Slovak director, screenwriter and cinematographer Juraj Jakubisko, who won more than 80 international film awards, has died at the age of 84 in Prague, according to Film New Europe.
Jakubisko, who was given the nickname “the Fellini of the East“ due to his visual originality and magical realism, was born on April 20, 1938 in the eastern Slovak village of Kojšov. He studied photography at a secondary school for applied arts in Bratislava, and graduated in film directing from Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts (Famu) in Prague.
He began winning international acclaim with his experimental short films even before his directorial feature debut with “Crucial Years” (Kristove roky) (1967). The films “The Deserter and the Nomads” (Zbehovia a pútnici) (1968), which won the Little Lion award for young artist at the Venice Film Festival, “Birds, Orphans and Fools” (1969), and the tragicomedy “See You in Hell, Friends” were banned in the 1970s,...
Jakubisko, who was given the nickname “the Fellini of the East“ due to his visual originality and magical realism, was born on April 20, 1938 in the eastern Slovak village of Kojšov. He studied photography at a secondary school for applied arts in Bratislava, and graduated in film directing from Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts (Famu) in Prague.
He began winning international acclaim with his experimental short films even before his directorial feature debut with “Crucial Years” (Kristove roky) (1967). The films “The Deserter and the Nomads” (Zbehovia a pútnici) (1968), which won the Little Lion award for young artist at the Venice Film Festival, “Birds, Orphans and Fools” (1969), and the tragicomedy “See You in Hell, Friends” were banned in the 1970s,...
- 3/1/2023
- by Zuzana Točíková Vojteková
- Variety Film + TV
Polish provocateur Walerian Borowczyk remains one of the great obscure artists who managed to successfully blur the lines between definitions of high art and pornography. Directing short films as early as 1946, he would begin a career making feature films in 1967 and experienced his most prolific period in the 1970s with a variety of infamous French language projects, the most notorious of those being 1975’s The Beast. Just prior to that film, however, Borowczyk premiered his first venture into erotic exploration with the vignette film, Immoral Tales (a structure the director would return to time and again). Initially a quintet of five separate tales spanning across various periods of time, the film is modeled after several historically based figures who’ve transcended into a realm of mythological urban legend. Playing at the Locarno Film Festival, it would go on to win the Prix de L’age D’or, but Borowczyk would...
- 10/13/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: March 12, 2013
Price: DVD $19.98, Blu-ray $24.98
Studio: Cohen Media/Entertainment One
Catherine Deneuve is Tristana.
The 1970 film drama Tristana is a late masterpiece by one of world cinema’s most provocative and iconoclastic directors, Luis Buñuel (Belle de Jour).
After the death of her mother, beautiful young Tristana (Catherine Deneuve, of Belle de Jour and Potiche) goes to live with her new guardian, Don Lope Garrido (Fernando Rey of Buñuel’s That Obscure Object of Desire), who has an unhealthy lust for his young ward. He quickly makes Tristana his lover, but as she grows older, she starts finding her own voice and demands to study music and art. Tristana later falls in love with a young artist (Franco Nero, Bathory; Countess of Blood), and leaves Don Lope to live with him, but later falls seriously ill and returns to her guardian, who is now rich from an inheritance.
Price: DVD $19.98, Blu-ray $24.98
Studio: Cohen Media/Entertainment One
Catherine Deneuve is Tristana.
The 1970 film drama Tristana is a late masterpiece by one of world cinema’s most provocative and iconoclastic directors, Luis Buñuel (Belle de Jour).
After the death of her mother, beautiful young Tristana (Catherine Deneuve, of Belle de Jour and Potiche) goes to live with her new guardian, Don Lope Garrido (Fernando Rey of Buñuel’s That Obscure Object of Desire), who has an unhealthy lust for his young ward. He quickly makes Tristana his lover, but as she grows older, she starts finding her own voice and demands to study music and art. Tristana later falls in love with a young artist (Franco Nero, Bathory; Countess of Blood), and leaves Don Lope to live with him, but later falls seriously ill and returns to her guardian, who is now rich from an inheritance.
- 2/20/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
DVD Release Date: July 24, 2012
Price: DVD $24.98
Studio: Screen Media
Anna Friel goes gothic in Bathory: Countess of Blood.
The 2008 biographical drama-fantasy film Bathory: Countess of Blood is based on the legend surrounding the life and deeds of Countess Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary, the most prolific female serial killer in history. Or so history would tell us…
Set in the 17th Century, the film zeroes in on countess Erzsebet Bathory (Anna Friel, Limitless) and her marriage to powerful Hungarian nobleman Ferenc Nadasy (Vincent Regan, Clash of the Titans), her lust for Italian painter Caravaggio (Hans Matheson), and her strange relationship with a mysterious healer Darvulia (Deana Jakubiskova). After her husband’s death following years of civil war and regional tensions, Bathory and her collaborators are accused of having tortured and killed hundreds of girls so that the Countess could bathe in the blood of virgins in an unholy quest for immortality (or,...
Price: DVD $24.98
Studio: Screen Media
Anna Friel goes gothic in Bathory: Countess of Blood.
The 2008 biographical drama-fantasy film Bathory: Countess of Blood is based on the legend surrounding the life and deeds of Countess Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary, the most prolific female serial killer in history. Or so history would tell us…
Set in the 17th Century, the film zeroes in on countess Erzsebet Bathory (Anna Friel, Limitless) and her marriage to powerful Hungarian nobleman Ferenc Nadasy (Vincent Regan, Clash of the Titans), her lust for Italian painter Caravaggio (Hans Matheson), and her strange relationship with a mysterious healer Darvulia (Deana Jakubiskova). After her husband’s death following years of civil war and regional tensions, Bathory and her collaborators are accused of having tortured and killed hundreds of girls so that the Countess could bathe in the blood of virgins in an unholy quest for immortality (or,...
- 4/27/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Bathory
Guest review by Dog Ate My Wookie
Stars: Anna Friel, Hans Matheson, Karel Roden, Vincent Regan | Written by Juraj Jakubisko, John Paul Chapple | Directed by Juraj Jakubisko
The history of Countess Bathory is world renowned, the story of her dastardly deeds in the search for youth has been told thousands of times around the world and with each telling the grisly affair becomes more sordid and gruesome. My favourite telling so far has to be the Hammer Horror classic, the old Bathory on her quest for pure blood to bathe in so that her youthful looks may return.
Bathory (2008) not to be confused with The Countess (2009) which I totally thought this film was, tells the story from a whole new perspective. Countess Erzsébet Báthory may be a name of legend, she may have even made the Guiness Book of world records for the number of lives she took but...
Guest review by Dog Ate My Wookie
Stars: Anna Friel, Hans Matheson, Karel Roden, Vincent Regan | Written by Juraj Jakubisko, John Paul Chapple | Directed by Juraj Jakubisko
The history of Countess Bathory is world renowned, the story of her dastardly deeds in the search for youth has been told thousands of times around the world and with each telling the grisly affair becomes more sordid and gruesome. My favourite telling so far has to be the Hammer Horror classic, the old Bathory on her quest for pure blood to bathe in so that her youthful looks may return.
Bathory (2008) not to be confused with The Countess (2009) which I totally thought this film was, tells the story from a whole new perspective. Countess Erzsébet Báthory may be a name of legend, she may have even made the Guiness Book of world records for the number of lives she took but...
- 3/18/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Another week, another list of DVDs and Blu-rays out to buy from today. Not as packed as last week, there’s the final entry in a major horror franchise, a sequel to a modern kung-fu classic and more!
Saw: The Final Chapter (DVD/Blu-ray)
The curtain comes down on one of the most gruesome horror franchises of all-time in Saw: The Final Chapter. The most twisted, gruesome and successful horror franchise in the world comes to a close in The Final Chapter. A deadly battle rages over Jigsaw’s brutal legacy as a group of Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) survivors gather to seek the support of self-help guru, and fellow survivor, Bobby Dagen (Sean Patrick Flanery). Soon though, the survivors really must help themselves as Dagen’s dark secrets unleash a new wave of terror…
Ip Man 2 (DVD/Blu-ray)
Kung Fu sensation, Donnie Yen, returns as martial arts legend, Ip Man,...
Saw: The Final Chapter (DVD/Blu-ray)
The curtain comes down on one of the most gruesome horror franchises of all-time in Saw: The Final Chapter. The most twisted, gruesome and successful horror franchise in the world comes to a close in The Final Chapter. A deadly battle rages over Jigsaw’s brutal legacy as a group of Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) survivors gather to seek the support of self-help guru, and fellow survivor, Bobby Dagen (Sean Patrick Flanery). Soon though, the survivors really must help themselves as Dagen’s dark secrets unleash a new wave of terror…
Ip Man 2 (DVD/Blu-ray)
Kung Fu sensation, Donnie Yen, returns as martial arts legend, Ip Man,...
- 3/7/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Get ready to come face to face with the greatest murderess the world has ever known, in Bathory: Countess of Blood, as the Anna Friel-starring gorefest comes to DVD this Monday. We have teamed up with Metrodome Distribution to give copies away to three lucky readers!
The legend of Bathory dictated that she would bathe in the blood of virgins in order to maintain her impossible youth and good looks, and while this new film appears to very much explore the possibly supernatural, definitely mystical source of her power, it is also an intimate character study, observing Bathory’s experiences in love and how they shaped her murderous ways.
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The legend of Bathory dictated that she would bathe in the blood of virgins in order to maintain her impossible youth and good looks, and while this new film appears to very much explore the possibly supernatural, definitely mystical source of her power, it is also an intimate character study, observing Bathory’s experiences in love and how they shaped her murderous ways.
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- 3/4/2011
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
Metrodome have announced a handful a new UK DVD releases for March and April, including historical epics, a disaster movie and a supernatural kung-fu fest! Coming in the next couple of months are:
Bathory (DVD)
Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies) delivers a sensational performance as Elisabeth Bathory, the Vampire Countess, in the chilling true story of one of history’s most notorious tyrants. History remembers Countess Bathory as the most sadistic murderess who ever lived, a monstrous killer of more than 650 innocent lives, who delighted in the torture of her victims and bathed in their still warm blood in an unholy quest for immortality. With epic and explosive battle scenes, this award-winning portrayal of the Countess challenges the traditional story and explores the woman behind the legend… Bathory is released on DVD on March 7th.
Demon Empire (DVD)
Enter the stunning fantasy world of Mid-Heaven in the magical action epic from...
Bathory (DVD)
Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies) delivers a sensational performance as Elisabeth Bathory, the Vampire Countess, in the chilling true story of one of history’s most notorious tyrants. History remembers Countess Bathory as the most sadistic murderess who ever lived, a monstrous killer of more than 650 innocent lives, who delighted in the torture of her victims and bathed in their still warm blood in an unholy quest for immortality. With epic and explosive battle scenes, this award-winning portrayal of the Countess challenges the traditional story and explores the woman behind the legend… Bathory is released on DVD on March 7th.
Demon Empire (DVD)
Enter the stunning fantasy world of Mid-Heaven in the magical action epic from...
- 3/3/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
The Blood-drenched historical drama Bathory, starring Anna Friel, is being released on DVD on March 7, it's been announced.
Friel plays Elizabeth Bathory, the so-called Vampire Countess, in the chilling true story of one of history's most notorious tyrants.
Countess Bathory is famed as the most sadistic murderess who ever lived, a killer of more than 650 innocent lives who delighted in the torture of her victims and bathed in their still-warm blood in a quest for immortality.
With "epic and explosive battle scenes", this award-winning portrayal of the Countess challenges the traditional story and explores the woman behind the legend.
The Metrodome DVD also contains The Making of Bathory, deleted scenes and photo galleries.
A trailer is included below, and you can find more information in my earlier report here.
Friel plays Elizabeth Bathory, the so-called Vampire Countess, in the chilling true story of one of history's most notorious tyrants.
Countess Bathory is famed as the most sadistic murderess who ever lived, a killer of more than 650 innocent lives who delighted in the torture of her victims and bathed in their still-warm blood in a quest for immortality.
With "epic and explosive battle scenes", this award-winning portrayal of the Countess challenges the traditional story and explores the woman behind the legend.
The Metrodome DVD also contains The Making of Bathory, deleted scenes and photo galleries.
A trailer is included below, and you can find more information in my earlier report here.
- 1/31/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Dread Central recently had an opportunity to chat with actor Brendan Parry Kaufmann about the Australian film industry and particularly Aussie horror. Brendan's resume lists his performance skills as ranging from firearms handler to improvisation, comedy, and hosting along with voiceover talents and stage combat.
I can say it was one of the more interesting and amusing interviews I've done in some time!
El: Thank you for taking time to talk with us, Brendan. First off, how about a bit on you and your acting background?
Bpk: Thank you, Elaine – and thank you to all of your readers, who've supported Australian films with their patronage.
I came to acting reasonably recently, and a little later in life. I was originally a musician, though I had done a bit of theatre here and there. I've done a couple of feature films, some television, theatre, and many, many short and experimental films.
I can say it was one of the more interesting and amusing interviews I've done in some time!
El: Thank you for taking time to talk with us, Brendan. First off, how about a bit on you and your acting background?
Bpk: Thank you, Elaine – and thank you to all of your readers, who've supported Australian films with their patronage.
I came to acting reasonably recently, and a little later in life. I was originally a musician, though I had done a bit of theatre here and there. I've done a couple of feature films, some television, theatre, and many, many short and experimental films.
- 1/8/2011
- by thebellefromhell
- DreadCentral.com
The tale of the notorious Countess Elizabeth Báthory has been recounted by historians, writers, poets, playwrights, musicians, painters and moviemakers for centuries.
Tradition has it that the Hungarian noblewoman (1560-1614) was the greatest murderess in the history of humankind, as documented by the Guinness Book of Records.
Tales of her cruel acts appeared several years after her death and became more and more exaggerated over the decades. She was said to have bathed in blood and performed gruesome acts of torture on her female virgin victims before killing them. Nicknamed the Blood(y) Countess, she has influenced vampire fiction, often being described as Dracula's cousin; a 1970 film about the character was called Countess Dracula.
But is there any truth to the stories? In four centuries, the official documents proving her guilt have never been found. There are recorded statements of witnesses, but not the direct ones - and their credibility is disputed.
Tradition has it that the Hungarian noblewoman (1560-1614) was the greatest murderess in the history of humankind, as documented by the Guinness Book of Records.
Tales of her cruel acts appeared several years after her death and became more and more exaggerated over the decades. She was said to have bathed in blood and performed gruesome acts of torture on her female virgin victims before killing them. Nicknamed the Blood(y) Countess, she has influenced vampire fiction, often being described as Dracula's cousin; a 1970 film about the character was called Countess Dracula.
But is there any truth to the stories? In four centuries, the official documents proving her guilt have never been found. There are recorded statements of witnesses, but not the direct ones - and their credibility is disputed.
- 12/8/2010
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Of Gods And Men (15)
(Xavier Beauvois, 2010, Fra) Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale. 122 mins.
The spiritualism is far from abstract in this powerful, resonant drama, based on a story of French Cistercian monks in 1990s north Africa. When their harmonious village life is threatened by violent Islamic fundamentalists, they're given a real test of faith. Should they stay or go? Do they belong there anyway? Are they ready for martydom?
Megamind (PG)
(Tom McGrath, 2010, Us) Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey. 96 mins.
Smart, polished animation with Ferrell's blue meanie vanquishing his nemesis, but then wanting to be good.
Monsters (12A)
(Gareth Edwards, 2010, UK/Us) Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able. 94 mins.
Low-budget sci-fi plus indie date movie equals alternative credentials, as a couple trek through a futuristic Mexico infested with aliens and metaphors.
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (15)
(Jalmari Helander, 2010, Fin) Onni Tommila, Jorma Tommila, Rauno Juvonen. 83 mins.
This deadpan Finnish treat reimagines Santa as an evil child-snatcher.
(Xavier Beauvois, 2010, Fra) Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale. 122 mins.
The spiritualism is far from abstract in this powerful, resonant drama, based on a story of French Cistercian monks in 1990s north Africa. When their harmonious village life is threatened by violent Islamic fundamentalists, they're given a real test of faith. Should they stay or go? Do they belong there anyway? Are they ready for martydom?
Megamind (PG)
(Tom McGrath, 2010, Us) Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey. 96 mins.
Smart, polished animation with Ferrell's blue meanie vanquishing his nemesis, but then wanting to be good.
Monsters (12A)
(Gareth Edwards, 2010, UK/Us) Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able. 94 mins.
Low-budget sci-fi plus indie date movie equals alternative credentials, as a couple trek through a futuristic Mexico infested with aliens and metaphors.
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (15)
(Jalmari Helander, 2010, Fin) Onni Tommila, Jorma Tommila, Rauno Juvonen. 83 mins.
This deadpan Finnish treat reimagines Santa as an evil child-snatcher.
- 12/4/2010
- by The guide
- The Guardian - Film News
Lust, power, murder, the quest for eternal youth and a dash of lesbianism – no wonder the story of Erzébet Báthory appeals to film-makers so much
Deep within the preposterous Euro pudding that is Bathory, there lurks a would-be revisionist account of the woman cited in the Guinness World Records as having killed "the most number [650] of victims attributed to one murderess". In between Anna Friel's mad wigs, a babel of accents and a parade of indistinguishable Magyars, Juraj Jakubisko's film suggests Erzsébet Báthory was a sort of Renaissance Florence Nightingale figure who had an affair with Caravaggio. She didn't mean to stab her hairdresser with a pair of scissors! Those bathtubs of virgins' blood were nothing but water tinted red by herbs! She was framed!
Báthory has been portrayed on film some 30 times since 1970, has lent her name to a Swedish black metal band and, since she could...
Deep within the preposterous Euro pudding that is Bathory, there lurks a would-be revisionist account of the woman cited in the Guinness World Records as having killed "the most number [650] of victims attributed to one murderess". In between Anna Friel's mad wigs, a babel of accents and a parade of indistinguishable Magyars, Juraj Jakubisko's film suggests Erzsébet Báthory was a sort of Renaissance Florence Nightingale figure who had an affair with Caravaggio. She didn't mean to stab her hairdresser with a pair of scissors! Those bathtubs of virgins' blood were nothing but water tinted red by herbs! She was framed!
Báthory has been portrayed on film some 30 times since 1970, has lent her name to a Swedish black metal band and, since she could...
- 12/3/2010
- by Anne Billson
- The Guardian - Film News
That was the week in which we waved goodbye to Leslie Nielsen, Irvin Kerchner and Mario Monicelli and said hello to the British Film institute taking over the duties of the UK Film Council
The big story
Monday at 10am and Ed Vaizey made the announcement many had been expecting: the BFI is to take over the bulk of the funding duties of the now-defunct UK Film Council. The reaction from film agencies (and the BFI's Greg Dyke) was pretty warm, but on the blog, Adam Dawtrey questioned the logistics and the politics behind the move, Andrew Pulver sighed at the merry-go-round of lottery funding, Dan Sabbagh suggested the ring-fencing of cash for cinema might not be wholly fair, and James Russell questioned whether the BFI would be equipped to cope with the difficult decisions that lie ahead.
Unstoppable Harry Potter
Meanwhile, the latest instalment in the franchise David Cameron...
The big story
Monday at 10am and Ed Vaizey made the announcement many had been expecting: the BFI is to take over the bulk of the funding duties of the now-defunct UK Film Council. The reaction from film agencies (and the BFI's Greg Dyke) was pretty warm, but on the blog, Adam Dawtrey questioned the logistics and the politics behind the move, Andrew Pulver sighed at the merry-go-round of lottery funding, Dan Sabbagh suggested the ring-fencing of cash for cinema might not be wholly fair, and James Russell questioned whether the BFI would be equipped to cope with the difficult decisions that lie ahead.
Unstoppable Harry Potter
Meanwhile, the latest instalment in the franchise David Cameron...
- 12/2/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
She is known in the pages of history as the woman who performed the first lesbian kiss on UK television. I’m not talking about Countess Elizabeth Bathory a.k.a Countess Dracula, I’m talking about Anna Friel! But worlds collide and the lurid past of the infamous butcher comes to live in Bathory starring Rochdale’s finest actress since Gracie Fields – yes, Anna Friel!
The film, distributed by Metrodome and directed by Juraj Jakibisko, opens in UK cinemas from 3rd December. Here’s the trailer, posters and synopsis for you to feast upon.
Synopsis:
The tale of the notorious Countess Elizabeth Bathory, who has been recounted by historians, writers, poets, playwrights, musicians, painters, and moviemakers for many years. Tradition has it that Countess Bathory was the greatest murderess in the history of humankind – a fact documented by her entry in the Guinness Book of Records.
This historical epic...
The film, distributed by Metrodome and directed by Juraj Jakibisko, opens in UK cinemas from 3rd December. Here’s the trailer, posters and synopsis for you to feast upon.
Synopsis:
The tale of the notorious Countess Elizabeth Bathory, who has been recounted by historians, writers, poets, playwrights, musicians, painters, and moviemakers for many years. Tradition has it that Countess Bathory was the greatest murderess in the history of humankind – a fact documented by her entry in the Guinness Book of Records.
This historical epic...
- 12/1/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
The tale of the notorious Countess Elizabeth Bathory, who has been recounted by historians, writers, poets, playwrights, musicians, painters, and moviemakers – most famously in Hammer’s Countess Dracula – for many years.
Tradition has it that Countess Bathory was the greatest murderess in the history of humankind. Stories have it that she bathing in blood and perfomed many gruesome acts of torture on her female virgin victims before killing them. But is that really true? In four centuries, no historical document has been found to reveal what had exactly happened.
Diametically opposing the established legend, Bathory – starring Anna Friel as the eponymous countess – is about a defenceless widow who owns more property and riches than the King himself and who, as a result, becomes a victim of scheming from on high.
Directed by Juraj Jakubisko, Bathory is released in the UK on December 3rd courtesy of Metrodome.
Tradition has it that Countess Bathory was the greatest murderess in the history of humankind. Stories have it that she bathing in blood and perfomed many gruesome acts of torture on her female virgin victims before killing them. But is that really true? In four centuries, no historical document has been found to reveal what had exactly happened.
Diametically opposing the established legend, Bathory – starring Anna Friel as the eponymous countess – is about a defenceless widow who owns more property and riches than the King himself and who, as a result, becomes a victim of scheming from on high.
Directed by Juraj Jakubisko, Bathory is released in the UK on December 3rd courtesy of Metrodome.
- 12/1/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Unstoppable (12A)
(Tony Scott, 2010, Us) Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Ethan Suplee, Kevin Dunn. 98 mins
This literally one-track action thriller is the perfect fit for Scott, Hollywood's master of manliness and heavy machinery. It's based on a true story that just happens to have a plot like a disaster movie: a massive, unmanned train carrying hazardous chemicals is hurtling towards populated areas; might the prickly railroad veteran and his rookie partner just be able to stop it? Everyone knows where it's going but it's got enough momentum to smash through to the finish, and the purity of the premise is a good fit with Scott's visual excess.
The American (15)
(Anton Corbijn, 2010, Us) George Clooney, Violante Placido, Paolo Bonacelli. 105 mins
Corbijn follows up Control with a sparse, existential hitman thriller in the Le Samourai/Day Of The Jackal mould, with Clooney in picturesque Italy. Apart from the classy visuals, it...
(Tony Scott, 2010, Us) Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Ethan Suplee, Kevin Dunn. 98 mins
This literally one-track action thriller is the perfect fit for Scott, Hollywood's master of manliness and heavy machinery. It's based on a true story that just happens to have a plot like a disaster movie: a massive, unmanned train carrying hazardous chemicals is hurtling towards populated areas; might the prickly railroad veteran and his rookie partner just be able to stop it? Everyone knows where it's going but it's got enough momentum to smash through to the finish, and the purity of the premise is a good fit with Scott's visual excess.
The American (15)
(Anton Corbijn, 2010, Us) George Clooney, Violante Placido, Paolo Bonacelli. 105 mins
Corbijn follows up Control with a sparse, existential hitman thriller in the Le Samourai/Day Of The Jackal mould, with Clooney in picturesque Italy. Apart from the classy visuals, it...
- 11/27/2010
- by The guide
- The Guardian - Film News
Cameras will roll at the end of this week on the Dublin set of Parallel Films' 'Neverland' a two-part prequel to the Peter Pan story commissioned by Sky Movies HD starring Oscar nominee Bob Hoskins (Hook, Made in Dagenham), Golden Globe nominee Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies, Bathory) and BAFTA nominee Rhys Ifans (Not Only but Always). The 2 x 90 minute project, the first original feature length commission for Sky Movies HD, is written and directed by Nick Willing (Alice, Tin Man). The Irish producers on board include Redmond Morris (The Reader, Notes on a Scandal) and Alan Moloney (Triage, Intermission) for Ireland's Parallel Films on behalf of Mng Films and in association with Syfy and Sky Movies.
- 9/8/2010
- IFTN
Cele|Bitchy shared cel phone bikini pics of Demi Moore. Gawker, where I first saw these photos in a clueless* article on John Travolta, suggests that Demi is starring in her own real life adaptation of Benjamin Button.
But I think what we're looking at is a Countess Elizabeth Bálthory situation.This 47 year old superlebrity is obviously bathing in the blood of virgins.
I still haven't had an opportunity to see Julie Delpy's horror/bio/period film version of this tale, The Countess. None of the confusing and rare reports of the other film version (the one supposedly featuring Tilda Swinton) seem to give me much hope that it's actually not an elaborate internet delusion. But obviously this story should be able to resonate in our youth obsessed age where 50 is the new 40 and 40 is the new 30 and every single pitch meeting on the West Coat involves vampires.
Might...
But I think what we're looking at is a Countess Elizabeth Bálthory situation.This 47 year old superlebrity is obviously bathing in the blood of virgins.
I still haven't had an opportunity to see Julie Delpy's horror/bio/period film version of this tale, The Countess. None of the confusing and rare reports of the other film version (the one supposedly featuring Tilda Swinton) seem to give me much hope that it's actually not an elaborate internet delusion. But obviously this story should be able to resonate in our youth obsessed age where 50 is the new 40 and 40 is the new 30 and every single pitch meeting on the West Coat involves vampires.
Might...
- 9/2/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Vampire Diaries’ Ian Somerhalder will star in Cradlewood, a Gothic fantasy being produced by Hand Picked Films and Instinct Entertainment. He’ll co-star opposite Australian actress Emma Lung (soon to be seen in Christopher Smith’s Triangle) for director Harry Weinmann, who was previously an FX artist on films ranging from Lifeforce to Race To Witch Mountain.
Scripted by Lost Things’ Stephen Sewell and Bathory’s John Paul Chapple from a story by Weinmann, Cradlewood casts Somerhalder as the heir to a great fortune who also believes he has inherited a legendary family curse thanks to a pact with a demon: Whenever a boy is born into the bloodline, the father dies—and the man suspects his girlfriend (Lung) is pregnant. Though set in Boston, the film will lens in Melbourne, Australia, with Michel Shane and David Redman producing. “We see this is as...
Scripted by Lost Things’ Stephen Sewell and Bathory’s John Paul Chapple from a story by Weinmann, Cradlewood casts Somerhalder as the heir to a great fortune who also believes he has inherited a legendary family curse thanks to a pact with a demon: Whenever a boy is born into the bloodline, the father dies—and the man suspects his girlfriend (Lung) is pregnant. Though set in Boston, the film will lens in Melbourne, Australia, with Michel Shane and David Redman producing. “We see this is as...
- 10/16/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Manchester, England's "Grimm Up North" has set its goals high. As the first horror festival of its kind in the northwest portion of the country, it will showcase the very best in horror films, video gaming, and merchandise and promises its attendees that "nothing before has been as big, as bold, and as bloody!"
Held October 30th to November 1st at the state-of-the-art entertainment complex known as The Printworks, "Grimm Up North" will include:
Over thirty feature and short films screened at the Odeon Printworks Red carpet movie premieres with special guest appearances A preview of the gaming industry's hottest unreleased titles on the big screen and in a unique gaming environment A separate horror fair with unique merchandise and an exhibition of cool props and prosthetics from the movies Entertainment such as a Halloween horror hunt with big prizes up for grabs, a zombie ball, and more The fest's...
Held October 30th to November 1st at the state-of-the-art entertainment complex known as The Printworks, "Grimm Up North" will include:
Over thirty feature and short films screened at the Odeon Printworks Red carpet movie premieres with special guest appearances A preview of the gaming industry's hottest unreleased titles on the big screen and in a unique gaming environment A separate horror fair with unique merchandise and an exhibition of cool props and prosthetics from the movies Entertainment such as a Halloween horror hunt with big prizes up for grabs, a zombie ball, and more The fest's...
- 9/12/2009
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
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