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Geek Vibes Nation
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Vibes Nation
A24 To Release The Wondrous Family Adventure 'The Legend Of Ochi' On Blu-Ray This July
A24 has just announced that they will be releasing director Isaiah Saxon's lushly handcrafted adventure The Legend of Ochi in a special Blu-Ray Collector's Edition that is expected to ship in July 2025, exclusively from the A24 Shop. The film stars Helena Zengel, Willem Dafoe, Finn Wolfhard, and Emily Watson. The release will come with a Dolby Atmos track and new special features including a commentary track, featurettes, and more. Get more details below! Synopsis: In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy girl is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when she discovers a wounded baby ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a quest to bring him home. Special features: Commentary with Writer-Director Isaiah Saxon 'The Ochi Quest' Behind-the-Scenes Featurette Deleted Scene: Emily Watson's 'Singing Bird' Six Collectible Postcards with Behind-the-Scenes Photography by Alexandru Ionita This is the latest of many Collector's Editions from A24. Which of their films would you like to see get this treatment next? Let us know in the comments or over on Twitter.
BBC News
23-04-2025
- General
- BBC News
Titanic survivor's 'prophetic' letter up for auction in Wiltshire
A "prophetic" letter written by one of the most well-known survivors of the Titanic disaster is expected to fetch up to £60,000 at Archibald Gracie's letter, written during the voyage, said he would "await my journey's end" before he passed judgement on the "fine ship".He also wrote the book The Truth About The Titanic, recalling his experience onboard the ill-fated liner which claimed 1,500 lives when it sank on 15 April Gracie survived the sinking after scrambling onto an overturned lifeboat, but his health never recovered and he died eight months later. The high-profile passenger's correspondence is dated 10 April 1912 and postmarked Queenstown, in Ireland, on the 11 April and London on the 12 is written over four sides to the seller's great-uncle, who was an acquaintance of Col Gracie."It is a fine ship but I shall await my journey's end before I pass judgment on her," he said."The Oceanic is like an old friend and while she does not possess the elaborate style and varied amusement of this big ship, still her seaworthy qualities and yacht-like appearance make me miss her."The letter is believed to be the only example from Col Gracie in existence from on board the Titanic. It will go under the hammer at Henry Aldridge and Son, of Devizes in Wiltshire, on 26 April. Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said letters from survivors as high profile as Col Gracie rarely come to market and this piece has never been offered for sale. 'A fine ship' "This letter is one of the finest of its type known," said Mr Aldridge."Not only is it written by one of the most important first-class passengers on Titanic, Colonel Archibald Gracie."[but] The letter itself contains the most prophetic line: 'It is a fine ship but I shall await my journey's end before I pass judgment on her'."Five days later Titanic was at the bottom of the North Atlantic." Col Gracie boarded the Titanic at Southampton on 10 April, and was assigned First-Class cabin C51. He reportedly spent much of the voyage chaperoning various unaccompanied women and reading books from the first-class library. On the night of the sinking Col Gracie had gone to bed early, intending to get up the next morning to play awoke to a sudden jolt as the Titanic struck the iceberg shortly before midnight, and began helping women and children into the stern vanished below the surface, Col Gracie clung to the upturned lifeboat along with a few dozen other men. He later wrote that more than half the men who had originally reached the lifeboat either died from exhaustion or cold, quietly slipping off the keel during the night. As dawn broke, Col Gracie returned to New York City aboard the rescue ship Carpathia, where be began writing about what he had been health was severely affected by the hypothermia and physical injuries he suffered during the fell into a coma on 2 December 1912, and died of complications from diabetes two days later. His book was published in 1913 under the original title, The Truth about the Titanic.
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Yahoo
The St. Louisan that had a key role in the Titanic disaster
ST. LOUIS – It's been 113 years since the infamous sinking of the RMS Titanic ship in the North Atlantic Ocean. Following the tragedy, one St. Louis reporter held an important role in sharing the stories recounted first-hand. 36-year-old Carlos Hurd and his wife, Katherine, were embarking on a two-month vacation to Europe aboard the S.S. Carpathia steamship on April 11, 1912, according to our partners at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. At the time, Carlos was a 14-year-veteran at the St. Louis newspaper company as a reporter. Just a few days into the trip, what once was a holiday trip for the Hurd's turned into a a groundbreaking story that led to his nickname as the 'Titanic Man,' the Titanic Historical Society noted. The Carpathia was notified of a distress call from the Titanic on April 15, 1912 at 12:20 a.m. as the ship had already began sinking due to hitting an iceberg. Although the Carpathia had arrived to the Titanic's location around three hours later, they managed to rescue 705 passengers in lifeboats, before making their way back to New York City, according to Britannica. The St. Louis Mercantile Library emphasized that Hurd was the one to break the story to the world—which came after his curiosity surrounding the ship's standstill led to him making the discovery of what had just occurred. Carlos and Katherine immediately stepped into reporter mode, speaking with those that were rescued to gather the stories of those who lived to tell the tale, the Post-Dispatch noted. This story became the first full account of the tragedy, but it didn't come without some struggles along the way. Arthur Rostron, the Carpathia's captain, restricted Carlos from using the steamship's wireless telegraph to send the 5,000-word story back to New York editor Charles Chapin. But that didn't stop Carlos. While the Titanic lifeboats were being dropped off at Pier 54 in New York, Carlos threw his story off the boat inside a cigar box to give it to Chapin, according to the New York Times. The story was out to the world on April 19, and the rest is history. Katherine and Carlos died in 1928 and 1950 respectively, and they are both buried at the Bellefontaine Cemetery in north St. Louis. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Chicago Tribune
04-03-2025
- Business
- Chicago Tribune
Schererville deli celebrates Paczki Day with treats for all tastebuds
The 'Time to make the donuts' may first have been recognized in 1984, but the time to stuff the paczki for Schererville's Carpathia Polish Deli's paczki bacchanal started at 6 a.m. sharp Tuesday morning. Three thousand paczki, a 15th century formerly savory but now sweet treat — though still less sweet than the doughnut — arrived from the Polish superstore's Chicago supplier unfilled for its chef and his helpers to come at with all flavors of deliciousness: plum, apricot, rosehip, and Advocat, a 'big boozy pudding' for the hardcore enthusiasts, and cherry, lemon, raspberry, blueberry, custard, and Nutella for those who want to balance their paczki love with their doughnut devotion. As if the flavor array wasn't tantalizing enough, there were glazed paczki, paczki covered in powdered sugar, and then paczki frosted in orange, pink and white with chocolate drizzle for those who really had a sweet tooth to vanquish. Filling a paczek is somewhat of a delicate task, but one with which the Carpathia staff is well-familiar. 'Really, it takes them a couple minutes to fill a whole tray,' said store manager Conner Allen, who himself was running around the store making sure everything was moving along. About every 10 minutes or so, a man would come strolling out from the kitchen with a rolling cart and few more dozens to rotate in or refill as customers kept filing in, first for their paczki, then straight to the deli counter. 'About half of them are gone already, and we'll definitely sell out all 3,000 today,' Allen said as another worker brought out four boxes of a 20-dozen order. 'We have them all the time, though, so there will always be more.' Paula Franchimont, of Crown Point, joined her husband on his paczki quest Tuesday morning after telling him about Carpathia Deli. The two were going to add a few of the classics to their haul. 'We got apricot, plum and one of the Advocat to try,' Franchimont said. 'I'm Slovenian, and we have a similar dessert, krofi, so I prefer them unfilled.' Even if they hadn't gotten out to Carpathia, the Franchimonts wouldn't have been completely paczki-less for the start of Lent, the 40-day Christian observance before Easter. Turns out, they have their own Paczki fairy in the neighborhood. 'Our neighbor makes them, and she always leaves two on every porch,' Franchimont said. 'She didn't get to today because of the rain, but she let us know she has them for us.' Luke Podgorny, of Highland, had never seen paczki with frosting, but that wasn't going to stop him from a good time. 'We usually like the cream cheese-filled,' he said as he filled up his dozen. 'We always like to try local, and we go every Fat Tuesday, then come back for more when they're on sale at the end of the week.' Michelle L. Quinn is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune.
