The show opened with an old woman sitting and singing softly as she strummed her guitar. One by one, the cast eased in around her, layering banjo, tambourines, and egg shakers, until the whole room ...
Austrian auteur Markus Schleinzer returns with 'Rose,' a simple folk tragedy with searing emotional impact, led by a superb ...
In our ancient past, kings had jesters in their court to provide wisdom, and sometimes even bring down a notch or two the king’s vanity.
Other buzz titles take in ‘Acorn’s Adventures,’ with its quirky forest characters, and ‘Fifteen Dogs,’ whose mutts are given ...
Just think of how much our entertainment media leans on violence, crime, and murder and the mystery and intrigue that ...
Hanne Berkaak's romantic folk horror Pesta, hailing out of Norway, Germany, and France, is set during the horrific black death outbreak.
The feature debut of actor Lorenzo Ferro and Lucas A. Vignale, premiering in Berlin's Perspectives section, brings us a ...
To Walker, folk is “storytelling of communal and/or cultural struggle.” Or cultural experience. He looked back at Black ...
In October last year the musician Angeline Morrison, whose 2022 masterpiece The Sorrow Songs drew on deep research to present ...
The absorbing new documentary draws on retro movies and vintage TV specials to give context to Britain’s fascination with folk horror.
The fact there are 42 million Americans on the SNAP program is appalling’ NEW HAMBURG, ONTARIO, CANADA, February 9, ...
The forthcoming film by Imtiaz Ali and Ektaa Kapoor, which is said to feature Rohit Saraf, draws inspiration from the ...