Monday 31 October 2016

Inside ISIS-held Mosul: Secret film shows desolate scene - CNN


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Inside ISIS-held Mosul: Secret film shows desolate scene
CNN
Irbil, Iraq (CNN) Video shot secretly from a car inside eastern Mosul by a resistance group gives a rare glimpse of Iraq's second largest city in recent days -- a ghost town ahead of what is sure to be a bloody battle with ISIS. As advancing Iraqi ...

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MoMA To Screen Newly Restored Classic Horror Film, 'Night Of The Living Dead,' Twice In November - Forbes


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MoMA To Screen Newly Restored Classic Horror Film, 'Night Of The Living Dead,' Twice In November
Forbes
Perhaps the most influential horror film of the last 50 years, Romero's classic also is one of the most abused, subjected, because of its public-domain status, to well over 100 home video releases of deteriorated quality. To accomplish the restoration ...
Zombies: The film genre that won't die - News from Al JazeeraAljazeera.com
George A. Romero on Brad Pitt Killing the Zombie Genre, Why He Avoids Studio FilmsHollywood Reporter
Which Award-Winning Actress Is Begging for a Role on The Walking Dead?PEOPLE.com

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FilmFish Film Recommendation App Launches on iOS - SocialTimes


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FilmFish Film Recommendation App Launches on iOS
SocialTimes
The FilmFish app was created by film critic Joyce Kulhawik, actor Topher Grace, serial entrepreneur Simon Borrero, Sundance Film Festival featured producer Daniel Posada and Massachusetts Institute of Technology professors Donald Sull and David ...



Inside ISIS-held Mosul: Secret film shows desolate scene - CNN International


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Inside ISIS-held Mosul: Secret film shows desolate scene
CNN International
Irbil, Iraq (CNN) Video shot secretly from a car inside eastern Mosul by a resistance group gives a rare glimpse of Iraq's second largest city in recent days -- a ghost town ahead of what is sure to be a bloody battle with ISIS. As advancing Iraqi ...

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Claire Foy battled broken elbow to film The Crown - Telegraph.co.uk


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Claire Foy battled broken elbow to film The Crown
Telegraph.co.uk
All actors may claim they suffer for their art, but Claire Foy has a greater reason to complain than most. The actress, who plays the Queen in an upcoming Netflix drama, has disclosed she broke her elbow at a wedding shortly before key scenes, but had ...

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'Carrie' Turns 40: Secrets Behind the Iconic Horror Film - ABC News - ABC News


'Carrie' Turns 40: Secrets Behind the Iconic Horror Film - ABC News
ABC News
Nov. 3 marks the 40-year anniversary of "Carrie," which arguably remains one of the most iconic horror movies of all time.

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Disney plans to make live-action Snow White remake of classic film - The Guardian


The Guardian

Disney plans to make live-action Snow White remake of classic film
The Guardian
The original film, released in 1937, was the studio's first animated film and the Grimm brothers' source material has seen a number of big-screen iterations, including a 1987 film with Diana Rigg, horror film Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997) with ...
SNOW WHITE Will Be The Next Disney Film To Get The Live-Action TreatmentBirth.Movies.Death. (blog)
Disney developing live-action Snow White filmEmpire

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Preview Chance the Rapper's Starring Werewolf Role in New Film Slice - Pitchfork


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Preview Chance the Rapper's Starring Werewolf Role in New Film Slice
Pitchfork
Chance the Rapper has shared a new video teasing his role in the upcoming film Slice. In the film, which is due out in the second half of 2017 via A24, Chance plays Dax Lycander, a werewolf and former Chinese food delivery boy. In the new clip, Chance ...
Chance the Rapper shot a secret feature film this summerEntertainment Weekly
Watch the Teaser for a New Feature Film Starring Chance the RapperSPIN

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Chance the Rapper shot a secret feature film this summer - Entertainment Weekly


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Chance the Rapper shot a secret feature film this summer
Entertainment Weekly
A24, the studio behind Barry Jenkins' Moonlight, announced Monday that it's planning a 2017 theatrical release for a feature film called Slice, starring Chance. Austin Vesely wrote and directed the film, which he shot in Chicago over the summer, and ...
Preview Chance the Rapper's Starring Werewolf Role in New Film SlicePitchfork
Watch the Teaser for a New Feature Film Starring Chance the RapperSPIN

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11 Queer-Inclusive Films to Watch This Halloween - NBCNews.com


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11 Queer-Inclusive Films to Watch This Halloween
NBCNews.com
Paul Verhoeven's last film before heading to America to begin his Hollywood career was German horror picture "De Vierde Man" (The Fourth Man), starring Jeroen Krabbé as bisexual novelist Gerard Reve. For fans of gory and violent Halloween films, this ...

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Inside ISIS-held Mosul: Secret film shows desolate scene - CNN International


Inside ISIS-held Mosul: Secret film shows desolate scene
CNN International
Irbil, Iraq (CNN) Video shot secretly from a car inside eastern Mosul by a resistance group gives a rare glimpse of Iraq's second largest city in recent days -- a ghost town ahead of what is sure to be a bloody battle with ISIS. As advancing Iraqi ...

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Inside ISIS-held Mosul: Secret film shows desolate scene - CNN


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Inside ISIS-held Mosul: Secret film shows desolate scene
CNN
Irbil, Iraq (CNN) Video shot secretly from a car inside eastern Mosul by a resistance group gives a rare glimpse of Iraq's second largest city in recent days -- a ghost town ahead of what is sure to be a bloody battle with ISIS. As advancing Iraqi ...

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'Through Her Lens' Helps Represent Women's Voices In Film - Forbes


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'Through Her Lens' Helps Represent Women's Voices In Film
Forbes
“I'm crouching in a stairwell between mentoring sessions,” says Amy Hobby, VP of the artist's programs for the Tribeca Film Institute, as she takes a moment to speak to Women@Forbes. This kind of dedication to helping young women filmmakers is what ...

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'The Shining' Hotel Will Host a New Horror Film Festival, Picking Up Where The Stanley Left Off - IndieWire


IndieWire

'The Shining' Hotel Will Host a New Horror Film Festival, Picking Up Where The Stanley Left Off
IndieWire
While much of the industry views the film festival circuit as starting with Sundance, genre fans see it differently. Annual showcases for the latest horror movie achievements include TIFF's Midnight Madness, Austin's Fantastic Fest, and the Sitges Film ...
The Shining hotel to host new horror film festivalEntertainment Weekly
The Shining Hotel Will Host a New Horror Film FestivalSPIN
Hotel from Stanley Kubrick's The Shining to host The Overlook Film FestivalConsequence of Sound (blog)
Paste Magazine -FACT
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Our critic names 10 horror films to watch this Halloween - Los Angeles Times


Los Angeles Times

Our critic names 10 horror films to watch this Halloween
Los Angeles Times
“Dawn of the Dead.” “Night of the Living Dead” may be the more seminal achievement, but the second film in George Romero's incomparable zombie cycle has always been my personal favorite — scary, shrewd, exhilarating; in every respect a full meal.

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11 Queer-Inclusive Films to Watch This Halloween - NBCNews.com


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11 Queer-Inclusive Films to Watch This Halloween
NBCNews.com
Paul Verhoeven's last film before heading to America to begin his Hollywood career was German horror picture "De Vierde Man" (The Fourth Man), starring Jeroen Krabbé as bisexual novelist Gerard Reve. For fans of gory and violent Halloween films, this ...

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Photo: Xavi Torrent/WireImage - A.V. Club (blog)


A.V. Club (blog)

Photo: Xavi Torrent/WireImage
A.V. Club (blog)
One of the many things that sets John Carpenter apart from other filmmakers is that he scored many of his classic films himself using a bank of analog synthesizers. The eerie soundtracks Carpenter created for films such as Halloween, The Fog, and ...



Show a Film, End Up on a Watch List - CounterPunch


CounterPunch

Show a Film, End Up on a Watch List
CounterPunch
The RSU decided to host the film to raise awareness and in the words of its president, Gabriel Murcia, to give “voice to people who don't have a voice.” Although some 100 people attended the screening, the RSU decided at the last minute not to have a ...



'Madea,' 'Moonlight' and the multitudes contained in black film - Washington Post


'Madea,' 'Moonlight' and the multitudes contained in black film
Washington Post
In fact, “Moonlight,” which was adapted by filmmaker Barry Jenkins from a play by Tarell Alvin McCraney, embodies just how multivalenced — and maybe no longer useful — the term “black film” has become, as it conveys the emotional tensions experienced ...

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John F. Kennedy's inspiring speech on space exploration is a lot more menacing in this film trailer about alien contact - Quartz


Quartz

John F. Kennedy's inspiring speech on space exploration is a lot more menacing in this film trailer about alien contact
Quartz
Kennedy's speech haunts the trailer: “There is no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet,” he orates, as we see the American film stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds float around the ISS. Maybe there's no national conflict ...



Your Name, Tokyo Film Festival review: this dazzling, gleaming daydream is anime at its very best - Telegraph.co.uk


Telegraph.co.uk

Your Name, Tokyo Film Festival review: this dazzling, gleaming daydream is anime at its very best
Telegraph.co.uk
Director: Makoto Shinkai; Starring: Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Ryo Narita, Aoi Yuki, Nobunaga Shimazaki (voices). 12A cert, 106 mins. There are a handful of Japanese animated films – Akira, Ghost in the Shell, and The Castle of Cagliostro ...



Chicago New Times Names the 2016 Film 50 - Filmmaker Magazine


Filmmaker Magazine

Chicago New Times Names the 2016 Film 50
Filmmaker Magazine
I'm a couple of weeks late posting about the latest edition of the Chicago New City Film 50 because, well, it's a dense read — think Filmmaker's 25 New Faces times two, made all the more impressive because one person, Ray Pride (also a Filmmaker ...



Star Wars Rogue One: New theory emerges about how film will end - The Week UK


The Week UK

Star Wars Rogue One: New theory emerges about how film will end
The Week UK
Disney's first Star Wars spin-off film may end with an appearance from Princess Leia and possibly a hint about the future of new heroine Jyn Erso. A video posted by YouTuber Mike Zeroh says there has been considerable speculation about the appearance ...

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Is Kenya's film censor out of control? - The Economist


The Economist

Is Kenya's film censor out of control?
The Economist
WHAT does a film certification board do? In Kenya, at least according to Ezekiel Mutua, the head of the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB), the job seems to have expanded a lot. As well as certifying films, Mr Mutua and his officials have also ...



Your Name, Tokyo Film Festival review: this dazzling, gleaming daydream is anime at its very best - Telegraph.co.uk


Telegraph.co.uk

Your Name, Tokyo Film Festival review: this dazzling, gleaming daydream is anime at its very best
Telegraph.co.uk
The new film from Makoto Shinkai is so beautiful it's almost laughable. Like a landscape shining after heavy rain, it feels like real life with the sharpness, brightness and sensation turned right up. It's a raucous teenage body swap comedy-with-pop ...

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Film Review: Hacksaw Ridge - Consequence of Sound (blog)


Consequence of Sound (blog)

Film Review: Hacksaw Ridge
Consequence of Sound (blog)
Once we get there, the relentless gunfire and stormy clouds of smoke make it hard to remember just how sweet and idyllic many of the film's earliest moments were. Rupert Gregson-Williams' wistful score gently underscores Desmond and Dorothy's touching ...

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Top Sony Executives Disillusioned With Film Chairman Tom Rothman (EXCLUSIVE) - Variety


Variety

Top Sony Executives Disillusioned With Film Chairman Tom Rothman (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety
A series of personnel complaints and threatened defections by senior executives have raised questions about the leadership of Sony Pictures Entertainment movie boss Tom Rothman, several sources said — a difficult challenge for a studio already ...