Articles by Константин Макаров
Crossing Parallel Film Universes: How Tarkovsky and Trejo Connect
A quick dive into one of those film-industry coincidences that make my brain melt: the family tree linking Danny Trejo, Andrei Konchalovsky, and Andrei Tarkovsky.
Michael Jackson Biopic Trailer Breaks Record for Music Biopic Views
The Michael Jackson biopic trailer garnered 116 million views in its first 24 hours, setting a record for music biopics and surpassing 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and 'Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour'.
About Dogs and Translations
There's a film with James Belushi, 'K-9, Dog's Work'. And I only found out today that K9 (kay-nine) in English sounds like 'Canine', which is literally the scientific term for 'Dog'...
Types of Clothing on Cartoon Characters
Remember the old jokes about Donald Duck never wearing pants or how Goofy is dressed while Pluto isn't? Here’s a playful taxonomy of cartoon wardrobe choices.
About Where the Netflix Sound Came From
For me, one less mystery today — what exactly sounds in the Netflix intro (the iconic tu-dum intro). It turns out, it's the sound of a fist hitting a table — and not some abstract fist, but a very specific one...