Adrian Schiller, the British actor who starred as Lord Aethelhelm in the Netflix drama series The Last Kingdom, has died. He was 60.
Schiller died on April 3 of unspecified causes, his agent, Amanda Evans at Scott Marshall Partners in the U.K., confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. “It is with the heaviest and saddest hearts that we announce the death of our beloved client, Adrian Schiller, on Wednesday 3 April. He has died far too soon, and we, his family and close friends are devastated by the loss,” the U.K. talent agency said in a statement.
Schiller’s sudden death followed a star turn in Australia in The Lehman Trilogy, where he performed the role of Henry Lehman in the touring production.
Born on Feb. 21, 1964 in London, England, his extensive TV credits included roles in the ITV series Victoria, where he played Cornelius Penge, a footman in the royal household, Father Brown for BBC,...
Schiller died on April 3 of unspecified causes, his agent, Amanda Evans at Scott Marshall Partners in the U.K., confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. “It is with the heaviest and saddest hearts that we announce the death of our beloved client, Adrian Schiller, on Wednesday 3 April. He has died far too soon, and we, his family and close friends are devastated by the loss,” the U.K. talent agency said in a statement.
Schiller’s sudden death followed a star turn in Australia in The Lehman Trilogy, where he performed the role of Henry Lehman in the touring production.
Born on Feb. 21, 1964 in London, England, his extensive TV credits included roles in the ITV series Victoria, where he played Cornelius Penge, a footman in the royal household, Father Brown for BBC,...
- 4/8/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Call of Duty is one of the biggest game franchises of all time, being in the business of giving players the feel of being on the frontlines or in a firefight, games like this can increase skill as well as ego which is evident during Censor’s live stream after being constantly stream sniped by fellow streamer, Nadeshot. While the short clip may seem harmless and full of humor, it does negatively promote cheating which can ruin a person’s confidence and take away their one place of solace.
Toxicity is part of the package when a gamer signs up to play an online multiplayer battle royale like Call of Duty, Apex Legends, and most notably Fortnite. It is another form of bullying that is quite harmful to someone’s mental state. Queuing up with randoms, you’ll never know whether you get paired with a troll or a decent...
Toxicity is part of the package when a gamer signs up to play an online multiplayer battle royale like Call of Duty, Apex Legends, and most notably Fortnite. It is another form of bullying that is quite harmful to someone’s mental state. Queuing up with randoms, you’ll never know whether you get paired with a troll or a decent...
- 3/2/2024
- by Rouvin Josef Quirimit
- FandomWire
"Do you want to hear the next bit of the story?" IFC Films has revealed an official trailer for Stopmotion, a very strange and peculiar indie horror film from English filmmaker Robert Morgan. This first premiered at both Fantastic Fest 2023 and the Sitges Film Festival last year, where I originally saw it. Yes, there is stop-motion animation work in this, though it's really a story about a woman who is creating a film. Ella Blake, a stop-motion animator struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother, embarks upon the creation of a film that becomes the battleground for her sanity. As Ella's mind starts to fracture, the characters in her project take on a life of their own. Then it gets really weird! "An unnerving display of psychological horror reminiscent of Censor (2021)." IFC also adds that this features "truly unforgettable, Švankmajer-esque animation." Aisling Franciosi stars as Ella,...
- 1/25/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
There are a lot of go-to platforms for seasonal streaming but do not forget what you presume are outliers to the spooky season cause. Take Mubi for instance. Regarded as a home for the arthouse and the autuer, Mubi is stacked to the rafters with quality programming. They also know that their suscribers like to get their spook on so they've curated a handful of terror-ific titles for the month of October to scratch that spooky itch. Mubi's seasonal programming will include two films from Masumura Yasuzo, Blind Beast and Irezumi - Spider Tattoo. Mubi has also put together a collection of film from female filmmakers, including Censor and The Love Witch. On the doc side they also have Rodney Ascher's A Glitch...
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- 9/29/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Upon taking the reins of the Neuchatel Intl. Fantastic Film Festival (Nifff) last year, incoming artistic director Pierre-Yves Walder marked his first edition with Scream Queer, a thematic retrospective that explored the thorny and thrillingly diverse forms of queer representation in genre fare. Now building on the success of that well-received program, the Nifff director wanted to deliver a sequel of sorts.
“We want to continue last year’s investigations and to take our thematic journeys a step further,” Walder explains. “You could say that this focus will continue to ask and answer the same questions with a slightly different emphasis.”
And so here comes Female Trouble, a 20-film, century-spanning spotlight built on a French play-on-words that blurs gender and genre. Starting with Mario Roncoroni’s silent serial “Filibus,” which mixed sci-fi motifs with gender-fluidity and lesbian desire all the way back in 1915, and on through Jacques Tourneur’s “Cat People...
“We want to continue last year’s investigations and to take our thematic journeys a step further,” Walder explains. “You could say that this focus will continue to ask and answer the same questions with a slightly different emphasis.”
And so here comes Female Trouble, a 20-film, century-spanning spotlight built on a French play-on-words that blurs gender and genre. Starting with Mario Roncoroni’s silent serial “Filibus,” which mixed sci-fi motifs with gender-fluidity and lesbian desire all the way back in 1915, and on through Jacques Tourneur’s “Cat People...
- 6/23/2023
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Coyote, the British sci-fi feature film debut from American filmmaker Dustin Curtis Murphy, has been acquired by Gravitas Ventures and is set for release in North America on June 20th, 2023. The film, which was recently nominated for a National Film Award, stars The Witcher actress Therica Wilson-Read and Absentia actress Borislava Stratieva.
Coyote is a story of forbidden love in a dystopian future where teleportation technology enables two refugees to escape genocide. When they trust the wrong back-alley teleporter, Ekaterina (Wilson-Read) and Anya (Stratieva) are separated. In a desperate attempt to be reunited, our heroines are entwined in an insidious human trafficking ring involving corrupt politicians.
The cast also features BIFA winner Ruhtxjiaih Bellenea (The Last Tree) and Ailish Symons (The Importance of Being Earnest), Tian Chaudry (You Were Never Really Here), Beruce Khan (RSC Live: Twelfth Night) and Richard Glover. The film had its international premiere on March 24th...
Coyote is a story of forbidden love in a dystopian future where teleportation technology enables two refugees to escape genocide. When they trust the wrong back-alley teleporter, Ekaterina (Wilson-Read) and Anya (Stratieva) are separated. In a desperate attempt to be reunited, our heroines are entwined in an insidious human trafficking ring involving corrupt politicians.
The cast also features BIFA winner Ruhtxjiaih Bellenea (The Last Tree) and Ailish Symons (The Importance of Being Earnest), Tian Chaudry (You Were Never Really Here), Beruce Khan (RSC Live: Twelfth Night) and Richard Glover. The film had its international premiere on March 24th...
- 6/19/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
To celebrate the release of Medusa Deluxe, which arrives in UK cinemas this weekend, we sat down with one of the star’s of the trippy new film to find out more.
Shining a light on the obsessive world of hairdressing, this extravagant whodunnit features an array of electric performances from its dynamic cast which includes Clare Perkins, Kae Alexander, Harriet Webb , Darrell D’Silva (Informer), and Luke Pasqualino. After a stylist is found dead, the remaining competitors try to uncover the killer over the course of an evening, Rivalry and mistrust build as the remaining group of determined contestants suspect that someone may be trying to rig the competition, by gruesomely picking off its entrants.
Chatting to Luke Pasqualino, who plays the mysterious Angel in the film, we talk about the immediate lure to the film, it’s uniqueness and why its originality is to celebrated, the challenges of shooting in one continuous take,...
Shining a light on the obsessive world of hairdressing, this extravagant whodunnit features an array of electric performances from its dynamic cast which includes Clare Perkins, Kae Alexander, Harriet Webb , Darrell D’Silva (Informer), and Luke Pasqualino. After a stylist is found dead, the remaining competitors try to uncover the killer over the course of an evening, Rivalry and mistrust build as the remaining group of determined contestants suspect that someone may be trying to rig the competition, by gruesomely picking off its entrants.
Chatting to Luke Pasqualino, who plays the mysterious Angel in the film, we talk about the immediate lure to the film, it’s uniqueness and why its originality is to celebrated, the challenges of shooting in one continuous take,...
- 6/9/2023
- by Scott Davis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Since he was nominated for both an Oscar and a BAFTA (which he later won) for his scene-stealing supporting performance in The Banshees of Inisherin, there’s been much talk about Barry Keoghan’s inspiring rise to fame.
As will likely be etched into Irish folklore as his Hollywood trajectory continues its sharp ascent, the Dubliner — born in one of the city’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods — would spend seven years in foster homes as a child. It was only around 2008, aged 16, when Keoghan’s love of movies was piqued by an ad in a shop window looking for actors for a new crime drama that was being shot locally. Three years later, he landed a role in Irish TV series Love/Hate (which would become a breeding ground for young Irish talent), followed by 2014’s indie hit ‘72, before breaking out internationally in 2017 with both Dunkirk and The Killing of a Sacred Deer.
As will likely be etched into Irish folklore as his Hollywood trajectory continues its sharp ascent, the Dubliner — born in one of the city’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods — would spend seven years in foster homes as a child. It was only around 2008, aged 16, when Keoghan’s love of movies was piqued by an ad in a shop window looking for actors for a new crime drama that was being shot locally. Three years later, he landed a role in Irish TV series Love/Hate (which would become a breeding ground for young Irish talent), followed by 2014’s indie hit ‘72, before breaking out internationally in 2017 with both Dunkirk and The Killing of a Sacred Deer.
- 3/10/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Four top film composers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022/2023 awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Wednesday, November 9, at 6:00 p.m. Pt; 9:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Rob Licuria and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
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This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following Oscar contenders:
Living (Sony Pictures Classics)
Synopsis: An English-language adaptation of the script of “Ikiru” (1952), set in London in the 1950s.
Bio: Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch’s career has included “Tiger Orange,” “Only You,” “Rocks,” “The Forgotten Battle” and “Censor.”
Where the Crawdads Sing...
RSVP today to our entire ongoing Emmy contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following Oscar contenders:
Living (Sony Pictures Classics)
Synopsis: An English-language adaptation of the script of “Ikiru” (1952), set in London in the 1950s.
Bio: Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch’s career has included “Tiger Orange,” “Only You,” “Rocks,” “The Forgotten Battle” and “Censor.”
Where the Crawdads Sing...
- 11/2/2022
- by Chris Beachum and Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
BBC Film today announced an updated editorial team under the continued leadership of Director, Eva Yates.
New hires include Kristin Irving, who joins BBC Film as Commissioning Executive from the BFI, where she is currently Senior Production and Development Executive at the BFI’s Film Fund. Anu Henriques joins as Development Executive after previously working as a Development Associate at the production company Fable Pictures. Claudia Yusef has been named as Commissioning Executive expanding her responsibilities across development and production.
“Since taking the reins at BBC Film my priority has been building an outstanding creative team to ensure our filmmakers enjoy the most thoughtful, rigorous and dynamic support available,” Yates said. “I couldn’t be happier to announce Claudia’s expanded role and the appointments today of Kristin and Anu, all of whom bring exactly this energy. They are joining a passionate multi-disciplinary team dedicated to supporting and uplifting world-class...
New hires include Kristin Irving, who joins BBC Film as Commissioning Executive from the BFI, where she is currently Senior Production and Development Executive at the BFI’s Film Fund. Anu Henriques joins as Development Executive after previously working as a Development Associate at the production company Fable Pictures. Claudia Yusef has been named as Commissioning Executive expanding her responsibilities across development and production.
“Since taking the reins at BBC Film my priority has been building an outstanding creative team to ensure our filmmakers enjoy the most thoughtful, rigorous and dynamic support available,” Yates said. “I couldn’t be happier to announce Claudia’s expanded role and the appointments today of Kristin and Anu, all of whom bring exactly this energy. They are joining a passionate multi-disciplinary team dedicated to supporting and uplifting world-class...
- 10/10/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Florence Pugh’s first screen role after “Don’t Worry Darling” is Oscar-winning director Sebastián Lelio’s “The Wonder.” The “A Fantastic Woman” and “Disobedience” director helms the drama for Netflix, which releases “The Wonder” in theaters on November 2 before it arrives on the streaming platform November 16. It’s the tale of a young Irish girl, Anna O’Donnell, whose Catholic family claims she has eaten nothing since her 11th birthday, which was four months ago. Watch the trailer below.
Per the official synopsis, it’s 1862, 13 years after the Great Famine. An English Nightingale Nurse Lib Wright (Florence Pugh) is called to the Irish Midlands by a devout community to conduct a 15-day examination over one of their own. Anna (Kíla Lord Cassidy) is an 11-year-old girl who claims not to have eaten for four months, surviving miraculously on “manna from heaven.” As Anna’s health rapidly deteriorates, Lib is determined to unearth the truth,...
Per the official synopsis, it’s 1862, 13 years after the Great Famine. An English Nightingale Nurse Lib Wright (Florence Pugh) is called to the Irish Midlands by a devout community to conduct a 15-day examination over one of their own. Anna (Kíla Lord Cassidy) is an 11-year-old girl who claims not to have eaten for four months, surviving miraculously on “manna from heaven.” As Anna’s health rapidly deteriorates, Lib is determined to unearth the truth,...
- 10/4/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Broadening a multi-front action initiative, Sitges is pushing women in genre.
WomanInFan, one of the major platforms at this year’s Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, which runs Oct. 6-16, looks set to provide a full development program for female genre filmmaking.
On this year’s agenda is a contest to obtain financing for a short-teaser, which Sitges Foundation Manager, Mònica Garcia Massagué said will provide “a future filmmaker the opportunity to have a market tool.”
A book of essays titled “WomanInFan” and sub-titled as a “Topography of Fantastic Genre Films Directed by Women,” will be presented withambitions to give a past, present and future take on women in genre cinema.
Sitges will stage a panel with Booker-shortlisted author Mariana Enríquez, Carlota Pereda, director of Austin Fantastic Fest winner “Piggy,” film programmer and writer Heidi Honeycutt, and author-director-producer Kier-La Janisse.
The festival will also offer grants for initiatives...
WomanInFan, one of the major platforms at this year’s Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, which runs Oct. 6-16, looks set to provide a full development program for female genre filmmaking.
On this year’s agenda is a contest to obtain financing for a short-teaser, which Sitges Foundation Manager, Mònica Garcia Massagué said will provide “a future filmmaker the opportunity to have a market tool.”
A book of essays titled “WomanInFan” and sub-titled as a “Topography of Fantastic Genre Films Directed by Women,” will be presented withambitions to give a past, present and future take on women in genre cinema.
Sitges will stage a panel with Booker-shortlisted author Mariana Enríquez, Carlota Pereda, director of Austin Fantastic Fest winner “Piggy,” film programmer and writer Heidi Honeycutt, and author-director-producer Kier-La Janisse.
The festival will also offer grants for initiatives...
- 10/4/2022
- by Callum McLennan
- Variety Film + TV
On the way from Philippines director Mikhail Red is a horror movie titled Deleter, and Variety has shared the official teaser trailer along with additional information this week.
Nadine Lustre and Mccoy Deleon star in Deleter, which sounds a little bit similar to Prano Bailey-Bond’s Censor (2021), only with a social media twist to the proceedings.
“The film follows Lyra, who works shifts at a shadowy online content moderation office where employees, known as deleters, are tasked with the process of filtering graphic uploads from reaching social media platforms. The responsibility of censorship proves bearable for Lyra, whom her co-workers, as well as her boss Simon, observe as a cold person unfazed by the disturbing imagery she sees on a daily basis.
“What they do not know is that Lyra hides a deep trauma. Lyra’s attempt to erase and forget her past has forced her to don an apathetic...
Nadine Lustre and Mccoy Deleon star in Deleter, which sounds a little bit similar to Prano Bailey-Bond’s Censor (2021), only with a social media twist to the proceedings.
“The film follows Lyra, who works shifts at a shadowy online content moderation office where employees, known as deleters, are tasked with the process of filtering graphic uploads from reaching social media platforms. The responsibility of censorship proves bearable for Lyra, whom her co-workers, as well as her boss Simon, observe as a cold person unfazed by the disturbing imagery she sees on a daily basis.
“What they do not know is that Lyra hides a deep trauma. Lyra’s attempt to erase and forget her past has forced her to don an apathetic...
- 9/26/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Neon, Double Agent and Film4 are partnering to co-finance and exec produce 2073, a new documentary from Academy Award and BAFTA-winning director Asif Kapadia (Amy).
2073 is billed as a genre-bending thriller set in a dystopian future, which will tackle some of the biggest challenges imperiling our future. The project is inspired by Chris Marker’s iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée — about a time traveler who risks his life to change the course of history and save the future of humanity — which previously served as the basis for Terry Gilliam’s sci-fi pic 12 Monkeys, with Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt.
Kapadia and George Chignell are producing. Davis Guggenheim, Nicole Stott and Jonathan Silberberg will exec produce on behalf of Concordia Studio, alongside Riz Ahmed’s Left Handed Films.
Said Kapadia: “I want to make an epic about the state of the world, using elements of science fiction as a lens through which...
2073 is billed as a genre-bending thriller set in a dystopian future, which will tackle some of the biggest challenges imperiling our future. The project is inspired by Chris Marker’s iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée — about a time traveler who risks his life to change the course of history and save the future of humanity — which previously served as the basis for Terry Gilliam’s sci-fi pic 12 Monkeys, with Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt.
Kapadia and George Chignell are producing. Davis Guggenheim, Nicole Stott and Jonathan Silberberg will exec produce on behalf of Concordia Studio, alongside Riz Ahmed’s Left Handed Films.
Said Kapadia: “I want to make an epic about the state of the world, using elements of science fiction as a lens through which...
- 9/12/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
“Rule 34,” a challenging and sexually explicit film from Brazilian director Julia Murat, has emerged as the surprise winner of the Golden Leopard award at this year’s Locarno Film Festival — an edition where typically audacious and formally ambitious work dominated the program. Marking a strong ceremony for female filmmakers, the main competition jury at the Swiss festival also handed an impressive three awards — best director and a brace of acting prizes — to gritty coming-of-age drama “I Have Electric Dreams,” an auspicious debut feature from Costa Rican writer-director Valentina Maurel.
A character study of a young female law student pursuing a parallel calling in amateur online pornography — while defending female abuse victims in her day job — “Rule 34’s” title stems from the popular online meme that “if it exists, there’s a porn version of it.” Murat’s film wasn’t among the buzzier entries in this year’s competition,...
A character study of a young female law student pursuing a parallel calling in amateur online pornography — while defending female abuse victims in her day job — “Rule 34’s” title stems from the popular online meme that “if it exists, there’s a porn version of it.” Murat’s film wasn’t among the buzzier entries in this year’s competition,...
- 8/13/2022
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
“Nope.” That’s the maddening morsel of a clue writer-director Jordan Peele gave audiences before unleashing his third horror flick into theaters on July 22: “Nope.”
Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Brandon Perea, and Michael Wincott star in this science fiction horror outing set against the legacies of horse ranchers in Hollywood (we think). Although Peele’s latest project has been somewhat vague in its rollout, he’s not the first horror auteur to make their monosyllabic mark with a title that’s doggedly vexing and slyly sinister. Dating back to the earliest days of the movies, films such as “Noseferatu,” “Dracula,” “Freaks,” “Maniac,” “Bedlam,” “Godzilla,” “Rodan,” and more have kept things scary and succinct with titles that practically demand audiences venture into theaters to uncover the terrors behind these single word hints.
The best one-word horror movie titles act as good faith challenges to genre lovers. Want to see whose “Teeth” do what?...
Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Brandon Perea, and Michael Wincott star in this science fiction horror outing set against the legacies of horse ranchers in Hollywood (we think). Although Peele’s latest project has been somewhat vague in its rollout, he’s not the first horror auteur to make their monosyllabic mark with a title that’s doggedly vexing and slyly sinister. Dating back to the earliest days of the movies, films such as “Noseferatu,” “Dracula,” “Freaks,” “Maniac,” “Bedlam,” “Godzilla,” “Rodan,” and more have kept things scary and succinct with titles that practically demand audiences venture into theaters to uncover the terrors behind these single word hints.
The best one-word horror movie titles act as good faith challenges to genre lovers. Want to see whose “Teeth” do what?...
- 7/22/2022
- by Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival has revealed the lineup for its 75th edition, sticking to its promise of discovering new talent.
A slew of debuting filmmakers will showcase their works, from Italy’s Nicola Prosatore with “Piano Piano” to Caterina Mona, focusing in “Semret” on an Eritrean single mother working at a Zurich hospital and dreaming of becoming a midwife.
Thomas Hardiman’s U.K.’s proposition “Medusa Deluxe,” a murder mystery set in a competitive hairdressing competition — boarded by New Europe Film Sales — is also bound to generate some excitement.
“‘Medusa Deluxe’ is one of the coolest debuts of the year,” the company’s CEO Jan Naszewski enthused to Variety.
“I’m sure it will rock the Piazza Grande and give the festival a great spark.”
But Locarno will also bring in heavyweights, starting with a screening of the much-anticipated Brad Pitt vehicle “Bullet Train,” directed by “Atomic Blond” helmer David Leitch,...
A slew of debuting filmmakers will showcase their works, from Italy’s Nicola Prosatore with “Piano Piano” to Caterina Mona, focusing in “Semret” on an Eritrean single mother working at a Zurich hospital and dreaming of becoming a midwife.
Thomas Hardiman’s U.K.’s proposition “Medusa Deluxe,” a murder mystery set in a competitive hairdressing competition — boarded by New Europe Film Sales — is also bound to generate some excitement.
“‘Medusa Deluxe’ is one of the coolest debuts of the year,” the company’s CEO Jan Naszewski enthused to Variety.
“I’m sure it will rock the Piazza Grande and give the festival a great spark.”
But Locarno will also bring in heavyweights, starting with a screening of the much-anticipated Brad Pitt vehicle “Bullet Train,” directed by “Atomic Blond” helmer David Leitch,...
- 7/6/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Anna Baryshnikov (Dickinson) will join Oscar nominee Kristen Stewart in A24’s romantic thriller Love Lies Bleeding from double BAFTA Award-nominated director Rose Glass (Saint Maud).
The film written by Glass and Weronika Tofilska is reportedly set in the world of bodybuilding, examining a romance fueled by ego, desire and the American Dream. Film4 developed the project alongside the filmmakers and will co-finance alongside A24, which is producing and handling the pic’s global release. Andrea Cornwell is also producing for Lobo Films, alongside Oliver Kassman for Escape Plan Productions.
Baryshnikov starred as Lavinia Dickinson, sister of poet Emily Dickinson (Hailee Steinfeld), in Apple’s Peabody Award-winning series, Dickinson, which came to the end of its third and final season last December. The actress made her feature film debut in Amazon’s Oscar-winning Manchester by the Sea, written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan, also appearing opposite Maggie Gyllenhaal in...
The film written by Glass and Weronika Tofilska is reportedly set in the world of bodybuilding, examining a romance fueled by ego, desire and the American Dream. Film4 developed the project alongside the filmmakers and will co-finance alongside A24, which is producing and handling the pic’s global release. Andrea Cornwell is also producing for Lobo Films, alongside Oliver Kassman for Escape Plan Productions.
Baryshnikov starred as Lavinia Dickinson, sister of poet Emily Dickinson (Hailee Steinfeld), in Apple’s Peabody Award-winning series, Dickinson, which came to the end of its third and final season last December. The actress made her feature film debut in Amazon’s Oscar-winning Manchester by the Sea, written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan, also appearing opposite Maggie Gyllenhaal in...
- 6/16/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s unlikely that Spencer Squire’s debut feature “Abandoned” will be keeping anybody up at night. At a time when the horror genre is going through a (mostly female-led) renaissance with films like “Raw,” “Censor,” “Saint Maud,” “Relic,” and “The Babadook,” “Abandoned” feels like the prosaic coup de grâce which has been threatening the jump-scare chillers for the last ten years.
Continue reading ‘Abandoned’ Review: Emma Roberts, Michael Shannon & John Gallagher Jr. Cannot Save This Prosaic Horror Thriller at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Abandoned’ Review: Emma Roberts, Michael Shannon & John Gallagher Jr. Cannot Save This Prosaic Horror Thriller at The Playlist.
- 6/14/2022
- by Oliver Weir
- The Playlist
After the 2000s seemingly kickstarted a new wave of independent horror, the 2010s (and beyond) were an exceptional time for new and emerging, as well as established, filmmakers to leave their own mark on the landscape of genre storytelling. One of the most notable aspects, or even trends, that I noticed while doing research for this entire series of retrospectives is how out of all of the decades, it feels like the 2010s was one of the best times for female filmmakers to get the opportunity to take the helm in comparison to other decades. The 1980s had a handful of women directors working in independent horror, but during both the ’90s and ’00s, it felt like the industry as a whole had taken a few steps backwards in providing female filmmakers the opportunity to tell the stories they wanted to tell.
Thankfully, though, the door swung back open in...
Thankfully, though, the door swung back open in...
- 4/30/2022
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
This just-inside-realism drama about hackers interrupting terrestrial television broadcasts teases with the possibility of a plausible explanation, but finally loses its way
At one point in this unsettling paranoia thriller, a character warns protagonist James (Harry Shum Jr) that he’s at risk of going down “a rabbit hole”. Just in case you didn’t catch that Lewis Carroll reference, another character who helps James out on his quest is a young woman with long flowing hair named Alice (Kelley Mack). There’s a bad guy who wears a hat later on too, but that might be an exegesis too far.
Nevertheless, director Jacob Gentry’s horror-tinged drama, its script by Phil Drinkwater and Tim Woodall, ventures into the oneiric underground world of conspiracy theories and creepy online culture in 1999, when the latter at any rate was only just getting started. Like the recent British horror feature Censor or 2012’s Berberian Sound Studio,...
At one point in this unsettling paranoia thriller, a character warns protagonist James (Harry Shum Jr) that he’s at risk of going down “a rabbit hole”. Just in case you didn’t catch that Lewis Carroll reference, another character who helps James out on his quest is a young woman with long flowing hair named Alice (Kelley Mack). There’s a bad guy who wears a hat later on too, but that might be an exegesis too far.
Nevertheless, director Jacob Gentry’s horror-tinged drama, its script by Phil Drinkwater and Tim Woodall, ventures into the oneiric underground world of conspiracy theories and creepy online culture in 1999, when the latter at any rate was only just getting started. Like the recent British horror feature Censor or 2012’s Berberian Sound Studio,...
- 3/22/2022
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
The fund has previously backed titles including ‘Censor’ and ‘The Colour Room’.
The UK’s Ffilm Cymru Wales has invested £280,183 of National Lottery funding in the development of 12 feature films, throughout the past year, the Welsh film agency has revealed.
The agency offers writers, directors and producers support through the development process, and up to £25,000 of funding.
Titles to receive backing from this funding round include A Womanly Way: The Story Of Olivia Records, from director Hannah Berryman and producer Catryn Ramasut/ They previously worked together on Rockfield: The Studio On The Farm, and have received £24,980 for their documentary about...
The UK’s Ffilm Cymru Wales has invested £280,183 of National Lottery funding in the development of 12 feature films, throughout the past year, the Welsh film agency has revealed.
The agency offers writers, directors and producers support through the development process, and up to £25,000 of funding.
Titles to receive backing from this funding round include A Womanly Way: The Story Of Olivia Records, from director Hannah Berryman and producer Catryn Ramasut/ They previously worked together on Rockfield: The Studio On The Farm, and have received £24,980 for their documentary about...
- 3/11/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast” and Colm Bairéad “An Cailín Ciúin” lead nominations at the 2022 Irish Film and Television Academy Film and Drama award nominations with 10 nods across categories.
“Belfast” is nominated for best film, best director and script for Branagh, with a lead actor nod for Jude Hill, supporting actor recognitions for Ciarán Hinds and Jamie Dornan and a supporting actress nod for Caitríona Balfe, besides craft nominations.
“An Cailín Ciúin” (“The Quiet Girl”), which won the grand prize at the Generation Kplus strand of the recently concluded Berlin Film Festival, was similarly recognized across the main categories.
“Kin” led the drama nominations with 13 nods, while “Vikings: Valhalla” and “Hidden Assets” had seven each and “Smother” five.
IFTA chief executive Áine Moriarty said: “What a spectacular line-up of nominees that have been shortlisted for Irish Academy Awards this year, after a record-breaking production year for the Irish industry. The work...
“Belfast” is nominated for best film, best director and script for Branagh, with a lead actor nod for Jude Hill, supporting actor recognitions for Ciarán Hinds and Jamie Dornan and a supporting actress nod for Caitríona Balfe, besides craft nominations.
“An Cailín Ciúin” (“The Quiet Girl”), which won the grand prize at the Generation Kplus strand of the recently concluded Berlin Film Festival, was similarly recognized across the main categories.
“Kin” led the drama nominations with 13 nods, while “Vikings: Valhalla” and “Hidden Assets” had seven each and “Smother” five.
IFTA chief executive Áine Moriarty said: “What a spectacular line-up of nominees that have been shortlisted for Irish Academy Awards this year, after a record-breaking production year for the Irish industry. The work...
- 2/22/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Ahead of the official Academy nominations on Tuesday, Observer film critics pick their own favourites
Amid the hype over her acclaimed performance as Diana, Princess of Wales in Spencer, Kristen Stewart briefly stopped awards pundits dead in their tracks when, upon being asked about her Oscar buzz, she drily admitted, “I don’t give a shit.” Sacrilege! Some of the best films and performances of all time haven’t been considered by the Academy, she continued. “There’s five spots. What the fuck are you going to do?”
Nobody disagrees with Stewart on any of this: just ask our critics, whose ideal Oscar ballots below are knowingly far from the expected reality of next week’s nominations. That the actor’s comments made showbiz headlines anyway speaks to the strange aura the Oscars maintain as a gold standard of cinematic achievement: for several months a year, people fret and discuss and strategise about them,...
Amid the hype over her acclaimed performance as Diana, Princess of Wales in Spencer, Kristen Stewart briefly stopped awards pundits dead in their tracks when, upon being asked about her Oscar buzz, she drily admitted, “I don’t give a shit.” Sacrilege! Some of the best films and performances of all time haven’t been considered by the Academy, she continued. “There’s five spots. What the fuck are you going to do?”
Nobody disagrees with Stewart on any of this: just ask our critics, whose ideal Oscar ballots below are knowingly far from the expected reality of next week’s nominations. That the actor’s comments made showbiz headlines anyway speaks to the strange aura the Oscars maintain as a gold standard of cinematic achievement: for several months a year, people fret and discuss and strategise about them,...
- 2/6/2022
- by Mark Kermode, Wendy Ide, Simran Hans, Guy Lodge
- The Guardian - Film News
Stars: Niamh Algar, Nicholas Burns, Vincent Franklin, Sophia La Porta, Adrian Schiller, Michael Smiley | Written by Prano Bailey-Bond, Anthony Fletcher | Directed by Prano Bailey-Bond
While the eighties was a good time for horror movies, in the UK it was also a hard time for fans. So-called ‘Video Nasties” were banned and censorship was strict. Censor takes place during this time, and gives an insight into the question, were the people who censored these films not affected by the evil images they felt needed cutting out to protect the public?
Enid (Niamh Algar) is a film censor who takes pride in her job removing scenes she believes is too extreme for the public. When a new movie feels disturbingly familiar to her though she attempts to solve the mystery of her sister’s disappearance. It’s not long before the line between reality and fiction begin to blur for her.
The...
While the eighties was a good time for horror movies, in the UK it was also a hard time for fans. So-called ‘Video Nasties” were banned and censorship was strict. Censor takes place during this time, and gives an insight into the question, were the people who censored these films not affected by the evil images they felt needed cutting out to protect the public?
Enid (Niamh Algar) is a film censor who takes pride in her job removing scenes she believes is too extreme for the public. When a new movie feels disturbingly familiar to her though she attempts to solve the mystery of her sister’s disappearance. It’s not long before the line between reality and fiction begin to blur for her.
The...
- 2/4/2022
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
It's that frightfully delightful time of year again for Fangoria's highly anticipated Chainsaw Awards, with this year's nominees including Nia DaCosta's Candyman, Don Mancini's Chucky series, Jill Gevargizian's The Stylist, and many more!
You can check out the full list of nominees below, and to cast your votes, visit:
https://www.fangoria.com/original/chainsaw-awards-2022/
In their most recent magazine issue, Fangoria officially announced the nominations for its 2022 Chainsaw Awards, and horror fans everywhere can currently cast their votes at https://www.fangoria.com/original/chainsaw-awards-2022/ for their favorite films, television series, directors, artists, and more that kept us all thrilled, chilled and entertained throughout the course of 2021. Winners will be celebrated later this year during a yet-to-be-revealed Chainsaw Awards event.
The 2022 Chainsaw Awards Nominees include fan favorite films such as James Wan’s Malignant, Candyman from Nia DaCosta, and Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho,...
You can check out the full list of nominees below, and to cast your votes, visit:
https://www.fangoria.com/original/chainsaw-awards-2022/
In their most recent magazine issue, Fangoria officially announced the nominations for its 2022 Chainsaw Awards, and horror fans everywhere can currently cast their votes at https://www.fangoria.com/original/chainsaw-awards-2022/ for their favorite films, television series, directors, artists, and more that kept us all thrilled, chilled and entertained throughout the course of 2021. Winners will be celebrated later this year during a yet-to-be-revealed Chainsaw Awards event.
The 2022 Chainsaw Awards Nominees include fan favorite films such as James Wan’s Malignant, Candyman from Nia DaCosta, and Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho,...
- 1/26/2022
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Hey everyone! Before we wrap up the month of January, we have one more week of horror and sci-fi home media releases, and there is a lot to look forward to this Tuesday. Kier-La Janisse’s stunning documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched is getting its own release and is also included in Severin’s amazing Folk Horror compendium that includes a ton of great films beyond Janisse’s doc.
There are a ton of other great titles coming home on Tuesday, too, including Prano Bailey-Bond’s Censor, Arrebato, the cult classic Creature, Detention, Eyes of Fire, Trauma, a limited edition release of Sleep, and a 4K edition of Blood for Dracula.
Other home media titles arriving on January 25th include Delirium: Special Edition, Ebola Syndrome 4K, New York Ninja, The Deeper You Dig, Doctor Carver and Stage Fright (1950).
All The Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium Of Folk Horror (15-Disc...
There are a ton of other great titles coming home on Tuesday, too, including Prano Bailey-Bond’s Censor, Arrebato, the cult classic Creature, Detention, Eyes of Fire, Trauma, a limited edition release of Sleep, and a 4K edition of Blood for Dracula.
Other home media titles arriving on January 25th include Delirium: Special Edition, Ebola Syndrome 4K, New York Ninja, The Deeper You Dig, Doctor Carver and Stage Fright (1950).
All The Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium Of Folk Horror (15-Disc...
- 1/25/2022
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
A festival like Sundance, with its Next and Midnight sections, tends to be a great place for a young horror director to make their debut. Last year, we got “Censor,” which was a highlight of the festival. And a little more under the radar, but appearing in last year’s Next section, there was “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair,” which earned solid reviews and is finally arriving in theaters this spring.
Continue reading ‘We’re All Going To The World’s Fair’ Trailer: The Sundance Horror Standout From Jane Schoenbrun Arrives In April at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘We’re All Going To The World’s Fair’ Trailer: The Sundance Horror Standout From Jane Schoenbrun Arrives In April at The Playlist.
- 1/12/2022
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2021, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists.
Two years into the pandemic, we’re still living through a collective nightmare, a cycle of crisis/reprieve/next-wave that can be so demoralizing. All the more reason, then, to be thankful for the filmmakers who soldiered on, telling stories that helped to make things feel less bad.
What a joy it was to travel through Siberia with the protagonists of Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen’s Compartment Number 6 and be reminded of the sparks of chemistry we share with random passers-by in our lives. How healing it felt to see a deep, life-changing bond develop between two strangers in Japanese filmmaker Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s poetic Murakami adaptation Drive My Car. And bless Norwegian auteur Joachim Trier for the bittersweet ride that is The Worst Person in the World,...
Two years into the pandemic, we’re still living through a collective nightmare, a cycle of crisis/reprieve/next-wave that can be so demoralizing. All the more reason, then, to be thankful for the filmmakers who soldiered on, telling stories that helped to make things feel less bad.
What a joy it was to travel through Siberia with the protagonists of Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen’s Compartment Number 6 and be reminded of the sparks of chemistry we share with random passers-by in our lives. How healing it felt to see a deep, life-changing bond develop between two strangers in Japanese filmmaker Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s poetic Murakami adaptation Drive My Car. And bless Norwegian auteur Joachim Trier for the bittersweet ride that is The Worst Person in the World,...
- 1/5/2022
- by Zhuo-Ning Su
- The Film Stage
You think it’s hard to predict the winners for the short film categories? Try predicting the nominees in those categories! It can be immensely frustrating to try and single out which titles the Academy will choose to nominate. Luckily Derbyites, we here at Gold Derby understand and are here to help you! With the recent reveal of this year’s shortlist and the categories now available to forecast in our predictions center, we can give you all the details about the 15 finalists for Best Live Action Short Film. Use this to help you single out which ones will actually score a nomination.
“Ala Kachuu – Take and Run” – A woman from Kyrgyzstan who is kidnapped and forced to marry desires to be free.
“Censor of Dreams” – After The Censor has spent repeated nights helping to shape Yoko’s memories, The Censor and his team have one night where nothing goes how it was planned.
“Ala Kachuu – Take and Run” – A woman from Kyrgyzstan who is kidnapped and forced to marry desires to be free.
“Censor of Dreams” – After The Censor has spent repeated nights helping to shape Yoko’s memories, The Censor and his team have one night where nothing goes how it was planned.
- 12/31/2021
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
On this episode of Daily Dead's official podcast, Corpse Club co-hosts Scott Drebit, Bryan Christopher, and Derek Anderson talk about some of their favorite recent horror viewings, including Censor, Hunter Hunter, Riverdale Season 6 (aka Rivervale), and Fear The Walking Dead Season 7. The co-hosts also discuss author Stephen Graham Jones, the Ax Wound Film Festival, and David Cronenberg's adaptation of William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch.
You can listen to the new episode of Corpse Club right now on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, YouTube, Pandora, and SoundCloud.
Looking for more scary good Corpse Club content? Be sure to check out our Corpse Club website and memberships. Not only can you view past episodes, but you can also sign up to be an official Corpse Club member to enjoy a wide range of rewards, including a shirt and pin that are to die for, access to bonus content, and...
You can listen to the new episode of Corpse Club right now on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, YouTube, Pandora, and SoundCloud.
Looking for more scary good Corpse Club content? Be sure to check out our Corpse Club website and memberships. Not only can you view past episodes, but you can also sign up to be an official Corpse Club member to enjoy a wide range of rewards, including a shirt and pin that are to die for, access to bonus content, and...
- 12/10/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
BAFTA has unveiled its 2021 BAFTA Breakthrough cohort, including “It’s a Sin” star Lydia West and “Censor” director Prano Bailey-Bond.
Supported by Netflix, the annual talent initiative, which originally launched in 2013 as “Breakthrough Brits,” was renamed BAFTA Breakthrough in May 2020 and expanded to include the U.S. and India. Previous participants have included Paapa Essiedu, Letitia Wright, Florence Pugh and Josh O’Connor, among others.
This year’s cohort, drawn from the worlds of film, television and games, were hand-picked by a global jury made up of industry leaders including Niamh Algar (“Raise by Wolves”), Tim Renkow (“Jerk”) and ITV’s director of diversity and inclusion, Ade Rawcliffe, who chaired the jury.
24 participants hail from the U.K. and 12 from the U.S. As part of the BAFTA Breakthrough program they will receive access to one-to-one industry meetings, group roundtable sessions, networking opportunities within BAFTA’s membership, peer-to-peer support, global coaching, PR...
Supported by Netflix, the annual talent initiative, which originally launched in 2013 as “Breakthrough Brits,” was renamed BAFTA Breakthrough in May 2020 and expanded to include the U.S. and India. Previous participants have included Paapa Essiedu, Letitia Wright, Florence Pugh and Josh O’Connor, among others.
This year’s cohort, drawn from the worlds of film, television and games, were hand-picked by a global jury made up of industry leaders including Niamh Algar (“Raise by Wolves”), Tim Renkow (“Jerk”) and ITV’s director of diversity and inclusion, Ade Rawcliffe, who chaired the jury.
24 participants hail from the U.K. and 12 from the U.S. As part of the BAFTA Breakthrough program they will receive access to one-to-one industry meetings, group roundtable sessions, networking opportunities within BAFTA’s membership, peer-to-peer support, global coaching, PR...
- 12/8/2021
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
The British director’s debut film, Censor, has won awards and plaudits, and attracted new fans to the genre. The key to good horror, she says, is character
Murray Bartlett: ‘Filming The White Lotus in lockdown felt like a TV summer camp’
See the Observer’s Faces of 2021 in full
This time last year, writer-director Prano Bailey-Bond was finishing work on her feature Censor and looking forward to 2021. Her unnerving film about horror – rather than a horror film per se – had been invited to the Sundance film festival. But then Covid restrictions stopped her attending. “Normally,” she says, “you’d get to go to the premiere of your debut feature. I slept through mine because it was on in the middle of the night on the other side of the world.”
Since then, however, she has been able to bask in the film’s glory. Released in the UK in August,...
Murray Bartlett: ‘Filming The White Lotus in lockdown felt like a TV summer camp’
See the Observer’s Faces of 2021 in full
This time last year, writer-director Prano Bailey-Bond was finishing work on her feature Censor and looking forward to 2021. Her unnerving film about horror – rather than a horror film per se – had been invited to the Sundance film festival. But then Covid restrictions stopped her attending. “Normally,” she says, “you’d get to go to the premiere of your debut feature. I slept through mine because it was on in the middle of the night on the other side of the world.”
Since then, however, she has been able to bask in the film’s glory. Released in the UK in August,...
- 12/6/2021
- by Jonathan Romney
- The Guardian - Film News
On this episode of Daily Dead's official podcast, Corpse Club co-hosts Scott Drebit, Bryan Christopher, Derek Anderson, and Jonathan James reflect on some of their favorite recent viewings, and they also discuss what movies are on their watch list for the remainder of the year, including Last Night in Soho, A Quiet Place Part II, and Censor!
You can listen to the new episode of Corpse Club right now on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, YouTube, Pandora, and SoundCloud.
Looking for more scary good Corpse Club content? Be sure to check out our Corpse Club website and memberships. Not only can you view past episodes, but you can also sign up to be an official Corpse Club member to enjoy a wide range of rewards, including a shirt and pin that are to die for, access to bonus content, and the ability to suggest an episode topic!
You can listen to the new episode of Corpse Club right now on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, YouTube, Pandora, and SoundCloud.
Looking for more scary good Corpse Club content? Be sure to check out our Corpse Club website and memberships. Not only can you view past episodes, but you can also sign up to be an official Corpse Club member to enjoy a wide range of rewards, including a shirt and pin that are to die for, access to bonus content, and the ability to suggest an episode topic!
- 11/19/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast” and Philip Barantini’s “Boiling Point” lead nominations at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA), with 11 nods each.
Nominations for “Belfast,” Branagh’s autobiographical tale of life as a young boy in Belfast in 1969 in the midst of the Troubles, include best actress for Caitríona Balfe, best supporting actress for Judi Dench, best supporting actor for Ciarán Hinds and a breakthrough performance nomination for newcomer Jude Hill in addition to seven craft nominations.
Nominations for single take film “Boiling Point,” which follows an up-and-coming chef under extreme pressure, include best actor for Stephen Graham, best supporting actor for Ray Panthaki, best supporting actress for Vinette Robinson and a breakthrough performance nomination for Lauryn Ajufo.
Aleem Khan’s “After Love,” Prano Bailey-Bond’s “Censor” and Joanna Hogg’s “The Souvenir Part II” have nine nominations each, while Clio Barnard’s “Ali & Ava” has seven nominations, Sean Durkin...
Nominations for “Belfast,” Branagh’s autobiographical tale of life as a young boy in Belfast in 1969 in the midst of the Troubles, include best actress for Caitríona Balfe, best supporting actress for Judi Dench, best supporting actor for Ciarán Hinds and a breakthrough performance nomination for newcomer Jude Hill in addition to seven craft nominations.
Nominations for single take film “Boiling Point,” which follows an up-and-coming chef under extreme pressure, include best actor for Stephen Graham, best supporting actor for Ray Panthaki, best supporting actress for Vinette Robinson and a breakthrough performance nomination for Lauryn Ajufo.
Aleem Khan’s “After Love,” Prano Bailey-Bond’s “Censor” and Joanna Hogg’s “The Souvenir Part II” have nine nominations each, while Clio Barnard’s “Ali & Ava” has seven nominations, Sean Durkin...
- 11/3/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Lock the doors. Turn on the lights. Check under the bed. Crank up the volume. It’s time for another Halloween Parade!
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Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
Mandy (2018)
Carnival of Souls (1962) – Mary Lambert’s trailer commentary
Night Tide (1961) – Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
A Bucket Of Blood (1959) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s DVD review, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Dementia 13 (1963) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Region B Blu-ray review, Glenn Erickson’s director’s cut Blu-ray review
The Godfather (1972) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings
The Godfather Part II (1974) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary
The Conversation (1974) – Josh Olson...
Please help support the Hollywood Food Coalition.
Click here, and be sure to indicate The Movies That Made Me in the note section so Josh can finally achieve his dream of showing Mandy to his wife!
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
Mandy (2018)
Carnival of Souls (1962) – Mary Lambert’s trailer commentary
Night Tide (1961) – Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
A Bucket Of Blood (1959) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s DVD review, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Dementia 13 (1963) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Region B Blu-ray review, Glenn Erickson’s director’s cut Blu-ray review
The Godfather (1972) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings
The Godfather Part II (1974) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary
The Conversation (1974) – Josh Olson...
- 10/29/2021
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Variety Director to Watch Prano Bailey-Bond (“Censor”) and BAFTA-nominated “After Love” filmmaker Aleem Khan are among the 39 filmmakers longlisted in the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) new talent categories.
The 39 longlisted filmmakers will be invited to join BIFA’s Springboard scheme, a tailored program of professional development, peer-to-peer support, mentoring, networking and skills enhancement aimed to nurture emerging talent as they build on the success of their first features.
The final five nominations in each category will be announced on Nov. 3. Winners will be revealed at the ceremony on Dec. 5.
The longlists:
The Douglas Hickox Award
(Best Debut Director)
Aleem Khan – “After Love”
Matt Chambers – “The Bike Thief”
Prano Bailey-Bond – “Censor”
Jonathan Butterell – “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”
Sonita Gale – “Hostile”
Jack Clough – “People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan”
Reggie Yates – “Pirates”
Celeste Bell “Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché” [also Directed By Paul Sng]
Corinna Faith – “The Power”
Charlotte Colbert – “She Will...
The 39 longlisted filmmakers will be invited to join BIFA’s Springboard scheme, a tailored program of professional development, peer-to-peer support, mentoring, networking and skills enhancement aimed to nurture emerging talent as they build on the success of their first features.
The final five nominations in each category will be announced on Nov. 3. Winners will be revealed at the ceremony on Dec. 5.
The longlists:
The Douglas Hickox Award
(Best Debut Director)
Aleem Khan – “After Love”
Matt Chambers – “The Bike Thief”
Prano Bailey-Bond – “Censor”
Jonathan Butterell – “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”
Sonita Gale – “Hostile”
Jack Clough – “People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan”
Reggie Yates – “Pirates”
Celeste Bell “Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché” [also Directed By Paul Sng]
Corinna Faith – “The Power”
Charlotte Colbert – “She Will...
- 10/20/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Our friends at Abertoir, the Welsh horror film festival have let us know their plans for this year’s edition. Going with the hybrid version there is an in-person event during the first week of November in the coastal town of Aberystwyth. The following week there will be an online edition for three days. Welsh horror film The Feast was already announced as the opening film for the festival. Welsh director Prano Baily-Bond will be present to talk about her award winning film Censor after a special screening at the festival. Other festival hits include Lamb, Titane, and Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes. Other films to keep an eye out for include See For Me, an excellent home invasion thriller that I really like,...
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- 10/19/2021
- Screen Anarchy
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Censor (Prano Bailey-Bond)
It is hard to think of a recent horror film––or a film of any genre, really––in which the main character is tasked with a job as original and ingenious as Enid Baines, the protagonist of Prano Bailey-Bond’s riveting Censor. She is, yes, the titular censor. It is 1980s England, the time of “video nasties” that drew parental consternation and tabloid outrage. These were the low-budget, ultra-violent VHS cassettes that earned their own category in the collective consciousness. Not all were UK productions––I Spit On Your Grave and Abel Ferrara’s Driller Killer made the list. In Censor, however, the nasties are homegrown, in more ways than one. – Chris S. (full review)
Where to Stream: Hulu...
Censor (Prano Bailey-Bond)
It is hard to think of a recent horror film––or a film of any genre, really––in which the main character is tasked with a job as original and ingenious as Enid Baines, the protagonist of Prano Bailey-Bond’s riveting Censor. She is, yes, the titular censor. It is 1980s England, the time of “video nasties” that drew parental consternation and tabloid outrage. These were the low-budget, ultra-violent VHS cassettes that earned their own category in the collective consciousness. Not all were UK productions––I Spit On Your Grave and Abel Ferrara’s Driller Killer made the list. In Censor, however, the nasties are homegrown, in more ways than one. – Chris S. (full review)
Where to Stream: Hulu...
- 10/15/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The distributor of films like “Melancholia” and “John Lewis: Good Trouble” is reportedly seeking a buyer. Magnolia Pictures has hired investment bank Stephens to run a sale of the company, Deadline reported after the New York Times first broke word of a potential sale on Wednesday.
The move comes as consolidation is rapidly reshaping the industry for the streaming era. While it has amassed a diverse library of 500 films during its 20 years in business, Magnolia is a vastly different company than other recent Hollywood acquisitions targets, like MGM with its exploitable IP or Reese Witherspoon’s “Big Little Lies” production outfit Hello Sunshine.
The Hollywood Reporter once called Magnolia “one of the last indie distribution houses dedicated to art house fare.” Magnolia wants to find out what that might be worth in a time where box office revenues are down, but streaming has fueled a demand for content that has never been greater.
The move comes as consolidation is rapidly reshaping the industry for the streaming era. While it has amassed a diverse library of 500 films during its 20 years in business, Magnolia is a vastly different company than other recent Hollywood acquisitions targets, like MGM with its exploitable IP or Reese Witherspoon’s “Big Little Lies” production outfit Hello Sunshine.
The Hollywood Reporter once called Magnolia “one of the last indie distribution houses dedicated to art house fare.” Magnolia wants to find out what that might be worth in a time where box office revenues are down, but streaming has fueled a demand for content that has never been greater.
- 10/6/2021
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
The latest Talk is held in partnership with the Dinard Festival of British Film.
The latest in our series of ScreenDaily Talks will discuss the rise of genre filmmaking in the UK by women directors.
Filmmakers such as Corinna Faith (The Power), Prano Bailey Bond (Censor), Ruth Platt (Martyrs Lane), Ruth Paxton (The Banquet), Romola Garai (Amulet) and Rose Glass (Saint Maud) are playing with horror and genre tropes to probe a series of female-led issues and garnering arthouse plaudits as they do so.
The Talk will explore what is driving the flare in female genre filmmaking, the local and international market for these films,...
The latest in our series of ScreenDaily Talks will discuss the rise of genre filmmaking in the UK by women directors.
Filmmakers such as Corinna Faith (The Power), Prano Bailey Bond (Censor), Ruth Platt (Martyrs Lane), Ruth Paxton (The Banquet), Romola Garai (Amulet) and Rose Glass (Saint Maud) are playing with horror and genre tropes to probe a series of female-led issues and garnering arthouse plaudits as they do so.
The Talk will explore what is driving the flare in female genre filmmaking, the local and international market for these films,...
- 9/23/2021
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Hulu’s October, 2021 schedule has a wealth of originals, catalog titles and season premieres.
Among the originals is the series premiere of Dopesick starring Michael Keaton on October 13. In terms of season premieres, Hulu will offer the new season’s episodes of ‘SNL’ every Saturday, starting October 3. And speaking of catalog titles, the service has 10 popular Star Trek films dropping October 1.
See below for the full list of programming available on Hulu in October.
October 1
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Air Force One
Ali
The Bachelorette (S13)
Big Sky (season premiere)
Blippi’s Spooky Spells Halloween
Boxcar Bertha
Cake (season premiere)
Cedar Rapids
Chasing Papi
Class
Clifford
Clockstoppers
Code 46
Crimson Tide
Date Night
Dead of Winter
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Dr. No
Edge of the World
Escape from Alcatraz
Exorcist: The Beginning
The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave
Flatliners
From Russia with Love...
Among the originals is the series premiere of Dopesick starring Michael Keaton on October 13. In terms of season premieres, Hulu will offer the new season’s episodes of ‘SNL’ every Saturday, starting October 3. And speaking of catalog titles, the service has 10 popular Star Trek films dropping October 1.
See below for the full list of programming available on Hulu in October.
October 1
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Air Force One
Ali
The Bachelorette (S13)
Big Sky (season premiere)
Blippi’s Spooky Spells Halloween
Boxcar Bertha
Cake (season premiere)
Cedar Rapids
Chasing Papi
Class
Clifford
Clockstoppers
Code 46
Crimson Tide
Date Night
Dead of Winter
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Dr. No
Edge of the World
Escape from Alcatraz
Exorcist: The Beginning
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- 9/22/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
"Censor" is a horror movie about a very specific time and place. That time: the 1980s. The place: the United Kingdom under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. It's an era that has inspired all kinds of horror stories, and one that really had it out for, well, actual horror stories. Government censors worked overtime to edit, and often ban, violent horror movies, which were dubbed "video nasties." The result: an underground network of horror enthusiasts who were subject to literal police raids for owning the wrong VHS tapes, and scrappy filmmakers whose dabbling in violent cinema made them outlaws.
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- 9/14/2021
- by Jacob Hall
- Slash Film
Hello, everyone! We’re back with our round-up of this week’s horror and sci-fi home entertainment offerings, and we have some really fun titles headed home tomorrow. Leading the pack is Jack Sholder’s feature film debut Alone in the Dark, which is getting the Collector’s Edition treatment from Scream Factory. Arrow Video is showing love to a quartet of films from Sam Katzman in their Cold War Creatures Limited Edition set. As far as recent horror goes, both Censor and Howling Village are being released on Tuesday, and if you need to catch up with the most recent season of Eli Roth’s History of Horror, season two is headed to Blu-ray as well.
Other releases for September 14th include Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 4K, The Shawshank Redemption 4K, and Stinger.
Alone in the Dark: Collector’s Edition
At a secluded mental institution, Dr. Bain...
Other releases for September 14th include Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 4K, The Shawshank Redemption 4K, and Stinger.
Alone in the Dark: Collector’s Edition
At a secluded mental institution, Dr. Bain...
- 9/14/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Previous winners include Roger Deakins, Charlotte Bruus Christensen.
Swedish cinematographer Annika Summerson has won the National Film and Television School (Nfts)’s Sue Gibson Bsc Award for cinematography, for her work on Bassam Tariq’s Mogul Mowgli.
Nfts alumna Summerson is the fifth winner of the award from the UK film school, joining previous winners Charlotte Bruus Christensen, Roger Deakins, Jakob Ihre and last year’s winner Natasha Braier.
The award was established in memory of Nfts alumna Gibson, who was the first woman to be invited to join the British Society of Cinematographers and its first female president.
Summerson...
Swedish cinematographer Annika Summerson has won the National Film and Television School (Nfts)’s Sue Gibson Bsc Award for cinematography, for her work on Bassam Tariq’s Mogul Mowgli.
Nfts alumna Summerson is the fifth winner of the award from the UK film school, joining previous winners Charlotte Bruus Christensen, Roger Deakins, Jakob Ihre and last year’s winner Natasha Braier.
The award was established in memory of Nfts alumna Gibson, who was the first woman to be invited to join the British Society of Cinematographers and its first female president.
Summerson...
- 9/7/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The aim is for greater emphasis on executive production and co-production.
London-based international sales, production and finance company Protagonist Pictures, whose titles include Censor and Venice’s Official Competition, has restructured its team, with three new appointments and a slew of promotions.
Alexis Hamaide joins as marketing manager from L’Avventura Studio in Paris, former Carnaby International and WestEnd Films exec Jonathan Walik has been appointed sales executive and Isabel Ivars, who has previously worked at Wide Management and Films Boutique is the new library and festivals manager.
“Our new roles reflect the shifting landscape of film financing and Jonathan,...
London-based international sales, production and finance company Protagonist Pictures, whose titles include Censor and Venice’s Official Competition, has restructured its team, with three new appointments and a slew of promotions.
Alexis Hamaide joins as marketing manager from L’Avventura Studio in Paris, former Carnaby International and WestEnd Films exec Jonathan Walik has been appointed sales executive and Isabel Ivars, who has previously worked at Wide Management and Films Boutique is the new library and festivals manager.
“Our new roles reflect the shifting landscape of film financing and Jonathan,...
- 9/2/2021
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Prano Bailey-Bond’s début feature film Censor has received nothing but praise since its recent showings across genre movie festivals around the world and it’s theatre release in America. The movie tells the story of film censor, Enid, who views a strangely familiar video nasty. The film leads her to the mystery of her missing sister and soon enough the lines between fiction and reality start to blur.
It’s a mesmerising, dark nightmare of a movie that is a homage to Cronenberg and Giallo, almost as much as it is to the eighties and the video nasties of that era. If you have little knowledge of this or the term the video nasty, there’s plenty of material to read or watch. Including a favourite of mine – Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide documentary.
It was a time in the early 1980’s in Great Britain when typically low budget...
It’s a mesmerising, dark nightmare of a movie that is a homage to Cronenberg and Giallo, almost as much as it is to the eighties and the video nasties of that era. If you have little knowledge of this or the term the video nasty, there’s plenty of material to read or watch. Including a favourite of mine – Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide documentary.
It was a time in the early 1980’s in Great Britain when typically low budget...
- 8/20/2021
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
To celebrate the release of Deceit, the new thriller mini-series from Channel 4, we sat down with Nathaniel Martello-White – one of the co-stars of the series – to find out bringing this notorious story to the screen.
Based on the real-life story, Deceit examines the controversial honeytrap – codename “Operation Edzell” – at the heart of the high-pressure investigation into the devastating murder of Rachel Nickell, a young mother brutally attacked in front of her two-year-old son on Wimbledon Common in London in 1992. Niamh Algar stars as the lead detective thrust into the honeytrap to try and seduce the prime suspect into admitting his guilt.
Martello-White, who appeared in Collateral opposite Carey Mulligan and Steve McQueen’s Mangrove, plays Baz, the handler of Algar’s character as he ruthlessly primes her for the task she is facing and the repercussions if she and the detective force fails. He tells about the process of getting into character,...
Based on the real-life story, Deceit examines the controversial honeytrap – codename “Operation Edzell” – at the heart of the high-pressure investigation into the devastating murder of Rachel Nickell, a young mother brutally attacked in front of her two-year-old son on Wimbledon Common in London in 1992. Niamh Algar stars as the lead detective thrust into the honeytrap to try and seduce the prime suspect into admitting his guilt.
Martello-White, who appeared in Collateral opposite Carey Mulligan and Steve McQueen’s Mangrove, plays Baz, the handler of Algar’s character as he ruthlessly primes her for the task she is facing and the repercussions if she and the detective force fails. He tells about the process of getting into character,...
- 8/10/2021
- by Scott Davis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Nominees include ‘Censor’ director Prano Bailey-Bond.
UK genre festival FrightFest has chosen three directors and two actors on the shortlist for its 2021 Genre Rising Star award, presented by Screen.
This year’s shortlist includes writer-director Prano Bailey-Bond for her debut feature Censor, about a film censor who gets lost between fiction and reality. Bailey-Bond was named a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2018, and met fellow Star Niamh Algar at an event for the selection, going on to cast her as the lead in Censor.
Also nominated for the FrightFest award is Leroy Kincaide for debut feature The Last Rite, which he wrote,...
UK genre festival FrightFest has chosen three directors and two actors on the shortlist for its 2021 Genre Rising Star award, presented by Screen.
This year’s shortlist includes writer-director Prano Bailey-Bond for her debut feature Censor, about a film censor who gets lost between fiction and reality. Bailey-Bond was named a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2018, and met fellow Star Niamh Algar at an event for the selection, going on to cast her as the lead in Censor.
Also nominated for the FrightFest award is Leroy Kincaide for debut feature The Last Rite, which he wrote,...
- 8/9/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
To celebrate the long-awaited return of the cinema, Massive Cinema are giving a selection of lucky filmgoers the opportunity to witness this year’s most exciting British horror sensation, Censor, before anyone else. We’ve been given Censor posters to give away to 2 winners.
Exclusive preview screenings of Censor will take place across seven cities around the UK this August; each complete with introductions and/or audience Q&As with the film’s director, Prano Bailey-Bond and a pre-show short curated by Minute Shorts.
Horror movies are better when everyone screams together and, with tickets strictly limited, audiences will need to book quickly to experience this highly anticipated and critically acclaimed shocker early and in its rightful home – the cinema.
Censor is writer / director, Prano Bailey-Bond’s feature debut, and stars BAFTA nominee and IFTA winner Niamh Algar. This psychological horror garnered critical acclaim after its World Premiere at this...
Exclusive preview screenings of Censor will take place across seven cities around the UK this August; each complete with introductions and/or audience Q&As with the film’s director, Prano Bailey-Bond and a pre-show short curated by Minute Shorts.
Horror movies are better when everyone screams together and, with tickets strictly limited, audiences will need to book quickly to experience this highly anticipated and critically acclaimed shocker early and in its rightful home – the cinema.
Censor is writer / director, Prano Bailey-Bond’s feature debut, and stars BAFTA nominee and IFTA winner Niamh Algar. This psychological horror garnered critical acclaim after its World Premiere at this...
- 8/6/2021
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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