Fantaspoa, Brazil’s amazing genre film festival, has revealed the lineup for this year’s festival.
Here is NEON doing what NEON does best, nothing at all. It is only a theatrical date announcement for the Australian queer horror flick, Leviticus, but it is a start to build up anticipation for the Sundance hit. TWO TEENAGE BOYS MUST ESCAPE A VIOLENT ENTITY THAT TAKES THE FORM OF THE PERSON THEY DESIRE MOST — EACH OTHER So, expect Leviticus to hit cinemas on June 19th. It is also a good time to remind you that our Mel caught the flick during Sundance and sung its praises afterwards. Directed with commendable straightforwardness and simplicity by Adrian Chiarella, Leviticus initially unfolds with an emphasis on Naim and Ryan’s everyday lives (school, home, church) before introducing the supernatural curse and following its increasingly…
Mark your calendars! From March 5-15, at Film at Lincoln Center in New York, co-presented with Unifrance, the 31st edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema demonstrates that the landscape of French cinema is as fertile, inspiring, and distinct as ever. The 22-film program showcases the dynamism and range of cotemporary French cinema, featuring works by emergine filmmakers and acclaimed auteurs. Spanning a wide variety of genres — including coming -of-age stories, historical dramas, procedurals and contemporary social portraits — the selection highlights official entries from Cannes, Venice and Locardo, and includes numerous North American, U.S., and New York Premieres. More than 20 directors and film talent are scheduled to attend select screenings for post-screening Q&As. Opening Night film is François Ozon’s new film, a striking…
Geneviève Dulude-De Celles situates a cross-border art-world story within an intimate study of diasporic return, using the investigation of a rural child prodigy to examine authorship, cultural projection, and the unresolved fault lines of migration.
Filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho (‘Train to Busan’) directs a thought-provoking and gut-wrenching murder mystery.
It is heartbreaking to know that Pakistan’s officially selected Oscar submission, Hun Dan – An Echo of a Dirge, failed to reach the Academy Awards due to administrative hurdles and documentation issues. It was Pakistan’s first Burushaski language film, directed by Karamat Ali, preventing the country from maintaining its yearly Oscar submission streak since 2013. Pakistan Oscar Selection Committee Chairman, Muhammad Ali Naqvi (Mo Naqvi), revealed that all the documents for Hun Dan had been submitted before the October 1 deadline to the Academy. A confusion may have occurred since they received an email from the Academy, stating the documents were incomplete, even mentioning another international feature film, Palestine 36, that did not submit its complete paperwork. Mo Naqvi had been in constant contact with…
Action, action, action! Kenji Tanigaki’s The Furious will close this year’s festival opposite Ben Wheatley’s Normal, which is opening the event.
Documentarian Ry Levey (Out in the Ring, Boutique: To Preserve and Collect) has a new documentary primed and ready to hit the festival. Song Silenced: Coming Out in Christian Music will have its world premiere at the 50th Cleveland International Film Festival in April. On that announcement, the official trailer and poster were revealed today. Song Silenced: Coming Out in Christian Music uncovers the untold stories of million-selling Christian music artists who bravely came out—only to have their careers cancelled or cut short by the industry they helped define. Alongside these silenced icons, the film spotlights a new generation of openly queer musicians reshaping faith-based music by bypassing traditional Christian radio and breaking through on platforms like iTunes and Spotify, where they are topping…
Donna Davies’ documentary, 1000 Women in Horror, arrives on Shudder on March 20th. The trailer has arrived, and you can check it out below. Celebrate Women’s History Month with a New Documentary Exploring How Women Pioneers Revolutionized Horror Cinema Directed by Donna Davies Based on the Book by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas A deep dive into how women pioneers revolutionized horror cinema through their groundbreaking work as directors, actors, and creators since 1895, leaving an indelible mark on the genre’s evolution. Featuring interviews with Roxanne Benjamin, Akela Cooper, Mary Harron, Cerise Howard, Kier-La Janisse, Nikyatu Jusu, Roseanne Liang, Annalise Lockhart, Toby Poser, Sara Risher, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Kate Siegel, Jenn Wexler, and more. …
Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough star in this twisted psychological thriller.