Chicago – The story of “What Maisie Knew” may be unusual, but the reflection of the subject matter fits perfectly within the patterns of contemporary family culture. Directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel create a scenerio in which a custody battle for a little girl named Maisie becomes more about the parent’s egos than her care.
“What Maisie Knew” is amazingly based on a novel by Henry James (“The Turn of the Screw,” “The Bostonians”) written in 1897. Two screenwriters adapted the story into contemporary times 18 years ago, and the co-directors McGehee and Siegel brought it up to date in the post technological age. They worked with a stellar cast, including Julianne Moore, Steve Coogan and Alexander Skarsgard, plus a child actor named Onata Aprile, who brings Maisie to life with heartbreaking sensitivity.
Julianne Moore and Onata Aprile in ‘What Maisie Knew’
Photo credit: Millennium Entertainment
Scott McGehee and David Siegel...
“What Maisie Knew” is amazingly based on a novel by Henry James (“The Turn of the Screw,” “The Bostonians”) written in 1897. Two screenwriters adapted the story into contemporary times 18 years ago, and the co-directors McGehee and Siegel brought it up to date in the post technological age. They worked with a stellar cast, including Julianne Moore, Steve Coogan and Alexander Skarsgard, plus a child actor named Onata Aprile, who brings Maisie to life with heartbreaking sensitivity.
Julianne Moore and Onata Aprile in ‘What Maisie Knew’
Photo credit: Millennium Entertainment
Scott McGehee and David Siegel...
- 5/27/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Sucker Punch star Jena Malone is set to star in a psychological ghost-story thriller called Angelica, which is set to be directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein (Teeth, Happy Tears).
The movie actually sounds like it could be really good. It's based on a novel of the same name written by Arthur Phillips (Prague, The Egyptologist). The story is set in the 1880s, and Malone will play a character named Constance, "a young shop girl who falls for and marries Dr. Joseph Barton. After the difficult childbirth of their daughter Angelica, doctor-ordered celibacy creates a rift in the Bartons’ marriage and a ghostly force enters their home."
The movie was also describled as being a "sexually-charged supernatural mystery from multiple perspectives." So it has that going for it. I enjoy watching horror films, and Malone is a talented young actress, she most recently had a role in The History Channel's Hatfields & McCoys.
The movie actually sounds like it could be really good. It's based on a novel of the same name written by Arthur Phillips (Prague, The Egyptologist). The story is set in the 1880s, and Malone will play a character named Constance, "a young shop girl who falls for and marries Dr. Joseph Barton. After the difficult childbirth of their daughter Angelica, doctor-ordered celibacy creates a rift in the Bartons’ marriage and a ghostly force enters their home."
The movie was also describled as being a "sexually-charged supernatural mystery from multiple perspectives." So it has that going for it. I enjoy watching horror films, and Malone is a talented young actress, she most recently had a role in The History Channel's Hatfields & McCoys.
- 3/1/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Flamboyant film director, best known for Death Wish, and later an outspoken restaurant critic and bon vivant
Michael Winner, who has died aged 77, supplied interviewers with a list of more than 30 films he had directed, not always including the early travelogue This Is Belgium (1956), mostly shot in East Grinstead. But his enduring work was himself – a bravura creation of movies, television, journalism, the law courts and a catchphrase, ''Calm down, dear", from an exasperating series of television commercials.
He was born in London, the only child of George and Helen Winner, who were of Russian and Polish extraction respectively. His builder father made enough money propping up blitzed houses to invest in London property. The profits funded his wife's gambling, which, her son complained, so distracted "Mumsie" that he was never paid due attention. She left him in the bedroom with the mink coats of guests who came to his...
Michael Winner, who has died aged 77, supplied interviewers with a list of more than 30 films he had directed, not always including the early travelogue This Is Belgium (1956), mostly shot in East Grinstead. But his enduring work was himself – a bravura creation of movies, television, journalism, the law courts and a catchphrase, ''Calm down, dear", from an exasperating series of television commercials.
He was born in London, the only child of George and Helen Winner, who were of Russian and Polish extraction respectively. His builder father made enough money propping up blitzed houses to invest in London property. The profits funded his wife's gambling, which, her son complained, so distracted "Mumsie" that he was never paid due attention. She left him in the bedroom with the mink coats of guests who came to his...
- 1/22/2013
- by Veronica Horwell
- The Guardian - Film News
Michael Winner: Death Wish director has died Michael Winner, best remembered for directing the Charles Bronson action hit Death Wish, died earlier today at his home in Kensington, London. According to reports, Winner had been suffering from (an unspecified) liver disease. He was 77. (Photo: Michael Winner.) Born in London (on Oct. 30, 1935) to a well-to-do family of Eastern European Jews — his father was Russian, his mother was Polish — Winner studied law and economics at Cambridge University. Following a stint as a gossip columnist (reportedly at the age of 14), he proceeded to study journalism and film criticism. He began working in the field in the mid-’50s. Michael Winner movies Michael Winner’s directorial career also took off in the mid-’50s, when he began directing several documentary and live-action shorts, a couple of which featured well-known names such as A.E. Matthews and Dennis Price. Winner progressed to features in the early ’60s,...
- 1/21/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Michael Winner, director of the Death Wish movie series and A Chorus of Disapproval, who later found fame as a restaurant critic, has died at the age of 77.
Michael Winner, bon viveur, restaurant critic and arguably one of the best known British film-makers of the 20th century has died at the age of 77. "A light has gone out of my life," his wife Geraldine Lynton-Edwards said. "Michael was a wonderful man, brilliant, funny and generous."
Winner had been in ill health for a number of years and almost died after contracting a bacterial infection while holidaying on Barbados in January 2007.
Born to a wealthy family in north London, Winner cut his teeth at the BBC before making his debut as a writer-director with the 1960 crime thriller Shoot to Kill. His freewheeling 1964 sex comedy The System established him as a key chronicler of swinging 60s London and gave rise to a...
Michael Winner, bon viveur, restaurant critic and arguably one of the best known British film-makers of the 20th century has died at the age of 77. "A light has gone out of my life," his wife Geraldine Lynton-Edwards said. "Michael was a wonderful man, brilliant, funny and generous."
Winner had been in ill health for a number of years and almost died after contracting a bacterial infection while holidaying on Barbados in January 2007.
Born to a wealthy family in north London, Winner cut his teeth at the BBC before making his debut as a writer-director with the 1960 crime thriller Shoot to Kill. His freewheeling 1964 sex comedy The System established him as a key chronicler of swinging 60s London and gave rise to a...
- 1/21/2013
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
From a full programme of film and stage adaptations to a new James Bond novel, unpublished works by Rs Thomas and Wg Sebald and a new prize for women writers, 2013 is set to be a real page-turner
January
10th The Oscar nominations are announced unusually early this year. Keep an eye out for a bumper crop of literary adaptations, including David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, Yann Martel's Life of Pi, the David Nicholls-scripted Great Expectations, as well as Les Miserables, Anna Karenina and The Hobbit.
18th A new stage adaptation of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw at the Almeida theatre in London. In the year of the centenary of Benjamin Britten's birth, his musical version will also feature around the country in both concert and stage performances.
24th The finalists for the fifth Man Booker International prize will be announced at the Jaipur festival.
January
10th The Oscar nominations are announced unusually early this year. Keep an eye out for a bumper crop of literary adaptations, including David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, Yann Martel's Life of Pi, the David Nicholls-scripted Great Expectations, as well as Les Miserables, Anna Karenina and The Hobbit.
18th A new stage adaptation of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw at the Almeida theatre in London. In the year of the centenary of Benjamin Britten's birth, his musical version will also feature around the country in both concert and stage performances.
24th The finalists for the fifth Man Booker International prize will be announced at the Jaipur festival.
- 1/5/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Christmas-time 1973 delivered a major present for horror fans wrapped in a big pukey bow. The Exorcist premiered December 26, and changed the face of movie making while dividing critics, enraging some moviegoers, and causing a great debate within the MPAA ratings system. Director William Friedkin’s film pushed taboos, created an unparalleled buzz, proved horror movies could be mainstream, and rode the hype the way to the bank.
Christmas has, historically, seen a number of horror releases (perhaps this has something to do with family gatherings.) In 1946 The Beast with Five Fingers was released while 1961 saw a personal favorite of mine, the Innocents, released in France. It’s the film adaptation of the Henry James story, The Turn of the Screw. It’s classic gothic governess horror. Christmas 1997 saw An American Werewolf in Paris released. Not nearly as enjoyable as its predecessor, it’s a big, fat, CGI mess.
Title: The Exorcist...
Christmas has, historically, seen a number of horror releases (perhaps this has something to do with family gatherings.) In 1946 The Beast with Five Fingers was released while 1961 saw a personal favorite of mine, the Innocents, released in France. It’s the film adaptation of the Henry James story, The Turn of the Screw. It’s classic gothic governess horror. Christmas 1997 saw An American Werewolf in Paris released. Not nearly as enjoyable as its predecessor, it’s a big, fat, CGI mess.
Title: The Exorcist...
- 12/29/2012
- by Sara Castillo
- FEARnet
Adrián García Bogliano (Penumbra, Cold Sweat) is a man that knows what he wants to do and does it. While some directors may feel it necessary to leave the horror genre behind to find their success, he’s compelled to dig deeper and deeper to find what truly disturbs people.
His next film,Here Comes the Devil, tells the story of a married couple that lose their children for an entire day while on a trip to Tijuana. The kids reappear soon after, seemingly unharmed. But it’s soon obvious that something terrible has changed them.
I recently had the chance to sit down with Bogliano and talk about Here Comes the Devil, what filmmakers inspire him, the struggles that come along with releasing Spanish language films in America and much more. Check it out!
Dread: First things first, I’ve seen “Cold Sweat” recently and I have to say...
His next film,Here Comes the Devil, tells the story of a married couple that lose their children for an entire day while on a trip to Tijuana. The kids reappear soon after, seemingly unharmed. But it’s soon obvious that something terrible has changed them.
I recently had the chance to sit down with Bogliano and talk about Here Comes the Devil, what filmmakers inspire him, the struggles that come along with releasing Spanish language films in America and much more. Check it out!
Dread: First things first, I’ve seen “Cold Sweat” recently and I have to say...
- 7/30/2012
- by JTMosh
- DreadCentral.com
Sneak Peek more new images from director Tim Burton's upcoming gothic horror feature "Dark Shadows".
"Dark Shadows" stars Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Moretz and Gulliver McGrath :
"..."In the year 1752, 'Joshua' and 'Naomi Collins', with young son 'Barnabas', set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America.
"But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Depp) has the world at his feet-or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine.
"The master of 'Collinwood Manor', Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy, until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of 'Angelique Bouchard' (Green).
"A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire,...
"Dark Shadows" stars Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Moretz and Gulliver McGrath :
"..."In the year 1752, 'Joshua' and 'Naomi Collins', with young son 'Barnabas', set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America.
"But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Depp) has the world at his feet-or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine.
"The master of 'Collinwood Manor', Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy, until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of 'Angelique Bouchard' (Green).
"A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire,...
- 3/8/2012
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Sneak Peek another new image of actor Johnny Depp in director Tim Burton's upcoming feature "Dark Shadows".
"Dark Shadows" co-stars Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Moretz and Gulliver McGrath :
"..."In the year 1752, 'Joshua' and 'Naomi Collins', with young son 'Barnabas', set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America.
"But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Depp) has the world at his feet-or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine.
"The master of 'Collinwood Manor', Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy, until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of 'Angelique Bouchard' (Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive.
"Dark Shadows" co-stars Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Moretz and Gulliver McGrath :
"..."In the year 1752, 'Joshua' and 'Naomi Collins', with young son 'Barnabas', set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America.
"But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Depp) has the world at his feet-or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine.
"The master of 'Collinwood Manor', Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy, until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of 'Angelique Bouchard' (Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive.
- 3/2/2012
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Our critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book now
• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments below
Opening this weekTheatre
A Provincial Life
Russia comes to Wales as Peter Gill returns to the city of his birth to christen the rebuilt Sherman theatre with his own adaptation of Chekhov's short story. The 17th National Theatre Wales production is about the search for equality in a world of rich and poor. Sherman, Cardiff (029-2064 6901), Thursday to 17 March.
The Lady from the Sea
Joely Richardson follows in the wet footsteps of both her mother, Vanessa Redgrave, and her sister, Natasha, in playing Ellida Wangel, Ibsen's mysterious heroine haunted by memories of a sailor and the sea. Rose, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (0844 482 1556), tonight to 17 March.
Film
Rampart (dir. Oren Moverman)
James Ellroy is the screenwriter of this...
• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments below
Opening this weekTheatre
A Provincial Life
Russia comes to Wales as Peter Gill returns to the city of his birth to christen the rebuilt Sherman theatre with his own adaptation of Chekhov's short story. The 17th National Theatre Wales production is about the search for equality in a world of rich and poor. Sherman, Cardiff (029-2064 6901), Thursday to 17 March.
The Lady from the Sea
Joely Richardson follows in the wet footsteps of both her mother, Vanessa Redgrave, and her sister, Natasha, in playing Ellida Wangel, Ibsen's mysterious heroine haunted by memories of a sailor and the sea. Rose, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (0844 482 1556), tonight to 17 March.
Film
Rampart (dir. Oren Moverman)
James Ellroy is the screenwriter of this...
- 2/27/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Since its first publication in 1983, Susan Hill’s Gothic chiller The Woman in Black has been terrorising audiences, from teenagers studying the novel in English lessons to horror aficionados like Mark Kermode, who wrote a chapter on the novel for his PhD in horror fiction. Its reputation has been subsequently enhanced by the long-running stage play, which left the author of this piece so scared, he had to be prised from his chair with a crowbar.
The most recent incarnation of The Woman in Black (our review Here) was released in cinemas on February 10th, with the backing of the reformed Hammer brand and the star power of Daniel Radcliffe in his first proper post-Potter role. It joins a ream of recent ghost stories to make it to our screens, including The Others, The Orphanage and The Awakening. What explains this resurgence for old-fashioned horror of creaks, shadows and suggestion?...
The most recent incarnation of The Woman in Black (our review Here) was released in cinemas on February 10th, with the backing of the reformed Hammer brand and the star power of Daniel Radcliffe in his first proper post-Potter role. It joins a ream of recent ghost stories to make it to our screens, including The Others, The Orphanage and The Awakening. What explains this resurgence for old-fashioned horror of creaks, shadows and suggestion?...
- 2/20/2012
- by Daniel Mumby
- Obsessed with Film
Originally published in 1982, Susan Hill's ghost story has been adapted for radio and TV, and a stage version has been running for more than 20 years in London's West End. Like Henry James's The Turn of the Screw, Hill's story is part of a succession of supernatural yarns planned to be told around the fireside at Christmas, but the narrator considers it too terrifying for the festive season and writes it down to be kept for a more fitting occasion. Jane Goldman's screen adaptation for the revived (or disinterred) Hammer studio has dispensed with this framing device. Instead, the young Edwardian hero, an inexperienced London solicitor, is dispatched right at the start to a flat, swampy coastal area of the Midlands to settle the affairs of a recently deceased widow, Mrs Drablow. For some reason he's called Arthur Kipps after the draper's assistant in Hg Wells's Edwardian novel Kipps,...
- 2/12/2012
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
With The Woman In Black out in the UK today, we spoke to director James Watkins, screenwriter Jane Goldman and novelist Susan Hill about ghosts, horror, Hammer and more…
The opportunity to speak to a director, a screenwriter and the author of the novel they’ve adapted is a rare treat, so we relished sitting down with novelist Susan Hill, screenwriter Jane Goldman (Kick Ass, X-Men: First Class) and director James Watkins (Eden Lake) to discuss The Woman In Black, putting Harry Potter in your film, how to unsettle an audience, and why really scary horror films are hard to find. Oh, and there just might be a teeny mention of Kick Ass 2, the X-Men: First Class sequel, and Doctor Who too…
Jane, what was your first introduction to The Woman In Black?
Jane Goldman: I first saw it on the stage when I was quite young, and then...
The opportunity to speak to a director, a screenwriter and the author of the novel they’ve adapted is a rare treat, so we relished sitting down with novelist Susan Hill, screenwriter Jane Goldman (Kick Ass, X-Men: First Class) and director James Watkins (Eden Lake) to discuss The Woman In Black, putting Harry Potter in your film, how to unsettle an audience, and why really scary horror films are hard to find. Oh, and there just might be a teeny mention of Kick Ass 2, the X-Men: First Class sequel, and Doctor Who too…
Jane, what was your first introduction to The Woman In Black?
Jane Goldman: I first saw it on the stage when I was quite young, and then...
- 2/9/2012
- Den of Geek
With The Woman in Black out in the UK today, we spoke to director James Watkins, screenwriter Jane Goldman and novelist Susan Hill about ghosts, horror, Hammer and more…
The opportunity to speak to a director, a screenwriter and the author of the novel they’ve adapted is a rare treat, so we relished sitting down with novelist Susan Hill, screenwriter Jane Goldman (Kick Ass, X-Men: First Class) and director James Watkins (Eden Lake) to discuss The Woman in Black, putting Harry Potter in your film, how to unsettle an audience, and why really scary horror films are hard to find. Oh, and there just might be a teeny mention of Kick Ass 2, the X-Men: First Class sequel, and Doctor Who too…
Jane, what was your first introduction to The Woman in Black?
Jane Goldman: I first saw it on the stage when I was quite young, and then...
The opportunity to speak to a director, a screenwriter and the author of the novel they’ve adapted is a rare treat, so we relished sitting down with novelist Susan Hill, screenwriter Jane Goldman (Kick Ass, X-Men: First Class) and director James Watkins (Eden Lake) to discuss The Woman in Black, putting Harry Potter in your film, how to unsettle an audience, and why really scary horror films are hard to find. Oh, and there just might be a teeny mention of Kick Ass 2, the X-Men: First Class sequel, and Doctor Who too…
Jane, what was your first introduction to The Woman in Black?
Jane Goldman: I first saw it on the stage when I was quite young, and then...
- 2/9/2012
- Den of Geek
Actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead ("Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"), has been cast as the lead in the upcoming feature "The Darkness", to be directed by Daniel Stamm ("The Last Exorcism").
The screenplay by Megan Holley ("Sunshine Cleaning") adapts author Henry James' 1898 ghost story "The Turn of the Screw".
The new story will follow an American student working for a tutor in an English manor house who becomes convinced that she and the children in her care are being haunted.
Producers are Joe Neurauter, Felipe Marino and Ben Forkner, targeting a European start, Summer 2012.
Click the images to enlarge...
The screenplay by Megan Holley ("Sunshine Cleaning") adapts author Henry James' 1898 ghost story "The Turn of the Screw".
The new story will follow an American student working for a tutor in an English manor house who becomes convinced that she and the children in her care are being haunted.
Producers are Joe Neurauter, Felipe Marino and Ben Forkner, targeting a European start, Summer 2012.
Click the images to enlarge...
- 2/9/2012
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) has signed on to topline horror-thriller In Darkness.
Loosely based on Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw, In Darkness centers on an American student (Winstead) who starts to work for an English tutor, only to find out that she and the children she is looking after are being haunted.
Megan Holley (Sunshine Cleaning) wrote the screenplay which looks to offer up a fresh spin on the oft-adapted novel.
Daniel Stamm (The Last Exorcism) is attached to direct, with production looking to get underway later this year in Europe.
Winstead will next be seen in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, while her role in Sundance hit Smashed has been met with high praise.
Source: ScreenDaily...
Loosely based on Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw, In Darkness centers on an American student (Winstead) who starts to work for an English tutor, only to find out that she and the children she is looking after are being haunted.
Megan Holley (Sunshine Cleaning) wrote the screenplay which looks to offer up a fresh spin on the oft-adapted novel.
Daniel Stamm (The Last Exorcism) is attached to direct, with production looking to get underway later this year in Europe.
Winstead will next be seen in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, while her role in Sundance hit Smashed has been met with high praise.
Source: ScreenDaily...
- 2/9/2012
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
'The Thing' star Mary Elizabeth Winstead (below) will be returning to the realm of horror later this year when she begins shooting on the Daniel Stamm helmed haunted house flick 'The Darkness'. The movie is loosely based on Henry James' ghost story novel 'The Turn of the Screw', written back in 1898, and has been adapted by 'Sunshine Cleaning' scribe Megan Holley. 'The Last Exorcism' director Stamm will be filming the new ghostly project in Europe sometime in 2012. Winstead ('Scott Pilgrim vs. the World') who already has a number of genre credits wrapped around her tight little figure that includes 'Final Destination 3', 'Black Christmas', the forementioned 'The Thing' prequel and Tarantino's Grindhouse segement 'Death Proof' will also be seen later this year starring as Mary Todd Lincoln in Timur Bekmambetov's 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'. 'The Last Exorcism' director...
- 2/9/2012
- Horror Asylum
Mary Elizabeth Winstead ("Scott Pilgrim," "The Thing") is set to star in the psychological horror thriller "The Darkness" for Occupant Entertainment and Xyz Films says Screen Daily.
Loosely based on Henry James’ classic novella "The Turn of the Screw", the story follows a young American student working for a charismatic tutor in an English manor house. She soon becomes convinced that she and the children she is warding are being haunted.
The story was most famously adapted into a 1950 play and its 1961 film adaptation "The Innocents" starring Deborah Kerr which is considered one of the best psychological thrillers ever made.
"The Last Exorcism" director Daniel Stamm helms the film from a script by Megan Holley ("Sunshine Cleaning"). Shooting kicks off in Europe in the Summer.
Loosely based on Henry James’ classic novella "The Turn of the Screw", the story follows a young American student working for a charismatic tutor in an English manor house. She soon becomes convinced that she and the children she is warding are being haunted.
The story was most famously adapted into a 1950 play and its 1961 film adaptation "The Innocents" starring Deborah Kerr which is considered one of the best psychological thrillers ever made.
"The Last Exorcism" director Daniel Stamm helms the film from a script by Megan Holley ("Sunshine Cleaning"). Shooting kicks off in Europe in the Summer.
- 2/9/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Mary Elizabeth Winstead: Your Go-To Horror Gal.
She may be receiving raves for her dramatic turn as an alcoholic in "Smashed," but the star of "The Thing" won't be giving up horror any time soon as she's signed on for a lead role in "The Darkness," according to Screen Daily.
"The Darkness" is loosely based on Henry James' influential horror novel, "The Turn of the Screw," following a young American student (Winstead) working for a charismatic tutor in an English manor house who becomes convinced that she and the children in her charge are being haunted.
"The Darkness" marks director Daniel Stamm's follow-up to his severely underrated found-footage horror pic, "The Last Exorcism," which managed to make a lot of money even though everyone seemed to hate it (except for us -- and maybe you, too?).
Mary Elizabeth Winstead is, of course, no stranger to the horror genre,...
She may be receiving raves for her dramatic turn as an alcoholic in "Smashed," but the star of "The Thing" won't be giving up horror any time soon as she's signed on for a lead role in "The Darkness," according to Screen Daily.
"The Darkness" is loosely based on Henry James' influential horror novel, "The Turn of the Screw," following a young American student (Winstead) working for a charismatic tutor in an English manor house who becomes convinced that she and the children in her charge are being haunted.
"The Darkness" marks director Daniel Stamm's follow-up to his severely underrated found-footage horror pic, "The Last Exorcism," which managed to make a lot of money even though everyone seemed to hate it (except for us -- and maybe you, too?).
Mary Elizabeth Winstead is, of course, no stranger to the horror genre,...
- 2/9/2012
- by Bryan Enk
- NextMovie
The Woman in Black has haunted readers, theatregoers and now a cinema audience. Here author Susan Hill reveals how her chilling ghost story was born, and screenwriter Jane Goldman tells how she brought it to life for the screen
You might think Daniel Radcliffe, post-Harry Potter, would not scare easily but that would be to underestimate The Woman in Black. She is a veteran in the scare stakes, having been spooking audiences for almost 30 years – first, in Susan Hill's accomplished, flesh-creeping novel and then as an indestructible force on the West End stage.
It might seem surprising the story has not been made into a film before. But there is a reason for this: it is devilishly hard to adapt. Since 1997 there have been several attempts at a screenplay but it has had to wait for Jane Goldman to crack it. A journalist, TV presenter and bestselling author (Dreamworld,...
You might think Daniel Radcliffe, post-Harry Potter, would not scare easily but that would be to underestimate The Woman in Black. She is a veteran in the scare stakes, having been spooking audiences for almost 30 years – first, in Susan Hill's accomplished, flesh-creeping novel and then as an indestructible force on the West End stage.
It might seem surprising the story has not been made into a film before. But there is a reason for this: it is devilishly hard to adapt. Since 1997 there have been several attempts at a screenplay but it has had to wait for Jane Goldman to crack it. A journalist, TV presenter and bestselling author (Dreamworld,...
- 2/5/2012
- by Kate Kellaway
- The Guardian - Film News
Sneak Peek a new image of actors Johnny Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer, in director Tim Burton's upcoming feature "Dark Shadows".
"Dark Shadows" co-stars Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Moretz and Gulliver McGrath :
"..."In the year 1752, 'Joshua' and 'Naomi Collins', with young son 'Barnabas', set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Depp) has the world at his feet-or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine.
"The master of 'Collinwood Manor', Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy, until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of 'Angelique Bouchard' (Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire,...
"Dark Shadows" co-stars Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Moretz and Gulliver McGrath :
"..."In the year 1752, 'Joshua' and 'Naomi Collins', with young son 'Barnabas', set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Depp) has the world at his feet-or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine.
"The master of 'Collinwood Manor', Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy, until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of 'Angelique Bouchard' (Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire,...
- 1/13/2012
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Author and playwright best known for his literary drama Tom and Viv
Michael Hastings, who has died aged 74, shot to prominence in the first wave of new playwrights at the Royal Court in the 1950s. His best known play, Tom and Viv, about the difficult marriage of Ts Eliot and Vivienne Haigh-Wood, was presented there in 1984, by which time he was well established as a novelist, biographer and author of short stories. He was an unclassifiable writer, despite his sporadic allegiance over the years to the Royal Court. Much of his work is imbued with his experience of travelling in Spain, Kenya and Brazil. The fractured domestic relationships which he documented in Tom and Viv, and in his last West End play, Calico (2004), reflect his own difficult childhood and a lifetime interest in psychoanalysis.
Hastings was brought up by his mother, Marie, in a council flat in Brixton, south London.
Michael Hastings, who has died aged 74, shot to prominence in the first wave of new playwrights at the Royal Court in the 1950s. His best known play, Tom and Viv, about the difficult marriage of Ts Eliot and Vivienne Haigh-Wood, was presented there in 1984, by which time he was well established as a novelist, biographer and author of short stories. He was an unclassifiable writer, despite his sporadic allegiance over the years to the Royal Court. Much of his work is imbued with his experience of travelling in Spain, Kenya and Brazil. The fractured domestic relationships which he documented in Tom and Viv, and in his last West End play, Calico (2004), reflect his own difficult childhood and a lifetime interest in psychoanalysis.
Hastings was brought up by his mother, Marie, in a council flat in Brixton, south London.
- 12/1/2011
- by Michael Coveney
- The Guardian - Film News
Dynamite Entertainment's "Dark Shadows"#5, available February 2012, is written by Stuart Manning, with illustrations by Gordon Purcell and covers by Francesco Francavilla :
"...'Barnabas Collins' finds himself increasingly troubled as 'Dr. Julia Hoffman' continues her experiments to cure his vampire condition. Alone as the night draws in, a trip to the nearby town of 'Collinsport' sees Barnabas stalked by a mysterious woman with a message. As he follows her into the night, he finds himself confronted by faces from his past..."
In other "Dark Shadows" news, filming continues on director Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows" feature based on the 1960's gothic soap opera TV series, starring Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Moretz and Gulliver McGrath :
"..."In the year 1752, 'Joshua' and 'Naomi Collins', with young son 'Barnabas', set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America.
"...'Barnabas Collins' finds himself increasingly troubled as 'Dr. Julia Hoffman' continues her experiments to cure his vampire condition. Alone as the night draws in, a trip to the nearby town of 'Collinsport' sees Barnabas stalked by a mysterious woman with a message. As he follows her into the night, he finds himself confronted by faces from his past..."
In other "Dark Shadows" news, filming continues on director Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows" feature based on the 1960's gothic soap opera TV series, starring Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Moretz and Gulliver McGrath :
"..."In the year 1752, 'Joshua' and 'Naomi Collins', with young son 'Barnabas', set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America.
- 11/19/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
*full disclosure: a screener of this film was provided by Gravitas Ventures.
Director: Matthew Lawrence.
Writer: David Ross.
Cast: Paul McEwan, Kenneth G. Hodgson and Laura O'Donoughue.
When a ghost story should depend more on the horrors discovered within each person’s own past, Tied in Blood makes for a good read than a watch. This film makes full use of what a ghost means in prose. They are harbingers of a transcendental truth, they are figures used by some writers to motivate the living to do what is right, and they seek atonement.
This film almost has two narratives going on. One is about Robert Brandon (Paul McEwan), a medium who is frustrated with the parlour tricks he has to perform, and the other is about George Morris (Kenneth G. Hodgson), a man who discovers his family dead at the start of the film. He’s convinced that his home is haunted,...
Director: Matthew Lawrence.
Writer: David Ross.
Cast: Paul McEwan, Kenneth G. Hodgson and Laura O'Donoughue.
When a ghost story should depend more on the horrors discovered within each person’s own past, Tied in Blood makes for a good read than a watch. This film makes full use of what a ghost means in prose. They are harbingers of a transcendental truth, they are figures used by some writers to motivate the living to do what is right, and they seek atonement.
This film almost has two narratives going on. One is about Robert Brandon (Paul McEwan), a medium who is frustrated with the parlour tricks he has to perform, and the other is about George Morris (Kenneth G. Hodgson), a man who discovers his family dead at the start of the film. He’s convinced that his home is haunted,...
- 11/18/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Ed Sum)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
This British ghost story, set in 1921 when millions were grieving for those killed during the first world war and in the flu epidemic that followed, begins with a superbly staged scene. A seance involving a couple of dozen people in a smart London house is disrupted by a party of cops and a celebrated female psychic investigator exposing the hosts as confidence tricksters exploiting the vulnerable. There is nothing quite as good in the rest of the movie, in which the ghostbuster (Rebecca Hall) is lured to the Lake District to investigate a suspected murder at a boarding school for boys that's said to be haunted. The movie is best when in sceptical mode. It goes astray when it essays a kind of tragic poetry along the lines of The Turn of the Screw.
Rebecca HallDominic WestImelda StauntonDramaHorrorThrillerPhilip French
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Rebecca HallDominic WestImelda StauntonDramaHorrorThrillerPhilip French
guardian.co.uk © 2011 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies.
- 11/13/2011
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
The Awakening is a welcome return to the big screen for writer Stephen Volk, self proclaimed ‘tub-thumper’ for the horror genre and the man behind the acclaimed small screen horrorshows Afterlife and Ghostwatch.
His new film (out in UK cinemas tomorrow ) was directed by Nick Murphy and is as far from the Death-by-irony gorefests which litter the horror landscape of the last ten years as can be. It is a proper character based ghost story which I enjoyed immensely and has Rebecca Hall and Dominic West investigating the supposed supernatural death of a boy at a remote boarding school.
Our conversation took place on Hallowe’en, nineteen years to the day since his celebrated and controversial TV drama Ghostwatch aired and I couldn’t begin the conversation without talking about the huge impact it has had on the depiction and popularity of the supernatural on TV.
During the conversation we...
His new film (out in UK cinemas tomorrow ) was directed by Nick Murphy and is as far from the Death-by-irony gorefests which litter the horror landscape of the last ten years as can be. It is a proper character based ghost story which I enjoyed immensely and has Rebecca Hall and Dominic West investigating the supposed supernatural death of a boy at a remote boarding school.
Our conversation took place on Hallowe’en, nineteen years to the day since his celebrated and controversial TV drama Ghostwatch aired and I couldn’t begin the conversation without talking about the huge impact it has had on the depiction and popularity of the supernatural on TV.
During the conversation we...
- 11/10/2011
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Peter Wyngarde, Martin Stephens, The Innocents Max Schreck, Nosferatu: Top Five Scariest Living Dead Pt.2 When I first saw it as a kid, I loved Jack Clayton's spooky 1961 movie The Innocents, adapted by Truman Capote from Henry James' novel The Turn of the Screw. Admittedly, The Innocents is the kind of movie that could have turned this Catholic school student into a remorseless serial killer — what with incest (between young siblings Martin Stephens and Pamela Franklin), child sexuality (that's Stephens and Franklin again), repressed female libido (that's prim and proper Christian governess Deborah Kerr), un-prim, un-proper, and un-Christian sex fantasies (Kerr again), and a highly eroticized male ghost (Peter Wyngarde) who possesses the little boy, turning him into a sex animal. Luckily, The Innocents failed to lead me astray, for my vulnerable youthful psyche had already been debased by another 1960s repressed sex/unrepressed ghost tale, Robert Wise's The Haunting (1963). So,...
- 11/3/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Joe Dante runs down the TCM Halloween rundown!
Of all the available outlets for classic movies, TCM leads the (admittedly small) pack in variety, invention and print quality.
Still not nearly as widely available as it should be (try finding it on hotel televisions), the brand has nevertheless firmly carved an essential niche in the cable/satellite movie landscape, allowing owner Time Warner to maximize its vast library of vintage movies culled from numerous studio sources. In fact, Time Warner owns more titles than any other entity, and lately has been forthcoming with clever marketing ideas like the Warner Archive on-demand dvd service, which has been thankfully adopted by MGM, Sony, Fox and Universal. There are more titles available to the general public than ever before, often in pristine condition.
But to love a film you have to see it, and to see it you have to know it exists.
Of all the available outlets for classic movies, TCM leads the (admittedly small) pack in variety, invention and print quality.
Still not nearly as widely available as it should be (try finding it on hotel televisions), the brand has nevertheless firmly carved an essential niche in the cable/satellite movie landscape, allowing owner Time Warner to maximize its vast library of vintage movies culled from numerous studio sources. In fact, Time Warner owns more titles than any other entity, and lately has been forthcoming with clever marketing ideas like the Warner Archive on-demand dvd service, which has been thankfully adopted by MGM, Sony, Fox and Universal. There are more titles available to the general public than ever before, often in pristine condition.
But to love a film you have to see it, and to see it you have to know it exists.
- 10/25/2011
- by Joe
- Trailers from Hell
Tilda Swinton leads an excellent cast in a thoughtful and deeply disturbing adaptation of Lionel Shriver's novel
The general outline of Lionel Shriver's novel must be widely familiar by now. We Need to Talk About Kevin has been around for eight years, there's a brief synopsis of the plot on the cover of the paperback, and the film was widely discussed when it premiered in Cannes last May and to most people's surprise failed to win a major prize.
It is an astonishing, truly shocking book that connects unspoken terrors in the domestic world to social horrors exploding in public. It uses the epistolary method, which like the diary form was popular among early novelists as a way of giving fiction a documentary authenticity. In this case the letters are written by Eva Khatchadourian, an adventurous travel writer and tour organiser, to her absent husband. She's a classic unreliable narrator,...
The general outline of Lionel Shriver's novel must be widely familiar by now. We Need to Talk About Kevin has been around for eight years, there's a brief synopsis of the plot on the cover of the paperback, and the film was widely discussed when it premiered in Cannes last May and to most people's surprise failed to win a major prize.
It is an astonishing, truly shocking book that connects unspoken terrors in the domestic world to social horrors exploding in public. It uses the epistolary method, which like the diary form was popular among early novelists as a way of giving fiction a documentary authenticity. In this case the letters are written by Eva Khatchadourian, an adventurous travel writer and tour organiser, to her absent husband. She's a classic unreliable narrator,...
- 10/22/2011
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
The Awakening
Written and Directed by Nick Murphy
Starring Rebecca Hall, Dominic West & Imelda Staunton
UK, 2011
No, the horror remake strand hasn’t reached out to encompass the 1980 Charlton Heston horror The Awakening, where an archaeologist has a spot of bother with a mummy’s spirit possessing his daughter, with this debut feature writer / director Nick Murphy is instead taking us to London in the early 1920’s, the capital still in mourning under a shroud of gloom as the horrific hostilities of the First World War envelop the survivors and the bereaved. Florence Cathcart (a fiesty Rebecca Hall) is a prototype Dana Scully, a rationalist, atheist, successful author whose efforts to expose fraudulent spiritualists and purveyors of false séances to grieving victims mask her own sacrifice, having lost her beloved fiancé on the fields of Flanders. When she is approached by limping veteran turned school teacher Robert Mallory (Dominic West...
Written and Directed by Nick Murphy
Starring Rebecca Hall, Dominic West & Imelda Staunton
UK, 2011
No, the horror remake strand hasn’t reached out to encompass the 1980 Charlton Heston horror The Awakening, where an archaeologist has a spot of bother with a mummy’s spirit possessing his daughter, with this debut feature writer / director Nick Murphy is instead taking us to London in the early 1920’s, the capital still in mourning under a shroud of gloom as the horrific hostilities of the First World War envelop the survivors and the bereaved. Florence Cathcart (a fiesty Rebecca Hall) is a prototype Dana Scully, a rationalist, atheist, successful author whose efforts to expose fraudulent spiritualists and purveyors of false séances to grieving victims mask her own sacrifice, having lost her beloved fiancé on the fields of Flanders. When she is approached by limping veteran turned school teacher Robert Mallory (Dominic West...
- 10/11/2011
- by John
- SoundOnSight
Mention October to some and revolution and Eisenstein will spring to mind. To others, it'll be the journal of art criticism and theory (whose latest issue, as it happens, concentrates on film and video). But for many more, it'll be "the arrival of coolth and crispidy after months oppressive heat and intrusive sunshine… the downward spiral of maple leaves from the tree tops, the wind in the willows, the shadow over Innsmouth, the silence of the lambs, the howling in the woods, I love every damned thing about this glorious but all-too-short season!" exclaims Richard Harland Smith at Movie Morlocks. And of course, what he especially loves are "all the shades of Halloween, from the ticky-tack gee-gaws on the shelves at Cvs and Rite Aid to the widespread enjoyment of classical music (Camille Saint-Saëns's Danse Macabre, Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue), literature (Henry James's The Turn of the Screw,...
- 10/1/2011
- MUBI
Take a look at a group shot of the main cast of director Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows", starring Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Moretz and Gulliver McGrath :
"..."In the year 1752, 'Joshua' and 'Naomi Collins', with young son 'Barnabas', set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Depp) has the world at his feet-or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine.
"The master of 'Collinwood Manor', Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy, until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of 'Angelique Bouchard' (Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire,...
"..."In the year 1752, 'Joshua' and 'Naomi Collins', with young son 'Barnabas', set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Depp) has the world at his feet-or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine.
"The master of 'Collinwood Manor', Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy, until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of 'Angelique Bouchard' (Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire,...
- 9/22/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Warner Bros have released the synopsis for director Tim Burton's currently lensing, feature film take on the 1960's gothic horror soap opera "Dark Shadows", starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloe Moretz, Jonny Lee Miller, Gulliver McGrath, Bella Heathcote and Jackie Earle Haley :
"..."In the year 1752, 'Joshua' and 'Naomi Collins', with young son 'Barnabas', set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Depp) has the world at his feet-or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine.
"The master of 'Collinwood Manor', Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy, until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of 'Angelique Bouchard' (Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse...
"..."In the year 1752, 'Joshua' and 'Naomi Collins', with young son 'Barnabas', set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Depp) has the world at his feet-or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine.
"The master of 'Collinwood Manor', Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy, until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of 'Angelique Bouchard' (Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse...
- 5/19/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Director Tim Burton's upcoming feature film take on the 1960's gothic soap opera "Dark Shadows" starts principal photography mid-May, 2011 in London, UK @ Pinewood Studios, starring Johnny Depp ("Ed Wood") , Eva Green ("Casino Royale") and Chloe Moretz ("Kick-Ass"). Also cast are Thomas McDonnell and Jackie Earle Haley ("Watchmen").
Green will play the character 'Angelique Bouchard Collins', an 18th century witch who invoked the original 'vampiric' curse on 'Barnabas Collins' (Depp).
"Dark Shadows" is being produced by Depp’s production company Infinitum Nihil and Graham King’s Gk Films.
Screenplay is by Seth Grahame-Smith ("Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"), who drafted a rewrite of a previous screenplay by John August.
"Dark Shadows", created by Dan Curtis ("The Night Stalker"), originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, June 1966 to April 1971. Story 'bible' for the show was written by Art Wallace.
The series became popular a year into its run, with the introduction of Canadian actor Jonathan Frid,...
Green will play the character 'Angelique Bouchard Collins', an 18th century witch who invoked the original 'vampiric' curse on 'Barnabas Collins' (Depp).
"Dark Shadows" is being produced by Depp’s production company Infinitum Nihil and Graham King’s Gk Films.
Screenplay is by Seth Grahame-Smith ("Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"), who drafted a rewrite of a previous screenplay by John August.
"Dark Shadows", created by Dan Curtis ("The Night Stalker"), originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, June 1966 to April 1971. Story 'bible' for the show was written by Art Wallace.
The series became popular a year into its run, with the introduction of Canadian actor Jonathan Frid,...
- 5/10/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Netflix has revolutionized the home movie experience for fans of film with its instant streaming technology. Netflix Nuggets is my way of spreading the word about independent, classic and foreign films made available by Netflix for instant streaming.
This Week’s New Instant Releases…
Promised Lands (1974)
Streaming Available: 04/19/2011
Cast: Documentary
Director: Susan Sontag
Synopsis: Set in Israel during the final days of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, this powerful documentary — initially barred by Israel authorities — from writer-director Susan Sontag examines divergent perceptions of the enduring Arab-Israeli clash. Weighing in on matters related to socialism, anti-Semitism, nation sovereignty and American materialism are The Last Jew writer Yoram Kaniuk and military physicist Yuval Ne’eman.
Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2009)
Streaming Available: 04/19/2011
Cast: Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, Hannah Herzsprung, Gerald Alexander Held, Lena Stolze, Sunnyi Melles
Synopsis: Directed by longtime star of independent German cinema Margarethe von Trotta, this reverent...
This Week’s New Instant Releases…
Promised Lands (1974)
Streaming Available: 04/19/2011
Cast: Documentary
Director: Susan Sontag
Synopsis: Set in Israel during the final days of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, this powerful documentary — initially barred by Israel authorities — from writer-director Susan Sontag examines divergent perceptions of the enduring Arab-Israeli clash. Weighing in on matters related to socialism, anti-Semitism, nation sovereignty and American materialism are The Last Jew writer Yoram Kaniuk and military physicist Yuval Ne’eman.
Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2009)
Streaming Available: 04/19/2011
Cast: Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, Hannah Herzsprung, Gerald Alexander Held, Lena Stolze, Sunnyi Melles
Synopsis: Directed by longtime star of independent German cinema Margarethe von Trotta, this reverent...
- 4/20/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Director Joe Dante shares our enthusiasm for the 1963 horror film The Innocents, director Jack Clayton's brilliant adaptation of Henry James' The Turn of the Screw. Starring Deborah Kerr, in a superb performance, the film centers on a spinster governess who cares for two young children in a remote mansion in the British countryside. The children seem to be obsessed by the memory of a deceased handyman on the estate- and she begins to suspect his spirit is attempting to influence them from the grave. Dante's commentary on the original trailer for the film points out that the marketing for the film made it appear to be a grade B horror movie rather than an intelligent, finely-crafted drama. Click here to view the trailer with commentary...
- 4/8/2011
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
According to reports, actress Michelle Pfeiffer will reteam with her "Batman Returns" director Tim Burton for the Warners feature film reboot of 1960's horror soap opera TV series "Dark Shadows". Pfeiffer would play matriarch of the 'Collins' clan, 'Elizabeth Collins Stoddard'.
Previously cast are Johnny Depp as 'Barnabas Collins', Eva Green as the witch 'Angelique Bouchard Collins', Jackie Earle Haley as conman 'Willie Loomis' and Bella Heathcoate as 'Victoria Winters', governess of the Collins estate.
The production will start April 2011, with Depp’s Infinitum Nihil and Graham King’s Gk Films producing.
Screenplay is by Seth Grahame-Smith ("Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"), who drafted a rewrite of a previous screenplay by John August.
"Dark Shadows", created by Dan Curtis ("The Night Stalker"), originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, June 1966 to April 1971. Story 'bible' for the show was written by Art Wallace.
The series became popular a year into its run,...
Previously cast are Johnny Depp as 'Barnabas Collins', Eva Green as the witch 'Angelique Bouchard Collins', Jackie Earle Haley as conman 'Willie Loomis' and Bella Heathcoate as 'Victoria Winters', governess of the Collins estate.
The production will start April 2011, with Depp’s Infinitum Nihil and Graham King’s Gk Films producing.
Screenplay is by Seth Grahame-Smith ("Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"), who drafted a rewrite of a previous screenplay by John August.
"Dark Shadows", created by Dan Curtis ("The Night Stalker"), originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, June 1966 to April 1971. Story 'bible' for the show was written by Art Wallace.
The series became popular a year into its run,...
- 2/15/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Actress Eva Green ("Casino Royale") will star opposite Johnny Depp ("Pirates Of The Caribbean") in the upcoming Warners feature "Dark Shadows". Green will play the character 'Angelique Bouchard Collins', an 18th century witch who invoked a 'vampiric' curse on 'Barnabas Collins' (Depp).
The Tim Burton directed feature reboot of the 1960's horror TV 'soap opera' "Dark Shadows", will start April 2011, with Depp’s Infinitum Nihil and Graham King’s Gk Films producing.
Screenplay is by Seth Grahame-Smith ("Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"), who drafted a rewrite of a previous screenplay by John August.
"Dark Shadows", created by Dan Curtis ("The Night Stalker"), originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, June 1966 to April 1971. Story 'bible' for the show was written by Art Wallace.
The series became popular a year into its run, with the introduction of Canadian actor Jonathan Frid, playing the 200-year old Barnabas Collins who encounters other vampires, werewolves,...
The Tim Burton directed feature reboot of the 1960's horror TV 'soap opera' "Dark Shadows", will start April 2011, with Depp’s Infinitum Nihil and Graham King’s Gk Films producing.
Screenplay is by Seth Grahame-Smith ("Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"), who drafted a rewrite of a previous screenplay by John August.
"Dark Shadows", created by Dan Curtis ("The Night Stalker"), originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, June 1966 to April 1971. Story 'bible' for the show was written by Art Wallace.
The series became popular a year into its run, with the introduction of Canadian actor Jonathan Frid, playing the 200-year old Barnabas Collins who encounters other vampires, werewolves,...
- 2/4/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
This Friday (January 28th) sees the release of the new supernatural drama Hereafter. Oscar winner Matt Damon teams up with Academy Award winner Clint Eastwood and two time Oscar nominated screenwriter Peter Morgan to make this supernatural drama that:
…tells the story of three people who are haunted by mortality in different ways. Matt Damon stars as George, a blue-collar American who has a special connection to the afterlife. On the other side of the world, Marie (Cécile de France), a French journalist, has a near-death experience that shakes her reality. And when Marcus (Frankie/George McLaren), a London schoolboy, loses the person closest to him, he desperately needs answers. Each on a path in search of the truth, their lives will intersect, forever changed by what they believe might-or must-exist in the hereafter.
To celebrate the release of Hereafter we are taking a look at the 5 of the best supernatural flicks in cinema.
…tells the story of three people who are haunted by mortality in different ways. Matt Damon stars as George, a blue-collar American who has a special connection to the afterlife. On the other side of the world, Marie (Cécile de France), a French journalist, has a near-death experience that shakes her reality. And when Marcus (Frankie/George McLaren), a London schoolboy, loses the person closest to him, he desperately needs answers. Each on a path in search of the truth, their lives will intersect, forever changed by what they believe might-or must-exist in the hereafter.
To celebrate the release of Hereafter we are taking a look at the 5 of the best supernatural flicks in cinema.
- 1/26/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
On a plane recently, my seatmate asked me about my book, "Is it fact or fiction?" The cover image depicts an English manor home, with sinister trees and darkened windows. It has all the makings of a good horror novel... made all the creepier due to its place in history. It is factual, sir, and nearly impossible to put down.
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher details the case of a gruesome 1860 murder in Victorian England and the cunning detective assigned to the case. At the time, detectives were a new breed of policeman, the fledgling force at Scotland Yard created only several years before. Detective Whicher is sent from London to Road, a small town northeast of Bath to investigate the murder of three-year-old Saville Kent.
The case shocked the nation and invigorated a collective interest in crime, detecting, and the idea that behind closed doors, the middle and upper classes had much to hide.
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher details the case of a gruesome 1860 murder in Victorian England and the cunning detective assigned to the case. At the time, detectives were a new breed of policeman, the fledgling force at Scotland Yard created only several years before. Detective Whicher is sent from London to Road, a small town northeast of Bath to investigate the murder of three-year-old Saville Kent.
The case shocked the nation and invigorated a collective interest in crime, detecting, and the idea that behind closed doors, the middle and upper classes had much to hide.
- 1/12/2011
- by Tamatha Uhmelmahaye
By Amanda Reyes
In this newfound grey area of defined roles, or lack thereof, The Innocents delves into an exploration on dualism, showcasing both possible endings in one, because the reality of the ghosts and Miss Giddens’ apparent insanity do not have to be mutually exclusive.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you. — Friedrich Nietzsche
All things truly wicked start from an innocence. — Ernest Hemingway
Henry James’ late nineteenth century novella “The Turn of the Screw” and Jack Clayton’s early 1960s cinematic adaptation The Innocents denotes both the broadness and intimacy of intertextuality. The Innocents is at once a devoted adaptation of James’ shocking horror story about corruption and yet, at the same time it becomes its own beast of repressed sexuality. The challenges presented...
In this newfound grey area of defined roles, or lack thereof, The Innocents delves into an exploration on dualism, showcasing both possible endings in one, because the reality of the ghosts and Miss Giddens’ apparent insanity do not have to be mutually exclusive.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you. — Friedrich Nietzsche
All things truly wicked start from an innocence. — Ernest Hemingway
Henry James’ late nineteenth century novella “The Turn of the Screw” and Jack Clayton’s early 1960s cinematic adaptation The Innocents denotes both the broadness and intimacy of intertextuality. The Innocents is at once a devoted adaptation of James’ shocking horror story about corruption and yet, at the same time it becomes its own beast of repressed sexuality. The challenges presented...
- 12/14/2010
- by Amanda By Night
- Planet Fury
UK cinematographer with credits including Thriller and Superman
The film directors Michael Winner and John Landis have every reason to be grateful to the British cinematographer Robert Paynter, who has died aged 82. Paynter helped visualise 10 of Winner's films and five by Landis, one of which is considered the most popular music video in history. Directed by Landis, the 14-minute video for Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983) vividly merged a pop song, innovative dancing and horror movie. Shot on 35mm stock, it featured Jackson metamorphosing into a werewolf and a zombie. Both Paynter, who created the eerie mood, and Rick Baker, credited with the stunning makeup effects, had previously teamed up effectively for Landis on An American Werewolf in London (1981).
Paynter was born in south London and educated at Mercer's school, Holborn, before being evacuated to Horsham, West Sussex, during the second world war. While still in his teens, he became a camera...
The film directors Michael Winner and John Landis have every reason to be grateful to the British cinematographer Robert Paynter, who has died aged 82. Paynter helped visualise 10 of Winner's films and five by Landis, one of which is considered the most popular music video in history. Directed by Landis, the 14-minute video for Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983) vividly merged a pop song, innovative dancing and horror movie. Shot on 35mm stock, it featured Jackson metamorphosing into a werewolf and a zombie. Both Paynter, who created the eerie mood, and Rick Baker, credited with the stunning makeup effects, had previously teamed up effectively for Landis on An American Werewolf in London (1981).
Paynter was born in south London and educated at Mercer's school, Holborn, before being evacuated to Horsham, West Sussex, during the second world war. While still in his teens, he became a camera...
- 11/18/2010
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Further to Sneak Peek reporting June 2008 on the Johnny Depp/Tim Burton feature reboot of 1960's horror TV 'soap opera' "Dark Shadows", a production start has finally been staked out by Warners for April 2011, with Depp’s Infinitum Nihil and Graham King’s Gk Films producing.
The film will be written by Seth Grahame-Smith ("Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"), who will draft a rewrite of a previous screenplay by John August.
"Dark Shadows", created by Dan Curtis, originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, June 27, 1966 to April 2, 1971. The story 'bible' for the show was written by Art Wallace.
The series became popular a year into its run, with the introduction of Canadian actor Jonathan Frid, playing 200-year old vampire 'Barnabas Collins' who encounters other vampires, werewolves, ghosts, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel and a parallel universe.
Writer Malcolm Marmorstein, who specifically created the character of Collins, also created characters 'Sam Hall',...
The film will be written by Seth Grahame-Smith ("Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"), who will draft a rewrite of a previous screenplay by John August.
"Dark Shadows", created by Dan Curtis, originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, June 27, 1966 to April 2, 1971. The story 'bible' for the show was written by Art Wallace.
The series became popular a year into its run, with the introduction of Canadian actor Jonathan Frid, playing 200-year old vampire 'Barnabas Collins' who encounters other vampires, werewolves, ghosts, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel and a parallel universe.
Writer Malcolm Marmorstein, who specifically created the character of Collins, also created characters 'Sam Hall',...
- 11/4/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Jack Clayton, 1961
This is absolute classic British black-and-white horror, creepy and atmospheric despite – or perhaps because of – the elegance and gentility of its visuals. Adapted fairly freely from Henry James's The Turn of the Screw, via William Archibald's play and Truman Capote's dialogue, it was directed by Jack Clayton, who had just had a big hit with the kitchen-sink flagwaver, Room at the Top. The Innocents couldn't be more different.
Essentially, it is a story of possession. Deborah Kerr plays Miss Giddens, a governess hired to look after little Flora and Miles by their uncle (Michael Redgrave). The pair initially seem sweet and fun but, as is the way with creepy horror-film kids, they soon turn demonic and troubled. The first intimation of this arrives when it transpires that Miles has been expelled from school, as a "bad influence"; this is compounded by the children's odd behaviour,...
This is absolute classic British black-and-white horror, creepy and atmospheric despite – or perhaps because of – the elegance and gentility of its visuals. Adapted fairly freely from Henry James's The Turn of the Screw, via William Archibald's play and Truman Capote's dialogue, it was directed by Jack Clayton, who had just had a big hit with the kitchen-sink flagwaver, Room at the Top. The Innocents couldn't be more different.
Essentially, it is a story of possession. Deborah Kerr plays Miss Giddens, a governess hired to look after little Flora and Miles by their uncle (Michael Redgrave). The pair initially seem sweet and fun but, as is the way with creepy horror-film kids, they soon turn demonic and troubled. The first intimation of this arrives when it transpires that Miles has been expelled from school, as a "bad influence"; this is compounded by the children's odd behaviour,...
- 10/22/2010
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
There is no such thing as a ghost. And even if there was, would they have enough physical presence to show up in a photograph?
I say this with full knowledge that 245,000 images are linked by Googling "photographs of ghosts," and that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the pragmatist Sherlock Holmes but a fall guy for spiritualists, endorsed the reality of the famous Cottingley Fairy Photographs, a hoax which inspired the 1995 movie "Fairy Tale: A True Story").
Perhaps you believe in ghosts, fairies, elves, leprechauns, hobbits and other mythical or mystical creatures. This is your privilege. That's not the question here. The question is, was there a ghost in a photograph of a deer I recently took in the woods in Michigan?
The possibility never occurred to me. In fact, I didn't find the photograph itself worthy of a Tweet. I'm not exactly like,
look, dudes! I shot a...
I say this with full knowledge that 245,000 images are linked by Googling "photographs of ghosts," and that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the pragmatist Sherlock Holmes but a fall guy for spiritualists, endorsed the reality of the famous Cottingley Fairy Photographs, a hoax which inspired the 1995 movie "Fairy Tale: A True Story").
Perhaps you believe in ghosts, fairies, elves, leprechauns, hobbits and other mythical or mystical creatures. This is your privilege. That's not the question here. The question is, was there a ghost in a photograph of a deer I recently took in the woods in Michigan?
The possibility never occurred to me. In fact, I didn't find the photograph itself worthy of a Tweet. I'm not exactly like,
look, dudes! I shot a...
- 9/8/2010
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
Director Tim Burton's feature adaptation of the 1960's gothic horror TV series "Dark Shadows" will start shooting January 2011, based on a fresh take by writer Seth Grahame-Smith ("Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"), who will rewrite a previous screenplay by John August.
Actor Johnny Depp and his production company Infinitum-Nihil, will produce the film, in association with Warner Bros.
"Dark Shadows", created by Dan Curtis, originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, June 27, 1966 to April 2, 1971. The story 'bible' for the show was written by Art Wallace.
The series became popular a year into its run, with the introduction of Canadian actor Jonathan Frid, playing 200-year old vampire 'Barnabas Collins' who encounters other vampires, werewolves, ghosts, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel and a parallel universe.
Writer Malcolm Marmorstein, who specifically created the character of Collins, also created characters 'Sam Hall', 'Gordon Russell' and 'Violet Welles'.
Actor Johnny Depp and his production company Infinitum-Nihil, will produce the film, in association with Warner Bros.
"Dark Shadows", created by Dan Curtis, originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, June 27, 1966 to April 2, 1971. The story 'bible' for the show was written by Art Wallace.
The series became popular a year into its run, with the introduction of Canadian actor Jonathan Frid, playing 200-year old vampire 'Barnabas Collins' who encounters other vampires, werewolves, ghosts, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel and a parallel universe.
Writer Malcolm Marmorstein, who specifically created the character of Collins, also created characters 'Sam Hall', 'Gordon Russell' and 'Violet Welles'.
- 7/15/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Director Sydney Pollack 1934-2008.
Director Sydney Pollack passed two years ago today. I had the good fortune to meet and interview Sydney Pollack twice, both of which are included here: first in 1999 for his well-made but ill-fated romantic drama "Random Hearts," and again in 2006 for what would be his final film, "Sketches of Frank Gehry," a masterful documentary look at the eponymous architect's life, work and process. It was also in many respects a personal investigation for Pollack himself, which he spoke quite candidly about during our conversation.
This has been a tough year for those of us who were weaned on the films of the so-called "Easy Riders and Raging Bulls" who made the iconic films of the late 1960s and 1970s, with the loss of such figures as Pollack, Roy Scheider, and others of the era. Pollack was certainly among the lions of that pack, but was perhaps...
Director Sydney Pollack passed two years ago today. I had the good fortune to meet and interview Sydney Pollack twice, both of which are included here: first in 1999 for his well-made but ill-fated romantic drama "Random Hearts," and again in 2006 for what would be his final film, "Sketches of Frank Gehry," a masterful documentary look at the eponymous architect's life, work and process. It was also in many respects a personal investigation for Pollack himself, which he spoke quite candidly about during our conversation.
This has been a tough year for those of us who were weaned on the films of the so-called "Easy Riders and Raging Bulls" who made the iconic films of the late 1960s and 1970s, with the loss of such figures as Pollack, Roy Scheider, and others of the era. Pollack was certainly among the lions of that pack, but was perhaps...
- 5/26/2010
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Stephen Volk has written for television and film for over twenty years. His debut script formed the basis of Gothic, a typically outré work from Ken Russell and based upon the infamous night at the Villa Diodati where Byron, John Polidori, Mary Shelley and Percy Shelley entertained each other with ghost stories. In 1989, Volk went off to Hollywood and worked with William Friedkin on The Guardian.
However it was 1992’s television drama, Ghostwatch, which cemented his reputation and entered history as one of the legendary moments of British television. The BBC drama was presented as a live broadcast and featured several high profile t.v. presenters including Michael Parkinson and Sarah Greene. Based on the famous case of the Enfield Poltergeist, the public reaction was vitriolic (to say the least), with many believing the show to be real and that presenter Sarah Greene had really been attacked and locked in...
However it was 1992’s television drama, Ghostwatch, which cemented his reputation and entered history as one of the legendary moments of British television. The BBC drama was presented as a live broadcast and featured several high profile t.v. presenters including Michael Parkinson and Sarah Greene. Based on the famous case of the Enfield Poltergeist, the public reaction was vitriolic (to say the least), with many believing the show to be real and that presenter Sarah Greene had really been attacked and locked in...
- 5/24/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Earlier this month it was announced Stephen Volk’s latest film script (co-written with director Nick Murphy), The Awakening, was going into production with Rebecca Hall, Imelda Staunton and Dominic West in lead roles. The story centres on a female scientist named Florence Cathcart (Hall) who investigates ghostly goings-on at a boarding school in the English countryside.
Very recently I interviewed Stephen Volk to discuss The Awakening and his other work including the notorious Ghostwatch, and he told me how happy and excited he is about this latest project:
“I think BBC Films is always immaculate at period drama and for years I’ve wanted them to make a good ghost movie that isn’t an adaptation of an old book. Since this one was created by me, I’m very pleased about that.”
What with the proliferation of gore and blood splattering that goes on in the horror genre these days,...
Very recently I interviewed Stephen Volk to discuss The Awakening and his other work including the notorious Ghostwatch, and he told me how happy and excited he is about this latest project:
“I think BBC Films is always immaculate at period drama and for years I’ve wanted them to make a good ghost movie that isn’t an adaptation of an old book. Since this one was created by me, I’m very pleased about that.”
What with the proliferation of gore and blood splattering that goes on in the horror genre these days,...
- 5/21/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
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