Mubi's retrospective Melancholy & Deadpan: The Films of Martín Rejtman is showing September – November, 2019.The Magic Gloves“I can’t go on. I’ll go on,” Samuel Beckett wrote in The Unnamable. A similar motto underlines the sly, darkly humorous films of the Argentine filmmaker Martín Rejtman. In an interview with Film Comment, after the premiere of his film, The Magic Gloves (2003), at the Locarno Film Festival, Rejtman commented on the stupendous amounts of anti-depressives that his characters take in the movie: “It’s a way of showing how in life you go on, and things don’t affect you so much, and you still go on, and you still go on.” Asked whether his characters are depressed, Rejtman noted that a personal echo of his father’s manic-depressive illness might, in a small way, tinge his films. The depression is certainly a recurring theme; it re-appears in Rejtman’s latest short,...
- 9/19/2019
- MUBI
Stars: Charles Klausmeyer, Mark Kinsey Stephenson, Alexandra Durrell, Laura Albert, Eben Ham, Blane Wheatley, Mark Parra, Delbert Spain, Colin Cox, Paul Farmer, Katrin Alexandre | Written and Directed by Jean-Paul Oullette
Written and directed by Jean-Paul Ouellette, based on the story from legendary horror author H.P. Lovecraft, The Unnamable is one of those films that passed me by growing up. I knew about the film, mainly thanks to the 1992 sequel – released in the UK as The Unnamable Returns – which was heavily, and I do mean heavily, promoted upon it’s release. Hell, it seemed like every movie magazine I read (remember those days?) had ads for The Unnamable Returns and every VHS rental had a trailer for the movie. But at the time I could never track down the original film and I never caught the film on DVD… So this Blu-ray release, from Unearthed Films, is a first-time watch for me.
Written and directed by Jean-Paul Ouellette, based on the story from legendary horror author H.P. Lovecraft, The Unnamable is one of those films that passed me by growing up. I knew about the film, mainly thanks to the 1992 sequel – released in the UK as The Unnamable Returns – which was heavily, and I do mean heavily, promoted upon it’s release. Hell, it seemed like every movie magazine I read (remember those days?) had ads for The Unnamable Returns and every VHS rental had a trailer for the movie. But at the time I could never track down the original film and I never caught the film on DVD… So this Blu-ray release, from Unearthed Films, is a first-time watch for me.
- 11/26/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
It’s a damn good week to be a Stephen King fan, that is for sure, because we have two must-own Blu-ray releases coming out on Tuesday, perfect for some inspired Halloween-time viewings. First up, Scream Factory has put together a Collector’s Edition of Creepshow that is just utterly phenomenal, and there’s also the long overdue Blu for Maximum Overdrive that’s coming out as part of the Vestron Video Collector’s Series.
As if that wasn’t already enough, Brian De Palma’s Sisters joins the ranks of The Criterion Collection this week, Night of the Demons is getting the Steelbook treatment, there’s an unrated version of Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead that arrives on Blu, plus there’s a special edition of Deadbeat by Dawn to look forward to as well.
Other notable releases for October 23rd include The Devil’s Doorway, The Unnamable, Patient Zero,...
As if that wasn’t already enough, Brian De Palma’s Sisters joins the ranks of The Criterion Collection this week, Night of the Demons is getting the Steelbook treatment, there’s an unrated version of Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead that arrives on Blu, plus there’s a special edition of Deadbeat by Dawn to look forward to as well.
Other notable releases for October 23rd include The Devil’s Doorway, The Unnamable, Patient Zero,...
- 10/23/2018
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Written and directed by Jean-Paul Ouellette, based on the story from legendary horror author H.P. Lovecraft, The Unnamable is finally making its way to Blu-ray and DVD October 23rd from Unearthed Films, whose output is mostly known for being on the more “extreme” side (check out our reviews of some of Unearthed’s previous releases here), but who are moving into more mainstream fare via their new Unearthed Classics imprint.
College students from Miskatonic University who retreat to an early 18th-century mansion for a weekend of lust are stalked by a fatalistic female. The demon delights in tearing the limbs off her human victims to carry out a centuries-old family curse.
Bloody graphic violence and nudity is combined with some campy comedy in this stone-cold classic of the Dtv era, which has now been restored as a beautiful 4k scan and color corrected from the original negative, the 1st 2,000 units...
College students from Miskatonic University who retreat to an early 18th-century mansion for a weekend of lust are stalked by a fatalistic female. The demon delights in tearing the limbs off her human victims to carry out a centuries-old family curse.
Bloody graphic violence and nudity is combined with some campy comedy in this stone-cold classic of the Dtv era, which has now been restored as a beautiful 4k scan and color corrected from the original negative, the 1st 2,000 units...
- 10/4/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
To celebrate Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday, Narragansett Beer is releasing the sixth entry in their Lovecraft Series, paying tribute to one of the greatest authors that Poe ever influenced with his words.
If you’re confident that your taste buds can comprehend the otherworldly taste of The Unnamable Black Lager, then you can now look for it in select stores, or maybe even at the local mausoleum…
Below, we have photos of the black lager and the official press release with full details via a wonderful homage to Lovecraft’s short story “The Unnamable.”
Press Release: Arkham, Ma; January 19, 2017 – Locked inside of a deserted mausoleum, Randolph Carter and Rhode Island artist Jarrett McPhee stood under candlelight with two cans of The Unnamable Black Lager in their hands. There, immersed in darkness at the request of Narragansett Beer, the pair wondered why they had agreed to go to such great...
If you’re confident that your taste buds can comprehend the otherworldly taste of The Unnamable Black Lager, then you can now look for it in select stores, or maybe even at the local mausoleum…
Below, we have photos of the black lager and the official press release with full details via a wonderful homage to Lovecraft’s short story “The Unnamable.”
Press Release: Arkham, Ma; January 19, 2017 – Locked inside of a deserted mausoleum, Randolph Carter and Rhode Island artist Jarrett McPhee stood under candlelight with two cans of The Unnamable Black Lager in their hands. There, immersed in darkness at the request of Narragansett Beer, the pair wondered why they had agreed to go to such great...
- 1/19/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The weather in Portland turned on October 1st, from clear skies bathing the city with sunshine to cloudy with a chill in the air.
It seemed like perfect to witness the end of a yearly Rose City tradition. For fifteen years, the first weekend in October brought legions of fans to The H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival. But the crowd gathering in the Hollywood Theater would not only celebrate Cosmic Horror in film and literature, but also bear witness to the festival's last Portland gathering. Festival director Andrew Migliore, having used up all his 'sanity points', was calling this year his last.
Such sad news did not deter the fans packed into the Hollywood Theater. The vendor room was hot and muggy as people circled around tables full of books, artwork, t-shirts and all manner of tentacled merchandise. I took a quick look, but rushed into the upper left theater...
It seemed like perfect to witness the end of a yearly Rose City tradition. For fifteen years, the first weekend in October brought legions of fans to The H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival. But the crowd gathering in the Hollywood Theater would not only celebrate Cosmic Horror in film and literature, but also bear witness to the festival's last Portland gathering. Festival director Andrew Migliore, having used up all his 'sanity points', was calling this year his last.
Such sad news did not deter the fans packed into the Hollywood Theater. The vendor room was hot and muggy as people circled around tables full of books, artwork, t-shirts and all manner of tentacled merchandise. I took a quick look, but rushed into the upper left theater...
- 10/26/2010
- by Chris McMillan
- Planet Fury
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