Category: Film & TV

California’s Wild Coast

Soar with the seabirds over the wild and beautiful north coast of California. The rugged coastline of Mendocino is a vast wilderness full of wildlife, sea caves, bird colonies, and crashing waves that can only be fully appreciated from an aerial view. …


Capibara: The First Americans | Arkeo Ep3 | Documentary

In Serra da Capivara, a Franco-Brazilian team found traces of the very first Americans. Archaeologist Eric Boëda has discovered man-made tools fashioned out of quartz pebbles, and dated between 22,000 and 25,000 years BC. …


Movie Review: ‘Chess Story’: Playing a Deadly Game

NR | 1h 52min | Drama | Jan. 13, 2023 Chess terms like “checkmate” and “end game” lends themselves to military strategy. The game is also a pastime that sometimes blossoms into an obsession, but that is a feature rather than a problem for Dr. Josef Bartok (Oliver Masucci), at least while his National Socialist…


‘The Good Earth’: Chinese New Year from Old Hollywood

“The soul of a great nation is expressed in the life of its humblest people. In this simple story of a Chinese farmer may be found something of the soul of China—its humility, its courage, its deep heritage from the past, and its vast promise for the future.” So begins “The Good Earth,” the 1937…


Cate Blanchett Wins Best Actress at Golden Globes

Cate Blanchett won best actress for Tar, becoming Australia’s sole trophy winner at the 80th annual awards show on its return to TV after a diversity and ethics scandal. Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans and dark comedy The Banshees of Inisherin have landed the top movie awards at the Golden Globes as Hollywood returned to a…


The Masculinity Message in ‘The Lord of the Rings’

Having read numbers of classic books, my friends are often surprised to hear that I had never read J.R.R. Tolkien’s famous “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. “You have to read it,” numerous individuals—many of them males—exhort. This fall, several of my friends—also male—took the bull by the horns and gifted me a beautifully bound edition…


Rewind, Review, and Re-rate: ‘The Killing Fields’: Roland Joffé’s Saga of an Enduring Friendship 

R | 2h 21min | Drama | 1984 Roland Joffé’s searing film only appears to dwell on a bloody civil war. In reality, it centers on a touching real-life story of friendship, forgiveness, sacrifice, and faithfulness to truth in the face of totalitarianism. Nominated for seven Oscars, it paints a moving portrait of simple freedoms…


Johnny Strange: Born to Fly | Documentary

This film is only available in the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Mexico, Ireland, Canada, and Australia because of territorial licensing. Follow this adventurer’s journey from the world’s highest mountains to one of the most dangerous sports—and the dramatic turn of events leading up to his final jump. …


Dampier: The Great Book of the Aboriginals | Arkeo Ep2 | Documentary

In the Dampier Archipelago, Australia, archaeologists are deciphering one of the greatest books ever written. A million motifs were carved in the rocks by the aborigines that are gradually being eroded away. …


Heraclea: Fragrances of Antiquity | Arkeo Ep1 | Documentary

In southern Italy, an archaeologist and a chemist are joining forces to achieve the impossible. Thanks to scientific advances and the alliance of archeology and chemistry, it is now possible to rediscover these forgotten fragrances. …