SNAPSHOTBased on author Rebecca Dinerstein’s novel, The Sunlit Night follows the story of an aspiring painter from New York City to the farthest reaches of Arctic Norway for an assignment she hopes will invigorate her work and expand her horizons. In a remote village, among the locals, she meets a Continue Reading
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How far would you go to bring back the one you love? Archive asks the big questions
SNAPSHOT2038: George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI. His latest prototype is almost ready. This sensitive phase is also the riskiest. Especially as he has a goal that must be hidden at all costs: being reunited with his dead wife. (synopsis via ScreenRealm) When you lose someone you Continue Reading
Time to go to Palm Springs … again … and again … and again … and, well, you get the picture …
SNAPSHOTWhen carefree Nyles (Andy Samberg) and reluctant maid of honor Sarah (Cristin Milioti) have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, of each other. Alongside Golden Globe winner Samberg (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, SNL), Palm Springs also stars Cristin Milioti (The Continue Reading
Will you survive? COVID-19 and social isolation explained by a supercut of horror and sci-fi films
COVID-19 just won’t go away will it? It has wiped normal off the agenda as an everyday concept, caused untold misery, loss and heartache and changed life as we know it for the considerable future. We have all muddled through as best we can but is there a better way? Continue Reading
A mini-mass of movie trailers: Alive, 7500, Blithe Spirit
Zombies and ghosts and … airline pilots? Oh my! Today’s mini-mass of trailers is a mixed bunch but all of them involve peril of one kind or another, which makes for the best kind of visceral drama. With COVID-19 continuing to lay waste to our world and to any concept Continue Reading
Weekday pop art: Inking pop culture fun into your life
SNAPSHOT“Tattoo culture is very small, loving, and supportive. My tattooer friends and I are trying our best to show everyone that tattoos are nothing less than an expression of art. …I tried to find a way to express my classical painting knowledge within a size that could fit people who Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Out (Pixar SparkShorts)
Coming out is one of the most terrifyingly great things anyone on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum can do in their life. Terrifying because you are exposing yourself in such a massively vulnerable way that there is really no way to head anything off at the pass – you simply have to Continue Reading
Nobody wins solo: The glitzy travails of trying to prove yourself in #Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
SNAPSHOTEurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga focuses on Lars Erickssong and Sigrit Ericksdottir, two struggling Icelandic musicians who join the contest. Joining Will Ferrell (Elf, Blades of Glory) and Rachel McAdams (The Notebook, Game Night) are Pierce Brosnan (Mrs. Doubtfire, Mamma Mia!) as Erick Erickssong, Dan Stevens (Beauty Continue Reading
Whoa, strange things are afoot at the Circle-K again! Bill and Ted Face the Music (poster and trailer)
SNAPSHOTKeanu Reeves (John Wick, The Matrix) and Alex Winter (Deep Web; Downloaded) will officially be reuniting on screen after 27 years as the legendary Ted “Theodore” Logan (Reeves) and Bill S. Preston Esq. (Winter) in the highly anticipated third installment of the Bill & Ted comedy, Bill & Ted Face Continue Reading
Weekday pop art: Mythical pop culture creatures go vintage scientific
SNAPSHOTFrom the series “Unnatural History” that explores pop culture characters depicted as vintage biology illustration studies. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) If you’re as enamoured of good storytelling as I am, you will understand that feeling deep within that acknowledges that though fictional creatures from movies, TV and books aren’t real, Continue Reading