winter is a tense 98 minutes in the cinema, and moments of relief are few and far between. Emma Thompson is stunning as Barb, who sets out to Lake Hilda during a snowstorm and...
Like the devastating impact of climate change, the cold civil war being fought in America heats up incrementally degree by degree. The constant pressure applied to the body politic by the flickering...
Even in sepia Robert Redford’s eyes are Pacific blue. Californian azure. The truth and the lie. He’s the Santa Monica pretty boy no one wanted for Sundance; that’s no cinematic legend playing...
Watching Caught Stealing is like being smacked in the face by a baseball bat and asking for more. Darren Aronofsky’s blood-splattered love letter to 90s New York echoes with that very specific...
When you carefully examine the infrastructure connecting the pristine upper middle-class houses of Maybrook, Pennsylvania to the gleaming elementary school where 17 students in the same class have...
A lot of people don’t realize that I am a fan of country music. Maybe it’s the whole Ukrainian thing. Although being originally from a country that has dealt with as much shit as Ukraine has, I...
Netflix’s Untamed has just been renewed for a second season, which is terrific news for those of us who obsess over the beauty of the American West. When it came out, I was surprised to read some...
This week I am in Moab, Utah, which is so painfully beautiful that it is hard to handle. Moab sits in a valley surrounded by dreamlike sandstone foundations, with the La Sal mountains towering to the...
For a person who’s not much interested in the Oscars, I am extremely happy that Demi Moore has snagged a Best Actress nomination for The Substance. The Substance is body horror at its best, and...
With its 1000th episode rapidly approaching, this is the perfect time for a nod to the genius and vitality of American podcast Knowledge Fight. In an era where conspiracy theories and misinformation...
