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What makes a great, Halloween-appropriate, scary film?
BBC News Halloween - it's the time when children go out trick or treating for goodies dressed up in frightening masks and costumes. But it's also the time when adults go to the cinema to watch films which will leave them scared stiff. The latest instalment of ... Hollywood's Scariest Film Trailers: Eli Roth Looks Back In Horror For Halloween |
Wednesday 31 October 2018
What makes a great, Halloween-appropriate, scary film? - BBC News
LGBT cinema still needs more happy endings - The Guardian
The Guardian |
LGBT cinema still needs more happy endings
The Guardian As a juror taking part in NewFest, New York's LGBT film festival, it's been a fascinating, challenging week of cinema. Within the international narrative strand, I've seen 10 films that offered a variety of perspectives and experiences, from Finland to ... |
The new horror film canon (and where to stream it) - The Verge
The Verge |
The new horror film canon (and where to stream it)
The Verge For people with a lively interest in cinema's rapid technolgical and cultural evolution over the past few decades, few areas are as fascinating as the horror genre. Just a few decades ago, horror films were mostly considered disreputable and schlocky ... |
African-American Film Critics Association Partners With AMPAS For Career Summit - Deadline
Deadline |
African-American Film Critics Association Partners With AMPAS For Career Summit
Deadline This marks AMPAS' first educational outreach in the Atlanta area, which has quickly become an epicenter for film production. The event will feature three moderated panel discussions with working Academy members and film professionals intended to ... |
Packed film festival aims to offer too many good choices - The Daily Progress
The Daily Progress |
Packed film festival aims to offer too many good choices
The Daily Progress “Tough choices are good,” Kielbasa said as he made final preparations for Thursday's kickoff, which features 14 films on seven screens in five venues. “We want to have full events and give people as much variety and as many chances as possible to see ... |
Film Review: Burning Spins Class Warfare Into The Makings of a Great Thriller - Consequence of Sound (blog)
Consequence of Sound (blog) |
Film Review: Burning Spins Class Warfare Into The Makings of a Great Thriller
Consequence of Sound (blog) Burning For You: With Burning, director Lee Chang-dong's first film in eight years, a different version of South Korea emerges from the one that's been so common in the major crossover films of the last 10-15 years. So many of the biggest global hits ... Steven Yeun on his new film Burning and his hopes for post-Crazy Rich Asians Hollywood |
'Colette' Opens Door to Film Scoring for Esteemed UK Classical Composer Adès - Variety
Variety |
'Colette' Opens Door to Film Scoring for Esteemed UK Classical Composer Adès
Variety One of England's most distinguished concert composers tried his hand at film music for the first time this year, and the result was the charming and period-appropriate music for Keira Knightley in “Colette,” about the turn-of-the-century French ... |
Backlash over Lena Dunham script for Syrian refugee film - The Guardian
The Guardian |
Backlash over Lena Dunham script for Syrian refugee film
The Guardian Lena Dunham has suffered a social media backlash after it emerged she has been commissioned by Steven Spielberg and JJ Abrams to write the script for a film about a Syrian refugee who was stranded at sea. Dunham tweeted a report by Variety magazine ... Lena Dunham to Adapt Refugee Survival Story for Steven Spielberg, JJ Abrams (EXCLUSIVE) Lena Dunham Tapped by Steven Spielberg and JJ Abrams to Adapt Syrian Refugee Story Lena Dunham on Twitter: "Very lucky to have this job, to tell this story, to support this truth with these people ... |
LGBT cinema still needs more happy endings - The Guardian
The Guardian |
LGBT cinema still needs more happy endings
The Guardian As a juror taking part in NewFest, New York's LGBT film festival, it's been a fascinating, challenging week of cinema. Within the international narrative strand, I've seen 10 films that offered a variety of perspectives and experiences, from Finland to ... |
Los Angeles Film Festival Ending After 18 Years - Deadline
Deadline |
Los Angeles Film Festival Ending After 18 Years
Deadline The Los Angeles Film Festival just moved to a fall slot this year, and now Film Independent says it is ending the fest after 18 years and will replace it with “year-round events aimed at building community and broadening its support of visual ... LA Film Festival to End After 18-Year Run Los Angeles Film Festival Pulling Plug After 18 Years RIP LA Film Festival, 2001–2018 |
LA Film Festival to End After 18-Year Run - Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter |
LA Film Festival to End After 18-Year Run
Hollywood Reporter “While we are very proud of what we've accomplished with the LA Film Festival over the past eighteen years, the truth is that it has struggled to thrive, and the time has come for us to try something new,” said Josh Welsh, president of Film Independent ... Los Angeles Film Festival Pulling Plug After 18 Years Los Angeles Film Festival Ending After 18 Years RIP LA Film Festival, 2001–2018 |
Hollywood's Scariest Film Trailers: Eli Roth Looks Back In Horror For Halloween - Deadline
Deadline |
Hollywood's Scariest Film Trailers: Eli Roth Looks Back In Horror For Halloween
Deadline EXCLUSIVE Not only can a scary horror film trailer lead to an opening weekend that leaves a film profitable by Monday, great trailers can achieve immortality of their own. Unforgettably jarring trailers for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Ring ... What makes a great, Halloween-appropriate, scary film? |
8 Biggest Mistakes You Can Make While Working on a Film Set - Adorama
Adorama |
8 Biggest Mistakes You Can Make While Working on a Film Set
Adorama A film set is a magical place. Well, that is what the people who pass them on the street think. As someone who has worked very long hours on set, I don't want to say the magic disappears — it doesn't — but it does wear very thin after the fourteenth ... |
Backlash over Lena Dunham script for Syrian refugee film - The Guardian
The Guardian |
Backlash over Lena Dunham script for Syrian refugee film
The Guardian Lena Dunham has suffered a social media backlash after it emerged she has been commissioned by Steven Spielberg and JJ Abrams to write the script for a film about a Syrian refugee who was stranded at sea. Dunham tweeted a report by Variety magazine ... Lena Dunham to Adapt Refugee Survival Story for Steven Spielberg, JJ Abrams (EXCLUSIVE) Lena Dunham Tapped by Steven Spielberg and JJ Abrams to Adapt Syrian Refugee Story |
Los Angeles Film Festival Pulling Plug After 18 Years - Variety
Variety |
Los Angeles Film Festival Pulling Plug After 18 Years
Variety After 18 years under Film Independent, the Los Angeles Film Festival is no more. Film Independent announced Wednesday that it was ending the festival — which had been moved this year from June to September — and replace it with year-round events ... LA Film Festival to End After 18-Year Run Los Angeles Film Festival Ending After 18 Years LA Film Festival to End After 18 Years |
AFM: Film Financier Forest Road Secures $70 Million (EXCLUSIVE) - Variety
Variety |
AFM: Film Financier Forest Road Secures $70 Million (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety Forest Road has provided funding for more than a dozen films, including Jamie Bell's “Skin,” acquired by A24 and DirecTV; Maggie Gyllenhaal's “The Kindergarten Teacher,” acquired by Netflix; “Driveways,” directed by Andrew Ahn; and Molly Ringwald's ... |
Film clips / Nov. 2-8 - Berkshire Eagle
Berkshire Eagle |
Film clips / Nov. 2-8
Berkshire Eagle It's quite a feat from Bradley Cooper, who directed, co-wrote, produced and stars in the film. Cooper plays Jackson Maine, a massively popular singer-songwriter whose path intersects with an unknown and overlooked talent named Ally (a magnificent Lady ... |
Los Angeles Film Festival Ending After 18 Years - Deadline
Deadline |
Los Angeles Film Festival Ending After 18 Years
Deadline The Los Angeles Film Festival just moved to a fall slot this year, and now Film Independent says it is ending the fest after 18 years and will replace it with “year-round events aimed at building community and broadening its support of visual ... Q&A: Sarah Ross Found a Career – and Had a Blast – As a Film Festival Intern |
The Wandering Earth could be China's breakout sci-fi blockbuster film - The Verge
The Verge |
The Wandering Earth could be China's breakout sci-fi blockbuster film
The Verge China isn't typically known for its science fiction blockbusters, but a new trailer for an upcoming film called The Wandering Earth has all the hallmarks of a big, Hollywood-style genre movie: it features a dramatic story of the Earth in peril ... |
NYS International Film Festival to unspool at the Linda - Albany Times Union
Albany Times Union |
NYS International Film Festival to unspool at the Linda
Albany Times Union This year's lineup includes films of multiple genres – horror, comedy, experimental, music video, animation, drama, documentary and more – paired with Q&As with filmmakers. The final selection was culled from more than 150 submissions from 19 countries. |
Vietnam Film Business Comes of Age With Action-Thriller 'Furie' - Variety
Variety |
Vietnam Film Business Comes of Age With Action-Thriller 'Furie'
Variety Arclight Films is selling the movie at the American Film Market, and Well Go USA has bought U.S. rights. “The appetite for more cross-cultural and strong female empowerment stories is accelerating at a rapid pace,” said Arclight chairman Gary Hamilton. |
Rami Malek 'totally understands' criticism that Queen film straightwashes Freddie Mercury - USA TODAY
USA TODAY |
Rami Malek 'totally understands' criticism that Queen film straightwashes Freddie Mercury
USA TODAY By relegating Hutton to just a couple of short scenes and ignoring his relationships with other men and women (including German restaurateur Winfried Kirchberger and German actress Barbara Valentin), the film seemingly tries to make the flamboyant ... Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) - Rotten Tomatoes Freddie Mercury and the Erasure of Queerness in 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Bohemian Rhapsody trailer sparks controversy for 'ignoring' Freddie Mercury's sexuality |
American Film Market Opens Amid Massive Uncertainty - Variety
Variety |
American Film Market Opens Amid Massive Uncertainty
Variety Amid massive uncertainty for the future of movies, the American Film Market opens its 39th edition Wednesday at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel. While the Southern California weather will certainly deliver sunshine, forecasts for the independent ... |
Orson Welles' 'new' film 'The Other Side of the Wind' is finally here, and it's fascinating - USA TODAY
USA TODAY |
Orson Welles' 'new' film 'The Other Side of the Wind' is finally here, and it's fascinating
USA TODAY “Wind” centers on a 70th birthday party for the domineering director, who's hoping for a comeback by screening his new film for a gathering of friends, lackeys and journalists. A sea of documentary cameras records every person's words and facial ... |
The Favourite dominates British independent film award nominations - The Guardian
The Guardian |
The Favourite dominates British independent film award nominations
The Guardian The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos's absurdist Restoration-era comedy starring Olivia Colman as a volatile Queen Anne, leads the nominations for this year's British independent film awards (BIFAs). The film, which premiered at the Venice film festival in ... 'The Favourite' Leads British Independent Film Awards Nominations – Full List 'The Favourite' Leads British Independent Film Awards Nominations BIFA nominations 2018: The Favourite leads the way at British Independent Film Awards |
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