The Strangers film series is back with the first film of a new standalone trilogy, and while it may not be as good as the previous two films it is certainly making bank at the box office. Directed by Renny Harlin from a screenplay by Alan R. Cohen and Alan Freedland, the 2024 film titled The Strangers: Chapter 1 is a horror film that follows the story of a young couple as their car breaks down in a small town and they are forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. But things get even worse when three masked strangers try to kill them. So, if you have loved all the previous The Strangers films and you are okay with the latest one here are some similar movies you could watch next.
Becky (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Yale Production and BoulderLight Pictures
Becky is an action thriller film directed...
Becky (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Yale Production and BoulderLight Pictures
Becky is an action thriller film directed...
- 6/6/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Clockwise from top left: Eileen (Neon), Sympathy For The Devil (Rlje Films), The Promised Land (Magnolia Pictures), Ferrari (Neon)Image: The A.V. Club
As the summer movie season gets ready to kick off in theaters, Hulu highlights some A-list stars in indie films for its May calendar. In Eileen, Anne Hathaway...
As the summer movie season gets ready to kick off in theaters, Hulu highlights some A-list stars in indie films for its May calendar. In Eileen, Anne Hathaway...
- 5/2/2024
- by Robert DeSalvo
- avclub.com
To coincide with The Seeding hitting OnDemand today, courtesy of Magnet Releasing, we have an exclusive clip just for Daily Dead readers!
"In The Seeding, a hiker lost in the desert takes refuge with a woman living alone, and soon discovers that she might not be there willingly. Directed by Barnaby Clay (Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra Of Rock), the film stars Scott Haze and Kate Lyn Sheil."
Director/Writer Barnaby Clay:"The Seeding deals with big themes, but in a small, contained way, almost like a brutal adult version of a children's story or fable - something to bore under your skin and stick around for a while. I hope, like all great horror, it speaks some truth about human nature, even if its a side we’d rather not see."
The post Watch an Exclusive Clip from Barnaby Clay’s The Seeding appeared first on Daily Dead.
"In The Seeding, a hiker lost in the desert takes refuge with a woman living alone, and soon discovers that she might not be there willingly. Directed by Barnaby Clay (Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra Of Rock), the film stars Scott Haze and Kate Lyn Sheil."
Director/Writer Barnaby Clay:"The Seeding deals with big themes, but in a small, contained way, almost like a brutal adult version of a children's story or fable - something to bore under your skin and stick around for a while. I hope, like all great horror, it speaks some truth about human nature, even if its a side we’d rather not see."
The post Watch an Exclusive Clip from Barnaby Clay’s The Seeding appeared first on Daily Dead.
- 4/23/2024
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Image: Carnivalesque Films
As any cinephile well knows, the physical places that serve as meaningful ports of entry to our love affair with cinema can often take on swollen, totemic value. It’s fitting, then, that one of the most legendary independent American video stores of all time gets its...
As any cinephile well knows, the physical places that serve as meaningful ports of entry to our love affair with cinema can often take on swollen, totemic value. It’s fitting, then, that one of the most legendary independent American video stores of all time gets its...
- 4/5/2024
- by Brent Simon
- avclub.com
Thanksgiving is a horror slasher film directed by Eli Roth, from a screenplay by Jeff Rendell. The film is based on Roth’s mock trailer of the same name from the 2007’s Grindhouse, after many years of discussions and nearly going into production, the much-awaited Thanksgiving film is finally here and it is set during the Black Friday 2022 in Plymouth, Massachusetts as many people are crushed to death during the riot, despite the intervention of police and town sheriff Eric Newlon. Thanksgiving stars Patrick Dempsey, Addison Rae, Gina Gerson, Rick Hoffman, Nell Verlaque, Tim Dillon, Jenna Warren, and Milo Manheim. So, if you loved Thanksgiving here are some similar movies you could watch next.
You’re Next (Prime Video Add-On) Credit – Lionsgate
You’re Next is nothing if not a brilliant slasher horror for the genre fans. Directed by Adam Wingard, the 2013 film follows the story of the Davison family,...
You’re Next (Prime Video Add-On) Credit – Lionsgate
You’re Next is nothing if not a brilliant slasher horror for the genre fans. Directed by Adam Wingard, the 2013 film follows the story of the Davison family,...
- 3/19/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Supersex is here to tell the story behind one of the biggest male pornstars this world has ever seen. The Netflix series follows the life story of popular pornstar Rocco Siffredi, from his childhood in Ortona, Italy to becoming a sexual sensation. Alessandro Borghi stars in the leading role of Siffredi, and he puts everything into his performance to portray a complex and damaged character. If you loved the character-based drama, themes of deep-seated psychological issues, and sex in Supersex then you should check out these similar shows next.
The Naked Director (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
It’s Supersex but Japanese and much more comedic and raunchy. Yes, we are talking about The Naked Director. Based on a novel titled Zenra Kantoku Muranishi Toru Den by Nobuhiro Motohashi, the semi-biographical Netflix series follows the life of Toru Muranishi, a very important figure in the Japanese porn industry. The series delves into...
The Naked Director (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
It’s Supersex but Japanese and much more comedic and raunchy. Yes, we are talking about The Naked Director. Based on a novel titled Zenra Kantoku Muranishi Toru Den by Nobuhiro Motohashi, the semi-biographical Netflix series follows the life of Toru Muranishi, a very important figure in the Japanese porn industry. The series delves into...
- 3/8/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Lightbulb Film Distribution is pleased to share the poster & trailer for new claustrophobic horror-thriller, The Seeding – which is out now on UK Digital Download. The debut feature from Barnaby Clay (multi-award-winning music video director), the film stars Scott Haze and Kate Lyn Sheil.
The World Premiere took place at Tribeca in June 2023 with the UK premiere taking place at FrightFest in August 2023.
A man trapped in a desert canyon with a mysterious woman is held captive by feral children…
Filmmaker Barnaby Clay says, “The Seeding deals with big themes, but in a small, contained way, almost like a brutal adult version of a children’s story or fable – something to bore under your skin and stick around for a while. I hope, like all great horror, it speaks some truth about human nature, even if it’s a side we’d rather not see.” The Seeding is available to own...
The World Premiere took place at Tribeca in June 2023 with the UK premiere taking place at FrightFest in August 2023.
A man trapped in a desert canyon with a mysterious woman is held captive by feral children…
Filmmaker Barnaby Clay says, “The Seeding deals with big themes, but in a small, contained way, almost like a brutal adult version of a children’s story or fable – something to bore under your skin and stick around for a while. I hope, like all great horror, it speaks some truth about human nature, even if it’s a side we’d rather not see.” The Seeding is available to own...
- 2/20/2024
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
Scott Haze shines as a man who takes shelter with a mysterious woman in a tin shack at the bottom of a canyon
‘Never trust the surly feral kid” should be up there with “don’t have sex” and “ignore the late-night phone call” as crucial horror-movie life advice. That’s where hiker Wyndham (Scott Haze), out in the wilds photographing an eclipse, goes wrong in this horror-fringed thriller. Lured away from his car by Orion (Charlie Avink), who claims his parents have gone awol, Wyndham becomes lost and takes refuge in a tin shack at the bottom of a canyon. It’s inhabited by Alina (Kate Lyn Sheil), a blank young woman who offers him soup of dubious provenance.
The next morning, Alina is oddly nonplussed when the ladder leading back to the top has disappeared. They are both prisoners of a gang of demented youths who live in “the palace” up yonder,...
‘Never trust the surly feral kid” should be up there with “don’t have sex” and “ignore the late-night phone call” as crucial horror-movie life advice. That’s where hiker Wyndham (Scott Haze), out in the wilds photographing an eclipse, goes wrong in this horror-fringed thriller. Lured away from his car by Orion (Charlie Avink), who claims his parents have gone awol, Wyndham becomes lost and takes refuge in a tin shack at the bottom of a canyon. It’s inhabited by Alina (Kate Lyn Sheil), a blank young woman who offers him soup of dubious provenance.
The next morning, Alina is oddly nonplussed when the ladder leading back to the top has disappeared. They are both prisoners of a gang of demented youths who live in “the palace” up yonder,...
- 2/6/2024
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
Independent filmmaking is not for the faint of heart, and writer-director Barnaby Clay just spent eight years learning that lesson en route to his first narrative feature, The Seeding.
Clay began his directorial career in music videos for artists such as Rihanna, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Gnarls Barkley, as well as short films and documentaries, like the Mick Rock doc, Shot! Stories of directors making the jump from music videos to feature films used to be more common when music videos were not only as visible as any movie or album release, but were also treated with nearly the same cultural cachet. The transition still happens, but not to the degree that it once did when the likes of David Fincher, Sofia Coppola and Jonathan Glazer launched their filmmaking careers off of their award-winning and artistic exploits in music videos.
Fortunately for Clay, he has two friends who successfully...
Clay began his directorial career in music videos for artists such as Rihanna, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Gnarls Barkley, as well as short films and documentaries, like the Mick Rock doc, Shot! Stories of directors making the jump from music videos to feature films used to be more common when music videos were not only as visible as any movie or album release, but were also treated with nearly the same cultural cachet. The transition still happens, but not to the degree that it once did when the likes of David Fincher, Sofia Coppola and Jonathan Glazer launched their filmmaking careers off of their award-winning and artistic exploits in music videos.
Fortunately for Clay, he has two friends who successfully...
- 1/30/2024
- by Brian Davids
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
‘The Seeding’ Director Barnaby Clay on How to Jump From Short Films to Features — Horror Film School
Barnaby Clay is a true Renaissance man.
Having directed short films, music videos for artists ranging from David Bowie to Rihanna, a feature-length documentary on photographer Mick Rock, and even launched a visual art installation with Danger Mouse and his wife, Yeah Yeah Yeahs rocker Karen O, he is no stranger to expanding his creativity into different mediums.
Yet his newest frontier is feature-length narrative filmmaking, and his debut, the horror film “The Seeding,” expands on the striking imagery of his past work. The plot follows a man (Scott Haze) trapped in the desert, being taken care of by a mysterious woman (Kate Lyn Sheil), who may have an insidious agenda for keeping him safe from the roving gang of teens that are trapping him there.
The gorgeous and claustrophobic desert setting is the movie’s key special effect, as Clay keeps things bleak due to the harsh environment and...
Having directed short films, music videos for artists ranging from David Bowie to Rihanna, a feature-length documentary on photographer Mick Rock, and even launched a visual art installation with Danger Mouse and his wife, Yeah Yeah Yeahs rocker Karen O, he is no stranger to expanding his creativity into different mediums.
Yet his newest frontier is feature-length narrative filmmaking, and his debut, the horror film “The Seeding,” expands on the striking imagery of his past work. The plot follows a man (Scott Haze) trapped in the desert, being taken care of by a mysterious woman (Kate Lyn Sheil), who may have an insidious agenda for keeping him safe from the roving gang of teens that are trapping him there.
The gorgeous and claustrophobic desert setting is the movie’s key special effect, as Clay keeps things bleak due to the harsh environment and...
- 1/26/2024
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for Expats, Feud: Capote vs. the Swans and Griselda.
Expats premiere
Nicole Kidman joined creator Lulu Wang and co-stars Sarayu Blue and Jack Huston at the New York premiere of their Prime Video series on Sunday.
Amazon’s Albert Cheng, Lulu Wang, Nicole Kidman and Amazon’s Jennifer Salke
Feud: Capote vs. the Swans premiere
Naomi Watts, Tom Hollander, Diane Lane, Chloë Sevigny, Calista Flockhart, Demi Moore and Molly Ringwald walked the carpet alongside EP Ryan Murphy on Tuesday at the NYC premiere of their new Feud installment.
Jon Robin Baitz, Diane Lane, Chloe Sevigny, Ryan Murphy, Naomi Watts, Tom Hollander, Molly Ringwald, Demi Moore and Calista Flockhart Billy Crudup and Naomi Watts
Griselda premiere
Netflix hosted the U.S. premiere of its new limited series in Miami on Tuesday,...
Expats premiere
Nicole Kidman joined creator Lulu Wang and co-stars Sarayu Blue and Jack Huston at the New York premiere of their Prime Video series on Sunday.
Amazon’s Albert Cheng, Lulu Wang, Nicole Kidman and Amazon’s Jennifer Salke
Feud: Capote vs. the Swans premiere
Naomi Watts, Tom Hollander, Diane Lane, Chloë Sevigny, Calista Flockhart, Demi Moore and Molly Ringwald walked the carpet alongside EP Ryan Murphy on Tuesday at the NYC premiere of their new Feud installment.
Jon Robin Baitz, Diane Lane, Chloe Sevigny, Ryan Murphy, Naomi Watts, Tom Hollander, Molly Ringwald, Demi Moore and Calista Flockhart Billy Crudup and Naomi Watts
Griselda premiere
Netflix hosted the U.S. premiere of its new limited series in Miami on Tuesday,...
- 1/26/2024
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A handful of indies bow or expand this weekend as Oscar hopefuls from Poor Things to The Holdovers and American Fiction crowd theaters after nominations earlier this week. Anatomy Of A Fall is getting a big bump. Oppenheimer is back on Imax.
New specialty releases include Daisy Ridley-starring Sometimes I Think About Dying by Rachel Lambert, and Tótem by Lila Avilés. Separately, Sundance has just wrapped up announcing winners from a new crop of independent films.
What we have post Oscar-nomination Tuesday, is this: Searchlight Pictures’ Poor Things by Yorgos Lanthimos going wide on 2,226 screens, up from 1,400. The film starring Emma Stone had 11 nominations, second only to Oppenheimer. That Christopher Nolan blockbuster summer release from Universal is returning to 750 Imax screens worldwide, including iconic 70mm film theaters. Oppenheimer led all nominees for the 96th Oscars on Tuesday, with 13.
Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction from Amazon MGM Studios moves to 1,500 theaters from 850. Released Dec.
New specialty releases include Daisy Ridley-starring Sometimes I Think About Dying by Rachel Lambert, and Tótem by Lila Avilés. Separately, Sundance has just wrapped up announcing winners from a new crop of independent films.
What we have post Oscar-nomination Tuesday, is this: Searchlight Pictures’ Poor Things by Yorgos Lanthimos going wide on 2,226 screens, up from 1,400. The film starring Emma Stone had 11 nominations, second only to Oppenheimer. That Christopher Nolan blockbuster summer release from Universal is returning to 750 Imax screens worldwide, including iconic 70mm film theaters. Oppenheimer led all nominees for the 96th Oscars on Tuesday, with 13.
Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction from Amazon MGM Studios moves to 1,500 theaters from 850. Released Dec.
- 1/26/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
A half hour into Barnaby Clay’s debut narrative feature, “The Seeding,” Scott Haze drops to his knees and begs, “Will someone just tell me What is going on?” It’s an uncharacteristically funny beat coming from a character deadass named Wyndham Stone, a photographer who explicitly shops at Brooks Brothers and boasts all the personality of half-off wrinkle guard. But the unintentionally self-aware line is an early pop of entertainment in this otherwise maddening experiment in atmospheric dread. “What Is going on?” you’ll wonder ad nauseam — only to be forced-fed an answer less satisfying than a hunk of moldy bread. At least the table setting works.
Shot in a rust-red canyon in Utah, this meditation on domestic despair begins with an arresting image; a young child, no more than two-years-old, toddles through the desert alone munching on a human finger. It’s a stomach-churning cold open for the...
Shot in a rust-red canyon in Utah, this meditation on domestic despair begins with an arresting image; a young child, no more than two-years-old, toddles through the desert alone munching on a human finger. It’s a stomach-churning cold open for the...
- 1/26/2024
- by Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
The feature debut of director Barnaby Clay, Magnet Releasing’s The Seeding centers on a hiker who gets lost in the desert and seeks refuge with a woman who is living alone.
He soon discovers that she might not be there willingly…
Today, as the film releases in theaters and on PVOD, Magnet has exclusively provided Bloody Disgusting with a sneak preview clip that you can watch below.
Clay tells us, “The film has been gestating for a long time, so it’s thrilling for people to finally get to experience it. I say ‘experience’ because I set out to make The Seeding as immersive as possible. It’s not a film to feel removed from, it’s an experience that drags you though the sand, the heat, the decay, and also natural beauty of the world it takes place in.
“I had a similar feeling watching certain films from the ’70s,...
He soon discovers that she might not be there willingly…
Today, as the film releases in theaters and on PVOD, Magnet has exclusively provided Bloody Disgusting with a sneak preview clip that you can watch below.
Clay tells us, “The film has been gestating for a long time, so it’s thrilling for people to finally get to experience it. I say ‘experience’ because I set out to make The Seeding as immersive as possible. It’s not a film to feel removed from, it’s an experience that drags you though the sand, the heat, the decay, and also natural beauty of the world it takes place in.
“I had a similar feeling watching certain films from the ’70s,...
- 1/26/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
With The Seeding hitting VOD and theaters on January 26th, courtesy of Magnet Releasing, we have an exclusive clip just for Daily Dead readers!
"In The Seeding, a hiker lost in the desert takes refuge with a woman living alone, and soon discovers that she might not be there willingly. Directed by Barnaby Clay (Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra Of Rock), the film stars Scott Haze and Kate Lyn Sheil."
Director/Writer Barnaby Clay:"The Seeding deals with big themes, but in a small, contained way, almost like a brutal adult version of a children's story or fable - something to bore under your skin and stick around for a while. I hope, like all great horror, it speaks some truth about human nature, even if its a side we’d rather not see."
The post Watch an Exclusive Clip from The Seeding appeared first on Daily Dead.
"In The Seeding, a hiker lost in the desert takes refuge with a woman living alone, and soon discovers that she might not be there willingly. Directed by Barnaby Clay (Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra Of Rock), the film stars Scott Haze and Kate Lyn Sheil."
Director/Writer Barnaby Clay:"The Seeding deals with big themes, but in a small, contained way, almost like a brutal adult version of a children's story or fable - something to bore under your skin and stick around for a while. I hope, like all great horror, it speaks some truth about human nature, even if its a side we’d rather not see."
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- 1/25/2024
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
The opening moments of writer/director Barnaby Clay’s feature debut, The Seeding, call to mind extreme desert-set horror films like The Hills Have Eyes. A small child toddles through harsh, sandy terrain as he contently gnaws on a severed finger. The camera then watches overhead as a man parks his car and heads out to photograph a solar eclipse overhead, far from the bustling city and oblivious to any danger. It’s here where The Seeding quickly leaves familiar territory behind in favor of psychological arthouse fare.
The man, Wyndham Stone (Scott Haze), nearly makes it back to his car safe and sound until he comes upon a crying boy claiming to be lost. Wyndham knows something is amiss, but his guilt at the possibility of abandoning a child in peril overrides all warning signals. Before he knows it, he’s drawn into the wild and becomes lost himself.
The man, Wyndham Stone (Scott Haze), nearly makes it back to his car safe and sound until he comes upon a crying boy claiming to be lost. Wyndham knows something is amiss, but his guilt at the possibility of abandoning a child in peril overrides all warning signals. Before he knows it, he’s drawn into the wild and becomes lost himself.
- 1/24/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Stars: Scott Haze, Kate Lyn Sheil | Written and Directed by Barnaby Clay
The Seeding certainly has one of the most memorable opening shots in recent history, a filthy toddler wanders across the desert gnawing on what looks like a teething biscuit. Until the camera pulls in, and we see that it’s a human finger.
Photographer Wyndham Stone has hiked into the desert to get shots of an eclipse. Hiking back out, he sees a somewhat older boy who is apparently lost, however after trying to help him, Stone finds himself lost and alone. He doesn’t find the way back to his car, but he does find a crater with a house in it, and a ladder leading down to it. Not recognizing an obvious trap when he sees it, he climbs down and finds the house has an occupant, a woman named Alina who offers him so dubious...
The Seeding certainly has one of the most memorable opening shots in recent history, a filthy toddler wanders across the desert gnawing on what looks like a teething biscuit. Until the camera pulls in, and we see that it’s a human finger.
Photographer Wyndham Stone has hiked into the desert to get shots of an eclipse. Hiking back out, he sees a somewhat older boy who is apparently lost, however after trying to help him, Stone finds himself lost and alone. He doesn’t find the way back to his car, but he does find a crater with a house in it, and a ladder leading down to it. Not recognizing an obvious trap when he sees it, he climbs down and finds the house has an occupant, a woman named Alina who offers him so dubious...
- 1/24/2024
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Ghosts! Giant monsters! Terrifying trunks and deadly deserts! This week’s new horror releases bring various threats into the final days of January, and we’ve got the full rundown for you.
Here’s all the new horror releasing January 23 – January 28, 2024!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
This year’s first new theatrical release for the horror genre was Universal, Blumhouse and producer James Wan’s Night Swim, which is now available to rent/purchase at home.
You can rent the film for $19.99 or purchase it (digitally) for $29.99.
Direcred by Bryce McGuire, Night Swim was released into theaters on January 5, 2024. To date, the film has managed to scare up $36 million at the worldwide box office.
Meagan Navarro wrote in her review for Bd, “McGuire’s feature expansion [of his short film, also titled Night Swim] showcases more ways to mine terror from the aquatic concept, buoyed by a great cast,...
Here’s all the new horror releasing January 23 – January 28, 2024!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
This year’s first new theatrical release for the horror genre was Universal, Blumhouse and producer James Wan’s Night Swim, which is now available to rent/purchase at home.
You can rent the film for $19.99 or purchase it (digitally) for $29.99.
Direcred by Bryce McGuire, Night Swim was released into theaters on January 5, 2024. To date, the film has managed to scare up $36 million at the worldwide box office.
Meagan Navarro wrote in her review for Bd, “McGuire’s feature expansion [of his short film, also titled Night Swim] showcases more ways to mine terror from the aquatic concept, buoyed by a great cast,...
- 1/23/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Writer-director Barnaby Clay, a longtime maker of documentaries and music videos, takes an artistic left turn into horror terrain with his feature narrative debut, The Seeding. The film finds Wyndham Stone (Scott Haze), after hiking through the desert and becoming lost, stumbling upon a house at the bottom of a large canyon hole occupied by the mysterious Alina (Kate Lyn Sheil). Naturally, things don’t go well for Wyndham once it’s clear that he’s trapped in the canyon and becomes the target of the desert inhabitants’ sadistic tricks and the nebulous motives of Alina herself, who keeps a strange relationship with the locals.
The film’s basic setup immediately recalls Woman in the Dunes, but Clay’s homages don’t end with the Teshigahara Hiroshi classic. With Wyndham being terrorized by malevolent hillbillies (shades of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre) and these tormenters’ vaguely Satanic rituals over a...
The film’s basic setup immediately recalls Woman in the Dunes, but Clay’s homages don’t end with the Teshigahara Hiroshi classic. With Wyndham being terrorized by malevolent hillbillies (shades of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre) and these tormenters’ vaguely Satanic rituals over a...
- 1/20/2024
- by Wes Greene
- Slant Magazine
"You live in a hell, woman! Held hostage by children!" Magnolia Pictures has revealed an official trailer for an indie horror film titled The Seeding, the first horror feature from filmmaker Barnaby Clay. This originally premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year, where they say it will keep viewers "on the edge of their seats." Set for a VOD release in January. When a hiker gets lost in the desert, a gang of feral children propelled by haunting legacies traps him in a sadistic fight for survival with a frightening endgame. "A slow-burning thriller from [the] prolific music video director, The Seeding is a stone-cold nightmare that confronts our fears of isolation and unchecked toxic masculinity headfirst." The Seeding stars Scott Haze and Kate Lyn Sheil. It was filmed on location in Kanab, Utah. This is a strange and disturbing trailer, with a lot of freaky things going on with these feral "stray" kids.
- 12/8/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Barnaby Clay has directed music videos for the likes of Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Take That, created unique art installations, won awards for making short films, and crafted the documentary Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock. Now he has made his narrative feature directorial debut with the horror film The Seeding, which is set to reach theatres and PVOD on January 26th. With that date just one month away, a trailer for The Seeding has arrived online and can be seen in the embed above.
Starring Scott Haze of Venom and Jurassic World: Dominion and Kate Lyn Sheil of The Sacrament and She Dies Tomorrow, the film has the following synopsis: When a hiker gets lost in the desert, a gang of feral children propelled by haunting legacies traps him in a sadistic battle for survival with a frightening endgame. Here’s an alternative synopsis: A hiker lost...
Starring Scott Haze of Venom and Jurassic World: Dominion and Kate Lyn Sheil of The Sacrament and She Dies Tomorrow, the film has the following synopsis: When a hiker gets lost in the desert, a gang of feral children propelled by haunting legacies traps him in a sadistic battle for survival with a frightening endgame. Here’s an alternative synopsis: A hiker lost...
- 12/7/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The feature debut of director Barnaby Clay, Magnet Releasing’s The Seeding centers on a hiker who gets lost in the desert and seeks refuge with a woman who is living alone.
He soon discovers that she might not be there willingly…
Ahead of the film’s release in theaters and on PVOD January 26, 2024, Magnet has exclusively provided Bloody Disgusting with the trailer and poster for Clay’s The Seeding.
The filmmaker tells us, “The film has been gestating for a long time, so it’s thrilling for people to finally get to experience it. I say ‘experience’ because I set out to make The Seeding as immersive as possible. It’s not a film to feel removed from, it’s an experience that drags you though the sand, the heat, the decay, and also natural beauty of the world it takes place in.
“I had a similar feeling watching certain films from the ’70s,...
He soon discovers that she might not be there willingly…
Ahead of the film’s release in theaters and on PVOD January 26, 2024, Magnet has exclusively provided Bloody Disgusting with the trailer and poster for Clay’s The Seeding.
The filmmaker tells us, “The film has been gestating for a long time, so it’s thrilling for people to finally get to experience it. I say ‘experience’ because I set out to make The Seeding as immersive as possible. It’s not a film to feel removed from, it’s an experience that drags you though the sand, the heat, the decay, and also natural beauty of the world it takes place in.
“I had a similar feeling watching certain films from the ’70s,...
- 12/7/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
In an interview with Film Comment in 2020, actress/writer/director Amy Seimetz said that she used her ample salary from making the remake of "Pet Sematary" to make her feature directorial debut "She Dies Tomorrow," a dark fable about the nature of despair. "She Dies Tomorrow" was one of the unlucky 2020 features whose potential success was hindered by Covid-19-related theater closures, resulting in a combined box office take of less than $400,000 from a release on only 24 screens.
Not that a film like "She Dies Tomorrow" was a threat to, say, a Marvel film. Seimetz constructed an assertively sad meditation full of weeping, doubt, death, and fear. It imagines a world where depression is contagious and how humans' natural propensity toward utter emotional emptiness ultimately informs and colors every aspect of our lives.
The premise seems simple: Kate Lyn Sheil plays a woman named Amy who has just purchased a...
Not that a film like "She Dies Tomorrow" was a threat to, say, a Marvel film. Seimetz constructed an assertively sad meditation full of weeping, doubt, death, and fear. It imagines a world where depression is contagious and how humans' natural propensity toward utter emotional emptiness ultimately informs and colors every aspect of our lives.
The premise seems simple: Kate Lyn Sheil plays a woman named Amy who has just purchased a...
- 10/24/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Up above you’ll find a first-look photo from The Seeding, an upcoming horror movie that has been acquired for release here in the States by Magnet Releasing, Variety reports.
“Magnet will release the film early next year,” Variety notes.
The feature debut of director Barnaby Clay, The Seeding centers on a hiker who gets lost in the desert and seeks refuge with a woman who is living alone.
He soon discovers that she might not be there willingly…
Scott Haze (Venom) and Kate Lyn Sheil (V/H/S) star.
“Barnaby Clay has delivered a truly unsettling, shockingly nightmarish film with The Seeding,” said Magnolia Pictures co-CEOs Eamonn Bowles and Dori Begley in a statement.
“When you set out to make a low-budget film there are a few dream scenarios you hold in the back of your mind, they keep you going through the many challenges stalking the path,” said Barnaby Clay.
“Magnet will release the film early next year,” Variety notes.
The feature debut of director Barnaby Clay, The Seeding centers on a hiker who gets lost in the desert and seeks refuge with a woman who is living alone.
He soon discovers that she might not be there willingly…
Scott Haze (Venom) and Kate Lyn Sheil (V/H/S) star.
“Barnaby Clay has delivered a truly unsettling, shockingly nightmarish film with The Seeding,” said Magnolia Pictures co-CEOs Eamonn Bowles and Dori Begley in a statement.
“When you set out to make a low-budget film there are a few dream scenarios you hold in the back of your mind, they keep you going through the many challenges stalking the path,” said Barnaby Clay.
- 9/20/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of indie distributor Magnolia Pictures, has acquired North American rights to “The Seeding,” a new horror-thriller. It marks the feature directorial debut of Barnaby Clay and world premiered in Tribeca Midnight
“The Seeding” is about a hiker who gets lost in the desert and seeks refuge with a woman who is living alone. He soon discovers that she might not be there willingly. “The Seeding” stars Scott Haze (“Venom” and “Jurassic World Dominion”) and Kate Lyn Sheil (“You’re Next” and “V/H/S”). It will next screen at LA’s Beyond Fest and is in competition at this year’s edition of Sitges film festival. Magnet will release the film early next year.
“Barnaby Clay has delivered a truly unsettling, shockingly nightmarish film with ‘The Seeding,’” said Magnolia Pictures co-CEOs Eamonn Bowles and Dori Begley in a statement.
Magnet has previously released the likes of Tomas Alfredson...
“The Seeding” is about a hiker who gets lost in the desert and seeks refuge with a woman who is living alone. He soon discovers that she might not be there willingly. “The Seeding” stars Scott Haze (“Venom” and “Jurassic World Dominion”) and Kate Lyn Sheil (“You’re Next” and “V/H/S”). It will next screen at LA’s Beyond Fest and is in competition at this year’s edition of Sitges film festival. Magnet will release the film early next year.
“Barnaby Clay has delivered a truly unsettling, shockingly nightmarish film with ‘The Seeding,’” said Magnolia Pictures co-CEOs Eamonn Bowles and Dori Begley in a statement.
Magnet has previously released the likes of Tomas Alfredson...
- 9/20/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The Seeding, written and directed by Barnaby Clay, takes audiences on a slow-burn journey into a desolate desert canyon where nightmares come to life. With minimal dialogue and a limited cast, this atmospheric horror flick thrives on subtlety and implications of evil rather than relying on jump scares or explicit gore. While it may not fully capitalize on its untapped potential, The Seeding offers an eerie exploration of relationship dynamics within a secluded and mysterious setting.
While out photographing a solar eclipse, Stone (played by Scott Haze of What Josiah Saw) stumbles upon a lost boy looking for his parents. After hours of walking away from his car and any sign of civilization, Stone too becomes lost and separated from the boy. Desperate for help and a place to rest, Stone is relieved when he finds a woman living off-the-grid in a tiny cottage home at the base of a canyon…...
While out photographing a solar eclipse, Stone (played by Scott Haze of What Josiah Saw) stumbles upon a lost boy looking for his parents. After hours of walking away from his car and any sign of civilization, Stone too becomes lost and separated from the boy. Desperate for help and a place to rest, Stone is relieved when he finds a woman living off-the-grid in a tiny cottage home at the base of a canyon…...
- 6/14/2023
- by Jonathan Dehaan
The Seeding, written and directed by Barnaby Clay, takes audiences on a slow-burn journey into a desolate desert canyon where nightmares come to life. With minimal dialogue and a limited cast, this atmospheric horror flick thrives on subtlety and implications of evil rather than relying on jump scares or explicit gore. While it may not fully capitalize on its untapped potential, The Seeding offers an eerie exploration of relationship dynamics within a secluded and mysterious setting.
While out photographing a solar eclipse, Stone (played by Scott Haze of What Josiah Saw) stumbles upon a lost boy looking for his parents. After hours of walking away from his car and any sign of civilization, Stone too becomes lost and separated from the boy. Desperate for help and a place to rest, Stone is relieved when he finds a woman living off-the-grid in a tiny cottage home at the base of a canyon…...
While out photographing a solar eclipse, Stone (played by Scott Haze of What Josiah Saw) stumbles upon a lost boy looking for his parents. After hours of walking away from his car and any sign of civilization, Stone too becomes lost and separated from the boy. Desperate for help and a place to rest, Stone is relieved when he finds a woman living off-the-grid in a tiny cottage home at the base of a canyon…...
- 6/14/2023
- by Jonathan Dehaan
Scott Haze of Venom and Jurassic World: Dominion and Kate Lyn Sheil of The Sacrament and She Dies Tomorrow star in the upcoming horror thriller The Seeding, which will be having its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival next month.
The feature directorial debut of writer/director Barnaby Clay, The Seeding has the following synopsis: When a hiker gets lost in the desert, a gang of feral children propelled by haunting legacies traps him in a sadistic battle for survival with a frightening endgame.
The Tribeca write-up offers some more information: We can probably agree that growing up is hell, but growing up alone in the desert is another kind of hell altogether. That’s what one hiker (Scott Haze) finds out when he encounters a lost child while photographing a solar eclipse. What starts as an act of good Samaritanism turns into a deadly cat-and-mouse game between him,...
The feature directorial debut of writer/director Barnaby Clay, The Seeding has the following synopsis: When a hiker gets lost in the desert, a gang of feral children propelled by haunting legacies traps him in a sadistic battle for survival with a frightening endgame.
The Tribeca write-up offers some more information: We can probably agree that growing up is hell, but growing up alone in the desert is another kind of hell altogether. That’s what one hiker (Scott Haze) finds out when he encounters a lost child while photographing a solar eclipse. What starts as an act of good Samaritanism turns into a deadly cat-and-mouse game between him,...
- 5/30/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Natalie Portman plays Julianne Moore in Todd Haynes’ deliciously shapeshifting, saucily witty psychodrama “May December,” a mysterious “Russian Doll” of a film on identity and performance that reveals itself in mischievous doses. Or rather, Elizabeth Berry—a famous actress portrayed by Portman—plays Gracie Atherton-Yoo, Moore’s seemingly happily married character who was mixed up in a sex scandal back in the ‘90s.
And what a tabloid scandal it was… In her 30s at the time, Gracie—already married with children—had an illegal affair with a minor, the then 13-year-old Joe Yoo. The two were caught, let’s say, in a compromising situation in a stock room of a pet shop, an incident that rocked the nation, and led to Gracie’s arrest and registration as a sex offender.
Two decades later, the couple seems happily married, with Gracie running a small-scaled baking business at home, leading a quiet life with three kids.
And what a tabloid scandal it was… In her 30s at the time, Gracie—already married with children—had an illegal affair with a minor, the then 13-year-old Joe Yoo. The two were caught, let’s say, in a compromising situation in a stock room of a pet shop, an incident that rocked the nation, and led to Gracie’s arrest and registration as a sex offender.
Two decades later, the couple seems happily married, with Gracie running a small-scaled baking business at home, leading a quiet life with three kids.
- 5/20/2023
- by Tomris Laffly
- The Wrap
Horror will screen in Cannes market ahead of world premiere in New York in June.
XYZ Films has boarded worldwide sales on Tribeca Festival entry The Seeding for its New Visions roster and will screen the film for buyers in Cannes ahead of the world premiere in New York in June.
Barnaby Clay directed the horror about a man trapped in a desert canyon with a woman living off-grid who is captive to a pack of sadistic boys. Kate Lyn Sheil and Scott Haze star.
XYZ Films serves as executive producer and co-financier on The Seeding and its fund partner Ipr.Vc provided investment funding.
XYZ Films has boarded worldwide sales on Tribeca Festival entry The Seeding for its New Visions roster and will screen the film for buyers in Cannes ahead of the world premiere in New York in June.
Barnaby Clay directed the horror about a man trapped in a desert canyon with a woman living off-grid who is captive to a pack of sadistic boys. Kate Lyn Sheil and Scott Haze star.
XYZ Films serves as executive producer and co-financier on The Seeding and its fund partner Ipr.Vc provided investment funding.
- 4/26/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Tribeca Film Festival 2023, presented by Okx, today announced its full lineup of feature narrative, documentary, and animated films. This year’s Festival, which takes place June 7-18, showcases the best emerging talent from across the globe alongside established names.
Of particular note to horror fans, Tribeca Midnight is the “surprising, shocking, frightening, and thrilling” destination for the best in horror and more for late night audiences.
This year’s Tribeca Midnight lineup includes…
One Night with Adela, (Spain) – World Premiere. After her night shift ends, Adela goes on a drug-fueled, violent rampage of furious revenge on those who ruined her in this remarkably paced, audacious debut. Directed and written by Hugo Ruiz. Produced by Roberto Valentín Carrera, Pedro Azón Ramón y Cajal, Israel Luengo Arana, Hugo Ruiz, Fausto Arias Figuerola-Ferretti, Tote Trenas. With Laura Galán, Gemma Nierga, Jimmy Barnatán, Rosalía Omil, Raudel Raul, Fernando Moraleda.
Perpetrator, – North American Premiere.
Of particular note to horror fans, Tribeca Midnight is the “surprising, shocking, frightening, and thrilling” destination for the best in horror and more for late night audiences.
This year’s Tribeca Midnight lineup includes…
One Night with Adela, (Spain) – World Premiere. After her night shift ends, Adela goes on a drug-fueled, violent rampage of furious revenge on those who ruined her in this remarkably paced, audacious debut. Directed and written by Hugo Ruiz. Produced by Roberto Valentín Carrera, Pedro Azón Ramón y Cajal, Israel Luengo Arana, Hugo Ruiz, Fausto Arias Figuerola-Ferretti, Tote Trenas. With Laura Galán, Gemma Nierga, Jimmy Barnatán, Rosalía Omil, Raudel Raul, Fernando Moraleda.
Perpetrator, – North American Premiere.
- 4/18/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Rich Brian stars in the film Jamojaya about an Indonesian rapper, James, trying to expand his career in the U.S. while trying to not damage the relationship with his father and former manager (Yayu Unru).
His new manager, played by Kate Lyn Sheil, tries to wrangle the business from James’ father, which proves to be increasingly difficult. And, as Kyle Mooney said, “I think I play someone in a recording studio.”
In an exclusive interview with uInterview at the Sundance premiere in Park City, Utah, Mooney and Sheil talked about how beautiful it was shooting in Hawaii.
“But right now it’s all about today and being here with you,” Mooney chimed into his wife.
The two also revealed what it was like working with Rich Brian.
“I mean, he’s amazing, he’s incredible,” Mooney started.
“Everyone loves him, he’s the best. It was exciting to watch him work,...
His new manager, played by Kate Lyn Sheil, tries to wrangle the business from James’ father, which proves to be increasingly difficult. And, as Kyle Mooney said, “I think I play someone in a recording studio.”
In an exclusive interview with uInterview at the Sundance premiere in Park City, Utah, Mooney and Sheil talked about how beautiful it was shooting in Hawaii.
“But right now it’s all about today and being here with you,” Mooney chimed into his wife.
The two also revealed what it was like working with Rich Brian.
“I mean, he’s amazing, he’s incredible,” Mooney started.
“Everyone loves him, he’s the best. It was exciting to watch him work,...
- 2/15/2023
- by Hailey Schipper
- Uinterview
Jamojaya takes its name after a legend: As relayed in an animated sequence narrated by Joyo (Yayu A.W. Unru), Jamojaya was a prince transformed against his will into a banyan tree. In an act of love, his brother turns himself into a bird to look for him. But their inability to communicate keeps a proper reunion forever out of reach — the bird unable to recognize his brother’s new form, the tree unable to reveal himself even when his brother stands in his branches.
It’s a story Joyo adores so much he’s named his two sons after it: James (Brian Imanuel), now an up-and-coming rapper, and Jaya, who died years ago in a plane crash. And its sense of searching permeates the entire picture, to mostly moving, occasionally frustrating effect.
Directed by Justin Chon (who, between Gook, Ms. Purple and Blue Bayou has made a specialty of bittersweet...
It’s a story Joyo adores so much he’s named his two sons after it: James (Brian Imanuel), now an up-and-coming rapper, and Jaya, who died years ago in a plane crash. And its sense of searching permeates the entire picture, to mostly moving, occasionally frustrating effect.
Directed by Justin Chon (who, between Gook, Ms. Purple and Blue Bayou has made a specialty of bittersweet...
- 1/26/2023
- by Angie Han
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Age-old stories of entertainment industry corruption and suffocating stage-parenting are given a freshly off-kilter perspective in writer-director Justin Chon’s “Jamojaya,” which zeroes in on a few days in the life of a rising Indonesian rapper as he attempts to cut professional ties with his former manager, who also happens to be his father. In many ways a bigger, flashier and more slippery companion piece to Chon’s memorable 2019 Sundance feature “Ms. Purple,” “Jamojaya” is elevated above its familiar narrative paces by sensitive camerawork and a pair of intriguing performances, and its suggestion that showbusiness ambitions and family ties don’t so much collide as unravel on parallel tracks.
The film debut for Jakarta-native rapper Brian “Rich Brian” Imanuel, who rocketed to sudden viral fame back in 2016, “Jamojaya” casts him as James, a young Mc who finds himself in the aftermath of a similar scenario. With enough heat on his...
The film debut for Jakarta-native rapper Brian “Rich Brian” Imanuel, who rocketed to sudden viral fame back in 2016, “Jamojaya” casts him as James, a young Mc who finds himself in the aftermath of a similar scenario. With enough heat on his...
- 1/23/2023
- by Andrew Barker
- Variety Film + TV
Before Covid upended the film festival scene, Sundance premieres were a hotbed of drama as studio chiefs and streaming executives staked out the best seats in the theater and then beat a path for the exits as soon as the credits rolled in the hopes of outmaneuvering each other for the hottest films. After two years of going virtual, Sundance is back in-person. However, it’s unclear if the all-night bidding wars that were such a staple of past festivals will also return in force. At a time of cost-cutting and box office struggles for indie movies, a new era of fiscal restraint may be the order of the day.
But Sundance’s thin mountain air could cause all that economizing to evaporate. And if it does, here are 13 films that could have buyers writing big checks.
Drift
Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Alia Shawkat
Director: Anthony Chen
Sales Agent: UTA
Why...
But Sundance’s thin mountain air could cause all that economizing to evaporate. And if it does, here are 13 films that could have buyers writing big checks.
Drift
Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Alia Shawkat
Director: Anthony Chen
Sales Agent: UTA
Why...
- 1/17/2023
- by Brent Lang and Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
If you strapped in for the 166-minute runtime of Andrew Dominik's "Blonde," a fictional interpretation of Marilyn Monroe based on the novel by Joyce Carol Oates, odds are you don't want to stop thinking about it. Netflix's ambitious swing of a project, their first to earn an Nc-17 rating, is meant to inspire passionate responses and generate vigorous debate. After all, a figure like Marilyn Monroe is big enough to warrant several interpretations.
"Blonde" is a relentlessly stylized look at the life and loss of Marilyn Monroe (Ana de Armas), immersing viewers in the world that consumed her. Although the film feels like a brutal assault on the senses at times, the provocative approach pulls out all the stops to provide a visceral examination of how fame buoyed and sunk Monroe. "Blonde" is meant to unsettle and enrage as it deputizes viewers to provide the care and protection...
"Blonde" is a relentlessly stylized look at the life and loss of Marilyn Monroe (Ana de Armas), immersing viewers in the world that consumed her. Although the film feels like a brutal assault on the senses at times, the provocative approach pulls out all the stops to provide a visceral examination of how fame buoyed and sunk Monroe. "Blonde" is meant to unsettle and enrage as it deputizes viewers to provide the care and protection...
- 9/28/2022
- by Marshall Shaffer
- Slash Film
Kate Lyn Sheil is a young woman who knew she would become an actress when she was in the fourth grade. She was in a school play, and it was something she could not forget. She didn’t begin her professional career for many years after the fact, but she knew it was coming. Right now, she’s been in some seriously good projects. She’s one of the stars of the hit Netflix show “House of Cards,” and she’s done a lot of independent work on films such as “You’re Next,” and her talent is paramount. She’s someone who has been gifted
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Kate Lyn Sheil...
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Kate Lyn Sheil...
- 7/8/2022
- by Tiffany Raiford
- TVovermind.com
Underrated but masterful, “The Girlfriend Experience” is probably one of the most audacious TV series you’ll ever see. The series is Starz’s adaptation of a 2009 film by the same name, and it recently finished its third season.
The Oscar award winner and executive producer of the show, Steven Soderbergh, goes on a fascinating expedition to explore the emotional complexities of sex work — among other themes. Each season introduces new characters but the plots are thematically connected in a beautiful way.
This article discusses the latest news and everything you need to know about this tv series.
What’s “The Girlfriend Experience” About?
“The Girlfriend Experience” is an American anthology drama series that explores complex subjects like — sex work, power and possession, the criminal justice system, and the coarse relationship between American politics and money.
The first season of the TV show stars Riley Keough as Christine Reade, a...
The Oscar award winner and executive producer of the show, Steven Soderbergh, goes on a fascinating expedition to explore the emotional complexities of sex work — among other themes. Each season introduces new characters but the plots are thematically connected in a beautiful way.
This article discusses the latest news and everything you need to know about this tv series.
What’s “The Girlfriend Experience” About?
“The Girlfriend Experience” is an American anthology drama series that explores complex subjects like — sex work, power and possession, the criminal justice system, and the coarse relationship between American politics and money.
The first season of the TV show stars Riley Keough as Christine Reade, a...
- 5/3/2022
- by Buddy TV
- buddytv.com
HBO has cast Juliebeth Gonzalez, Maya Eshet, Tyson Ritter, Kate Lyn Sheil, Liz Sierra and Finley Rose Slater in “The Idol,” the upcoming modern-day cult drama from “Euphoria” creator Sam Levinson, multi-hyphenate The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) and Reza Fahim.
The hourlong drama series, which is currently in production, centers on a self-help guru and sect leader who develops a complicated relationship with a rising pop idol. Gonzales will be a regular in the cast, while the five announced additions will be recurring stars on the show.
The Weeknd will star in the show alongside Lily-Rose Depp, Suzanna Son, Melanie Liburd, Tunde Adebimpe, Steve Zissis, Elizabeth Berkley Lauren, Nico Hiraga, Anne Heche and Australian electropop singer and actor Troye Sivan.
“The Idol” is executive produced and written by The Weeknd, Fahim and Levinson, as well as Joe Epstein. Also executive producing are Kevin Turen, Aaron Gilbert for Bron, Ashley Levinson, Nick Hall,...
The hourlong drama series, which is currently in production, centers on a self-help guru and sect leader who develops a complicated relationship with a rising pop idol. Gonzales will be a regular in the cast, while the five announced additions will be recurring stars on the show.
The Weeknd will star in the show alongside Lily-Rose Depp, Suzanna Son, Melanie Liburd, Tunde Adebimpe, Steve Zissis, Elizabeth Berkley Lauren, Nico Hiraga, Anne Heche and Australian electropop singer and actor Troye Sivan.
“The Idol” is executive produced and written by The Weeknd, Fahim and Levinson, as well as Joe Epstein. Also executive producing are Kevin Turen, Aaron Gilbert for Bron, Ashley Levinson, Nick Hall,...
- 12/2/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
HBO has fleshed out its cast for music industry drama series The Idol. Juliebeth Gonzalez has been added as a series regular, and Maya Eshet (Teen Wolf), Tyson Ritter (Preacher), Kate Lyn Sheil (House of Cards), Liz Sierra and Finley Rose Slater (Playing With Fire) will recur in the series, co-created by Euphoria creator Sam Levinson, Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye and Reza Fahim. The high-profile one-hour drama is currently in production.
The series, which will be filmed in and around Los Angeles, sees pop star Tesfaye, known for hits including “Blinding Lights,” starring alongside Lily-Rose Depp, as revealed by Deadline in September, as well as co-writing and exec producing.
The Idol, set against the backdrop of the music industry, centers on a self-help guru and leader of a modern-day cult, who develops a complicated relationship with an up-and-coming pop idol.
In addition to Tesfaye and Depp, the six new actors...
The series, which will be filmed in and around Los Angeles, sees pop star Tesfaye, known for hits including “Blinding Lights,” starring alongside Lily-Rose Depp, as revealed by Deadline in September, as well as co-writing and exec producing.
The Idol, set against the backdrop of the music industry, centers on a self-help guru and leader of a modern-day cult, who develops a complicated relationship with an up-and-coming pop idol.
In addition to Tesfaye and Depp, the six new actors...
- 12/2/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Specificity is vital in a short. It anchors a story when there’s limited room to distinguish it, and often it’s the details we remember. Faces, sometimes. Aspects of place. Observations made by Gerry (Lev Gorn) as he sits at a café counter. We already know Gerry, thanks to a brief introductory scene. We know that he’s carrying knives, that he can’t use his car, that he’s trying to reach his father’s place. We have reason to be suspicious about him. Now we watch him watching teenager Anna (Kate Lyn Sheil) as she plays a shooting arcade game. It’s the details that tell us what’s going on. Her delicate, doe-like face. The focus on her bra strap where it emerges from the edge of her t-shirt.
Opportunity seems to be knocking for this ill-intentioned man when Anna’s little brother approaches him to...
Opportunity seems to be knocking for this ill-intentioned man when Anna’s little brother approaches him to...
- 11/23/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Though New York moviegoing is (sort of) getting back to normal, we’ve only now filled one of the biggest spots: Metrograph have announced a return of their theater and commissary on October 1, while Metrograph At Home programming will continue through their site and Metrograph TV app.
The lineup, currently handled by new programmer-at-large Nellie Killian, doesn’t seem to have missed a step: there’s the cool factor of Żuławski’s Possession restored in 4K, the auteurist cred of a four-film Eastwood series, new releases like Bulletproof and Labyrinth of Cinema, the high art of an Amos Vogel tribute—precisely what we’ve missed for, God help us, 18 months.
Health and safety guidelines can be found here, and a highlight of October programming below.
Opens October 1
Possession (1981)
New 4K Restoration of Andrzej Żuławski’s Hallucinatory Masterpiece
Banned upon its original release in 1981, Andrzej Żuławski’s stunningly choreographed nightmare of...
The lineup, currently handled by new programmer-at-large Nellie Killian, doesn’t seem to have missed a step: there’s the cool factor of Żuławski’s Possession restored in 4K, the auteurist cred of a four-film Eastwood series, new releases like Bulletproof and Labyrinth of Cinema, the high art of an Amos Vogel tribute—precisely what we’ve missed for, God help us, 18 months.
Health and safety guidelines can be found here, and a highlight of October programming below.
Opens October 1
Possession (1981)
New 4K Restoration of Andrzej Żuławski’s Hallucinatory Masterpiece
Banned upon its original release in 1981, Andrzej Żuławski’s stunningly choreographed nightmare of...
- 9/9/2021
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
David Gutnik’s debut feature “Materna” starts with an all-too familiar scene: a woman on a train, obviously desiring to be left alone, is being talked to by a highly aggressive man. He’s shouting, causing a scene, and the more the woman ignores him, the more frustrated he becomes. It’s unfortunate that the rest of “Materna” simultaneously never lives up to that opening intensity nor authenticity with regards to women in contemporary society,
Gutnik utilizes the technique of telling four separate stories, each spotlighting one woman on the train that day. We’ve seen this method of storytelling done so often in other independent features and when done poorly it feels like what it is: a gimmick. Here, there’s never a feeling of unity between the women at any point — outside of them being women with motherhood issues — so they play like four disparate stories with a...
Gutnik utilizes the technique of telling four separate stories, each spotlighting one woman on the train that day. We’ve seen this method of storytelling done so often in other independent features and when done poorly it feels like what it is: a gimmick. Here, there’s never a feeling of unity between the women at any point — outside of them being women with motherhood issues — so they play like four disparate stories with a...
- 8/6/2021
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
It makes sense that one of the protagonists of “Materna” is a fan of Jean-Pierre Melville’s existential neo-noir “Le Samouraï,” given that David Gutnik’s feature debut is itself a tapestry of modern alienation and disaffection. Charting the plights of four women whose paths eventually cross on a New York City subway train, Gutnik’s fragmented feature debut is rooted in fraught mother-daughter dynamics and intertwined issues of regret, resentment, racism, classism and homophobia.
Having won prizes for best actress (Assol Abdullina) and best cinematography at the pandemic-pinched 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, it should entice audiences in search of distinctive art-house fare when it debuts in limited release on Aug. 6 (ahead of an Aug. 10 VOD premiere), even if
Co-written with leads Abdullina and Jade Eshete, Gutnik’s film begins in a New York City subway car whose crowd includes a quartet of women — later identified as Jean (Kate Lyn Sheil...
Having won prizes for best actress (Assol Abdullina) and best cinematography at the pandemic-pinched 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, it should entice audiences in search of distinctive art-house fare when it debuts in limited release on Aug. 6 (ahead of an Aug. 10 VOD premiere), even if
Co-written with leads Abdullina and Jade Eshete, Gutnik’s film begins in a New York City subway car whose crowd includes a quartet of women — later identified as Jean (Kate Lyn Sheil...
- 8/6/2021
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
Materna opens with hazy close-ups of four women on the New York subway, all distracted and on edge. As we’ll come to learn, that’s partly from events in each of their personal lives. But it’s also because a man on the subway is harassing them, venting his frustrations, and teetering ever closer to violence. From here, director David Gutnik flashes back to show us, one-by-one, what led each woman to where they are now, sitting together on the subway as strangers, united only by the man’s harassment.
Gutnik’s anthology tells stories of how each handles struggles related to motherhood. Jean (Kate Lyn Sheil) is a hermit who is developing some sort of sexually charged VR technology (we meet her writhing around on the floor in a full-body VR suit). Over the phone her mother constantly pesters her to freeze her eggs; meanwhile, Jean is secretly...
Gutnik’s anthology tells stories of how each handles struggles related to motherhood. Jean (Kate Lyn Sheil) is a hermit who is developing some sort of sexually charged VR technology (we meet her writhing around on the floor in a full-body VR suit). Over the phone her mother constantly pesters her to freeze her eggs; meanwhile, Jean is secretly...
- 8/6/2021
- by Orla Smith
- The Film Stage
This review of “How It Ends” was first published after its January 2021 premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
The cheeriest movie ever made about Armageddon, “How It Ends” started as a way to be productive during the pandemic and ended up as a cameo-studded lark that also manages to be a touching examination of the regrets we carry around. Writer-directors Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones keep things light on this scenic tour of Los Angeles by foot, but they also manage to bump up against some big ideas without letting their comic tone get too blue.
The film premiered in January at the virtual Sundance Film Festival, where Wein and Lister-Jones have spent a fair amount of time in the past, and it’s an endearing Sundance bonbon: quirky but not annoying, charming but not cloying, slight but in a good way. Wein and Lister-Jones, who occasionally direct indies together...
The cheeriest movie ever made about Armageddon, “How It Ends” started as a way to be productive during the pandemic and ended up as a cameo-studded lark that also manages to be a touching examination of the regrets we carry around. Writer-directors Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones keep things light on this scenic tour of Los Angeles by foot, but they also manage to bump up against some big ideas without letting their comic tone get too blue.
The film premiered in January at the virtual Sundance Film Festival, where Wein and Lister-Jones have spent a fair amount of time in the past, and it’s an endearing Sundance bonbon: quirky but not annoying, charming but not cloying, slight but in a good way. Wein and Lister-Jones, who occasionally direct indies together...
- 7/19/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
There are few boundaries on public transportation, at least not physical ones. Crammed together in small spaces for oftentimes unexpected lengths of time, people who don’t normally interact are suddenly forced into each others’ orbits. Such is the concept behind Tribeca winner “Materna,” which uses the New York City subway system as a meeting point for four seemingly very different women, all of whom are forced to deal with an unexpected encounter and the impact it has on their lives. At its heart, motherhood and questions of feminine identity burn bright.
The film is the directorial debut of David Gutnik, who is also the editor of several acclaimed features, including Christina Choe’s 2018 Sundance award-winning drama “Nancy.” Gutnik wrote the film alongside two of his stars, Jade Eshete (“Billions” and “High Maintenance”) and Assol Abdullina (in one of her first film roles), and the film also features leading roles...
The film is the directorial debut of David Gutnik, who is also the editor of several acclaimed features, including Christina Choe’s 2018 Sundance award-winning drama “Nancy.” Gutnik wrote the film alongside two of his stars, Jade Eshete (“Billions” and “High Maintenance”) and Assol Abdullina (in one of her first film roles), and the film also features leading roles...
- 7/12/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Utopia has acquired worldwide rights to David Gutnik’s “Materna” ahead of the film’s in-person debut at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.
The movie looks at four women, whose lives intersect during an incident on a New York City subway. Kate Lyn Sheil (“She Dies Tomorrow”), Jade Eshete (“Billions”), Lindsay Burdge (“Black Bear”), Assol Abdullina (“First Snow”), Michael Chernus (“Orange Is the New Black”), Rory Culkin (“Castle Rock”) and Sturgill Simpson (the upcoming “Killers of the Flower Moon”) all star. Abdullina and Eshete co-wrote the screenplay with Gutnik.
According to the official logline: “‘Materna’ follows the journeys of four New York women who are isolated by city life, separated by class, politics, race and religion, and yet bound by a shared hunger for identity and connection. With their futures at stake, the characters’ lives are upended by a fateful encounter underground, where their stories of personal transformation become a battle for survival.
The movie looks at four women, whose lives intersect during an incident on a New York City subway. Kate Lyn Sheil (“She Dies Tomorrow”), Jade Eshete (“Billions”), Lindsay Burdge (“Black Bear”), Assol Abdullina (“First Snow”), Michael Chernus (“Orange Is the New Black”), Rory Culkin (“Castle Rock”) and Sturgill Simpson (the upcoming “Killers of the Flower Moon”) all star. Abdullina and Eshete co-wrote the screenplay with Gutnik.
According to the official logline: “‘Materna’ follows the journeys of four New York women who are isolated by city life, separated by class, politics, race and religion, and yet bound by a shared hunger for identity and connection. With their futures at stake, the characters’ lives are upended by a fateful encounter underground, where their stories of personal transformation become a battle for survival.
- 4/28/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Wonder Woman 1984 is only the latest in a long line of movies that have ventured into the District of Columbia to capture the backdrop of monuments and neoclassical architecture. But the mega pic is relatively rare in that is uses locations in the Dmv — the moniker used to denote the greater metro area of the district and parts of Maryland and Virginia — so extensively. Rather, D.C. typically is used for establishing shots and much of the rest of principal photography is shot elsewhere.
What’s even more unusual is for D.C. to be used for projects that have little to do with politics or government, but have used the city and its surroundings for its sense of place.
There are hopes that it is changing.
D.C. reinstated a film production tax credit several years ago, and although it is not as generous as states like Georgia, it is not insignificant.
What’s even more unusual is for D.C. to be used for projects that have little to do with politics or government, but have used the city and its surroundings for its sense of place.
There are hopes that it is changing.
D.C. reinstated a film production tax credit several years ago, and although it is not as generous as states like Georgia, it is not insignificant.
- 1/3/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The Surrogate, All I Can Say, Driveways also sell.
Ryan Kampe’s Visit Films has announced a slew of deals following the virtual AFM and Ventana Sur markets.
Tribeca selection Lorelei (pictured) starring Pablo Schreiber and Jena Malone, has been sold to HBO Europe for Eastern Europe. A US announcement is imminent on the film.
SXSW drama The Surrogate has gone to Studio Soho Distribution for UK and Ireland and HBO Europe for Eastern Europe, with Starz picking up US cable rights.
The film opened in the US through a virtual theatrical release orchestrated by Visit’s sister company Monument Releasing,...
Ryan Kampe’s Visit Films has announced a slew of deals following the virtual AFM and Ventana Sur markets.
Tribeca selection Lorelei (pictured) starring Pablo Schreiber and Jena Malone, has been sold to HBO Europe for Eastern Europe. A US announcement is imminent on the film.
SXSW drama The Surrogate has gone to Studio Soho Distribution for UK and Ireland and HBO Europe for Eastern Europe, with Starz picking up US cable rights.
The film opened in the US through a virtual theatrical release orchestrated by Visit’s sister company Monument Releasing,...
- 12/7/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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