This week’s installment of Foreign Friday is going to ask a little bit extra from you. Normally all I require is that you open your mind to the realm of international narrative features, well this week we are heading to the land of international documentary film…no, no, no, don’t go! If you have chosen to …
The film trilogy, you fickle beast you. Many franchises have attempted you, but few have mastered. It’s that third piece that often eludes the filmmaker; a final piece of the puzzle that can be ill-fitting. You are a host to a denizen of direct-to-DVD installments and threequels that threaten to demolish the reputation established by …
It’s that time of the week again. Get ready to sound smart to all your work friends with another Foreign Friday. This week we slow it down a bit and think real hard about life. Book your trip to Norway for the beautiful and brilliant Oslo, August 31st.
There are few things as great as teenage summers. You are just old enough to dip your toe in freedom but still young enough to have a support structure behind you to cover all of the essentials. Unfortunately, this tends to be a realization that comes several years later. We get caught up in the …
The nine-to-five been getting you down? Feeling a little too domestic? Foreign Friday is here to add that touch of the international to your week. Our trips so far have been a bit dramatic; some sci-fi here, a little action, maybe something depressing and dark. This week we have lightened things up. So come along …
Guys, it’s here. Seriously, right there on the internets, the thing that was taken away from us well before we were able to become intimate. When it left, we solemnly wrote “Do Not Eat” on its paper bag as we placed it in the freezer. We held onto the hope that a return would be …
Steven Soderbergh has found this odd place in Hollywood where he is able to make the films that he wants to make. He experiments with the super independent with films like “Bubble”, but then will show that he has mainstream appeal with the “Ocean” films. This is the guy that made an epic chronicling the …
In high school, relationships were easy. Sure there was a level of drama involved that often put the most common of soap operas to shame, but there were few real issues. As you grow older, every relationship brings with it further complications and the stakes continually grow greater. But I’m just talking about the trials …
On March 10, 2013, YouTube launched JASH. Boasting a comedy collective comprised of Michael Cera, Tim & Eric, Sarah Silverman and Reggie Watts, the channel promised original content delivered on a weekly basis. Most of the comedians brought videos that offered little surprise. Reggie Watts had fun and strange music, Sarah Silverman threw up content …
Foreign Friday is here to take you on the trip that your bank account won’t allow. This week we decided to step on the gas and dish out some action with your subtitles. Grab a baguette and get ready for a fight because we are headed to France with “Sleepless Night”.