It’s not easy being an outsider, finding yourself in a strange place with unfamiliar faces and without the comforts of home. And at some point in our lives, we’ve all found ourselves feeling like a fish out of water. That’s why there’s a certain pleasure in rooting for an outsider…

TV & Movies to Motivate and Inspire Change. As we enter 2022, it’s an opportunity to reflect and take stock of life and its possibilities. New Year’s resolutions of getting organized or losing weight are a thing of the past; now it’s all about being your best possible self, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. …

Bleak, dark, moody Scandi Noir might not seem like the first place you’d look for gift themes, but hear us out. Turns out all that darkness…

Ahh, the holidays. It’s a time for family, and family means siblings and all the fixin’s that come with them: the good, the bad, and the slamming of bedroom doors accompanied by childish screaming. Our siblings have ways of bringing out the best and the worst in us, and we…

Do you feel that? There’s a spirit in the air, full of vibrancy, light and power, making us feel alive. It’s our favorite time of year, where living and dead, the seen and unseen, are reunited. In this supernaturally spectacular month, we embrace communing with spirits, exploring sacred rituals and…

The new Russian tv series Dead Mountain brings to the screen the decades old mystery of the Dyatlov Pass Incident that became a viral internet sensation. For sixty years conspiracy enthusiasts have wondered about the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of nine student hikers in the Ural Mountains in 1959…

One bridge, two countries. One body, two murders. Even if I stopped here, chances are you’re already a little intrigued. But if you dive deeper into “The Bridge,” you’ll learn that its brilliant premise is just one piece of what makes the show a worldwide phenomenon. Every component, from a…

America is home to outstanding entertainment, that is indisputable. In the last 25 years, we saw a second Golden Age of television, with the release of shows like “The Sopranos,” “Breaking Bad,” and “Game of Thrones.” These are more than television shows; they’re cultural forces with the power to change…

What is noir exactly? For some, images of black-and-white films from the ’40s and ’50s might come to mind. Tales of murder set in Old Hollywood, hardened gumshoe types, femme fatales, and all the other tropes that author Raymond Chandler helped popularize. For others, it might be outcast anthems of…