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It’s hard not to see this as best-film-news-of-the-year material: Cohen Media Group have acquired and will restore & release ten Jacques Rivette films — along with a trio of early shorts that recently screened at this year’s New York Film Festival — theatrically and on Blu-ray. This is a major moment for appreciation of French cinema. [Variety]
Along with an extended interview with Pedro Almodóvar that’s embedded below, read Little White Lies‘ rundown of his early works. [Empire]
Seyfolah Samadian, an associate of Abbas Kiarostami‘s, is planning a documentary about the recently deceased director’s 20 years of visits to the Cannes Film Festival. [Variety]
Watch Memory Box, a new sci-fi...
It’s hard not to see this as best-film-news-of-the-year material: Cohen Media Group have acquired and will restore & release ten Jacques Rivette films — along with a trio of early shorts that recently screened at this year’s New York Film Festival — theatrically and on Blu-ray. This is a major moment for appreciation of French cinema. [Variety]
Along with an extended interview with Pedro Almodóvar that’s embedded below, read Little White Lies‘ rundown of his early works. [Empire]
Seyfolah Samadian, an associate of Abbas Kiarostami‘s, is planning a documentary about the recently deceased director’s 20 years of visits to the Cannes Film Festival. [Variety]
Watch Memory Box, a new sci-fi...
- 10/13/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
“You make a wish and then you make a special offering.”
Just in time for Halloween, it’s time to get witchy with a biting new film from budding horror maestros Paul Gandersman and Peter Hall and their burgeoning Dead Kids Club franchise. Their latest offering, a short entitled “Givertaker,” recently debuted at Fantastic Fest, and now the duo are making it available in full online to anyone looking for a nice twist on an old story.
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“Givertaker” introduces a familiar scenario — a talented teen witch uses her powers to take out her enemies — and then flips the entire thing on its head. Sarah (Nell Kessler, in her debut role) is a pissed off teenage conjurer who endeavors to do something super-relatable: Smote the mean girls at her local high school who spread...
Just in time for Halloween, it’s time to get witchy with a biting new film from budding horror maestros Paul Gandersman and Peter Hall and their burgeoning Dead Kids Club franchise. Their latest offering, a short entitled “Givertaker,” recently debuted at Fantastic Fest, and now the duo are making it available in full online to anyone looking for a nice twist on an old story.
Read More: Spike Jonze Unleashes a Totally Wild Margaret Qualley in Quirky New Kenzo Short Film – Watch
“Givertaker” introduces a familiar scenario — a talented teen witch uses her powers to take out her enemies — and then flips the entire thing on its head. Sarah (Nell Kessler, in her debut role) is a pissed off teenage conjurer who endeavors to do something super-relatable: Smote the mean girls at her local high school who spread...
- 10/12/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
"Be careful, Izzy... People are fragile." Another intriguing sci-fi short to watch. This one is titled Memory Box, directed by filmmaking team Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell. Sadly, Aaron Aites passed away from cancer and this is his last film as a director. Ewell is keeping his memory alive and has started an Indiegogo for extra funding to release this short (beyond the internet). It first premiered at Fantastic Fest last month and is now out online. Described as a "psycho-sexual sci-fi tinged short film", Mackenzie Davis (from The Martian, Breathe In, "Halt & Catch Fire") stars a young mother who works at a memory-recreation facility where actors recreate clients' memories. Fellow sci-fi filmmaker Shane Carruth also stars. Love the score. Thank you to The Playlist for the tip on this. Description from Vimeo: "Memory Box is the third and final film directed and produced by the filmmaking team of Aaron Aites...
- 10/12/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Filmmakers Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell are best known for their work on documentaries “Until the Light Takes Us” and “99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film,” but with the recently released short “Memory Box,” the duo is taking their shot at sci-fi. The short film stars Mackenzie Davis and the voice of Shane Carruth, but there’s more to the story than just what’s onscreen.
Continue reading Mackenzie Davis And Shane Carruth Step Into The ‘Memory Box’ In New Short Film at The Playlist.
Continue reading Mackenzie Davis And Shane Carruth Step Into The ‘Memory Box’ In New Short Film at The Playlist.
- 10/11/2016
- by Charles Dean
- The Playlist
Earlier this year, filmmaker Aaron Aites passed away after a long battle with cancer, leaving behind both an enviable and exciting body of work — in addition to his films like “Until the Light Takes Us” and “99% – The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film,” he was also the lead singer of the band Iran — and his partner in both life and work, fellow filmmaker Audrey Ewell. At the time of his death, Aites and Ewell were working on a new film, a sci-fi-tinged short starring Mackenzie Davis and fellow filmmaker Shane Carruth entitled “Memory Box.”
Read More: ‘Memory Box’ Exclusive Clip: Mackenzie Davis And Shane Carruth Star In Sci-Fi Short Film About Memory Recreation
The film — which Aites and Ewell were originally imagining as the proof of concept for a full feature — follows a young mother (Davis, who continues to excel at every role put in front of her) who works at...
Read More: ‘Memory Box’ Exclusive Clip: Mackenzie Davis And Shane Carruth Star In Sci-Fi Short Film About Memory Recreation
The film — which Aites and Ewell were originally imagining as the proof of concept for a full feature — follows a young mother (Davis, who continues to excel at every role put in front of her) who works at...
- 9/30/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
While most of America was anticipating the historic showdown of Hillary vs. Donald, on Friday night in Austin, it all came down to Dolph Lundgren. At Fantastic Fest’s famous “Fantastic Feuds” event, a heated conversation about whether or not “Rocky IV” was the best boxing movie of all time was abruptly resolved when no less than the beefy action star himself — aka Russian villain Ivan Drago in “Rocky IV” — walked through a curtain of smoke to set the record straight for good.
The crowd shrieked and hollered as an American flag waved in the ring. No, this wasn’t some ill-advised sketch comedy set envisioning a rally of redneck cinephiles supporting Arthouse Trump, but rather the essence of the silly-serious approach to movie fandom that Fantastic Fest uniquely conjures up.
The Alamo Drafthouse-hosted genre festival showcases edgy storytelling from around the world, but it also brings that sensibility to the ring.
The crowd shrieked and hollered as an American flag waved in the ring. No, this wasn’t some ill-advised sketch comedy set envisioning a rally of redneck cinephiles supporting Arthouse Trump, but rather the essence of the silly-serious approach to movie fandom that Fantastic Fest uniquely conjures up.
The Alamo Drafthouse-hosted genre festival showcases edgy storytelling from around the world, but it also brings that sensibility to the ring.
- 9/24/2016
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Austin’s Fantastic Fest, the largest genre festival in the United States, kicks off this weekend and will feature over a hundred films from around the world. One of these is Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell’s short film “Memory Box,” starring Mackenzie Davis (“Halt and Catch Fire”) and director Shane Carruth, who previously helmed the films “Primer” and “Upstream Color.” The film follows a young mother who works at a facility where actors recreate clients’ memories for them, but when a client pushes her to break the rules and jeopardize her job, she’s forced to decide just how far she will go. In the process, reality becomes upended and memory becomes entangled with fantasy. Watch an exclusive clip from the film below.
Read More: Fantastic Fest Announces Second Wave of Programming, Including ‘Arrival,’ ‘Toni Erdmann’ and ‘The Handmaiden’
This is the third film directed and produced by Aites and Ewell.
Read More: Fantastic Fest Announces Second Wave of Programming, Including ‘Arrival,’ ‘Toni Erdmann’ and ‘The Handmaiden’
This is the third film directed and produced by Aites and Ewell.
- 9/21/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Guillermo del Toro (The Devil's Backbone, Crimson Peak) has contributed two signed items, a copy of Pacific Rim and The Book of Life, to A Cause for Entertainment's auction to fight breast cancer. Also in today's Horror Highlights: Friday the 13th franchise enamel pins from Fright Rags, the list of short films at Fantastic Fest 2016, Dr. West: A Reanimated Parody sneak peek details, and info on the new poetry collection, As the Blade Cuts.
Guillermo del Toro-Signed Memorabilia at A Cause for Entertainment's Auction to Fight Breast Cancer: "Starting bid: $50.00
Oscar nominated Writer/Director Guillermo Del Toro, known for his work on Cronos, The Devil's Backbone, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth and Crimson Peak, has generously donated a signed copy of his film Pacific Rim and his book “The Book of Life” to support the fight against breast cancer.
Auction starts: October 17th, 2016 12:00 am
Auction ends: November 6th, 2016 7:30 pm...
Guillermo del Toro-Signed Memorabilia at A Cause for Entertainment's Auction to Fight Breast Cancer: "Starting bid: $50.00
Oscar nominated Writer/Director Guillermo Del Toro, known for his work on Cronos, The Devil's Backbone, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth and Crimson Peak, has generously donated a signed copy of his film Pacific Rim and his book “The Book of Life” to support the fight against breast cancer.
Auction starts: October 17th, 2016 12:00 am
Auction ends: November 6th, 2016 7:30 pm...
- 9/13/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
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