Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. To keep up with our latest features, sign up for the Weekly Edit newsletter and follow us @mubinotebook on Twitter and Instagram.NEWSThe Pill Pounder.The Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival is known for audiences who talk back to the screen, but such rowdiness took a dark turn last weekend at a screening of Love Lies Bleeding (2024), during which homophobic and misogynistic taunts caused more than 60 attendees to walk out and then to stage a protest at the cinema door, which was broken up by the police.Italy’s right-wing government has left the country’s motion-picture industry stalled in uncertainty as they debate new regulations to tax incentives for film and television production, some of which may give preference to films “tied to Italy’s national identity.”Ten of thirteen IATSE locals now have tentative agreements with AMPTP. Talks...
- 4/17/2024
- MUBI
Bret Easton Ellis is finally taking a seat in the director’s chair.
After his slated feature directorial debut “The Deleted” was pivoted into a web series on the since-defunct social platform Fullscreen, famed author and screenwriter Ellis will direct horror film “Relapse.” Ellis penned the script about a man (played by “Stranger Things” breakout Joseph Quinn) who witnesses a brutal death during a drug party and is thrust into an unsteady existential crisis upon entering rehab. Variety first reported the news of the project.
The film’s official synopsis reads: “Fueled by his unstable personality and the invading power of social media, Matt Cullen’s paranoia grows, messing up with his rehabilitation program. As he starts using again, a mysterious presence starts growing around Matt, and a monster that has been haunting him since he was a teenager reveals itself. His therapist tries to help, convinced that the monster...
After his slated feature directorial debut “The Deleted” was pivoted into a web series on the since-defunct social platform Fullscreen, famed author and screenwriter Ellis will direct horror film “Relapse.” Ellis penned the script about a man (played by “Stranger Things” breakout Joseph Quinn) who witnesses a brutal death during a drug party and is thrust into an unsteady existential crisis upon entering rehab. Variety first reported the news of the project.
The film’s official synopsis reads: “Fueled by his unstable personality and the invading power of social media, Matt Cullen’s paranoia grows, messing up with his rehabilitation program. As he starts using again, a mysterious presence starts growing around Matt, and a monster that has been haunting him since he was a teenager reveals itself. His therapist tries to help, convinced that the monster...
- 2/14/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
"River's Edge" was one of the most important independent films of the 1980s. Directed by Tim Hunter from a screenplay by Neil Jimenez, it tells the soul-deadening story of a group of teens who cover for their friend after he murders another of their friends. What makes the movie especially disturbing is the teens' indifference; when they're taken to view the nude corpse, which the killer has dumped at the title location, most of them gaze at it with a galling lack of emotion.
"River's Edge" earned raves from critics and won Best Picture at the 1988 Independent Spirit Awards. It launched the careers of Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye, and Daniel Roebuck, and went a long way toward spurring Dennis Hopper's late '80s comeback. It is a scathing experience, one that leaves such an indelible mark you need not revisit it. You'll never shake the image of Danyi Deats...
"River's Edge" earned raves from critics and won Best Picture at the 1988 Independent Spirit Awards. It launched the careers of Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye, and Daniel Roebuck, and went a long way toward spurring Dennis Hopper's late '80s comeback. It is a scathing experience, one that leaves such an indelible mark you need not revisit it. You'll never shake the image of Danyi Deats...
- 11/11/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Guneet Monga Kapoor, whose film ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ clinched the Academy Award for Best Documentary short, earlier this year, has been appointed as the Breakthrough India Ambassador for 2023 by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
It has also announced a deadline extension of application by 2 weeks with the new deadline now being July 20.
Guneet is an accomplished film producer and BAFTA nominee. She is also the recipient of the Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and has been acknowledged by esteemed institutions such as the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the US Department of State’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs.
Reacting to the news, Guneet, Founder and CEO of Sikhya Entertainment, said: “It’s an honour to take on this Ambassador role, following in the footsteps of A.R. Rahman to help raise the profile of emerging talent across the creative industries in India.
It has also announced a deadline extension of application by 2 weeks with the new deadline now being July 20.
Guneet is an accomplished film producer and BAFTA nominee. She is also the recipient of the Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and has been acknowledged by esteemed institutions such as the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the US Department of State’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs.
Reacting to the news, Guneet, Founder and CEO of Sikhya Entertainment, said: “It’s an honour to take on this Ambassador role, following in the footsteps of A.R. Rahman to help raise the profile of emerging talent across the creative industries in India.
- 7/13/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
After the impressive success of the BAFTA Breakthrough India programme in 2021 and 2022, BAFTA is once again launching the scheme for a third year. Applications open today until 5 July, and the programme is open to creatives from across the film, games and television industries nationally, as well as those working in the UK and the US.
This year also marks Netflix’s third year supporting BAFTA Breakthrough in India and its fourth year in the UK and US.
BAFTA Breakthrough aims to identify and nurture emerging talent from around the world and equip them with the resources they need to develop their skills and progress in their chosen field. First launched in the UK ten years ago, BAFTA Breakthrough is one of the arts charity’s flagship talent schemes, with over 200 careers developed and accelerated to-date.
Through this initiative, BAFTA Breakthrough India will once again identify and celebrate Indian talent by...
This year also marks Netflix’s third year supporting BAFTA Breakthrough in India and its fourth year in the UK and US.
BAFTA Breakthrough aims to identify and nurture emerging talent from around the world and equip them with the resources they need to develop their skills and progress in their chosen field. First launched in the UK ten years ago, BAFTA Breakthrough is one of the arts charity’s flagship talent schemes, with over 200 careers developed and accelerated to-date.
Through this initiative, BAFTA Breakthrough India will once again identify and celebrate Indian talent by...
- 5/12/2023
- by Editorial Desk
- GlamSham
This episode of the Horror TV Shows We Miss video series was Written and Narrated by Niki Minter, Edited by Adam Walton, Produced by John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian. Here’s the text of the video script:
I think 1991 shaped my life before I even realized it did. Aeon Flux, Pete & Pete, Clarissa Explains It All, Liquid Television, The Addams Family, People Under the Stairs, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, and of course, Eerie, Indiana.
All those shows and movies I just mentioned, I can still enjoy just the same as I did then. A few of them actually get repeat viewings throughout the year. There was something cool about these shows made for kids and teens around this time– they weren’t dumbing it down. Kids felt like they were watching something that they could experience for themselves– it was something that felt real. These...
I think 1991 shaped my life before I even realized it did. Aeon Flux, Pete & Pete, Clarissa Explains It All, Liquid Television, The Addams Family, People Under the Stairs, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, and of course, Eerie, Indiana.
All those shows and movies I just mentioned, I can still enjoy just the same as I did then. A few of them actually get repeat viewings throughout the year. There was something cool about these shows made for kids and teens around this time– they weren’t dumbing it down. Kids felt like they were watching something that they could experience for themselves– it was something that felt real. These...
- 3/28/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Hollywood was in the midst of its Brat Pack fervor when the director/screenwriter team of Tim Hunter and Neil Jimenez jolted moviegoers with "River's Edge." It was the grimy, dead-souled antithesis to John Hughes' peppy tales of suburban woe. The Northern California high schoolers in Hunter's film are dead-enders who, aware of their paltry worth to society, have little value for human life. When their friend John (Daniel Roebuck) claims he's murdered his girlfriend Jamie (Danyi Deats) and takes them to see her nude corpse, which he's discarded like a dog toy next to a riverbank, they do not recoil in horror. They are at most dumbstruck, and at worst eager to aid John in covering up the crime.
We should be shocked by their lack of revulsion, but Hunter lets us hang out with these kids for a good 15 minutes before taking us to Jamie. They're future burnouts...
We should be shocked by their lack of revulsion, but Hunter lets us hang out with these kids for a good 15 minutes before taking us to Jamie. They're future burnouts...
- 3/22/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Scripts to be showcased to industry guests on February 23.
Bafta has selected three winners of the Rocliffe New Writing Competition for film, the platform for aspiring screenwriters looking to take their career to the next level.
Florence Hyde, Paddy Browne and Ben Hyland have been selected from more than 400 entries for the showcase, which runs twice a year.
Their scripts will be showcased online to Bafta’s industry guests on February 23, with an extract from each script performed by actors. They will then receive feedback from guests including Rose Garnett, former BBC Film director who is now working at A24 Films; Andrew Orr,...
Bafta has selected three winners of the Rocliffe New Writing Competition for film, the platform for aspiring screenwriters looking to take their career to the next level.
Florence Hyde, Paddy Browne and Ben Hyland have been selected from more than 400 entries for the showcase, which runs twice a year.
Their scripts will be showcased online to Bafta’s industry guests on February 23, with an extract from each script performed by actors. They will then receive feedback from guests including Rose Garnett, former BBC Film director who is now working at A24 Films; Andrew Orr,...
- 2/3/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Neil Jimenez, who won three Indie Spirit Awards for writing River’s Edge and writing and co-directing The Waterdance, has died. He was 62. His sister, Kathleen Serio, said Jimenez died December 11 of heart failure in Arroyo Grande, CA.
Jimenez won his first Spirit Award in 1988 for his screenplay to River’s Edge, the Tim Hunter-directed thriller whose stacked cast included Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye and Dennis Hopper. The 1986 pic about a group of California friends who get ensnarled in a murder and cover-up also won Best Feature at the Spirits that year and was a nominee for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.
The Sacramento native went on to pen or co-write the scripts for Where the River Runs Black (1986) and The Dark Wind (1991) and the story for Bette Midler period drama For the Boys (1991). Jimenez’s next project was The Waterdance, which starred Eric Stoltz as...
Jimenez won his first Spirit Award in 1988 for his screenplay to River’s Edge, the Tim Hunter-directed thriller whose stacked cast included Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye and Dennis Hopper. The 1986 pic about a group of California friends who get ensnarled in a murder and cover-up also won Best Feature at the Spirits that year and was a nominee for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.
The Sacramento native went on to pen or co-write the scripts for Where the River Runs Black (1986) and The Dark Wind (1991) and the story for Bette Midler period drama For the Boys (1991). Jimenez’s next project was The Waterdance, which starred Eric Stoltz as...
- 12/30/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Neal Jimenez, the writer-director behind a string of acclaimed films in the 1980s and 1990s, including the thriller “River’s Edge” and his directorial debut, the semi-autobiographical drama “The Waterdance,” died Dec. 11 from heart failure, his family has announced. He was 62.
Paralyzed in a hiking accident while he was a student at UCLA in 1984, Jimenez paved the way for disability representation with “The Waterdance,” the 1992 drama starring Eric Stoltz as a writer struggling to recover after being paralyzed from the neck down. Based in part on his own recovery, the film was released to critical acclaim and won Best First Feature and Best Screenplay at the 1992 Independent Spirit Awards.
Jimenez also wrote the screenplays for “For the Boys” (1991), “Sleep With Me” (1994) and “Hideaway” (1995 among other things.)
“My brother had a passion for writing and creating. The clack of typing seemed to daily come through his bedroom walls. He had drawers...
Paralyzed in a hiking accident while he was a student at UCLA in 1984, Jimenez paved the way for disability representation with “The Waterdance,” the 1992 drama starring Eric Stoltz as a writer struggling to recover after being paralyzed from the neck down. Based in part on his own recovery, the film was released to critical acclaim and won Best First Feature and Best Screenplay at the 1992 Independent Spirit Awards.
Jimenez also wrote the screenplays for “For the Boys” (1991), “Sleep With Me” (1994) and “Hideaway” (1995 among other things.)
“My brother had a passion for writing and creating. The clack of typing seemed to daily come through his bedroom walls. He had drawers...
- 12/30/2022
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
It is aimed at aspiring filmmakers with no industry connections.
Bafta, the British Film Institute (BFI) and the British Council have launched the Short Film Toolkit for aspiring filmmakers with no industry connections or knowledge to navigate the industry.
It includes insights from over 40 filmmakers, distributors, funders and festival programmers, including Leila Latif, Dionne Edwards and Savvas Stavrou.
Advice ranges from film festival strategies to funding and marketing recommendations and features case studies in documentary, animation, fiction, experimental & artist moving image, Xr and immersive.
Tim Hunter, executive director of talent, inclusion, learning and membership at Bafta, said: “Short video content...
Bafta, the British Film Institute (BFI) and the British Council have launched the Short Film Toolkit for aspiring filmmakers with no industry connections or knowledge to navigate the industry.
It includes insights from over 40 filmmakers, distributors, funders and festival programmers, including Leila Latif, Dionne Edwards and Savvas Stavrou.
Advice ranges from film festival strategies to funding and marketing recommendations and features case studies in documentary, animation, fiction, experimental & artist moving image, Xr and immersive.
Tim Hunter, executive director of talent, inclusion, learning and membership at Bafta, said: “Short video content...
- 12/7/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
“Call It!,” an app that empowers the U.K. film and TV workforce to call bad behavior out, has entered into a partnership with ITV Studios.
The app enables the workforce to record incidents of bullying, harassment and discrimination quickly and anonymously, without fear of reprisal or repercussion. It also provides easy access to employers’ ‘Dignity at Work’ policies and procedures for formal reporting, and signposting to third party support and resources. It also allows companies and productions to monitor the safety and wellbeing of their staff by asking, ‘How were you treated at work today?’ and gathering anonymous data regarding experiences of bullying and harassment.
After a pilot and proof of concept phase, the app launched to the film and TV market earlier this month. ITV Studios are the first major partner to sign up and will begin introducing the app to its U.K. companies.
ITV Studios’ managing...
The app enables the workforce to record incidents of bullying, harassment and discrimination quickly and anonymously, without fear of reprisal or repercussion. It also provides easy access to employers’ ‘Dignity at Work’ policies and procedures for formal reporting, and signposting to third party support and resources. It also allows companies and productions to monitor the safety and wellbeing of their staff by asking, ‘How were you treated at work today?’ and gathering anonymous data regarding experiences of bullying and harassment.
After a pilot and proof of concept phase, the app launched to the film and TV market earlier this month. ITV Studios are the first major partner to sign up and will begin introducing the app to its U.K. companies.
ITV Studios’ managing...
- 10/20/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Written by Mark Waid | Art by Mahmud Asrar | Published by DC Comics
I wish I wasn’t such a sucker for books like this but c’mon, who can’t resist picking up a book called this, with a cover like this, and featuring the blurb ‘father vs son for the fate of the Dcu’. That was enough to reel me in, but when I saw that Mark Waid was writing this, I was all in. I tend to find that Waid always understands his characters so well, so he can take a throwaway editorial edict and actually make it not only work but also add something extra to the mythology.
Let’s be honest, though, Batman has been in conflict with Robin from the start. He fell out with Dick Grayson, has had a rocky relationship with Tim Drake, struggles to control Damian Wayne, and let’s not get started on Jason Todd.
I wish I wasn’t such a sucker for books like this but c’mon, who can’t resist picking up a book called this, with a cover like this, and featuring the blurb ‘father vs son for the fate of the Dcu’. That was enough to reel me in, but when I saw that Mark Waid was writing this, I was all in. I tend to find that Waid always understands his characters so well, so he can take a throwaway editorial edict and actually make it not only work but also add something extra to the mythology.
Let’s be honest, though, Batman has been in conflict with Robin from the start. He fell out with Dick Grayson, has had a rocky relationship with Tim Drake, struggles to control Damian Wayne, and let’s not get started on Jason Todd.
- 9/22/2022
- by Dean Fuller
- Nerdly
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has named ten emerging talents from across the Indian film, gaming and television industries that will participate in the 2022 edition of its BAFTA Breakthrough India initiative supported by Netflix.
The 2022 contingent includes writer-director Ajitpal Singh; composer Alokananda Dasgupta (“Sacred Games”), writer-director Arati Kadav (“Cargo”), producer Mathivanan Rajendran (“Nirvana Inn”), writer-director Leena Manimekalai, game director Nakul Verma (“In My Shadow”), writer-director Prateek Vats (“Eeb Allay Ooo!”), cinematographer Saumyananda Sahi (“Eeb Allay Ooo!”), writer Shubham (“Eeb Allay Ooo!”) and performer Sumukhi Suresh (“Pushpavalli”).
The talents were selected by a jury consisting of BAFTA-winning composer A.R. Rahman, editor and writer Apurva Asrani, actors Anupam Kher and Ratna Pathak Shah, games producer Charu Desodt, Amazon India head Gaurav Gandhi, Netflix India content chief Monika Shergill, producers Siddharth Roy Kapur and Guneet Monga, BAFTA chair Krishnendu Majumdar, GOQii CEO Vishal Gondal and filmmaker Shonali Bose.
During the program,...
The 2022 contingent includes writer-director Ajitpal Singh; composer Alokananda Dasgupta (“Sacred Games”), writer-director Arati Kadav (“Cargo”), producer Mathivanan Rajendran (“Nirvana Inn”), writer-director Leena Manimekalai, game director Nakul Verma (“In My Shadow”), writer-director Prateek Vats (“Eeb Allay Ooo!”), cinematographer Saumyananda Sahi (“Eeb Allay Ooo!”), writer Shubham (“Eeb Allay Ooo!”) and performer Sumukhi Suresh (“Pushpavalli”).
The talents were selected by a jury consisting of BAFTA-winning composer A.R. Rahman, editor and writer Apurva Asrani, actors Anupam Kher and Ratna Pathak Shah, games producer Charu Desodt, Amazon India head Gaurav Gandhi, Netflix India content chief Monika Shergill, producers Siddharth Roy Kapur and Guneet Monga, BAFTA chair Krishnendu Majumdar, GOQii CEO Vishal Gondal and filmmaker Shonali Bose.
During the program,...
- 3/9/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Writer/director Adam McKay kicks off Season 5 by discussing a few of his favorite movies with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Don’t Look Up (2021)
Parasite (2019) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
The Big Short (2015)
Vice (2018)
Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s 4K Blu-ray review, Tfh’s 30th anniversary links
The Second Civil War (1997) – Glenn Erickson’s trailer commentary, Joe Dante revisits the movie
Network (1976) – Chris Wilkinson’s trailer commentary
Broadcast News (1987)
To Die For (1995) – Illeana Douglas’s trailer commentary
The Hospital (1971) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Ace In The Hole (1951) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Dr. Strangelove (1964) – Michael Lehmann’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Over The Edge (1979) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
The Warriors (1979)
River’s Edge (1986)
Tex (1982)
Rumble Fish (1983) – Adam Rifkin’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Don’t Look Up (2021)
Parasite (2019) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
The Big Short (2015)
Vice (2018)
Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s 4K Blu-ray review, Tfh’s 30th anniversary links
The Second Civil War (1997) – Glenn Erickson’s trailer commentary, Joe Dante revisits the movie
Network (1976) – Chris Wilkinson’s trailer commentary
Broadcast News (1987)
To Die For (1995) – Illeana Douglas’s trailer commentary
The Hospital (1971) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Ace In The Hole (1951) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Dr. Strangelove (1964) – Michael Lehmann’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Over The Edge (1979) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
The Warriors (1979)
River’s Edge (1986)
Tex (1982)
Rumble Fish (1983) – Adam Rifkin’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray...
- 1/18/2022
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
At a certain point in the 1980s, there was no bigger movie star than Matt Dillon. Exploding into the cultural stratosphere with a trio of popular S.E. Hinton film adaptations, the young actor transitioned from heartthrob to dynamic leading man in the space of a decade. Roles in Gus Van Sant’s masterful Drugstore Cowboy, Cameron Crowe’s Singles, and Tim Hunter’s The Saint of Fort Washington followed, each one wildly different from the other.
Thirty years later, Dillon finds himself at the Telluride Film Festival as the director of the breezy, illuminating documentary El Gran Fellove, which tells the story of Francisco Fellove Valdés, the underappreciated Cuban scat singer and showman. The film also highlights the “Feeling” Movement that came out of Cuba in the 1940s, a jazz-inspired musical shift of which Fellove was essential. The musician––like many Cuban artists––would soon move to Mexico, where he found an abundance of success.
Thirty years later, Dillon finds himself at the Telluride Film Festival as the director of the breezy, illuminating documentary El Gran Fellove, which tells the story of Francisco Fellove Valdés, the underappreciated Cuban scat singer and showman. The film also highlights the “Feeling” Movement that came out of Cuba in the 1940s, a jazz-inspired musical shift of which Fellove was essential. The musician––like many Cuban artists––would soon move to Mexico, where he found an abundance of success.
- 9/7/2021
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
To mark the release of Over the Edge, out now, we’ve been given 2 copies to give away on Blu-ray.
Over The Edge – available now on Blu-ray from Arrow Video – is an incendiary ode to teen rebellion that quickly became a Gen X/punk-rock touchstone, and a key influence on filmmakers such as Richard Linklater and musicians like Kurt Cobain (who often cited it as his favourite film). Armed with a classic ‘70s rock soundtrack, energetic direction by Jonathan Kaplan (White Line Fever) and an intelligent script by Tim Hunter (River’s Edge) and Charlie Haas (Matinee), Over The Edge still packs a righteously powerful punch today, and makes its worldwide Blu-Ray debut with brand new bonus features interviewing the cast and crew.
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Over The Edge – available now on Blu-ray from Arrow Video – is an incendiary ode to teen rebellion that quickly became a Gen X/punk-rock touchstone, and a key influence on filmmakers such as Richard Linklater and musicians like Kurt Cobain (who often cited it as his favourite film). Armed with a classic ‘70s rock soundtrack, energetic direction by Jonathan Kaplan (White Line Fever) and an intelligent script by Tim Hunter (River’s Edge) and Charlie Haas (Matinee), Over The Edge still packs a righteously powerful punch today, and makes its worldwide Blu-Ray debut with brand new bonus features interviewing the cast and crew.
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- 6/7/2021
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
It is hard to know where to begin and what to say first when it comes to Dennis Hopper, both on screen and off. As an actor he began in the late 50s with small roles in films like Rebel Without A Cause (1955) and numerous TV performances. James Dean was a hero and friend to Hopper. A great way to view Rebel Without A Cause is to watch Hopper’s intense studying of and admiration for Dean on screen in that film. Hopper was witness to so many periods of American culture, a complex masculine figure much like his friend and contemporary Harry Dean Stanton, the whiskey, cigarettes and American highway mythology follows his legacy. This mix scratches the surface of an iconic figure of 20th-century popular culture and a great artist, it is a time capsule with no linear trajectory, bending back and forth across genre and feeling.Coming...
- 5/17/2021
- MUBI
Donna Mathews joins from Channel 4 as executive director of PR and communications.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has restructured its senior management team.
Emma Baehr, formerly director of awards and membership has been promoted to executive director of awards and content; Tim Hunter, formerly director of learning and new talent) becomes executive director of learning, inclusion policy and membership; Louise Robertson, formerly director of partnerships, is now executive director of partnerships and fundraising; and Tim Yates is the new executive director of finance and information. He was formerly director of finance.
Additionally, Donna Mathews, formerly head of PR,...
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has restructured its senior management team.
Emma Baehr, formerly director of awards and membership has been promoted to executive director of awards and content; Tim Hunter, formerly director of learning and new talent) becomes executive director of learning, inclusion policy and membership; Louise Robertson, formerly director of partnerships, is now executive director of partnerships and fundraising; and Tim Yates is the new executive director of finance and information. He was formerly director of finance.
Additionally, Donna Mathews, formerly head of PR,...
- 4/23/2021
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced a restructure to its senior management team.
Emma Baehr, Tim Hunter, Louise Robertson and Tim Yates have been elevated to Executive Directors. Donna Mathews is appointed to the newly formed role Executive Director of PR & Communications.
The executive team will report into BAFTA’s Chief Executive Amanda Berry OBE & Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director of BAFTA Enterprises, Kevin Price.
The new senior management team is:
Emma Baehr, Executive Director of Awards & Content (formerly Director of Awards & Membership at BAFTA) Tim Hunter, Executive Director of Learning, Inclusion Policy & Membership (formerly Director of Learning & New Talent at BAFTA) Donna Mathews, Executive Director of PR & Communications (formerly Head of PR, Content and Programmes at Channel 4) Louise Roberston, Executive Director of Partnerships & Fundraising (formerly Director of Partnerships at BAFTA) Tim Yates, Executive Director of Finance & Information (formerly Director of Finance at...
Emma Baehr, Tim Hunter, Louise Robertson and Tim Yates have been elevated to Executive Directors. Donna Mathews is appointed to the newly formed role Executive Director of PR & Communications.
The executive team will report into BAFTA’s Chief Executive Amanda Berry OBE & Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director of BAFTA Enterprises, Kevin Price.
The new senior management team is:
Emma Baehr, Executive Director of Awards & Content (formerly Director of Awards & Membership at BAFTA) Tim Hunter, Executive Director of Learning, Inclusion Policy & Membership (formerly Director of Learning & New Talent at BAFTA) Donna Mathews, Executive Director of PR & Communications (formerly Head of PR, Content and Programmes at Channel 4) Louise Roberston, Executive Director of Partnerships & Fundraising (formerly Director of Partnerships at BAFTA) Tim Yates, Executive Director of Finance & Information (formerly Director of Finance at...
- 4/23/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The British Academy has announced a restructure of its senior management team, with four executives elevated and a new position created.
As part of the rejig, Emma Baehr is now executive director of awards and content; Tim Hunter is executive director of learning, inclusion policy and membership; Louise Robertson is executive director of partnerships and fundraising; and Tim Yates is executive director of finance and information. Completing the restructure, Donna Mathews — a veteran publicist and most recently head of PR, content and programs at Channel 4 — has joined BAFTA in the newly formed position of executive director of PR and ...
As part of the rejig, Emma Baehr is now executive director of awards and content; Tim Hunter is executive director of learning, inclusion policy and membership; Louise Robertson is executive director of partnerships and fundraising; and Tim Yates is executive director of finance and information. Completing the restructure, Donna Mathews — a veteran publicist and most recently head of PR, content and programs at Channel 4 — has joined BAFTA in the newly formed position of executive director of PR and ...
- 4/23/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The British Academy has announced a restructure of its senior management team, with four executives elevated and a new position created.
As part of the rejig, Emma Baehr is now executive director of awards and content; Tim Hunter is executive director of learning, inclusion policy and membership; Louise Robertson is executive director of partnerships and fundraising; and Tim Yates is executive director of finance and information. Completing the restructure, Donna Mathews — a veteran publicist and most recently head of PR, content and programs at Channel 4 — has joined BAFTA in the newly formed position of executive director of PR and ...
As part of the rejig, Emma Baehr is now executive director of awards and content; Tim Hunter is executive director of learning, inclusion policy and membership; Louise Robertson is executive director of partnerships and fundraising; and Tim Yates is executive director of finance and information. Completing the restructure, Donna Mathews — a veteran publicist and most recently head of PR, content and programs at Channel 4 — has joined BAFTA in the newly formed position of executive director of PR and ...
- 4/23/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Although it didn’t make much of a box office dent when new, Tfh guru Jonathan Kaplan’s bleak portrait of rootless suburban kids in an ’80s “model community” still packs a punch. Benefits from naturalistic and starkly credible performances from a charismatic teenage cast, several of whom went on to stardom. Co-written by Tfh guru Tim Hunter.
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- 4/16/2021
- by TFH Team
- Trailers from Hell
BAFTA has responded to criticism from an actress on its diversity scheme Elevate that she faced racist comments and was not given appropriate disability support.
In a BBC article published this morning, actress India Eva Rae – whose credits include Channel 4 TV series On The Edge and Hulu series Maxxx – described Elevate as a “PR exercise” that failed to open doors for its participants, who she says were recruited to “clean up” BAFTA’s image.
Today, the organization told us: “BAFTA Elevate was created in 2017 and has supported over 50 talented individuals from under-represented groups in progressing their careers, and to help tackle the issue of diversity in our industries as a whole. We know first-hand from very many people who have been part of the initiative that they have really benefitted from it, and for some it has been truly career-changing. In one isolated incident, an Elevate participant has voiced...
In a BBC article published this morning, actress India Eva Rae – whose credits include Channel 4 TV series On The Edge and Hulu series Maxxx – described Elevate as a “PR exercise” that failed to open doors for its participants, who she says were recruited to “clean up” BAFTA’s image.
Today, the organization told us: “BAFTA Elevate was created in 2017 and has supported over 50 talented individuals from under-represented groups in progressing their careers, and to help tackle the issue of diversity in our industries as a whole. We know first-hand from very many people who have been part of the initiative that they have really benefitted from it, and for some it has been truly career-changing. In one isolated incident, an Elevate participant has voiced...
- 3/26/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
BFI and Bafta have revealed updated resources to tackle bullying, harassment and racism.
The British Film Institute (BFI) has hired Morgana Melvin as its first production inclusion manager to work across the BFI Film Fund, inclusion and skills teams and with partners including ScreenSkills, BBC Film and Film4.
She will identify the challenges and coordinate strategies to create more employment opportunities for underrepresented groups in production.
Melvin’s role will see her work with the BFI’s internal teams as well as BFI-backed producers, crews and the wider industry, and will also include support for prevention of bullying, harassment and racism on set.
The British Film Institute (BFI) has hired Morgana Melvin as its first production inclusion manager to work across the BFI Film Fund, inclusion and skills teams and with partners including ScreenSkills, BBC Film and Film4.
She will identify the challenges and coordinate strategies to create more employment opportunities for underrepresented groups in production.
Melvin’s role will see her work with the BFI’s internal teams as well as BFI-backed producers, crews and the wider industry, and will also include support for prevention of bullying, harassment and racism on set.
- 3/17/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
BFI and Bafta have revealed updated resources to tackle bullying, harassment and racism.
The British Film Institute (BFI) has hired Morgana Melvin as its first production inclusion manager to work across the BFI Film Fund, inclusion and skills teams and with partners including ScreenSkills, BBC Film, and Film4. She will iidentify the challenges and coordinate strategies to create more employment opportunities for underrepresented groups in production.
Melvin’s role will see her work with the BFI’s internal teams as well as BFI-backed producers, crews and the wider industry, and will also include support for prevention of bullying, harassment and racism on set.
The British Film Institute (BFI) has hired Morgana Melvin as its first production inclusion manager to work across the BFI Film Fund, inclusion and skills teams and with partners including ScreenSkills, BBC Film, and Film4. She will iidentify the challenges and coordinate strategies to create more employment opportunities for underrepresented groups in production.
Melvin’s role will see her work with the BFI’s internal teams as well as BFI-backed producers, crews and the wider industry, and will also include support for prevention of bullying, harassment and racism on set.
- 3/17/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The BFI, BAFTA and more than 40 other industry partners are teaming to launch an ‘Action List’ to aid the biz in pro-actively tackling bullying, harassment and racism in the workplace.
As the industry continues to ride out the wave of Covid-19-related production shutdowns and disruption, inappropriate conduct remains a key battleground despite the lack of on-set activity.
“The industry has been facing additional pressures [during the pandemic] and that has translated into challenging behaviors in some cases,” Jen Smith, the BFI’s Head of Inclusion, told Deadline. She added that different ways of working, particularly under Covid safety protocols, have led to increased tensions and in some cases poor conduct. “It’s a pressured environment anyway [being on set], and the pandemic has added further pressures, so this is a good opportunity to say ‘let’s remember, certain behaviors are not acceptable’.”
Tim Hunter, BAFTA’s Director of Learning, Policy and Inclusion, said that there...
As the industry continues to ride out the wave of Covid-19-related production shutdowns and disruption, inappropriate conduct remains a key battleground despite the lack of on-set activity.
“The industry has been facing additional pressures [during the pandemic] and that has translated into challenging behaviors in some cases,” Jen Smith, the BFI’s Head of Inclusion, told Deadline. She added that different ways of working, particularly under Covid safety protocols, have led to increased tensions and in some cases poor conduct. “It’s a pressured environment anyway [being on set], and the pandemic has added further pressures, so this is a good opportunity to say ‘let’s remember, certain behaviors are not acceptable’.”
Tim Hunter, BAFTA’s Director of Learning, Policy and Inclusion, said that there...
- 3/17/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
The U.K. is stepping up its awareness of bullying, harassment and racism in the workplace, with a renewed industry-wide drive to educate employers across the screen sectors of best practice methods.
The industry last rallied for these issues following the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements of late 2017 and 2018, when pan-industry guidelines were drawn up to advocate for a zero-tolerance approach to bullying and harassment.
This time around, the BFI and BAFTA are launching a practical employer-focused Action List backed by over 40 organizations across film, television and games, including Time’s Up UK, Directors UK, Casting Directors Guild, Bectu and Coalition for Change. This is coupled with The Film and TV Charity’s new bullying support services, which will provide more immediate support for those in need.
The timing of the initiatives is key, and follows a harrowing period for the industry — which is built upon a largely freelance...
The industry last rallied for these issues following the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements of late 2017 and 2018, when pan-industry guidelines were drawn up to advocate for a zero-tolerance approach to bullying and harassment.
This time around, the BFI and BAFTA are launching a practical employer-focused Action List backed by over 40 organizations across film, television and games, including Time’s Up UK, Directors UK, Casting Directors Guild, Bectu and Coalition for Change. This is coupled with The Film and TV Charity’s new bullying support services, which will provide more immediate support for those in need.
The timing of the initiatives is key, and follows a harrowing period for the industry — which is built upon a largely freelance...
- 3/17/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Arrow Video’s May films include a superbly quirky comedy horror debut, a vintage Japanese comedy classic, the worldwide Blu-ray debut of a provocative Seventies masterwork, and a lavish edition of an offbeat, A-list sci-fi favourite.
As expected, the releases will be superbly packaged, featuring brand new restorations and audio commentaries, rare behind-the-scenes featurettes, revealing documentaries, beautifully designed booklets with new writing on the filmmakers, and reversible sleeves with striking newly-commissioned artwork, collectable limited edition O-cards and exclusive SteelBooks.
First in May, Arrow Video presents “A Ghost Waits,” an ingeniously unique and unpredictable combo of horror, humour and heart from first-time writer/director Adam Stovall and producer/star MacLeod Andrews. From its opening spectral assault to its achingly poignant conclusion – as well as a witty depiction of afterlife bureaucracy in the vein of “Beetlejuice” and “A Matter of Life and Death – A Ghost Waits” has shocked and surprised audiences around the world,...
As expected, the releases will be superbly packaged, featuring brand new restorations and audio commentaries, rare behind-the-scenes featurettes, revealing documentaries, beautifully designed booklets with new writing on the filmmakers, and reversible sleeves with striking newly-commissioned artwork, collectable limited edition O-cards and exclusive SteelBooks.
First in May, Arrow Video presents “A Ghost Waits,” an ingeniously unique and unpredictable combo of horror, humour and heart from first-time writer/director Adam Stovall and producer/star MacLeod Andrews. From its opening spectral assault to its achingly poignant conclusion – as well as a witty depiction of afterlife bureaucracy in the vein of “Beetlejuice” and “A Matter of Life and Death – A Ghost Waits” has shocked and surprised audiences around the world,...
- 2/27/2021
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
New Indie
The critically-acclaimed “Aviva” (Outsider/Strand) casts both male and female dancers as both of the romantic leads, throwing out conventions of gender and sexuality in a love story that features some gorgeous choreography. Boaz Yakin’s film was programmed at the 2020 SXSW festival, and the Blu-ray features behind-the-scenes footage of dance rehearsals.
Also available: Stand-up Steve Byrne wrote and directed the comics-on-the-road saga “The Opening Act” (Rlje Films), featuring such industry vets as Jimmy O. Yang, Alex Moffat, Cedric the Entertainer, Bill Burr, and Whitney Cummings; “Buddy Games” (Saban/Paramount) stars Josh Duhamel and Dax Shepard in an ensemble comedy about estranged friends enduring a ridiculous competition for a $150,000 prize; a newly sober carpenter tries to build a home and establish a life in “Major Arcana” (Gde/Kino Lorber).
New Foreign
Melina León’s Cannes fave “Song Without a Name” (Film Movement), about an indigenous woman trying to...
The critically-acclaimed “Aviva” (Outsider/Strand) casts both male and female dancers as both of the romantic leads, throwing out conventions of gender and sexuality in a love story that features some gorgeous choreography. Boaz Yakin’s film was programmed at the 2020 SXSW festival, and the Blu-ray features behind-the-scenes footage of dance rehearsals.
Also available: Stand-up Steve Byrne wrote and directed the comics-on-the-road saga “The Opening Act” (Rlje Films), featuring such industry vets as Jimmy O. Yang, Alex Moffat, Cedric the Entertainer, Bill Burr, and Whitney Cummings; “Buddy Games” (Saban/Paramount) stars Josh Duhamel and Dax Shepard in an ensemble comedy about estranged friends enduring a ridiculous competition for a $150,000 prize; a newly sober carpenter tries to build a home and establish a life in “Major Arcana” (Gde/Kino Lorber).
New Foreign
Melina León’s Cannes fave “Song Without a Name” (Film Movement), about an indigenous woman trying to...
- 12/30/2020
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Bret Easton Ellis is the writer behind hit films such as American Psycho and The Rules of Attraction. His most recent project is the horror/thriller Smiley Face Killers starring Crispin Glover. To get some insight about how the film was made, we spoke with the film’s cinematographer Michael Marius Pessah. Below we asked him ten questions about everything from working with director Tim Hunter, to his 2019 Super Bowl commercial. -Tim Hunter directed Smiley Face Killers. He has worked on everything from Twin Peaks to Falcon Crest. Were you familiar with his work before this film? As you can imagine,
10 Questions with ‘Smiley Face Killers’ Cinematographer Michael Marius Pessah...
10 Questions with ‘Smiley Face Killers’ Cinematographer Michael Marius Pessah...
- 12/16/2020
- by Dan Moore
- TVovermind.com
The American Psycho author’s script, based on a series of real-life tragedies, fails the true-crime research standard
The patchy cinematic record of novelist-turned-screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis includes the classic Christian Bale-starring adaptation of American Psycho and 2013’s The Canyons, a soft-porn showcase for some of Lindsay Lohan’s best work – plus plenty more forgettable and regrettable nonsense besides. Even so, this schlocky take on a series of real-life tragedies represents a new low.
Ellis’s script, directed by Tim Hunter, is based on the largely debunked theory that a series of young men found dead in or near lakes and rivers in the American midwest between the late 1990s and the 2010s were victims of a serial killer or killers.
The patchy cinematic record of novelist-turned-screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis includes the classic Christian Bale-starring adaptation of American Psycho and 2013’s The Canyons, a soft-porn showcase for some of Lindsay Lohan’s best work – plus plenty more forgettable and regrettable nonsense besides. Even so, this schlocky take on a series of real-life tragedies represents a new low.
Ellis’s script, directed by Tim Hunter, is based on the largely debunked theory that a series of young men found dead in or near lakes and rivers in the American midwest between the late 1990s and the 2010s were victims of a serial killer or killers.
- 12/11/2020
- by Ellen E Jones
- The Guardian - Film News
Stars: Ronin Rubinstein, Mia Serafino, Crispin Glover, Garrett Coffey | Written by Bret Easton Ellis | Directed by Tim Hunter
Q: Rules of Attraction, American Psycho and Smiley Face Killers… What do these three movies have in common?
A: All 3 were written by the awesome Brett Easton Ellis!
Q: Which is the odd one out? (Answer at the end of this review)
Smiley Face Killers. A movie that snuck up on me for sure but to see a “Produced and Written by Brett Easton Ellis” strapline on the marketing materials, well that hooked me in for sure. As a huge American Psycho and Rules of Attraction fan (Which did you prefer? Have to admit I’m more of a Rules fan) well I was mega interested in what Ellis had to offer in 2020…. Let’s do this. Smiley Face Killers you’re up…
Piss poorly written, ridiculously handsome and underdeveloped – character wise,...
Q: Rules of Attraction, American Psycho and Smiley Face Killers… What do these three movies have in common?
A: All 3 were written by the awesome Brett Easton Ellis!
Q: Which is the odd one out? (Answer at the end of this review)
Smiley Face Killers. A movie that snuck up on me for sure but to see a “Produced and Written by Brett Easton Ellis” strapline on the marketing materials, well that hooked me in for sure. As a huge American Psycho and Rules of Attraction fan (Which did you prefer? Have to admit I’m more of a Rules fan) well I was mega interested in what Ellis had to offer in 2020…. Let’s do this. Smiley Face Killers you’re up…
Piss poorly written, ridiculously handsome and underdeveloped – character wise,...
- 12/4/2020
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
From novelist Bret Easton Ellis (American Psycho) and director Tim Hunter (River’s Edge) comes the thriller Smiley Face Killers, which will be slashing its way onto Digital and On Demand December 4, and available on Blu-ray™ and DVD December 8 from Lionsgate. Inspired by true events and the twisted “smiley face killers” conspiracy theory that has gripped the American imagination for decades, […]...
- 11/23/2020
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is taking its first step into India with a talent hunt initiative that lets the Academy identify and nurture up to five talents working in film, games, or television in India.
The exercise, known as BAFTA Breakthrough initiative, is part of the Academy's year-round effort to support new talent, operating alongside their Awards ceremonies.
The programme has in the past supported artistes such as Tom Holland, Letitia Wright, Florence Pugh, Jessie Buckley, Josh O'Connor, and Callum Turner.
Coming to India is part of BAFTA's global expansion effort of the initiative. BAFTA Breakthrough India aims at facilitating the development of relationships between British and Indian talents.
In 2020, BAFTA will identify, celebrate, and support up to five talents working in film, games, or television in India, through this program in the country. The chosen participants will be offered a year-long support programme from...
The exercise, known as BAFTA Breakthrough initiative, is part of the Academy's year-round effort to support new talent, operating alongside their Awards ceremonies.
The programme has in the past supported artistes such as Tom Holland, Letitia Wright, Florence Pugh, Jessie Buckley, Josh O'Connor, and Callum Turner.
Coming to India is part of BAFTA's global expansion effort of the initiative. BAFTA Breakthrough India aims at facilitating the development of relationships between British and Indian talents.
In 2020, BAFTA will identify, celebrate, and support up to five talents working in film, games, or television in India, through this program in the country. The chosen participants will be offered a year-long support programme from...
- 11/23/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
One of the five film festivals that took part in the ambitious Nightstream film festival, Popcorn Frights has an extra treat in store for Florida horror fans this October with their Wicked Weekend virtual event!
Taking place October 29th–November 1st, Popcorn Frights' Wicked Weekend includes an eclectic 20+ film lineup headlined by the world premiere of Smiley Face Killers, a Tracking Terror panel with Graham Reznick and Steve Moore, and a conversation with Tibor Takács about his cult 1987 film The Gate.
In the charitable spirit of Nightstream, proceeds from Wicked Weekend will help out the one-of-a-kind independent theater where Popcorn Frights usually takes place. Since this is a special treat for Florida horror fans, all film screenings will be geo-locked to the Sunshine State, with the amazing team behind Popcorn Frights continuing to keep horror alive and well in the region.
We have the official press release with more details on Wicked Weekend below,...
Taking place October 29th–November 1st, Popcorn Frights' Wicked Weekend includes an eclectic 20+ film lineup headlined by the world premiere of Smiley Face Killers, a Tracking Terror panel with Graham Reznick and Steve Moore, and a conversation with Tibor Takács about his cult 1987 film The Gate.
In the charitable spirit of Nightstream, proceeds from Wicked Weekend will help out the one-of-a-kind independent theater where Popcorn Frights usually takes place. Since this is a special treat for Florida horror fans, all film screenings will be geo-locked to the Sunshine State, with the amazing team behind Popcorn Frights continuing to keep horror alive and well in the region.
We have the official press release with more details on Wicked Weekend below,...
- 10/20/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
From novelist Bret Easton Ellis (American Psycho) and director Tim Hunter (River’s Edge) comes the terrifying thriller Smiley Face Killers, slashing its way onto Digital and On Demand, and available to own on Blu-ray™ and DVD December 8 from Lionsgate. Inspired by true events and the twisted “smiley face killers” conspiracy theory that has gripped …
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- 10/17/2020
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
From novelist Bret Easton Ellis (American Psycho) and director Tim Hunter (River’s Edge), the serial killer thriller Smiley Face Killers (trailer) will be slashing its way onto Digital, On Demand, Blu-ray and DVD on December 8th from Lionsgate, and today we’ve got our first good look at Crispin Glover in the film courtesy of makeup effects artist Vincent Guastini. […]...
- 10/12/2020
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
From novelist Bret Easton Ellis (American Psycho) and director Tim Hunter (River’s Edge) comes the terrifying thriller Smiley Face Killers, slashing its way onto Digital and On Demand, and available to own on Blu-ray and DVD December 8 from Lionsgate.
Inspired by true events and the twisted “smiley face killers” conspiracy theory that has gripped the American imagination for decades, this pulse-pounding serial killer tale reunites acclaimed director Hunter with his River’s Edge star Crispin Glover (Alice in Wonderland), and also stars Ronen Rubinstein (Fox’s “9-1-1: Lone Star”) and Mia Serafino (NBC’s “Crowded”). Check out the trailer:
As a strange wave of mysterious drownings of male college students plagues the California coast, Jake Graham (Rubinstein) struggles to keep his life together at school. Finding himself stalked by a hooded figure (Glover) driving an unmarked van, Jake fears he may become the next victim in the killers’ horrific spree.
The...
Inspired by true events and the twisted “smiley face killers” conspiracy theory that has gripped the American imagination for decades, this pulse-pounding serial killer tale reunites acclaimed director Hunter with his River’s Edge star Crispin Glover (Alice in Wonderland), and also stars Ronen Rubinstein (Fox’s “9-1-1: Lone Star”) and Mia Serafino (NBC’s “Crowded”). Check out the trailer:
As a strange wave of mysterious drownings of male college students plagues the California coast, Jake Graham (Rubinstein) struggles to keep his life together at school. Finding himself stalked by a hooded figure (Glover) driving an unmarked van, Jake fears he may become the next victim in the killers’ horrific spree.
The...
- 10/6/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Bret Easton Ellis gets top billing in the poster for Smiley Face Killers, which claims it is "inspired by true events," yet what primarily grabs my attention is director Tim Hunter. Reuniting with Crispin Glover (from the director's River's Edge) is good -- here he is concealed as a cloaked figure -- and sounds promising, as does the premise that the film is also inspired by "the twisted 'smiley face killers' conspiracy theory that has gripped the American imagination for decades," per the synopsis. Still, director Tim Hunter remains a potent force, as he proved with his somewhat loony, entirely compelling previous feature film, Looking Glass (2018). Here's what I wrote about him in my review at the time: "Director Tim Hunter first came on...
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- 10/6/2020
- Screen Anarchy
DC's Vertigo title "Books of Magic" #21, now available is written by David Barnett and illustrated by Tom Fowler, Craig A. Taillefer, with a cover by Kai Carpenter:
"...from the moment he first discovered magic, 'Tim Hunter' has been pursued by the mysterious organization known as the 'Cold Flame'. But who are they?
"And why are they so determined to get their hands on the artifact Tim is hunting for, the 'Book of Possibilities'? The answers to those two questions will change Tim's life forever..."
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"...from the moment he first discovered magic, 'Tim Hunter' has been pursued by the mysterious organization known as the 'Cold Flame'. But who are they?
"And why are they so determined to get their hands on the artifact Tim is hunting for, the 'Book of Possibilities'? The answers to those two questions will change Tim's life forever..."
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- 7/27/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Early on in his career cinematographer Frederick Elmes worked as a camera operator for John Cassavetes and was a director of photography on David Lynch’s debut feature Eraserhead, laying the groundwork for a career that would absorb and expand upon both those influences. Like Cassavetes, Elmes is a filmmaker who knows how to frame and showcase great performances; his multiple collaborations with Ang Lee, Jim Jarmusch and Tim Hunter have yielded career best work from Kevin Kline, Bill Murray, Joan Allen, Matt Dillon and many others. Yet like Lynch, Elmes is also supremely attuned to the visual properties of cinema […]...
- 4/30/2020
- by Jim Hemphill
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Early on in his career cinematographer Frederick Elmes worked as a camera operator for John Cassavetes and was a director of photography on David Lynch’s debut feature Eraserhead, laying the groundwork for a career that would absorb and expand upon both those influences. Like Cassavetes, Elmes is a filmmaker who knows how to frame and showcase great performances; his multiple collaborations with Ang Lee, Jim Jarmusch and Tim Hunter have yielded career best work from Kevin Kline, Bill Murray, Joan Allen, Matt Dillon and many others. Yet like Lynch, Elmes is also supremely attuned to the visual properties of cinema […]...
- 4/30/2020
- by Jim Hemphill
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #1 is back from beyond the grave just in time for Halloween! Also in today's Comics Corner: Snow White Zombie Apocalypse #1, The Sandman Universe Presents: Hellblazer #1, Monster Planet #1, and Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance #2.
Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #1: "The Horror Smash-hit Lives Again! When Galactus’ corpse appears at the edge of Earth’s solar system, the Avengers, X-Men and Fantastic Four investigate. Too late, they discover that Galactus’ body is now the vessel of an interstellar terror, which one-by-one transforms Earth’s Mightiest Heroes into the universe’s most terrifying predators! As our heroes try to escape the superpowered, cannibalistic aberrations that were once their friends and family, will any survive? And even if they do, can they hope to protect Earth from the infestation that has already claimed half of the known universe? Don’t miss the First Issue of this terrifying new vision of the classic Marvel tale!
Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #1: "The Horror Smash-hit Lives Again! When Galactus’ corpse appears at the edge of Earth’s solar system, the Avengers, X-Men and Fantastic Four investigate. Too late, they discover that Galactus’ body is now the vessel of an interstellar terror, which one-by-one transforms Earth’s Mightiest Heroes into the universe’s most terrifying predators! As our heroes try to escape the superpowered, cannibalistic aberrations that were once their friends and family, will any survive? And even if they do, can they hope to protect Earth from the infestation that has already claimed half of the known universe? Don’t miss the First Issue of this terrifying new vision of the classic Marvel tale!
- 10/30/2019
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Jim Dandy Oct 4, 2019
John Constantine is doing what he does best in this preview: screwing his friends over.
Wave two of the Sandman Universe is coming at the end of October, and DC Comics released an advance preview of the one shot that kicks it all off - The Sandman Universe Presents Hellblazer #1. In it, we see John Constantine doing what he was born to do: betraying friends, scheming, and maybe, in a flash of self-sacrifice, saving the universe.
Wave one of the Sandman Universe books has been an unquestioned success: The Dreaming, Simon Spurrier and Bilquis Evely's book about the realm of the Endless abandoned by Dream and taken over by, effectively, a computer virus, was on our Best Comics of 2018 list, and DC is looking to build off of that success. Spurrier kicks off wave two with this one shot before taking over Constatine's ongoing, John Constantine, Hellblazer,...
John Constantine is doing what he does best in this preview: screwing his friends over.
Wave two of the Sandman Universe is coming at the end of October, and DC Comics released an advance preview of the one shot that kicks it all off - The Sandman Universe Presents Hellblazer #1. In it, we see John Constantine doing what he was born to do: betraying friends, scheming, and maybe, in a flash of self-sacrifice, saving the universe.
Wave one of the Sandman Universe books has been an unquestioned success: The Dreaming, Simon Spurrier and Bilquis Evely's book about the realm of the Endless abandoned by Dream and taken over by, effectively, a computer virus, was on our Best Comics of 2018 list, and DC is looking to build off of that success. Spurrier kicks off wave two with this one shot before taking over Constatine's ongoing, John Constantine, Hellblazer,...
- 10/4/2019
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: 9-1-1 spinoff, 9-1-1: Lone Star, has cast its 9-1-1 operator and Rob Lowe’s son. Ronen Rubinstein (Dead of Summer) and Sierra McClain have been cast in lead roles opposite Rob Lowe, Liv Tyler and Jim Parrack in Fox’s spinoff series 9-1-1: Lone Star.
9-1-1: Lone Star hails from 9-1-1 creators/executive producers Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear. Set in Austin, it follows Owen (Lowe), a sophisticated New York firefighter who, along with his son (Rubinstein), relocates to the Texas capital and must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in his own life.
Rubinstein will play Tk Strand, the firefighter son of Capt. Owen Strand (Lowe), who follows his father to Austin, TX.
McClain is Grace Ryder, an Austin-based 9-1-1 call center operator and wife...
9-1-1: Lone Star hails from 9-1-1 creators/executive producers Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear. Set in Austin, it follows Owen (Lowe), a sophisticated New York firefighter who, along with his son (Rubinstein), relocates to the Texas capital and must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in his own life.
Rubinstein will play Tk Strand, the firefighter son of Capt. Owen Strand (Lowe), who follows his father to Austin, TX.
McClain is Grace Ryder, an Austin-based 9-1-1 call center operator and wife...
- 9/20/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Written by Kat Howard | Art by Tom Fowler | Published by DC Vertigo
Jk Rowling stole the idea of Harry Potter from Neil Gaiman you know. Tim Hunter first appeared back in Books of Magic issue 1, January 1990, whereas Harry Potter first appeared in print in 1997. Both feature a school attending, glasses wearing English boy with a pet owl destined to be a great magician. Gotcha, Jk! Or so the urban myth goes. In reality, as all creative people know, these things bubble away for years before appearing, and Jk Rowling had been working on the ideas behind Harry Potter for several years . As Neil Gaiman himself has said, Harry Potter and Tim Hunter both in spirit come from the same source materials. In Gaiman’s case, his inspiration for Tim Hunter was T.H White’s ‘The Sword in the Stone’, about a young boy destined to grow up and become a great hero.
Jk Rowling stole the idea of Harry Potter from Neil Gaiman you know. Tim Hunter first appeared back in Books of Magic issue 1, January 1990, whereas Harry Potter first appeared in print in 1997. Both feature a school attending, glasses wearing English boy with a pet owl destined to be a great magician. Gotcha, Jk! Or so the urban myth goes. In reality, as all creative people know, these things bubble away for years before appearing, and Jk Rowling had been working on the ideas behind Harry Potter for several years . As Neil Gaiman himself has said, Harry Potter and Tim Hunter both in spirit come from the same source materials. In Gaiman’s case, his inspiration for Tim Hunter was T.H White’s ‘The Sword in the Stone’, about a young boy destined to grow up and become a great hero.
- 7/15/2019
- by Dean Fuller
- Nerdly
Jim Dandy Jul 9, 2019
DC confirms that the Hellblazer will return to his roots in a new John Constantine series.
Vertigo might be gone, but the Sandman Universe is still going strong at DC with a new series and second year renewals for all four of its launch books.
The Sandman Universe Presents Hellblazer is a one-shot reintroducing the self-absorbed asshole street magician who's secretly one of the most powerful sorcerers in the universe to the world of comics that birthed him. Constantine's first appearance was in the pages of Alan Moore and Rick Veitch's Swamp Thing, but he quickly migrated to Vertigo, and his family played an integral part in Neil Gaiman and company's original run of Sandman comics. This late October one-shot will be written by The Dreaming's Simon Spurrier, with art from Green Arrow's Marcio Takara, and followed by a John Constantine, Hellblazer ongoing series from...
DC confirms that the Hellblazer will return to his roots in a new John Constantine series.
Vertigo might be gone, but the Sandman Universe is still going strong at DC with a new series and second year renewals for all four of its launch books.
The Sandman Universe Presents Hellblazer is a one-shot reintroducing the self-absorbed asshole street magician who's secretly one of the most powerful sorcerers in the universe to the world of comics that birthed him. Constantine's first appearance was in the pages of Alan Moore and Rick Veitch's Swamp Thing, but he quickly migrated to Vertigo, and his family played an integral part in Neil Gaiman and company's original run of Sandman comics. This late October one-shot will be written by The Dreaming's Simon Spurrier, with art from Green Arrow's Marcio Takara, and followed by a John Constantine, Hellblazer ongoing series from...
- 7/9/2019
- Den of Geek
Happy birthday, Keanu Reeves! On September 2, the youthful Reeves will receive his 54th birthday cake (if you can believe it). Reeves’ film career has been filled with highs and lows, from such triumphs like “The Matrix” series and “Speed” as well as marked career lulls, from which he has always bounced back.
As part of his birthday celebration, lets take a tour of his 12 greatest films and rank them from worst to best. Others as part of our photo gallery include “My Own Private Idaho,” “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure” and the “John Wick” movies.
SEEDiane Keaton movies: 15 greatest films ranked from worst to best
12. Bill & Ted’S Excellent Adventure (1989)
“Bill and Ted” was a double-edged sword for Reeves, introducing him to a wide audience as high school student Ted Logan, but forever equating in some critics’ minds the real-life actor with the dim bulb of a character that he played here,...
As part of his birthday celebration, lets take a tour of his 12 greatest films and rank them from worst to best. Others as part of our photo gallery include “My Own Private Idaho,” “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure” and the “John Wick” movies.
SEEDiane Keaton movies: 15 greatest films ranked from worst to best
12. Bill & Ted’S Excellent Adventure (1989)
“Bill and Ted” was a double-edged sword for Reeves, introducing him to a wide audience as high school student Ted Logan, but forever equating in some critics’ minds the real-life actor with the dim bulb of a character that he played here,...
- 9/2/2018
- by Tom O'Brien and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
“Consult the Book of Armaments!”
A series of previously unseen Monty Python sketches have been discovered in Michael Palin’s archives. The unused script ideas include a Wild West bookshop and “amorous Pink Knight” storylines cut from iconic comedy Monty Python And the Holy Grail.
According to The Times, Palin gave the material to the British Library in London which will display a collection of Python notebooks later this month. The show is expected to reveal how much Holy Grail and controversial classic Life Of Brian were altered to prevent causing (further) offence.
BAFTA has appointed Ellen Johnson as its Director of Communications. In the newly created role Johnson will drive the charity’s marketing and comms strategy and will report directly to BAFTA Chief Executive Amanda Berry.
Johnson previously worked at Barclaycard and more recently at Comic Relief, where she was Head of Marketing and Communications and responsible for...
A series of previously unseen Monty Python sketches have been discovered in Michael Palin’s archives. The unused script ideas include a Wild West bookshop and “amorous Pink Knight” storylines cut from iconic comedy Monty Python And the Holy Grail.
According to The Times, Palin gave the material to the British Library in London which will display a collection of Python notebooks later this month. The show is expected to reveal how much Holy Grail and controversial classic Life Of Brian were altered to prevent causing (further) offence.
BAFTA has appointed Ellen Johnson as its Director of Communications. In the newly created role Johnson will drive the charity’s marketing and comms strategy and will report directly to BAFTA Chief Executive Amanda Berry.
Johnson previously worked at Barclaycard and more recently at Comic Relief, where she was Head of Marketing and Communications and responsible for...
- 8/1/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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