Ildikó Enyedi's On Body and Soul (2017) is having its exclusive online premiere on Mubi in the United Kingdom. It is showing from November 17 - December 17, 2017.Sex and violence are probably considered to be the most hotly contested controversial topics in film, from the hand-wringing parent who worries about exposing their kids too soon to blood and gore to governmental censorship boards editing out onscreen kisses. This isn’t to say that extreme levels of gore and gratuitously hardcore sex don’t merit discussions (see anything from the New French Extremity genre to the perennially talked about Baise-Moi). But there is, however, another film “quality” that ignites ire and repulsion faster than a close-up of an exploding head or a cut-to of cunnilingus: whimsy. Whimsy, that which is held to be quaint, playful, heartfelt and sweet, is often derided as superficial, saccharine. And, to be fair, it often is. Having...
- 11/17/2017
- MUBI
Louisa Mellor Aug 11, 2017
Top Of The Lake series 2 continues to be as satisfyingly odd and unpredictable as ever. Spoilers ahead...
This review contains spoilers.
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Sex and violence are never far away from each other in Top Of The Lake: China Girl. That’s hardly surprising for a murder mystery set in the world of the sex trade, but the two aren’t only connected by Cinnamon’s story.
Episode three opens with a monologue from Tony, who confesses to the accidental mid-sex murder by strangulation of a woman he’s picked up from a brothel. It’s fictitious, probably. Or if it isn’t, the story he tells isn’t about our China Girl. Then there are the sex noises Robin hears from Miranda’s apartment, at first indistinguishable from shrieks of pain. Even Miranda’s romantic hailstone story took place...
Top Of The Lake series 2 continues to be as satisfyingly odd and unpredictable as ever. Spoilers ahead...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Mission: Impossible 6 casting latest
2.3 Surrogate
Sex and violence are never far away from each other in Top Of The Lake: China Girl. That’s hardly surprising for a murder mystery set in the world of the sex trade, but the two aren’t only connected by Cinnamon’s story.
Episode three opens with a monologue from Tony, who confesses to the accidental mid-sex murder by strangulation of a woman he’s picked up from a brothel. It’s fictitious, probably. Or if it isn’t, the story he tells isn’t about our China Girl. Then there are the sex noises Robin hears from Miranda’s apartment, at first indistinguishable from shrieks of pain. Even Miranda’s romantic hailstone story took place...
- 8/10/2017
- Den of Geek
Described as “a blood-driven Spaghetti Western,” episode eight of “Blood Drive” features a soundtrack befitting its genre roots. In a new video shared exclusively with Indiewire, composer Michael Gatt, singer Jessica Rotter, and others offer a behind-the-scenes look at the music for “A Fistful of Blood.” Watch below.
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“To really lean into the whole Spaghetti Western sound for this episode, I added instruments including trumpet, operatic vocals, whistling, ocarina, Spanish and baritone guitar to the signature pallet of ‘Blood Drive’ synths and sounds that are the foundation of the score,” says Gatt.
“The challenge in scoring this episode was balancing the line between leaning into the Spaghetti Western genre while still keeping the overall sound and feel of the ‘Blood Drive’ score,” he continues. “This was also a big...
Read More‘Blood Drive’ Review: You Won’t Believe The Sex and Violence Syfy’s Crazy Grindhouse Show Gets Away With
“To really lean into the whole Spaghetti Western sound for this episode, I added instruments including trumpet, operatic vocals, whistling, ocarina, Spanish and baritone guitar to the signature pallet of ‘Blood Drive’ synths and sounds that are the foundation of the score,” says Gatt.
“The challenge in scoring this episode was balancing the line between leaning into the Spaghetti Western genre while still keeping the overall sound and feel of the ‘Blood Drive’ score,” he continues. “This was also a big...
- 7/31/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Have we entered a new golden age for shark movies? Probably not, but that isn’t stopping Syfy from commissioning a “Deep Blue Sea” sequel 18 years after the original. The move follows the recent success of both “The Shallows” and “47 Meters Down,” not to mention Syfy’s own “Sharknado” series.
Read More: ’47 Meters Down’ Review: Mandy Moore’s Shark Thriller Sinks Under the Weight of Its Own Unfathomable Silliness
Michael Beach is starring in the film and, since he’ll also appear in next year’s “Aquaman,” it doesn’t seem premature to deem this a case of nominative determinism. Darin Scott (“House Party: Tonight’s the Night”) is helming this particular ship, which is already filming in Cape Town.
Here’s what former director Jack Perez said of the direction the sequel was originally going to take back when it was slated for a DVD release in 2009, according...
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Michael Beach is starring in the film and, since he’ll also appear in next year’s “Aquaman,” it doesn’t seem premature to deem this a case of nominative determinism. Darin Scott (“House Party: Tonight’s the Night”) is helming this particular ship, which is already filming in Cape Town.
Here’s what former director Jack Perez said of the direction the sequel was originally going to take back when it was slated for a DVD release in 2009, according...
- 7/1/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
“The Mist” employs a classic head-fake horror structure: Despite its characters constantly screaming, “What’s in the mist?” it really doesn’t matter what’s actually within the mysterious fog that takes over a small, Maine town. The point is how the mist makes the characters react; how fear of the unknown can drive instinctual reactions, and how those reactions reveal their true selves. Among spiritual and existential themes, the mist is about fear, and how we deal with fear.
In the new Spike original series inspired by Stephen King’s novella, the mist is about bugs. And bad teeth. And poison, presumably. The show is very much concerned with what’s in the mist, and its pilot operates mainly to make you wonder what other gross stuff will come out of it.
In short, it’s less dynamic and more predictable. It’s an easy jump to see how...
In the new Spike original series inspired by Stephen King’s novella, the mist is about bugs. And bad teeth. And poison, presumably. The show is very much concerned with what’s in the mist, and its pilot operates mainly to make you wonder what other gross stuff will come out of it.
In short, it’s less dynamic and more predictable. It’s an easy jump to see how...
- 6/16/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
[Editor’s Note: The review below contains spoilers for “Fargo” Season 3, Episode 9, “Aporia”]
Immediate Reaction
If this is as close as we get to resolving The Great Carrie Coon Technology Debate of 2017, we’ll take it. Not only did “Fargo” provide a happy ending to Gloria Burgle’s rage against the machines, but the symbolic message of humanity’s warmth trumping the cold nature of technology helped close out the penultimate episode of Season 3 on a graceful note. The world may not be what we thought, but there’s still good in it.
That being said, next week remains as big a question mark as ever — the dark may very well still overwhelm the light. Nikki Swango (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and Mr. Wrench (Russell Harvard) were in control this week, but how long can a broke duo stay in front of a rich crime boss? What will Gloria’s reinvigorated resolve get her mixed up in, and, abiding by the Peter and the Wolf analogy,...
Immediate Reaction
If this is as close as we get to resolving The Great Carrie Coon Technology Debate of 2017, we’ll take it. Not only did “Fargo” provide a happy ending to Gloria Burgle’s rage against the machines, but the symbolic message of humanity’s warmth trumping the cold nature of technology helped close out the penultimate episode of Season 3 on a graceful note. The world may not be what we thought, but there’s still good in it.
That being said, next week remains as big a question mark as ever — the dark may very well still overwhelm the light. Nikki Swango (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and Mr. Wrench (Russell Harvard) were in control this week, but how long can a broke duo stay in front of a rich crime boss? What will Gloria’s reinvigorated resolve get her mixed up in, and, abiding by the Peter and the Wolf analogy,...
- 6/15/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Exclusive: The Points North Institute is now accepting applications for the North Star Scholarship, a new program the lauded institute has developed in partnership with Kickstarter. The new scholarships — three in total — each provide travel support for mediamakers of color to attend the documentary-focused 2017 Camden International Film Festival (Ciff) and Points North Forum, which will be held September 14 – 17 in the small towns of Camden, Rockport and Rockland, Maine.
The program is open to early-career documentary filmmakers and other media artists of color, between the ages of 21 and 29, who have not yet completed their first feature-length film or major project. Participants who are selected for the scholarships will receive airfare, accommodations, and an All Access pass to Ciff. Opportunities to participate in structured one-on-one meetings with industry decision-makers and advisors will also be made available to each North Star Scholarship recipient.
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The program is open to early-career documentary filmmakers and other media artists of color, between the ages of 21 and 29, who have not yet completed their first feature-length film or major project. Participants who are selected for the scholarships will receive airfare, accommodations, and an All Access pass to Ciff. Opportunities to participate in structured one-on-one meetings with industry decision-makers and advisors will also be made available to each North Star Scholarship recipient.
Read More: Camden International Film Festival Announces Program for the...
- 6/14/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Big Little Lies” Episode 3, “Living the Dream.”]
Sex and violence have been interlinked throughout “Big Little Lies,” but Episode 3 took on the connection directly. A powerful, slow-building scene at the heart of the episode between Celeste (Nicole Kidman) and Perry (Alexander Skarsgard) voiced the internal dilemma facing an abusive couple who doesn’t fully understand their dangerous desires. Does Celeste like her “dirty secret”? Is Perry always aware where the line is? Are they addicted to the danger? The pain? The violence? Or is Celeste merely trapped in an abusive relationship she doesn’t know how to free herself from?
Signs certainly point toward the latter, but the show’s darkly comic cuts emphasize the complicated connection between passion and rage. Immediately following Celeste and Perry’s quiet confession, we cut to Renata (Laura Dern) and Gordon (Jeffrey Nordling) having loud, angry sex in his office bathroom. Despite Renata’s concerns about having sex on his desk...
Sex and violence have been interlinked throughout “Big Little Lies,” but Episode 3 took on the connection directly. A powerful, slow-building scene at the heart of the episode between Celeste (Nicole Kidman) and Perry (Alexander Skarsgard) voiced the internal dilemma facing an abusive couple who doesn’t fully understand their dangerous desires. Does Celeste like her “dirty secret”? Is Perry always aware where the line is? Are they addicted to the danger? The pain? The violence? Or is Celeste merely trapped in an abusive relationship she doesn’t know how to free herself from?
Signs certainly point toward the latter, but the show’s darkly comic cuts emphasize the complicated connection between passion and rage. Immediately following Celeste and Perry’s quiet confession, we cut to Renata (Laura Dern) and Gordon (Jeffrey Nordling) having loud, angry sex in his office bathroom. Despite Renata’s concerns about having sex on his desk...
- 3/6/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
If the BBC realised how beloved their old shows would become, they might have taken greater care of them. And while Doomwatch: Series 1-3 – The Remaining Episodes may not feature every episode of the show thanks to the BBC’s archiving issues, it still stands up as a very good boxset. For fans of the show, the fact that it now includes unaired episode Sex and Violence may be the best news yet…
Doomwatch is the nickname for the Department of Measurement of Scientific work. A team headed by the Nobel Prize winning physicist Dr. Spencer Quist (John Paul). Their job is to keep the government and private sector research companies in check and protect the environment from pollution and disasters.
While there is a definite feel of old school Doctor Who show quality about Doomwatch (both feature low-budget set designs and special effects) the quality of this particular...
Doomwatch is the nickname for the Department of Measurement of Scientific work. A team headed by the Nobel Prize winning physicist Dr. Spencer Quist (John Paul). Their job is to keep the government and private sector research companies in check and protect the environment from pollution and disasters.
While there is a definite feel of old school Doctor Who show quality about Doomwatch (both feature low-budget set designs and special effects) the quality of this particular...
- 4/7/2016
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
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Ground-breaking, intelligent, prescient 1970s drama Doomwatch, now out on DVD, is a British television classic...
Playing on the public's fear that 'this could actually happen', Doomwatch had a veneer of credibility unusual in the escapist television drama landscape of the late 60s/early 70s. This spring sees the most comprehensive haul of Doomwatch episodes released on DVD for the first time. The nickname for the "Department for the Observation and Measurement of Scientific Work", the series first appeared on BBC1 on Monday 9th February 1970 at 9.40pm. It followed half an hour of comedy from Kenneth Williams, which must have surely heightened its dramatic impact.
The series would run in tandem with the early Jon Pertwee era of Doctor Who; the first episode made its debut two days after part two of Doctor Who And The Silurians. The two shows undoubtedly shared a synergy of ideas - not to mention cast and crew.
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Ground-breaking, intelligent, prescient 1970s drama Doomwatch, now out on DVD, is a British television classic...
Playing on the public's fear that 'this could actually happen', Doomwatch had a veneer of credibility unusual in the escapist television drama landscape of the late 60s/early 70s. This spring sees the most comprehensive haul of Doomwatch episodes released on DVD for the first time. The nickname for the "Department for the Observation and Measurement of Scientific Work", the series first appeared on BBC1 on Monday 9th February 1970 at 9.40pm. It followed half an hour of comedy from Kenneth Williams, which must have surely heightened its dramatic impact.
The series would run in tandem with the early Jon Pertwee era of Doctor Who; the first episode made its debut two days after part two of Doctor Who And The Silurians. The two shows undoubtedly shared a synergy of ideas - not to mention cast and crew.
- 3/31/2016
- Den of Geek
This should come as a welcomed surprise to fans of his charming and hilarious feature film debut, "Hav Plenty" (1997); and while he directed 2 feature films after that (the 2002 retelling of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, "G," notably, starring Richard T Jones), he'll probably always be most remembered for "Hav Plenty" - unless he produces something else that makes us forget it. And this just might be that film... Christopher Scott Cherot has quietly been working on his next feature, for which he's debuted a first trailer, embedded at the bottom of this post. In brief, titled "Sex and Violence! Or: A Brief Review of Simple Physics,"...
- 8/4/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Banned in India, the controversial new motion picture Unfreedom releases in the United States this Friday, May 29, in theaters in New York and Los Angeles as well as on nationwide digital platforms such as iTunes.
Award-winning actor Victor Banerjee stars in this bold new film and sat down for a candid talk about his role as “Fareed,” a liberal Muslim scholar who actively speaks out against terrorists that use the Muslim faith as a cover for their immoral actions.
How were you first approached for this project and what made you want to take on this role?
An Assamese Director, Bidyut Kataki, whose feature film “As the River Flows”, I had worked in, was a friend of Aftab’s, I think, and sent him my contact details. Raj then had the guts to send me his gut-wrenching script. It was the sort of script that only a fool would turn down and,...
Award-winning actor Victor Banerjee stars in this bold new film and sat down for a candid talk about his role as “Fareed,” a liberal Muslim scholar who actively speaks out against terrorists that use the Muslim faith as a cover for their immoral actions.
How were you first approached for this project and what made you want to take on this role?
An Assamese Director, Bidyut Kataki, whose feature film “As the River Flows”, I had worked in, was a friend of Aftab’s, I think, and sent him my contact details. Raj then had the guts to send me his gut-wrenching script. It was the sort of script that only a fool would turn down and,...
- 5/31/2015
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
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By Kieran Kinsella
Acorn Media have long been known as the U.S. distributors of the finest British TV shows but in the last few years they’ve cast their net a little further to cover the former British Empire. Over the next few weeks they’ll be releasing some of the very best dramas from around the English speaking world. So without further ado, let me begin this week’s reviews with a saga from the ends of the Earth — literally!
Harry is a detective show from the land down under the land down under: New Zealand. As anyone who has seen Black Sheep or Lord of the Rings knows, New Zealand produces a wide variety of dramas ranging from the comically absurd to the brilliant. Harry is closer to the latter although it’s 21st century, metropolitan setting is far removed from the...
By Kieran Kinsella
Acorn Media have long been known as the U.S. distributors of the finest British TV shows but in the last few years they’ve cast their net a little further to cover the former British Empire. Over the next few weeks they’ll be releasing some of the very best dramas from around the English speaking world. So without further ado, let me begin this week’s reviews with a saga from the ends of the Earth — literally!
Harry is a detective show from the land down under the land down under: New Zealand. As anyone who has seen Black Sheep or Lord of the Rings knows, New Zealand produces a wide variety of dramas ranging from the comically absurd to the brilliant. Harry is closer to the latter although it’s 21st century, metropolitan setting is far removed from the...
- 5/25/2015
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Penetration—with a knife. Ropes—tied around your hands and feet, as a black-gloved killer looks on. Power exchanges—masked killers playing cat-and mouse with his final girl, right before the finale when she becomes a switch. Sex and violence has been with the genre from its inception, in literature, in film. From the swooning victim baring her…
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- 2/13/2015
- by Samuel Zimmerman
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Since Music Director, Singer, Actor and Producer Himesh Reshammiya returned as an actor with The Xpose in 2014, it was clearly evident that he was working towards a fit and well toned physique. Having lost 20kgs for the role of Ravi Kumar in The Xpose, we now present Himesh’s fresh new lean avatar for his forthcoming film Guns and Roses: Love, Sex and Violence.
Himesh will play a gangster in the film who goes in search of his lost love, and upon his search, he will travel to the locales of Ireland and Greece. The film will begin shooting in August and will be directed by Ravi Rai who is the brother of Raanjhanaa director Aanand L Rai. In a recent interview with Mumbai Mirror, Himesh explains his current fitness regime “I’ve been in the gym with my trainer six days a week, 90 minutes a day. I don...
Himesh will play a gangster in the film who goes in search of his lost love, and upon his search, he will travel to the locales of Ireland and Greece. The film will begin shooting in August and will be directed by Ravi Rai who is the brother of Raanjhanaa director Aanand L Rai. In a recent interview with Mumbai Mirror, Himesh explains his current fitness regime “I’ve been in the gym with my trainer six days a week, 90 minutes a day. I don...
- 2/13/2015
- by Jem Raj
- Bollyspice
Been meaning to catch up with Sam and Dean Winchester, but just haven't found the time? Our Supernatural tips for beginners may help...
Maps To TV Shows: Is there a popular show you’d really like to watch but you just don’t have time to wade through years of it all at once? Do you just want to know why that one character keeps turning up on Tumblr? Do the fans all tell you ‘season one is a bit iffy but stick with it, it gets great!’, leaving you with absolutely zero desire ever to watch the boring/silly/just plain weird season one? Then Maps To TV Shows is for you!
In these articles, we’ll outline routes through popular TV shows focusing on particular characters, story arcs or episode types. Are you really into the Klingon episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation? Do you want to...
Maps To TV Shows: Is there a popular show you’d really like to watch but you just don’t have time to wade through years of it all at once? Do you just want to know why that one character keeps turning up on Tumblr? Do the fans all tell you ‘season one is a bit iffy but stick with it, it gets great!’, leaving you with absolutely zero desire ever to watch the boring/silly/just plain weird season one? Then Maps To TV Shows is for you!
In these articles, we’ll outline routes through popular TV shows focusing on particular characters, story arcs or episode types. Are you really into the Klingon episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation? Do you want to...
- 1/13/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
In Hollywood, you could be the toast of the town one year and bottom of the barrel the next. That was certainly true for this year’s review of television.
With that in mind, TheWrap‘s TV team reveals who was on top this year and who slipped down the ranks. Some came easily to us (yuck, Stephen Collins), others required some back-and-forth debate before finally being named a winner or loser (hey, NBC).
See photos: 15 Movies You Already Forgot About: TheWrap’s Best & Worst 2014 (Photos)
Our choices ranged from on-screen moments to personalties generating headlines — for better or worse...
With that in mind, TheWrap‘s TV team reveals who was on top this year and who slipped down the ranks. Some came easily to us (yuck, Stephen Collins), others required some back-and-forth debate before finally being named a winner or loser (hey, NBC).
See photos: 15 Movies You Already Forgot About: TheWrap’s Best & Worst 2014 (Photos)
Our choices ranged from on-screen moments to personalties generating headlines — for better or worse...
- 12/31/2014
- by TheWrap TV Team
- The Wrap
In honor of Supernatural's 200th episode, EW took a quick trip down the road so far. And by quick, we mean that we ranked every episode of Supernatural ever. From Sam and Dean's first battle against the Woman in White to Sam's recent rescue of Demon Dean, we left nothing out, and we're pretty sure it was just as difficult as that one time that Sam and Dean stopped the apocalypse. If you're looking for our Top 40 picks, check out gallery No. 1, and for our Worst 10, head here. For everything in between, scroll down, relive the memories (and...
- 11/7/2014
- by Samantha Highfill and Jonathon Dornbush
- EW.com - PopWatch
Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine does a disgusting and disturbing acting turn in the band's new music video for "Animals," which could seriously cause you nightmares. Co-starring supermodel Behati Prinsloo (Levine's wife), the clip features Levine as a psychotic and literal butcher, who becomes obsessed with his beautiful customer and starts stalking her. He finds out where she lives, snaps pics without her consent, has grand delusions of bedding her and having the bestest, sexiest blood-soaked sex with her. Unlike Maroon 5's horrendous "Misery" music video, this little ditty shoots for at least some gritty realism, with Levine's character trying to actually make a move on his -- as the song describes her -- "prey." She rejects him. This is a character who owns a bunch of knives with an unhealthy relationship with meat, mind you. Sex and violence combine in what are ultimately these delusions, but hint at...
- 9/30/2014
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears
Written and directed by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani
Belgium/France/Luxembourg, 2013
Directing duo Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani’s debut feature Amer explored a young woman’s sexual awakening using traditional giallo tropes. An exercise in formalism, it treated giallo as pure aesthetic: a cinematic language with the potential to go beyond its usual generic applications. The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears, reportedly 11 years in the making, represents another stage in the development of this idea. More familiar yet more oblique, it plunges us into a surreal world where giallo is the only code of understanding, eschewing narrative in favour of startling images, symbols and style.
The premise, however, is a conventional one. Dan Kristensen (Klaus Tange) returns home from a business trip to find his wife missing and the door locked from the inside. Seeking help from his neighbours,...
Written and directed by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani
Belgium/France/Luxembourg, 2013
Directing duo Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani’s debut feature Amer explored a young woman’s sexual awakening using traditional giallo tropes. An exercise in formalism, it treated giallo as pure aesthetic: a cinematic language with the potential to go beyond its usual generic applications. The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears, reportedly 11 years in the making, represents another stage in the development of this idea. More familiar yet more oblique, it plunges us into a surreal world where giallo is the only code of understanding, eschewing narrative in favour of startling images, symbols and style.
The premise, however, is a conventional one. Dan Kristensen (Klaus Tange) returns home from a business trip to find his wife missing and the door locked from the inside. Seeking help from his neighbours,...
- 2/22/2014
- by Rob Dickie
- SoundOnSight
Sofia Vergara is a madam who has a few choice words for her all-female staff when dealing with all-male customers in a new red band clip from “Machete Kills.” Get them off, and then get them out. Also read: ‘Machete Kills’ Review: Who Knew Sex and Violence Could Be This Dull? “And ladies, every stiff pecker in my parlor pays to play. No freebies,” Vergara adds. “Those are house rules.” Vergara is just one of many high-profile players portraying the colorful cast of characters in Robert Rodriguez’s action-comedy sequel to 2010′s “Machete.” Lady Gaga, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexa Vega, Michelle Rodriguez,...
- 10/7/2013
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
Sex and violence—two extreme reactions to extreme emotions, and thus, they link this quick round-up of new posters for two highly anticipated films. First up, the Palme d'Or-winning "Blue Is The Warmest Color" gets two new international one-sheets, that are simple, artful designs that rightfully put the romance front and center. You already known that Lea Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos star in the Abdellatif Kechiche-directed film that spans three hours, depicting the every corner of the relationship between two young women, which yes, includes sex, but also, so much more. Meanwhile, Spike Lee's "Oldboy" will try to at least match the twisted brilliance of Park Chan-wook's original, with Josh Brolin in the lead. After 20 years spent being mysteriously locked up, a man is just as mysteriously set free, and vows to track down whoever put him away in the first place. And this gets pretty bloody and surreal.
- 9/20/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The That Puppet Game Show co-producer on how his father got the Muppets on screen, and why London feels like home
Above the entrance to The Jim Henson Company lot in Hollywood stands one cultural icon, Kermit the Frog, dressed as another, Chaplin's Little Tramp. Chaplin built this lot in 1917 and sold it in 1953 after Hollywood blacklisted him. Now it's an active working studio, the headquarters of a puppetry empire that bestrides the world like a green-felt colossus, and also a living memorial to the man who might be called the Other Dad to three generations of children raised on Sesame Street and The Muppet Show (I count myself among them). And it's a measure of the centrality to modern American popular culture of Henson's cast of characters, and their abiding universality, that Kermit's donning of Chaplin's outfit seems not sacrilegious, but entirely natural and right.
When I meet Brian Henson,...
Above the entrance to The Jim Henson Company lot in Hollywood stands one cultural icon, Kermit the Frog, dressed as another, Chaplin's Little Tramp. Chaplin built this lot in 1917 and sold it in 1953 after Hollywood blacklisted him. Now it's an active working studio, the headquarters of a puppetry empire that bestrides the world like a green-felt colossus, and also a living memorial to the man who might be called the Other Dad to three generations of children raised on Sesame Street and The Muppet Show (I count myself among them). And it's a measure of the centrality to modern American popular culture of Henson's cast of characters, and their abiding universality, that Kermit's donning of Chaplin's outfit seems not sacrilegious, but entirely natural and right.
When I meet Brian Henson,...
- 8/11/2013
- by John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
Say what you want about SyFy, they certainly have big designs for the future. After wooing Jamie Foxx for a horror anthology, Ronald D. Moore for Round 2, and other big time names in the television industry for a slew of high-concept (expensive) shows for the fall, SyFy is making a play for a bigger piece of the cable TV pie.
Defiance is one of the first attempts at securing a larger audience, and its 2 hour premiere garnered SyFy’s biggest premiere since Warehouse 13 in 2009. The show is tied in to a Mmorpg with over six million hours of game play so far, and the bundle together cost the network around $100 million. Clearly, Defiance has massive expectations. Does it meet them?
It’s far too soon to tell, but the pilot is a mixed bag. Taking place on a terraformed Earth, 33 years after the Votans (aliens) arrived, the heroes of...
Defiance is one of the first attempts at securing a larger audience, and its 2 hour premiere garnered SyFy’s biggest premiere since Warehouse 13 in 2009. The show is tied in to a Mmorpg with over six million hours of game play so far, and the bundle together cost the network around $100 million. Clearly, Defiance has massive expectations. Does it meet them?
It’s far too soon to tell, but the pilot is a mixed bag. Taking place on a terraformed Earth, 33 years after the Votans (aliens) arrived, the heroes of...
- 4/17/2013
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Sex and violence are potentially too volatile a mixture for the MPAA to handle, and as a result everyone's least favorite parental guiders have slapped the upcoming cinéma vérité effort Lucky Bastard with the dreaded Nc-17 rating. That's okay, though; it's still heading to theatres.
From the Press Release
Vineyard Haven, LLC, has announced the April 5, 2013, Los Angeles theatrical release of Lucky Bastard, a “found footage” thriller taking place behind the scenes of a porn website. The film is rated Nc-17 by the Motion Picture Association of America for explicit sexual content.
Lucky Bastard is the directorial debut for Robert Nathan (Law & Order), the Peabody-winning, Emmy-nominated veteran writer. The film stars Don McManus (The Shawshank Redemption) as the proprietor of a website that invites fans to have sex with porn stars. Jay Paulson ("Mad Men") plays Dave, an eager young fan given a chance to have sex with the fabulous Ashley Saint,...
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Vineyard Haven, LLC, has announced the April 5, 2013, Los Angeles theatrical release of Lucky Bastard, a “found footage” thriller taking place behind the scenes of a porn website. The film is rated Nc-17 by the Motion Picture Association of America for explicit sexual content.
Lucky Bastard is the directorial debut for Robert Nathan (Law & Order), the Peabody-winning, Emmy-nominated veteran writer. The film stars Don McManus (The Shawshank Redemption) as the proprietor of a website that invites fans to have sex with porn stars. Jay Paulson ("Mad Men") plays Dave, an eager young fan given a chance to have sex with the fabulous Ashley Saint,...
- 2/28/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The mighty and all-powerful Chicago Underground Film Festival has done the absolute unthinkable: Reached their 20th year of operation! How many underground festivals have accomplished that feat? None, until now! Well, “now” being March 6-10 at the fest’s new location: The Logan Theatre.
Obviously, there are a lot of people who have worked with the fest over the years to help make it last for exactly two fantastic decades, but, truly, there is one special person who has to be specially lauded for his tireless dedication to the advancement of underground film and its makers. Especially because Cuff hasn’t just been around for 20 years: It’s been fucking awesome for 20 years.
That person, of course, is Artistic Director Bryan Wendorf, who has been with the fest for the very first edition to it’s most recent, mind-blowing one. Year after year, Wendorf has guided Cuff into defining, challenging,...
Obviously, there are a lot of people who have worked with the fest over the years to help make it last for exactly two fantastic decades, but, truly, there is one special person who has to be specially lauded for his tireless dedication to the advancement of underground film and its makers. Especially because Cuff hasn’t just been around for 20 years: It’s been fucking awesome for 20 years.
That person, of course, is Artistic Director Bryan Wendorf, who has been with the fest for the very first edition to it’s most recent, mind-blowing one. Year after year, Wendorf has guided Cuff into defining, challenging,...
- 2/13/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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