In “Pushing Hands”, the first entry into his what would later be known as “Father Knows Best”-Trilogy, director Ang Lee had already explored the clash of Western and Eastern ideals. In this case, the main character, played by Lung Sihung (who plays the part of a father in every entry of the trilogy) has been living for quite some time in the US, without making any effort in trying to fit in, while at the same time attempting to preserve his Confucian views on life, character and the world in general. Since he had already finished the script for “The Wedding Banquet”, the second feature within the trilogy, this would be Lee's next project and the first one to be also released theatrically in the United States. This time, however, he would show a main character convinced he had evaded the traditions of his parents, until he can no longer hide from them.
- 2/12/2024
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Femme fatales have existed since the dawn of narrative art. This intoxicating female archetype is known for her alluring sensuality and dark habit of causing harm or destruction to any man who falls into her grasp. From the sirens of Greek literature and Shakespeare’s Lady MacBeth to the vamps of the silent film era and gangster movie gun molls, femme fatales have continued to change with times.
A surge of classic examples arose in pulp literature and the subsequent film noir heyday of the 1940s and 50s – possibly a response to shifting gender roles in the wake of World War II. Many consider Barbara Stanwyck’s Phyllis Dietrichson to be the prototypical film fatale of the silver screen. In Double Indemnity, this magnetic blonde seduces a hapless salesman and convinces him to kill her husband in order to cash in on the titular insurance policy.
Despite her classical origins,...
A surge of classic examples arose in pulp literature and the subsequent film noir heyday of the 1940s and 50s – possibly a response to shifting gender roles in the wake of World War II. Many consider Barbara Stanwyck’s Phyllis Dietrichson to be the prototypical film fatale of the silver screen. In Double Indemnity, this magnetic blonde seduces a hapless salesman and convinces him to kill her husband in order to cash in on the titular insurance policy.
Despite her classical origins,...
- 12/5/2023
- by Jenn Adams
- bloody-disgusting.com
Ranking as one of my favorite genre movies of this century is writer/director Mitchell Lichtenstein’s 2007 vagina dentata horror comedy Teeth (watch it Here), which I find makes for a good double feature pairing with another one of my favorites, the 2000 werewolf coming-of-age movie Ginger Snaps. Teeth doesn’t seem to get referenced very often – so I was glad to hear (via Deadline) that it’s getting a bit of a revival. A Strange Loop playwright Michael R. Jackson has written a musical stage play adaptation of Teeth, and it’s expected to make its Off Broadway debut in February 2024!
Jackson wrote the Teeth stage play book with Anna K. Jacobs, with Jacobs providing the music and Jackson writing the lyrics.
Lichtenstein’s film had the following set-up: Dawn (Jess Weixler) is an active member of her high-school chastity club but when she meets Tobey (Hale Appleman), nature takes its course,...
Jackson wrote the Teeth stage play book with Anna K. Jacobs, with Jacobs providing the music and Jackson writing the lyrics.
Lichtenstein’s film had the following set-up: Dawn (Jess Weixler) is an active member of her high-school chastity club but when she meets Tobey (Hale Appleman), nature takes its course,...
- 7/25/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Monsters in the horror genre are endlessly nuanced. They can be physically daunting, emotionally horrifying, violent, manipulative, abject, paranormal, and so on. But a consistent thread is that they all start from somewhere. Now, we may not have the luxury of being granted a fully fleshed-out backstory for every monstrous creature, villain, or anti-hero ever to grace the screen, but we can normally chalk their inception up to two scenarios: They're either deeply othered non-human beings, invading the norm and representative of an external threat on society, or there are homegrown, society-made monsters — an amalgamation of humanity's pitfalls, ugliness, and actions that led to a creation that reflecting humanity's misdeeds back to it.
Oftentimes, this perspective can be interpreted as conservative or reactionary, but that doesn't really apply to the "Good for Her" horror subgenre.
Good For Her
Feminist horror has been around for a while but has been sliding...
Oftentimes, this perspective can be interpreted as conservative or reactionary, but that doesn't really apply to the "Good for Her" horror subgenre.
Good For Her
Feminist horror has been around for a while but has been sliding...
- 5/29/2023
- by Rebecca Potters
- Slash Film
Mitchell Lichtenstein's 2007 horror film "Teeth" has a notable premise. A young woman named Dawn (Jess Weixler) has just joined a Christian abstinence group and has elected to leave sex out of her life until she is able to be married. At about the same time, however, Dawn finds that she has a series of razor-sharp teeth in her vagina. This development terrifies her, but she also finds that it can fight back against the multiple men who attempt to assault her throughout the film. Several men will not exit the film wholly intact. "Teeth" is an excellent coming-of-age drama that confronts backward notions of sexual purity, angrily addresses the constant objectification of adolescent women, and is a wonderfully wicked tale of feminist vengeance. It was one of the best films of 2007.
According to a report in Movieweb, Michael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacobs are currently in the midst...
According to a report in Movieweb, Michael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacobs are currently in the midst...
- 5/10/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Here’s something we didn’t have on our horror bingo card this week: a stage musical adaptation for 2007’s cult horror comedy Teeth is in the works.
Deadline reports that Michael R. Jackson, the Pulitzer and Tony award-winning playwright of A Strange Loop, is working on an adaptation set for an Off Broadway debut next year.
The musical was announced as part of Playwrights Horizons’ 2023-24 season. Teeth, the musical, will feature lyrics by Jackson, music by Anna K. Jacobs and a book co-written by both. Previews are slated to begin in February 2024.
Here’s Playwright Horizons’ official synopsis for Teeth: “Dawn O’Keefe is an evangelical Christian teen with a powerful secret not even she understands – when men violate her, her body bites back. Literally. From Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winner Michael R. Jackson (A Strange Loop) and Anna K. Jacobs (Pop!), Teeth, based on the cult classic film of the same name,...
Deadline reports that Michael R. Jackson, the Pulitzer and Tony award-winning playwright of A Strange Loop, is working on an adaptation set for an Off Broadway debut next year.
The musical was announced as part of Playwrights Horizons’ 2023-24 season. Teeth, the musical, will feature lyrics by Jackson, music by Anna K. Jacobs and a book co-written by both. Previews are slated to begin in February 2024.
Here’s Playwright Horizons’ official synopsis for Teeth: “Dawn O’Keefe is an evangelical Christian teen with a powerful secret not even she understands – when men violate her, her body bites back. Literally. From Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winner Michael R. Jackson (A Strange Loop) and Anna K. Jacobs (Pop!), Teeth, based on the cult classic film of the same name,...
- 5/9/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Michael R. Jackson, the Pulitzer- and Tony-winning playwright of A Strange Loop, is sinking his choppers into a stage musical adaptation of the 2007 cult horror-comedy film Teeth, set for an Off Broadway debut next year.
The musical, announced today as part of Playwrights Horizons’ 2023-24 season, will feature lyrics by Jackson, music by Anna K. Jacobs and a book co-written by both. Previews will begin in February 2024.
The 2007 film is a very dark horror-comedy concerning “vagina dentata,” written and directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein. As described by Playwrights Horizons, the musical, like the film, will follow Dawn O’Keefe, “an evangelical Christian teen with a powerful secret not even she understands – when men violate her, her body bites back. Literally.”
“In Teeth, the tethered yet battling forces of sexuality and religion push each other towards wild theatricality, and Jackson’s and Jacobs’s sharp tale of revenge and transformation tears through a...
The musical, announced today as part of Playwrights Horizons’ 2023-24 season, will feature lyrics by Jackson, music by Anna K. Jacobs and a book co-written by both. Previews will begin in February 2024.
The 2007 film is a very dark horror-comedy concerning “vagina dentata,” written and directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein. As described by Playwrights Horizons, the musical, like the film, will follow Dawn O’Keefe, “an evangelical Christian teen with a powerful secret not even she understands – when men violate her, her body bites back. Literally.”
“In Teeth, the tethered yet battling forces of sexuality and religion push each other towards wild theatricality, and Jackson’s and Jacobs’s sharp tale of revenge and transformation tears through a...
- 5/9/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Mitchell Lichtenstein’s cult classic “Teeth” sure still has bite. As “Teeth” celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, it’s only fitting to look back on the legacy of the “vagina dentata” origin story. Written and directed by Lichtenstein, “Teeth” stars Jess Weixler as Dawn, a high school student who has committed her body to the Promise, an abstinence group that preaches on the unlawful act of sex.
The at-times outrageously campy film has a foreboding score reminiscent of “The Room” crossed with a misplaced fever dream ode to John Carpenter, framing Dawn’s dedication to keeping herself pure like a character trait one of the many victims of a slasher may have. The blonde-haired, blue-eyed virgin has a distinct memory of being digitally penetrated by her creepy step-brother as a child…and let’s just say, neither of them forget it.
Is Dawn our final girl? Not quite.
As a high schooler,...
The at-times outrageously campy film has a foreboding score reminiscent of “The Room” crossed with a misplaced fever dream ode to John Carpenter, framing Dawn’s dedication to keeping herself pure like a character trait one of the many victims of a slasher may have. The blonde-haired, blue-eyed virgin has a distinct memory of being digitally penetrated by her creepy step-brother as a child…and let’s just say, neither of them forget it.
Is Dawn our final girl? Not quite.
As a high schooler,...
- 10/11/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The international film industry has been paying tribute to a beloved figure.
RIchard Lormand was a popular and flamboyant personality in the film world, whose tireless work and dedication to cinema made him the compass point for filmmakers, sales agents, distributors and journalists.
Over the past 25 years working in international communications, film publicity and marketing, he handled a plethora of award-winning films, including several Palme d’Or, Golden Lion and Golden Bear victors.
Lormand was working as part of the press consultancy team at the Locarno Film Festival and was preparing for the re-launch of the Marrakech International Film Festival...
RIchard Lormand was a popular and flamboyant personality in the film world, whose tireless work and dedication to cinema made him the compass point for filmmakers, sales agents, distributors and journalists.
Over the past 25 years working in international communications, film publicity and marketing, he handled a plethora of award-winning films, including several Palme d’Or, Golden Lion and Golden Bear victors.
Lormand was working as part of the press consultancy team at the Locarno Film Festival and was preparing for the re-launch of the Marrakech International Film Festival...
- 11/16/2018
- by Kaleem Aftab
- ScreenDaily
The international film industry has been paying tribute to a beloved figure.
RIchard Lormand was a popular and flamboyant personality in the film world, whose tireless work and dedication to cinema made him the compass point for filmmakers, sales agents, distributors and journalists.
Over the past 25 years working in international communications, film publicity and marketing, he handled a plethora of award-winning films, including several Palme d’Or, Golden Lion and Golden Bear victors.
Lormand was working as part of the press consultancy team at the Locarno Film Festival and was preparing for the re-launch of the Marrakech International Film Festival...
RIchard Lormand was a popular and flamboyant personality in the film world, whose tireless work and dedication to cinema made him the compass point for filmmakers, sales agents, distributors and journalists.
Over the past 25 years working in international communications, film publicity and marketing, he handled a plethora of award-winning films, including several Palme d’Or, Golden Lion and Golden Bear victors.
Lormand was working as part of the press consultancy team at the Locarno Film Festival and was preparing for the re-launch of the Marrakech International Film Festival...
- 11/16/2018
- by Kaleem Aftab
- ScreenDaily
Veteran international film publicist Richard Lormand has passed away aged 56 following illness.
Lormand, an art-house champion and regular fixture at major film festivals, worked in the business for more than 25 years. He and his Film Press Plus banner handled publicity on a string of award-winning movies including Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann, Fatih Akin’s In The Fade, Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox, Samuel Maoz’s Lebanon, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee and Takeshi Kitano’s Zatoichi.
The respected and well-liked Paris-based professional worked closely with festivals such as Locarno and Marrakech and in recent months was working tirelessly on the latter, which kicks off November 30.
Born and raised outside Lafayette, Louisiana, Lormand was the son of a Japanese mother and a native French-speaking Cajun American father. He had an international outlook from early life, which contributed to the wide network he was able to build. He began his career...
Lormand, an art-house champion and regular fixture at major film festivals, worked in the business for more than 25 years. He and his Film Press Plus banner handled publicity on a string of award-winning movies including Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann, Fatih Akin’s In The Fade, Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox, Samuel Maoz’s Lebanon, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee and Takeshi Kitano’s Zatoichi.
The respected and well-liked Paris-based professional worked closely with festivals such as Locarno and Marrakech and in recent months was working tirelessly on the latter, which kicks off November 30.
Born and raised outside Lafayette, Louisiana, Lormand was the son of a Japanese mother and a native French-speaking Cajun American father. He had an international outlook from early life, which contributed to the wide network he was able to build. He began his career...
- 11/16/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Midway through Angelica, a medium (played by a hammy, bug-eyed Janet McTeer) talks to Constance (Jena Malone) about the ghostly apparition plaguing her and her daughter Angelica at night. “I’m not a man,” she says. “Do not tell me what you know, or what you can prove. Tell me what you feel.” It’s one line out of many writer/director Mitchell Lichtenstein uses in his psychosexual Victorian-era ghost story to make his points about misogyny and sexual repression clear, although his blunt-force clarity ends up strangling away any sense of tension or intrigue. For a film dealing with the unknown of the supernatural, it wants viewers to know as much as possible about its subtext.
Before things started going bump in the night, Constance found herself living out a storybook romance. An orphan with no status or money to her name, she catches the eye of scientist Joseph...
Before things started going bump in the night, Constance found herself living out a storybook romance. An orphan with no status or money to her name, she catches the eye of scientist Joseph...
- 11/16/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Way back in February we let you guys know that Teeth-director Mitchell Lichtenstein’s new Gothic horror flick Angelica scored distribution, and today we have the film’s trailer. You can check it out in all of its Gothic glory below and… Continue Reading →
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- 10/18/2017
- by Mike Sprague
- DreadCentral.com
"The evil that troubles your home must see that I am your invited guest." Freestyle has revealed an official trailer for the horror thriller Angelica, which has been sitting on the shelf for two years awaiting release. Angelica is the latest film from Mitchell Lichtenstein, the director of that wacky, freaky horror film Teeth from a decade ago. This is a supernatural thriller set in Victorian England about a couple who encounter a ghost in their house after having a baby named Angelica. It's described as a "spellbinding ghost story about desire, repression and its consequences", which sounds like it could be good, but also sounds like it could be bad. Jena Malone stars, also with Ed Stoppard, Janet McTeer, Tovah Feldshuh, Charles Keating, Daniel Gerroll, and James Norton. The footage is creepy, but it doesn't seem like anything that special. Here's the official trailer (+ old poster) for Mitchell Lichtenstein's Angelica,...
- 10/17/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Freestyle Digital Media has released the trailer for the gothic drama Angelica, written and directed by Teeth‘s Mitchell Lichtenstein and starring Jena Malone (Sucker Punch, The Hunger Games), two-time Academy Award nominee Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs, Tumbleweeds) and Ed Stoppard (The Pianist). It’s slated for release on VOD and in limited theaters November 17th. “Angelica is a gothic tale […]...
- 10/17/2017
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution arm of Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios, has secured the U.S rights to horror thriller Angelica, written and directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein. The film, which stars Jena Malone, Janet McTeer, Ed Stoppard, and Tovah Feldshuh, will be released in domestic theaters and on digital platforms on November 17. It takes place in Victorian London, and centers on a young couple (Malone and Stoppard) who were…...
- 9/11/2017
- Deadline
Freestyle Digital Media has acquired the gothic drama Angelica, written and directed by Teeth‘s Mitchell Lichtenstein and starring Jena Malone (Sucker Punch, The Hunger Games), two-time Academy Award nominee Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs, Tumbleweeds) and Ed Stoppard (The Pianist). It’s slated for release on VOD and in limited theaters November 17th. “Angelica is a gothic tale of a newly […]...
- 9/11/2017
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Founder and CEO Matt McCombs and his sales team at Spotlight Pictures head into Cannes with a roster led by Aaron Eckhart starrer Courage.
The film gets its market premiere screening today [May 11] and is based on Jim Dent’s novel Courage Beyond The Game: The Freddie Steinmark Story.
Angelo Pizzo, a sports specialist whose screenwriting credits include Hoosiers and Rudy, directed from his adapted screenplay.
Eckhart stars as the coach of the University Of Texas American Football team whose star player is diagnosed with bone cancer.
The film opened in the Us last November through Clarius Entertainment under the title My All American and Universal handles ancillary rights.
Spotlight is also talking up Bitter Harvest, an epic romance set against the backdrop of the Holodomor – Stalin’s persecution of Ukrainians during the 1930s – that stars Max Irons and Samantha Barks.
The film screens today [May 11] and on Tuesday [16] in Cannes and the producers are in talks for a Us...
The film gets its market premiere screening today [May 11] and is based on Jim Dent’s novel Courage Beyond The Game: The Freddie Steinmark Story.
Angelo Pizzo, a sports specialist whose screenwriting credits include Hoosiers and Rudy, directed from his adapted screenplay.
Eckhart stars as the coach of the University Of Texas American Football team whose star player is diagnosed with bone cancer.
The film opened in the Us last November through Clarius Entertainment under the title My All American and Universal handles ancillary rights.
Spotlight is also talking up Bitter Harvest, an epic romance set against the backdrop of the Holodomor – Stalin’s persecution of Ukrainians during the 1930s – that stars Max Irons and Samantha Barks.
The film screens today [May 11] and on Tuesday [16] in Cannes and the producers are in talks for a Us...
- 5/11/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
In just two weeks, Alamo Drafthouses nationwide will host screenings of A24's The Witch. More details on that story after the jump. Also in this round-up: a trailer for Night Terrors, Angelica release details, a new clip from The Final Project, and four images from The Terrible Two.
The Witch: Press Release: "Austin, TX - Feb 3, 2016 - The Alamo Drafthouse is excited to announce A24's chilling new horror film The Witch as the latest Drafthouse Recommends title. The film will open at Alamo Drafthouse locations nationwide with "sneak preview" screenings on the night of Feb. 18th, 2016. In the lead up to that opening date, select Alamo locations will also host free retrospective screenings of witchcraft horror classics to get audiences in the, er, spirit and to set the stage for director Robert Eggers' debut feature and groundbreaking new take on the genre.
And, for a limited time this month,...
The Witch: Press Release: "Austin, TX - Feb 3, 2016 - The Alamo Drafthouse is excited to announce A24's chilling new horror film The Witch as the latest Drafthouse Recommends title. The film will open at Alamo Drafthouse locations nationwide with "sneak preview" screenings on the night of Feb. 18th, 2016. In the lead up to that opening date, select Alamo locations will also host free retrospective screenings of witchcraft horror classics to get audiences in the, er, spirit and to set the stage for director Robert Eggers' debut feature and groundbreaking new take on the genre.
And, for a limited time this month,...
- 2/4/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
It has been quite some time since we have had the opportunity to talk about Teeth director Mitchell Lichtenstein. Some eight years later and we have news about his latest film, the Gothic horror flick, Angelica. A year after its premiere in Berlin the film is going back to the festival in the European Film Market for sale. ...the film stars Jena Malone (The Hunger Games, Contact), two-time Academy Award nominee Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs, Tumbleweeds) and Ed Stoppard (The Pianist). Angelica is a gothic tale of a newly married couple living in Victorian London who endures a series of increasingly alarming psychological and supernatural effects following the birth of their child....
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- 2/3/2016
- Screen Anarchy
The sales agency will introduce buyers at the Efm in Berlin to Mitchell Lichtenstein’s gothic drama starring Jena Malone of The Hunger Games, Janet McTeer, and Ed Stoppard.
Spotlight has scheduled a February 14 market screening of Angelica, which premiered at the Berlinale in 2015.
Lichtenstein, who previously directed Berlin and Sundance 2007 selection Teeth, adapted the screenplay from Arthur Phillips’ novel about a newly married couple in Victorian London who endure psychological and supernatural effects following the birth of their child.
Producer Joyce Pierpoline, who collaborated with Mitchell on Teeth, negotiated the worldwide rights deal with Spotlight head of acquisitions Carlos Rincon.
“I’m psyched to be putting Angelica into the capable hands of the folks at Spotlight Pictures,” said Lichtenstein.
“They will be effective, enthusiastic custodians of our beautiful and intensely emotional film, bringing it to a wide and diverse audience.”...
Spotlight has scheduled a February 14 market screening of Angelica, which premiered at the Berlinale in 2015.
Lichtenstein, who previously directed Berlin and Sundance 2007 selection Teeth, adapted the screenplay from Arthur Phillips’ novel about a newly married couple in Victorian London who endure psychological and supernatural effects following the birth of their child.
Producer Joyce Pierpoline, who collaborated with Mitchell on Teeth, negotiated the worldwide rights deal with Spotlight head of acquisitions Carlos Rincon.
“I’m psyched to be putting Angelica into the capable hands of the folks at Spotlight Pictures,” said Lichtenstein.
“They will be effective, enthusiastic custodians of our beautiful and intensely emotional film, bringing it to a wide and diverse audience.”...
- 2/1/2016
- ScreenDaily
The sales agency will introduce buyers at the Efm in Berlin to Mitchell Lichtenstein’s gothic drama starring Jena Malone of The Hunger Games, Janet McTeer, and Ed Stoppard.
Spotlight has scheduled a February 14 market screening of Angelica, which premiered at the Berlinale in 2015.
Lichtenstein, who previously directed Berlin and Sundance 2007 selection Teeth, adapted the screenplay from Arthur Phillips’ novel about a newly married couple in Victorian London who endure psychological and supernatural effects following the birth of their child.
Producer Joyce Pierpoline, who collaborated with Mitchell on Teeth, negotiated the worldwide rights deal with Spotlight head of acquisitions Carlos Rincon.
“I’m psyched to be putting Angelica into the capable hands of the folks at Spotlight Pictures,” said Lichtenstein.
“They will be effective, enthusiastic custodians of our beautiful and intensely emotional film, bringing it to a wide and diverse audience.”...
Spotlight has scheduled a February 14 market screening of Angelica, which premiered at the Berlinale in 2015.
Lichtenstein, who previously directed Berlin and Sundance 2007 selection Teeth, adapted the screenplay from Arthur Phillips’ novel about a newly married couple in Victorian London who endure psychological and supernatural effects following the birth of their child.
Producer Joyce Pierpoline, who collaborated with Mitchell on Teeth, negotiated the worldwide rights deal with Spotlight head of acquisitions Carlos Rincon.
“I’m psyched to be putting Angelica into the capable hands of the folks at Spotlight Pictures,” said Lichtenstein.
“They will be effective, enthusiastic custodians of our beautiful and intensely emotional film, bringing it to a wide and diverse audience.”...
- 2/1/2016
- ScreenDaily
Editor’S Note: We had this scheduled to be published on July 30th which was also when the announcement of the First Wave of films for Fantastic Fest 2015 was announced.
Fiends, there is no doubt in my mind that the weeks in late September in Austin, TX is heaven on earth for a genre fan like me. Why? Two words – Fantastic Fest!
Every year, we’ve been trying to see if we can figure out what might play before those three separated waves of amazing content roll out. Some years, our guesses have been good. Some years, not so good. Even if these films don’t play at the best genre film festival in the United States, we hope that you put them on your radar, regardless. Most of our picks are from films that are on our radar and have possibly played other genre film festivals.
Our Picks Hardcore...
Fiends, there is no doubt in my mind that the weeks in late September in Austin, TX is heaven on earth for a genre fan like me. Why? Two words – Fantastic Fest!
Every year, we’ve been trying to see if we can figure out what might play before those three separated waves of amazing content roll out. Some years, our guesses have been good. Some years, not so good. Even if these films don’t play at the best genre film festival in the United States, we hope that you put them on your radar, regardless. Most of our picks are from films that are on our radar and have possibly played other genre film festivals.
Our Picks Hardcore...
- 7/30/2015
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
Kristen Stewart, 'Camp X-Ray' star, to join cast of 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk' Kristen Stewart to join 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk' movie After putting away her Bella Swan wig and red (formerly brown) contact lenses, Kristen Stewart has been making a number of interesting career choices. Here are three examples: Stewart was a U.S. soldier who befriends an inmate (Peyman Moaadi) at the American Gulag, Guantanamo, in Peter Sattler's little-seen (at least in theaters) Camp X-Ray. She was one of Best Actress Oscar winner Julianne Moore's daughters in Wash Westmoreland and the recently deceased Richard Glatzer's Alzheimer's drama Still Alice. She was the personal assistant to troubled, aging actress Juliette Binoche in Olivier Assayas' Clouds of Sils Maria, which earned her a history-making Best Supporting Actress César. (Stewart became the first American actress to take home the French Academy Award.
- 4/4/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
★★☆☆☆ Director Mitchell Lichtenstein achieved cult veneration with Teeth (2007), a idiosyncratic body horror about a young fundamentalist Christian who develops a gynaecological abnormality that she turns to her advantage in order to ward of the threat of male violence. He returns to these well-trodden themes of female sexual repression in his ludicrously ostentatious and fervently Freudian psychological thriller Angelica (2015). Based on Arthur Phillips' eponymous novel, Lichtenstein's latest the story of a Victorian marriage destroyed by gender divisions and attitudes towards female sexuality. Jena Malone stars in a well-earned leading role as both the eponymous Angelica and (via flashbacks) her mother Constance.
- 2/11/2015
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Just three features in to his filmography, it’s safe to say that director Mitchell Lichtenstein is never happier than when, how shall we put it, frolicking in the lady garden. Even his least gynecological film, 2010's "Happy Tears," had Parker Posey analyzing her vaginal discharge. And his debut, 2007's "Teeth," positively gloried in its vaginality: grotesquely, graphically, and with uneven black humor telling the exploitation-style story of a young woman's journey to empowerment via her vagina dentata — or, if you prefer a more euphemistic take, the choppers in her ham wallet. It's to this literally fertile territory he returns in his third, and most well-crafted film, "Angelica," albeit dressed up in corsets and bustles and adapted from an Arthur Phillips novel. While it may look and sound a little like a ghost story in the "Turn of the Screw" mould, and while there are a multitude of subplots and side themes that should add.
- 2/8/2015
- by Jessica Kiang
- The Playlist
It’s been six years since Mitchell Lichtenstein’s last feature, "Happy Tears," and eight since his debut, the Jess Weixler-starring “Teeth.” Ahead of its premiere at the Berlin Film Festival this weekend, the trailer for Lichtenstein’s third film, "Angelica," has arrived online for your viewing pleasure. Running just over 45 seconds, the trailer (via THR) for “Angelica” is a brief look at Lichtenstein’s first foray into the period piece, even if it’s still within the confines of the horror genre. The film also marks the first time Lichtenstein has adapted a book, Arthur Phillips’s novel of the same name, and it centers on Jena Malone’s Constance, who, in 1880 London, must practice sexual abstinence because of the erroneous medical advice of the era. As one expects in a Lichtenstein film, things do not go well. Here's the official synopsis: London in 1880, in the middle of the Victorian era.
- 2/3/2015
- by Cain Rodriguez
- The Playlist
Sneak Peek teaser footage from director Mitchell Lichtenstein's supernatural thriller "Angelica", starring Jena Malone ("Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice"), based on the novel by Arthur Phillips:
"...'Constance' and 'Joseph' are a couple in Victorian England, whose doctor instructs them not to have sex after the birth of their daughter, 'Angelica'. But as the couple deals with their sexual repression and Constance grows increasingly protective of their daughter, a ghostly presence begins to terrorize them..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Angelica"...
"...'Constance' and 'Joseph' are a couple in Victorian England, whose doctor instructs them not to have sex after the birth of their daughter, 'Angelica'. But as the couple deals with their sexual repression and Constance grows increasingly protective of their daughter, a ghostly presence begins to terrorize them..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Angelica"...
- 2/2/2015
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Mitchell Lichtenstein, the director of Teeth, returns with what looks like another sexually charged, sexually frustrated and sexually lethal horror film, the 1880s-set Angelica. Starring Jena Malone, most recently seen in The Hunger Games films and Inherent Vice, Angelica will have its World Premiere at the upcoming Berlinale alongside the likes of Alex Ross Perry’s Images-esque Queen of Earth.…
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- 1/30/2015
- by Samuel Zimmerman
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Teeth director Mitchell Lichtenstein is back with a very different kind of horror story. Based on the novel by Arthur Phillips, Angelica stars Jena Malone as a wife and mother haunted by spirits in Victorian England. The Angelica trailer is full of the shadows, bumps, and ominous warnings typical of the genre, but there’s a […]
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- 1/29/2015
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
Section by section, the lineup for the 65th Berlinale is filling up fast. Today, Panorama's completed its narrative feature selections with new work by Gabriel Ripstein, tag>Sebastián Silva and tag>Mitchell Lichtenstein; Berlinale Classics has announced screenings of five new restorations, including tag>Goldfinger (1964) and tag>In Cold Blood (1967); we've got shorts by tag>Matt Porterfield, tag>Nadav Lapid, tag>Jennifer Reeder and more to catch up with; and there's a enticing exhibition: Margrit and Peter Sickert have designed posters for films by tag>Wim Wenders, tag>Rainer Werner Fassbinder, tag>Martin Scorsese, tag>William Friedkin and more. » - David Hudson...
- 1/16/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
Section by section, the lineup for the 65th Berlinale is filling up fast. Today, Panorama's completed its narrative feature selections with new work by Gabriel Ripstein, tag>Sebastián Silva and tag>Mitchell Lichtenstein; Berlinale Classics has announced screenings of five new restorations, including tag>Goldfinger (1964) and tag>In Cold Blood (1967); we've got shorts by tag>Matt Porterfield, tag>Nadav Lapid, tag>Jennifer Reeder and more to catch up with; and there's a enticing exhibition: Margrit and Peter Sickert have designed posters for films by tag>Wim Wenders, tag>Rainer Werner Fassbinder, tag>Martin Scorsese, tag>William Friedkin and more. » - David Hudson...
- 1/16/2015
- Keyframe
Mitchell Lichtenstein's Teeth is an awesome movie. 30 Second Bunnies are adorable, hilarious shorts from Jennifer Shiman. Put them together and you have 30 seconds of hysterically adorable-gross animation to get you going.
In Teeth, an innocent young woman discovers she has vagina dentata - teeth in her vagina that protect her from assault. I wonder if, in the 30 Second Bunnies version, the vagina dentata looks like bunny teeth, with the two big buck teeth out front.
Don't forget to check out all our 30 Second Bunnies animations. Everything from Insidious to The Human Centipede to Cabin in the Woods.
In Teeth, an innocent young woman discovers she has vagina dentata - teeth in her vagina that protect her from assault. I wonder if, in the 30 Second Bunnies version, the vagina dentata looks like bunny teeth, with the two big buck teeth out front.
Don't forget to check out all our 30 Second Bunnies animations. Everything from Insidious to The Human Centipede to Cabin in the Woods.
- 2/19/2014
- by Alyse Wax
- FEARnet
Electric Slide
Director: Tristan Patterson
Writer: Tristan Patterson
Producers: Myriad Pictures’ Kirk D’Amico, Skyscraper Films’ Hans Ritter & Killer Films’ Christine Vachon
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Jim Sturgess, Isabel Lucas, Vinessa Shaw, Chloë Sevigny, Patricia Arquette, Christopher Lambert
His award-winning debut Dragonslayer was a major achievement for a debut and played extremely well on the indie docu circuit, and we’re thinking Tristan Patterson might be excessively fine-tuning his introduction to this non-fiction true crime story as to not appear like your run-of-the-mill caper film.
Gist: Based on the article “The Yankee Bandit: The Life and Times of Eddie Dodson, World’s Great Bank Robber”, written by Timothy Ford and scripted by Patterson, this tells the true story of suave hipster and celebrity-magnet Eddie Dodson, who in 1980s Los Angeles owned and ran one of the city’s most stylish art deco furniture stores and happened to rob...
Director: Tristan Patterson
Writer: Tristan Patterson
Producers: Myriad Pictures’ Kirk D’Amico, Skyscraper Films’ Hans Ritter & Killer Films’ Christine Vachon
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Jim Sturgess, Isabel Lucas, Vinessa Shaw, Chloë Sevigny, Patricia Arquette, Christopher Lambert
His award-winning debut Dragonslayer was a major achievement for a debut and played extremely well on the indie docu circuit, and we’re thinking Tristan Patterson might be excessively fine-tuning his introduction to this non-fiction true crime story as to not appear like your run-of-the-mill caper film.
Gist: Based on the article “The Yankee Bandit: The Life and Times of Eddie Dodson, World’s Great Bank Robber”, written by Timothy Ford and scripted by Patterson, this tells the true story of suave hipster and celebrity-magnet Eddie Dodson, who in 1980s Los Angeles owned and ran one of the city’s most stylish art deco furniture stores and happened to rob...
- 2/11/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Anjelica
Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein
Writer: Mitchell Lichtenstein
Producer: Joyce M. Pierpoline
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Jena Malone, Janet McTeer, Ed Stoppard
Well, you should all be excited that Mitchell Lichtenstein has directed another thriller. This is, after all, the man whose directorial debut was 2007’s Teeth (and he followed that up with a great familial black comedy, Happy Tears that featured a superb Ellen Barkin). This time around he has the underrated Jena Malone headlining and chameleonic Janet McTeer. This time Lichtenstein tackles sexual repression at its most virulent, during Victorian era, London.
Gist: Based on the Arthur Phillips novel, this is about a couple living in Victorian London endure an unusual series of psychological and supernatural effects following the birth of their child.
Release Date: While it was not announced at either Sundance or Berlin, where both his other films premiered, respectively, we’re thinking this could...
Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein
Writer: Mitchell Lichtenstein
Producer: Joyce M. Pierpoline
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Jena Malone, Janet McTeer, Ed Stoppard
Well, you should all be excited that Mitchell Lichtenstein has directed another thriller. This is, after all, the man whose directorial debut was 2007’s Teeth (and he followed that up with a great familial black comedy, Happy Tears that featured a superb Ellen Barkin). This time around he has the underrated Jena Malone headlining and chameleonic Janet McTeer. This time Lichtenstein tackles sexual repression at its most virulent, during Victorian era, London.
Gist: Based on the Arthur Phillips novel, this is about a couple living in Victorian London endure an unusual series of psychological and supernatural effects following the birth of their child.
Release Date: While it was not announced at either Sundance or Berlin, where both his other films premiered, respectively, we’re thinking this could...
- 2/11/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Love is Strange
Director: Ira Sachs
Writers: Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias
Producers: Sachs, Parts and Labor’s Lars Knudsen & Jay Van Hoy, Lucas Joaquin, Jayne Baron Sherman
U.S. Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Cast: John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei, Darren Burrows, Charlie Tahan, Cheyenne Jackson
Ira Sachs’ second in a trilogy of NYC-set films took Sundance by storm playing like gangbusters and not surprisingly, much in line with the acting weight found in Forty Shades of Blue and Keep the Lights On, it appears that the pair of John Lithgow and Alfred Molina might be en route to some award nom recognition.
Gist: Written by Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias, after 39 years together, Ben and George take advantage of the new marriage laws and tie the knot in a City Hall wedding in lower Manhattan. On the return from their honeymoon, however, and on account of their vows, George...
Director: Ira Sachs
Writers: Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias
Producers: Sachs, Parts and Labor’s Lars Knudsen & Jay Van Hoy, Lucas Joaquin, Jayne Baron Sherman
U.S. Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Cast: John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei, Darren Burrows, Charlie Tahan, Cheyenne Jackson
Ira Sachs’ second in a trilogy of NYC-set films took Sundance by storm playing like gangbusters and not surprisingly, much in line with the acting weight found in Forty Shades of Blue and Keep the Lights On, it appears that the pair of John Lithgow and Alfred Molina might be en route to some award nom recognition.
Gist: Written by Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias, after 39 years together, Ben and George take advantage of the new marriage laws and tie the knot in a City Hall wedding in lower Manhattan. On the return from their honeymoon, however, and on account of their vows, George...
- 2/11/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Kids. Such as Sex, Lies, and Videotape or Reservoir Dogs before it, and such as Winter’s Bone, Blue Valentine and Fruitvale Station after it, Larry Clark & Harmony Korine’s seminal film is forever connected in “spirit” to the lieu where it received its secret midnight premiere screening in 1995. The Sundance Film Festival might be known as the birthplace of U.S indie filmmaking innovation, avant-gardism, a larger definition of the low budgeted film response to Hollywood in not only narrative but in the non-fiction form, but it is a festival made strong by its renewal and familiarity. That close acquaintanceness exists in Kids‘ starlets Rosario Dawson and Chloë Sevigny filmography/career path trajectory and connection to Park City (both have several indie films slated for ’14 – of which I’ve included in our predictions list) and it is that “familiarity” that is visibly noticeable in how I map out my annual predictions list.
- 11/18/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Sucker Punch star Jena Malone is set to star in a psychological ghost-story thriller called Angelica, which is set to be directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein (Teeth, Happy Tears).
The movie actually sounds like it could be really good. It's based on a novel of the same name written by Arthur Phillips (Prague, The Egyptologist). The story is set in the 1880s, and Malone will play a character named Constance, "a young shop girl who falls for and marries Dr. Joseph Barton. After the difficult childbirth of their daughter Angelica, doctor-ordered celibacy creates a rift in the Bartons’ marriage and a ghostly force enters their home."
The movie was also describled as being a "sexually-charged supernatural mystery from multiple perspectives." So it has that going for it. I enjoy watching horror films, and Malone is a talented young actress, she most recently had a role in The History Channel's Hatfields & McCoys.
The movie actually sounds like it could be really good. It's based on a novel of the same name written by Arthur Phillips (Prague, The Egyptologist). The story is set in the 1880s, and Malone will play a character named Constance, "a young shop girl who falls for and marries Dr. Joseph Barton. After the difficult childbirth of their daughter Angelica, doctor-ordered celibacy creates a rift in the Bartons’ marriage and a ghostly force enters their home."
The movie was also describled as being a "sexually-charged supernatural mystery from multiple perspectives." So it has that going for it. I enjoy watching horror films, and Malone is a talented young actress, she most recently had a role in The History Channel's Hatfields & McCoys.
- 3/1/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Jena Malone (Sucker Punch) has agreed to star in Pierpoline Films supernatural thriller, Angelica. According to Deadline, the film is adapted from Arthur Phillips’ 2007 bestselling novel and will be directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein (Happy Tears). Malone will portray Constance, a young shop girl who catches the eye of local doctor Joseph Barton. Joyce Pierpoline (In the Company of Men) and Richard Lormand will handle producing chores involved with bringing the chilling story to the big screen.
- 3/1/2013
- by Kerry Fleming
- GetTheBigPicture.net
• Emma Watson might get the princess treatment in Kenneth Branagh’s live action adaptation of Cinderella for Disney. Cate Blanchett has already been cast as the wicked stepmother. Watson is only in early talks at this point, so although it seems like the shoe fits, it might be best not to get too attached to the idea of her as Cinderella. [Variety]
• Gary Oldman has signed on to join the cast of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, to play Dreyfus – the leader of the resistance efforts. EW previously reported Jason Clarke’s (Zero Dark Thirty) casting and the news...
• Gary Oldman has signed on to join the cast of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, to play Dreyfus – the leader of the resistance efforts. EW previously reported Jason Clarke’s (Zero Dark Thirty) casting and the news...
- 3/1/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Deadline reports that actress Jena Malone, who has had mostly supporting roles, most notably in the miniseries: Hatfields & McCoys and in Suckerpunch will now star in the film adaptation of the ghost story “Angelica”.
Mitchell Lichtenstein (Teeth, Happy Tears) will direct.
Here is a synopsis of the book from the author’s website:
“From the bestselling author of The Egyptologist and Prague comes an equally accomplished and entirely surprising new novel. Angelica is a spellbinding Victorian ghost story, an intriguing literary and psychological puzzle, and a meditation on marriage, childhood, memory, and fear.
The novel opens in London, the 1880’s, and the Barton household is on the brink of collapse. Mother, father, and daughter provoke each other, consciously and unconsciously, and a horrifying crisis is triggered. As the family’s tragedy is told several times from different perspectives, events are recast, and sympathies shift; nothing is at it seems. These...
Mitchell Lichtenstein (Teeth, Happy Tears) will direct.
Here is a synopsis of the book from the author’s website:
“From the bestselling author of The Egyptologist and Prague comes an equally accomplished and entirely surprising new novel. Angelica is a spellbinding Victorian ghost story, an intriguing literary and psychological puzzle, and a meditation on marriage, childhood, memory, and fear.
The novel opens in London, the 1880’s, and the Barton household is on the brink of collapse. Mother, father, and daughter provoke each other, consciously and unconsciously, and a horrifying crisis is triggered. As the family’s tragedy is told several times from different perspectives, events are recast, and sympathies shift; nothing is at it seems. These...
- 3/1/2013
- by Alex Corey
- LRMonline.com
Transcendence
Paul Bettany is in negotiations to star opposite Johnny Depp in the Wally Pfister-directed "Transcendence" at Alcon Entertainment.
The story is being kept under wraps, and Bettany will play a scientist. Shooting kicks off in the spring. [Source: Deadline]
Anchorman: The Legend Continues
Dylan Baker and Meagan Good are set to join the cast of the upcoming sequel to the comedy "Anchorman".
John C. Reilly is also rumored to be making an appearance in the film. Good is set to play Ron Burgundy’s boss. [Source: Deadline]
Planes
Dane Cook will star in Disney's upcoming animated feature "Planes" in the role of a small plane named Dusty.
In the story, Dusty dreams of being a pro racing plane but must overcome both a lack of experience and a fear of heights. [Source: THR]
Angelica
Jena Malone ("Hatfields & McCoys") has scored the lead role in the Mitchell Lichtenstein-helmed, Victorian-era London set psychological thriller "Angelica...
Paul Bettany is in negotiations to star opposite Johnny Depp in the Wally Pfister-directed "Transcendence" at Alcon Entertainment.
The story is being kept under wraps, and Bettany will play a scientist. Shooting kicks off in the spring. [Source: Deadline]
Anchorman: The Legend Continues
Dylan Baker and Meagan Good are set to join the cast of the upcoming sequel to the comedy "Anchorman".
John C. Reilly is also rumored to be making an appearance in the film. Good is set to play Ron Burgundy’s boss. [Source: Deadline]
Planes
Dane Cook will star in Disney's upcoming animated feature "Planes" in the role of a small plane named Dusty.
In the story, Dusty dreams of being a pro racing plane but must overcome both a lack of experience and a fear of heights. [Source: THR]
Angelica
Jena Malone ("Hatfields & McCoys") has scored the lead role in the Mitchell Lichtenstein-helmed, Victorian-era London set psychological thriller "Angelica...
- 3/1/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Not even 30 years old yet, Jena Malone has built her career on a variety of complicated characters in challenging movies that often fared better with critics than at the box office. After a strong turn in last year.s Hatfields & McCoys miniseries and a major role in the upcoming Hunger Games sequel, it seemed like Malone might be making her way up the steps to generic stardom, which makes her newest project all the more interesting. Malone will play the lead role in an upcoming adaptation of Arthur Phillips. critically-acclaimed seductive supernatural thriller Angelica, according to Deadline. Angelica will be the next project for director Mitchell Lichtenstein, the man responsible for the middling horror-comedy Teeth and the middling dramatic comedy Happy Tears. Angelica, which takes place in 1880s London, follows Constance (Malone), a shop clerk who falls in love with an older doctor and marries him. The difficult childbirth of...
- 2/28/2013
- cinemablend.com
A new Victorian ghost story is on the way, and honestly, we're pretty happy because we just don't get enough of them. Read on for the very first bits of info on the haunting new tale of Angelica.
According to Deadline, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire's Jena Malone is stepping into the lead to tangle with seductive specters in Victorian England. Mitchell Lichtenstein (Teeth, Happy Tears) is directing Angelica, a psychological thriller set in 1880s London based on the novel of the same name by bestselling author Arthur Phillips (Prague, The Egyptologist).
Malone will play Constance, a young shop girl who falls for and marries Dr. Joseph Barton. After the difficult childbirth of their daughter, Angelica, Malone's character's doctor-ordered celibacy creates a rift in the Bartons’ marriage, and a ghostly force enters their home. Joyce Pierpoline is producing for Pierpoline Films along with Richard Lormand.
Phillips’ 2007 novel Angelica unfolded...
According to Deadline, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire's Jena Malone is stepping into the lead to tangle with seductive specters in Victorian England. Mitchell Lichtenstein (Teeth, Happy Tears) is directing Angelica, a psychological thriller set in 1880s London based on the novel of the same name by bestselling author Arthur Phillips (Prague, The Egyptologist).
Malone will play Constance, a young shop girl who falls for and marries Dr. Joseph Barton. After the difficult childbirth of their daughter, Angelica, Malone's character's doctor-ordered celibacy creates a rift in the Bartons’ marriage, and a ghostly force enters their home. Joyce Pierpoline is producing for Pierpoline Films along with Richard Lormand.
Phillips’ 2007 novel Angelica unfolded...
- 2/28/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Mitchell Lichtenstein's 1880s Angelica supernatural thriller based on Arthur Phillips' novel has landed Catching Fire and Hatfield's and McCoys' Jena Malone. According to Deadline, she'll play a young shop girl called Constance who marries Dr. Joseph Barton and goes through a difficult birth with daughter Angelica. Doctor's orders to remain celibate create a rift between the couple, and now a ghost has found its way into the house as well. Pierpoline's Joyce Pierpoline produces with Richard Lormand.
- 2/28/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Mitchell Lichtenstein's 1880s Angelica supernatural thriller based on Arthur Phillips' novel has landed Catching Fire and Hatfield's and McCoys' Jena Malone. According to Deadline, she'll play a young shop girl called Constance who marries Dr. Joseph Barton and goes through a difficult birth with daughter Angelica. Doctor's orders to remain celibate create a rift between the couple, and now a ghost has found its way into the house as well. Pierpoline's Joyce Pierpoline produces with Richard Lormand.
- 2/28/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
American Mary; The Sweeney; Lay the Favourite; The Possession
According to David Cronenberg's epochal Videodrome, there's nothing more dangerous than "a philosophy", an adage that applies to life in general and horror cinema in particular. Stepping up a gear from their altogether more generic feature debut Dead Hooker in a Trunk, the "twisted sisters" Jen and Sylvia Soska hit their stride with American Mary (2012 Universal, 18), a film that, despite its tight production constraints, wields its ideas like weapons and packs more of a punch than many of its more bloated competitors.
Centring on a young surgeon (Ginger Snaps star Katharine Isabelle) who turns the tables on her abusive professional elders through amateur experiments with a scalpel, this wincingly bloody satire delves deep into the fringe world of body modification, becoming a sadomasochistic companion piece to Crash with real underground bite. Adhering to the Roger Corman principles of exploitation cinema...
According to David Cronenberg's epochal Videodrome, there's nothing more dangerous than "a philosophy", an adage that applies to life in general and horror cinema in particular. Stepping up a gear from their altogether more generic feature debut Dead Hooker in a Trunk, the "twisted sisters" Jen and Sylvia Soska hit their stride with American Mary (2012 Universal, 18), a film that, despite its tight production constraints, wields its ideas like weapons and packs more of a punch than many of its more bloated competitors.
Centring on a young surgeon (Ginger Snaps star Katharine Isabelle) who turns the tables on her abusive professional elders through amateur experiments with a scalpel, this wincingly bloody satire delves deep into the fringe world of body modification, becoming a sadomasochistic companion piece to Crash with real underground bite. Adhering to the Roger Corman principles of exploitation cinema...
- 1/20/2013
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
I've been covering horror movies for a while now, and over the years I've noticed a lot of very interesting genre films about women -- that are also written and directed by men. That's meant as a compliment. Indie filmmakers like Paul Solet (Grace), Mitchell Lichtenstein (Teeth), and Lucky McKee (May, The Woman) are clearly and admirably fascinated by females who exist in an environment of dark fiction, but let's be frank here: there should be more horror films about women -- that are also written and directed by women. The dark and disturbing, yet oddly accessible American Mary looks like a firm step in the right direction. Written and directed by a pair of twin sisters from Vancouver, American Mary is easily one of the most fascinating female-themed horror stories of the past few years, and it should absolutely serve to open a few more doors for the audacious...
- 9/21/2012
- by Scott Weinberg
- FEARnet
Brace yourselves. This list of the Top 100 Greatest Gay Movies is probably going to generate some howls of protest thanks to a rather major upset in the rankings. Frankly, one that surprised the hell out of us here at AfterElton.
But before we get to that, an introduction. A few weeks ago we asked AfterElton readers to submit up to ten of their favorite films by write-in vote. We conducted a similar poll several years ago, but a lot has happened culturally since then, and a number of worthy movies of gay interest have been released. We wanted to see how your list of favorites had changed.
We also wanted to expand our list to 100 from the top 50 we had done previously. We figured there were finally enough quality gay films to justify the expansion. And we wanted to break out gay documentaries onto their own list (You'll find the...
But before we get to that, an introduction. A few weeks ago we asked AfterElton readers to submit up to ten of their favorite films by write-in vote. We conducted a similar poll several years ago, but a lot has happened culturally since then, and a number of worthy movies of gay interest have been released. We wanted to see how your list of favorites had changed.
We also wanted to expand our list to 100 from the top 50 we had done previously. We figured there were finally enough quality gay films to justify the expansion. And we wanted to break out gay documentaries onto their own list (You'll find the...
- 9/11/2012
- by AfterElton.com Staff
- The Backlot
Today sees the opening of "The Cabin In The Woods," one of the freshest, most enjoyable horror movies in years, one that we can only urge you to go see (read our review here). To mark its release, Time Out have polled critics, programmers and filmmakers as to their favorite horror movies, and collated their finds in a mammoth list.
Topped by "The Exorcist," it's an excellent read, and one you'll want to sit down with over the weekend, and as a taste, below you can find the top ten picks of ten of the most notable filmmaker contributors. You can find the full list, as well as picks from many, many more interesting figures, from Antonio Campos and Joe Dante to Simon Pegg and Rob Zombie, over at Time Out's site. And why not weigh in with your own ten picks over in the comments below?
Roger Corman ("The Pit & The Pendulum,...
Topped by "The Exorcist," it's an excellent read, and one you'll want to sit down with over the weekend, and as a taste, below you can find the top ten picks of ten of the most notable filmmaker contributors. You can find the full list, as well as picks from many, many more interesting figures, from Antonio Campos and Joe Dante to Simon Pegg and Rob Zombie, over at Time Out's site. And why not weigh in with your own ten picks over in the comments below?
Roger Corman ("The Pit & The Pendulum,...
- 4/13/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
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