Eclectic Pop

Revenge is a dish best served – smoking hot? That is exactly what “Woman of the Dead” (“Totenfrau”) suggests when you check out the Austrian series on Netflix. You probably were not expecting that temperature for vengeance, considering the climate the title suggests. Set amid the snowy alps of Aust…

Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s heartbreaking and magnificently stirring opus, “Gangubai Kathiawadi,” was the best movie of 2022. So, why are the 2022 Oscars -- the self-proclaimed pinnacle of international film acknowledgment -- coming and going without nominating it or its star, Alia Bhatt? The …

If there was one thing, this moviegoer was not thankful for in 2022, it is Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of “Bones and All.” The horror flick was being advertised non-stop on YouTube, and despite my best efforts, it still showed up between ad breaks. Since then, I have not been alone learning about …