Track by Track is a recurring feature series in which artists guide readers through every song on their latest release. Today, Anjimile takes us through their latest record, The King.
Today, Anjimile returns with The King, the follow-up to their 2020 effort Giver Taker. Taking a darker, more frustrated approach to his alternative folk, The King tackles issues of oppression, systemic violence, and forms of injustice on both a personal and societal scale.
The King showcases an angrier, less hopeful side of Anjimile. The eponymous opener establishes as much immediately, with ominous choir vocals and arpeggios that come across like a warning. The song establishes a clear mission statement, one that Anjimile continues to deliver for the rest of the album.
He explains, “While the punishment of eternal hellfire has been weaponized against me as a queer and trans person (and many other queer and trans folks growing up in religious...
Today, Anjimile returns with The King, the follow-up to their 2020 effort Giver Taker. Taking a darker, more frustrated approach to his alternative folk, The King tackles issues of oppression, systemic violence, and forms of injustice on both a personal and societal scale.
The King showcases an angrier, less hopeful side of Anjimile. The eponymous opener establishes as much immediately, with ominous choir vocals and arpeggios that come across like a warning. The song establishes a clear mission statement, one that Anjimile continues to deliver for the rest of the album.
He explains, “While the punishment of eternal hellfire has been weaponized against me as a queer and trans person (and many other queer and trans folks growing up in religious...
- 9/8/2023
- by Jonah Krueger
- Consequence - Music
They’re sorry, ok? ? On Thursday, Peso Pluma released his song “Bipolar,” featuring Jasiel Nuñez and Junior H, which captures the trio reflecting on their missteps in relationships with past loves.
The Fernando Lugo-directed video opens with the sound of a piano as Nuñez sings while getting seemingly getting hypnotized using a retrofuturistic machine. Throughout the video, Nuñez is seen floating through the air as he looks back at his relationship.
The strums of the bajo sexto begin as Junior H calls to his love interest before Peso Pluma...
The Fernando Lugo-directed video opens with the sound of a piano as Nuñez sings while getting seemingly getting hypnotized using a retrofuturistic machine. Throughout the video, Nuñez is seen floating through the air as he looks back at his relationship.
The strums of the bajo sexto begin as Junior H calls to his love interest before Peso Pluma...
- 9/8/2023
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
You can now predict nominations for all of the big four Grammy categories here in our predictions center. We recently added Best New Artist, and already hundreds of users have chimed in to predict the eight breakthrough performers who will make the cut. Do you think you know who will be recognized in one of the hardest categories there is to predict at these awards?
Based on the early predictions of Gold Derby users as of this writing, rapper Ice Spice is the heavy favorite to win Best New Artist. The recording academy is often biased against rap and hip-hop in the general field, but there is precedent for an Ice Spice victory, with past champs including Arrested Development, Lauryn Hill, Chance the Rapper, and Megan Thee Stallion. Ice Spice has also proved herself to be a consistent hit-maker with multiple top-10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 just this year,...
Based on the early predictions of Gold Derby users as of this writing, rapper Ice Spice is the heavy favorite to win Best New Artist. The recording academy is often biased against rap and hip-hop in the general field, but there is precedent for an Ice Spice victory, with past champs including Arrested Development, Lauryn Hill, Chance the Rapper, and Megan Thee Stallion. Ice Spice has also proved herself to be a consistent hit-maker with multiple top-10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 just this year,...
- 8/9/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
The Darksiders franchise clearly has an identity crisis. On one hand, I find it refreshing that Thq wants to take each installment and do something different with it. On the other, you get a sense that the folks behind this weirdly enjoyable series spend more time chasing trends than honing a specific genre. The original Darksiders remains my favorite of the entries to date, followed closely by the second. Darksiders III, an attempt at a Dark Souls-esque adventure, missed the mark by a long shot. It also suggested that perhaps the team behind Darksiders should perhaps find a genre that suits the stories they want to tell and commit to it for the long haul. Again, kudos to all involved for at least trying something different. That’s awesome.
Because we have a Darksiders game, the latest installment of the series, Darksiders Genesis, has opted for yet a different...
Because we have a Darksiders game, the latest installment of the series, Darksiders Genesis, has opted for yet a different...
- 1/6/2020
- by Todd Rigney
- We Got This Covered
Sundance Film Festival favorite Eliza Hittman has been steadily crafting intimate, shot-on-film, coming-of-age stories for more than a decade. Her first feature, “A Lot Like Love,” stormed Park City in 2013, followed by 2017’s coming-out drama “Beach Rats” with Harris Dickinson. She’s since directed episodes of the HBO series “High Maintenance,” and for Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why.” Now, Hittman is finally coming back to the Sundance Film Festival with a new feature as writer/director, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always.” Focus Features will open the movie Friday, March 13, following its January 24 bow in Park City. Watch the first trailer below.
Here’s the synopsis: “The film is an intimate portrayal of two teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania. Faced with an unintended pregnancy and a lack of local support, Autumn (Sidney Flanigan) and her cousin Skylar (Talia Ryder) embark across state lines to New York City on a fraught journey of friendship,...
Here’s the synopsis: “The film is an intimate portrayal of two teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania. Faced with an unintended pregnancy and a lack of local support, Autumn (Sidney Flanigan) and her cousin Skylar (Talia Ryder) embark across state lines to New York City on a fraught journey of friendship,...
- 12/19/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Genesis took a tiny step towards a possible reunion at a Phil Collins solo concert in Berlin on Friday when guitarist Mike Rutherford came onstage to perform the band’s 1978 hit “Follow You Follow Me.” It was the first time they’ve played together since the end of the 2007 Genesis reunion tour, though it wasn’t a huge surprise since Rutherford’s band Mike + The Mechanics were opening for Collins and the two of them remain very close.
Collins essentially retired in 2010 after a cascading series of physical ailments...
Collins essentially retired in 2010 after a cascading series of physical ailments...
- 6/9/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Matthew Byrd Jun 7, 2019
Darksiders Genesis turns the Darksiders franchise into a Diablo-like Action-rpg.
Thq Nordic has revealed that it's working on a Darksiders spin-off called Darksiders Genesis. The game actually abandons the Darksiders formula that we've seen up until this point in favor of a top-down action-rpg style that we've seen in games like Diablo and Path of Exile.
While Thq Nordic and developer Airship Syndicate haven't revealed much about this spin-off's gameplay, besides the brief snippets of it that we see in the teaser trailer, it certainly looks like a fairly traditional example of what we've typically seen from games in this genre.
Not that that's a bad thing, mind you. While games like Path of Exile and Grim Dawn have done a great job of filling the void in our lives left by the absence of Diablo 4, you really can never have too many well-done action-rpg games.
Darksiders Genesis turns the Darksiders franchise into a Diablo-like Action-rpg.
Thq Nordic has revealed that it's working on a Darksiders spin-off called Darksiders Genesis. The game actually abandons the Darksiders formula that we've seen up until this point in favor of a top-down action-rpg style that we've seen in games like Diablo and Path of Exile.
While Thq Nordic and developer Airship Syndicate haven't revealed much about this spin-off's gameplay, besides the brief snippets of it that we see in the teaser trailer, it certainly looks like a fairly traditional example of what we've typically seen from games in this genre.
Not that that's a bad thing, mind you. While games like Path of Exile and Grim Dawn have done a great job of filling the void in our lives left by the absence of Diablo 4, you really can never have too many well-done action-rpg games.
- 6/6/2019
- Den of Geek
You don’t hear the 1986 Genesis song “Tonight Tonight Tonight” very often these days, but back then it was absolutely inescapable. This was a weird period of time where seemingly half the songs on the radio were either by Genesis or one of the many offshoot acts like Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Mike and the Mechanics, or Gtr.
When Genesis hit the road in 1986 to promote Invisible Touch, the tour was sponsored by Michelob and they shot a commercial for the beer company that used “Tonight Tonight Tonight,” which you can see right here.
When Genesis hit the road in 1986 to promote Invisible Touch, the tour was sponsored by Michelob and they shot a commercial for the beer company that used “Tonight Tonight Tonight,” which you can see right here.
- 6/4/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
As the real world around the entertainment industry is becoming increasingly dark, the number of shows that deal with faith and spirituality is bordering on the miraculous.
For many writers and producers, this is an opportunity to offer an antidote to the stress of daily life and try to infuse their audience with a sense of hope and optimism. For others, such stories actually provide deeper ways to explore culture, comment on the state of humanity and ask audiences to hold themselves accountable for their actions.
“We found ourselves in this situation in the last couple years, in our country and around the world, where we felt we needed a show like ours,” says “God Friended Me” co-creator Bryan Wynbrandt. “We wanted to find something that spoke to everybody and hit that middle where we’re trying to have a conversation [and] we’re trying to see each other’s sides.
For many writers and producers, this is an opportunity to offer an antidote to the stress of daily life and try to infuse their audience with a sense of hope and optimism. For others, such stories actually provide deeper ways to explore culture, comment on the state of humanity and ask audiences to hold themselves accountable for their actions.
“We found ourselves in this situation in the last couple years, in our country and around the world, where we felt we needed a show like ours,” says “God Friended Me” co-creator Bryan Wynbrandt. “We wanted to find something that spoke to everybody and hit that middle where we’re trying to have a conversation [and] we’re trying to see each other’s sides.
- 6/3/2019
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Thirty years ago this month, one of the most profoundly sad songs in pop music history hit Number One on the Hot 100. It was “The Living Years” by Mike + the Mechanics, which forced everyone within earshot of a radio throughout much of 1989 to consider that fact their parents will inevitably die and leave them with profound regret. “I wasn’t there that morning/When my Father passed away,” Paul Carrack sings in a typical verse. “I didn’t get to tell him/All the things I had to say.”
Like many things in the Eighties,...
Like many things in the Eighties,...
- 3/14/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
When planning out the weekend rolling into Oscar Sunday, top talent had to make key choices when it came to which Academy Awards pre-event to go to first, how long to stay, what to wear (naturally), how many to hit in a single night and is the venue dog-friendly?
Here’s a look at some of the most coveted invites from the weekend.
Jeffrey Katzenberg, Glenn Close, Regina King, Rami Malek and George Clooney attend Mptf’s ‘The Night Before’ The Oscars at Fox Studio Lot on Feb. 23. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Mptf)
As every Hollywood player knows, you’re only as good as your last picture in this town; and you never know when your career might take a downturn. That’s why the Motion Picture and Television Relief Fund’s annual “Night Before” fundraiser is always the place to be on the Saturday evening before the Oscars,...
Here’s a look at some of the most coveted invites from the weekend.
Jeffrey Katzenberg, Glenn Close, Regina King, Rami Malek and George Clooney attend Mptf’s ‘The Night Before’ The Oscars at Fox Studio Lot on Feb. 23. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Mptf)
As every Hollywood player knows, you’re only as good as your last picture in this town; and you never know when your career might take a downturn. That’s why the Motion Picture and Television Relief Fund’s annual “Night Before” fundraiser is always the place to be on the Saturday evening before the Oscars,...
- 2/24/2019
- by Jenny Peters
- The Wrap
It's the home stretch for Rami Malek as he counts down the days, now hours, until the 2019 Oscars. But first, how about a romantic night out with his lady? On Friday, the actor, who is nominated for his leading role of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, attended Vanity Fair and Genesis' party celebrating the biopic with his co-star Lucy Boynton, who plays Freddie's lover and muse Mary Austin. Malek, 37, confirmed the pair's real-life romance last month. At the party, Malek also hung out with current Queen singer Adam Lambert. Bohemian Rhapsody is also nominated for Film Editing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Best Picture at the 2019...
- 2/23/2019
- E! Online
Now in its 48th year, New Directors/New Films is a stellar showcase for new voices in cinema, both domestic and international, and this year’s lineup is no exception. The festival’s opening, centerpiece, and closing slots all go to Sundance hits with Clemency, Monos, and Share, respectively, while the rest is filled out with some of our favorite titles from the international circuit the past year, including The Load, All Good, Genesis, Joy, The Plagiarists, Manta Ray, A Land Imagined, and more.
“Spanning the globe and a wide spectrum of styles and concerns, the bold and brilliant films in this year’s New Directors lineup are collective proof that cinema is still as supple a medium as ever,” said Film Society Director of Programming Dennis Lim. “Demanding our attention and exemplifying the vitality of contemporary cinema, this year’s class of emerging directors is one of the most courageous in years,...
“Spanning the globe and a wide spectrum of styles and concerns, the bold and brilliant films in this year’s New Directors lineup are collective proof that cinema is still as supple a medium as ever,” said Film Society Director of Programming Dennis Lim. “Demanding our attention and exemplifying the vitality of contemporary cinema, this year’s class of emerging directors is one of the most courageous in years,...
- 2/21/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Disney’s live-action adaptations have been a huge success for the company. Not only have they made an enormous amount of money, but they’ve also pleased critics and fans alike. As such, hopes are very high for Jon Favreau’s The Lion King and Tim Burton’s Dumbo, but sandwiched between them is Guy Ritchie’s Aladdin. Though it initially looked quite promising, after the reveal of Will Smith’s Genie in classic blue form, the film’s been subject to much online mockery for its special effects.
Now, possibly in a move designed to reassure fans of the 1992 classic that the remake will still have it where it counts, Disney’s released a still of the moment in which Aladdin and Princess Jasmine meet for the first time. If you’ll remember the original, Jasmine sneaks out of the palace in disguise only to fall foul of some sinister guards.
Now, possibly in a move designed to reassure fans of the 1992 classic that the remake will still have it where it counts, Disney’s released a still of the moment in which Aladdin and Princess Jasmine meet for the first time. If you’ll remember the original, Jasmine sneaks out of the palace in disguise only to fall foul of some sinister guards.
- 2/19/2019
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
Babaloo Mandel, 69, and Lowell Ganz, 70, have been writing together for nearly 40 years — and by writing, we mean shouting at each other. "We're acting while we write," says Mandel. "We're inside the moment, inside the character's mouth." However they do it, it's paid off. The pair, who have been pals since even before working together on Happy Days, co-wrote some of the biggest hits of the 1980s and '90s — 1984's Splash, 1989's Parenthood and 1991's City Slickers — co-creating some of cinema's most enduring lines (like City ...
- 2/15/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Get Her… If You Can, Empowered draw buyers.
Guido Rud’s Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has struck key Us and German deals on two titles on its Efm slate.
HBO Latino has picked up Us pay-tv and Svod rights to the rom-com thriller Get Her… If You Can (pictured), which receives its market premiere screening at Efm today (10).
Ines de León directed from a screenplay by Pablo Alén and Breixo Corral. The story centres on a struggling comedian and two pompous shipping heirs who encounter a shaman from the Amazon interior, a maritime captain, and two actors. Leticia Dolera from Rec...
Guido Rud’s Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has struck key Us and German deals on two titles on its Efm slate.
HBO Latino has picked up Us pay-tv and Svod rights to the rom-com thriller Get Her… If You Can (pictured), which receives its market premiere screening at Efm today (10).
Ines de León directed from a screenplay by Pablo Alén and Breixo Corral. The story centres on a struggling comedian and two pompous shipping heirs who encounter a shaman from the Amazon interior, a maritime captain, and two actors. Leticia Dolera from Rec...
- 2/10/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
James Hunt Feb 1, 2019
How does Star Trek: Discovery relate to the other Star Trek shows and movies? We unravel the history of the future to make it clear.
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
The Star Trek canon is a complicated place. Within the TV show and movies alone, there are prequels, sequels, time travel and alternate universes to keep track of - and not all of them happen in the right order. Star Trek Discovery is the latest continuity insert (and a fine one at that) – but how does it relate to everything else?
We begin our look at Star Trek's timeline around 40 years into “our” future, at a point when the Earth is recovering from World War III…
2063 – Star Trek: First Contact (most of it)
This movie - Star Trek 8, if you’re keeping track - sees the Star Trek: The Next Generation crew take...
How does Star Trek: Discovery relate to the other Star Trek shows and movies? We unravel the history of the future to make it clear.
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
The Star Trek canon is a complicated place. Within the TV show and movies alone, there are prequels, sequels, time travel and alternate universes to keep track of - and not all of them happen in the right order. Star Trek Discovery is the latest continuity insert (and a fine one at that) – but how does it relate to everything else?
We begin our look at Star Trek's timeline around 40 years into “our” future, at a point when the Earth is recovering from World War III…
2063 – Star Trek: First Contact (most of it)
This movie - Star Trek 8, if you’re keeping track - sees the Star Trek: The Next Generation crew take...
- 2/1/2019
- Den of Geek
On June 23rd, 1974, 21-year-old jazz-fusion guitarist Daryl Stuermer was watching the short-lived talk show Speakeasy when the guests for the evening included Beach Boys singer Mike Love, English guitarist John McLaughlin, jazz flutist Charles Lloyd and Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel. Stuermer had never heard of Genesis and the brief video segment showing their performance of “Supper’s Ready” did little to win him over. “Peter was wearing a flower on his head,” says Stuermer. “When I saw that I thought, ‘Oh, that’s not my kind of thing. This is ridiculous.
- 1/29/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: DeVon Franklin, the producer behind faith-based films like Miracles from Heaven, The Star, and the forthcoming Breakthrough, has teamed with Fox Family for a live-action/ CGI musical twist on the story of the Garden of Eden, the biblical paradise introduced in the book of Genesis. The Garden will follow how the first animals and people discover the meaning of friendship, community, and unity in a world that is completely new.
The film is based on a pitch by Michael Weiss and Greg Ostrin.
“Most of us know a version of the story of the Garden of Eden, but never before has this story been told in such a unique way and it’s the first time we have the technology to see this story come to life like never before,” said Franklin, who holds an overall deal at Fox via his Franklin Entertainment shingle along with film and television producer Karen A.
The film is based on a pitch by Michael Weiss and Greg Ostrin.
“Most of us know a version of the story of the Garden of Eden, but never before has this story been told in such a unique way and it’s the first time we have the technology to see this story come to life like never before,” said Franklin, who holds an overall deal at Fox via his Franklin Entertainment shingle along with film and television producer Karen A.
- 1/24/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Legendary Indian filmmaker, Mrinal Sen died of a cardiac failure in Kolkata on Sunday. He was 95.
Sen was born in 1923 in Faridpur, British India (now Bangladesh). He debuted in 1955 with “Raat Bhore” and found local acclaim with “Neel Akasher Neechey” (1959) and “Baishey Shravana” (1960). He won India’s national awards for best film and director for “Bhuvan Shome” (1969).
Along with his contemporaries Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak, Sen was part of a troika of directors from the Eastern Indian state of Bengal that put Indian cinema on the global stage. During a tumultuous time in Bengal politics in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Sen and Ray both made Calcutta trilogies, with Sen choosing to be overtly political with “Interview,” “Calcutta 71” and “Padatik.” Ray took the humanist approach with “Pratidwandi,” “Seemabaddha” and “Jana Aranya.”
In 1981, Sen won three awards at Berlin for “Akaler Sandhane.” He had earlier won Berlin awards for...
Sen was born in 1923 in Faridpur, British India (now Bangladesh). He debuted in 1955 with “Raat Bhore” and found local acclaim with “Neel Akasher Neechey” (1959) and “Baishey Shravana” (1960). He won India’s national awards for best film and director for “Bhuvan Shome” (1969).
Along with his contemporaries Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak, Sen was part of a troika of directors from the Eastern Indian state of Bengal that put Indian cinema on the global stage. During a tumultuous time in Bengal politics in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Sen and Ray both made Calcutta trilogies, with Sen choosing to be overtly political with “Interview,” “Calcutta 71” and “Padatik.” Ray took the humanist approach with “Pratidwandi,” “Seemabaddha” and “Jana Aranya.”
In 1981, Sen won three awards at Berlin for “Akaler Sandhane.” He had earlier won Berlin awards for...
- 12/30/2018
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Clément Cogitore’s “Braguino,” Meryem Benm’Barek’s (pictured) “Sofia” and Marie Losier’s “Cassandro the Exotico!” are among the 12 recent French movies which will play as part of the Young French Cinema Program organized by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the U.S. and UniFrance.
“Braguino” is a documentary feature about two feuding families living isolated in the middle of the Siberian taiga. Cogitore’s last feature film “Neither Heaven Nor Earth” opened at Cannes’s Critics Week in 2015.
Set in Casablanca, “Sofia” follows a young woman who has 24 hours to provide the identification papers of her child’s father before the authorities are alerted that she broke the law by having a child out of wedlock. The film world premiered at Cannes’s Un Certain Regard and won best screenplay.
“Cassandro the Exotico!” follows the leader of a group of gender-bending, cross-dressing wrestlers known...
“Braguino” is a documentary feature about two feuding families living isolated in the middle of the Siberian taiga. Cogitore’s last feature film “Neither Heaven Nor Earth” opened at Cannes’s Critics Week in 2015.
Set in Casablanca, “Sofia” follows a young woman who has 24 hours to provide the identification papers of her child’s father before the authorities are alerted that she broke the law by having a child out of wedlock. The film world premiered at Cannes’s Un Certain Regard and won best screenplay.
“Cassandro the Exotico!” follows the leader of a group of gender-bending, cross-dressing wrestlers known...
- 12/19/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Madrid — New York’s Visit Films announced at Buenos Aires’ Ventana Sur market, that the company has secured distribution in Mexico and Spain on Maria Alché’s directorial debut, “A Family Submerged.”
In Mexico, the film was snagged by top indie production and distribution company Interior 13 Cine, distributors for Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra’s Colombian Oscar-hopeful “Birds of Passage.” Spanish distribution went to Surtsey Films, experts in theatrical placing of festival hits like Panos Cosmatos’ Sitges best director winner “Mandy” and Árpád Bogdán’s “Genesis,” a winner at Spain’s Valladolid Film Festival.
The film is held up as a case of a successful independent Argentine film which has not only charmed critics and won festival prizes but snagged a prestige sales agent and now broken out to commercial sales in key, major territories for a Spanish-language movie.
“A Family Submerged” turns on Marcella, played by Argentine film and theater actress Mercedes Morán,...
In Mexico, the film was snagged by top indie production and distribution company Interior 13 Cine, distributors for Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra’s Colombian Oscar-hopeful “Birds of Passage.” Spanish distribution went to Surtsey Films, experts in theatrical placing of festival hits like Panos Cosmatos’ Sitges best director winner “Mandy” and Árpád Bogdán’s “Genesis,” a winner at Spain’s Valladolid Film Festival.
The film is held up as a case of a successful independent Argentine film which has not only charmed critics and won festival prizes but snagged a prestige sales agent and now broken out to commercial sales in key, major territories for a Spanish-language movie.
“A Family Submerged” turns on Marcella, played by Argentine film and theater actress Mercedes Morán,...
- 12/14/2018
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Ash Mayfair’s Vietnamese film “The Third Wife” won best film at the 24th Kolkata international film festival’s international competition on Saturday. Mayfair’s debut feature previously won awards at Toronto, San Sebastian and Chicago. Mayfair was present to collect her award, presented by actress Tabu (“Life of Pi”) and filmmaker Shoojit Sircar.
Kolkata’s international competition is known for its generous prize money. Mayfair took home $71,000 for her win. Egyptian/Austrian filmmaker Abu Bakr Shawky won best director and a purse of $30,000 for “Yomeddine.” India’s Churni Ganguly won a jury special mention in the international competition for “A Timeline”, alongside Hungary’s Arpad Bogdan for “Genesis.”
Praveen Morchhale’s “Widow of Silence” won best film in Kolkata’s Indian competition. The film had its world premiere at Busan in October. Arijit Biswas won best director for “Sun Goes Around The Earth.”
Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam’s...
Kolkata’s international competition is known for its generous prize money. Mayfair took home $71,000 for her win. Egyptian/Austrian filmmaker Abu Bakr Shawky won best director and a purse of $30,000 for “Yomeddine.” India’s Churni Ganguly won a jury special mention in the international competition for “A Timeline”, alongside Hungary’s Arpad Bogdan for “Genesis.”
Praveen Morchhale’s “Widow of Silence” won best film in Kolkata’s Indian competition. The film had its world premiere at Busan in October. Arijit Biswas won best director for “Sun Goes Around The Earth.”
Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam’s...
- 11/18/2018
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Los Cabos, Mexico — Adding to its burgeoning best picture trophies, “Genesis,” the consecration of Quebec’s Philippe Lesage, won Los Cabos Competition Award Saturday night.
“Genesis” scored at a busy Los Cabos Intl. Film Festival, given star gravitas by Spike Lee, Adam Driver and Terry Gilliam and whose hard-driving industry news flow, especially from the robust young Mexican industry belied Los Cabos initial positioning as a post-afm chill out.
Following on Lesage’s debut, “The Demons,” “Genesis” marks “Another rewardingly complex reflection on the emotional trials of youth,” Variety announced in its Locarno review. Superbly acted by Théodore Pellerin and Noe Abita, the chronicle of an ebullient brother and sister’s suffering from machista disdain and aggression was always a frontrunner at Los Cabos.
Otherwise, the other big competition winner – and doing its foreign-language Oscar nomination credentials no harm at all – was Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra’s Colombian thriller...
“Genesis” scored at a busy Los Cabos Intl. Film Festival, given star gravitas by Spike Lee, Adam Driver and Terry Gilliam and whose hard-driving industry news flow, especially from the robust young Mexican industry belied Los Cabos initial positioning as a post-afm chill out.
Following on Lesage’s debut, “The Demons,” “Genesis” marks “Another rewardingly complex reflection on the emotional trials of youth,” Variety announced in its Locarno review. Superbly acted by Théodore Pellerin and Noe Abita, the chronicle of an ebullient brother and sister’s suffering from machista disdain and aggression was always a frontrunner at Los Cabos.
Otherwise, the other big competition winner – and doing its foreign-language Oscar nomination credentials no harm at all – was Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra’s Colombian thriller...
- 11/11/2018
- by John Hopewell and Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
It's been nearly two years since we last had any news about Mike Le Han's in-the-works feature film debut Merciful but it looks like the project may finally head into production.
Recent news is that Kate Bosworth has signed on to not only star but also produce the movie which has had a title change since we last reported on it.
Written by Brian Scully, Genesis will star Bosworth as Amy, a mother searching for her daughter in a Pa wasteland shortly after a cataclysmic event destroys the moon.
Bosworth has bit big into genre titles lately. She recently starred in the P...
Recent news is that Kate Bosworth has signed on to not only star but also produce the movie which has had a title change since we last reported on it.
Written by Brian Scully, Genesis will star Bosworth as Amy, a mother searching for her daughter in a Pa wasteland shortly after a cataclysmic event destroys the moon.
Bosworth has bit big into genre titles lately. She recently starred in the P...
- 11/5/2018
- QuietEarth.us
Inside Man 2, Birds of Prey, Genesis, and more Film Casting News Inside Man 2, Birds of Prey, Genesis, and more have made recent film casting, screenwriting, and director news. These films come from movie studios primarily based in the United States and abroad. The castings, screenwriters, and directors are subject to [...]
Continue reading: Film Casting: Inside Man 2; Birds Of Prey; Kate Bosworth in Genesis, & More...
Continue reading: Film Casting: Inside Man 2; Birds Of Prey; Kate Bosworth in Genesis, & More...
- 11/2/2018
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Exclusive: Kate Bosworth has been set to star in the sci-fi action thriller Genesis, which she is also producing via her Make Pictures Productions with Jason Tamasco, Jerry Careccio and Zak Kristofek’s Bad Idea shingle. Mike Lè Han is directing the pic penned by Brian Michael Scully about a mother searching for her daughter in a post-apocalyptic world.
The producers are now taking the title around at the ongoing American Film Market in Santa Monica.
The actor is going all-in with the sci-fi genre of late. She will produce and star in Neil Labute’s The I-Land, which Netflix just ordered to series. That project co-stars Natalie Martinez and Alex Pettyfer. Bosworth also recently starred MGM’s post-apocalyptic drama The Domestics and in Nat Geo’s series The Long Road Home.
Bosworth’s Make Pictures banner is also in the works on sex-trafficking drama Nona, as well as Tate,...
The producers are now taking the title around at the ongoing American Film Market in Santa Monica.
The actor is going all-in with the sci-fi genre of late. She will produce and star in Neil Labute’s The I-Land, which Netflix just ordered to series. That project co-stars Natalie Martinez and Alex Pettyfer. Bosworth also recently starred MGM’s post-apocalyptic drama The Domestics and in Nat Geo’s series The Long Road Home.
Bosworth’s Make Pictures banner is also in the works on sex-trafficking drama Nona, as well as Tate,...
- 11/2/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
On the most recent episode of Black Ink Crew, Sky’s son Genesis popped up unexpectedly and surprised his mother with an emotional apology. Genesis was in town to perform, as he’s been working on a hip-hop career, leading viewers to ask questions about who he is and what Sky’s oldest son is about. One thing we learned while checking out Genesis’ Instagram is that he and his little brother Dez are very close. On Black Ink Crew, we learned that Dez was not allowed to join the military as he had planned due to a skin condition. When he returned […]
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- 11/1/2018
- by Shaunee Flowers
- Monsters and Critics
If you’ve been paying attention to the last few seasons of Black Ink Crew, then you know Sky has two sons that she gave up for adoption when they were young. Her relationship with her youngest son has been going great but Genesis, Sky’s oldest son, wasn’t so quick to forgive their mother and that has led to a lot of drama in the past. Des came back this week, explaining that the Army kicked him out because he didn’t pass their physical exam. He briefly explained that he had a “skin condition” that basically was just “dry skin” but […]
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- 11/1/2018
- by Shaunee Flowers
- Monsters and Critics
Before Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” – the acclaimed period-piece centering on the rivalry of two female courtiers, vying for the attention of England’s queen – closes the Stockholm Intl. Film Festival on Nov. 18, the event will have offered its audience 150 films, 39% of which are directed by women, a higher percentage than most international festivals.
The festival opens on Nov. 7 with the world premiere of Anna Odell’s “X&Y,” a film that playfully explores notions of gender identity. It is highly anticipated after the success of the director’s debut, “The Reunion,” which won the Fipresci Prize at the Venice Film Festival, and the best film and script awards at the Guldbagges, Sweden’s top movie contest.
“X&Y” is one of 22 titles competing for the Bronze Horse, the fest’s top prize, restricted to directors with no more than three films. Ten of these are helmed by women, among which are Nadine Labaki’s “Capernaum,...
The festival opens on Nov. 7 with the world premiere of Anna Odell’s “X&Y,” a film that playfully explores notions of gender identity. It is highly anticipated after the success of the director’s debut, “The Reunion,” which won the Fipresci Prize at the Venice Film Festival, and the best film and script awards at the Guldbagges, Sweden’s top movie contest.
“X&Y” is one of 22 titles competing for the Bronze Horse, the fest’s top prize, restricted to directors with no more than three films. Ten of these are helmed by women, among which are Nadine Labaki’s “Capernaum,...
- 10/29/2018
- by Jon Asp
- Variety Film + TV
Madrid — Making good on the largely overlooked achievement of debut feature “The Demons,” Québécois Philippe Lesage’s “Genesis” swept the 63rd Valladolid Intl. Film Festival, winning its top Golden Spike, director and actor on Saturday.
One of Spain’s top three or four festivals, and a bastion of auteur cinema, Valladolid closed its official section Friday with an out-of-competition sneak peek screening of a preliminary version of Til Schweiger’s “Honey in the Head,” still to totally finalize post-production, starring Nick Nolte as a grandfather suffering Alzheimer who is taken off by his 10-year-old daughter to Venice where he lived the love of his life with his wife. Initial local press reactions speak of a “brilliant” performance from Nolte. Matt Dillon, who plays Nolte’s son was in Valladolid to accept an Honorary Spike for his career.
Valladolid’s main competition Audience Award, the prize many distributors are most interested in,...
One of Spain’s top three or four festivals, and a bastion of auteur cinema, Valladolid closed its official section Friday with an out-of-competition sneak peek screening of a preliminary version of Til Schweiger’s “Honey in the Head,” still to totally finalize post-production, starring Nick Nolte as a grandfather suffering Alzheimer who is taken off by his 10-year-old daughter to Venice where he lived the love of his life with his wife. Initial local press reactions speak of a “brilliant” performance from Nolte. Matt Dillon, who plays Nolte’s son was in Valladolid to accept an Honorary Spike for his career.
Valladolid’s main competition Audience Award, the prize many distributors are most interested in,...
- 10/28/2018
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
BAFTA-nominated John Hannah and Bai Ling have boarded British martial arts actioner 14 Fists, due to begin filming in Winter 2018.
In 14 Fists a Chinese family on a British Council estate are terrorised by a local gang, until one day they take in a mysterious drifter. The film stars rising action talent Jean-Paul Ly, best known from Cambodian martial arts hit Jailbreak which won the coveted Guru prize for Best Action Feature Film at the Fantasia Film Festival 2017 and was recently released by Netflix worldwide.
Gaining a name both in front and behind the camera, Ly action coordinated new Cambodian thriller The Prey which premieres at the BFI London Film Festival this weekend. His next film Nightshooters, nominated for Best UK Feature at this year’s Raindance Film Festival, is releasing in December 2018 through UK distributor Ascendant Releasing, part of Ascendant Films.
Continuing this collaboration, Ascendant founder Bart Ruspoli (pictured below with...
In 14 Fists a Chinese family on a British Council estate are terrorised by a local gang, until one day they take in a mysterious drifter. The film stars rising action talent Jean-Paul Ly, best known from Cambodian martial arts hit Jailbreak which won the coveted Guru prize for Best Action Feature Film at the Fantasia Film Festival 2017 and was recently released by Netflix worldwide.
Gaining a name both in front and behind the camera, Ly action coordinated new Cambodian thriller The Prey which premieres at the BFI London Film Festival this weekend. His next film Nightshooters, nominated for Best UK Feature at this year’s Raindance Film Festival, is releasing in December 2018 through UK distributor Ascendant Releasing, part of Ascendant Films.
Continuing this collaboration, Ascendant founder Bart Ruspoli (pictured below with...
- 10/21/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Gavin Jasper Oct 16, 2018
Ok, Venom fans, break out your Green Jelly tapes, because it's time to learn all about Carnage, Spider-Man's evil double's evil double.
All right, so, a few months ago, when Deadpool 2 came out, we did an article called Deadpool 2: Who is Juggernaut? People were pretty annoyed because Juggernaut’s role in that movie as a major antagonist wasn’t advertised and they cried spoiler. And that’s a fair call. Apologies.
That said, if you think it’s a spoiler that Carnage is in any way alluded to in Venom, I don’t know what to tell you. It’s Carnage. Of Course he’s going to be at least referenced in a Venom movie. The movie just used Carlton Drake and Riot. Venom doesn’t exactly have a Batman-level rogues gallery to play with and only one of his bad guys is important...
Ok, Venom fans, break out your Green Jelly tapes, because it's time to learn all about Carnage, Spider-Man's evil double's evil double.
All right, so, a few months ago, when Deadpool 2 came out, we did an article called Deadpool 2: Who is Juggernaut? People were pretty annoyed because Juggernaut’s role in that movie as a major antagonist wasn’t advertised and they cried spoiler. And that’s a fair call. Apologies.
That said, if you think it’s a spoiler that Carnage is in any way alluded to in Venom, I don’t know what to tell you. It’s Carnage. Of Course he’s going to be at least referenced in a Venom movie. The movie just used Carlton Drake and Riot. Venom doesn’t exactly have a Batman-level rogues gallery to play with and only one of his bad guys is important...
- 10/16/2018
- Den of Geek
In the grand scheme of things, teenage love affairs–together with all the raptures, jitters, devastations associated with them–probably don’t count that much. But then again probably everyone can relate to the sheer groundbreaking force of that first quickening of the heart, of that blinding rush of hormones that compels us to act with a recklessness that we’ll later learn to forever suppress. Quebecois filmmaker Philippe Lesage’s Genesis is an ode to that time in our lives when we still paid more attention to impulses than consequences. Trifling perhaps in terms of subject matter and scope, but it absolutely mesmerizes.
Set sometime during the flip-phone era, the movie centers on stepsiblings Guillaume (Théodore Pellerin), the prodigious, wisecracking class clown at an all-boys Canadian boarding school, and Charlotte (Noée Abita), a fresh-faced high-school graduate who seems not to have figured out her next step yet.
When we...
Set sometime during the flip-phone era, the movie centers on stepsiblings Guillaume (Théodore Pellerin), the prodigious, wisecracking class clown at an all-boys Canadian boarding school, and Charlotte (Noée Abita), a fresh-faced high-school graduate who seems not to have figured out her next step yet.
When we...
- 10/5/2018
- by Zhuo-Ning Su
- The Film Stage
It’s been nearly two years since Katy Perry — one of several modern musical supernovae reflected in the beautiful, shattered-glass surfaces of “Vox Lux” — launched the campaign for her fifth album by declaring a new era of “purposeful pop.” No longer would her catchy-as-chlamydia radio anthems be mere teenage dreams of kissing California gurls last Friday night, apparently. Perry’s pop would show invigorated social and political resolve, leaving a woker, sparklier world in its wake. “I’ve seen behind the curtain, and I can’t go back,” Perry said, setting herself up for a media drubbing when the album, give or take some standard-issue empowerment mantras, sounded much like all its slickly enamelled predecessors.
For pop has always been purposeful, and its populist purpose tends to drive it away from the self — a quandary that Brady Corbet’s extraordinary second feature picks at with icy fascination. Powered in its...
For pop has always been purposeful, and its populist purpose tends to drive it away from the self — a quandary that Brady Corbet’s extraordinary second feature picks at with icy fascination. Powered in its...
- 9/4/2018
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Late singer George Michael is the top choice in our recent poll about which male artist most deserves induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for 2019. The former member of Wham! received 24% of the vote, followed by a tie between Phil Collins and Sting, both with 14%. Those two men are already Hall of Fame members through their bands Genesis and The Police, respectively, but not for their impressive solo careers.
Nominating ballots will be in their hands of actual Hall of Fame committee members in a few weeks. Some male artists who had been consistently snubbed have finally made the cut in recent years. That list includes Neil Diamond (2011), Donovan (2012), Peter Gabriel (2014), Randy Newman (2013), Lou Reed (2015), Steve Miller (2016), Cat Stevens (2014), and Bill Withers (2015). No solo male artists were selected for 2018, however.
Here are the descriptions and vote totals for each of the dozen men in our poll. See...
Nominating ballots will be in their hands of actual Hall of Fame committee members in a few weeks. Some male artists who had been consistently snubbed have finally made the cut in recent years. That list includes Neil Diamond (2011), Donovan (2012), Peter Gabriel (2014), Randy Newman (2013), Lou Reed (2015), Steve Miller (2016), Cat Stevens (2014), and Bill Withers (2015). No solo male artists were selected for 2018, however.
Here are the descriptions and vote totals for each of the dozen men in our poll. See...
- 9/4/2018
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
When you first fall in love, everything else around you seems to melt away and pretty much nothing or no one else seems to exist. In the French-Canadian film Genesis (Genese), about adolescent love, director Philippe Lesage weaves this idea of full-on immediacy and a very blinkered view into the fabric of his storytelling, delivering a film that feels intensely alive and in the moment.
Even though the movie barely provides any backstory or other details, the characters’ emotions are always immediately accessible in this vivid depiction of the all-consuming nature of nascent amour, as well as the pain, heartbreak ...
Even though the movie barely provides any backstory or other details, the characters’ emotions are always immediately accessible in this vivid depiction of the all-consuming nature of nascent amour, as well as the pain, heartbreak ...
- 8/28/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
When you first fall in love, everything else around you seems to melt away and pretty much nothing or no one else seems to exist. In the French-Canadian film Genesis (Genese), about adolescent love, director Philippe Lesage weaves this idea of full-on immediacy and a very blinkered view into the fabric of his storytelling, delivering a film that feels intensely alive and in the moment.
Even though the movie barely provides any backstory or other details, the characters’ emotions are always immediately accessible in this vivid depiction of the all-consuming nature of nascent amour, as well as the pain, heartbreak ...
Even though the movie barely provides any backstory or other details, the characters’ emotions are always immediately accessible in this vivid depiction of the all-consuming nature of nascent amour, as well as the pain, heartbreak ...
- 8/28/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There was no harder-working rock star in the 1980s than Phil Collins. His solo career exploded in January of 1981 with the release of his debut single “In the Air Tonight,” the first of many massive hits he’d score throughout the decade. He also continued to record and tour heavily with Genesis and even established a career as an actor with a starring role in the 1988 movie Buster. Somehow, in the midst of all that, he also made himself available as a producer and drummer for an enormous cross-section of recording acts,...
- 8/13/2018
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Québécois filmmaker Philippe Lesage quietly made one of the decade’s great narrative debuts with 2015’s “The Demons,” and distributors largely slept on it: A poised, perceptive study of childhood terrors both real and imagined, it made some waves on the festival circuit, but its discomfiting subject matter and stark structural breaks most likely held it back from the exposure it deserved. Undaunted, Lesage has doubled down on that film’s most challenging virtues to extraordinary effect in “Genesis,” a more diffuse but intricately emotive follow-up that extends the autobiographical focus of his debut into a yearning, bruising vision of unpracticed adolescent desire.
Though it’s partially an oblique sequel to “The Demons,” resuming its portrait of Lesage’s young alter ego Felix (Édouard Tremblay-Grenier) in the latter stretch of its luxuriant running time, the bulk of “Genesis” — a freestanding work, albeit enhanced by knowledge of its predecessor — is concerned with the respectively thorny,...
Though it’s partially an oblique sequel to “The Demons,” resuming its portrait of Lesage’s young alter ego Felix (Édouard Tremblay-Grenier) in the latter stretch of its luxuriant running time, the bulk of “Genesis” — a freestanding work, albeit enhanced by knowledge of its predecessor — is concerned with the respectively thorny,...
- 8/8/2018
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Locarno, Switzerland — Brit Richard Billingham’s “Ray & Liz,” “A Family Tour,” from Chinese exile Ying Liang, Chilean Dominga Sotomayor’s “Too Late to Die Young” made some of the very early running in main competition at the 71st Locarno Festival, which saw a slew of negotiations kick off, and some deals go down, at its packed Industry Days which wrapped Monday.
The films world premiered at Europe’s biggest mid-summer film meet as Meg Ryan, Antoine Fuqua, Ethan Hawke and France’s Bruno Dumont rolled into town. Ryan talked of her new career as a director, producer, announcing a new project, half-hour comedy “The Obsolescents”: Fuqua, at Locarno for “The Equaliser 2,” talked intelligently about how to empower black filmmakers in Hollywood; Hawke, here to present “Blaze,” will receive the 2018 Excellence Award; Dumont, world premiering feature/series “Coincoin and the Extra Humans,” maybe the best received of Piazza Grande offerings to date,...
The films world premiered at Europe’s biggest mid-summer film meet as Meg Ryan, Antoine Fuqua, Ethan Hawke and France’s Bruno Dumont rolled into town. Ryan talked of her new career as a director, producer, announcing a new project, half-hour comedy “The Obsolescents”: Fuqua, at Locarno for “The Equaliser 2,” talked intelligently about how to empower black filmmakers in Hollywood; Hawke, here to present “Blaze,” will receive the 2018 Excellence Award; Dumont, world premiering feature/series “Coincoin and the Extra Humans,” maybe the best received of Piazza Grande offerings to date,...
- 8/8/2018
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Loose lips sink ships on Preacher Season 3 Episode 7 because everyone thinks Tc is too dumb to pay attention.
Oh, contraire mon frère. It's the ones who appear dumb that you have to worry about. What were they thinking talking about Genesis in front of him anyway?
Don't get me wrong, he is dumb, but he's got ears! Where are the street smarts we know Jesse and Tulip have?
Geez.
So now Grandma's caught wind of the power, and it's not going to take her long to figure out the mission Jesse is on with Starr.
That's bad news because Jesse has no clue Grandma knows anything, so while he's gone, she has all that time to prepare for his return.
You're the toughest, most survivingist woman I've ever met.
Jesse Permalink: You're the toughest, most survivingist woman I've ever met. Added: August 05, 2018
Speaking of Grandma, is it possible she's...
Oh, contraire mon frère. It's the ones who appear dumb that you have to worry about. What were they thinking talking about Genesis in front of him anyway?
Don't get me wrong, he is dumb, but he's got ears! Where are the street smarts we know Jesse and Tulip have?
Geez.
So now Grandma's caught wind of the power, and it's not going to take her long to figure out the mission Jesse is on with Starr.
That's bad news because Jesse has no clue Grandma knows anything, so while he's gone, she has all that time to prepare for his return.
You're the toughest, most survivingist woman I've ever met.
Jesse Permalink: You're the toughest, most survivingist woman I've ever met. Added: August 05, 2018
Speaking of Grandma, is it possible she's...
- 8/6/2018
- by Kim Russell
- TVfanatic
Handling more films than any other international sales agent at this year’s Locarno Festival, Europe’s biggest mid-summer film event, Brussels-based B For Films will represent new films by Bettina Oberli, one of Switzerland’s most popular cineasts, Canadian Philippe Lesage’s return to A-fest international competition after debut “The Demons” dazzled at San Sebastian, and Antoine Russbach’s first feature, the highest-profile Swiss debut this year at the Swiss festival.
The two Swiss titles are for “no special reason,” said B For Films Pamela Lau, who set up the sales company with pan-European sales-financing-production company Playtime.
But Lau recognized that Be For Films has been approached by Swiss producers since the success of Lisa Brühlmann’s “Blue My Mind,”which sold 15 territories off a San Sebastian Festival world premiere last year.
Only about half B For Films’ titles are Belgian, and often minority co-productions. Reteaming Lesage with producer...
The two Swiss titles are for “no special reason,” said B For Films Pamela Lau, who set up the sales company with pan-European sales-financing-production company Playtime.
But Lau recognized that Be For Films has been approached by Swiss producers since the success of Lisa Brühlmann’s “Blue My Mind,”which sold 15 territories off a San Sebastian Festival world premiere last year.
Only about half B For Films’ titles are Belgian, and often minority co-productions. Reteaming Lesage with producer...
- 7/18/2018
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Olivia Grant, Chiké Okonkwo, John Hannah, Warren Brown, Ed Stoppard, Ben Shafik, Rick Warden, William Snape, Wendy Glenn, Stefano Braschi, Amrita Acharia, Paul Nicholls | Written and Directed by Freddie Hutton-Mills, Bart Ruspoli
While attending McM London Comic Con back in May we went to as many panels as possible. We got to check out the creators of a Scottish based web series called Cops and Monsters, who were kicking off there crowdfund that weekend. Monkey Tennis Podcast were recording a live show. We checked out Dark Rising, a new upcoming superhero show with a real difference. There was also the panel for Night Shooters, which looked like a great martial arts/comedy flick. And then there was this, Genesis. We were immediately intrigued because, well lets not mess about, John Hannah is in the movie and that for me warranted checking out the panel. John Hannah is fantastic British actor that you always know,...
While attending McM London Comic Con back in May we went to as many panels as possible. We got to check out the creators of a Scottish based web series called Cops and Monsters, who were kicking off there crowdfund that weekend. Monkey Tennis Podcast were recording a live show. We checked out Dark Rising, a new upcoming superhero show with a real difference. There was also the panel for Night Shooters, which looked like a great martial arts/comedy flick. And then there was this, Genesis. We were immediately intrigued because, well lets not mess about, John Hannah is in the movie and that for me warranted checking out the panel. John Hannah is fantastic British actor that you always know,...
- 7/10/2018
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
When Sonic Mania originally launched on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC, we gave it a 4.5 out of 5; it felt like Sega finally decided to stop muddling their fan-favorite franchise and let it breathe in the hands of long time fan Christian Whitehead and company. Their efforts and understanding of what makes a good Sonic game made it an all-time classic, and possibly the best in the entire series. Fast forward to nearly a year later and the new physical release (or Dlc if you own the game), Sonic Mania Plus, is here for those of us who still can’t put it down.
But let me clarify: I am not what you’d call a “Sonic fan”. I played Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on my uncle’s Genesis at Thanksgivings, died horribly in Aquatic Ruin Zone, and that’s about as far as my fandom roots go. When I heard about Mania,...
But let me clarify: I am not what you’d call a “Sonic fan”. I played Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on my uncle’s Genesis at Thanksgivings, died horribly in Aquatic Ruin Zone, and that’s about as far as my fandom roots go. When I heard about Mania,...
- 7/10/2018
- by David Morgan
- We Got This Covered
To mark the release of Genesis on 16th July, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on DVD.
Prepare yourself for stellar British sci-fi adventure Genesis, as Man battles Machine in a desperate future.
The year is 2069. Mankind has been devastated by a chemical Armageddon. Forced to live underground where the air is breathable, the civilians, led by the charismatic Paul Brooks (John Hannah) survive in dire conditions, starving and pushed into slave labour.
As the civilian unrest grows, the politicians and scientists, led by Dr. Eve Gabriel (Olivia Grant) dedicate all resources to the construction of Abel, a humanoid life- form, and mankind’s last hope. When the powerful A.I. Machine learns its preprogrammed fate, it is up to Eve and Paul to stop the catastrophic consequences as humanity’s future lies in the balance.
Starring Olivia Grant (Stardust), Chike Okonkwo, (The Birth of a Nation), Ed Stoppard...
Prepare yourself for stellar British sci-fi adventure Genesis, as Man battles Machine in a desperate future.
The year is 2069. Mankind has been devastated by a chemical Armageddon. Forced to live underground where the air is breathable, the civilians, led by the charismatic Paul Brooks (John Hannah) survive in dire conditions, starving and pushed into slave labour.
As the civilian unrest grows, the politicians and scientists, led by Dr. Eve Gabriel (Olivia Grant) dedicate all resources to the construction of Abel, a humanoid life- form, and mankind’s last hope. When the powerful A.I. Machine learns its preprogrammed fate, it is up to Eve and Paul to stop the catastrophic consequences as humanity’s future lies in the balance.
Starring Olivia Grant (Stardust), Chike Okonkwo, (The Birth of a Nation), Ed Stoppard...
- 7/5/2018
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Looks like Scream Factory will be bringing all the Rec films together on Blu-ray for a new 4-film collection! This will include the original film along with Rec 2, Rec 3: Genesis, and Rec 4: Apocalypse. There isn’t currently a list of special features, or really Any info on the upcoming collection but you can […]
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- 6/1/2018
- by Mike Sprague
- DreadCentral.com
The Transilvania Intl. Film Festival’s Hungary Day pays tribute to the region’s largest ethnic minority – one that still plays a strong and vital cultural role in the region.
Once part of Hungary, the western Romanian city of Cluj, where the fest takes place, features schools, an opera house and literature in Hungarian – and, once a year, a large collection of films from its Magyar neighbor screen at Tiff.
The section features five narrative films and two documentaries screen this year, programmed by Zagoni Balint; there is also a tribute capped by honors for career achievement for Oscar-winning Hungarian director Istvan Szabo (“Mephisto”) and director-writer-editor Marta Meszaros, credited with more than 40 films over seven decades.
Several of the Hungarian films at Tiff take on once-taboo subjects, such as “1945” (pictured), Ferenc Torok’s evocative black-and-white account of the unwelcome return to a small town of Orthodox Jews who have survived the Holocaust.
Once part of Hungary, the western Romanian city of Cluj, where the fest takes place, features schools, an opera house and literature in Hungarian – and, once a year, a large collection of films from its Magyar neighbor screen at Tiff.
The section features five narrative films and two documentaries screen this year, programmed by Zagoni Balint; there is also a tribute capped by honors for career achievement for Oscar-winning Hungarian director Istvan Szabo (“Mephisto”) and director-writer-editor Marta Meszaros, credited with more than 40 films over seven decades.
Several of the Hungarian films at Tiff take on once-taboo subjects, such as “1945” (pictured), Ferenc Torok’s evocative black-and-white account of the unwelcome return to a small town of Orthodox Jews who have survived the Holocaust.
- 5/31/2018
- by Will Tizard
- Variety Film + TV
Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov missed the premiere of his film “Leto” in Cannes this month because he is under house arrest. In January, authorities banned “The Death of Stalin” from being screened in Russia, complaining that Armando Iannucci’s satirical movie depicted “ideological warfare” and extremism.”
But acclaimed Russian-French director Pavel Lungin thinks that such crackdowns under Vladimir Putin could end up being a creative blessing.
“Censorship always brings about some kind of force among the cultural society,” Lungin said. “We have the great experience of the Soviet Union, where Soviet censorship created such wonderful films, like [those of Andrei] Tarkovsky. Perhaps a little bit of difficulty only makes an artist stronger.”
Lungin spoke to Variety on the Israeli set of “Esau,” his English-language debut, an adaptation by author Meir Shalev of his novel of the same name. The film follows a 40-year-old writer who returns to his family home after half a...
But acclaimed Russian-French director Pavel Lungin thinks that such crackdowns under Vladimir Putin could end up being a creative blessing.
“Censorship always brings about some kind of force among the cultural society,” Lungin said. “We have the great experience of the Soviet Union, where Soviet censorship created such wonderful films, like [those of Andrei] Tarkovsky. Perhaps a little bit of difficulty only makes an artist stronger.”
Lungin spoke to Variety on the Israeli set of “Esau,” his English-language debut, an adaptation by author Meir Shalev of his novel of the same name. The film follows a 40-year-old writer who returns to his family home after half a...
- 5/24/2018
- by Debra Kamin
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar nominee William Friedkin’s 1973 classic The Exorcist grossed nearly $233M stateside, spawned follow ups and imitations and is still a standard-bearer in horror. Now Friedkin is taking a look at real-life exorcisms in the documentary The Devil and Father Amorth, which The Orchard is opening Friday. Friedkin’s latest will be decidedly different from his narrative thriller, but will nevertheless be “unnerving,” according to the distributor, which will combine the film with a director’s cut of The Exorcist in key locations. The film is one of a number of mixed-genre Specialty newcomers making theatrical debuts this weekend, including Cohen Media Group’s Godard Mon Amour by writer-director Michel Hazanavicius and featuring Stacy Martin and Louis Garrel who plays the legendary director set against the backdrop of the student uprisings of 1967 France. Also opening is Vertical Entertainment’s sci-fi title Genesis as well as Passion River Films’ documentary After Auschwitz,...
- 4/20/2018
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
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