Male one-upmanship is as old as Cain and Abel. It’s older, probably. Our hominid ancestors no doubt spent their days on the baking savanna competing for food, or for mates, …
Werner Herzog’s Outsized Personality Keeps ‘Lo and Behold’ Interesting
Perhaps it should not be slightly surprising that Werner Herzog made a documentary about the Internet. His public image is, at this point, half man, half social-media meme—eccentric filmmaking grandpa …
Korean director Hong Sang-soo Offers Two Versions of the Same Story in ‘Right Now, Wrong Then’
Who hasn’t had a chance encounter with someone who sends the pulse racing only to find any budding rapport falls apart in embarrassing disaster? And what wouldn’t you give for …
BIG EARS 2016: eighth blackbird
Read the Mercury‘s complete Big Ears 2016 coverage here. Visit the Big Ears website for the full lineup and schedule and ticket information. Contemporary chamber ensemble eighth blackbird performs twice at this year’s Big …
Jia Zhangke’s Ambitious ‘Mountains May Depart’ Inspires Admiration, Not Love
It’s one of the oldest stories in the world: a young woman finds herself torn between two suitors—a poor but decent chap and a wealthy blowhard. This particular triangle, however, …