Screen Anarchy

As a writer or director of finley crafted, first-rate animated entertainments, Andrew Stanton (Finding Dory, WALL-E, Finding Nemo) has few, if any, equals. Stanton’s only foray into live-action filmmaking, however, John Carter, an adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ titular character and his Martian-based adventures, met with critical disinterest and commercial disappointment more than a decade ago.   Since then, Stanton returned to Pixar as part of its senior creative team, helping to mold and guide younger filmmakers to animated success. Aside from the long-mooted Toy Story 5, Stanton has remained in a behind-the-scenes role at Pixar, but time and an obvious interest in returning to live-action filmmaking led him to direct In the Blink of an Eye, an underwhelming science-fiction drama based on an original screenplay…

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Neve Campbell returns. Kevin Williamson sits in the director’s chair.

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Festival people are the best. At the International Film Festival Rotterdam, a filmmaker I met for the first time almost immediately recommended I should watch Cris Tapia Marchiori’s thriller Gatillero, released internationally as Gunman, and it turned out to be one of my favorite films at this year’s festival. Filmed entirely in the outskirts of the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires, and edited to look like one continuous shot, we get to follow petty gangster Pablo through one night which most definitely does not go according to plan. As protagonists go, Pablo is not exactly the most sympathetic one: Gatillero starts with him doing an armed robbery of a small supermarket. Just out of jail and low on cash, Pablo appears to have a stroke of…

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After escaping her transphobic hometown, Anna meets goth tattoo artist Gen. They bond over shared supernatural abilities, but Gen’s tattoo work accidentally conjures a demon before their romance can bloom.

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We were told we could have the green band trailer if we wanted, but why?

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In 1955, Hungarian born Angolan rancher, businessman, and big game hunter, Josef J. Fénykövi, tracked down and killed the largest land animal on record.   He was lauded by Sports Illustrated at the time for this sportsman prowess, although Fénykövi also told the story that there was another, much larger elephant that day that got away. Fénykövi diligently measured the proportions of the animal, took his “posed with corpse and guns” photos for the magazine, and donated the remains of this massive elephant (later nicknamed Henry) to the Smithsonian Museum, where it has been on display for over 50 years. Or, rather, parts of it. The two tonnes of skin was mounted over a scaffold, but the structure was not able to support the massive…

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Alan J. Pakula’s 1976 classic stars Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman. Features on the new 4K bring more insight.

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If what you have seen, read, and more importantly heard about Ian Tuason’s auditory-heavy horror UNDERTONE has piqued your interest, we have good news for you.

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The third film in the Becky action comedy series has wrapped up production and is now headed into post. On the heels of that announcement also comes the main cast. Joining lead Lulu Wilson this time will be Neil Patrick Harris, Brandon Flynn, James Urbaniak and Kate Siegel.    Even bigger news, if you can imagine, is that Jenn Wexler (The Ranger and The Sacrifice Game) is the director of this third installment. The Anarchists have been big fans of Wexler since their debut and this news is a very welcome surprise for us. Woot!   Quiver Distribution and Post Film announced today that production has wrapped in Northern Ireland on The Last Temptation of Becky, the latest film in their successful Becky franchise following…

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After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director for resurrection. But when she visits the original movie’s star, a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.

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