The end of the movie bears some title cards, like most of the true-life movies and biopics. The words are in black color while they are written in white, with pictures from history on both sides showing what happened to the people who were involved. Can we say that there was ever such a time […]
The horror genre often uses the wilderness, dark forests, and rural backroads for a reason. It is where we expect to see clueless city slickers flail most deep within nature, miles from civilization, surrounded by something they do not understand. The Camp Host an indie-hitting free streamer Tubi this week is very much in that
It’s an annoying fact of life in the 21st century that we rarely have enough time, or emotional white space, to sincerely care about more than one humanitarian crisis at a time. Afghanistan gave way to Ukraine which gave way to Gaza; soon enough, yet another unthinkable human catastrophe will suck dry the few minutes
The movie happens in the snowy Nepalese Himalayas at some point not specified. Pema (Thinley Lhamo) marries three brothers: Tashi (Tenzin Dalha), Karma (Sonam Topden), and Dawa (Karma Wangyal Gurung), who is around nine years old. In this society, polyandry is accepted widely if not encouraged so the whole community rejoices in their union. The
“Fortunes of War” is not a typical World War II love story. It does not take place in London or Paris but in Bucharest, Athens, and Egypt. The main characters are not young lovers, they are English newlyweds whose relationship can be as cold as the war is hot. The show premieres tonight at 8
NASA spacecraft disintegrates during reentry. An unusual spore is found on the surface of the metal debris which can withstand space and Earth temperatures. After infecting Tucker Kaufman, he transforms into a slimy cocoon overnight while doctors fail to find a cure. The next morning he looks fine again, if not really nice, and this
Nadikar by Jean Paul Lal begins with the luxurious and extravagant life of a ‘superstar’ David Padikkal. There is humor and some of it effective as foreshadowing too, but some are just too hard to catch. What’s interesting is that it’s not as angsty as you would think with such subject. There is a casual
The gay short film series “Boys on Film 24: Happy Endings” is out now. The collection anthologizes nearly a dozen international gay male shorts produced between 2019 and 2023. Like any shorts program, it’s a mixed bag, but that’s not to say anything about quality. Every entry is worthy and well done, it’s more about
In the beginning of Bikechess, we see two women being told to play chess while cycling in a gym. And once the camera starts rolling, the main character does ‘announce’ a new sports era in Kazakhstan with the ‘invention’ of a sport that was somehow Government Initiated. One of my favorite things about watching films
Poet Eva Baltasar, the author of ten volumes of poetry, is a Catalan bestseller, this short novel marks her fiction debut. Permafrost’s chapters follow an unnamed narrator from her adolescence to her forties while women remain the object of her desire throughout. Women in her family are curious about it: “What is it like to
