CultureFilm A GOTHIC MASTERPIECE: REVISITING A HAUNTED ORPHANAGE IN WARTIME SPAIN by Mark Sweney December 23, 2025 December 23, 2025 Long before he became a celebrated auteur, a director crafted a film that remains one of … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestThreadsBlueskyEmail
CultureFilm A SERPENTINE COMEDY: ‘ANACONDA’ REBOOT SWAPS HORROR FOR HEART by Mark Sweney December 23, 2025 December 23, 2025 The latest film to bear the name ‘Anaconda’ sheds the skin of its 1997 horror-adventure predecessor, … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestThreadsBlueskyEmail
CultureFilm CINEMA’S STANDOUT STORIES: THE FILMS THAT CAPTURED AUDIENCES IN 2025 by Mark Sweney December 23, 2025 December 23, 2025 From surreal fantasy to raw human drama, the past year in film offered a rich tapestry … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestThreadsBlueskyEmail
CultureFilm THE UNLIKELY JOURNEY OF THE WORLD’S WORST SOCCER TEAM by Mark Sweney December 22, 2025 December 22, 2025 In the world of sports, some stories transcend the game itself. They are not merely about … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestThreadsBlueskyEmail
CultureFilm FIRST LOOK AT CHRISTOPHER NOLAN’S EPIC ‘THE ODYSSEY’ ARRIVES by Mark Sweney December 22, 2025 December 22, 2025 The first official trailer for Christopher Nolan’s long-awaited cinematic adaptation of Homer’s “The Odyssey” has premiered … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestThreadsBlueskyEmail
CultureFilm FIFTY YEARS ON, PASOLINI’S ‘SALÒ’ REMAINS A DISTURBING AND UNFORGETTABLE CINEMATIC TESTAMENT by Mark Sweney December 22, 2025 December 22, 2025 Half a century after its creation, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s final film, Salò, or the 120 Days … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestThreadsBlueskyEmail
CultureFilm THE THIRD ‘AVATAR’ FILM SHATTERS THE FRANCHISE’S CORE BELIEF IN UNIVERSAL HARMONY by Mark Sweney December 22, 2025 December 22, 2025 The world of Pandora has always been a cinematic sanctuary, a place where the universe’s interconnectedness … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestThreadsBlueskyEmail
CultureFilm THE QUIET LIVES OF OUR LEAFY COMPANIONS by Mark Sweney December 22, 2025 December 22, 2025 A new film invites us to reconsider the silent, green lives sharing our homes. Through a … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestThreadsBlueskyEmail
CultureFilm A CINEMATIC MONUMENT: THE ENDURING POWER OF ‘DOCTOR ZHIVAGO’ AT 60 by Mark Sweney December 22, 2025 December 22, 2025 Six decades after its release, David Lean’s sprawling adaptation of Doctor Zhivago stands as a monumental … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestThreadsBlueskyEmail
CultureFilm FROM STAGE EXIT TO GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT: AN ACTOR’S UNLIKELY JOURNEY by Mark Sweney December 21, 2025 December 21, 2025 The moment that changed everything arrived not with a fanfare, but with a wave of nausea. … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestThreadsBlueskyEmail