Eleanor the Great” is only 98 minutes, but feels longer. Scenes could have been tightened. Anguished dialogue might have been toned down. A few over-the-top emotional scenes might have been subdued to ...

On one of these archipelagoes, a literary scholar named Thomas Metcalf searches through historical archives for a copy of a legendary poem, composed by a 20th-century poet, Francis Blundy, honoring ...

When I read it and I compare it to others, it has more migration; it has more about mental health. It has also more climate ...

There are times when Cloud feels like it will do something surprising or compelling, only to do deliver something more mundane than expected. This Japanese thriller, directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has bowed to weeks of pressure from within his party and announced his resignation, less than a year after taking office. His departure plunges Japan back into ...

The Sydney Opera House is more than just an architectural marvel. It’s more than the gleaming white sails that grace postcards, Instagram feeds, and travel documentaries. It’s more than the iconic ...

In selecting the 12 best comedies I have ever seen, I found myself having the same debate many movie lovers have: Is greatness in comedy defined by the standard structural prism through which we view ...

2025 will not be remembered as the Summer of Sydney Sweeney. The 27-year-old starlet consistently finds herself trending on social media, typically as the butt of the joke. Whether it is weaponizing ...

Here’s the challenge: Make a funny, romantic feature with a backdrop of failed suicide attempts, divorce, romantic breakups, outworn ambitions, DUI arrests, and the gritty side of a big city. Not ...

Highbrow Magazine contributing writer Mark Orwoll heads to the capital of bourbon. Read his article about Bardstown, Kentucky, and watch his video below. Quick quiz: Where is this place? Day-trippers ...

Cloud presents the story of Ryosuke Yoshii, an online reseller/ scalper who also works at some sort of garment factory. From the start, the movie makes it clear that Yoshii’s deals aren’t always as ...

Welcome to Bardstown, Kentucky, population 13,567, the self-proclaimed Bourbon Capital of the World, where the Mayberry vibe of the turn-of-the-century downtown, the lowkey family atmosphere of the ...