Generational divides have likely been a thing since the Stone Age, though it has seemed particularly pronounced in the past decade or so. Boomers complaining about millennials, millennials complaining about boomers, boomers confusing zoomers for millennials, and Gen Xers wondering why their grandkids are called...
A film that took a while to get a release, Radium Girls turned up at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018, then continued on the festival circuit for another year, popping up at the Women’s Film Festival and Florida Film Festival in 2019. Set for...
Book stores are full of books on David Bowie, Elvis Presley, Prince and more. But some people are not keen on the Thin White Duke, the King, or, um, Prince. They are after someone with a more grounded sound and nickname. Like ‘The Boss’. Bruce Springsteen...
The year 2020 has been one no one will soon forget. Marred by a worldwide pandemic, social unrest, and a complete disconnect of communication among people, it seems as if many of us are at our breaking point. Fortunately there is music to get us...
When you think of music with a message, chances are bands such as U2 or Rage Against the Machine come to mind, but Public Enemy should be right up there with them. Coming out of Long Island, New York, Public Enemy have used music as...
If anyone is looking for a new name for their band, Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles could work. But they may want to stick around for the film of the same name too. Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles follows the famous chef Yotam Ottolenghi...
Someone has to take the hard knocks on camera, and not every leading star can be Jackie Chan. So, when a shot calls for a high jump, a connected punch, or being set on fire, that is when the stuntmen are called in. They have...
If only all holiday snaps could be as interesting as this. In 1968, 23 year old Paul Saltzman took a trip to India to ease a broken heart. During his tour, he spent a week in Rishikesh at the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, where...
Sometimes, all it takes for a medium or writer’s reputation to grow is age. For example, Shakespeare today is considered to be the greatest English playwright. Whereas in his lifetime and up to a century after his death, he was considered too common, bawdy, and...
Released on VOD services August 18, 2020, Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies goes into the what’s, how’s, why’s and when’s of flesh on film. Like the differing social attitudes towards nudity from pre-code Hollywood, post-code Hollywood, and the rise of the MPAA....
