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.
Karl Urban stars as the hyper-violent beat-’em-up returns, R-rated and ready to rumble.
During Christmas, things got rather busy in my household and as the International Film Festival Rotterdam was right after, I totally forgot to show you all the pretty fantastic-looking Blu-ray boxset of the second season of Arcane, the pretty fantastic League-of-Legends-inspired animated series. Well, it’s a few months onward and I was wondering if I should actually still do this article. But I see this set for sale online still, sometimes going for astronomic prices, and I can imagine people being on the fence about whether to buy this or not. So, consider this to be a bit of extra consumer information. Also, I did write about the boxset for the first season so it would feel like unfinished business not to mention this one….
Deadline reported this week that Vertical has acquired the North American distribution rights to the horror film Pendulum, the directorial debut of screenwriter Mark Heyman. They sent out the first look today, that of its two stars, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Phoebe Dynevor. This new horror film was “… Produced by Darren Aronofsky (The Whale) for Protozoa, Motel Mojave’s Jacob Jaffke (X trilogy), and C2’s Dave Caplan (Longlegs), the film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Looper), Phoebe Dynevor (Fair Play), Norman Reedus (Ballerina), and two-time Oscar nominee Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook)”. … married couple Patrick (Gordon-Levitt) and Abigail (Dynevor) journey to a new-age retreat in New Mexico, drawn by the possibility of healing after a traumatic event. Patrick is willing to do anything to help…
ScreenDaily is reporting that Korean sales and production outfit K-Movie Entertainment is launching sales at the Cannes market on Amara, a supernatural horror from Norwegian filmmaker Roar Uthaug (Netflix’s Troll movies, Hellfjord, The Wave, Cold Prey). Set in Thailand, the story follows a group of international backpackers who become entangled in a curse connected to an unsolved death. Blending supernatural mythology with mounting paranoia, the film is inspired by the folklore of Southeast Asia. The English-language feature is based on an original idea by Uthaug and his Troll series screenwriter Espen Aukan. The project is listed as in development. These pre-sales are aimed at raising capital for production costs by securing upfront commitments from global territories. Uthaug described Amara as “a fast,…
A memorable slice of countryside surrealism, Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl and Party 7 director Katsuhito Ishii’s ensemble family dramedy THE TASTE OF TEA premiered in Directors’ Fortnight during the Cannes Film Festival in 2004. It’s a charmingly odd film – a cult classic made more so in recent years by Third Window Films (who released the film on Blu-ray in the UK). The Taste of Tea now sees a new HD restoration overseen by its director – released theatrically today in North America from Film Movement. Ahead of the film’s re-release, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Ishii to discuss domestic dramas, arthouse positioning, and how that much-hyped Funky Forest sequel is coming along. Where does The Taste of Tea…
The Spanish fantasy thriller Under Your Feet (Bajo tus pies) arrives in Spanish cinemas today and is currently on the festival circuit. One of its producers, our friend Guido Rud from Filmsharks, is bringing it to Marche du Film at Cannes in hopes of drumming up more international sales. Today they sent out a new international trailer and key art to help things along. Under Your Feet had its World Premiere at Tallin Black Nights in 2025 and will have its North American Premiere at LALIFF 2026 at the end of the month. It was an award winner at Fantasporto in March, giving the Best Actress award to Maribel Verdú. Check out the new international trailer below the announcement. Ahead of it’s Cannes screening…
Plus: ‘The Python Hunt,’ ‘Couples Weekend,’ ‘Neglected.’
A group of young travelers are stranded on an island in the Pacific where they struggle to escape an evil presence that has been hidden from mankind for centuries.