The folks over at the IFC have noticed there are a lot of shrinks on the big screen today. In fact, this year’s Sundance Film Festival played host to not one, but two, movies about therapists in turmoil. One of them, Jonas Spate’s ‘Shrink‘ hits theaters in New York and LA this week. It’s the story of a burnt-out Hollywood ... Read More »
Earlier this week we talked about ‘Mad Max’ and its four-wheeled star, The Interceptor. Well, car fanatics can get up close and personal with the real-life car, and many others, at the Cars of the Stars motor museum. Just rev your engine and head to Keswick, England. The museum boasts about 50 cars in its collection, running from Chitty Chitty ... Read More »
A Soviet director travels to Mexico to make a film, and in the process becomes an artist. That’s the story of cinematic pioneer Sergei Eisenstein, best known as the godfather of the montage. And earlier this year, two Antwerp museums — Extra City and MuHKA — paid homage to the director’s Mexican Drawings, uncovering never-before-seen work in the process. magazine sat down with the ... Read More »
If you’re going to travel, you need to know what’s going on in the world. In today’s news round-up we head to Asia and Oceania to witness some amazing natural phenomena, and examine a strange plan for NYC. People in China, India, Nepal, Bhutan and Japan were plunged into darkness yesterday during the longest total solar eclipse of the ... Read More »
With summer road trips in mind, New York Times movie critic A. O. Scott chooses 1979’s ‘Mad Max’ as this week’s Critics’ Pick. He may love the movie for its dystopian vision, take-no-prisoners action and Mel Gibson’s blue eyes (trust us, it’s in the video), but we love the movie’s dramatic setting most of all. Scott says the film’s sweeping, dusty panoramas ... Read More »
Part of the fun of movies is all the stuff that goes along with them — the smell of popcorn at the theater, the previews before the show and, of course, the posters. From the iconic mid-century designs of artists like Saul Bass to today’s Photoshopped promos for computer-generated blockbusters, there’s definitely an art to the movie poster. Right now we’re ... Read More »
Bright sun, sea and the promise of general leisure draw tourists to this European isle. Film directors — including two in the 1990s — have also discovered its charms. Can you name this telegenic town and the films in which it stars? Answers after the jump… Read More »
There’s nothing like some old favorites to ease you into a Monday morning — even if they’re not your own. With Favorite Places, Google lets you explore the favorite spots of experts from cities around the world. Choose to browse worldwide or get a closer look at specific cities, including New York, Tokyo and Madrid and pick the brain of locals ... Read More »
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