Supernatural horror Deliver US is out now on digital platforms including Google, Apple TV, Sky and Amazon in the UK & Ireland.
Maria Vera Ratti (Inspector Ricciardi) stars as a nun who claims to have conceived twins through immaculate conception – that the Vatican fear will fulfil an ancient prophecy that one is the Messiah, and the other the Antichrist. Deliver US also stars co-director Lee Roy Kunz, as well as Thomas Kretschmann (Infinity Pool), and Peaky Blinders star Alexander Siddig.
Co-directed by Cru Ennis, Deliver US us a slick, striking and seriously scary slice of religious horror that will appeal to horror fans who enjoyed The Pope’s Exorcist, The Omen and The Nun movies.
Synopsis: When a nun in a remote convent claims immaculate conception, the Vatican sends a team of priests to investigate, concerned about an ancient prophecy that a woman will give birth to twin boys: one the Messiah,...
Maria Vera Ratti (Inspector Ricciardi) stars as a nun who claims to have conceived twins through immaculate conception – that the Vatican fear will fulfil an ancient prophecy that one is the Messiah, and the other the Antichrist. Deliver US also stars co-director Lee Roy Kunz, as well as Thomas Kretschmann (Infinity Pool), and Peaky Blinders star Alexander Siddig.
Co-directed by Cru Ennis, Deliver US us a slick, striking and seriously scary slice of religious horror that will appeal to horror fans who enjoyed The Pope’s Exorcist, The Omen and The Nun movies.
Synopsis: When a nun in a remote convent claims immaculate conception, the Vatican sends a team of priests to investigate, concerned about an ancient prophecy that a woman will give birth to twin boys: one the Messiah,...
- 2/27/2024
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
A-listers Alice Eve and Antonio Banderas (The Mask of Zorro) star in Cult Killer which is out now on Digital Platforms in the UK and Ireland. Also out on DVD on the 12th February 2024.
Eve (Star Trek Into Darkness) is a fearless private eye (with Banderas as her mentor) who uncovers brutal secrets in a sleepy Irish town that puts her life in danger. The film also stars Shelley Henig (Unfriended), Olwen Fouéré (The Northman) and Nick Dunning (The Tudors).
Stylishly directed by John Keeyes (Codename Banshee), Cult Killer recalls the nerve-shredding thrills of Silence of the Lambs and 7even, and is unmissable for fans of intelligent, dark crime thrillers.
Synopsis: When a renowned private investigator is murdered, his protege takes on the case. As her investigation unfolds, she is forced into a dangerous alliance with his killer to uncover the town’s grisly secrets and bring justice to its victims.
Eve (Star Trek Into Darkness) is a fearless private eye (with Banderas as her mentor) who uncovers brutal secrets in a sleepy Irish town that puts her life in danger. The film also stars Shelley Henig (Unfriended), Olwen Fouéré (The Northman) and Nick Dunning (The Tudors).
Stylishly directed by John Keeyes (Codename Banshee), Cult Killer recalls the nerve-shredding thrills of Silence of the Lambs and 7even, and is unmissable for fans of intelligent, dark crime thrillers.
Synopsis: When a renowned private investigator is murdered, his protege takes on the case. As her investigation unfolds, she is forced into a dangerous alliance with his killer to uncover the town’s grisly secrets and bring justice to its victims.
- 2/20/2024
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
Just in time to ruin Christmas, gruesome horror comedy The Mean One, is out now on DVD and Digital Platforms from Altitude Film Distribution.
David Howard Thornton, the award-winning actor who plays Art the Clown in the hugely popular Terrifier movies, stars as The Mean One, a gruesome grouch in a Santa suit who is intent on causing Christmas carnage. Directed by Steven Lamorte (Bury Me Twice), The Mean One also stars Krystle Martin as Cindy, who takes on the Christmas killer with a baseball bat wrapped in tree lights.
Like recent horror hit Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, The Mean One is another buzzy slasher mixing mirth, murder and all-out action in equal measure, as the townsfolk decide to take on the green meanie with all the weapons they can lay their hands on. Already a viral sensation (over 5 million people have watched the trailer online) The Mean One...
David Howard Thornton, the award-winning actor who plays Art the Clown in the hugely popular Terrifier movies, stars as The Mean One, a gruesome grouch in a Santa suit who is intent on causing Christmas carnage. Directed by Steven Lamorte (Bury Me Twice), The Mean One also stars Krystle Martin as Cindy, who takes on the Christmas killer with a baseball bat wrapped in tree lights.
Like recent horror hit Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, The Mean One is another buzzy slasher mixing mirth, murder and all-out action in equal measure, as the townsfolk decide to take on the green meanie with all the weapons they can lay their hands on. Already a viral sensation (over 5 million people have watched the trailer online) The Mean One...
- 12/7/2023
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
Alex Pettyfer stars in the terrifying action thriller Black Noise, which is out out now on Digital Platforms including Google, Apple TV, Sky and Amazon Prime Video in the UK & Ireland.
“We go in, we get the client, and get out”. If only it was that simple for Alex Pettyfer (Alex Rider in Stormbreaker) and Jackson Rathbone (Twilight), on a rescue mission from hell in Black Noise, a chilling action horror set in a lush paradise, also starring Eve Mauro (Wicked Lake) and Ashton Leigh (Big Shark).
Sent to the remote island of Esperanza to rescue a tech heiress, a security team finds their communications cut off, and starts having nightmarish hallucinations… but the worst is yet to come. Coming on like 80s classic Predator Black Noise is an action adventure that turns into all-out horror.
Synopsis:
Members of an elite security team deployed to rescue a VIP on an exclusive island.
“We go in, we get the client, and get out”. If only it was that simple for Alex Pettyfer (Alex Rider in Stormbreaker) and Jackson Rathbone (Twilight), on a rescue mission from hell in Black Noise, a chilling action horror set in a lush paradise, also starring Eve Mauro (Wicked Lake) and Ashton Leigh (Big Shark).
Sent to the remote island of Esperanza to rescue a tech heiress, a security team finds their communications cut off, and starts having nightmarish hallucinations… but the worst is yet to come. Coming on like 80s classic Predator Black Noise is an action adventure that turns into all-out horror.
Synopsis:
Members of an elite security team deployed to rescue a VIP on an exclusive island.
- 11/13/2023
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
Amber Heard (Aquaman) stars as a doctor battling against 19th-century superstitions and paranoia in In The Fire, also starring Luca Calvani (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.), Eduardo Noriega (The Devil’s Backbone), and Sophie Amber (soon to be seen in The Last Girl with Antonio Banderas).
Directed by Cocor Allyn (No Man’s Land), In The Fire is an intense and thrilling experience featuring a searing career-best lead performance from Heard as a woman attempting to convince a community that medicine can overcome what they perceive as ‘evil’.
Synopsis:
A doctor travels to a remote plantation to care for a disturbed boy who has inexplicable abilities. She ignites a war of science versus religion with the local priest who believes the boy is possessed by the Devil.
In The Fire is available now on Digital Platforms including Google, Apple TV, Sky and Amazon.
About Altitude
Altitude Media Group is...
Directed by Cocor Allyn (No Man’s Land), In The Fire is an intense and thrilling experience featuring a searing career-best lead performance from Heard as a woman attempting to convince a community that medicine can overcome what they perceive as ‘evil’.
Synopsis:
A doctor travels to a remote plantation to care for a disturbed boy who has inexplicable abilities. She ignites a war of science versus religion with the local priest who believes the boy is possessed by the Devil.
In The Fire is available now on Digital Platforms including Google, Apple TV, Sky and Amazon.
About Altitude
Altitude Media Group is...
- 11/8/2023
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
Nail biting thriller The Flood is out now on Digital Platforms and DVD.
Assault on Precinct 13 meets Alligator in the action thriller The Flood, which sees Nicky Whelan (Hall Pass) trying to control a jail filled with dangerous convicts, a torrential storm, and a horde of hungry alligators.
Written and directed by Brandon Slagle (Battle for Saipan), the film stars Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers), Louis Mandylor (Rambo: Last Blood), Devanny Pinn (Piranha 3D), and Randy Wayne (Hellraiser: Judgement), and features some seriously scary reptiles who are keen to snack on some caged convicts. A rip-roaring, action packed ride, The Flood is a must-watch for fans of nerve-shredding creature features Meg, 47 Feet Down, and Black Water Abyss.
Synopsis: A daring jailbreak during a ferocious storm gets complicated when a horde of giant, hungry alligators interrupt the escape attempt.
The Flood is available on Digital Platforms including Google, Apple TV, Sky and Amazon,...
Assault on Precinct 13 meets Alligator in the action thriller The Flood, which sees Nicky Whelan (Hall Pass) trying to control a jail filled with dangerous convicts, a torrential storm, and a horde of hungry alligators.
Written and directed by Brandon Slagle (Battle for Saipan), the film stars Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers), Louis Mandylor (Rambo: Last Blood), Devanny Pinn (Piranha 3D), and Randy Wayne (Hellraiser: Judgement), and features some seriously scary reptiles who are keen to snack on some caged convicts. A rip-roaring, action packed ride, The Flood is a must-watch for fans of nerve-shredding creature features Meg, 47 Feet Down, and Black Water Abyss.
Synopsis: A daring jailbreak during a ferocious storm gets complicated when a horde of giant, hungry alligators interrupt the escape attempt.
The Flood is available on Digital Platforms including Google, Apple TV, Sky and Amazon,...
- 8/15/2023
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
The mob just crossed the wrong man in thriller Shrapnel, available now on Digital Platforms including Google, Apple TV, Sky and Amazon in the UK & Ireland.
Shrapnel blasts onto screens this summer and viewers better take cover. Jason Patric (Sleepers) is a lethal army veteran flipped into combat mode when his daughter is kidnapped by a drug gang, enlisting the help of Cam Gigandet (The Magnificent Seven) to dish out the mayhem.
Directed by action expert William Kaufman (One in the Chamber), Shrapnel boasts blistering action scenes, heavy weaponry, white-knuckle suspense, and vengeance dished out by the bucket full across an unforgiving New Mexico landscape.
Synopsis:
A former Marine and his old war buddy face off against the Mexican cartel behind the disappearance of his daughter.
Shrapnel is available now on on Digital Platforms including Google, Apple TV, Sky and Amazon in the UK & Ireland.
About Altitude
Altitude Media Group...
Shrapnel blasts onto screens this summer and viewers better take cover. Jason Patric (Sleepers) is a lethal army veteran flipped into combat mode when his daughter is kidnapped by a drug gang, enlisting the help of Cam Gigandet (The Magnificent Seven) to dish out the mayhem.
Directed by action expert William Kaufman (One in the Chamber), Shrapnel boasts blistering action scenes, heavy weaponry, white-knuckle suspense, and vengeance dished out by the bucket full across an unforgiving New Mexico landscape.
Synopsis:
A former Marine and his old war buddy face off against the Mexican cartel behind the disappearance of his daughter.
Shrapnel is available now on on Digital Platforms including Google, Apple TV, Sky and Amazon in the UK & Ireland.
About Altitude
Altitude Media Group...
- 7/31/2023
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
Michelle Stein and Jennifer Monks are producers of Moin Hussain’s Venice Critics’ Week entry Sky Peals.
Michelle Stein and Jennifer Monks, producers of Moin Hussain’s Venice Critics’ Week entry Sky Peals, are launching UK production company The Fold.
Stein was named a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2009 (as Michelle Eastwood); she has produced features including Brian Welsh’s Bifa-winning In Our Name in 2010, and Hussain’s shorts Naptha and Real Gods Require Blood.
Monks was recently a co-producer on Charlotte Regan’s Sundance premiere Scrapper, and Naqqash Khalid’s Karlovy Vary title In Camera.
The Fold banner aims...
Michelle Stein and Jennifer Monks, producers of Moin Hussain’s Venice Critics’ Week entry Sky Peals, are launching UK production company The Fold.
Stein was named a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2009 (as Michelle Eastwood); she has produced features including Brian Welsh’s Bifa-winning In Our Name in 2010, and Hussain’s shorts Naptha and Real Gods Require Blood.
Monks was recently a co-producer on Charlotte Regan’s Sundance premiere Scrapper, and Naqqash Khalid’s Karlovy Vary title In Camera.
The Fold banner aims...
- 7/26/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Mubi has announced its lineup of streaming offerings for next month, including the exclusive streaming premiere of Lars von Trier’s The Idiots in a new 4K restoration, Céline Devaux’s anti-romcom Everybody Loves Jeanne, and Tyler Taormina’s Happer’s Comet.
Additional selections include three films by Wong Kar Wai, a Robert Altman double feature, four works by Jacques Rivette, plus shorts by Mia Hansen-Løve and Yorgos Lanthimos.
Check out the lineup below and get 30 days free here.
July 1 – Synecdoche, New York, directed by Charlie Kaufman
July 2 – 2046, directed by Wong Kar Wai | As Time Goes By: Three by Wong Kar Wai
July 3 – The Exiles, directed by Kent MacKenzie
July 4 – Ivansxtc, directed by Bernard Rose
July 5 – Un Pur Esprit, directed by Mia Hansen-Løve | Short Films Big Names
July 6 – Contemporary Color, directed by Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross | Turn It Up: Music on Film
July 7 – The Idiots, directed by Lars von Trier...
Additional selections include three films by Wong Kar Wai, a Robert Altman double feature, four works by Jacques Rivette, plus shorts by Mia Hansen-Løve and Yorgos Lanthimos.
Check out the lineup below and get 30 days free here.
July 1 – Synecdoche, New York, directed by Charlie Kaufman
July 2 – 2046, directed by Wong Kar Wai | As Time Goes By: Three by Wong Kar Wai
July 3 – The Exiles, directed by Kent MacKenzie
July 4 – Ivansxtc, directed by Bernard Rose
July 5 – Un Pur Esprit, directed by Mia Hansen-Løve | Short Films Big Names
July 6 – Contemporary Color, directed by Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross | Turn It Up: Music on Film
July 7 – The Idiots, directed by Lars von Trier...
- 6/26/2023
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
From aliens cruising Glasgow to punks rocking Belfast, most regions of the UK have had their big-screen moment. Our critics take us on a tour of some of their favourite locations
Beats (2019)
Livingston, 1994, and just as the Criminal Justice act is about to end the illegal rave era, two young friends set off to have a mad one. Brian Welsh’s rhapsody to rave reminds us of that important part of British youth culture we left somewhere in a field in West Lothian. Ellen E Jones...
Beats (2019)
Livingston, 1994, and just as the Criminal Justice act is about to end the illegal rave era, two young friends set off to have a mad one. Brian Welsh’s rhapsody to rave reminds us of that important part of British youth culture we left somewhere in a field in West Lothian. Ellen E Jones...
- 3/4/2023
- by Peter Bradshaw, Ellen E Jones and Danny Leigh
- The Guardian - Film News
Co-financing, co-production forum takes place September 11-12.
New projects involving the producer of The Babadook, Game Of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin and Lemon Tree filmmaker Eran Riklis will be front and centre when the first in-person Ontario Creates International Financing Forum (Iff) in three years kicks off at TIFF next month.
Now in its 17th year, the two-day co-financing and co-production market takes place from September 11-12 in association with TIFF and features 42 feature film producer teams – 20 from Canada and 22 from as far afield as Australia, India, Norway, Scotland and the US.
The producers will participate in one-on-one producer...
New projects involving the producer of The Babadook, Game Of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin and Lemon Tree filmmaker Eran Riklis will be front and centre when the first in-person Ontario Creates International Financing Forum (Iff) in three years kicks off at TIFF next month.
Now in its 17th year, the two-day co-financing and co-production market takes place from September 11-12 in association with TIFF and features 42 feature film producer teams – 20 from Canada and 22 from as far afield as Australia, India, Norway, Scotland and the US.
The producers will participate in one-on-one producer...
- 8/29/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Co-financing, co-production forum takes place September 11-12.
New projects involving the producer of The Babadook, Game Of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin and Lemon Tree filmmaker Eran Riklis will be front and centre when the first in-person Ontario Creates International Financing Forum (Iff) in three years kicks off at TIFF next month.
Now in its 17th year, the two-day co-financing and co-production market takes place from September 11-12 in association with TIFF and features 42 feature film producer teams – 20 from Canada and 22 from as far afield as Australia, India, Norway, Scotland and the US.
The producers will participate in one-on-one producer...
New projects involving the producer of The Babadook, Game Of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin and Lemon Tree filmmaker Eran Riklis will be front and centre when the first in-person Ontario Creates International Financing Forum (Iff) in three years kicks off at TIFF next month.
Now in its 17th year, the two-day co-financing and co-production market takes place from September 11-12 in association with TIFF and features 42 feature film producer teams – 20 from Canada and 22 from as far afield as Australia, India, Norway, Scotland and the US.
The producers will participate in one-on-one producer...
- 8/29/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The festival films will all be split across six strands, including competition titles.
Dinard Festival of British Film has set the programme and jury for its 32nd edition, which will take place from September 29 to October 3 both in-person in northern France and online.
Following the cancellation of the 2020 edition due to the pandemic, the festival returns with six new thematic strands, all exhibiting different aspects of UK and Irish film.
‘Dinard Rocks The Casbah’ presents four features exploring different musical genres – reggae, punk, britpop and techno. ‘Irish Eyes In Dinard’ includes five recent Irish features including Phyllida Lloyd’s Herself,...
Dinard Festival of British Film has set the programme and jury for its 32nd edition, which will take place from September 29 to October 3 both in-person in northern France and online.
Following the cancellation of the 2020 edition due to the pandemic, the festival returns with six new thematic strands, all exhibiting different aspects of UK and Irish film.
‘Dinard Rocks The Casbah’ presents four features exploring different musical genres – reggae, punk, britpop and techno. ‘Irish Eyes In Dinard’ includes five recent Irish features including Phyllida Lloyd’s Herself,...
- 9/1/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
“Terrific! A druggy, mind-blowing, eye-opening, open-air, law-defying rave.”
—Film Comment
Music Box Selects Edition of Brian Welsh’s Beats was released on Blu-ray August 1 with an exclusive slip cover design available only via Vinegar Syndrome! A standard edition will be available September 28, wherever Blu-rays are sold. Blu-ray (special edition): August 1, 2021 Srp: $34.95 *Only via Vinegar Syndrome online*
Blu-ray (standard): September 28, 2021; Srp: $29.95 *Wherever Blu-rays are sold*
From Executive Producer Steven Soderbergh, Beats is the New York Times Critic’s Pick that follows best friends and polar opposites Johnno (Cristian Ortega) and Spanner (Lorn Macdonald) who, realizing they are destined for different futures, sneak out to an illegal party in pursuit of one last crazy night together. Beats is a universal story of friendship, rebellion and the irresistible power of music. Check out the trailer:
A universal story of friendship, rebellion, and the irresistible power of music set against the backdrop...
—Film Comment
Music Box Selects Edition of Brian Welsh’s Beats was released on Blu-ray August 1 with an exclusive slip cover design available only via Vinegar Syndrome! A standard edition will be available September 28, wherever Blu-rays are sold. Blu-ray (special edition): August 1, 2021 Srp: $34.95 *Only via Vinegar Syndrome online*
Blu-ray (standard): September 28, 2021; Srp: $29.95 *Wherever Blu-rays are sold*
From Executive Producer Steven Soderbergh, Beats is the New York Times Critic’s Pick that follows best friends and polar opposites Johnno (Cristian Ortega) and Spanner (Lorn Macdonald) who, realizing they are destined for different futures, sneak out to an illegal party in pursuit of one last crazy night together. Beats is a universal story of friendship, rebellion and the irresistible power of music. Check out the trailer:
A universal story of friendship, rebellion, and the irresistible power of music set against the backdrop...
- 8/26/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Beats Beats, iPlayer, until March 29
This recent Scots indie has plenty to recommend it, including the perfect pairing casting of Lorn Macdonald - who won a Scots BAFTA for his trouble - and Christian Ortega as two teenagers determined to stop at nothing to attend their first illegal rave. Set against the backdrop of a political clampdown on the 90s music scene, Brian Welsh and Kieran Hurley do a bang on job of expanding on their stage play, capturing the scene of the time in sharp black and white with a pop of colour in unexpected places. From the high energy performances to a soundtrack that features The Prodigy, Leftfield and Prodigy, it's got its finger on the pulse. Read our full review.
Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan, 10pm, BBC4, Tuesday, March 16
Jennie Kermode writes:a renowned documentarian. An alcoholic Irishman born with the gift of the.
This recent Scots indie has plenty to recommend it, including the perfect pairing casting of Lorn Macdonald - who won a Scots BAFTA for his trouble - and Christian Ortega as two teenagers determined to stop at nothing to attend their first illegal rave. Set against the backdrop of a political clampdown on the 90s music scene, Brian Welsh and Kieran Hurley do a bang on job of expanding on their stage play, capturing the scene of the time in sharp black and white with a pop of colour in unexpected places. From the high energy performances to a soundtrack that features The Prodigy, Leftfield and Prodigy, it's got its finger on the pulse. Read our full review.
Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan, 10pm, BBC4, Tuesday, March 16
Jennie Kermode writes:a renowned documentarian. An alcoholic Irishman born with the gift of the.
- 3/15/2021
- by Amber Wilkinson, Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
In a year marked by a stagnant box office and distributors experimenting with a wide variety of releases, what does an overlooked film constitute? While there are fewer means than in years past to quantify such a metric, there are still plenty of films that didn’t get their due throughout 2020 and deserve more attention in the weeks, months, years to come.
Sadly, many documentaries would qualify for this list, but we stuck strictly to narrative efforts; one can instead read our rundown of the top docs here. Check out the list below, as presented in alphabetical order. A great deal of the below titles are also available to stream, so check out our feature here to catch up.
A Sun (Chung Mong-hong)
Chung Moog-hong’s A Sun––a rich Taiwanese drama with the texture of a novel––was unceremoniously released on Netflix in the middle of the Sundance Film Festival,...
Sadly, many documentaries would qualify for this list, but we stuck strictly to narrative efforts; one can instead read our rundown of the top docs here. Check out the list below, as presented in alphabetical order. A great deal of the below titles are also available to stream, so check out our feature here to catch up.
A Sun (Chung Mong-hong)
Chung Moog-hong’s A Sun––a rich Taiwanese drama with the texture of a novel––was unceremoniously released on Netflix in the middle of the Sundance Film Festival,...
- 12/24/2020
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Mubi, the premier streaming service for curated independent films, has revealed its picks for December. The selection of films coming exclusively to Mubi includes the world premiere of Benoit Toulemonde’s “Tripping With Nils Frahm,” an extraordinary musical trip that brings a unique concert experience to the screen, and “Cold Meridian,” the latest experimental short film by acclaimed director Peter Strickland. Mubi will also exclusively present “Liberté”, a period-piece provocation by visionary Catalan filmmaker Albert Serra as well as Kirill Mikhanovsky’s award-winning comedy “Give Me Liberty.” For those in the mood to relive the vibrant 90’s rave scene, Mubi is excited to present the streaming premiere of “Beats” from Scottish director Brian Welsh and executive producer Steven Soderbergh.
Also in December, Mubi is proud to launch a retrospective dedicated to prolific South Korean director Hong Sang-soo. Capturing the pleasures and perils of attraction in anti-romantic comedies, this selection includes...
Also in December, Mubi is proud to launch a retrospective dedicated to prolific South Korean director Hong Sang-soo. Capturing the pleasures and perils of attraction in anti-romantic comedies, this selection includes...
- 12/2/2020
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Chicago – Using safety-first precautions, the Music Box Theatre of Chicago has reopened as of July 3rd for limited seating (see link below for details). The Gene Siskel Film Center continues “Film Center From Your Sofa.”
Music Box Theatre Screens Vertigo, Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight and Relic at the Re-Opened Theater. Plus Virtual Films for At Home Continue.
Vertigo
Photo credit: MusicBoxTheatre.com
As of July 3rd, 2020, Music Box Theatre became on of the first movie houses in Chicago to re-open in compliance with Illinois State guideline Phase 4 protocol. The complete rules for coming to the theater can be accessed by clicking here.
For virtual cinema, Music Box Theatre will continue get a percentage of the proceeds from any screening. Click site link below for details.
Scheduled: Simultaneous with the open theater.
Description: In Theater: Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo in 70mm. Tales From The Crypt: Demon brings the popular...
Music Box Theatre Screens Vertigo, Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight and Relic at the Re-Opened Theater. Plus Virtual Films for At Home Continue.
Vertigo
Photo credit: MusicBoxTheatre.com
As of July 3rd, 2020, Music Box Theatre became on of the first movie houses in Chicago to re-open in compliance with Illinois State guideline Phase 4 protocol. The complete rules for coming to the theater can be accessed by clicking here.
For virtual cinema, Music Box Theatre will continue get a percentage of the proceeds from any screening. Click site link below for details.
Scheduled: Simultaneous with the open theater.
Description: In Theater: Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo in 70mm. Tales From The Crypt: Demon brings the popular...
- 7/12/2020
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
This weekend sees a trio of new comedies arriving to streaming and video-on-demand platforms, taking viewers to the disparate worlds of European music competitions to the campaign trail to tactical espionage.
Six years after his debut feature “Rosewater” was released, Jon Stewart has re-emerged with his second film, “Irresistible,” and reunited with “The Daily Show” correspondent Steve Carell. The cast also includes Rose Byrne, Chris Cooper, Mackenzie Davis, Topher Grace and Natasha Lyonne. Since most theaters across the country remain closed due to social distancing regulations, Focus Features has decided to give the movie a home premiere and price 48-hour digital rentals at $19.99.
Both Netflix and Amazon Prime Video are debuting exclusive comedies. Netflix’s “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga” features Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams as an Icelandic musical duo trying to make it big while competing in one of the largest music contests in the world.
Six years after his debut feature “Rosewater” was released, Jon Stewart has re-emerged with his second film, “Irresistible,” and reunited with “The Daily Show” correspondent Steve Carell. The cast also includes Rose Byrne, Chris Cooper, Mackenzie Davis, Topher Grace and Natasha Lyonne. Since most theaters across the country remain closed due to social distancing regulations, Focus Features has decided to give the movie a home premiere and price 48-hour digital rentals at $19.99.
Both Netflix and Amazon Prime Video are debuting exclusive comedies. Netflix’s “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga” features Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams as an Icelandic musical duo trying to make it big while competing in one of the largest music contests in the world.
- 6/26/2020
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Every generation has that moment right before they’re forced to grow up and everything goes to shit — before society herds them into the adult lives they never wanted, but had to accept in lieu of a better stable. For the former ravers and ruffians of mid-’90s Scotland, whose already fading dreams were squelched out completely by a government decree that criminalized public music characterized “by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats,” that last gasp of disobedience has now been re-crystallized in all its raging glory.
, Brian Welsh’s “Beats” is a burn-it-all-down bildungsroman about a country in transition and the kids who’ll be left behind; an ecstasy-fueled barnstormer that somehow manages to thread the needle between “Trainspotting” and “Superbad” (with a little “Footloose” sprinkled in there for good measure). And while even the movie’s best moments are derivative enough to deserve that kind of mix-and-match categorization,...
, Brian Welsh’s “Beats” is a burn-it-all-down bildungsroman about a country in transition and the kids who’ll be left behind; an ecstasy-fueled barnstormer that somehow manages to thread the needle between “Trainspotting” and “Superbad” (with a little “Footloose” sprinkled in there for good measure). And while even the movie’s best moments are derivative enough to deserve that kind of mix-and-match categorization,...
- 6/26/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Every generation has that moment right before they’re forced to grow up and everything goes to shit — before society herds them into the adult lives they never wanted, but had to accept in lieu of a better stable. For the former ravers and ruffians of mid-’90s Scotland, whose already fading dreams were squelched out completely by a government decree that criminalized public music characterized “by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats,” that last gasp of disobedience has now been re-crystallized in all its raging glory.
, Brian Welsh’s “Beats” is a burn-it-all-down bildungsroman about a country in transition and the kids who’ll be left behind; an ecstasy-fueled barnstormer that somehow manages to thread the needle between “Trainspotting” and “Superbad” (with a little “Footloose” sprinkled in there for good measure). And while even the movie’s best moments are derivative enough to deserve that kind of mix-and-match categorization,...
, Brian Welsh’s “Beats” is a burn-it-all-down bildungsroman about a country in transition and the kids who’ll be left behind; an ecstasy-fueled barnstormer that somehow manages to thread the needle between “Trainspotting” and “Superbad” (with a little “Footloose” sprinkled in there for good measure). And while even the movie’s best moments are derivative enough to deserve that kind of mix-and-match categorization,...
- 6/26/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Thompson on Hollywood
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.
Beats (Brian Welsh)
What exactly are Johnno and Spanner? There are moments when the two Scottish teens hate each other’s guts with bilious fervor, others when they’re the “dream team and that,” inseparable and co-dependent best friends à la Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal in Y Tu Mamá También, others still when their bromance veers into an uncharted, emotionally complex terrain. Brian Welsh’s rollicking Beats thrives on these ambiguities, on a greater-than-life friendship between an introvert and his volcanic and beguilingly ruffian neighbor as they brace for a night out that’s likely to be their last–or at any rate, the...
Beats (Brian Welsh)
What exactly are Johnno and Spanner? There are moments when the two Scottish teens hate each other’s guts with bilious fervor, others when they’re the “dream team and that,” inseparable and co-dependent best friends à la Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal in Y Tu Mamá También, others still when their bromance veers into an uncharted, emotionally complex terrain. Brian Welsh’s rollicking Beats thrives on these ambiguities, on a greater-than-life friendship between an introvert and his volcanic and beguilingly ruffian neighbor as they brace for a night out that’s likely to be their last–or at any rate, the...
- 6/26/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Gravitational Arch of Men: Teenage Friendship’s Last Hurrah Found in Walsh’s Scottish Techno Crowd-pleaser
Simultaneously a nostalgic throwback and a vibrant, youthful anthem of rebelliousness, Beats knows exactly the right ingredients to make a track successful, but is also wise enough to add some soul to its pounding rhythms, courtesy of a perfect pairing of central characters and performances. It elevates the profile of writer-director Brian Welsh, who draws on his first-hand experience of Scotland’s techno scene in the 90’s to tell the story of two young kids eager to belong to a community that’s already fading away in a changing Great Britain.…...
Simultaneously a nostalgic throwback and a vibrant, youthful anthem of rebelliousness, Beats knows exactly the right ingredients to make a track successful, but is also wise enough to add some soul to its pounding rhythms, courtesy of a perfect pairing of central characters and performances. It elevates the profile of writer-director Brian Welsh, who draws on his first-hand experience of Scotland’s techno scene in the 90’s to tell the story of two young kids eager to belong to a community that’s already fading away in a changing Great Britain.…...
- 6/24/2020
- by Tommaso Tocci
- IONCINEMA.com
Sometimes a film will play at a festival and almost immediately get a theatrical or digital release. However, what often happens is that an indie film plays a variety of festivals and it takes a little while for it to land distribution. That’s the case for the new film, “Beats,” but as can be seen in the new trailer, the film is well worth the wait.
“Beats” tells the story of a couple of friends that come together due to their mutual love of electronic music and their inherent rebellious attitudes.
Continue reading ‘Beats’ Trailer: Steven Soderbergh Produced This Slamdance Standout From Director Brian Welsh at The Playlist.
“Beats” tells the story of a couple of friends that come together due to their mutual love of electronic music and their inherent rebellious attitudes.
Continue reading ‘Beats’ Trailer: Steven Soderbergh Produced This Slamdance Standout From Director Brian Welsh at The Playlist.
- 6/16/2020
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Open casting search underway to fill one further key role.
Ralph Ineson, Brian Vernel and Lorn Macdonald have joined dark family thriller Kill from UK production company Synchronicity Films.
It marks the debut directorial feature of Rodger Griffiths and will be co-produced by Mr B Films. Glasgow-based Synchronicity said it would be its first project to go into production once Covid-19 lockdown measures are lifted.
The story centres on three brothers and their violent father (Ineson), who live in a remote forest. The brothers attempt to kill their father while on a hunting expedition but this begins a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.
Ralph Ineson, Brian Vernel and Lorn Macdonald have joined dark family thriller Kill from UK production company Synchronicity Films.
It marks the debut directorial feature of Rodger Griffiths and will be co-produced by Mr B Films. Glasgow-based Synchronicity said it would be its first project to go into production once Covid-19 lockdown measures are lifted.
The story centres on three brothers and their violent father (Ineson), who live in a remote forest. The brothers attempt to kill their father while on a hunting expedition but this begins a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.
- 6/16/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
In today’s film news roundup, Kazakh action-adventure movie “Tomiris” and Scottish music film “Beats” find U.S. homes and the Lulu Wilson thriller “Becky” opens at more than 40 drive-ins.
Acquisition
Arclight Films has sold Well Go USA the U.S. distribution rights to the historical action-adventure “Tomiris,” centered on Queen Tomiris during the 6th Century B.C.
The film, a co-production between Kazakhfilm Studios and Sataifilm, centers on Tomaris uniting divided nomadic tribes to create a powerful nation capable of repelling Persia. According to historical accounts, Tomiris and her army defeated Cyrus the Great in 530 B.C.
Almira Tursyn stars as Tomiris along with Adil Akhmetov and Aizhan Lighg, and they all perform their own stunts. Akan Sataytev directed the film, which was theatrically released in Kazakhstan in October and became one of the highest-grossing films in the country’s history.
“We are grateful to live in a world...
Acquisition
Arclight Films has sold Well Go USA the U.S. distribution rights to the historical action-adventure “Tomiris,” centered on Queen Tomiris during the 6th Century B.C.
The film, a co-production between Kazakhfilm Studios and Sataifilm, centers on Tomaris uniting divided nomadic tribes to create a powerful nation capable of repelling Persia. According to historical accounts, Tomiris and her army defeated Cyrus the Great in 530 B.C.
Almira Tursyn stars as Tomiris along with Adil Akhmetov and Aizhan Lighg, and they all perform their own stunts. Akan Sataytev directed the film, which was theatrically released in Kazakhstan in October and became one of the highest-grossing films in the country’s history.
“We are grateful to live in a world...
- 6/5/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, IFC buys a Liam Neeson comedy and Stx takes territories on Karen Gillan and Lena Headey’s “Gunpowder Milkshake.”
Acquisitions
IFC Films is acquiring U.S. rights to James D’Arcy’s feature directorial debut, “Made In Italy,” starring Liam Neeson and Micheál Richardson.
“Made In Italy” will receive a traditional theatrical release in the U.S. during the summer of 2020. The film is set in Tuscany and follows a bohemian London artist who returns to Italy with his estranged son to make a quick sale of the house they inherited from his late wife. Neither expects to find the once beautiful villa in such a state of disrepair, and the renovations go badly.
The film also stars Lindsay Duncan and Valeria Bilello. It is produced by Pippa Cross and Sam Tipper-Hale for CrossDay Productions in collaboration with Indiana Production S.P.A. The film...
Acquisitions
IFC Films is acquiring U.S. rights to James D’Arcy’s feature directorial debut, “Made In Italy,” starring Liam Neeson and Micheál Richardson.
“Made In Italy” will receive a traditional theatrical release in the U.S. during the summer of 2020. The film is set in Tuscany and follows a bohemian London artist who returns to Italy with his estranged son to make a quick sale of the house they inherited from his late wife. Neither expects to find the once beautiful villa in such a state of disrepair, and the renovations go badly.
The film also stars Lindsay Duncan and Valeria Bilello. It is produced by Pippa Cross and Sam Tipper-Hale for CrossDay Productions in collaboration with Indiana Production S.P.A. The film...
- 2/25/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
‘In Fabric’, ‘The Souvenir’ also score highly.
Armando Iannucci’s Charles Dickens adaptation The Personal History Of David Copperfield leads the nominations for the 21st British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), which were revealed today (October 30).
Iannucci’s third feature scored 11 nominations, including one for himself – a best screenplay nod alongside co-writer Simon Blackwell. It also picked up three nominations in the acting categories – best actor for Dev Patel, best supporting actress for Tilda Swinton, and best supporting actor for Hugh Laurie.
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Tom Harper’s Scottish singing drama Wild Rose achieved 10 nominations, including a second successive...
Armando Iannucci’s Charles Dickens adaptation The Personal History Of David Copperfield leads the nominations for the 21st British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), which were revealed today (October 30).
Iannucci’s third feature scored 11 nominations, including one for himself – a best screenplay nod alongside co-writer Simon Blackwell. It also picked up three nominations in the acting categories – best actor for Dev Patel, best supporting actress for Tilda Swinton, and best supporting actor for Hugh Laurie.
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Tom Harper’s Scottish singing drama Wild Rose achieved 10 nominations, including a second successive...
- 10/30/2019
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Musical drama secures hat-track of nominations including a best actress nod for Jessie Buckley.
Musical drama Wild Rose, featuring a breakout performance from Jessie Buckley, leads the pack at this year’s Bafta Scotland awards with three nominations.
Tom Harper’s film about a troubled young mother from Glasgow who dreams of being a country singer picked up a best actress nod for Screen Star of Tomorrow Buckley, best writer for Nicole Taylor and a nomination for best feature film.
The film took £2.89m at the UK box office when it was released in April, following a strong reaction at its Toronto world premiere.
Musical drama Wild Rose, featuring a breakout performance from Jessie Buckley, leads the pack at this year’s Bafta Scotland awards with three nominations.
Tom Harper’s film about a troubled young mother from Glasgow who dreams of being a country singer picked up a best actress nod for Screen Star of Tomorrow Buckley, best writer for Nicole Taylor and a nomination for best feature film.
The film took £2.89m at the UK box office when it was released in April, following a strong reaction at its Toronto world premiere.
- 9/25/2019
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Other openers include ’Birds Of Passage’ and Fox’s Breakthrough.
Scottish 90s rave drama Beats and John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum begin their run at the UK box office this weekend, with Avengers: Endgame aiming to retake the number one crown it surprisingly lost to Pokémon Detective Pikachu last weekend.
Directed by Brian Welsh and based on writer Kieran Hurley’s play, Beats sees two best friends from different backgrounds in a small Scottish town in the summer of 1994. They head to an illegal rave which promises to be the best night of their lives, so long as the police...
Scottish 90s rave drama Beats and John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum begin their run at the UK box office this weekend, with Avengers: Endgame aiming to retake the number one crown it surprisingly lost to Pokémon Detective Pikachu last weekend.
Directed by Brian Welsh and based on writer Kieran Hurley’s play, Beats sees two best friends from different backgrounds in a small Scottish town in the summer of 1994. They head to an illegal rave which promises to be the best night of their lives, so long as the police...
- 5/17/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Beginning in kitchen-sink territory on a Scottish estate, this teen bromance eventually escapes into amiable nostalgia and artful euphoria
In 1999, Britfilm upstart Human Traffic – born of the same creative big bang that begat both Trainspotting and Kevin and Perry Go Large – caught the tail end of rave culture. Two decades on, Beats offers a more considered return to the same scene, composed by cooler, wiser heads in artful silvery greys, with contextualising clips of Tony Blair outlining his vision for a new Britain … after which, it all plainly went a bit Pete Tong. Nostalgic flashbacks are guaranteed for a certain demographic, although there is a curious absence of the era’s biggest beats (were there licensing issues?) and some perversely cramped framing.
For a good while, writer Kieran Hurley (adapting his 2012 play) and director Brian Welsh seem determined to fashion kitchen-sink drama from one of the most outdoorsy of youth phenomena.
In 1999, Britfilm upstart Human Traffic – born of the same creative big bang that begat both Trainspotting and Kevin and Perry Go Large – caught the tail end of rave culture. Two decades on, Beats offers a more considered return to the same scene, composed by cooler, wiser heads in artful silvery greys, with contextualising clips of Tony Blair outlining his vision for a new Britain … after which, it all plainly went a bit Pete Tong. Nostalgic flashbacks are guaranteed for a certain demographic, although there is a curious absence of the era’s biggest beats (were there licensing issues?) and some perversely cramped framing.
For a good while, writer Kieran Hurley (adapting his 2012 play) and director Brian Welsh seem determined to fashion kitchen-sink drama from one of the most outdoorsy of youth phenomena.
- 5/16/2019
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
Company unveils plans for its summer slate including ‘Maradona’, ‘Horrible Histories’.
Altitude Film Distribution, the releasing arm of UK mini-studio Altitude Film Entertainment, has added four titles to its UK release slate.
The company has picked up rights to Andre Singer and Werner Herzog’s documentary Meeting Gorbachev. The film, which premiered at Telluride last year, sees Herzog interview the former general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to get an insight into his life and career. Altitude picked up the title from History Films and will release in November.
Altitude has also bought Little Monsters, the...
Altitude Film Distribution, the releasing arm of UK mini-studio Altitude Film Entertainment, has added four titles to its UK release slate.
The company has picked up rights to Andre Singer and Werner Herzog’s documentary Meeting Gorbachev. The film, which premiered at Telluride last year, sees Herzog interview the former general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to get an insight into his life and career. Altitude picked up the title from History Films and will release in November.
Altitude has also bought Little Monsters, the...
- 5/10/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
For the third year, the UK’s three leading financiers, the BFI, BBC Films and Film4, in collaboration with the British Council and the UK government’s ‘Great’ campaign, will be showcasing up-and-coming UK talent in Cannes via the ‘Great 8’ program. Scroll down for the lineup.
Highlighted on Tuesday May 14 during a private reception at the Hotel Gray d’Albion, the event will reveal unseen footage from eight UK projects in post-production. These are relatively low-budget UK movies in the Cannes marché with breakout festival, commercial or critical potential. Guests will comprise international buyers and festival programmers.
Movies selected in recent years include Michaela Coel musical Been So Long, which was nabbed by Netflix in a multi-million dollar deal soon after the festival, Michael Pearce drama Beast, which went on to play at festivals including Toronto, London and Sundance, and Brian Welsh’s Beats.
Great 8, 2019 Lineup
Calm With Horses
UK...
Highlighted on Tuesday May 14 during a private reception at the Hotel Gray d’Albion, the event will reveal unseen footage from eight UK projects in post-production. These are relatively low-budget UK movies in the Cannes marché with breakout festival, commercial or critical potential. Guests will comprise international buyers and festival programmers.
Movies selected in recent years include Michaela Coel musical Been So Long, which was nabbed by Netflix in a multi-million dollar deal soon after the festival, Michael Pearce drama Beast, which went on to play at festivals including Toronto, London and Sundance, and Brian Welsh’s Beats.
Great 8, 2019 Lineup
Calm With Horses
UK...
- 5/2/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Altitude receives biggest distribution award for Mid90s and Beats.
Francis Lee’s drama Ammonite and the Doc Society have received two of the biggest funding awards from the various pots administered by the British Film Institute (BFI)’s Film Fund in the fourth quarter of the financial year 2018-2019, which ran from January 1-April 5, 2019.
Ammonite, produced by See-Saw Films and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly, and starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan, is an 1840s-set story of the intense relationship between a female fossil hunter and a young woman. It is now in post-production.
The BFI awarded the film a...
Francis Lee’s drama Ammonite and the Doc Society have received two of the biggest funding awards from the various pots administered by the British Film Institute (BFI)’s Film Fund in the fourth quarter of the financial year 2018-2019, which ran from January 1-April 5, 2019.
Ammonite, produced by See-Saw Films and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly, and starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan, is an 1840s-set story of the intense relationship between a female fossil hunter and a young woman. It is now in post-production.
The BFI awarded the film a...
- 4/26/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
"Rave to your grave...!" Altitude Films has debuted a dance-able official UK trailer for an indie film titled Beats, which premiered at the Slamdance and Rotterdam Film Festivals earlier this year. Set in the summer of 1994, the film is about two best mates from a small Scottish town who head out for one last night together before life takes them in different directions. Going to an illegal rave, the boys journey into an underworld of anarchy, freedom and collision with the law, as they share a night that they will never forget. Beats is executive produced by Steven Soderbergh, and presented in black & white, which is a cool choice. The party film stars Cristian Ortega, Lorn Macdonald, Laura Fraser, and Brian Ferguson. This looks damn good, thanks to an excellently energetic trailer with some nice touches (and awesome vintage techno music). Here's the official UK trailer (+ poster) for Brian Welsh's Beats,...
- 4/5/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
An adaptation to cinema of any kind is a challenge and it is no different for the closing film of this years’ Glasgow Film Festival, Beats.
Kieran Hurley’s stage play is set in a Scottish town that follows two best friends, Johnno (Cristian Ortega) and Spanner (Lorn MacDonald), in what is a coming of age film set against the backdrop of the ’90s rave scene.
Director Brian Welsh grabs your attention immediately with the films striking black and white display. It is set in a time of youth up-rise against the establishment in protest of The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 that makes “gatherings of people around music characterised wholly or pre-dominantly by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats” illegal.
This gives way to the pair in revolt following the path to an illegal rave in what you feel is their last big blowout together.
You...
Kieran Hurley’s stage play is set in a Scottish town that follows two best friends, Johnno (Cristian Ortega) and Spanner (Lorn MacDonald), in what is a coming of age film set against the backdrop of the ’90s rave scene.
Director Brian Welsh grabs your attention immediately with the films striking black and white display. It is set in a time of youth up-rise against the establishment in protest of The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 that makes “gatherings of people around music characterised wholly or pre-dominantly by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats” illegal.
This gives way to the pair in revolt following the path to an illegal rave in what you feel is their last big blowout together.
You...
- 3/4/2019
- by Thomas Alexander
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
'Harry Birrell: Films Of Love And War' wins Glasgow audience award; festival draws record admissions
Festival closed on March 3 with the UK premiere of Beats.
The 2019 Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) came to a close this weekend, with documentary Harry Birrell: Films Of Love And War winning the event’s audience award.
Narrated by The Bodyguard star Richard Madden, and directed by Glasgow-based Matt Pinder, the film features hundreds of hours of archive footage weaved into the story of one man’s cinematic vision of the 20th century.
The film will now tour Scotland later this year as part of the Glasgow Film Festival on Tour programme.
This year’s festival recorded a total of 42,224 admissions,...
The 2019 Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) came to a close this weekend, with documentary Harry Birrell: Films Of Love And War winning the event’s audience award.
Narrated by The Bodyguard star Richard Madden, and directed by Glasgow-based Matt Pinder, the film features hundreds of hours of archive footage weaved into the story of one man’s cinematic vision of the 20th century.
The film will now tour Scotland later this year as part of the Glasgow Film Festival on Tour programme.
This year’s festival recorded a total of 42,224 admissions,...
- 3/4/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Events included a Bo Burnham Q&A and a live Jessie Buckley performance.
The fifteenth annual Glasgow Film Festival came to a close on Sunday March 3, after 12 days of screenings, talks and special events.
The festival opened on February 20 with Jonah Hill’s directorial debut Mid90s, closing with Brian Welsh’s Scottish rave drama Beats - both UK premieres.
Attendees included Bo Burnham, who took part in a Q&A after a screening of his film Eighth Grade; and Jessie Buckley, who performed songs after a screening of her Glasgow-set music film Wild Rose.
See a gallery of images from the festival above.
The fifteenth annual Glasgow Film Festival came to a close on Sunday March 3, after 12 days of screenings, talks and special events.
The festival opened on February 20 with Jonah Hill’s directorial debut Mid90s, closing with Brian Welsh’s Scottish rave drama Beats - both UK premieres.
Attendees included Bo Burnham, who took part in a Q&A after a screening of his film Eighth Grade; and Jessie Buckley, who performed songs after a screening of her Glasgow-set music film Wild Rose.
See a gallery of images from the festival above.
- 3/4/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
A snappy, scrappy, straining-at-the-leash coming-of-ager from bleakest Scotland, Brian Welsh’s “Beats” takes place in 1994 — two years before the release of “Trainspotting,” though 23 years on, it feels like something of an heir to Danny Boyle’s Nineties yardstick. The same spirit of raggedly exuberant, techno-pumped nihilism courses through both films. It’s something of a jolt, then, to realize that while Boyle’s film was an of-the-moment youth revolt, “Beats” is an alternately wistful and furious period piece — looking back at an unstable, exciting era of Cool Britannia and incipient cultural liberation that stalled somewhere along the way to Brexit Britain. That’s the subtext, at least: the surface is a rollicking buddy movie, both funny and stomach-churning as it follows two gawky 15-year-old lads seeking a debauched sendoff to childhood.
The liveliest work to date from Scottish writer-director Welsh (following the feature “In Our Name” and some prominent TV...
The liveliest work to date from Scottish writer-director Welsh (following the feature “In Our Name” and some prominent TV...
- 1/31/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
What exactly are Johnno and Spanner? There are moments when the two Scottish teens hate each other’s guts with bilious fervor, others when they’re the “dream team and that,” inseparable and co-dependent best friends à la Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal in Y Tu Mamá También, others still when their bromance veers into an uncharted, emotionally complex terrain. Brian Welsh’s rollicking Beats thrives on these ambiguities, on a greater-than-life friendship between an introvert and his volcanic and beguilingly ruffian neighbor as they brace for a night out that’s likely to be their last–or at any rate, the last rave their central Scotland turf may ever host.
Based on a 2012 play by Keiran Hurley (here credited as co-script writer next to Welsh), Beats thrums with an unbridled energy that owes less to the massive party it culminates with than to the poignant relationship between the...
Based on a 2012 play by Keiran Hurley (here credited as co-script writer next to Welsh), Beats thrums with an unbridled energy that owes less to the massive party it culminates with than to the poignant relationship between the...
- 1/30/2019
- by Leonardo Goi
- The Film Stage
This year, Slamdance — the other film festival in Park City — celebrates its 25th anniversary. To discuss the event, its co-founder Peter Baxter was joined by director Steven Soderbergh, who has a long history with the fest that is presenting him with its Founders Award this year. Soderbergh is also unveiling two new projects to Slamdance — his sports drama High Flying Bird, which debuts Feb. 8 on Netflix, and Brian Welsh’s Beats, which he executive produced. (He also served as a producer on Scott Z. Burns’ The Report, which is screening at the neighboring Sundance Film Festival). Soderbergh spoke ...
- 1/26/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This year, Slamdance — the other film festival in Park City — celebrates its 25th anniversary. To discuss the event, its co-founder Peter Baxter was joined by director Steven Soderbergh, who has a long history with the fest that is presenting him with its Founders Award this year. Soderbergh is also unveiling two new projects to Slamdance — his sports drama High Flying Bird, which debuts Feb. 8 on Netflix, and Brian Welsh’s Beats, which he executive produced. (He also served as a producer on Scott Z. Burns’ The Report, which is screening at the neighboring Sundance Film Festival). Soderbergh spoke ...
- 1/26/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
“The only system is a sound system and if I can’t dance to it, it’s not my revolution,” preaches one of the lead characters in Beats, the UK rave culture film executive-produced by Steven Soderbergh. Here is some first footage, which channels iconic movies such as Trainspotting and La Haine.
Set over summer 1994 in Scotland, the coming of age story follows two friends who jump headfirst into the free party scene before their lives take them in different directions. Soundtrack is curated by Jd Twitch (Optimo) with tracks from The Prodigy, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, The Belleville Three, Carl Craig, Hudson Mohawke, Leftfield, Plastikman, Lfo, Orbital and The Golden Filter.
Directed by Brian Welsh (Black Mirror) and written by Welsh and Kieran Hurley (based on Hurley’s play by the same name), the film stars newcomers Cristian Ortega and Lorn Macdonald alongside Laura Fraser (Breaking Bad), Brian Ferguson (Outlander...
Set over summer 1994 in Scotland, the coming of age story follows two friends who jump headfirst into the free party scene before their lives take them in different directions. Soundtrack is curated by Jd Twitch (Optimo) with tracks from The Prodigy, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, The Belleville Three, Carl Craig, Hudson Mohawke, Leftfield, Plastikman, Lfo, Orbital and The Golden Filter.
Directed by Brian Welsh (Black Mirror) and written by Welsh and Kieran Hurley (based on Hurley’s play by the same name), the film stars newcomers Cristian Ortega and Lorn Macdonald alongside Laura Fraser (Breaking Bad), Brian Ferguson (Outlander...
- 1/25/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
New titles include ‘Connect’ starring Kevin Guthrie.
The Glasgow Film Festival has unveiled the full programme for its 15th edition which will run from February 20 until March 3.
The line-up features seven world premieres throughout the programme, including Scottish director Marilyn Edmonds’ debut feature Connect, which stars Kevin Guthrie as a young man in a small town attempting to deal with depression, and Bafta-winning director Matt Pinder’s feature documentary Harry Birrell: Films Of Love And War, exploring the archive of Scottish amateur filmmaker Birrell.
Two horror titles, Automata from Lawrie Brewster and Here Comes Hell from Jack McHenry, will have...
The Glasgow Film Festival has unveiled the full programme for its 15th edition which will run from February 20 until March 3.
The line-up features seven world premieres throughout the programme, including Scottish director Marilyn Edmonds’ debut feature Connect, which stars Kevin Guthrie as a young man in a small town attempting to deal with depression, and Bafta-winning director Matt Pinder’s feature documentary Harry Birrell: Films Of Love And War, exploring the archive of Scottish amateur filmmaker Birrell.
Two horror titles, Automata from Lawrie Brewster and Here Comes Hell from Jack McHenry, will have...
- 1/23/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Around The World When You Were My AgeThe titles for the 48th International Film Festival Rotterdam are being announced in anticipation of the event running January 23 – February 3, 2018. We will update the program as new films are revealed.Tiger COMPETITIONSons of Denmark (Ulaa Salim)Take Me Somewhere Nice (Ena Sendijarević)Present.Perfect. (Shengze Zhu)Sheena667 (Grigory Dobrygin)Nona. If They Soak Me, I’ll Burn Them (Camila José Donoso)Koko-di Koko-da (Johannes Nyholm)Els dies que vindran (Carlos Marqués-Marcet)Bright Future COMPETITIONAlva (Ico Costa)Chèche lavi (Sam Ellison)De nuevo otra vez (Romina Paula)Doozy (Richard Squires)Dreissig (Simona Kostova)Ende der Saison (Elmar Imanov)Fabiana (Brunna Laboissière)The Gold-Laden Sheep & the Sacred Mountain (Ridham Janve)Heroes (Köken Ergun)Historia de mi nombre (Karin Cuyul)Last Night I Saw You Smiling (Kavich Neang)Lost Holiday (Michael Kerry Matthews/Thomas Matthews)Maggie (Yi Okseop)Mens (Isabelle Prim)No Data Plan (Miko Revereza...
- 1/9/2019
- MUBI
Has been on programming team since 2000.
Belgian film event Film Fest Gent has appointed Wim De Witte as its new programme director, as part of a modified structure ahead of the 46th edition later this year.
Wim De Witte has worked for the festival since graduating from university, and has been part of the programming team since 2000.
Artistic director Patrick Duynslaegher is stepping down from his role, which he has held since 2011. He will remain involved in the music programme, and will develop the Classics and Talkies programmes as a film consultant.
Marijke Vandebuerie continues in her role as general director of the festival,...
Belgian film event Film Fest Gent has appointed Wim De Witte as its new programme director, as part of a modified structure ahead of the 46th edition later this year.
Wim De Witte has worked for the festival since graduating from university, and has been part of the programming team since 2000.
Artistic director Patrick Duynslaegher is stepping down from his role, which he has held since 2011. He will remain involved in the music programme, and will develop the Classics and Talkies programmes as a film consultant.
Marijke Vandebuerie continues in her role as general director of the festival,...
- 1/9/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Has been on programming team since 2000.
Belgian film event Film Fest Gent has appointed Wim De Witte as its new program director, as part of a modified structure ahead of the 46th edition later this year.
Wim De Witte has worked for the festival since graduating from university, and has been part of the programming team since 2000.
Artistic director Patrick Duynslaegher is stepping down from his role, which he has held since 2011. He will remain involved in the music program, and will develop the Classics and Talkies programmes as a film consultant.
Marijke Vandebuerie continues in her role as general director of the festival,...
Belgian film event Film Fest Gent has appointed Wim De Witte as its new program director, as part of a modified structure ahead of the 46th edition later this year.
Wim De Witte has worked for the festival since graduating from university, and has been part of the programming team since 2000.
Artistic director Patrick Duynslaegher is stepping down from his role, which he has held since 2011. He will remain involved in the music program, and will develop the Classics and Talkies programmes as a film consultant.
Marijke Vandebuerie continues in her role as general director of the festival,...
- 1/9/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The festival runs from February 20 – March 3.
The 15th edition of Glasgow Film Festival (February 20 – March 3) will open with the UK premiere of Mid90s, Jonah Hill’s directorial debut.
Brian Welsh’s Beats, the adaptation of Scottish playwright Kieran Hurley’s play executive produced by Steven Soderbergh, will close the event, also in its UK bow.
Hill’s coming-of-age drama follows a 13-year-old boy who hangs out with a group of older skateboarders in 1990s Los Angeles. Sunny Suljic, Lucas Hedges and Katherine Waterson all star in the film, which first screened at Toronto International Film Festival in September 2018.
Its...
The 15th edition of Glasgow Film Festival (February 20 – March 3) will open with the UK premiere of Mid90s, Jonah Hill’s directorial debut.
Brian Welsh’s Beats, the adaptation of Scottish playwright Kieran Hurley’s play executive produced by Steven Soderbergh, will close the event, also in its UK bow.
Hill’s coming-of-age drama follows a 13-year-old boy who hangs out with a group of older skateboarders in 1990s Los Angeles. Sunny Suljic, Lucas Hedges and Katherine Waterson all star in the film, which first screened at Toronto International Film Festival in September 2018.
Its...
- 1/8/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Lucas Hedges and Sunny Suljic in Mid90s Photo: Courtesy of Glasgow Film Festival Glasgow Film Festival has announced it will open its 15th edition on February 20 with the UK premiere of Jonah Hill's directorial debut Mid90s and close on March 3 with the UK premiere of Brian Welsh's Beats.
Hill's coming-of-age comedy drama, which will have its European premiere in Berlin, tells the story of a 13-year-old boy who begins to hang out with a group of older skateboarders in La. It stars Sunny Suljic, Lucas Hedges and Katherine Waterston.
Festival co-director Allison Gardner said: “We are honoured and delighted to be opening our 15th edition with Jonah Hill’s thrilling and moving directorial debut. The film is a beautifully crafted coming-of-age story that feels authentic, and the young actors give naturalistic and heartfelt performances that stay with you. The Opening Gala sets the ball rolling on...
Hill's coming-of-age comedy drama, which will have its European premiere in Berlin, tells the story of a 13-year-old boy who begins to hang out with a group of older skateboarders in La. It stars Sunny Suljic, Lucas Hedges and Katherine Waterston.
Festival co-director Allison Gardner said: “We are honoured and delighted to be opening our 15th edition with Jonah Hill’s thrilling and moving directorial debut. The film is a beautifully crafted coming-of-age story that feels authentic, and the young actors give naturalistic and heartfelt performances that stay with you. The Opening Gala sets the ball rolling on...
- 1/8/2019
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Iffr, the international film festival of Rotterdam has announced a number of exciting titles, including Soudade Kaadan’s ‘The Day I Lost My Shadow’, Brian Welsh’s ‘Beats’ and Simona Kostova’s ‘Dreissig’.
This year’s theme programs touch on espionage, memes, (un)finished films, new Afro-Brazilian cinema and the ‘reappraisal of hushed, quiet attention to film’.
Click here for a first overview of 2019’s program.
Bero Beyer , Dirextor of Iffr ( photo credit: Jan de Groen)
Iffr arts program is featuring a new artwork by Philippe Parreno, director and writer, known for Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait(2006), Le pont du trieur (2000) and Anywhen in a Timecolored place (2016) called No More Reality (1988–2018), a special installation screening of Jean-Luc Godard’s Le livre d’image and a thought-provoking presentation of never-before-seen outtakes from Sergei Parajanov’s classic film The Colour of Pomegranates. One of the 20th century’s greatest masters of cinema,...
This year’s theme programs touch on espionage, memes, (un)finished films, new Afro-Brazilian cinema and the ‘reappraisal of hushed, quiet attention to film’.
Click here for a first overview of 2019’s program.
Bero Beyer , Dirextor of Iffr ( photo credit: Jan de Groen)
Iffr arts program is featuring a new artwork by Philippe Parreno, director and writer, known for Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait(2006), Le pont du trieur (2000) and Anywhen in a Timecolored place (2016) called No More Reality (1988–2018), a special installation screening of Jean-Luc Godard’s Le livre d’image and a thought-provoking presentation of never-before-seen outtakes from Sergei Parajanov’s classic film The Colour of Pomegranates. One of the 20th century’s greatest masters of cinema,...
- 12/28/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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