Robert Aldrich's "The Dirty Dozen" is the daddiest of dad movies. A box office smash upon its theatrical release in 1967, it was the proto-"men-on-a-mission" movie. Lee Marvin stars as a World War II U.S. Army major ordered to lead a pack of disposable military prisoners on a suicide mission to slaughter numerous high-ranking Nazi officers. The film brought together some of the most macho men on the planet to play the (not entirely) doomed soldiers: Charles Bronson, George Kennedy, Telly Savalas, and, of course, recently retired Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown. It was a testosterone-fueled must-see that inspired three made-for-tv sequels and a load of imitators (including Enzo G. Castellari's "The Inglorious Bastards" and Quentin Tarantino's endearingly misspelled "Inglourious Basterds").
It's been homaged and ripped off so many times over the last 57 years that a straight-up remake would hardly be sacrilege. In fact, given...
It's been homaged and ripped off so many times over the last 57 years that a straight-up remake would hardly be sacrilege. In fact, given...
- 1/10/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Studiocanal presents the brand-new restorations of two classics from legendary director Enzo G Castellari (The Inglorious Bastards) – the stunning Poliziotteschi crime thriller High Crime (1973), starring Franco Nero (Django) and said to have been inspired by Bullitt; and iconic Spaghetti Western Kill Them All And Come Back Alone (1968), starring Chuck Connors (Branded). And a new release of the superb action thriller Extreme Prejudice starring Nick Nolte (48 Hours) and Powers Boothe (Southern Comfort), directed by Walter Hill (The Warriors). All available to buy on Blu-ray for the first time and on DVD and Digital from 6th June.
To celebrate, we are giving away a Blu-ray of each film to one lucky winner!
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To celebrate, we are giving away a Blu-ray of each film to one lucky winner!
Please note: This competition is open to UK residents only
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Open to UK residents only The competition will close 20th June 2022 at 23.59 GMT The winner will be picked at random from entries received...
- 6/1/2022
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Studiocanal presents the brand-new restorations of two classics from legendary director Enzo G Castellari (The Inglorious Bastards) – the stunning Poliziotteschi crime thriller High Crime (1973), starring Franco Nero (Django) and said to have been inspired by Bullitt; and iconic Spaghetti Western Kill Them All And Come Back Alone (1968), starring Chuck Connors (Branded). And a new release of the superb action thriller Extreme Prejudice starring Nick Nolte (48 Hours) and Powers Boothe (Southern Comfort), directed by Walter Hill (The Warriors). All available to buy on Blu-ray for the first time and on DVD and Digital from 6th June.
To celebrate, we are giving away a Blu-ray of each film to one lucky winner! To win, all you have to do is answer the following question:
Enzo G Castellari also directed which of the following films? Was it:
a) Fort Apache: The Bronx
b) A Bronx Tale
c) Escape from the Bronx
Email your answer to NerdlyComps@gmail.
To celebrate, we are giving away a Blu-ray of each film to one lucky winner! To win, all you have to do is answer the following question:
Enzo G Castellari also directed which of the following films? Was it:
a) Fort Apache: The Bronx
b) A Bronx Tale
c) Escape from the Bronx
Email your answer to NerdlyComps@gmail.
- 5/30/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Could Claire Denis pull a rare two film in two back to back film festival (Berlinale-Cannes) double win a la Ryusuke Hamaguchi? As we saw with last night’s world premiere screening for Stars At Noon — it’s definitely a possibility. This is only Denis’ second time in competition – her last time in comp was in 1988 with Chocolat. In 1994, I Can’t Sleep was selected in the Un Certain Regard and after Trouble Every Day (2001) she became more of a Venice mainstay. Her 2013 film Bastards was also an Un Certain Regard section (it should have been in comp) and her 2017 film Let the Sunshine In opened the Directors’ Fortnight.…...
- 5/26/2022
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
“Somebody Feed Phil” has been renewed for Season 6 at Netflix ahead of its fifth season premiere, Variety has learned exclusively.
The five-episode “Somebody Feed Phil” Season 5, which debuts May 25, was filmed back to back with Season 6, which also consists of five episodes.
“We filmed 10 episodes in the sweet spot between Delta and Omicron. Remember that? So from August to January, we pretty much filmed everything,” Rosenthal told Variety. “We only had to postpone one location because of Omicron, but we swapped in another one in the United States for that. And we’ll go back to [that other location eventually].”
For Season 5, episodes will feature Rosenthal heading to Oaxaca, Portland (Maine), Helsinki, Portland (Oregon) and Madrid.
Rosenthal says Netflix is targeting a fall premiere for Season 6, though no official date has been set for those already taped episodes to be released.
“Somebody Feed Phil” is produced by Lucky Bastards and Zero Point Zero Production,...
The five-episode “Somebody Feed Phil” Season 5, which debuts May 25, was filmed back to back with Season 6, which also consists of five episodes.
“We filmed 10 episodes in the sweet spot between Delta and Omicron. Remember that? So from August to January, we pretty much filmed everything,” Rosenthal told Variety. “We only had to postpone one location because of Omicron, but we swapped in another one in the United States for that. And we’ll go back to [that other location eventually].”
For Season 5, episodes will feature Rosenthal heading to Oaxaca, Portland (Maine), Helsinki, Portland (Oregon) and Madrid.
Rosenthal says Netflix is targeting a fall premiere for Season 6, though no official date has been set for those already taped episodes to be released.
“Somebody Feed Phil” is produced by Lucky Bastards and Zero Point Zero Production,...
- 5/12/2022
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
Over a long and wide-ranging career, director Enzo G. Castellari helmed some of the most infamous of all the poliziotteschi – the gritty, action-packed crime films that proliferated in Italy throughout the 70s.
Buckle up for a heart-stopping thrill ride through the seedy underbelly of Italian society in two of his most celebrated thrillers!
In 1976’s The Big Racket, Inspector Nico Palmieri is hot on the heels of a gang of ruthless racketeers. Realizing he’s not going to get anywhere within the confines of the law, Nico recruits a crack squad of civilians to dole out their own brand of justice. Then, in 1977’s The He...
Buckle up for a heart-stopping thrill ride through the seedy underbelly of Italian society in two of his most celebrated thrillers!
In 1976’s The Big Racket, Inspector Nico Palmieri is hot on the heels of a gang of ruthless racketeers. Realizing he’s not going to get anywhere within the confines of the law, Nico recruits a crack squad of civilians to dole out their own brand of justice. Then, in 1977’s The He...
- 4/19/2022
- QuietEarth.us
” I will make it my personal business to see you don’t leave here alive. You understand me?”
Rogue Cops and Racketeers: Two Crime Thrillers: The Big Racket (1976) and The Heroin Busters (1977) will be available on Blu-ray April 19th from Arrow Video
Over a long and wide-ranging career, director Enzo G. Castellari helmed some of the most infamous of all the poliziotteschi – the gritty, action-packed crime films that proliferated in Italy throughout the 70s. Buckle up for a heart-stopping thrill ride through the seedy underbelly of Italian society in two of his most celebrated thrillers!
In 1976’s The Big Racket, Inspector Nico Palmieri is hot on the heels of a gang of ruthless racketeers. Realizing he’s not going to get anywhere within the confines of the law, Nico recruits a crack squad of civilians to dole out their own brand of justice. Then, in 1977’s The Heroin Busters, rule-flouting...
Rogue Cops and Racketeers: Two Crime Thrillers: The Big Racket (1976) and The Heroin Busters (1977) will be available on Blu-ray April 19th from Arrow Video
Over a long and wide-ranging career, director Enzo G. Castellari helmed some of the most infamous of all the poliziotteschi – the gritty, action-packed crime films that proliferated in Italy throughout the 70s. Buckle up for a heart-stopping thrill ride through the seedy underbelly of Italian society in two of his most celebrated thrillers!
In 1976’s The Big Racket, Inspector Nico Palmieri is hot on the heels of a gang of ruthless racketeers. Realizing he’s not going to get anywhere within the confines of the law, Nico recruits a crack squad of civilians to dole out their own brand of justice. Then, in 1977’s The Heroin Busters, rule-flouting...
- 3/9/2022
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
A white woman living in a post-colonial African country refuses to abandon her family’s coffee plantation even as civil war brews around her. A derelict spaceship full of criminals sails across the stars towards a black hole, adrift between their histories on Earth and the oblivion that awaits them in the cosmos. A former officer in the French Foreign Legion remembers his time stationed in Djibouti, where his men lost themselves in the desert (and each other) while preparing for a fight that never came.
The people in Claire Denis movies are seldom in a hurry, but they’re often out of time. They’re drawn and quartered between the soft flesh of memory and the acrid metal of waking life — pulled apart by an artist whose films are as fluid as memories, and yet also mesmerized by the violence of inflexible social constructs that separate people against each other and themselves.
The people in Claire Denis movies are seldom in a hurry, but they’re often out of time. They’re drawn and quartered between the soft flesh of memory and the acrid metal of waking life — pulled apart by an artist whose films are as fluid as memories, and yet also mesmerized by the violence of inflexible social constructs that separate people against each other and themselves.
- 2/12/2022
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSHong Sang-soo's The Novelist's Film (2022)The competition slate has been announced for this year's Berlinale, featuring the latest by Hong Sang-soo, Claire Denis, Rithy Panh, Phyllis Nagy, Ulrich Seidl, and more. Find the rest of the lineup here. In an interview with Variety, executive Mariette Rissenbeek and artistic director Carlo Chatrian discuss their plans for the festival to be an in-person event. Actor Michel Subor has died at the age of 86. Subor captivated audiences with his performances in films like Jean-Luc Godard's Le petit soldat (1960)—he also was the narrator for François Truffaut's Jules and Jim (1962)—and a number of films by Claire Denis, from Beau travail (1999) and L'intrus (2004) to White Material (2009) and Bastards (2013). We recommend reading Yasmina Price's excellent essay on L'intrus and Subor's distinct historiography as an actor. Recommended VIEWINGThe...
- 1/19/2022
- MUBI
Michel Subor, a French actor who rose to international acclaim for his lead performance in Jean-Luc Godard’s 1963 feature “Le Petit Soldat” and his narration for François Truffaut’s 1962 romance “Jules et Jim,” died on Monday in a French hospital following a car accident. He was 86 years old.
News of Subor’s death was shared by director Claire Denis on her Instagram and reported by the daily French newspaper Libération. Subor and Denis had collaborated numerous times over the past decades, with their partnership beginning with Subor’s performance in Denis’ 1999 feature “Beau Travail.”
“Michel Subor, the big little soldier is dead,” Denis wrote. Her words have been translated from French. “Our Bruno, the commander.”
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Born Mischa Subotzki in Paris, France on Feb. 2, 1935, Subor was raised by parents who had immigrated from the Soviet Union a few years earlier.
News of Subor’s death was shared by director Claire Denis on her Instagram and reported by the daily French newspaper Libération. Subor and Denis had collaborated numerous times over the past decades, with their partnership beginning with Subor’s performance in Denis’ 1999 feature “Beau Travail.”
“Michel Subor, the big little soldier is dead,” Denis wrote. Her words have been translated from French. “Our Bruno, the commander.”
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Born Mischa Subotzki in Paris, France on Feb. 2, 1935, Subor was raised by parents who had immigrated from the Soviet Union a few years earlier.
- 1/18/2022
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
One of the most fruitful collaborations in cinema history has been between Claire Denis and Stuart Staples’ band Tindersticks. After working together on a number of films––Nénette et Boni, Trouble Every Day, The Intruder, 35 Shots of Rum, White Material, Bastards, and High Life––their latest team-up comes with Fire.
Led by Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon, Mati Diop, Grégoire Colin, Bulle Ogier, Issa Perica, and Binoche’s daughter Hana Magimel, the love-triangle romance is one of 2022’s most-anticipated. As our first real preview, Tindersticks have unveiled the closing song as well as revealing it’ll premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 12.
Titled Both Sides of the Blade, it’s part of their new greatest-hits collection Past imperfect : the best of tindersticks ’92 – ‘21, which is set for release on March 25. The music video for this rather beautifully somber track, depicting a woman shaving in front of a mirror,...
Led by Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon, Mati Diop, Grégoire Colin, Bulle Ogier, Issa Perica, and Binoche’s daughter Hana Magimel, the love-triangle romance is one of 2022’s most-anticipated. As our first real preview, Tindersticks have unveiled the closing song as well as revealing it’ll premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 12.
Titled Both Sides of the Blade, it’s part of their new greatest-hits collection Past imperfect : the best of tindersticks ’92 – ‘21, which is set for release on March 25. The music video for this rather beautifully somber track, depicting a woman shaving in front of a mirror,...
- 1/18/2022
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Greece’s Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF) took place as a hybrid event from November 4-14.
French director Samuel Theis’ Softie has won the Golden Alexander-Theo Angelopoulos for best film at Greece’s Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF) which took place as a hybrid event from November 4-14. The award is a cash prize of €10,000.
The French production, which premiered in Cannes’ Critics Week, follows Johnny, a sensitive and intelligent 10-year-old boy living with his single mother, as he searches for a father figure in his new school teacher.
The international competition jury headed by Belgian film maker Nanouk Leopold...
French director Samuel Theis’ Softie has won the Golden Alexander-Theo Angelopoulos for best film at Greece’s Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF) which took place as a hybrid event from November 4-14. The award is a cash prize of €10,000.
The French production, which premiered in Cannes’ Critics Week, follows Johnny, a sensitive and intelligent 10-year-old boy living with his single mother, as he searches for a father figure in his new school teacher.
The international competition jury headed by Belgian film maker Nanouk Leopold...
- 11/17/2021
- by Alexis Grivas
- ScreenDaily
Hello, everyone! I hope you have your wallets ready because we have a huge day of horror and sci-fi home media releases this week, and there are a ton of different titles fans are definitely going to want to add to their collections. Blue Underground has given the criminally undercelebrated Dead & Buried the 4K treatment for their 3-Disc Limited Edition release of the film, and if you’re a big fan of sci-fi/action movies, you’ll definitely want to pick up the latest Vestron Video release, The Wraith, which Lionsgate is putting out on Blu this Tuesday as well.
As far as recent genre fare goes, Spiral: From the Book of Saw, Jakob’s Wife, Initiation and 32 Malasana Street are all headed home on various formats, and if you happen to be a big fan of the Saw series, you can also nab brand new Blu-rays for the first eight Saw films this week,...
As far as recent genre fare goes, Spiral: From the Book of Saw, Jakob’s Wife, Initiation and 32 Malasana Street are all headed home on various formats, and if you happen to be a big fan of the Saw series, you can also nab brand new Blu-rays for the first eight Saw films this week,...
- 7/19/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Four Greek fiction features and two documentaries have been selected for this year’s edition of Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes, the Cannes Film Market’s pix-in-post industry showcase. The projects will be presented to potential sales agents, distributors and festival programmers during a presentation at the Palais des Festivals on July 12.
The event is a collaboration between the Thessaloniki Film Festival, the Greek Film Center, and the Cannes Film Market. Greece is the only country in Southeastern Europe and the Balkans to take part.
This year, the event’s organizers received even more applications than in years past, according to Yianna Sarri, head of the Thessaloniki Film Festival’s industry arm, Agora. “It seems that even during the pandemic, film directors found a way to be more creative,” she said.
Sarri noted that the annual event has become a prime launching pad for rising Greek talents. Two years ago, Christos Nikou...
The event is a collaboration between the Thessaloniki Film Festival, the Greek Film Center, and the Cannes Film Market. Greece is the only country in Southeastern Europe and the Balkans to take part.
This year, the event’s organizers received even more applications than in years past, according to Yianna Sarri, head of the Thessaloniki Film Festival’s industry arm, Agora. “It seems that even during the pandemic, film directors found a way to be more creative,” she said.
Sarri noted that the annual event has become a prime launching pad for rising Greek talents. Two years ago, Christos Nikou...
- 6/11/2021
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Founded in 2009 in Knoxville, Tennessee, Big Ears Festival is a renowned event bringing together, music, film, literature, art installations, and more. Year after year, their cinema-related section continues to showcase an eclectic mix of classic and contemporary voices, striving to explore boundary-pushing works in the field. Ahead of next month’s festival, we’re pleased to unveil the 2020 edition of the film lineup.
As part of their Standard Definition program, which explores the transition from celluloid to digital, the festival will present films from Agnès Varda, Chantal Akerman, Abbas Kiarostami, and Hal Hartley, along with U.S. theatrical premieres of Dominik Graf’s Friends of Friends and Franco Piavoli Affettuosa presenza and Paesaggi e figure. Also in the lineup is rarely screened works by Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Kevin Jerome Everson, along with Michael Snow’s 2002 film Corpus Callosum and his most recent project, Cityscape.
Argentine-British artist Jessica Sarah Rinland will also get the spotlight,...
As part of their Standard Definition program, which explores the transition from celluloid to digital, the festival will present films from Agnès Varda, Chantal Akerman, Abbas Kiarostami, and Hal Hartley, along with U.S. theatrical premieres of Dominik Graf’s Friends of Friends and Franco Piavoli Affettuosa presenza and Paesaggi e figure. Also in the lineup is rarely screened works by Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Kevin Jerome Everson, along with Michael Snow’s 2002 film Corpus Callosum and his most recent project, Cityscape.
Argentine-British artist Jessica Sarah Rinland will also get the spotlight,...
- 2/24/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Mark Harrison Aug 13, 2019
Inglourious Basterds was Quentin Tarantino's first slice of alternate history in which cinema takes revenge on the Nazis.
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
This feature contains major spoilers for Inglourious Basterds from the very start.
As a filmmaker, Quentin Tarantino is given to making splashy and subversive films. Right through his new film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, he tends to show us the kind of genre movie he grew up watching before turning it upside down and seeing what comes out. Ten years after it was originally released, his Oscar-winning World War II movie Inglourious Basterds may still represent the greatest product of his filmmaking whims.
The marriage of his sensibilities and the historical arena of WW2 Europe rankled (and continues to rankle with) his critics, but his painstakingly developed men-on-a-mission movie blooms into a truly audacious series of vignettes, which...
Inglourious Basterds was Quentin Tarantino's first slice of alternate history in which cinema takes revenge on the Nazis.
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
This feature contains major spoilers for Inglourious Basterds from the very start.
As a filmmaker, Quentin Tarantino is given to making splashy and subversive films. Right through his new film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, he tends to show us the kind of genre movie he grew up watching before turning it upside down and seeing what comes out. Ten years after it was originally released, his Oscar-winning World War II movie Inglourious Basterds may still represent the greatest product of his filmmaking whims.
The marriage of his sensibilities and the historical arena of WW2 Europe rankled (and continues to rankle with) his critics, but his painstakingly developed men-on-a-mission movie blooms into a truly audacious series of vignettes, which...
- 8/13/2019
- Den of Geek
What’s the greatest killer shark movie of all time? Jaws (1975) of course, and no one has ever disputed it. Try ranking number 2 through 114 however, and everyone has a different answer. Most folks will quickly marry Jaws 2 (’78) to its predecessor and follow up with the usual suspects: Deep Blue Sea (1999), The Shallows (2016), etcetera and so on. Just make sure you put Jaws: The Revenge (’87) last, okay? Or don’t; as we all know, at the very least it bought Michael Caine a nice house and had Mario Van Peebles trot out a gratuitous Jamaican accent as a Bahamian diver. Speaking of gratuitous (in regards to accents and all other matters), let’s take a look at Great White (1981), my favorite Jaws movie that I can’t call Jaws for fear Universal will sue or shut me down.
Released in its native Italy in April, with a world wide rollout...
Released in its native Italy in April, with a world wide rollout...
- 6/2/2018
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
What studios are willing to bid to win the newest Tarantino movie is staggering: an upfront agreement to a $100 million production budget, first-dollar returns, and final cut. At a time when even $35 million for an original action film like “Baby Driver” is considered a gamble, this is unprecedented.
The reason is self evident: What Tarantino can do is otherwise missing from American filmmaking. He only directs his own scripts and has never made a sequel, but his films are global events. Tarantino remains one of the only directors whose original films can rake in two-to-one foreign-to-domestic box office returns.
Read More:Quentin Tarantino Receiving Wild Pitches From Studios to Buy New Movie, From Classic Cars to Mock Posters
Still, the studios’ dog-and-pony shows are odd. So many people associated with Harvey Weinstein were victims of his abuse, tainted by their association with the apparent serial rapist, or left in the wreckage at 99 Hudson Street.
The reason is self evident: What Tarantino can do is otherwise missing from American filmmaking. He only directs his own scripts and has never made a sequel, but his films are global events. Tarantino remains one of the only directors whose original films can rake in two-to-one foreign-to-domestic box office returns.
Read More:Quentin Tarantino Receiving Wild Pitches From Studios to Buy New Movie, From Classic Cars to Mock Posters
Still, the studios’ dog-and-pony shows are odd. So many people associated with Harvey Weinstein were victims of his abuse, tainted by their association with the apparent serial rapist, or left in the wreckage at 99 Hudson Street.
- 11/17/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Ahead of the UK premiere of his debut feature Hostile at the Horror Channel Frightfest Halloween event, director Mathieu Turi shares his admiration for Tarantino, describes the challenges of filming in three continents and reveals his ‘magic hour’.
You were born in Cannes so you grew up with film all around? When did you know for sure you wanted to direct?
I think it’s always been there. As a child, I used to steal my dad’s VHS camera to make mini-movies. They were basically all about my Jurassic Park toys eating my dog or invading the garden. Later, I did more elaborate short films with friends, instead of studying. Then, I remember watching Braveheart and the making of the movie. For the first time, I knew that directing was something I wanted to do for a living.
You have been second unit director and assistant director on numerous...
You were born in Cannes so you grew up with film all around? When did you know for sure you wanted to direct?
I think it’s always been there. As a child, I used to steal my dad’s VHS camera to make mini-movies. They were basically all about my Jurassic Park toys eating my dog or invading the garden. Later, I did more elaborate short films with friends, instead of studying. Then, I remember watching Braveheart and the making of the movie. For the first time, I knew that directing was something I wanted to do for a living.
You have been second unit director and assistant director on numerous...
- 10/28/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Review by Roger Carpenter
While Lucio Fulci made his reputation with a series of graphically violent horror movies like Zombie (Aka Zombi 2), City of the Living Dead (Aka The Gates of Hell), The House by the Cemetery, The Beyond, and The New York Ripper, his early career was a hodgepodge of film genres including comedies, spaghetti westerns, and poliziotteschi. However, many critics argue that his greatest films were his early gialli films like A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin and Don’t Torture a Duckling. Fulci was handicapped by terribly low budgets for most of his career but some of his earlier works were actually well-funded, allowing his cinematic craftsmanship to be on full display. Such was the case with Don’t Torture a Duckling.
As was the case with many gialli of the time period, the film titles were influenced by Argento’s first three gialli, collectively known as the “Animal Trilogy.
While Lucio Fulci made his reputation with a series of graphically violent horror movies like Zombie (Aka Zombi 2), City of the Living Dead (Aka The Gates of Hell), The House by the Cemetery, The Beyond, and The New York Ripper, his early career was a hodgepodge of film genres including comedies, spaghetti westerns, and poliziotteschi. However, many critics argue that his greatest films were his early gialli films like A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin and Don’t Torture a Duckling. Fulci was handicapped by terribly low budgets for most of his career but some of his earlier works were actually well-funded, allowing his cinematic craftsmanship to be on full display. Such was the case with Don’t Torture a Duckling.
As was the case with many gialli of the time period, the film titles were influenced by Argento’s first three gialli, collectively known as the “Animal Trilogy.
- 10/23/2017
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Tomorrow screens Friday, July 21st through Tuesday July 25th at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 East Lockwood). The movie starts each evening at 8:00pm.
In 2012, “Nature” published a study led by more than 20 researchers from the top scientific institutions in the world predicting that humankind could disappear between 2040 and 2100. It also said that it could be avoided by drastically changing our way of life and take appropriate measures. Shortly after giving birth to her first child, French actress and director Mélanie Laurent (Inglorious Bastards) became increasingly aware of the dangers and the state of urgency that her son will face in the future. Along with friend and activist Cyril Dion and their crew, she decided to travel the world in search of solutions that can help save the next generations. The result is Tomorrow, an inspiring documentary that presents concrete solutions implemented throughout the world by hundred of communities.
In 2012, “Nature” published a study led by more than 20 researchers from the top scientific institutions in the world predicting that humankind could disappear between 2040 and 2100. It also said that it could be avoided by drastically changing our way of life and take appropriate measures. Shortly after giving birth to her first child, French actress and director Mélanie Laurent (Inglorious Bastards) became increasingly aware of the dangers and the state of urgency that her son will face in the future. Along with friend and activist Cyril Dion and their crew, she decided to travel the world in search of solutions that can help save the next generations. The result is Tomorrow, an inspiring documentary that presents concrete solutions implemented throughout the world by hundred of communities.
- 7/18/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Raven may have been put through the wringer in The 100‘s fourth season, but don’t feel too bad for the actress portraying the show’s downtrodden genius — Lindsey Morgan‘s having a blast.
ExclusiveThe 100: Isaiah Washington Not Returning Full-Time in Season 5
TVLine recently caught up with Morgan on the carpet at The CW Upfront in New York, where she was more than happy to reenact Raven’s most challenging scene this season: you know, that time Raven basically died in an ice bath, then saved herself from a heart attack using the world’s smallest defibrillator.
ExclusiveThe 100: Isaiah Washington Not Returning Full-Time in Season 5
TVLine recently caught up with Morgan on the carpet at The CW Upfront in New York, where she was more than happy to reenact Raven’s most challenging scene this season: you know, that time Raven basically died in an ice bath, then saved herself from a heart attack using the world’s smallest defibrillator.
- 5/23/2017
- TVLine.com
The clock was ticking… and then time ran out… this Tuesday on The Flash.
RelatedSupergirl Finale Photos: Kara Reunites With Mon-El, Brawls With Superman
One of the season’s most intense, edge-of-your-seat hours opened with just 24 hours until Iris is fated to die at Savitar’s strange metallic hand. With that in mind, Iris sends Barry on a late-night caviar run, while she surreptitiously records a video on his iPhone….
The next morning, Barry and Cisco appeal to Lyla to borrow some Dominator tech in Argus’ possession that could power Tracy Brands Speed Force Bazooka — but Lyla, partly because she...
RelatedSupergirl Finale Photos: Kara Reunites With Mon-El, Brawls With Superman
One of the season’s most intense, edge-of-your-seat hours opened with just 24 hours until Iris is fated to die at Savitar’s strange metallic hand. With that in mind, Iris sends Barry on a late-night caviar run, while she surreptitiously records a video on his iPhone….
The next morning, Barry and Cisco appeal to Lyla to borrow some Dominator tech in Argus’ possession that could power Tracy Brands Speed Force Bazooka — but Lyla, partly because she...
- 5/17/2017
- TVLine.com
Kara and Clark are taking their family feud to the next level in the final hour of Supergirl‘s second season.
IcymiThis Week’s Supergirl Recap: Royal Engagement
Picking up where the Girl of Steel left off, Monday’s finale (The CW, 8/7c) finds the Supers literally at each other’s throats, though it remains a mystery as to who — or what — is controlling Clark’s alter ego. (An educated guess would say the culprit rhymes with Sheri Hatcher, but that’s just one reporter’s opinion.)
Fortunately, as you’ll see in our gallery of 24 new finale photos, Superman...
IcymiThis Week’s Supergirl Recap: Royal Engagement
Picking up where the Girl of Steel left off, Monday’s finale (The CW, 8/7c) finds the Supers literally at each other’s throats, though it remains a mystery as to who — or what — is controlling Clark’s alter ego. (An educated guess would say the culprit rhymes with Sheri Hatcher, but that’s just one reporter’s opinion.)
Fortunately, as you’ll see in our gallery of 24 new finale photos, Superman...
- 5/17/2017
- TVLine.com
We’re soon going to see more of Mike Myers. His last appearance in a live-action film (without counting documentaries) was Inglorious Bastards, in which he played a British general under heavy prosthetics. Now, he’s playing a British comedian under prosthetics in ABC’s reboot of The Gong Show, once hosted by the recently departed Chuck Barris (who was […]
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- 5/4/2017
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
I know what you’re thinking. A movie where Jessica Chastain snuggles adorable animals and manages a zoo. The Zookeeper’s Wife is a surefire feel-good critter drama – Oh My God, A Saving Private Ryan Scene Recreated With Animals. Bring me back to Chastain nuzzling a lion cub, please. It couldn’t possibly get – oh, nope. Ok. Cue Holocaust depression brought on by Warsaw’s Jewish ghetto, and a heavy German presence in WWII Poland. Granted, those of you who’ve read Diane Ackerman’s bestselling novel already know the story of Antonina Zabinski and her family’s Jewish refugee smuggling. Don’t expect director Niki Caro to take it easy on her audience. The Warsaw Zoo initiative helped save almost 3,000 lives from extermination, but not without sacrifice. This is how.
Jessica Chastain plays the titular zookeeper’s wife, Antonia. Before Germany’s invasion, she and husband Jan (Johan Heldenbergh...
Jessica Chastain plays the titular zookeeper’s wife, Antonia. Before Germany’s invasion, she and husband Jan (Johan Heldenbergh...
- 3/29/2017
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Brace yourselves for even more Kardashians on the box!
Et has learned that an animated version of the reality TV family’s life could be in the works.
Watch: Kendall Jenner Recalls Scary Run-In With Alleged Stalker
“Kim had a conversation with Harvey Weinstein about pitching an animated Kardashian show,” a source close to the family tells Et. “Nothing is set in motion just yet. It is still very early in the pitching and discussion stages. No other details have been confirmed.”
According to TMZ, Kim’s mom, Kris Jenner, was also involved in pitching the series, which would feature “the entire family,” but not Caitlyn Jenner.
Weinstein is the Hollywood producer mogul behind films including The King’s Speech and Inglorious Bastards.
Watch: Khloe Kardashian Proves She’s Queen of the Revenge Body
While the potential series is in the early stages, there’s plenty to keep Kardashian fans going in the meantime. Season 13 of Keeping Up With the Kardashians...
Et has learned that an animated version of the reality TV family’s life could be in the works.
Watch: Kendall Jenner Recalls Scary Run-In With Alleged Stalker
“Kim had a conversation with Harvey Weinstein about pitching an animated Kardashian show,” a source close to the family tells Et. “Nothing is set in motion just yet. It is still very early in the pitching and discussion stages. No other details have been confirmed.”
According to TMZ, Kim’s mom, Kris Jenner, was also involved in pitching the series, which would feature “the entire family,” but not Caitlyn Jenner.
Weinstein is the Hollywood producer mogul behind films including The King’s Speech and Inglorious Bastards.
Watch: Khloe Kardashian Proves She’s Queen of the Revenge Body
While the potential series is in the early stages, there’s plenty to keep Kardashian fans going in the meantime. Season 13 of Keeping Up With the Kardashians...
- 3/24/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
TNT has signed a star for their upcoming TV show, The Alienist. Based on the bestselling novel, the series will star Dakota Fanning as a headstrong police secretary. The series will debut later this year and will also star Daniel Brühl and Luke Evans.Here's the press release from Dakota Fanning Joins TNT's The AlienistFanning to Star with Daniel Brühl and Luke Evans in Drama Series Based on Caleb Carr's Bestseller, Co-Produced by Paramount Television and Studio TDakota Fanning (American Pastoral) is set to star in TNT's The Alienist, the eagerly anticipated series based on the Anthony Award-winning New York Times bestseller by Caleb Carr. Playing Sara Howard, a headstrong secretary at Police Headquarters, Fanning joins recently cast Daniel Brühl (Rush, Inglorious Bastards, Captain America: Civil War), who stars as forensic psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, and...
- 1/15/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Dakota Fanning is heading to TV!
The 22-year-old actress will star as the female lead in TNT’s new drama series, The Alienist. The network announced the exciting news during the Television Critics Association press tour on Saturday.
Watch: Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart Have a 'Twilight' Reunion
Based on Caleb Carr's bestselling book of the same name, the show is set in the Gilded Age of New York City in 1896 and follows the story of a team of three, who investigate a series of brutal murders in secret on behalf of newly appointed police commissioner, Theodore Roosevelt.
Fanning will portray the role of Sara Howard, a secretary on the Police Headquarters staff whose goal is to become the first female police detective in the Big Apple. According to the network, her character is "primly dressed but beautiful," "self-possessed and intelligent," and "shakes hands like a man."
Fanning joins previously announced cast members Daniel Brühl ([link...
The 22-year-old actress will star as the female lead in TNT’s new drama series, The Alienist. The network announced the exciting news during the Television Critics Association press tour on Saturday.
Watch: Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart Have a 'Twilight' Reunion
Based on Caleb Carr's bestselling book of the same name, the show is set in the Gilded Age of New York City in 1896 and follows the story of a team of three, who investigate a series of brutal murders in secret on behalf of newly appointed police commissioner, Theodore Roosevelt.
Fanning will portray the role of Sara Howard, a secretary on the Police Headquarters staff whose goal is to become the first female police detective in the Big Apple. According to the network, her character is "primly dressed but beautiful," "self-possessed and intelligent," and "shakes hands like a man."
Fanning joins previously announced cast members Daniel Brühl ([link...
- 1/14/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Sound editor and designer extraordinaire Harry Cohen has been named recipient of the Motion Picture Sound Editors' 2017 Career Achievement Award. An 18-time Mpse Golden Reel Award nominee, Cohen has been a frequent collaborator with director Quentin Tarantino on such films as The Hateful Eight, Django Unchained, Inglorious Bastards and Kill Bill: Vol. 1 & 2. His most recent project was Deepwater Horizon for Peter Berg. He's also worked alongside Oliver Stone, Ridley…...
- 12/8/2016
- Deadline
Sound editor and designer extraordinaire Harry Cohen has been named recipient of the Motion Picture Sound Editors' 2017 Career Achievement Award. An 18-time Mpse Golden Reel Award nominee, Cohen has been a frequent collaborator with director Quentin Tarantino on such films as The Hateful Eight, Django Unchained, Inglorious Bastards and Kill Bill: Vol. 1 & 2. His most recent project was Deepwater Horizon for Peter Berg. He's also worked alongside Oliver Stone, Ridley…...
- 12/8/2016
- Deadline TV
Daniel Brühl (Rush, Inglorious Bastards) and Luke Evans (The Girl on The Train, The Hobbit trilogy) have been cast in key roles in The Alienist, TNT’s upcoming straight-to-series drama. Based on the international best-selling novel by Caleb Carr, The Alienist is a psychological thriller set in the Gilded Age of New York City in 1896, a city of vast wealth, extreme poverty and technological innovation. When a series of haunting, gruesome murders of boy prostitutes grips…...
- 11/28/2016
- Deadline TV
Brad Pitt and his estranged wife Angelina Jolie have agreed to undergo family counseling together as part of a temporary custody agreement regarding their six children.
Jolie stunned fans on September 19th when she filed for divorce from Pitt, and her attorney, Robert Offer, subsequently revealed the actress had moved to end their two-year marriage for the "health of the family".
It later emerged the former couple had reportedly clashed over Pitt's style of parenting following an incident with their kids on a private plane from France to Los Angeles on September 14th, which prompted officials from both the FBI and the L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services (Dcfs) to launch an investigation into allegations of child abuse.
The case is still ongoing, but Dcfs representatives recently made a series of recommendations for both Pitt and Jolie in regards to the care of their brood during the investigation,...
Jolie stunned fans on September 19th when she filed for divorce from Pitt, and her attorney, Robert Offer, subsequently revealed the actress had moved to end their two-year marriage for the "health of the family".
It later emerged the former couple had reportedly clashed over Pitt's style of parenting following an incident with their kids on a private plane from France to Los Angeles on September 14th, which prompted officials from both the FBI and the L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services (Dcfs) to launch an investigation into allegations of child abuse.
The case is still ongoing, but Dcfs representatives recently made a series of recommendations for both Pitt and Jolie in regards to the care of their brood during the investigation,...
- 9/30/2016
- GossipCenter
Captain America: Civil War saw the Marvel Cinematic Universe status quo fundementally change. No longer are Captain America and Iron Man considered infallible and the Avengers have been split apart. Was it the machinations of Thanos or just that loved-starved Nazi guy from 'Inglorious Bastards'? Actually, the Sokovia Accords should have just been for Tony Stark. Captain America and crew makes one mistake and suddenly the whole world loses their mind. I guess having a killer robot AI try to destroy the world or your Iron Man technology getting out isn't nearly enough to get anybody's attention! Still, no matter what side you are on, the above soft Captain America/ Iron Man reversible hoodie will help you play both sides of the fence. That means Black Widow probably has one of these, right? The conflict will rage inside of you as you try to pick which side do...
- 9/21/2016
- ComicBookMovie.com
Captain America: Civil War saw the Marvel Cinematic Universe status quo fundementally change. No longer are Captain America and Iron Man considered infallible and the Avengers have been split apart. Was it the machinations of Thanos or just that loved-starved Nazi guy from 'Inglorious Bastards'? Actually, the Sokovia Accords should have just been for Tony Stark. Captain America and crew makes one mistake and suddenly the whole world loses their mind. I guess having a killer robot AI try to destroy the world or your Iron Man technology getting out isn't nearly enough to get anybody's attention! Still, no matter what side you are on, the above soft Captain America/ Iron Man reversible hoodie will help you play both sides of the fence. That means Black Widow probably has one of these, right? The conflict will rage inside of you as you try to pick which side do...
- 9/21/2016
- ComicBookMovie.com
Captain America: Civil War saw the Marvel Cinematic Universe status quo fundementally change. No longer are Captain America and Iron Man considered infallible and the Avengers have been split apart. Was it the machinations of Thanos or just that loved-starved Nazi guy from 'Inglorious Bastards'? Actually, the Sokovia Accords should have just been for Tony Stark. Captain America and crew makes one mistake and suddenly the whole world loses their mind. I guess having a killer robot AI try to destroy the world or your Iron Man technology getting out isn't nearly enough to get anybody's attention! Still, no matter what side you are on, the above soft Captain America/ Iron Man reversible hoodie will help you play both sides of the fence. That means Black Widow probably has one of these, right? The conflict will rage inside of you as you try to pick which side do...
- 9/21/2016
- ComicBookMovie.com
The year is 1942. Tensions between the Allies and Axis forces are beginning to reach an all-time high as the most devastating conflict in human history rages on across the four corners of the globe, forcing high-ranking government officials on both sides of World War II to double down on espionage efforts and spying in a bid to one-up the opposition. Such a backdrop has proved fertile ground for filmmakers and storytellers for generations and will only continue to do so, as evidenced by Robert Zemeckis’ upcoming wartime romance, Allied.
Planting the flag on November 23, Allied‘s awards credentials stretch beyond its release window, given it thrusts Marion Cotillard and Brad Pitt – a veteran of Hollywood war movies following appearances across Fury and Inglorious Bastards – into the shoes of French Resistance fighter Marianne Beausejour and Max Vatan (Pitt), respectively.
Crossing paths in North Africa circa 1942, both Cotillard and Pitt’s spies...
Planting the flag on November 23, Allied‘s awards credentials stretch beyond its release window, given it thrusts Marion Cotillard and Brad Pitt – a veteran of Hollywood war movies following appearances across Fury and Inglorious Bastards – into the shoes of French Resistance fighter Marianne Beausejour and Max Vatan (Pitt), respectively.
Crossing paths in North Africa circa 1942, both Cotillard and Pitt’s spies...
- 9/20/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Some know it in its original Italian form as Zombi Holocaust (or Zombie Holocaust), while others adore the re-edited Us release known as Doctor Butcher M.D., but with their upcoming two-disc Blu-ray of Marino Girolami’s 1980 horror film, Severin Films aims to please all sides with uncut releases of both versions of the movie.
Featuring over two and a half hours of special features, Severin Films’ Zombie Holocaust / Doctor Butcher M.D. Blu-ray hits shelves on July 26th:
Press Release: It sparked riots on 42nd Street, spawned a generation of gorehounds on VHS, and forever set an insane standard for Italian mad doctor/zombie/cannibal carnage worldwide: Ian McCulloch (Zombie), Alexandra Delli Colli (The New York Ripper), Sherry Buchanan (Tentacles) and Donald O’Brien (Emanuelle And The Last Cannibals) star in this blood orgy of gut-munching, eyeball-gouging and face-chopping originally known as Zombie Holocaust, which a notorious American distributor would then re-edit,...
Featuring over two and a half hours of special features, Severin Films’ Zombie Holocaust / Doctor Butcher M.D. Blu-ray hits shelves on July 26th:
Press Release: It sparked riots on 42nd Street, spawned a generation of gorehounds on VHS, and forever set an insane standard for Italian mad doctor/zombie/cannibal carnage worldwide: Ian McCulloch (Zombie), Alexandra Delli Colli (The New York Ripper), Sherry Buchanan (Tentacles) and Donald O’Brien (Emanuelle And The Last Cannibals) star in this blood orgy of gut-munching, eyeball-gouging and face-chopping originally known as Zombie Holocaust, which a notorious American distributor would then re-edit,...
- 6/3/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
He drove a wedge between Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in Captain America: Civil War and now, Daniel Bruhl is bound for the stars via Paramount and Bad Robot’s mind-bending sci-fi flick, God Particle.
The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop, confirming that Bruhl will don the space gear as an astronaut aboard the International Space Station, one who bears witness to a “terrifying discovery that challenges everything they know about the fabric of reality, as they desperately fight for survival.”
Early reports claim that a physics experiment gone awry – one that seemingly involves a particle accelerator in the vein of Europe’s Large Hadron Collider – is to blame for the sudden disappearance of Earth, and the Iss crew is left facing a terrifying dilemma when an unidentified space shuttle drifts into orbit. Friend or foe? That’s something that’s being kept firmly under wraps for now.
Behind the lens...
The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop, confirming that Bruhl will don the space gear as an astronaut aboard the International Space Station, one who bears witness to a “terrifying discovery that challenges everything they know about the fabric of reality, as they desperately fight for survival.”
Early reports claim that a physics experiment gone awry – one that seemingly involves a particle accelerator in the vein of Europe’s Large Hadron Collider – is to blame for the sudden disappearance of Earth, and the Iss crew is left facing a terrifying dilemma when an unidentified space shuttle drifts into orbit. Friend or foe? That’s something that’s being kept firmly under wraps for now.
Behind the lens...
- 5/10/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
The last day of June doesn’t have a ton of DVD and Blu-ray titles, but those of you cult film fans out there will definitely want to check out this week’s offerings as both Blue Underground and Scream Factory are releasing several fun Collector’s Edition Blus that all seem like great additions for any horror fan’s home entertainment collection.
First up is Sf’s Ghosthouse/Witchery double feature and we also have a trio of Enzo Castellari genre classics coming our way too—1990: The Bronx Warriors, Escape from the Bronx and The New Barbarians—courtesy of Blue Underground. MGM has dug up the 1991 cult werewolf film, Mom, and is presenting it on a Limited Edition DVD.
1990: The Bronx Warriors (Blue Undergound, Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
The First To Die Were The Lucky Ones! It's 1990 and the Bronx has officially been declared a 'No Man's Land.
First up is Sf’s Ghosthouse/Witchery double feature and we also have a trio of Enzo Castellari genre classics coming our way too—1990: The Bronx Warriors, Escape from the Bronx and The New Barbarians—courtesy of Blue Underground. MGM has dug up the 1991 cult werewolf film, Mom, and is presenting it on a Limited Edition DVD.
1990: The Bronx Warriors (Blue Undergound, Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
The First To Die Were The Lucky Ones! It's 1990 and the Bronx has officially been declared a 'No Man's Land.
- 6/29/2015
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Readers of all ages can experience Batman's Gotham and its surroundings in uniquely different ways this summer with collected volume editions of four new Batman-related titles—Grayson, Batgirl, Batman: Arkham Knight, and Gotham Academy—and we have details on the summer releases in our latest round-up. Also included this time around are details and a look at the cover art for three upcoming Blue Underground Blu-ray/DVD releases: 1990: The Bronx Warriors, The New Barbarians, and Escape From the Bronx.
DC Comics' Batman Collected Editions: Press Release - "Whether you’re a lifelong or novice comic reader, a teen reader or a mystery lover, DC Comics is releasing a highly diverse lineup of Collected Editions this June that revolve around the world’s most popular Super-Hero, Batman, and are perfect for your summer reading lists!
For young readers 12 and up, Gotham Academy Vol. 1 is a vibrant take...
DC Comics' Batman Collected Editions: Press Release - "Whether you’re a lifelong or novice comic reader, a teen reader or a mystery lover, DC Comics is releasing a highly diverse lineup of Collected Editions this June that revolve around the world’s most popular Super-Hero, Batman, and are perfect for your summer reading lists!
For young readers 12 and up, Gotham Academy Vol. 1 is a vibrant take...
- 4/3/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Today, March 27, 2013, Quentin Tarantino turns 50-years-old. To celebrate, I figured why not take a look back at the eight films he's given us over the last 21 years, from Reservoir Dogs to Django Unchained, and do a quick ranking of the lot. I actually did this four years ago, just prior to the release of Inglourious Basterds and the ranking has changed a bit, though I have to say right now, there isn't a single Tarantino film I do not enjoy. The man has a way of tapping into exactly the kind of stories I find immensely entertaining and his visual style, use of music and affection for dialogue (as long-winded as he may be) is something I can't help but love and look forward to whatever it is he may deliver next. That said, let's dive in and see what's left on the other end... #8 Death Proof Photo: Dimension Films...
- 3/27/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
• Academy Award-nominated actress Jennifer Lawrence will team up again with her Silver Linings Playbook director David O. Russell for his next film – a drama formerly titled American Bulls—. The film is about the 70s and 80s FBI sting operation Abscam, which exposed the corruption and misdoings of public officials, resulting in convictions for a number of members of Congress. Her Silver Linings Playbook co-star and fellow acting nominee Bradley Cooper is set to star the film as well, alongside Amy Adams and Christian Bale, both of whom worked with Russell on The Fighter. Best Director nominee Russell isn’t messing with the formula.
- 2/16/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Featuring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington
Great filmmakers like Kubrick, Fellini or even a David Lean made masterpieces that changed the cinema landscape.
Tarantino's mark in cinema is broad but focused: he takes a genre or sub-genre and reinvents it. He did this for the gangster film (Reservoir Dogs), martial arts film (Kill Bill), car chase film (Death Proof) and now he does it for the western with Django Unchained.
Much like Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds was inspired by the original film The Inglorious Bastards (1978), Django Unchained is inspired by the original Django 1966 film starring Franco Nero (who does a brief cameo in Unchained), but the two films are relatively unrelated. Django Unchained takes place 3 years before the American Civil War, slavery at its peak.
Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) is bounty hunter looking for the Brittle Brothers, a viscous gang...
Featuring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington
Great filmmakers like Kubrick, Fellini or even a David Lean made masterpieces that changed the cinema landscape.
Tarantino's mark in cinema is broad but focused: he takes a genre or sub-genre and reinvents it. He did this for the gangster film (Reservoir Dogs), martial arts film (Kill Bill), car chase film (Death Proof) and now he does it for the western with Django Unchained.
Much like Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds was inspired by the original film The Inglorious Bastards (1978), Django Unchained is inspired by the original Django 1966 film starring Franco Nero (who does a brief cameo in Unchained), but the two films are relatively unrelated. Django Unchained takes place 3 years before the American Civil War, slavery at its peak.
Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) is bounty hunter looking for the Brittle Brothers, a viscous gang...
- 12/23/2012
- by Kelly Michael Stewart
- Planet Fury
Quentin Tarantino has never shied away from the debt he owes to foreign cinema when it comes to his own films, and whether they’re called homages or ripoffs the bottom line remains that certain movies from overseas inspired some of his most well known features. Reservoir Dogs is a blatant lift of Ringo Lam’s City on Fire, Inglourious Basterds found inspiration from Enzo Castellari’s The Inglorious Bastards and Tarantino’s two-part, female led revenge thriller Kill Bill? You need look no further than Toshiya Fujita‘s 1973 classic, Lady Snowblood. Japan, 1874, and the cries of a newborn baby can be heard echoing in the cells of a women’s prison. Deemed a “child of the netherworld” upon her birth we next see Yuki Kashima (Meiko Kaji) twenty years later as an adult walking a secluded and snowy road. A group of men approach carting their gang boss leader in a rickshaw, and...
- 11/4/2012
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Newsflash: Quentin Tarantino is a twisted dude.
That’s why we love the guy, of course. He breathes new life into the genres he touches by infusing them not just with a movie lover’s passion, but with the demented sensibility of someone who’s spent too much time alone in the dark.
When the trailer for Django Unchained debuted yesterday, it did not disappoint, delivering us 2 minutes and 36 seconds of antebellum peculiarity. Here are a few offbeat moments that jumped out.
Django meets Django
“What’s your name?” asks the stranger in the white hat and purple ascot.
“Django,...
That’s why we love the guy, of course. He breathes new life into the genres he touches by infusing them not just with a movie lover’s passion, but with the demented sensibility of someone who’s spent too much time alone in the dark.
When the trailer for Django Unchained debuted yesterday, it did not disappoint, delivering us 2 minutes and 36 seconds of antebellum peculiarity. Here are a few offbeat moments that jumped out.
Django meets Django
“What’s your name?” asks the stranger in the white hat and purple ascot.
“Django,...
- 6/8/2012
- by Anthony Breznican
- EW - Inside Movies
iD Fest, Derby
"Exploring identity through cinema" is about as broad a remit as you can get away with, but any event featuring Brian Blessed, Mike Hodges and Paddy Considine is always welcome. They'll be talking about their careers and looking back on old favourites. There are new films, including a Kent fruit-picking mystery (Strawberry Fields) and a Korean supernatural thriller (Haunters). But the main draw is an eclectic mix of films such as Oss 117: Cairo Nest Of Spies, Rupert Everett zombie movie Dellamorte Dellamore and Bogart noir classic In A Lonely Place.
Quad, Thu to 27 May
Bauhaus Film Season, London
They did everything from pottery to architecture, so it was inevitable the Bauhaus would stray into film-making somewhere along the way. Complementing the Barbican's current exhibition on the German design movement (to 12 Aug), this season brings together Bauhaus-related documentaries and rare abstract, animated and projected experiments by Bauhaus students,...
"Exploring identity through cinema" is about as broad a remit as you can get away with, but any event featuring Brian Blessed, Mike Hodges and Paddy Considine is always welcome. They'll be talking about their careers and looking back on old favourites. There are new films, including a Kent fruit-picking mystery (Strawberry Fields) and a Korean supernatural thriller (Haunters). But the main draw is an eclectic mix of films such as Oss 117: Cairo Nest Of Spies, Rupert Everett zombie movie Dellamorte Dellamore and Bogart noir classic In A Lonely Place.
Quad, Thu to 27 May
Bauhaus Film Season, London
They did everything from pottery to architecture, so it was inevitable the Bauhaus would stray into film-making somewhere along the way. Complementing the Barbican's current exhibition on the German design movement (to 12 Aug), this season brings together Bauhaus-related documentaries and rare abstract, animated and projected experiments by Bauhaus students,...
- 5/18/2012
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Auteur Quentin Tarantino, hot on the news circuit these days thanks to his upcoming film slave-revenge film Django Unchained starring Jamie Foxx, has always had a bit of an acting bug. Be it his minor roles in his own films (Reservoir Dogs‘ Mr. Brown, Pulp Fiction‘s Jimmie) his roles in others’ films, such as Destiny Turns On The Radio, Desperado, From Dusk Til Dawn, and even a Broadway appearance (in Wait Until Dark), the writer/director has always wanted to act.
That said, it’s been a while since the filmmaker has thrown on the acting shoes (his last cameo came in 2007 in Sukiyaki Western Django). Now Italian actor Franco Nero has commissioned Tarantino to end the 4-year lapse. Nero had Tarantino sign a letter of intent saying that he appear in his The Angel, The Brute And The Wise, a western paying homage to both John Huston and Sergio Leone,...
That said, it’s been a while since the filmmaker has thrown on the acting shoes (his last cameo came in 2007 in Sukiyaki Western Django). Now Italian actor Franco Nero has commissioned Tarantino to end the 4-year lapse. Nero had Tarantino sign a letter of intent saying that he appear in his The Angel, The Brute And The Wise, a western paying homage to both John Huston and Sergio Leone,...
- 7/13/2011
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Quentin Tarantino's next film, Django Unchained, is set for a 2012 release, but details about the film are already swirling about. Got questions? Lucky for you, we've got the answers.
What kind of movie is this going to be?
Tarantino is calling Django Unchained a "southern," which is more or less a spaghetti western set in the American Deep South during the period following the Civil War. So, expect violent, exploitative action coupled with thick accents, sweat and racism. A fair bit of racism.
Why is Tarantino creating a new genre?
The director wants to air out some of the nasty skeletons in America's closet, the nastiest of which is, of course, slavery. But, as opposed to serious movies on the subject, like Roots or something similar, Tarantino wants to tackle the issues with a genre film, much like he dealt with war, violence, bigotry and propaganda in Inglourious Basterds.
What kind of movie is this going to be?
Tarantino is calling Django Unchained a "southern," which is more or less a spaghetti western set in the American Deep South during the period following the Civil War. So, expect violent, exploitative action coupled with thick accents, sweat and racism. A fair bit of racism.
Why is Tarantino creating a new genre?
The director wants to air out some of the nasty skeletons in America's closet, the nastiest of which is, of course, slavery. But, as opposed to serious movies on the subject, like Roots or something similar, Tarantino wants to tackle the issues with a genre film, much like he dealt with war, violence, bigotry and propaganda in Inglourious Basterds.
- 5/9/2011
- UGO Movies
And the winner's of Severin Films Psychomania give away are...
Laura DeLuca - Psychomania DVD
Vincent Vinas - Psychomania CD
Congratulations! You guys should be hearing from us to confirm your details soon.
I hope you didn't think that was all, though. Severin Films has also come through with a kick-ass Blu-ray prize pack that has me a bit envious! Up for grabs this time is one awesome Blu-ray prize pack containing something for everyone. For the horror fans, we've got Richard Stanley's Cyberpunk horror classic, Hardware. For the fans of 80's teen nudie comedies, there is the classic Screwballs. Finally, for you fans of Italian action films, Enzo Castellari's Eagles Over London and the original The Inglorious Bastards! Now, that's a prize pack!
I'm not going to make you beg for this one, just send me an e-mail telling me you want this pack. I'll pick one winner next Wednesday.
Laura DeLuca - Psychomania DVD
Vincent Vinas - Psychomania CD
Congratulations! You guys should be hearing from us to confirm your details soon.
I hope you didn't think that was all, though. Severin Films has also come through with a kick-ass Blu-ray prize pack that has me a bit envious! Up for grabs this time is one awesome Blu-ray prize pack containing something for everyone. For the horror fans, we've got Richard Stanley's Cyberpunk horror classic, Hardware. For the fans of 80's teen nudie comedies, there is the classic Screwballs. Finally, for you fans of Italian action films, Enzo Castellari's Eagles Over London and the original The Inglorious Bastards! Now, that's a prize pack!
I'm not going to make you beg for this one, just send me an e-mail telling me you want this pack. I'll pick one winner next Wednesday.
- 10/28/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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