What goes into the making of a family-owned haunted attraction? You can find out this fall when the documentary Spookers makes its Us premiere at the Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival, which will also host the world theatrical premiere of Night Creep, a movie filmed in 2002 that co-stars the late, great Don Calfa (The Return of the Living Dead).
Press Release: Philadelphia, Pa, September 6th, 2017, Set to haunt the Proscenium Theater at the Drake in Center City Philadelphia from Thursday, September 28th, to Sunday, October 1st, the second annual edition of the Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival (“Puff”) is excited to announce the latest and final additions to their 2017 line-up. In addition to such acclaimed genre fare as “Tragedy Girls,” “Terrifier,” and “Ruin Me,” as well as the World Premiere of the highly-anticipated “100 Acres of Hell,” Puff is proud to add two extremely unique films to their roster, including a shot-on-video horror...
Press Release: Philadelphia, Pa, September 6th, 2017, Set to haunt the Proscenium Theater at the Drake in Center City Philadelphia from Thursday, September 28th, to Sunday, October 1st, the second annual edition of the Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival (“Puff”) is excited to announce the latest and final additions to their 2017 line-up. In addition to such acclaimed genre fare as “Tragedy Girls,” “Terrifier,” and “Ruin Me,” as well as the World Premiere of the highly-anticipated “100 Acres of Hell,” Puff is proud to add two extremely unique films to their roster, including a shot-on-video horror...
- 9/7/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
Lineup Announcements
– Cardiff Animation Nights will be returning to run a dedicated animation strand at Cardiff Independent Film Festival (C.I.F.F.) for a second year this May. This year’s animation strand at C.I.F.F. will comprise three programs of animated short films in competition for the Best Animation Award, as well as an Animated Family Shorts program curated by renowned Cardiff-based studio Cloth Cat Animation, networking events, and an Animation Quiz run by the team at Skwigly Animation Magazine.
The competition program features animated short films from across Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Australia, including Mikey Hill’s The Orchestra, Anete Melece’s Analysis Paralysis, Chris Shepherd’s Johnno’s Dead, Ross Hogg’s Life Cycles and Alois Di Leo’s Way of Giants.
Lineup Announcements
– Cardiff Animation Nights will be returning to run a dedicated animation strand at Cardiff Independent Film Festival (C.I.F.F.) for a second year this May. This year’s animation strand at C.I.F.F. will comprise three programs of animated short films in competition for the Best Animation Award, as well as an Animated Family Shorts program curated by renowned Cardiff-based studio Cloth Cat Animation, networking events, and an Animation Quiz run by the team at Skwigly Animation Magazine.
The competition program features animated short films from across Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Australia, including Mikey Hill’s The Orchestra, Anete Melece’s Analysis Paralysis, Chris Shepherd’s Johnno’s Dead, Ross Hogg’s Life Cycles and Alois Di Leo’s Way of Giants.
- 4/13/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
“The Last Face” premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and was ripped to shreds on social media, as well as received some of the worst reviews from critics. The film follows the head of an international aid organization (Charlize Theron) who falls in love with a relief doctor (Javier Bardem) amidst war-torn Africa. Ahead of its international release, the first trailer for the drama has made its way online.
The sneak peek shows how the two lovers, despite their shared belief about the danger of civil unrest, find that they hold opposing views on how to best solve the conflict. Adèle Exarchopoulos, Jean Reno and Jared Harris co-star.
Read More: ‘The Last Face’ Review Roundup: Critics Exhaust Themselves Finding New Ways to Mock Sean Penn
In his D review, IndieWire’s own Eric Kohn wrote, “Even without its mopey, painfully on-the-nose dialogue and ponderous story, ‘The Last Face...
The sneak peek shows how the two lovers, despite their shared belief about the danger of civil unrest, find that they hold opposing views on how to best solve the conflict. Adèle Exarchopoulos, Jean Reno and Jared Harris co-star.
Read More: ‘The Last Face’ Review Roundup: Critics Exhaust Themselves Finding New Ways to Mock Sean Penn
In his D review, IndieWire’s own Eric Kohn wrote, “Even without its mopey, painfully on-the-nose dialogue and ponderous story, ‘The Last Face...
- 11/22/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Bruce Beresford says that by 1980 most Australians had forgotten that their countrymen had fought in the Boer War, and this scathing condemnation of England's scapegoating of commonwealth volunteers had a big impact. Stars Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson and Bryan Brown front a protest from the past, in one of the most respected Aussie Renaissance features of the late '70s. 'Breaker' Morant Blu-ray The Criterion Collection 773 1980 / Color / 1:78 anamorphic widescreen / 107 min. / Street Date September 22, 2015 / 39.95 Starring Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown, Lewis Fitz-Gerald Cinematography Don McAlpine Production Design David Copping Film Editor William S. Anderson <Written by Bruce Beresford, Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens from a play by Kenneth Ross Produced by Matt Carroll Directed by Bruce Beresford
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Bruce Beresford's 'Breaker' Morant is one of the stronger entries in the late '70s -- early '80s upsurge of quality movies from Australia and New Zealand.
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Bruce Beresford's 'Breaker' Morant is one of the stronger entries in the late '70s -- early '80s upsurge of quality movies from Australia and New Zealand.
- 9/15/2015
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
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In the headlines
• Thor sequel scores huge $109m global debut
• Shia Labeouf Nymphomaniac sex scene pulled from YouTube
• Joe Cornish tipped for Star Trek 3, while Jj Abrams laments loss of Star Wars "mystery"
• Gravity breaks October release all-time live action record
Elsewhere on the site
• Steve Coogan and Martin Sixsmith talk Philomena
• David Cox on what Philomena really says about Catholicism
• Jeremy Kay has five things to learn from this weekend's Us box office
You may have missed
• As well as all the new cinematic reviews (Kermode's off so Shoard is in the hot seat), plus Philip French on classic The Night of the Hunter and Guy Lodge on the new home entertainment releases, the Observer had an interview with John Waters
• News on the South Africa premiere...
- 11/4/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Kerry Washington is the cover subject of the August Vanity Fair, and she discusses a phenomenon she's experienced since she started playing Olivia Pope on "Scandal."
"One of the most profound things for me about the show is the number of white women of all ages who come up to me and say, 'I want to be Olivia Pope,'" she tells the magazine. "It's especially profound in a place like South Africa. It's called 'The Fixer' over there, and it just started its second season. The fact that white women can see this woman of color as an aspirational character is revolutionary, I think, in the medium of television."
What Washington doesn't do, at least in the excerpt that's online now, is offer up any information about Season 3. Fortunately, though, Vf also spoke with "Scandal" creator Shonda Rhimes, and she offered up a couple of things fans can look forward to come fall.
"One of the most profound things for me about the show is the number of white women of all ages who come up to me and say, 'I want to be Olivia Pope,'" she tells the magazine. "It's especially profound in a place like South Africa. It's called 'The Fixer' over there, and it just started its second season. The fact that white women can see this woman of color as an aspirational character is revolutionary, I think, in the medium of television."
What Washington doesn't do, at least in the excerpt that's online now, is offer up any information about Season 3. Fortunately, though, Vf also spoke with "Scandal" creator Shonda Rhimes, and she offered up a couple of things fans can look forward to come fall.
- 7/3/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The Austrian director's latest is a tale of an African sex vacation, with at least one scene likely to provoke audience walk-outs
John Waters has said of Paradise: Love's Austrian director, "Fassbinder died, so God gave us Ulrich Seidl," and he's right, up to a point. Like his beady-eyed and bloated Bavarian forebear, the svelte Seidl favours agonising deadpan gazes at ugliness and exploitative behaviour, favours "faces that startle rather than soothe" (Waters again), and concurs with Fassbinder's claim that "love is … the most insidious, most effective instrument of social repression".
Love is certainly strange in Paradise: Love, the tale of Teresa, an overweight Austrian woman who takes an African sex vacation and finds herself chasing one Kenyan beach stud after another in a steady downward spiral of delusion and self-hatred. Relations operate on mutually parasitic terms – exploitation runs both ways – and Teresa finds neither the sex she thought she was after,...
John Waters has said of Paradise: Love's Austrian director, "Fassbinder died, so God gave us Ulrich Seidl," and he's right, up to a point. Like his beady-eyed and bloated Bavarian forebear, the svelte Seidl favours agonising deadpan gazes at ugliness and exploitative behaviour, favours "faces that startle rather than soothe" (Waters again), and concurs with Fassbinder's claim that "love is … the most insidious, most effective instrument of social repression".
Love is certainly strange in Paradise: Love, the tale of Teresa, an overweight Austrian woman who takes an African sex vacation and finds herself chasing one Kenyan beach stud after another in a steady downward spiral of delusion and self-hatred. Relations operate on mutually parasitic terms – exploitation runs both ways – and Teresa finds neither the sex she thought she was after,...
- 6/10/2013
- by John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
In case you missed it, Kelly (and Sharon) Osbourne are feuding with Lady Gaga, and think her fans are mean to them. It's been going on a while, but reached a head when Gaga posted a letter saying that Kelly's work on Fashion Police was rooted in criticism and negativity, inspiring Sharon to fight back. They've been putting out statements. Gaga has now responded. “The ‘real world’ can be cruel, why not try to change it into a better place? I am an activist. Nobody takes adolescents seriously, I do. My letter to Kelly Osbourne was open, because her statements on cyber-bullying were public & as a youth activist I’m compelled to be involved.”
As the world continues to come to grips that Aaron Swartz took his own life, it's been noted that Swartz was bisexual, but likely wouldn't want to be labeled that way based on a blog post...
As the world continues to come to grips that Aaron Swartz took his own life, it's been noted that Swartz was bisexual, but likely wouldn't want to be labeled that way based on a blog post...
- 1/14/2013
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
Rating: Four stars
Consider now the curious character of Dr. King Schultz. He is an itinerant dentist who works from his little wagon, traveling the backroads of the pre-Civil War South. As Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" opens, we see a line of shackled slaves being led through what I must describe as a deep, dark forest, because those are the kinds of forests we meet in fairy tales. Out of this deepness and darkness, Schultz (Christoph Waltz) appears, his lantern swinging from his wagon, which has a bobbling tooth on its roof. Schultz explains himself with the elaborate formality he will use all through the film. He has reason to believe one of the slaves might be of interest to him. This is the slave named Django (Jamie Foxx). He enters into negotiations to purchase Django, who he has reason to believe may help him in finding the Brittle brothers,...
Consider now the curious character of Dr. King Schultz. He is an itinerant dentist who works from his little wagon, traveling the backroads of the pre-Civil War South. As Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" opens, we see a line of shackled slaves being led through what I must describe as a deep, dark forest, because those are the kinds of forests we meet in fairy tales. Out of this deepness and darkness, Schultz (Christoph Waltz) appears, his lantern swinging from his wagon, which has a bobbling tooth on its roof. Schultz explains himself with the elaborate formality he will use all through the film. He has reason to believe one of the slaves might be of interest to him. This is the slave named Django (Jamie Foxx). He enters into negotiations to purchase Django, who he has reason to believe may help him in finding the Brittle brothers,...
- 1/10/2013
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
DVD Playhouse—April 2012
By Allen Gardner
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Warner Bros.) An eleven year-old boy (newcomer Thomas Horn, in an incredible debut) discovers a mysterious key amongst the possessions of his late father (Tom Hanks) who perished in 9/11. Determined to find the lock it matches, the boy embarks on a Picaresque odyssey across New York City. Director Stephen Daldry and screenwriter Eric Roth have fashioned a film both grand and intimate, beautifully-adapted from Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel, thought by most who read it to be unfilmable. Fine support from Jeffrey Wright, Sandra Bullock, John Goodman, Viola Davis and the great Max von Sydow. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
Battle Royale: The Complete Collection (Anchor Bay) Adapted from Koushun Takami’s polarizing novel (compared by champions and detractors alike as a 21st century version of A Clockwork Orange) and set in a futuristic Japan,...
By Allen Gardner
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Warner Bros.) An eleven year-old boy (newcomer Thomas Horn, in an incredible debut) discovers a mysterious key amongst the possessions of his late father (Tom Hanks) who perished in 9/11. Determined to find the lock it matches, the boy embarks on a Picaresque odyssey across New York City. Director Stephen Daldry and screenwriter Eric Roth have fashioned a film both grand and intimate, beautifully-adapted from Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel, thought by most who read it to be unfilmable. Fine support from Jeffrey Wright, Sandra Bullock, John Goodman, Viola Davis and the great Max von Sydow. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
Battle Royale: The Complete Collection (Anchor Bay) Adapted from Koushun Takami’s polarizing novel (compared by champions and detractors alike as a 21st century version of A Clockwork Orange) and set in a futuristic Japan,...
- 4/13/2012
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Is there something major going on in film tonight? Who knows? So, enjoy these links about movies that don’t get all the attention!
The big news this week is that the last lab in the UK has just stopped printing 16mm film. That’s right: It is now impossible to get your 16mm film printed in England! Thanks, Deluxe! Filmmaker Tacita Dean writes an impassioned, personal article about this devastating blow to the film world for the Guardian.(By the way, the image above was taken by documentary filmmaker Lynne Sachs and is of Craig Baldwin’s 16mm film archive.)At Africa Is a Country, Sean Jacobs interviews South African filmmaker Dylan Valley about the documentary The Uprising of Hangberg, which Valley co-directed with Bad Lit fave Aryan Kaganof. The film documents the South African police crackdown of a small village full of “alleged” squatters. Heavy emphasis on “alleged.
The big news this week is that the last lab in the UK has just stopped printing 16mm film. That’s right: It is now impossible to get your 16mm film printed in England! Thanks, Deluxe! Filmmaker Tacita Dean writes an impassioned, personal article about this devastating blow to the film world for the Guardian.(By the way, the image above was taken by documentary filmmaker Lynne Sachs and is of Craig Baldwin’s 16mm film archive.)At Africa Is a Country, Sean Jacobs interviews South African filmmaker Dylan Valley about the documentary The Uprising of Hangberg, which Valley co-directed with Bad Lit fave Aryan Kaganof. The film documents the South African police crackdown of a small village full of “alleged” squatters. Heavy emphasis on “alleged.
- 2/27/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Plus gay arrests in Pakistan, play Ask a Celebrity with Kristin Davis, and hear why the Cleveland Brown's Scott Fujita is a Glbt activist.
Give clothes a second chance.
Above you can see a French ad for a fabric dye, where the ugly shirt you receive for Valentine's Day can be regifted to the same person who gave it to you by the application of Dylon Fabric Dye. That cancels out any goodwill to the French for the McDonald's ad. Greg Louganis reflects on living with HIV, Matthew Mitcham's triumph, and his return to Olympic diving - as a youth coach.
Annie Lennox has been named a United Nations AIDS Goodwill Ambasssador. Lennox has been active for a number of years fighting the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and young girls in Africa. In a tour that I predict would sellout if he did it stateside, John Waters says...
Give clothes a second chance.
Above you can see a French ad for a fabric dye, where the ugly shirt you receive for Valentine's Day can be regifted to the same person who gave it to you by the application of Dylon Fabric Dye. That cancels out any goodwill to the French for the McDonald's ad. Greg Louganis reflects on living with HIV, Matthew Mitcham's triumph, and his return to Olympic diving - as a youth coach.
Annie Lennox has been named a United Nations AIDS Goodwill Ambasssador. Lennox has been active for a number of years fighting the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and young girls in Africa. In a tour that I predict would sellout if he did it stateside, John Waters says...
- 6/2/2010
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
Jason Anders/Starlog: So let's talk about your childhood and what it was like to grow up with your father serving as a U.S. army intelligence officer; what was it like for you to spend parts of your childhood in West Germany and Okinawa, how did that impact your life, and do you remember at what point you considered acting a pursuable passion?
Joe Morton: First off, my father was not an intelligence officer. He was a captain in the artillery but, essentially, his job was to integrate the arm forces overseas. We are speaking about the years between 1951 to 1958. That means my father showed up, with my mother and I in tow, to what ever post he was assigned to ... racially unannounced. That time of my life was fiercely strange and difficult. My father was constantly battling his white superior officers as well as the white enlisted...
Joe Morton: First off, my father was not an intelligence officer. He was a captain in the artillery but, essentially, his job was to integrate the arm forces overseas. We are speaking about the years between 1951 to 1958. That means my father showed up, with my mother and I in tow, to what ever post he was assigned to ... racially unannounced. That time of my life was fiercely strange and difficult. My father was constantly battling his white superior officers as well as the white enlisted...
- 11/16/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (Jason Anders)
- Starlog
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