For many Savannahians, this year’s summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro brought back memories of the 1996 Games hosted in Atlanta. Although the big peach was the hub for the majority of the Games, Savannah served an important role when it came to hosting the sailing portion. With Atlanta lan
Told through a history of Polaroid photos and punk rock, “20th Century Women” follows the story of single mother Dorothea and her quest to help her teenage son Jamie grow into a man by surrounding him with women. The movie is filled with characters so specifically weird that, on one hand, you c
Conventional wisdom says we should not judge a book by its cover. Speaking in terms of cinema, the same philosophy applies to movie posters. Consider the one for “Lion,” a much-talked-about contender for recognition in the upcoming award show season. Its theatrical release poster j
A viewing of Harry Potter’s spinoff brother,“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” will likely leave audiences loyal to J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world mildly hungry for a Potter binge-watching/reading session. That was my immediate response after departing this long, uncertain cinemati
Written by Isabella Roy Two disembodied legs hang from hooks on either side of the frame. Stiff and pale and dead, or so it seems. A stream of water pours down a beige brick wall behind them. There’s a moment of uncertainty, followed by a man in a blue jumpsuit shuffling into the frame. He spra
Written by Brittany Landry We know Jackie’s husband, John F. Kennedy, the once president of the United States, was assassinated. We might even know that she climbed onto the back of a moving convertible to retrieve parts of her husband’s skull during the Dallas shooting. But walking into t
