With the frantic holiday season in full swing - not to mention a US presidential impeachment, a countdown to Brexit, and the end of liberal democracy as we know it (or so sayeth Twitter) - the final...
Durham Miners’ Gala is an annual event that has been held in Durham every year since 1871. It is a celebration of mining in the area and the associated trade unionism. Many people attend the “big...
Will Ferrell had a string of memorable comedies in the 2000s-2010s from the likes of Anchorman, Step Brothers and Talladega Nights. There are several other films you can probably list that he did in...
Not to flex or anything, but I’m old enough to remember when admitting to enjoying anime would get you banned on any continent. I’m also old enough to realize now, in retrospect, that the level...
Premiering at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, where it picked up the Award for Best Editing in a Documentary Feature Film, Davy Rothbart’s 17 Blocks is a compelling, two-decades-long look at...
With ticket prices and streaming being what they are these days, long gone are the times when I would drop into the theaters just to see something—anything—out of sheer curiosity. Movies have...
A nostalgic generation was eagerly awaiting the premiere of Netflix's El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie. It's only been six years since the last season of the acclaimed series ended, but fans missed...
Welcome to the spooky season! Let’s talk about one of my personal favorite heroes of horror: the Devil! The devil has always had a home in popular culture. Our parents’ parents’ parents have...
The actress Ellen Page, known worldwide for the films Juno and Inception, recently released a documentary that she directed and produced to raise awareness of one of the problems faced by the...
I have been fascinated by monsters from an early age. I can’t remember when it started, but at some point during my childhood, I began to think that vampires, phantoms (specifically, the Phantom of...
