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A pair of star-crossed lovers fight for their lives against a hungry crocodile in director Bejoy Nambiar’s surprising Tu Yaa Main, a masala adaptation of cult Thai survival horror film, The Pool. Ms. Vanity aka Avani (Shanaya Kapoor) is one of Mumbai’s hottest content creators. With a following in the millions, a sprawling luxury estate, and a team of hot shot handlers directing her every move, she appears to have it all. Ala Flowpata aka Maruti (Adarsh Gourav), on the other hand, is a wannabe rapper who can’t seem to get his numbers above the low thousands, and in a country as big as India with a population of 1.4 billion, that’s just not going to cut it as a path to success. When Vanity…

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When an influx of illegal weapons trafficking explodes onto the scene, a grieving blind police officer must purge the city streets or risk mass chaos breaking loose.

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Plus: ‘This Is Not a Test,’ ‘Redux Redux,’ ‘The Dreadful,’ ‘One Mile’ (both chapters), ‘Kokuho.’

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Our friends at FilmSharks have been locking down sales at EFM all week and have announced more sales for the Mexican heist comedy, Abracadavar.    Three magician siblings from the circus world find themselves brought back together to perform a magical and impossible coup: to steal a twin mummy valued at millions of dollars from an impenetrable fortress to save their family lineage. Of important note to us in North America, Disney already have the North American rights with Hulu controlling the U.S. streaming rights, which may mean that we will get it on Disney+ here in Canada when it comes out.    The international trailer is below the following announcement.    The Film from Mexico Starring Alberto Estrella, Denisse Corona, Olaff Herrera and Pablo…

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The translated title of Tak Se-woong’s (Devil in the Lake, A Stranger Dream) latest film, Ghost Train (괴기열차), is something of a misnomer.   While Tak’s supernatural horror film certainly involves ghosts (a handful, maybe more) and trains (many state-of-the-art South Korean trains, but only one actually involving ghosts), it’s primarily set in and around a supposedly haunted train station where, if internet and TV reports bear any truth, frequent disappearances and the occasional suicide have become the norm.    Incongruous title aside, Ghost Train revolves around Da-kyeong (Joo Hyun-young), a self-described “horror queen” and YouTube content creator with an insatiable hunger for clicks, clout, and, of course, fame. (Insert cautionary tale callout here.) She thinks nothing of slipping past security barriers, entering the station…

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Proven to be a concept that has some staying power, more international rights have been secured for Torment (Tormento) the Mexican remake of the Urguayan horror flick, Morgue.    Leaving her job at a shopping mall, an exhausted security guard runs over a stranger and flees. The next day, she is transferred to a morgue, where guilt and terror haunt her throughout the night. International rights have gone to Korea, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the UK. Vietnam has gotten on board with the ramake treatment. Local studio Blue Lantern will develop their own version for the home grown audience.    If you missed the trailer before, we have included it below.  Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has closed theatrical and remake rights to Torment (Tormento), the Morgue-set…

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We have the first trailer and more stills from Cristian Bernard’s Spanish-language chiller, Under Your Feet.    Isabel moves with her two children into a prestigious building that has a peculiar admission method, but at an affordable rental fee. Once approved and settled, three elderly neighbors from the lower floor will turn their lives upside down.   Our friends at FilmSharks have been hard at work, selling international rights for the flick. The earliest release date will be in Spain with a theatrical date of May 8th. Other territories will follow in the second and third quarters.    Check out the trailer and stills below the following announcement.   “UNDER YOUR FEET ( BAJO TUS PIES)”  World Premiered at POFF Tallin Black Nights, a fantasy/thriller…

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Vera Miao’s horror debut stars Kelly Marie Tran, Benedict Wong, Jimmy O. Yang, Aria Kim, and Fiona Fu in a story that links a grieving Asian American family to the 1885 massacre.

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The French writer, playwright, professor, actor and director Guillame Nicloux is no stranger to the International Film Festival Rotterdam. In the past 30 years, he visited several times, and his films have often featured in the festival’s program. This year he brought a special treat for the festival: the world première of his new thriller Mi Amor, starring Pom Klementieff and Benoît Magimel as a DJ and her employer who are looking for a missing person in the Canary Islands. You can read my positive review here. The day after the première, we met Guillame Nicloux at the press center of the festival for an interview. Note that some mild spoilers for Mi Amor come up in the interview, but nothing too disrupting (I think)….

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The second movie palace to bear the name, the Castro Theatre in San Francisco opened more than a century ago (1922).   Originally serving the working-class inhabitants of the area, the Art Deco-inspired Castro Theatre ran new and old theatrical releases for the better part of half a century before demographic changes irrevocably changed the Castro district and with it, the theatre itself.  Beginning in the late 1960s and continuing into the early 70s, the Castro became a haven for LGBTQ+ individuals facing discrimination, bigotry, and violence. With the arrival of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay politician to hold political office, the Castro District received national recognition.   Both a longtime repertory house for wide-ranging film programs and local festivals, including the San Francisco…

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