There is no place better for a horror fan than the ever-growing film library of Shudder. It was already one of the most niche streaming services in the market, it is also perfect for giving the fans what they want by giving them new and exciting horror films every month. So, if you love Shudder and are wondering what are best movies coming to the Scream Queen of streaming services in June 2024, here are our best picks for you.
A Lonely Place to Die (June 3)
A Lonely Place to Die is a British action thriller film directed by Julian Gilbey from a screenplay co-written by Julian and Will Gilbey. The 2011 film follows the story of five hikers as they hear cries of pain in the wilderness and to their horror it’s a little girl buried in the ground. When they decide to get her to safety they are chased by the kidnappers.
A Lonely Place to Die (June 3)
A Lonely Place to Die is a British action thriller film directed by Julian Gilbey from a screenplay co-written by Julian and Will Gilbey. The 2011 film follows the story of five hikers as they hear cries of pain in the wilderness and to their horror it’s a little girl buried in the ground. When they decide to get her to safety they are chased by the kidnappers.
- 5/29/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
European giant Beta Film, known for ambitious titles such as “Babylon Berlin” and “The Swarm,” has shared with Variety in exclusivity a first-look picture of 1o-part series “Rise of the Raven,” which it hails as “one of the most epic European TV productions of all time.”
“Rise of the Raven” weighs in as a passion project of Hungarian-born and Canada-based producer Robert Lantos, behind “Sunshine,” “The Sweet Hereafter,” “Barney’s Version,” “Eastern Promises” and “Crimes of the Future.”
A highlight at Beta Film’s showcase this Tuesday at the London TV Screenings, “Rise of the Raven” turns on the extraordinary feat of Hungarian army commander Janos Hunyadi, played by discovery Gellért L. Kádár, who in 1456 won a bloody, brutal Battle of Belgrade against a vast Ottoman force twice the size of his troops who were often farm labourers armed with just slings and patriotic fervor.
Hunyadi largely halted a full Ottoman...
“Rise of the Raven” weighs in as a passion project of Hungarian-born and Canada-based producer Robert Lantos, behind “Sunshine,” “The Sweet Hereafter,” “Barney’s Version,” “Eastern Promises” and “Crimes of the Future.”
A highlight at Beta Film’s showcase this Tuesday at the London TV Screenings, “Rise of the Raven” turns on the extraordinary feat of Hungarian army commander Janos Hunyadi, played by discovery Gellért L. Kádár, who in 1456 won a bloody, brutal Battle of Belgrade against a vast Ottoman force twice the size of his troops who were often farm labourers armed with just slings and patriotic fervor.
Hunyadi largely halted a full Ottoman...
- 2/27/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Peeping Tom 4K Uhd from Criterion
Peeping Tom will join The Criterion Collection on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on May 14. The 1960 British horror-thriller has been newly restored in 4K with Dolby Vision Hdr and uncompressed monaural sound.
A progenitor of the contemporary slasher, Michael Powell (The Red Shoes) produces and directs from a script by Leo Marks. Carl Boehm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey, and Maxine Audley star.
Special features include: a new introduction by Martin Scorsese; a new interview with Thelma Schoonmaker; a new featurette with Scorsese, Schoonmaker, and Boehm; audio commentaries by film scholar Laura Mulvey and film historian Ian Christie; featurettes Marks and on the restoration; and more.
Chucky Talking Board from...
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Peeping Tom 4K Uhd from Criterion
Peeping Tom will join The Criterion Collection on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on May 14. The 1960 British horror-thriller has been newly restored in 4K with Dolby Vision Hdr and uncompressed monaural sound.
A progenitor of the contemporary slasher, Michael Powell (The Red Shoes) produces and directs from a script by Leo Marks. Carl Boehm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey, and Maxine Audley star.
Special features include: a new introduction by Martin Scorsese; a new interview with Thelma Schoonmaker; a new featurette with Scorsese, Schoonmaker, and Boehm; audio commentaries by film scholar Laura Mulvey and film historian Ian Christie; featurettes Marks and on the restoration; and more.
Chucky Talking Board from...
- 2/23/2024
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Filming is underway on long-gestating European thriller series The Kollective (6 x 60′), which we can reveal will star Natascha McElhone (Californication), Celine Buckens (Showtrial), Felix Mayr (Unorthodox), Gregg Sulkin (Marvel’s Runaways), Grégory Montel (Call My Agent), Karel Roden (A Spy Amongst Friends), Cassiopée Mayance (The Clearstream Affair), Martha Canga Antonio (Lupin) and Ralph Amoussou (Transatlantic).
Produced by Submarine (Apollo 10 ½) and created by Leonardo Fasoli (Gomorrah), Maddalena Ravagli (Gomorrah) and Submarine’s Femke Wolting, the series was commissioned by The European Alliance and will be distributed worldwide by A+E Media Group, with Hulu coming aboard for U.S. distribution.
Inspired by the investigative journalist group Bellingcat, the series will span Europe from Budapest and St. Petersburg in the East to London in the West. It will follow a group of intrepid young citizen journalists who, after a sudden tragedy, find themselves sucked into a web of government lies and corruption.
Produced by Submarine (Apollo 10 ½) and created by Leonardo Fasoli (Gomorrah), Maddalena Ravagli (Gomorrah) and Submarine’s Femke Wolting, the series was commissioned by The European Alliance and will be distributed worldwide by A+E Media Group, with Hulu coming aboard for U.S. distribution.
Inspired by the investigative journalist group Bellingcat, the series will span Europe from Budapest and St. Petersburg in the East to London in the West. It will follow a group of intrepid young citizen journalists who, after a sudden tragedy, find themselves sucked into a web of government lies and corruption.
- 1/31/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Get ready to meet Gump! 4Digital Media has revealed an official trailer for Gump, a Czech dog movie that originally opened in 2021 in Europe. It's now set for release on VOD in the US later this August. A feel-good story that highlights the need for friendship, family, and – of course – dogs in our lives. Even though this trailer is dubbed in English (ugh), it'll be released with subtitles and the original Czech voices - as it should be. It's a story told through the eyes of a stray dog called Gump. On a journey to find his way back home, Gump encounters many challenges, meets a few new people, and makes many canine friends along the way. A story about the devotion of a dog – who without hesitation will give his own life for the life of its beloved owner. Starring Karel Roden, Ivana Chýlková, Eva Holubová, Bolek Polívka, Jana Plodková,...
- 8/8/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
As one of Britain's most respected actors, John Hurt made an impression in even the smallest of roles. With his magnificent voice and distinctive appearance, he shone in every film in which he appeared, whether he was the lead or just making a cameo appearance. Even when he was the star, he invariably seemed more like part of the ensemble than a star in his own right like Sean Connery or Michael Caine. Perhaps this was due to his consummate professionalism and his ability to disappear into his roles. You never got the sense that he had much of an ego or, at the very least, cared less about personal vanity than making his characters feel authentic.
Below are just a handful of his finest film performances, ranked, although he had such a varied career that we could easily have made this a list of 20 best films and included his...
Below are just a handful of his finest film performances, ranked, although he had such a varied career that we could easily have made this a list of 20 best films and included his...
- 12/12/2022
- by Nick Bartlett
- Slash Film
Orphan
Stars: Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabella Fuhrman, Cch Pounder, Jimmy Bennett, Margo Martindale, Karel Roden, Aryana Engineer, Rosemary Dunsmore, Genelle Williams | Written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick | Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra
Devastated by the loss of their unborn baby, Kate (Vera Farmiga) and John (Peter Sarsgaard) decide to adopt a child. At the orphanage, both feel drawn to a little girl (Isabelle Fuhrman) named Esther, and soon the couple take their new daughter home. But when a dangerous series of events unfolds, Kate begins to suspect that there is something evil lurking behind the child’s angelic exterior.
Although the horror genre is by far my favorite film genre nowadays, the same thing cannot be said for when I was young. As a matter of fact, I was scared to death of practically every horror movie. I remember still to this day, seeing some sort of Chucky parody on some...
Stars: Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabella Fuhrman, Cch Pounder, Jimmy Bennett, Margo Martindale, Karel Roden, Aryana Engineer, Rosemary Dunsmore, Genelle Williams | Written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick | Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra
Devastated by the loss of their unborn baby, Kate (Vera Farmiga) and John (Peter Sarsgaard) decide to adopt a child. At the orphanage, both feel drawn to a little girl (Isabelle Fuhrman) named Esther, and soon the couple take their new daughter home. But when a dangerous series of events unfolds, Kate begins to suspect that there is something evil lurking behind the child’s angelic exterior.
Although the horror genre is by far my favorite film genre nowadays, the same thing cannot be said for when I was young. As a matter of fact, I was scared to death of practically every horror movie. I remember still to this day, seeing some sort of Chucky parody on some...
- 11/10/2022
- by Caillou Pettis
- Nerdly
The costliest Czech film of all time features epic battles, royal conspiracies, hungry lions –and Michael Caine in a neckruff
If you had to put money on who would be cast for a film about 15th-century Czech warrior hero Jan Žižka, then Ben Foster, Matthew Goode, Til Schweiger and Sir Michael of Caine would probably not be top of the list. But that is the impressive ensemble kitted out in ermines and armour by director Petr Jákl for this brutal, byzantine but strangely uninvolving historical actioner set in medieval Bohemia – apparently the most expensive Czech production ever.
Foster plays Žižka, a seasoned mercenary who with his merry band of bruisers is first seen protecting Lord Boresh (Caine) from a riverside ambush. Boresh is neckruff-deep in court intrigues that make the Tory party look like pussycats: Wenceslas IV (Karel Roden) is due in Rome to be crowned Holy Emperor, but his...
If you had to put money on who would be cast for a film about 15th-century Czech warrior hero Jan Žižka, then Ben Foster, Matthew Goode, Til Schweiger and Sir Michael of Caine would probably not be top of the list. But that is the impressive ensemble kitted out in ermines and armour by director Petr Jákl for this brutal, byzantine but strangely uninvolving historical actioner set in medieval Bohemia – apparently the most expensive Czech production ever.
Foster plays Žižka, a seasoned mercenary who with his merry band of bruisers is first seen protecting Lord Boresh (Caine) from a riverside ambush. Boresh is neckruff-deep in court intrigues that make the Tory party look like pussycats: Wenceslas IV (Karel Roden) is due in Rome to be crowned Holy Emperor, but his...
- 10/25/2022
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
Plot: The story of fifteenth-century Czech icon and warlord Jan Zizka, who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire.
Review: In today’s day and age of high fantasy, it’s rare that a film set in grounded medieval times can still bring the same level of excitement. The pacing is often very slow, and the action scenes are few and far between. Thankfully, Medieval decides it will go completely against that and provide a heavy-hitting action film. But is that enough to make up for its faults?
There are a lot of things that I really enjoyed about Medieval. Ben Foster is always great to see as he’s one of the better actors out there and so often overlooked. His character of Jan Zizka isn’t someone I was aware of before, but now am intrigued to seek out. The story is simple enough,...
Review: In today’s day and age of high fantasy, it’s rare that a film set in grounded medieval times can still bring the same level of excitement. The pacing is often very slow, and the action scenes are few and far between. Thankfully, Medieval decides it will go completely against that and provide a heavy-hitting action film. But is that enough to make up for its faults?
There are a lot of things that I really enjoyed about Medieval. Ben Foster is always great to see as he’s one of the better actors out there and so often overlooked. His character of Jan Zizka isn’t someone I was aware of before, but now am intrigued to seek out. The story is simple enough,...
- 9/10/2022
- by Tyler Nichols
- JoBlo.com
Czech folk hero Jan Zizka’s story has been dramatized — and mythologized — in various forms many times, including a mid-1950s celluloid trilogy by Otakar Vavra that was arguably the local industry’s most ambitious production in those somewhat stodgy, pre-New Wave days. Purportedly the Czech Republic’s most expensive feature to date, Petr Jakl’s new “Medieval” portrays the same legendary figure in what’s anything but an old-school costume epic. Instead, this robust, assured enterprise offers a distant past in the brutally combat-driven action mode of “Gladiator” and “Braveheart,” its patriotic sentiments steeped in mud and blood.
The economic realities for such a costly spectacular require a degree of formulaic creative decisions in line with current international audience tastes, while the casting of American and British actors in primary roles further waters down a distinctive regional character. Nevertheless, “Medieval” succeeds as a lively, handsome chunk of history (however...
The economic realities for such a costly spectacular require a degree of formulaic creative decisions in line with current international audience tastes, while the casting of American and British actors in primary roles further waters down a distinctive regional character. Nevertheless, “Medieval” succeeds as a lively, handsome chunk of history (however...
- 9/5/2022
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Medieval Red Band Trailer — Petr Jákl‘s Medieval (2022) red band movie trailer has been released by The Avenue Entertainment. Crew Medieval stars Ben Foster, Sophie Lowe, Michael Caine, Til Schweiger, Roland Møller, Matthew Goode, William Moseley, Karel Roden, and Werner Daehn. Petr Jákl wrote the screenplay for Medieval, “from a story by Petr Jakl Sr. and Kevin Bernhardt.” Plot [...]
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- 9/3/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"Death brings life." The Altitude has debuted one final violent red band trailer for Medieval, an action epic about a Czech warlord, based on a true story from history. We've already featured a few other trailers for this film before, about an iconic Czech fighter who's mission is to keep a woman safe. It's all in English and features an international cast of non-Czech actors. The film tells the story of fifteenth century Czech icon & warlord Jan Zizka, who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire. Jan realizes that the fate of the Empire will be decided by his love for Lady Katherine and his fate doesn't lie in the hands of Kings, but in the hands of his own people. Ben Foster stars as Jan Zizka, with a massive ensemble: Sophie Lowe, Michael Caine, Til Schweiger, Roland Møller, Matthew Goode, William Moseley, Karel Roden, and Werner Daehn.
- 9/2/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Austria’s Orf Joins Big Budget Central Europe Drama Series ‘Rise Of The Raven’
The shoot for big-budget Central European drama Rise of the Raven (working title) is underway near Budapest in Hungary, with Austrian pubcaster Orf the latest to join the series as a co-producer. Produced by Robert Lantos, the multi-million dollar series is being billed as “the most epic Central European television production of all time.” It stars Hungary’s Gellért L. Kádár as Janos Hunyadi, the army commander who defeated the vast Ottoman troops in the Battle of Belgrade in 1456. Vivien Rujder plays his life partner Elizabeth Szilagyi in a widely international cast. Also featuring are Austria’s Laurence Rupp (Babarians), Cornelius Obonya (Maria Theresa), Murathan Muslu (Breaking Point), Czech actor Karel Roden, Serbia’s Rade Serbedzija and Italian actors Italy’s Francesco Acquaroli, Thomas Trabacchi (Studio Battaglia) and Elena Rusconi (6 Underground). Balázs Lengyel (HBO’s Golden Life) is showrunner and writer along with George Mihalka, Balázs Lovas, Zsófia Ruttkay, Attila Veres, and Bán Mór, whose best-selling series of novels the series is based on. Serendipity Point Films, Twin Media, Hg Media, Mr Film and Beta, which distributes the show, are the co-producers. TV2 will air it in Hungary and Slovenia, with Orf broadcasting it in neighboring Austria.
Germany’s Sat.1 Remakes Italian Format ‘Back To School’
German broadcaster Sat.1 has remade Mediaset Distribution’s Italian format Back to School. Local producer Cheerio Entertainment has produced the German show, titled Zurück in die Schule, ahead of a debut on August 24. German presenter Jörg Pilawa will host the primetime entertainment show. Back to School sees four celebrities face real elementary school exams, one they have prepared for during a summer camp with students taking on the role of no-nonsense teachers and another ‘surprise’ subject. Mediaset Group’s distribution arm launched the format at MipTV after it debuted in Italy on Italia 1 and secured an above average share. “Everyone likes the idea of mini-teachers having to do with celebrities in an entertaining reversion of roles. After lockdown and sad things continuing to happen, a show that reunites family and target groups of all ages for a good moment of relax and fun. I guess we really need it,” said Claudia Marra, who handles the format rights for Mediaset Distribution.
The shoot for big-budget Central European drama Rise of the Raven (working title) is underway near Budapest in Hungary, with Austrian pubcaster Orf the latest to join the series as a co-producer. Produced by Robert Lantos, the multi-million dollar series is being billed as “the most epic Central European television production of all time.” It stars Hungary’s Gellért L. Kádár as Janos Hunyadi, the army commander who defeated the vast Ottoman troops in the Battle of Belgrade in 1456. Vivien Rujder plays his life partner Elizabeth Szilagyi in a widely international cast. Also featuring are Austria’s Laurence Rupp (Babarians), Cornelius Obonya (Maria Theresa), Murathan Muslu (Breaking Point), Czech actor Karel Roden, Serbia’s Rade Serbedzija and Italian actors Italy’s Francesco Acquaroli, Thomas Trabacchi (Studio Battaglia) and Elena Rusconi (6 Underground). Balázs Lengyel (HBO’s Golden Life) is showrunner and writer along with George Mihalka, Balázs Lovas, Zsófia Ruttkay, Attila Veres, and Bán Mór, whose best-selling series of novels the series is based on. Serendipity Point Films, Twin Media, Hg Media, Mr Film and Beta, which distributes the show, are the co-producers. TV2 will air it in Hungary and Slovenia, with Orf broadcasting it in neighboring Austria.
Germany’s Sat.1 Remakes Italian Format ‘Back To School’
German broadcaster Sat.1 has remade Mediaset Distribution’s Italian format Back to School. Local producer Cheerio Entertainment has produced the German show, titled Zurück in die Schule, ahead of a debut on August 24. German presenter Jörg Pilawa will host the primetime entertainment show. Back to School sees four celebrities face real elementary school exams, one they have prepared for during a summer camp with students taking on the role of no-nonsense teachers and another ‘surprise’ subject. Mediaset Group’s distribution arm launched the format at MipTV after it debuted in Italy on Italia 1 and secured an above average share. “Everyone likes the idea of mini-teachers having to do with celebrities in an entertaining reversion of roles. After lockdown and sad things continuing to happen, a show that reunites family and target groups of all ages for a good moment of relax and fun. I guess we really need it,” said Claudia Marra, who handles the format rights for Mediaset Distribution.
- 8/9/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Principal photography is underway near Budapest on “Rise of the Raven,” an epic drama series produced by veteran Canadian producer Robert Lantos’ Serendipity Point Films (“Crimes of the Future”) and Beta Film (“Gomorrah”) that marks the most lavish TV production in Hungary’s history.
Adapted from author Bán Mór’s bestselling novels, the 10-episode series tells the story of the Hungarian warrior Janos Hunyadi, who defeated the Ottoman army in 1456 at the Battle of Belgrade, halting its march across Europe.
Lantos, whose producing credits include “The Sweet Hereafter,” “Johnny Mnemonic” and “Eastern Promises,” spoke exclusively with Variety about a passion project more than a decade in the making. He was joined by Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning director Robert Dornhelm and Hungarian directors Attila Szász and Orsi Nagypal, who joined the conversation fresh off shooting an epic battle sequence outside Budapest.
The Hungarian-born Lantos, who was in Cannes this year with David Cronenberg...
Adapted from author Bán Mór’s bestselling novels, the 10-episode series tells the story of the Hungarian warrior Janos Hunyadi, who defeated the Ottoman army in 1456 at the Battle of Belgrade, halting its march across Europe.
Lantos, whose producing credits include “The Sweet Hereafter,” “Johnny Mnemonic” and “Eastern Promises,” spoke exclusively with Variety about a passion project more than a decade in the making. He was joined by Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning director Robert Dornhelm and Hungarian directors Attila Szász and Orsi Nagypal, who joined the conversation fresh off shooting an epic battle sequence outside Budapest.
The Hungarian-born Lantos, who was in Cannes this year with David Cronenberg...
- 8/9/2022
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Medieval Trailer 2 — The Avenue Entertainment has released the second movie trailer for Medieval (2022). Crew Medieval stars Ben Foster, Sophie Lowe, Michael Caine, Til Schweiger, Roland Møller, Matthew Goode, William Moseley, Karel Roden, and Werner Daehn. Petr Jákl wrote the screenplay for Medieval, “from a story by Petr Jakl Sr. and Kevin Bernhardt.” Plot Synopsis Medieval‘s plot synopsis: “Inspired [...]
Continue reading: Medieval (2022) Movie Trailer 2: Czech Mercenary Leader Ben Foster Kidnaps Sophie Lowe To Prevent Corruption After Rome Falls...
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- 7/31/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"You must protect" The Altitude has revealed a new full-length official trailer for Medieval, a medieval epic about a Czech warlord, based on a true story from history. This massive Czech production is directed by a Czech filmmaker named Petr Jákl, and it's about an iconic Czech fighter who's mission is to keep a woman safe - though it's all in English and features an international cast. The film tells the story of fifteenth century Czech icon and warlord Jan Zizka, who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire. Jan realizes that the fate of the Empire will be decided by his love for Lady Katherine and his fate doesn't lie in the hands of Kings, but in the hands of his own people. Ben Foster stars as Jan Zizka, with a massive ensemble: Sophie Lowe, Michael Caine, Til Schweiger, Roland Møller, Matthew Goode, William Moseley,...
- 7/25/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Czech crime series “Nineties” by Slovak director Peter Bebjak drew 2.23 million viewers over six nights on Czech Television – the best result for a Czech series in the past 18 years, according to Film New Europe.
The fifth episode, “Barrels,” broke the rating record with 2.41 million viewers (one in four Czechs watched it), becoming the most watched TV show in primetime since the start of the electronic measurement of broadcasting rating in 1997.
“Nineties” is based on real criminal cases that occurred in the 90s, after the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia. The series has six episodes and the main characters are played by Martin Finger, Kryštof Bartoš, Ondřej Sokol, Vasil Fridrich and Robert Mikluš.
The series is directed by Bebjak and Dan Wlodarczyk, and was produced by Czech Television, and creative producer Michal Reitler.
‘You Resemble Me’ Wins Prague Iff – Febiofest
The debut feature by Dina Amer, “You Resemble Me,” a coproduction between France,...
The fifth episode, “Barrels,” broke the rating record with 2.41 million viewers (one in four Czechs watched it), becoming the most watched TV show in primetime since the start of the electronic measurement of broadcasting rating in 1997.
“Nineties” is based on real criminal cases that occurred in the 90s, after the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia. The series has six episodes and the main characters are played by Martin Finger, Kryštof Bartoš, Ondřej Sokol, Vasil Fridrich and Robert Mikluš.
The series is directed by Bebjak and Dan Wlodarczyk, and was produced by Czech Television, and creative producer Michal Reitler.
‘You Resemble Me’ Wins Prague Iff – Febiofest
The debut feature by Dina Amer, “You Resemble Me,” a coproduction between France,...
- 5/5/2022
- by Ales Hudsky
- Variety Film + TV
"Only the coronation of a new emperor can restore the rule of law." IGN has revealed the first teaser trailer for a medieval epic movie called, uh, yes Medieval. This massive Czech production is directed by a Czech filmmaker named Petr Jákl, and it's about an iconic Czech warlord from history - though it's all in English and features an international cast. The film tells the story of fifteenth century Czech icon and warlord Jan Zizka, who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire. Jan realizes that the fate of the Empire will be decided by his love for Lady Katherine and that his fate doesn't lie in the hands of Kings, but in the hands of his own people. Ben Foster stars as Jan Zizka, with an ensemble cast including Sophie Lowe, Michael Caine (!!!), Til Schweiger, Roland Møller, Matthew Goode, William Moseley, Karel Roden, and Werner Daehn.
- 5/5/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Nejc Gazvoda, whose previous films include “A Trip” and “Dual,” has started shooting “Father Figure” in his home town, Novo Mesto, Slovenia. The film will be shot in 25 days and is expected to be completed in the spring of 2023, online news service Film New Europe reports.
“Father Figure” is an absurdist tale, written by Gazvoda, which follows a mother and her son who move from Ljubljana to a small town after the mother’s divorce. Jan is in his final year of elementary school, and Maja is a psychologist at the same school. The film begins with the reopening of schools after the end of the pandemic, but things do not seem to be the way they were before.
“ ‘Father Figure’ is a film about a particular period (the middle of 2021), set in an elementary school, and all the issues it deals with are concrete: peer violence, loneliness, dignity. At the same time,...
“Father Figure” is an absurdist tale, written by Gazvoda, which follows a mother and her son who move from Ljubljana to a small town after the mother’s divorce. Jan is in his final year of elementary school, and Maja is a psychologist at the same school. The film begins with the reopening of schools after the end of the pandemic, but things do not seem to be the way they were before.
“ ‘Father Figure’ is a film about a particular period (the middle of 2021), set in an elementary school, and all the issues it deals with are concrete: peer violence, loneliness, dignity. At the same time,...
- 4/21/2022
- by Damijan Vinter
- Variety Film + TV
Karel Roden leads the cast of the Czech director’s latest outing, which currently finds itself in pandemic-related theatrical limbo. The pandemic year of 2020 rewrote many production plans: among them was that for the Czech crime-thriller Statute of Limitations. The film’s production was put on hold seven days before the first clapperboard was due to slam, as the Czech government declared a state of emergency and adopted measures to halt the spread of the coronavirus in early 2020. The film crew regrouped for a September shoot and then wrapped principal photography in early October 2020. Director Robert Sedláček and his cast experienced déjà vu when the local premiere, originally set for early February 2021, had to be put on hold for the very same reasons that caused the original shoot to be postponed. Czech television and film director Sedláček was attached to direct the crime-based morality tale revolving around the...
In 1928, Fritz Tugendhat and his new wife Grete — both German-born Jews — commissioned architects Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich to build them a glass house on a hilltop in the city of Brno, Czechoslovakia. The Villa Tugendhat was to be a new home for a new Europe: sleek, spare, and open to the light of the outside world. Its functionalist principles expressed the hope for a future without secrets or self-denial, and its long glass walls reflected the freedoms that Grete expected to define the rest of the 20th century. Less than 10 years later, the Tugendhats were forced to flee in the looming shadow of a Fascist occupation. Czechoslovakia became the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and the Villa Tugendhat was turned into the local offices of the Messerschmitt corporation, which engineered much of Hitler’s air force.
Adapted from Simon Mawer’s bestselling 2009 novel “The Glass Room...
Adapted from Simon Mawer’s bestselling 2009 novel “The Glass Room...
- 3/5/2021
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Simon Mawer’s 2009 historical novel “The Glass Room” was well-regarded on both sides of the Atlantic, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and seemingly destined to be filmed sooner rather than later. It was, after all, a decades-spanning saga of illicit desire, betrayal and riches-to-rags survival against the shifting backdrop of the Holocaust and the rise of Communism in the former Czechoslovakia. You wouldn’t guess its lofty origins from watching its eventual adaptation as “The Affair,” and not just because Mawer’s tale is now hidden behind the most generic title imaginable — as if placed in witness protection, to prevent any parties interested in its former identity from finding it. Despite a fine Continental cast and gleaming production values, Czech helmer Julius Ševčík has made a muddled, maudlin hash of what ought to have been a sure thing; limping to a U.S. release two years after its European premiere,...
- 3/5/2021
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Louis Talpe, Iain Glen, Matteo Simoni, Tara Lee, Karel Roden, Timo Wagner | Written by Kieron J.Walsh, Ciaran Cassidy | Directed by Kieron J.Walsh
It’s been a funny old few years for the Tour De France, with some shocking truths being revealed about racers having taken illegal enhancements. At first it seemed like there was only one or two of the top level guys but then documentary after documentary started bringing the whole era of doping to the forefront and it was revealed that… Well everybody was into it, top to bottom! This is something that the sport is going to have to endure and dare I say it “own it”. It’s done now let’s clean house and move on.
Of course this does pose a little bit of a quandary. How can you “just move on” when there are so many interesting stories that can be told here.
It’s been a funny old few years for the Tour De France, with some shocking truths being revealed about racers having taken illegal enhancements. At first it seemed like there was only one or two of the top level guys but then documentary after documentary started bringing the whole era of doping to the forefront and it was revealed that… Well everybody was into it, top to bottom! This is something that the sport is going to have to endure and dare I say it “own it”. It’s done now let’s clean house and move on.
Of course this does pose a little bit of a quandary. How can you “just move on” when there are so many interesting stories that can be told here.
- 12/16/2020
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
Sales also made to Latin America, France, Australia-New Zealand.
Vertigo Releasing has acquired UK and Ireland distribution rights from Independent to Kieron J. Walsh’s cycling drama The Racer.
It is scheduled for a theatrical and streaming release in the UK on December 18; Vertigo is partnering with Wildcard Distribution on the Irish release, for which a date is not yet set. Cinemas are presently closed in Ireland.
Independent has also closed deals for Australia and New Zealand (Madman Entertainment); German-speaking territories (Ascot Elite); Latin America and Africa (Turner International); Portugal (Nos Lusomundo); Scandinavia (Selmer Media); France (Epicentre and Mondex et...
Vertigo Releasing has acquired UK and Ireland distribution rights from Independent to Kieron J. Walsh’s cycling drama The Racer.
It is scheduled for a theatrical and streaming release in the UK on December 18; Vertigo is partnering with Wildcard Distribution on the Irish release, for which a date is not yet set. Cinemas are presently closed in Ireland.
Independent has also closed deals for Australia and New Zealand (Madman Entertainment); German-speaking territories (Ascot Elite); Latin America and Africa (Turner International); Portugal (Nos Lusomundo); Scandinavia (Selmer Media); France (Epicentre and Mondex et...
- 10/14/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
"Why risk your life like that?" Gravitas has unveiled an official US trailer for indie cycling drama titled The Racer, made by filmmaker Kieron J. Walsh, and supported by Screen Ireland and Blinder Films. It was supposed to be premiere at this year's SXSW Film Festival, now it'll be on VOD this month. The film tells the true story of a professional cyclist named Dom Chabol, a Belgian support rider. After being dropped from the team on his last race in 1998, he is reinstated following a doping error. He's always been one of the best support riders ("domestiques") on the Tour de France, but had dreams to win it himself. The film stars Louis Talpe as Dom, along with Matteo Simoni, Tara Lee, Iain Glen, and Karel Roden. We featured a sales trailer for this earlier in the summer already. It looks like a solid film, if not a bit depressing,...
- 9/9/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"Why risk your life like that?" Screen has revealed the first promo trailer for an indie cycling drama titled The Racer, made by filmmaker Kieron J. Walsh, and supported by Screen Ireland and Blinder Films. This trailer is to help promote the film as it is being sold at the Cannes Market coming up this month, although it has a Us distributor already, but no release date set yet. The film tells the true story of a professional cyclist named Dom Chabol, a Belgian support rider. After being dropped from the team on his last race in 1998, he is reinstated following a doping error. He's always been one of the best support riders ("domestiques") on the Tour de France, but had dreams to win it himself one day. Starring Louis Talpe as Dom, along with Matteo Simoni, Tara Lee, Iain Glen, and Karel Roden. This seems to be distancing itself...
- 6/17/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Independent will market premiere the film at the Cannes online Marché.
Independent has signed a North American deal with Gravitas Ventures for Kieron J. Walsh’s Irish cycling drama The Racer.
The London-based sales outfit is showcasing the film at next week’s Cannes online Marché. Screen exclusively reveal the first trailer for the film, above.
Set in summer 1998, The Racer follows late-career cyclist Dom Chabol, who has been one of the best support riders on the Tour de France for 20 years, but secretly harbours a desire to wear the yellow jersey once before his career is over. Walsh wrote the script with Ciaran Cassidy.
Independent has signed a North American deal with Gravitas Ventures for Kieron J. Walsh’s Irish cycling drama The Racer.
The London-based sales outfit is showcasing the film at next week’s Cannes online Marché. Screen exclusively reveal the first trailer for the film, above.
Set in summer 1998, The Racer follows late-career cyclist Dom Chabol, who has been one of the best support riders on the Tour de France for 20 years, but secretly harbours a desire to wear the yellow jersey once before his career is over. Walsh wrote the script with Ciaran Cassidy.
- 6/17/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
With the 2019 edition of the Tour de France having drawn to a close, the first image of “The Racer,” a film set during the notorious 1998 edition of the iconic bike race, has been released.
The real-life Tour de France was tainted by doping scandals in 1998, subsequently earning the nickname the Tour de Dopage. The opening stages of the world’s biggest bike race took place in Ireland in that year, before moving to France.
Kieron J. Walsh’s “The Racer” follows fictional Belgian rider Dom Chabol. He has been a domestique, a support rider in cycling parlance, for years. With the Tour about to start he is dropped from his team. After a doping issue disqualifies a teammate, he finds himself back in the saddle and with a shot at achieving his secret desire to wear the yellow jersey, which is sported by the race leader.
Louis Talpe, who starred...
The real-life Tour de France was tainted by doping scandals in 1998, subsequently earning the nickname the Tour de Dopage. The opening stages of the world’s biggest bike race took place in Ireland in that year, before moving to France.
Kieron J. Walsh’s “The Racer” follows fictional Belgian rider Dom Chabol. He has been a domestique, a support rider in cycling parlance, for years. With the Tour about to start he is dropped from his team. After a doping issue disqualifies a teammate, he finds himself back in the saddle and with a shot at achieving his secret desire to wear the yellow jersey, which is sported by the race leader.
Louis Talpe, who starred...
- 7/29/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Louis Talpe, Tara Lee, Matteo Simoni, Iain Glen board film’s cast.
London-based sales and production outfit Independent has boarded cycling drama The Racer and will be introducing the project to buyers in Cannes.
Louis Talpe (Of Kings And Prophets), Tara Lee (A Date For Mad Mary), Matteo Simoni (Gangsta), Iain Glen (Game Of Thrones) and Karel Roden (The Bourne Supremacy) lead the cast of the feature, which is being produced by Katie Holly (Love & Friendship) and Yvonne Donohoe of Irish outfit Blinder Films.
Jesus Gonzalez-Elvira of Calach Films is co-producing with Caviar Films’ Robin Kerremans and Dimitri Verbeeck.
London-based sales and production outfit Independent has boarded cycling drama The Racer and will be introducing the project to buyers in Cannes.
Louis Talpe (Of Kings And Prophets), Tara Lee (A Date For Mad Mary), Matteo Simoni (Gangsta), Iain Glen (Game Of Thrones) and Karel Roden (The Bourne Supremacy) lead the cast of the feature, which is being produced by Katie Holly (Love & Friendship) and Yvonne Donohoe of Irish outfit Blinder Films.
Jesus Gonzalez-Elvira of Calach Films is co-producing with Caviar Films’ Robin Kerremans and Dimitri Verbeeck.
- 4/23/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Madrid — Strengthening its activities in Eastern Europe as the region makes ever more ambitiously financed shows, Munich’s Beta Film has boarded crime thriller “The Pleasure Principle,” the first ever international TV production between three Eastern Europe countries.
Written by Maciej Maciejewski, a scribe on Tvp’s Polish crime TV series “The Cop,” “The Pleasure Principle” is produced by Apple Film Production – the company behind “”The Passing Bells,” made for BBC, Tvp, BBC America – and Arte, in co-production with Canal+ Poland, Czech TV and Star Media and in association with Beta Film.
Currently in post-production, the crime thriller will the subject of a panel discussion at the Series Mania Forum on Tuesday.
The ten-hour series is helmed and showrun by multi-awarded director Dariusz Jablonski (“Photographer”), a Polish documentary filmmaker and producer. It stars Malgorzata Buczkowska (“I Am You”) in the main role, alongside Karel Roden (“The Bourne Supremacy”), Stipe Erceg...
Written by Maciej Maciejewski, a scribe on Tvp’s Polish crime TV series “The Cop,” “The Pleasure Principle” is produced by Apple Film Production – the company behind “”The Passing Bells,” made for BBC, Tvp, BBC America – and Arte, in co-production with Canal+ Poland, Czech TV and Star Media and in association with Beta Film.
Currently in post-production, the crime thriller will the subject of a panel discussion at the Series Mania Forum on Tuesday.
The ten-hour series is helmed and showrun by multi-awarded director Dariusz Jablonski (“Photographer”), a Polish documentary filmmaker and producer. It stars Malgorzata Buczkowska (“I Am You”) in the main role, alongside Karel Roden (“The Bourne Supremacy”), Stipe Erceg...
- 3/19/2019
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
As U.S. viewers discover among their VOD options HBO Europe’s original production series “Wasteland,” the thriller set in the bleak coal fields of north Bohemia and filmed in 2016 in the Czech Republic, the company says more shows are on their way.
The eight-part thriller, directed by Ivan Zacharias and Alice Nellis and scripted by Stepan Hulik, screened at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival before becoming one of the first European series produced by the premium cable company to reach U.S. audiences. It was followed more recently by Hungarian and Czech versions of the romantic comedy “When Shall We Kiss,” the latter starring Anna Geislerova.
“If we own the property, why would we not make it available to people?” posits Antony Root, HBO Europe’s head of original production.
While he confesses about the programming’s potential success across the Atlantic “I don’t know how it’s going to do,...
The eight-part thriller, directed by Ivan Zacharias and Alice Nellis and scripted by Stepan Hulik, screened at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival before becoming one of the first European series produced by the premium cable company to reach U.S. audiences. It was followed more recently by Hungarian and Czech versions of the romantic comedy “When Shall We Kiss,” the latter starring Anna Geislerova.
“If we own the property, why would we not make it available to people?” posits Antony Root, HBO Europe’s head of original production.
While he confesses about the programming’s potential success across the Atlantic “I don’t know how it’s going to do,...
- 6/28/2018
- by Will Tizard
- Variety Film + TV
The final film from Krzysztof Krauze and new project from Giorgi Ovashvili to play in main competition.Scroll Down For Competition Line-ups
The 52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 30 - July 8) has unveiled the competition titles in its Official Selection, East of the West and Documentary sections.
Main competition
The 12-strong main competition will comprise eight world premieres and four international premieres, including Birds Are Singing In Kigali (pictured), the final film from Polish director Krzysztof Krauze, who died in 2014.
The project, which depicts the consequences of the Rwandan genocide, was completed by his co-director and wife Joanna Kos-Krauze.
Other films in competition include Boris Khlebnikov’s new drama Arrhythmia, Václav Kadrnka’s Little Crusader, Peter Bebjak’s criminal thriller The Line and Giorgi Ovashvili’s Georgian historical drama Khibula. Ovashvili returns after winning the Kviff Crystal Globe for Corn Island in 2014.
East of the West
The East of the West strand will open with Ilgar Najaf...
The 52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 30 - July 8) has unveiled the competition titles in its Official Selection, East of the West and Documentary sections.
Main competition
The 12-strong main competition will comprise eight world premieres and four international premieres, including Birds Are Singing In Kigali (pictured), the final film from Polish director Krzysztof Krauze, who died in 2014.
The project, which depicts the consequences of the Rwandan genocide, was completed by his co-director and wife Joanna Kos-Krauze.
Other films in competition include Boris Khlebnikov’s new drama Arrhythmia, Václav Kadrnka’s Little Crusader, Peter Bebjak’s criminal thriller The Line and Giorgi Ovashvili’s Georgian historical drama Khibula. Ovashvili returns after winning the Kviff Crystal Globe for Corn Island in 2014.
East of the West
The East of the West strand will open with Ilgar Najaf...
- 5/30/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
The final film from Krzysztof Krauze and new project from Giorgi Ovashvili to play in main competition.Scroll Down For Competition Line-ups
The 52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 30 - July 8) has unveiled the competition titles in its Official Selection, East of the West and Documentary sections.
Main competition
The 12-strong main competition will comprise eight world premieres and four international premieres, including Birds Are Singing In Kigali (pictured), the final film from Polish director Krzysztof Krauze, who died in 2014.
The project, which depicts the consequences of the Rwandan genocide, was completed by his co-director and wife Joanna Kos-Krauze.
Other films in competition include Boris Khlebnikov’s new drama Arrhythmia, Václav Kadrnka’s Little Crusader, Peter Bebjak’s criminal thriller The Line and Giorgi Ovashvili’s Georgian historical drama Khibula. Ovashvili returns after winning the Kviff Crystal Globe for Corn Island in 2014.
East of the West
The East of the West strand will open with Ilgar Najaf...
The 52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 30 - July 8) has unveiled the competition titles in its Official Selection, East of the West and Documentary sections.
Main competition
The 12-strong main competition will comprise eight world premieres and four international premieres, including Birds Are Singing In Kigali (pictured), the final film from Polish director Krzysztof Krauze, who died in 2014.
The project, which depicts the consequences of the Rwandan genocide, was completed by his co-director and wife Joanna Kos-Krauze.
Other films in competition include Boris Khlebnikov’s new drama Arrhythmia, Václav Kadrnka’s Little Crusader, Peter Bebjak’s criminal thriller The Line and Giorgi Ovashvili’s Georgian historical drama Khibula. Ovashvili returns after winning the Kviff Crystal Globe for Corn Island in 2014.
East of the West
The East of the West strand will open with Ilgar Najaf...
- 5/30/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
X-Men spinoff and Trainspotting sequel to play Out of Competition.
A further 13 films have been invited to screen in the Competition and Berlinale Special section at the 67th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival.
The festival has added commercial clout to its Out Of Competition lineup in the shape of Danny Boyle’s T2 Trainspotting and X-Men spinoff Logan.
There are also competition berths for new films by Hong Sangsoo, Thomas Arslan, Volker Schlöndorff, Sabu, Álex de la Iglesia and Josef Hader.
Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha’s latest, Viceroy’s House, will have its world premiere out of competition at the festival. Starring Hugh Bonneville alongside Gillian Anderson, the period drama set in 1947 India depicts Lord Mountbatten, the man charged with handing India back to its people.
Also having its world premiered out of competition will be Álex de la Iglesia’s The Bar, a comedy-thriller about a group of strangers who get...
A further 13 films have been invited to screen in the Competition and Berlinale Special section at the 67th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival.
The festival has added commercial clout to its Out Of Competition lineup in the shape of Danny Boyle’s T2 Trainspotting and X-Men spinoff Logan.
There are also competition berths for new films by Hong Sangsoo, Thomas Arslan, Volker Schlöndorff, Sabu, Álex de la Iglesia and Josef Hader.
Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha’s latest, Viceroy’s House, will have its world premiere out of competition at the festival. Starring Hugh Bonneville alongside Gillian Anderson, the period drama set in 1947 India depicts Lord Mountbatten, the man charged with handing India back to its people.
Also having its world premiered out of competition will be Álex de la Iglesia’s The Bar, a comedy-thriller about a group of strangers who get...
- 1/10/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman) tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
After an initial line-up that included Aki Kaurismäki‘s The Other Side of Hope, Oren Moverman‘s Richard Gere-led The Dinner, Sally Potter‘s The Party, and Agnieszka Holland‘s Spoor, the Berlin International Film Festival have added more anticipated premieres. Highlights include one of two (maybe three) new Hong Sang-soo films this year, On the Beach at Night Alone, along with Volker Schlöndorff‘s Return to Montauk with Stellan Skarsgård and Nina Hoss, as well as the high-profile world premiere of James Mangold‘s Logan and the international premiere of Danny Boyle‘s T2: Trainspotting.
With Paul Verhoeven serving as jury president for the 67th edition of the festival, check out the new additions below.
Competition
Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja (On the Beach at Night Alone)
South Korea
By Hong Sangsoo (Nobody’s Daughter Haewon, Right Now, Wrong Then)
With Kim Minhee, Seo Younghwa, Jung Jaeyoung, Moon Sungkeun,...
With Paul Verhoeven serving as jury president for the 67th edition of the festival, check out the new additions below.
Competition
Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja (On the Beach at Night Alone)
South Korea
By Hong Sangsoo (Nobody’s Daughter Haewon, Right Now, Wrong Then)
With Kim Minhee, Seo Younghwa, Jung Jaeyoung, Moon Sungkeun,...
- 1/10/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Fans of Quentin Dupieux should rejoice because I haven’t seen a film this absurdly hilarious since Wrong. Petr Václav‘s We Are Never Alone is definitely bleaker, darker, and strangely realist, but it has that same sense of subtle humor to give you pause about the meaning of what’s thus far been viewed. The story concerns two families with certifiably insane patriarchs, a local pimp searching for escape, and the whore he deludes himself into thinking loves him despite her pining over the father of her daughter in jail. They each have their own personal problems that should be uniquely particular to their individual psychological imperfections and yet when they converge they’re insanely revealed to be kindred spirits spinning around atop this cesspool we call Earth.
Václav includes political commentary about the current state of affairs in Czech Republic (don’t tell Miroslav Hanus‘ prison guard he’s a communist,...
Václav includes political commentary about the current state of affairs in Czech Republic (don’t tell Miroslav Hanus‘ prison guard he’s a communist,...
- 9/9/2016
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
★★☆☆☆ For those with prior knowledge of his work, Petr Václav's latest film We Are Never Alone may represent his career thus far in microcosm. It folds in the Roma subject matter of his lauded debut Marian; Karel Roden and Lenka Vlasáková star as a despairing couple, much like in Parallel Worlds; and Klaudia Dudová, the lead actress from recent hit The Way Out, appears. He brings all of this together with undeniable flare and an eye for mundane absurdity, but the result is an uneven curio as much as a cumulative masterwork.
- 7/8/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Stars: Stanley Weber, Annabelle Wallis, Edward Akrout, Ed Skrein, Karel Roden, Dave Legeno, Gianni Giardinelli, Peter J. Chaffey, Milica Jevtic | Written by Matthew Read, Julian Unthank | Directed by Jim Weedon
I really wanted to like Sword of Vengeance, I really did. Billed as “an almighty clash between Hammer of the Gods and Game of Thrones”, the film comes from the same people that worked on Nicolas Winding-Refn’s Valhalla Rising – to be fair that should have thrown up a warning or two given how much I hated that film – and tells the story of the Shadow Walker (Weber) who, cast out by the ruthless king, is searching for a new place to call home but clashes with many of the kingdom’s inhabitants along his journey. His story crosses paths with that of warrior Anna (Wallis) who, after the death of her husband, is called upon to lead her fellow Saxons into battle.
I really wanted to like Sword of Vengeance, I really did. Billed as “an almighty clash between Hammer of the Gods and Game of Thrones”, the film comes from the same people that worked on Nicolas Winding-Refn’s Valhalla Rising – to be fair that should have thrown up a warning or two given how much I hated that film – and tells the story of the Shadow Walker (Weber) who, cast out by the ruthless king, is searching for a new place to call home but clashes with many of the kingdom’s inhabitants along his journey. His story crosses paths with that of warrior Anna (Wallis) who, after the death of her husband, is called upon to lead her fellow Saxons into battle.
- 5/31/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
From the creator of Hammer Of The Gods, and starring Stanley Weber (Borgia) and Annabelle Wallis (Annabelle), comes the medieval action epic Sword Of Vengeance, debuting on Blu-ray and DVD May 26 from Well Go USA Entertainment. First time feature film Director Jim Weedon was influenced by Japanese samurai epics and Italian spaghetti westerns for this action-packed film.
In 1066, following the brutal genocide ordered by William the Conqueror in order to control the unrelenting Rebels of the North, it’s a world of dark times and dark deeds. After years of slavery, a Norman Prince (Weber) returns to the lost lands to seek revenge on his father’s murderer by leading a band of farmers in bloody retribution. Rounding out the notable cast are Ed Skrein (“Game of Thrones”), Dave Legeno (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) and Karel Roden (The Bourne Supremacy).
Bonus materials include interviews with Director Jim Weedon...
In 1066, following the brutal genocide ordered by William the Conqueror in order to control the unrelenting Rebels of the North, it’s a world of dark times and dark deeds. After years of slavery, a Norman Prince (Weber) returns to the lost lands to seek revenge on his father’s murderer by leading a band of farmers in bloody retribution. Rounding out the notable cast are Ed Skrein (“Game of Thrones”), Dave Legeno (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) and Karel Roden (The Bourne Supremacy).
Bonus materials include interviews with Director Jim Weedon...
- 5/26/2015
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
For the fourth consecutive year, the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles has announced its annual touring program of the best current Czech films in a festival titled “Czech That Film." The fest will take place from March 27th through 31st, 2015 at the University of Southern California.
“We are thrilled to return as hosts for the Los Angeles edition of Czech That Film in 2015, an exciting showcase of the best of current Czech cinema. Building upon the success of last year's festival, we hope to continue to inspire passion and interest for Czech cinema, and to engage our students in meaningful conversations with contemporary filmmakers,” said the USC Director of Programming and Special Projects, Alessandro Ago.
In its 2015 edition, attendees in Los Angeles will have an opportunity to personally meet the talented Czech director Andrea Sedláčková, who will introduce to the audience her recent drama “Fair Play” (2014, 100 minutes), a story of a nineteen year-old sprinter aiming for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1984, who gets involved with the state-controlled doping program. Sedláčková´s latest feature was selected as the Czech entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 87th Academy Awards and received 13 nominations for the Czech Academy Awards (Czech Lions).
The program will further include daring dark comedy “Krásno" (dir. Ondřej Sokol, 2014, 119 min.) with an acclaimed performance by internationally renowned Czech actor Karel Roden and the politically-surged film “Burning Bush," directed by Academy Award-nominated director Agnieszka Holland. The festival will continue with the directorial debut of Jiří Mádl’s “To See the Sea” (Pojedeme k moři, 2014, 90 min.) with a 10 year old lead, who is investigating the curious behavior of his father.
Audiences will also have the opportunity to enjoy an explosive conversational comedy “Icing” (Zakázané uvolnění, 2014, 77 min.) by recognized director Jan Hřebejk (Oscar nominated “Divided We Fall”).
This selection of influential and emerging voices in Czech cinema will be presented at: Cedar Rapids (Ia), Chicago (Il), Cleveland (Oh), Dallas (TX), Denver (Co), Houston (TX), Los Angeles (CA), Little Rock (Ar), Minneapolis (Mn), New York City (NY), Oklahoma City (Ok), Phoenix (Az), Portland (Or), San Juan (PR), San Francisco (CA), Seattle (Wa), Salt Lake City (Ut), Washington, D.C. (D.C.),
The festival in Los Angeles is organized by the Czech Consulate in La and Czech Centers in cooperation with USC School of Cinematic Arts with the generous support of Milk & Honey Films, Prague Studios, Czech Tourism, with local contributions from the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles (Svu-la) and Elma (European Language and Movies in America).
2015 Festival Screenings in Los Angeles
All films are screened with English subtitles
"Fair Play" (Q&A with director A. Sedláčková to follow)
Friday, March 27 at 7pm
Norris Cinema Theatre
(3507 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90007)
"Krasno"
Saturday, March 28 at 6 pm
Ray Stark Family Theatre
(Sca 108, 900 w 34Th St., Los Angeles, CA 90007)
"Burning Bush"
Sunday, March 29 at 4 pm
Ray Stark Family Theatre
"To See the Sea"
Monday, March 30 at 7 pm
Albert & Dana Broccoli Theatre
(Sc 112, 900 W 34th St., Los Angeles, CA 90007)
"Icing"
Tuesday, March 31 at 7 pm
Ray Stark Family Theatre
Screenings are Complimentary but Reservations are Required. RSVP Here
For more information visit the official website of the festival Here...
“We are thrilled to return as hosts for the Los Angeles edition of Czech That Film in 2015, an exciting showcase of the best of current Czech cinema. Building upon the success of last year's festival, we hope to continue to inspire passion and interest for Czech cinema, and to engage our students in meaningful conversations with contemporary filmmakers,” said the USC Director of Programming and Special Projects, Alessandro Ago.
In its 2015 edition, attendees in Los Angeles will have an opportunity to personally meet the talented Czech director Andrea Sedláčková, who will introduce to the audience her recent drama “Fair Play” (2014, 100 minutes), a story of a nineteen year-old sprinter aiming for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1984, who gets involved with the state-controlled doping program. Sedláčková´s latest feature was selected as the Czech entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 87th Academy Awards and received 13 nominations for the Czech Academy Awards (Czech Lions).
The program will further include daring dark comedy “Krásno" (dir. Ondřej Sokol, 2014, 119 min.) with an acclaimed performance by internationally renowned Czech actor Karel Roden and the politically-surged film “Burning Bush," directed by Academy Award-nominated director Agnieszka Holland. The festival will continue with the directorial debut of Jiří Mádl’s “To See the Sea” (Pojedeme k moři, 2014, 90 min.) with a 10 year old lead, who is investigating the curious behavior of his father.
Audiences will also have the opportunity to enjoy an explosive conversational comedy “Icing” (Zakázané uvolnění, 2014, 77 min.) by recognized director Jan Hřebejk (Oscar nominated “Divided We Fall”).
This selection of influential and emerging voices in Czech cinema will be presented at: Cedar Rapids (Ia), Chicago (Il), Cleveland (Oh), Dallas (TX), Denver (Co), Houston (TX), Los Angeles (CA), Little Rock (Ar), Minneapolis (Mn), New York City (NY), Oklahoma City (Ok), Phoenix (Az), Portland (Or), San Juan (PR), San Francisco (CA), Seattle (Wa), Salt Lake City (Ut), Washington, D.C. (D.C.),
The festival in Los Angeles is organized by the Czech Consulate in La and Czech Centers in cooperation with USC School of Cinematic Arts with the generous support of Milk & Honey Films, Prague Studios, Czech Tourism, with local contributions from the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles (Svu-la) and Elma (European Language and Movies in America).
2015 Festival Screenings in Los Angeles
All films are screened with English subtitles
"Fair Play" (Q&A with director A. Sedláčková to follow)
Friday, March 27 at 7pm
Norris Cinema Theatre
(3507 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90007)
"Krasno"
Saturday, March 28 at 6 pm
Ray Stark Family Theatre
(Sca 108, 900 w 34Th St., Los Angeles, CA 90007)
"Burning Bush"
Sunday, March 29 at 4 pm
Ray Stark Family Theatre
"To See the Sea"
Monday, March 30 at 7 pm
Albert & Dana Broccoli Theatre
(Sc 112, 900 W 34th St., Los Angeles, CA 90007)
"Icing"
Tuesday, March 31 at 7 pm
Ray Stark Family Theatre
Screenings are Complimentary but Reservations are Required. RSVP Here
For more information visit the official website of the festival Here...
- 3/23/2015
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
The creator of Hammer of the Gods returns with another dose of manly men wielding heavy blades in the upcoming Sword of Vengeance and with WellGo USA launching the film in limited theatrical and across VOD platforms on March 20th we've got an extended clip to share.From the creator of Hammer Of The Gods, starring Stanley Weber ("Borgia") and Annabelle Wallis (Annabelle) comes the story of a Norman prince, freed from slavery, who seeks revenge on his father's murderer -his ruthless uncle, Earl Durant (Karel Roden). Gaining the trust of a band of exiled farmers, he leads them into battle against Durant, exploiting them in his quest to satisfy his code of honor. Will the prince sacrifice everything and everyone to quench his thirst for bloody retribution?Take a look at the clip...
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- 3/12/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Czech actor Karel Roden - who can be seen as Grigori Rasputin in del Toro´s Hellboy or as Viktor in Frankenstein´s Army - becomes infamous Czech photographer Jan Saudek in a film inspired by his life, The Photograph. Saudek´s complicated persona, which stirred several controversies, has been already investigated in the documentary Jan Saudek - In the Hell of His Passions, Paradise Unseen however director Irena Pavlásková here opts for a fictional feature aimed his passion and vice - women. "Life was fine, fun, occasionally blue balls," confesses the artist who co-penned the script. He is reputed for self-stylisation and love affairs whose subjects frequently posed for him. The dominant feature of his works are however Rubenesque ladies, a motive that will be prominent...
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- 11/20/2014
- Screen Anarchy
While making a propaganda film at the end of World War II, a Russian platoon uncovers a deranged Nazi plot to create an army of cyborgs from the bodies of dead soldiers. It's the brainchild of a direct descendant of Dr Viktor Frankenstein himself (Karel Roden), who will stop at nothing to complete his ancestor's work and give Hitler one last, diabolical shot at victory. Already dripping with gore and dread, this creepy Third Reich-mare is lent extra lunacy by its inventive steampunk designs.
- 4/7/2014
- Sky Movies
While making a propaganda film at the end of World War II, a Russian platoon uncovers a deranged Nazi plot to create an army of cyborgs from the bodies of dead soldiers. It's the brainchild of a direct descendant of Dr Viktor Frankenstein himself (Karel Roden), who will stop at nothing to complete his ancestor's work and give Hitler one last, diabolical shot at victory. Already dripping with gore and dread, this creepy Third Reich-mare is lent extra lunacy by its inventive steampunk designs.
- 2/24/2014
- Sky Movies
Click here to read our french "Frankenstein's Army" movie review, directed by Richard Raaphorst with Karel Roden, Joshua Sasse, Robert Gwilym starring.Using shocking vintage newsreel footage as his jumping-off point, Raaphorst has hit on a unique and bold premise. Toward the end of World War II, Russian soldiers pushing into eastern Germany stumble across a secret Nazi lab, one that has unearthed and begun experimenting with the journal of one Dr. Victor Frankenstein. The scientists have used the legendary's Frankenstein's work to assemble an army of supersoldiers stitched together from the body parts of their fallen comrades – a desperate Hitler's last ghastly ploy to escape defeat...
- 2/13/2014
- www.ohmygore.com/
Another year has come to an end, which means it's time for the Dread Central staff to weigh in with their picks of the best and worst of 2013's horror offerings. We're giving you a full dozen lists this time, and per usual they come in a variety of formats, each reflecting the unique styles of our writers.
We've also compiled them to come up with the year's overall winners and losers. We averaged out the top and bottom five vote getters on everyone's lists, and here are the results:
Best: Maniac
Runners-up: The Conjuring, Evil Dead
Worst: Texas Chainsaw 3D
Runners-up: The Purge, The Last Exorcism Part II
Check out the Dread Central staff's Best of and Worst of lists for 2013 by following the links below!
[Andrew Kasch]
[Anthony Arrigo]
[Brad McHargue]
[Buz "Danger" Wallick]
[Debi "The Woman in Black" Moore]
[The Foywonder]
[Gareth "Pestilence" Jones]
[Jinx]
[MattFini]
[Scott "Doctor Gash" Hallam]
[Staci Layne Wilson]
[Uncle Creepy]
Andrew Kasch's Picks
Stoker: Chan-wook Park delivered some next-level filmmaking and his best film since Oldboy with his U.
We've also compiled them to come up with the year's overall winners and losers. We averaged out the top and bottom five vote getters on everyone's lists, and here are the results:
Best: Maniac
Runners-up: The Conjuring, Evil Dead
Worst: Texas Chainsaw 3D
Runners-up: The Purge, The Last Exorcism Part II
Check out the Dread Central staff's Best of and Worst of lists for 2013 by following the links below!
[Andrew Kasch]
[Anthony Arrigo]
[Brad McHargue]
[Buz "Danger" Wallick]
[Debi "The Woman in Black" Moore]
[The Foywonder]
[Gareth "Pestilence" Jones]
[Jinx]
[MattFini]
[Scott "Doctor Gash" Hallam]
[Staci Layne Wilson]
[Uncle Creepy]
Andrew Kasch's Picks
Stoker: Chan-wook Park delivered some next-level filmmaking and his best film since Oldboy with his U.
- 1/3/2014
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The terrible reality of war has provided fertile ground for some fine horror movies over the years. Hellboy was raised by Nazi occultists and Guillermo del Toro conjured up Pan Labyrinth’s from the moral decay of the Spanish Civil War. More recently Dead Snow and Iron Sky have used the Second World War to spawn some truly over the top horrorshows.
With this as our backdrop we come to Frankenstein’s Army from director Richard Raaphorst and writers Chris W. Mitchell and Miguel Tejas-Flores. Premiering at the 2013 Rotterdam International Film Festival the film is coming to the UK on the 30th of September and we’ve got our hands on some of the concept art for the film. The various influences for the artwork should be obvious and like many of horror’s finest directors there is a keen artistic sensibility to the work on show here.
Synopsis: In...
With this as our backdrop we come to Frankenstein’s Army from director Richard Raaphorst and writers Chris W. Mitchell and Miguel Tejas-Flores. Premiering at the 2013 Rotterdam International Film Festival the film is coming to the UK on the 30th of September and we’ve got our hands on some of the concept art for the film. The various influences for the artwork should be obvious and like many of horror’s finest directors there is a keen artistic sensibility to the work on show here.
Synopsis: In...
- 9/23/2013
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Director Richard Raaphorst’s “Frankenstein’s Army” has had a long and arduous road to screen, and thanks to the promise of a bizarre plot and Nazi biomechanical monsters, has built up a definite sense of anticipation amongst horror fans. The film is Raaphorst’s first feature, following up on a series of popular shorts charting back to “Zombi 1” in 1995, and a career in the art department, having worked on “Beyond Re-Animator”, “Dagon” and others. Having finally emerged, the film has played at a variety of genre festivals, largely to fan approval, and lands shortly on region 2 DVD through Entertainment One. Behind the amusingly pulpy premise of having a descendant of Frankenstein (Czech actor Karel Roden, a recognisable character actor seen in the likes of “Hellboy” and “A Lonely Place to Die”) working for the Nazis during World War II to create a monster army lies a very basic story,...
- 9/20/2013
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
With Frankenstein’s Army being released in the Us on Blu-ray & DVD this week, director Richard Raaphorst is the subject of our latest Q&A session. Not only did he tell us about his work on Frankenstein’s Army and upcoming projects, but he also shared two early photos of his industrial monster creations:
You’ve been working on the story behind Frankenstein’s Army for a number of years now, but before that, we saw Nazi zombies from you in the Worst Case Scenario short. How did Frankenstein’s Army evolve from that original idea?
Richard Raaphorst: I didn’t want Fa to be Wcs Part 2. I wanted it to be its own dark world, but I had a very hard time getting the monsters from Wcs out of my head. I worked with Oleg Bondarenko, one of my favorite artists, who developed some sketched of monsters. We...
You’ve been working on the story behind Frankenstein’s Army for a number of years now, but before that, we saw Nazi zombies from you in the Worst Case Scenario short. How did Frankenstein’s Army evolve from that original idea?
Richard Raaphorst: I didn’t want Fa to be Wcs Part 2. I wanted it to be its own dark world, but I had a very hard time getting the monsters from Wcs out of my head. I worked with Oleg Bondarenko, one of my favorite artists, who developed some sketched of monsters. We...
- 9/11/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
From the Transformers movies to The World’s End to Frances Ha (probably), you can hardly move these days without seeing films about killer robots. But only the World War II-set Frankenstein’s Army boasts killer Zombots. This unforgettably grotesque, one-of-a-kind, found-footage horror movie stars Luke Newberry and Joshua Sasse as Russian soldiers on a mission behind German lines and Karel Roden as a crazed descendant of Baron von Frankenstein who has created an army of half-zombie, half-machine monstrosities.
The demented work of first-time filmmaker Richard Raaphorst, Frankenstein’s Army is unleashed to Blu-ray and DVD today. But the brave...
The demented work of first-time filmmaker Richard Raaphorst, Frankenstein’s Army is unleashed to Blu-ray and DVD today. But the brave...
- 9/10/2013
- by Clark Collis
- EW - Inside Movies
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