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 ...

Then, with a guide, I took the 1.5-mile route called In 'The Footsteps of Hans Christian Andersen.' This begun at Hans Jensen ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Didi and Cliff are emotionally appealing in distinct ways: she, buttoned-up, terse, a workaholic trying to overcome her ex-husband’s emotional abandonment; he, a failed comic, a loser at love, ...

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 ...

Since “300” ended with the death of all major protagonists, a sequel makes about as much sense as a follow-up to “Titanic.” Nevertheless, Warner Brothers found a way to turn writer-director Zack ...