Tag: city
Bangkok Submerged: City Grapples with Historic Flooding After Record-Breaking Deluge
By Global News Desk BANGKOK — The Thai capital, a sprawling metropolis often characterized by its vibrant street life and bustling urban density, has been brought to a standstill by an unrelenting deluge. Following days of torrential rainfall, large swaths of Bangkok are currently underwater, forcing thousands of residents into emergency shelters and prompting the […]
The Eternal Summer: How Japan’s ‘City Pop’ Conquered the Global Stage
Introduction: A Sonic Time Capsule More than three decades after the collapse of Japan’s asset price bubble—an era defined by neon-lit excess, architectural ambition, and unprecedented economic optimism—the soundtrack of that vanished world has not only survived; it has thrived. On August 7, the historic Crystal Palace Bowl in London bore witness to a cultural […]
Inside the Floating City: Film Comment Podcast Analyzes the Highs and Lows of the 2026 Venice Film Festival
Main Facts As the 2026 Venice Film Festival unfolds along the picturesque, sun-drenched shores of the Lido di Venezia, Film Comment has established a robust reporting presence to capture the cultural and cinematic zeitgeist of the world’s oldest film festival. In the latest installment of its on-the-ground podcast series, Film Comment Co-Editor Devika Girish sat […]
Raccoon City Reimagined: Zach Cregger to Helman High-Octane ‘Resident Evil’ Reboot
The landscape of cinematic horror is shifting. Following the tectonic success of Barbarian and the mounting anticipation surrounding his upcoming feature Weapons, visionary filmmaker Zach Cregger has officially set his sights on one of the most storied intellectual properties in gaming history: Resident Evil. In a surprising announcement from TriStar Pictures, Constantin Film, and Davis […]
Behind the Iron Curtain: How ‘Star City’ Reimagines the Space Race Through a High-Stakes Lens
Editor’s Note: This story contains significant spoilers for the Season 1 finale of Apple TV+’s "Star City." For nearly a decade, showrunners Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert have established themselves as masters of the "Apollo 13-style puzzle box." In their critically acclaimed alternate-history series For All Mankind, they chronicled a version of the 20th century […]
