Following up his Oscar-nominated debut film “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom,” Bhutanese filmmaker Pawo Choyning Dorji’s “The Monk and the Gun” is a droll political satire set in the year 2006 as the Kingdom of Bhutan transitions towards becoming the world’s youngest democracy. Lusciously lensed by cinematographer Jigme Tenzing, the ensemble comedy examines how … Read more
Tony Shalhoub returns as the obsessive-compulsive detective, Adrian Monk, in Peacock’s Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie trailer. The lovable detective with obsessive-compulsive disorder, Adrian Monk, is back! Several years, a pandemic, and more have passed, but Tony Shalhoub is returning to a fan-favorite character to solve a crime that brings Mr. Monk’s stepdaughter, … Read more
The story’s setting is lovely, thematically and visually. It’s 2006 in Bhutan, and the nation has just started to receive Internet and television. Its gorgeous hills and serene mountainsides remain unchallenged, but it makes the slowly growing number of TVs and satellite dishes pop when we see the outsides of homes. It’s exciting how the … Read more