Antonio Campos delivers a star-studded, darkly comic psychological thriller set in the postwar American Bible belt
“There’s a lot of religion going around with this thing,” says Mickey Rourke’s shell-shocked gumshoe in Alan Parker’s Angel Heart, a devilish mix of neo-noir intrigue and gothic horror based on William Hjortsberg’s page-turning novel. The same could be said of The Devil All the Time, a similarly genre-bending tale of twisted faith and postwar trauma, adapted from Donald Ray Pollock’s 2011 novel, which drew comparisons with Flannery O’Connor, William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy. Set between the aftermath of the second world war and the gathering storm of Vietnam, it’s a labyrinthine tale of hardscrabble lives and monstrous deaths in woodsy environs, littered with fanatical fornicating preachers, misguided, faith-fuelled sacrifices and tortuous family legacies, passed unforgivingly from one generation to another.
Flipping back and forth in time as the narrative slips between Coal Creek,...
“There’s a lot of religion going around with this thing,” says Mickey Rourke’s shell-shocked gumshoe in Alan Parker’s Angel Heart, a devilish mix of neo-noir intrigue and gothic horror based on William Hjortsberg’s page-turning novel. The same could be said of The Devil All the Time, a similarly genre-bending tale of twisted faith and postwar trauma, adapted from Donald Ray Pollock’s 2011 novel, which drew comparisons with Flannery O’Connor, William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy. Set between the aftermath of the second world war and the gathering storm of Vietnam, it’s a labyrinthine tale of hardscrabble lives and monstrous deaths in woodsy environs, littered with fanatical fornicating preachers, misguided, faith-fuelled sacrifices and tortuous family legacies, passed unforgivingly from one generation to another.
Flipping back and forth in time as the narrative slips between Coal Creek,...
- 9/13/2020
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
He’ll always be synonymous with horror films, but the screen’s most celebrated vampire was a genuine cultural polymath
Sir Christopher Lee loved to sing. I remember being at the BBC one afternoon in 1994 and hearing his voice booming majestically down the corridors of Broadcasting House – rich, mellifluous, commanding. As a longtime horror fan, I instinctively recognised that voice from the Hammer films that made Lee an international celebrity back in the 60s. But as well as being an iconic screen presence, he was an acclaimed vocalist whose powerful range could be employed from opera to heavy metal with breathtaking results. Alongside his many other accolades, Lee received a Spirit of Metal award in 2010 for his work on Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross, a “symphonic metal concept album”, which cemented his reputation as a genuinely unpredictable cultural polymath. “It’s fascinating,” he said at the time, “that...
Sir Christopher Lee loved to sing. I remember being at the BBC one afternoon in 1994 and hearing his voice booming majestically down the corridors of Broadcasting House – rich, mellifluous, commanding. As a longtime horror fan, I instinctively recognised that voice from the Hammer films that made Lee an international celebrity back in the 60s. But as well as being an iconic screen presence, he was an acclaimed vocalist whose powerful range could be employed from opera to heavy metal with breathtaking results. Alongside his many other accolades, Lee received a Spirit of Metal award in 2010 for his work on Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross, a “symphonic metal concept album”, which cemented his reputation as a genuinely unpredictable cultural polymath. “It’s fascinating,” he said at the time, “that...
- 6/14/2015
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Our final letters page of the year! So: are our Star Trek: The Next Generation lookbacks returning? And do we hate The Mentalist?
Welcome to our final letters page of the year! What started as a bit of a daft idea in the pub - starting a letters page on a website - bizarrely seems to have worked. As such, we shall be retreating to the pub far more often in 2015 to think of more daft ideas. Nothing could possibly go wrong with that plan.
For now? Here's our final selection of your missives for 2014. And thank you for supporting this, one of our daftest ventures to date...
Iain M Banks Books
I'm not much of a bookworm, but when I am, I got a lot of time for Iain M Banks books.
I chanced upon your interview with Dougray Scott from October last year, where it is mentioned that...
Welcome to our final letters page of the year! What started as a bit of a daft idea in the pub - starting a letters page on a website - bizarrely seems to have worked. As such, we shall be retreating to the pub far more often in 2015 to think of more daft ideas. Nothing could possibly go wrong with that plan.
For now? Here's our final selection of your missives for 2014. And thank you for supporting this, one of our daftest ventures to date...
Iain M Banks Books
I'm not much of a bookworm, but when I am, I got a lot of time for Iain M Banks books.
I chanced upon your interview with Dougray Scott from October last year, where it is mentioned that...
- 12/18/2014
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Frightfest has had its fair share of controversy in the past, most notably when A Serbian Film was pulled after Westminster Council ruled it couldn’t be shown in an uncut form. This year’s near-the-mark equivalent was predicted to be Patricio Valladares’ Hidden in the Woods, an exploitation film from Chile brimming with incest, gore and cleavage close-ups. Unfortunately for everyone at the screening, that prediction was way off the mark.
The film opens with Felipe, a drug dealer, who murders his wife before turning his attention to his two daughters, Ana and Anny. He submits them to years of violence and sexual abuse which results in both a child with his eldest and the slimming of his chances at winning Chilean Father of the Year. Raising his daughters and mentally unhinged son in isolation, the cycle only stops when the cops arrive and, although disposing of them with a chainsaw,...
The film opens with Felipe, a drug dealer, who murders his wife before turning his attention to his two daughters, Ana and Anny. He submits them to years of violence and sexual abuse which results in both a child with his eldest and the slimming of his chances at winning Chilean Father of the Year. Raising his daughters and mentally unhinged son in isolation, the cycle only stops when the cops arrive and, although disposing of them with a chainsaw,...
- 8/31/2012
- by Billy Langsworthy
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Winter's Bone; Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps; Mr Nice; Amer; World's Greatest Dad
Somewhere between the doomed romance of Badlands, the communal violence of Deliverance and the dysfunctional family drama of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre lurks the haunting spectre of Winter's Bone (2010, Artificial Eye, 15). Directed by Debra Granik, whose use of authentically barren locations in the Ozark mountains of Missouri pays chilly dividends, this adaptation of Daniel Woodrell's novel walks a thin line between downbeat rural realism and mythological gothic horror. It's a beautiful balancing act that invests even the most incidental scene (a round-the-table rendition of "Fair and Tender Ladies", for example) with a level of eerie threat that elevates the entire drama into the realms of the metaphysical, a matter of life and death.
At the heart of the film's otherworldly appeal is rising star Jennifer Lawrence, whose best actress nod was just one of four...
Somewhere between the doomed romance of Badlands, the communal violence of Deliverance and the dysfunctional family drama of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre lurks the haunting spectre of Winter's Bone (2010, Artificial Eye, 15). Directed by Debra Granik, whose use of authentically barren locations in the Ozark mountains of Missouri pays chilly dividends, this adaptation of Daniel Woodrell's novel walks a thin line between downbeat rural realism and mythological gothic horror. It's a beautiful balancing act that invests even the most incidental scene (a round-the-table rendition of "Fair and Tender Ladies", for example) with a level of eerie threat that elevates the entire drama into the realms of the metaphysical, a matter of life and death.
At the heart of the film's otherworldly appeal is rising star Jennifer Lawrence, whose best actress nod was just one of four...
- 1/30/2011
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Whether you are heading to this year’s Sundance Film Festival – which begins on Thursday in Park City, Utah – or following every happening from the comfort of your own home, it sounds like the Sundance Channel is ramping up its coverage to bring most of the fest to you.
For the first time in the channel’s history, Sundance Channel is officially setting up an on-site headquarters – located at 692 Main Street – which will play host to an all-access, multimedia experience for Sundance Film Festival patrons.
“All eyes are on the Sundance Film Festival every year, and no wonder: it’s a one-of-kind event on the film calendar, a place to get early indications of what’s next in our culture. We’re proud to share the Sundance name and it’s only fitting that we create an exciting media event on all of our...
Hollywoodnews.com: Whether you are heading to this year’s Sundance Film Festival – which begins on Thursday in Park City, Utah – or following every happening from the comfort of your own home, it sounds like the Sundance Channel is ramping up its coverage to bring most of the fest to you.
For the first time in the channel’s history, Sundance Channel is officially setting up an on-site headquarters – located at 692 Main Street – which will play host to an all-access, multimedia experience for Sundance Film Festival patrons.
“All eyes are on the Sundance Film Festival every year, and no wonder: it’s a one-of-kind event on the film calendar, a place to get early indications of what’s next in our culture. We’re proud to share the Sundance name and it’s only fitting that we create an exciting media event on all of our...
- 1/19/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
Dominic Murphy, the uber-talented filmmaker who blasted onto the scene with the Sundance/Berlin debut feature film White Lightnin', a pic I'm sure a very small percentage of our readers have seen, will next direct another relationship-themed film in Cassandra at the Wedding. Based on the 1962 novel by Dorothy Baker, this will likely be Bruno Heller's first credit for a feature film screenplay - so far, he wrote for television's Rome and The Mentalist. Sam Taylor who produced White Lightin' and more recently Donkey, Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre and a cool sounding doc Street Kids United pitched the project to the filmmaker. Variety reports that filming is scheduled for April of next year in Wales and New Zealand. Gist: Film centers on 26-year-old Cassandra, whose life gets turned upside down when she finds out her identical twin, Jude, is about to drop out of college and get married with...
- 12/7/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Cologne, Germany -- Some 45% of the European films that received promotional funding from Media-backed Film Sales Support (Fss) system over the past five years secured international sales, European Film Promotion, the group that operates Fss, said Tuesday.
EFP Managing director Renate Rose pointed to European indie tiles such as "Police, Adjective" from Romanian helmer Corneliu Porumboiu; Dominic Murphy's drama "White LIghtnin' " and Christian Poveda's documentary "La vida loca," which all closed territory sales after receiving international distribution support from the FSS.
In total, from 2004-2009, the FSS helped finance the marketing and promotional campaigns of 546 European films. The FSS also supports European sales agents by paying half of the companies' cost for expenses such as promotional material, hiring publicists and launching award campaigns.
Last year, the FSS began offering grants to companies to market European films at the American Film Market, Hong Kong's Filmart, and the Asian Film Market in Pusan.
EFP Managing director Renate Rose pointed to European indie tiles such as "Police, Adjective" from Romanian helmer Corneliu Porumboiu; Dominic Murphy's drama "White LIghtnin' " and Christian Poveda's documentary "La vida loca," which all closed territory sales after receiving international distribution support from the FSS.
In total, from 2004-2009, the FSS helped finance the marketing and promotional campaigns of 546 European films. The FSS also supports European sales agents by paying half of the companies' cost for expenses such as promotional material, hiring publicists and launching award campaigns.
Last year, the FSS began offering grants to companies to market European films at the American Film Market, Hong Kong's Filmart, and the Asian Film Market in Pusan.
- 7/20/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
I have been waiting for Dominic Murphy’s Jesco White biopic “White Lightnin’” to find its way onto DVD for quite some time now, and, for the most part, my hopes and dreams have been left dangling in the proverbial Appalachian breeze. The film chronicles the life of legendary “dancing outlaw” Jesco White, a man who became something of a cult phenomenon back in the day thanks to a heavily-traded bootleg of this decidedly peculiar individual’s dancing abilities. The high water mark for his popularity was an appearance on “Roseanne”, an episode I’ve yet to catch in syndication. IFC Films dumped the film into a handful of theaters at the beginning of the year, but a DVD release date has yet to be set. Please, for the love of all that’s holy, release this film as soon as humanly possible. As always, a handy synopsis: Deep in...
- 7/7/2010
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
Cologne, Germany -- Fast-rising Brit actor Edward Hogg has been cast in Roland Emmerich's upcoming Shakespeare conspiracy thriller "Anonymous."
Hogg will play the role of Robert Cecil, the first Earl of Salisbury, an advisor to Queen Elisabeth I. Emmerich's drama, which will begin shooting in March in Studio Babelsberg outside Berlin, focuses on the widespread theory that William Shakespeare was not the real author of this plays. It will be the first film Emmerich has shot in his native Germany in 20 years.
Emmerich cast Hogg together with Brit casting director Leo Davis and German Simone Baer.
It's proving to be a big year for Hogg. The 30-year-old actor was picked to be one of ten European Shooting Stars at this year's Berlin International Film Festival.
Hogg's breakthrough performance was in Dominic Murphy's "White Lightnin," which premiered at Sundance last year and earned him a British Independent Film Award nomination as most promising newcomer.
Hogg will play the role of Robert Cecil, the first Earl of Salisbury, an advisor to Queen Elisabeth I. Emmerich's drama, which will begin shooting in March in Studio Babelsberg outside Berlin, focuses on the widespread theory that William Shakespeare was not the real author of this plays. It will be the first film Emmerich has shot in his native Germany in 20 years.
Emmerich cast Hogg together with Brit casting director Leo Davis and German Simone Baer.
It's proving to be a big year for Hogg. The 30-year-old actor was picked to be one of ten European Shooting Stars at this year's Berlin International Film Festival.
Hogg's breakthrough performance was in Dominic Murphy's "White Lightnin," which premiered at Sundance last year and earned him a British Independent Film Award nomination as most promising newcomer.
- 1/26/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mark Kermode enjoys a Billy Paul biopic, a faux-biopic of mountain-dancing madman Jesco White, two David Lynch collections and a celebration of Derek Jarman
Over the past few years, several music documentaries that would previously have been confined to TV have taken a brief theatrical bow before appearing on DVD. This year's standout was Am I Black Enough for You (pictured, 2009, Drakes Avenue, E) the story of Philadelphia soul legend Billy Paul. Having achieved mainstream success with "Me and Mrs Jones", Paul horrified his "cross-over" fans with the radical broadside that gives this DVD its name, which promptly relegated him to outsider status. Years later, artists such as Schoolly D (who features here) helped to reclaim him as a lost icon of black power, although the bittersweet battle between principle and opportunity is left unresolved in this engrossing portrait.
Occupying a space between music biopic and psychotic fantasia, White Lightnin' (2009, Momentum,...
Over the past few years, several music documentaries that would previously have been confined to TV have taken a brief theatrical bow before appearing on DVD. This year's standout was Am I Black Enough for You (pictured, 2009, Drakes Avenue, E) the story of Philadelphia soul legend Billy Paul. Having achieved mainstream success with "Me and Mrs Jones", Paul horrified his "cross-over" fans with the radical broadside that gives this DVD its name, which promptly relegated him to outsider status. Years later, artists such as Schoolly D (who features here) helped to reclaim him as a lost icon of black power, although the bittersweet battle between principle and opportunity is left unresolved in this engrossing portrait.
Occupying a space between music biopic and psychotic fantasia, White Lightnin' (2009, Momentum,...
- 12/27/2009
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Ask me what the most ambitious films are of the year, and so far I might point you to Dominic Murphy’s White Lightnin’ - a crazy piece of filmmaking that merits a "genre" label of its own. The pic was a recent winner Hitchcock D’Or at the Dinard Film Festival and grabbed the headlines less than 48 hours ago for winning big at the Mumbai Film Festival. Screen Daily reports that Sundance Selects won't leave this small in stature film orphaned in the backwoods for much longer. - Ask me what the most ambitious films are of the year, and so far I might point you to Dominic Murphy’s White Lightnin’ - a crazy piece of filmmaking that merits a "genre" label of its own. The pic was a recent winner Hitchcock D’Or at the Dinard Film Festival and grabbed the headlines less than...
- 12/13/2009
- by Ioncinema.com Staff
- IONCINEMA.com
Success of the Twilight saga books and films inspire new productions of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre
The Brontës are back in fashion – with a bit of help from Bella Swan. New films of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre will shoot next spring, and a script about the teenage fantasies of the four Brontë siblings is in the works.
The film-makers are piggybacking off the success of the Twilight saga, which has sparked a renewed enthusiasm among financiers for gothic romance; the Brontës in particular. Wuthering Heights is one of Twilight heroine Bella Swan's favourite books, frequently referenced in the third episode Eclipse, whose storyline is inspired by Emily Brontë's only novel.
The producers of the latest Brontë projects are targeting the Twilight audience with younger casts than previous versions and scripts that emphasise the sensational gothic elements alongside a contemporary psychological realism.
Wuthering Heights, directed by Peter Webber,...
The Brontës are back in fashion – with a bit of help from Bella Swan. New films of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre will shoot next spring, and a script about the teenage fantasies of the four Brontë siblings is in the works.
The film-makers are piggybacking off the success of the Twilight saga, which has sparked a renewed enthusiasm among financiers for gothic romance; the Brontës in particular. Wuthering Heights is one of Twilight heroine Bella Swan's favourite books, frequently referenced in the third episode Eclipse, whose storyline is inspired by Emily Brontë's only novel.
The producers of the latest Brontë projects are targeting the Twilight audience with younger casts than previous versions and scripts that emphasise the sensational gothic elements alongside a contemporary psychological realism.
Wuthering Heights, directed by Peter Webber,...
- 12/2/2009
- by Adam Dawtrey
- The Guardian - Film News
A Work In Progress: Halls and the lobby of Loews remained bare and quiet until Monday when the final day approaches and buyers began congregating in final deals. Surprisingly to all multiple sales had already been made by day 2 and sales for some, if not all were better than expected even if prices were lower. At the Thursday evening European Film Promotion reception, where all friends in the biz meet with welcoming smiles, Marcus Hu of Strand said he was already packing up to go as he had made his purchases..they were already screening Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before AFM began he said. One sales agent remarked that Toronto was the zero level and AFM looked like level 1 had been reached. One sales agent said only theatrical films were selling. Jonathan Wolf says AFM has are 10% fewer sellers (369 vs. 412 in 2008) but 4% more buyers with 13 new buyers from South Korea,...
- 11/7/2009
- by Sydney@SydneysBuzz.com (Sydney)
- Sydney's Buzz
The news broke a week or so ago that Iain M Banks’ socialist anarchist imperialist utopia The Culture was in the early stages of a journey to the screen, with White Lightnin's Dominic Murphy working on an adaptation of the short story A Gift From the Culture. Not ones to pass up an opportunity, we collared Banks at a signing session for his new novel Transition (making sure to bag a copy for ourselves) to get the lowdown, at least from the author’s point of view.“I have mixed feelings about it, as I knew I always would,” says Banks, “although I could, of course, have said no! The longer it is before the novels get filmed, the longer they stay entirely mine. One thing I particularly worry about in the Culture stories is how the spaceships might look. The Culture ships are quite boring, and obviously if you...
- 11/2/2009
- EmpireOnline
No longer will you wonder why the cool Culture Sf stories of cult Scots writer Iain M. Banks have yet to make it to the big screen – that little oversight should be rectified in the future with the news that a movie adaptation of a Banks short story is in the works, with Dominic Murphy directing and co-writing the script.
The film, based on the Banks’ story A Gift From The Culture, is being produced by Mass Productions, jointly owned by Mike Downey and Sam Taylor of Film and Music Entertainment together with Murphy, who will be co-writing the screenplay with Shane Smith, the same slick partner Murphy used in his award-winning debut feature, White Lightnin’.
Murphy is obviously enthused about working with Smith. “Our partnership on White Lightnin’ worked out really well,” Murphy told Screen Daily on October 21, 2009. “We made an ambitious film with minimal resources and in tough conditions,...
The film, based on the Banks’ story A Gift From The Culture, is being produced by Mass Productions, jointly owned by Mike Downey and Sam Taylor of Film and Music Entertainment together with Murphy, who will be co-writing the screenplay with Shane Smith, the same slick partner Murphy used in his award-winning debut feature, White Lightnin’.
Murphy is obviously enthused about working with Smith. “Our partnership on White Lightnin’ worked out really well,” Murphy told Screen Daily on October 21, 2009. “We made an ambitious film with minimal resources and in tough conditions,...
- 10/23/2009
- QuietEarth.us
The British production company Film and Music Entertainment, in partnership with director Dominic Murphy (White Lightnin'), have just announced several future projects, including an untitled Bronte film (Charlotte? Emily? Anne?) and Jesus Christ Airlines, about a heroic pilot in Biafra. But most tantalising is A Gift From the Culture, based on a short story by Iain M. Banks, originally published in Interzone and collected in Banks' The State of the Art.Murphy is writing the script, which if it sticks to source will be about a refugee from Banks' complex utopia The Culture, living undercover on a world that the anarchist socialist intergalactic colonial empire (yes, it's contradictory, we know) has just noticed, and being blackmailed into a violent act using a Culture-specific weapon.Banks' sci-fi novels (he also writes dark "mainstream" fiction without the M, notably The Wasp Factory and The Crow Road) are fat and full of ideas,...
- 10/22/2009
- EmpireOnline
London -- British helmer Dominic Murphy is hoping to bring one of Scottish author Iain M. Banks' sci-fi series of books -- set in a fictional anarchist, socialistic, and utopian society named "The Culture" -- to the big screen.
Murphy, who teamed with Mike Downey and Sam Taylor's finance-production house Film & Music Entertainment to make projects under the resurrected Mass Productions banner in December last year, is looking to the adaptation as a key project from the resurrected production stable.
The filmmaker, whose debut feature "White Lightnin' " world premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, is writing a script with "Lightnin' " scribe Shane Smith.
The duo are adapting Banks' "A Gift from the Culture," which details the tale of an ex-citizen of the Culture being blackmailed into using a special Culture-only weapon to shoot down a military starship.
Murphy, Downey and Taylor are also developing an "Untitled Bronte Project" movie...
Murphy, who teamed with Mike Downey and Sam Taylor's finance-production house Film & Music Entertainment to make projects under the resurrected Mass Productions banner in December last year, is looking to the adaptation as a key project from the resurrected production stable.
The filmmaker, whose debut feature "White Lightnin' " world premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, is writing a script with "Lightnin' " scribe Shane Smith.
The duo are adapting Banks' "A Gift from the Culture," which details the tale of an ex-citizen of the Culture being blackmailed into using a special Culture-only weapon to shoot down a military starship.
Murphy, Downey and Taylor are also developing an "Untitled Bronte Project" movie...
- 10/20/2009
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 30th anniversary of Fangoria magazine will be honored at a special panel to be held at the 42nd edition of Spain’s prestigious Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, to be held October 1-12. Longtime Fango editor Tony Timpone will be attending, joined by British correspondents Alan Jones, Calum Waddell and Axelle Carolyn, as well as Italian correspondent Roberto D’Onofrio. The Fango salute will take place on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 5 p.m. in the Tramuntana Room at the Meliá Hotel.
“For the last 30 years, Fangoria has been the cornerstone of the Sitges program’s diet,” says festival director Angel Sala, “the number-one source of information to feed the bowels of the beast. Fango has been the written witness of the horror scene around the world for over three decades. Sitges can only bow and pay due respect with a celebration for the fans.”
“The panel will be...
“For the last 30 years, Fangoria has been the cornerstone of the Sitges program’s diet,” says festival director Angel Sala, “the number-one source of information to feed the bowels of the beast. Fango has been the written witness of the horror scene around the world for over three decades. Sitges can only bow and pay due respect with a celebration for the fans.”
“The panel will be...
- 9/25/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Fangoria.com)
- Fangoria
The Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia announces its complete program. There are still a few surprises to be confirmed, like the closing gala, but they have already put together the final list of films that will be screened at Sitges 09. Below you’ll find the titles of each film and their sections as well as links for the films that we have already reviewed here on Sound On Sight. Opening Film [Rec]2. Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró. 2009. Official FANTÀSTIC In Competition Section Accident. Soi Cheang. 2009. Accidents Happen. Andrew Lancaster. 2009. The Children. Tom Shankland. 2008. [1] Cold Souls. Sophie Bartes. 2009. The Countess. Julie Delpy. 2009. Les Derniers Jours Du Monde. Jean-Marie and Arnaud Larrieu. 2009. Dogtooth (Kynodontas). Yorgos Lanthimos. 2009. Dorian Gray. Oliver Parker. 2009. Enter The Void. Gaspar Noé. 2009. Grace. Paul Solet. 2009. [2] Heartless. Philip Ridley. 2009. Hierro. Gabe Ibáñez. 2009. La Horde. Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher. 2009. Ingrid. Eduard Cortés. 2009. Kinatay. Brillante Mendoza. 2009. Metropia. Tarik Saleh. 2009. Moon.
- 9/19/2009
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The full lineup has been announced, and among the load of genre fare that's been running the fest circuit are the world premiers of:
Vincenzo Natali's latest, Splice, which we're all excited about.
Simon Fellows twisted adaptation Malice in Wonderland (trailer)
Along some of our personal favorites:
Black Dynamite (friggin awesome)
Swiss scifi flick Cargo (trailer)
Pater Sparrow's incredible Stanislaw Lem adaptation 1 (review)
The Mo Brothers Indonesian slasher Macabre (review)
Atm (get it?) horror-comedy The Human Centipede (review)
Full list after the break.
Opening Film
[Rec]2. Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró. 2009.
Official FANTÀSTIC In Competition Section
Accident. Soi Cheang. 2009.
Accidents Happen. Andrew Lancaster. 2009.
The Children. Tom Shankland. 2008.
Cold Souls. Sophie Bartes. 2009.
The Countess. Julie Delpy. 2009.
Les Derniers Jours Du Monde. Jean-Marie and Arnaud Larrieu. 2009.
Dogtooth (Kynodontas). Yorgos Lanthimos. 2009.
Dorian Gray. Oliver Parker. 2009.
Enter The Void. Gaspar Noé. 2009.
Grace. Paul Solet. 2009.
Heartless. Philip Ridley. 2009.
Hierro. Gabe Ibáñez. 2009.
La Horde. Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher.
Vincenzo Natali's latest, Splice, which we're all excited about.
Simon Fellows twisted adaptation Malice in Wonderland (trailer)
Along some of our personal favorites:
Black Dynamite (friggin awesome)
Swiss scifi flick Cargo (trailer)
Pater Sparrow's incredible Stanislaw Lem adaptation 1 (review)
The Mo Brothers Indonesian slasher Macabre (review)
Atm (get it?) horror-comedy The Human Centipede (review)
Full list after the break.
Opening Film
[Rec]2. Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró. 2009.
Official FANTÀSTIC In Competition Section
Accident. Soi Cheang. 2009.
Accidents Happen. Andrew Lancaster. 2009.
The Children. Tom Shankland. 2008.
Cold Souls. Sophie Bartes. 2009.
The Countess. Julie Delpy. 2009.
Les Derniers Jours Du Monde. Jean-Marie and Arnaud Larrieu. 2009.
Dogtooth (Kynodontas). Yorgos Lanthimos. 2009.
Dorian Gray. Oliver Parker. 2009.
Enter The Void. Gaspar Noé. 2009.
Grace. Paul Solet. 2009.
Heartless. Philip Ridley. 2009.
Hierro. Gabe Ibáñez. 2009.
La Horde. Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher.
- 9/12/2009
- QuietEarth.us
The greatest genre film festival in the world has just announced it's partial 2009 lineup and so far it's a doozy.
The festival's "Discovery" section has always been its signature and this year is no exception with three Quiet Earth favorites topping the list. Pater Sparrow's hypnotic Steinslaw Lem adaption, 1 (review) is playing (which we actually knew but weren't allowed to report) along with micro-budget zombie stunner Colin (review), and the experimental French film Amer.
Full list after the break!
The in-competition Nv Ficció Section:
- Independencia by Raya Martin
- Nymph by Pen-ek Ratanaruang
- Morphia by Sergei Balabanov
- The Forbidden Door by Joko Anwar
- Bronson by Nicolas Refn
- White Lightnin' by Dominic Murphy
- The House of the Devil by Ti West
- Pontypool by Bruce MacDonald
- Van Diemen's land by Jonathan Auf Der Heide
The Nv No Ficció Section:
- Son & Moon. Diario...
The festival's "Discovery" section has always been its signature and this year is no exception with three Quiet Earth favorites topping the list. Pater Sparrow's hypnotic Steinslaw Lem adaption, 1 (review) is playing (which we actually knew but weren't allowed to report) along with micro-budget zombie stunner Colin (review), and the experimental French film Amer.
Full list after the break!
The in-competition Nv Ficció Section:
- Independencia by Raya Martin
- Nymph by Pen-ek Ratanaruang
- Morphia by Sergei Balabanov
- The Forbidden Door by Joko Anwar
- Bronson by Nicolas Refn
- White Lightnin' by Dominic Murphy
- The House of the Devil by Ti West
- Pontypool by Bruce MacDonald
- Van Diemen's land by Jonathan Auf Der Heide
The Nv No Ficció Section:
- Son & Moon. Diario...
- 9/1/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Ok, so I'm lazy.. I copy and pasted the press release, which is after the break, and we have reviews of quite a few of the films playing, including White Lightnin', Left Bank, Blood River, Cryptic, Deadgirl, The Horsemen, I Sell the Dead.. with Kaifeck Murder coming soon (once I can figure out what to write).
Movies I'm really interested in seeing: French Pa flick Mutants, Smash Cut, Possibility of an Island, Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, and Thirst.
But alas, I won't be there. Instead, a friend of ours will be providing some reviews for the week he is there, so everyone give a big thanks to DirtyRobot! Woop!
Check out the film greatness after the break! Oh, and there's more to come...
The past 12 months have been a treasure trove for sharp, individualistic visions of the unusual. Keep your hands on the bars as we give you a...
Movies I'm really interested in seeing: French Pa flick Mutants, Smash Cut, Possibility of an Island, Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, and Thirst.
But alas, I won't be there. Instead, a friend of ours will be providing some reviews for the week he is there, so everyone give a big thanks to DirtyRobot! Woop!
Check out the film greatness after the break! Oh, and there's more to come...
The past 12 months have been a treasure trove for sharp, individualistic visions of the unusual. Keep your hands on the bars as we give you a...
- 6/30/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Year: 2008
Directors: Dominic Murphy
Writers: Eddy Moretti & Shane Smith
IMDb: link
Trailer: Unavailable (boo!)
Review by: Dr. Nathan
Rating: 8 out of 10
Tapping the Source
White Lightnin’ is a sorta biographic flick about Jesco "the Dancing Outlaw" White, an Appalachian step dancer with a “weak mind” and a propensity to keep it that way. On a metaphoric level, it’s also a film about what tends to happen when you treat mental illness with a combination of brutality and drugs. And literal religion.
White Lightnin’ is a story about a man trying to escape himself and who will go to insane lengths to get there. Done documentary style, we first meet Jesco White (Jessie) when he’s just six years old and is already a connoisseur of high-octane gasoline and lighter fluid. While sonny boy huffs and puffs, his father, D-Ray, amuses all at the neighborly get-togethers by doing a little fancy mountain step-dancing.
Directors: Dominic Murphy
Writers: Eddy Moretti & Shane Smith
IMDb: link
Trailer: Unavailable (boo!)
Review by: Dr. Nathan
Rating: 8 out of 10
Tapping the Source
White Lightnin’ is a sorta biographic flick about Jesco "the Dancing Outlaw" White, an Appalachian step dancer with a “weak mind” and a propensity to keep it that way. On a metaphoric level, it’s also a film about what tends to happen when you treat mental illness with a combination of brutality and drugs. And literal religion.
White Lightnin’ is a story about a man trying to escape himself and who will go to insane lengths to get there. Done documentary style, we first meet Jesco White (Jessie) when he’s just six years old and is already a connoisseur of high-octane gasoline and lighter fluid. While sonny boy huffs and puffs, his father, D-Ray, amuses all at the neighborly get-togethers by doing a little fancy mountain step-dancing.
- 5/22/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Berlin -- Richard Loncraine's "My One and Only," a '50s-era comedy starring Renee Zellweger and Kevin Bacon, was squeezed into the competition lineup for this year's Berlin International Film Festival, barely a week before the event kicks off.
Zellweger plays a glamorous single mom on the hunt for a rich man to foot the bill for her and her sons' lifestyle. Produced by Merv Griffith Entertainment and Ray Gun Prods., "My One and Only" will have its world premiere in Berlin. Essential Entertainment is handling international sales.
Berlin also added Lone Scherfig's Sundance favorite "An Education" with Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina and Emma Thompson and Davis Guggenheim's music documentary "It Might Get Loud" for its Berlinale Special Galas, ensuring the films will get the red carpet treatment without any of the pressure of competition.
All three films should give an added boost of star power to...
Zellweger plays a glamorous single mom on the hunt for a rich man to foot the bill for her and her sons' lifestyle. Produced by Merv Griffith Entertainment and Ray Gun Prods., "My One and Only" will have its world premiere in Berlin. Essential Entertainment is handling international sales.
Berlin also added Lone Scherfig's Sundance favorite "An Education" with Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina and Emma Thompson and Davis Guggenheim's music documentary "It Might Get Loud" for its Berlinale Special Galas, ensuring the films will get the red carpet treatment without any of the pressure of competition.
All three films should give an added boost of star power to...
- 1/27/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Panorama section will comprise a total of 50 titles with about a third of those being documentaries and here's the first 21 of the list. Oddly enough Dominic Murphy's White Lightnin' will be playing although it's having it's premier at Sundance. Another film we reported on, Uli Lommel's Absolute Evil starring David Carradine will also be playing, and I'm still wondering how the hell they got that in there.
You can check out the list of all 21 titles after the break.
Absolute Evil by Ulli Lommel, USA (world premiere)
With David Carradine, Carolyn Neff, Ulli Lommel, Chris Kiesa
Ander by Roberto Castón, Spain (directorial debut and world premiere)
With Josean Bengoetxea, Cristhian Esquivel, Mamen Rivera, Pilar Rodríguez, Leire Ucha
At Stake by Iwan Setiawan, Muhammad Ichsan, Lucky Kuswandi, Ucu Agustin, Ani Ema Susanti, Indonesia
Panorama Dokumente
Coyote by Chema Rodríguez, Spain (world premiere)
Panorama Dokumente
Der Knochenmann (The Bone Man) by Wolfgang Murnberger,...
You can check out the list of all 21 titles after the break.
Absolute Evil by Ulli Lommel, USA (world premiere)
With David Carradine, Carolyn Neff, Ulli Lommel, Chris Kiesa
Ander by Roberto Castón, Spain (directorial debut and world premiere)
With Josean Bengoetxea, Cristhian Esquivel, Mamen Rivera, Pilar Rodríguez, Leire Ucha
At Stake by Iwan Setiawan, Muhammad Ichsan, Lucky Kuswandi, Ucu Agustin, Ani Ema Susanti, Indonesia
Panorama Dokumente
Coyote by Chema Rodríguez, Spain (world premiere)
Panorama Dokumente
Der Knochenmann (The Bone Man) by Wolfgang Murnberger,...
- 1/7/2009
- QuietEarth.us
While unfortunately the only news I could find on this was a brief mention in Variety I'm making the automatic assumption that the plans are to adapt the 100 page novella in this collection of short stories of the same name as the book. For those who've missed out recently, Murphy's directorial debut feature White Lightnin' will be premiering at Sundance (stills here) and from what little I've seen it looks fantastic. Further news is that he's already got a whole slate of film projects in the works, one of them being The State of the Art which is about aliens visiting Earth to kind of help out and seems to ultimately be about social commentary.
Here's a little slice from wikipedia:
The novella chronicles an advanced alien culture mission to Earth and is partly about Sma who argues for contact with Earth, to try and fix the mess the human...
Here's a little slice from wikipedia:
The novella chronicles an advanced alien culture mission to Earth and is partly about Sma who argues for contact with Earth, to try and fix the mess the human...
- 12/10/2008
- QuietEarth.us
London -- Upcoming British director Dominic Murphy is teaming with veteran finance and production house Film & Music Entertainment, headed by Mike Downey and Sam Taylor, on a slate of projects under the resurrected banner Mass Prods.
Murphy previously partnered with F&Me's Downey and Taylor on his debut feature, "White Lightnin'," which is due to unspool at Sundance in January, and the pact marks an extension to that relationship.
The deal is for "a slate of projects" and will kick off with "Jesus Christ Airlines," which is being written by Kit Peel. Downey said F&Me and Murphy have taken a 50-50 stake in the company and will aim to produce two movies a year initially.
Peel, a former journalist, is set to deliver his version of the events in the lives of one family set against the backdrop of the Biafra Airlift. For nearly two years, the pilots of...
Murphy previously partnered with F&Me's Downey and Taylor on his debut feature, "White Lightnin'," which is due to unspool at Sundance in January, and the pact marks an extension to that relationship.
The deal is for "a slate of projects" and will kick off with "Jesus Christ Airlines," which is being written by Kit Peel. Downey said F&Me and Murphy have taken a 50-50 stake in the company and will aim to produce two movies a year initially.
Peel, a former journalist, is set to deliver his version of the events in the lives of one family set against the backdrop of the Biafra Airlift. For nearly two years, the pilots of...
- 12/5/2008
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
First off, the best news, as I predicted (in private) Duncan Jones' Moon will be premiering, yay! The comedy Adventureland starring the talented Bill Hader is playing. The sweet kid soldier film Johnny Mad Dog is playing in the spectrum section, and the Jesco White story White Lightnin' which we reported on earlier is in the Park City at Midnight section.
But where the hell is Stingray Sam?
Full list after the break.
Premieres
* "Adventureland," directed and written by Greg Mottola, stars Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds and Bill Hader in the story of a college grad who gets a job at an amusement park. A Miramax release.
* "Brooklyn’s Finest," directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Michael C. Martin, a drama about three Brooklyn cops who come together at the same deadly location. With Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Don Cheadle and Ellen Barkin.
* "Earth Days," directed by Robert Stone,...
But where the hell is Stingray Sam?
Full list after the break.
Premieres
* "Adventureland," directed and written by Greg Mottola, stars Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds and Bill Hader in the story of a college grad who gets a job at an amusement park. A Miramax release.
* "Brooklyn’s Finest," directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Michael C. Martin, a drama about three Brooklyn cops who come together at the same deadly location. With Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Don Cheadle and Ellen Barkin.
* "Earth Days," directed by Robert Stone,...
- 12/4/2008
- QuietEarth.us
Premieres
To showcase the diversity of contemporary independent cinema, this section offers the latest work from American and international directors and world premieres of highly anticipated films.
Adventureland / U.S. (Director-screenwriter: Greg Mottola)
In 1987, a recent college graduate takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park and discovers the job is perfect preparation for the real world. Cast: Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds, Bill Hader. World premiere
Brooklyn's Finest / U.S. (Director: Antoine Fuqua; screenwriter: Michael C. Martin)
After enduring vastly different career paths, three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location. Cast: Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Don Cheadle, Ellen Barkin. World premiere
Earth Days / U.S. (Director: Robert Stone)
The history of our environmental undoing through the eyes of nine Americans whose work and actions launched the modern environmental movement. World premiere, closing-night film
Endgame / U.K. (Director: Pete Travis; screenwriter: Paula Milne)
A...
To showcase the diversity of contemporary independent cinema, this section offers the latest work from American and international directors and world premieres of highly anticipated films.
Adventureland / U.S. (Director-screenwriter: Greg Mottola)
In 1987, a recent college graduate takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park and discovers the job is perfect preparation for the real world. Cast: Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds, Bill Hader. World premiere
Brooklyn's Finest / U.S. (Director: Antoine Fuqua; screenwriter: Michael C. Martin)
After enduring vastly different career paths, three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location. Cast: Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Don Cheadle, Ellen Barkin. World premiere
Earth Days / U.S. (Director: Robert Stone)
The history of our environmental undoing through the eyes of nine Americans whose work and actions launched the modern environmental movement. World premiere, closing-night film
Endgame / U.K. (Director: Pete Travis; screenwriter: Paula Milne)
A...
- 12/4/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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