Ahead of it’s Cannes screening on Wednesday the brand new official artwork of PACIFIC/PACIFICO has arrived.
An impressionistic documentary centered around Tangier, an island in the Chesapeake Bay, Been Here Stay Here has big ambitions that aren’t always met. With a population of 400, Tangier has a struggling economy closely tied to the climate. One resident points out that the island is five feet above sea level. Storms and higher-than-normal tides lead to flooded houses and streets. Climate change affects the livelihood of most of the inhabitants. Rising water temperatures hurt oyster beds and reduce crab populations. Since jobs are almost all fishing-related, younger residents tend to leave the island for better opportunities on the mainland. Director David Usui had remarkable access to the people and places on Tangier. His camera is in tight on the faces of fishermen harvesting crabs,…
Ronan Corrigan’s vibrant thriller stars Georgie Farmer, Yasmin Finney, Roman Hayeck-Green, James Scholz, Jessica Reynolds, and Charlie-Creed Miles.
Hereditary (2018) came as a shockingly pleasant surprise when it first hit the big screen. Ari Aster was up to something that no one could have imagined before. Audiences weren’t aware that monsters could be much more than Freddy Krueger invading our dreams or virus-mutated zombies, something that could stay with them even after stepping out of the theater. Aster likes to distance himself from the traditional horror pack and focus on scares that are embedded within inescapable grief, dysfunctional family dynamics, and inherited trauma. The famous dinner table fight in Hereditary is a true depiction of trauma where Annie (Toni Collette) explodes at her son, Peter (Alex Wolff), after the death of his sister. When she screams, “Don’t you swear at me, you little…
Our friends at the Chattanooga Film Fest have (CFF) have outdone themselves this year, with the final wave of programming promising many rad films, people, and events coming up next month. If you’re busy during the third week of June, cancel your plans and head to this punk rock genre fest in person, virtually, or both! I’ve said it before, but CFF has the greatest virtual fest that’s ever been. Imagine old school, MTV-style programming (before they got sold to corporate overlords) and glee. Virtual programming is as robust as the on-the-ground fun, but lasts a whole week and fans and filmmakers converge on the fest’s Discord server to chat movies. But if you’re lucky enough to get to go to the fest, you can…
Yeon Sang-ho’s new film Colony sees the Korean director return to the zombie genre, after their international smash hit Train to Busan and follow-up Peninsula. It will have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this Friday. Gianna Jun… stars as Se-jeong, a biotechnology professor attending an industry conference when a rapidly mutating virus is released, plunging the venue into chaos as the infected begin to transform and the authorities seal the building. When you’re this popular on the world stage everyone wants a piece of you, or at least a piece of any movies you make. We already knew last month that the folks at Well Go USA had acquired Colony. What follows in THR’s report is the full list, so…
The first wave of titles participating in the 15th anniversary edition of Frontières have been announced!
An obsessive filmmaker and a sensorially gifted archivist who can “hear” silent films
search the world for surviving copies of NOSFERATU to reassemble and reinvent F.W.
Murnau’s vampire classic from a multiplicity of decayed versions.
Brandon Daley’s wild comic thriller stars Michael Kunicki, Vinny Kress, Trevor Dawkins, and Kaylyn Carter.
Plus: ‘Decorado,’ ‘Life Hack,’ ‘Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe,’ ‘Been Here Stay Here,’ ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin,’ ‘Magic Hour.’