Clay McLeod Chapman And Andrea Mutti Conjure The New Horror Series “SÉANCE In The Asylum”: "We’re receiving a message from the beyond! Dark Horse Comics presents Séance in the Asylum, a new historical horror series from renowned writer Clay McLeod Chapman and artist Andrea Mutti that will have you questioning what’s real and what’s not. Chapman will write the series and Mutti will illustrate, with Trevor Henderson, Francesco Francavilla, Lukas Ketner, and Jenna Cha rounding out the circle and providing variant cover art on issues #1-4.
“Years back, I uncovered an esoteric text -- The Homeopathic Principle Applied to Insanity: A Proposal to Treat Lunacy by Spiritualism by Dr. James John Garth Wilkinson -- written all the way back in 1857, and I knew within my bones, my blood, that this was destined to be a story,” said Chapman. “As a lifelong acolyte of the Fox Sisters,...
“Years back, I uncovered an esoteric text -- The Homeopathic Principle Applied to Insanity: A Proposal to Treat Lunacy by Spiritualism by Dr. James John Garth Wilkinson -- written all the way back in 1857, and I knew within my bones, my blood, that this was destined to be a story,” said Chapman. “As a lifelong acolyte of the Fox Sisters,...
- 3/15/2024
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
The Aeta Agta, or Dumagat, are collective terms for several Filipino indigenous peoples who live in various parts of the island of Luzon in the Philippines. They are thought to be among the earliest inhabitants of the Philippines, preceding the Austronesian migrations. Aeta communities were historically nomadic hunter-gatherers, practices that they seem to retain even nowadays. Zig Dulay’s latest work, which is screening at Sine Halaga Film Festival, focuses on an Aeta boy who finds reality clashing with his dreams.
“Black Rainbow” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
Itan, a 12-year-old boy wants to study and become a lawyer, also in order to read through all the documents the Aeta community had been receiving, and particularly one that forces them to give up ancestral lands up in the mountain to give way for mining. However, his father cannot spare him, since he needs him...
“Black Rainbow” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
Itan, a 12-year-old boy wants to study and become a lawyer, also in order to read through all the documents the Aeta community had been receiving, and particularly one that forces them to give up ancestral lands up in the mountain to give way for mining. However, his father cannot spare him, since he needs him...
- 3/2/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Get Carter (1971). Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures.A fascinating figure in British cinema, Mike Hodges made his astonishing debut with Get Carter in 1971, a vicious tale of gangland revenge featuring an immortal lead performance from Michael Caine. A seminal British gangster movie, Get Carter immediately announced the arrival of a filmmaker with a keen eye for genre deconstruction, the film’s pithy nihilism and modernist sensibilities strikingly attuned to its vision of wanton amorality and national dilapidation. Other studio gigs followed, but film after film, it quickly became apparent that executives and marketing departments had no idea what to do with the work of this perennial outsider. The Terminal Man (1974) never saw a UK release, and A Prayer for the Dying (1987) was re-cut behind his back. Horror sequel Omen II: Damien (1978) was a disaster from the off, with Hodges unceremoniously replaced as director, and Black Rainbow (1989) effectively vanished for some 30 years.
- 5/11/2022
- MUBI
One only gets word on a new Panos Cosmatos film so often—might as well appreciate it as it comes. Though the director, who we’ve admired since Beyond the Black Rainbow shocked us a decade ago, recently set an episode of Guillermo del Toro’s Netflix anthology Cabinet of Curiosities, the four years since Mandy have been quiet. We’re accordingly thrilled he’s set Nekrokosm, a “phantasmagorical fantasy nightmare” backed by A24 and XYZ Films, with Maegan Houang scripting from an idea devised by her and the director.
However tight a lid’s kept, the stamp left by Black Rainbow and Mandy makes it easy to align initial description—that it’s “set deep within a strange galaxy where two lovers are torn apart as they try to survive a malevolent invasion”—with what may follow. Cosmatos’ visual sense could perhaps be described as a moving Omni cover,...
However tight a lid’s kept, the stamp left by Black Rainbow and Mandy makes it easy to align initial description—that it’s “set deep within a strange galaxy where two lovers are torn apart as they try to survive a malevolent invasion”—with what may follow. Cosmatos’ visual sense could perhaps be described as a moving Omni cover,...
- 3/24/2022
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Zig Dulay was born in Santiago, Isabela and holds a degree in Communication Arts from the University of the Philippines Baguio and Masters in U.P. Diliman specializing in creative writing. He directed his debut feature, “The Last Kiss” in 2011. He wrote several scripts for different directors. After his short “Missing” in 2013, he directed several multi-rewarded long features, with “The Baggage” winning a number of awards, including the Golden Cyclo at Fica Vesoul in 2016.
On the occasion of his presence in the International Jury of Fica Vesoul 2022, we talk with him about the ways he has changed as a filmmaker through the years, shooting indigenous people, the way he shot “Black Rainbow”, his latest movie, the Filipino movie industry and many other topics.
You have been shooting movies and TV series for more than 10 years now.In what ways do you feel you have changed from the beginning of your career until now?...
On the occasion of his presence in the International Jury of Fica Vesoul 2022, we talk with him about the ways he has changed as a filmmaker through the years, shooting indigenous people, the way he shot “Black Rainbow”, his latest movie, the Filipino movie industry and many other topics.
You have been shooting movies and TV series for more than 10 years now.In what ways do you feel you have changed from the beginning of your career until now?...
- 2/19/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The Aeta Agta, or Dumagat, are collective terms for several Filipino indigenous peoples who live in various parts of the island of Luzon in the Philippines. They are thought to be among the earliest inhabitants of the Philippines, preceding the Austronesian migrations. Aeta communities were historically nomadic hunter-gatherers, practices that they seem to retain even nowadays. Zig Dulay’s latest work, which is screening at Sine Halaga Film Festival, focuses on an Aeta boy who finds reality clashing with his dreams.
“Black Rainbow” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
Itan, a 12-year-old boy wants to study and become a lawyer, also in order to read through all the documents the Aeta community had been receiving, and particularly one that forces them to give up ancestral lands up in the mountain to give way for mining. However, his father cannot spare him, since he needs him to help...
“Black Rainbow” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
Itan, a 12-year-old boy wants to study and become a lawyer, also in order to read through all the documents the Aeta community had been receiving, and particularly one that forces them to give up ancestral lands up in the mountain to give way for mining. However, his father cannot spare him, since he needs him to help...
- 9/7/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Faircroft’s Antiques: Home For Christmas
Mia Faircroft’s Hidden Object travels continue! With her friend Maria Wise in tow, Mia returns to her family for a well-earned break. But home is not without its fair share of problems, and soon she gets to work to rescue the holidays! Explore vividly realized hidden object scenes, restore works of art in fun minigames, and bring joy this season in Faircroft’s Antiques: Home for Christmas!
Faircroft’s Antiques: The Heir of Glen Kinnoch
Mia Faircroft returns in this thrilling new hidden object adventure! When the untimely demise of one William MacDougal leaves his castle without an heir, Mia is called on to the humble little town of Glen Kinnoch to retrace his past and find his relatives. Uncover long-lost secrets through beautifully rendered hidden object scenes, piece together art and history in engaging minigames, and help the townsfolk find a new...
Mia Faircroft’s Hidden Object travels continue! With her friend Maria Wise in tow, Mia returns to her family for a well-earned break. But home is not without its fair share of problems, and soon she gets to work to rescue the holidays! Explore vividly realized hidden object scenes, restore works of art in fun minigames, and bring joy this season in Faircroft’s Antiques: Home for Christmas!
Faircroft’s Antiques: The Heir of Glen Kinnoch
Mia Faircroft returns in this thrilling new hidden object adventure! When the untimely demise of one William MacDougal leaves his castle without an heir, Mia is called on to the humble little town of Glen Kinnoch to retrace his past and find his relatives. Uncover long-lost secrets through beautifully rendered hidden object scenes, piece together art and history in engaging minigames, and help the townsfolk find a new...
- 4/1/2021
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Tales From Dragon Mountain 1: The Strix
Mina Lockheart’s dreams became unbearable nightmares. She had a dream about her grandmother Kate and their old family house being eaten by flames. One day, Mina decided to travel back to their family estate to make peace with her own memories and feelings of loss and loneliness. But after she arrived there, what happens is something she could not imagine even in her wildest dreams. What started as a simple trip of search for inner peace, turned out to be the greatest, unimaginable adventure of her life!
Tales From Dragon Mountain 2: The Lair
It has been years since brave Mina Lockheart defeated Lord Strix. But dark shadows are rising once again! Spirits are restless! For he has awaken! Evil Lord Strix is breeding a new army to enslave all creatures from the Dragon Mountains. It is once again up to Mina...
Mina Lockheart’s dreams became unbearable nightmares. She had a dream about her grandmother Kate and their old family house being eaten by flames. One day, Mina decided to travel back to their family estate to make peace with her own memories and feelings of loss and loneliness. But after she arrived there, what happens is something she could not imagine even in her wildest dreams. What started as a simple trip of search for inner peace, turned out to be the greatest, unimaginable adventure of her life!
Tales From Dragon Mountain 2: The Lair
It has been years since brave Mina Lockheart defeated Lord Strix. But dark shadows are rising once again! Spirits are restless! For he has awaken! Evil Lord Strix is breeding a new army to enslave all creatures from the Dragon Mountains. It is once again up to Mina...
- 8/5/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
“Men lie with me, not to me!”
Rosanna Arquette and Jason Robards in Black Rainbow (1988) is currently avalable on Blu-ray From Arrow Video
Mike Hodges wrote and directed this supernatural chiller as a meditation on the human race’s ability to destroy the world, a gothic tale of suspense and the occult, guaranteed to send shivers down your spine.Martha Travis is a travelling clairvoyant on the road with her sceptic father. During a séance Martha communicates a message from a dead man to his wife in the audience. Shocked the wife insists her husband is still alive. Later that evening the husband is killed by a ruthless assassin. As Martha foresees more and more tragic events journalist Gary Wallace follows the pair in pursuit of a hot story with catastrophically eerie results.
Sent direct to cable by its struggling distributor on initial release, Black Rainbow unfairly never got the exposure it deserved,...
Rosanna Arquette and Jason Robards in Black Rainbow (1988) is currently avalable on Blu-ray From Arrow Video
Mike Hodges wrote and directed this supernatural chiller as a meditation on the human race’s ability to destroy the world, a gothic tale of suspense and the occult, guaranteed to send shivers down your spine.Martha Travis is a travelling clairvoyant on the road with her sceptic father. During a séance Martha communicates a message from a dead man to his wife in the audience. Shocked the wife insists her husband is still alive. Later that evening the husband is killed by a ruthless assassin. As Martha foresees more and more tragic events journalist Gary Wallace follows the pair in pursuit of a hot story with catastrophically eerie results.
Sent direct to cable by its struggling distributor on initial release, Black Rainbow unfairly never got the exposure it deserved,...
- 7/27/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
As his supernatural thriller about murder and corruption in the Bible belt hits screens after three decades in limbo, the director talks about smash hits and on-set anarchy
‘If you make films that don’t fit into a particular slot, distributors and publicity people just don’t know what to do with them,” muses Mike Hodges from his Dorset farm. It’s the story of his career. Hodges, who turns 88 this month, made two of the best-known British movies ever: definitive gangster thriller Get Carter and sci-fi romp Flash Gordon. But many of his other films, through no fault of his own, barely saw the light of day. His 1974 sci-fi thriller The Terminal Man never got a UK release; he was fired from Damien: Omen II; Mickey Rourke Ira thriller A Prayer for the Dying was re-edited behind his back.
And then there’s supernatural thriller Black Rainbow, that Hodges...
‘If you make films that don’t fit into a particular slot, distributors and publicity people just don’t know what to do with them,” muses Mike Hodges from his Dorset farm. It’s the story of his career. Hodges, who turns 88 this month, made two of the best-known British movies ever: definitive gangster thriller Get Carter and sci-fi romp Flash Gordon. But many of his other films, through no fault of his own, barely saw the light of day. His 1974 sci-fi thriller The Terminal Man never got a UK release; he was fired from Damien: Omen II; Mickey Rourke Ira thriller A Prayer for the Dying was re-edited behind his back.
And then there’s supernatural thriller Black Rainbow, that Hodges...
- 7/15/2020
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
To celebrate the release of Black Rainbow– available now from Arrow Video – we have a copy up for grabs!
Mike Hodges wrote and directed this supernatural chiller as a meditation on the human race’s ability to destroy the world, a gothic tale of suspense and the occult, guaranteed to send shivers down your spine.
Martha Travis is a travelling clairvoyant on the road with her sceptic father. During a séance Martha communicates a message from a dead man to his wife in the audience. Shocked, the wife insists her husband is still alive. Later that evening the husband is killed by a ruthless assassin. As Martha foresees more and more tragic events journalist Gary Wallace follows the pair in pursuit of a hot story… with catastrophically eerie results.
Sent direct-to-video by its struggling distributor on initial release, Black Rainbow unfairly never got the exposure it deserved, newly restored from...
Mike Hodges wrote and directed this supernatural chiller as a meditation on the human race’s ability to destroy the world, a gothic tale of suspense and the occult, guaranteed to send shivers down your spine.
Martha Travis is a travelling clairvoyant on the road with her sceptic father. During a séance Martha communicates a message from a dead man to his wife in the audience. Shocked, the wife insists her husband is still alive. Later that evening the husband is killed by a ruthless assassin. As Martha foresees more and more tragic events journalist Gary Wallace follows the pair in pursuit of a hot story… with catastrophically eerie results.
Sent direct-to-video by its struggling distributor on initial release, Black Rainbow unfairly never got the exposure it deserved, newly restored from...
- 7/11/2020
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
After a few relatively quiet weeks to wrap up June’s home media releases, July comes roaring back with a slate of titles that genre fans will definitely want to add to their Blu-ray and DVD collections. Arrow Video has been staying extremely busy as of late, with three different releases coming out on Tuesday: Black Rainbow from Flash Gordon director Mike Hodges, Zombie for Sale, and Teruo Ishii’s Inferno of Torture. Criterion Collection is also celebrating an all-time sci-fi classic this Tuesday, The War of the Worlds, and if you haven’t had a chance to check it out on Shudder, Belzebuth is headed to both Blu-ray and DVD this week as well.
Leomark is showing some love to the Godfather of Gore, Herschell Gordon Lewis, with their Blu-ray presentation of Bloodmania, and Kino Lorber is resurrecting The Flesh and the Fiends for a Special Edition Blu this week,...
Leomark is showing some love to the Godfather of Gore, Herschell Gordon Lewis, with their Blu-ray presentation of Bloodmania, and Kino Lorber is resurrecting The Flesh and the Fiends for a Special Edition Blu this week,...
- 7/7/2020
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
New from Arrow Video Us and Arrow Academy Us Zombie For Sale [Blu-ray] (7/7) Black Rainbow [Blu-ray] (7/7) Inferno Of Torture [Blu-ray] (7/7) Hiroshima [Blu-ray] (7/14) Bloodstone [Blu-ray] (7/21) Life Is A Long Quiet River [Blu-ray] (7/21) via Mvd Entertainment Group Arrow’s July Lineup Includes Underseen Classics and Award Winners! Arrow continues to bring the fire this summer with 6 new …
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- 6/30/2020
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
To celebrate the release of Black Rainbow – available on Blu-ray 6th July from Arrow Video – we have a copy up for grabs!
Mike Hodges (Get Carter) wrote and directed this supernatural chiller as a meditation on the human race’s ability to destroy the world, a gothic tale of suspense and the occult, guaranteed to send shivers down your spine.
Martha Travis is a travelling clairvoyant on the road with her sceptic father. During a séance Martha communicates a message from a dead man to his wife in the audience. Shocked, the wife insists her husband is still alive. Later that evening the husband is killed by a ruthless assassin. As Martha foresees more and more tragic events journalist Gary Wallace follows the pair in pursuit of a hot story… with catastrophically eerie results.
Sent direct-to-video by its struggling distributor on initial release, Black Rainbow unfairly never got the exposure it deserved,...
Mike Hodges (Get Carter) wrote and directed this supernatural chiller as a meditation on the human race’s ability to destroy the world, a gothic tale of suspense and the occult, guaranteed to send shivers down your spine.
Martha Travis is a travelling clairvoyant on the road with her sceptic father. During a séance Martha communicates a message from a dead man to his wife in the audience. Shocked, the wife insists her husband is still alive. Later that evening the husband is killed by a ruthless assassin. As Martha foresees more and more tragic events journalist Gary Wallace follows the pair in pursuit of a hot story… with catastrophically eerie results.
Sent direct-to-video by its struggling distributor on initial release, Black Rainbow unfairly never got the exposure it deserved,...
- 6/30/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Arrow Video is excited to announce the July slate of titles on their subscription-based Arrow Video Channel, including acclaimed undead comedy Zombie for Sale and Gamera: The Complete Collection, all twelve films starring mankind’s greatest defender: a fire-breathing mutant turtle.
An infectiously funny slice of modern Korean cinema where Train to Busan, The Quiet Family and Warm Bodies collide to create Zombie for Sale, a memorable rom-zom-com from debut director Lee Min-jae. For the first time ever, fans can trace the decades-long evolution of Gamera, from the “friend of all children” in his more light-hearted earlier films, to the Guardian of the Universe in the groundbreaking 1990s reboot series, often hailed as three of the best kaiju films ever made.
Zombie for Sale and Gamera: The Complete Collection will be available July 1st on the Arrow Video Channel in the Us and the UK. Additional new titles available July 1st include Creepshow 2,...
An infectiously funny slice of modern Korean cinema where Train to Busan, The Quiet Family and Warm Bodies collide to create Zombie for Sale, a memorable rom-zom-com from debut director Lee Min-jae. For the first time ever, fans can trace the decades-long evolution of Gamera, from the “friend of all children” in his more light-hearted earlier films, to the Guardian of the Universe in the groundbreaking 1990s reboot series, often hailed as three of the best kaiju films ever made.
Zombie for Sale and Gamera: The Complete Collection will be available July 1st on the Arrow Video Channel in the Us and the UK. Additional new titles available July 1st include Creepshow 2,...
- 6/26/2020
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Arrow Video Channel Bites Into July Lineup SVOD Channel Offers Classic and Cutting Edge Cult Cinema July Seasons Include Asia Extreme & 80s Horror New Titles Include Zombie for Sale, The 12-Film Gamera Collection, Creepshow 2, Bloodstone, Black Rainbow & Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence London, UK – Arrow Video is excited to announce the July …
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- 6/25/2020
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
In terms of great living horror legends, Japanese mangaka Junji Ito is easily one of the most distinctive. His manga, featuring oddball characters with sunken eyes and creepy smiles being menaced by all sorts of monsters and phenomena that are often more absurd than traditionally "spooky" are truly one of a kind, always finding a way to turn the comically strange into something more bone-chilling than just about any shuffling zombie or deranged serial killer. He’s made terrifying body horror out of sleeping bags, existential horror out of oddly shaped imprints in a fault, and my favorite: creating a full-blown, genuinely horrifying apocalyptic scenario out of fleshy, noose-equipped weather balloons.
Naturally, with an author as infamous and popular as Ito (he’s even worked with Pokémon developer Game Freak for promotional art), it’s only a matter of time before film adaptations start rolling out. There are a lot of them out there,...
Naturally, with an author as infamous and popular as Ito (he’s even worked with Pokémon developer Game Freak for promotional art), it’s only a matter of time before film adaptations start rolling out. There are a lot of them out there,...
- 10/13/2018
- by Perry Ruhland
- DailyDead
Beyond the Black Rainbow, the first feature from director Panos Cosmatos, quickly established the Italian-Canadian as a name to remember. With his follow-up Mandy, Cosmatos raises the bar. Anchored by a central performance from Nicolas Cage that is equal parts tender and furious, Mandy doubles down on Costmatos’ firm commitment to tone, while strengthening the emotional foundation amidst the swirl of colors and mayhem. Oozing like a dream that goes south, Mandy is a hallucinogenic vision of vengeance.
Ahead of the film’s opening this week, we sat down with Cosmatos to discuss crafting a tone and steady pace for Mandy to build emotions, recognizing different sides of Nicolas Cage to show on screen, finding commonalities with the late Jóhan Jóhansson during their collaboration, and shattering the delusional self-image of egomaniacal men.
The Film Stage: So, I read that Red Miller (Nicolas Cage) is based partially on a police officer from your childhood,...
Ahead of the film’s opening this week, we sat down with Cosmatos to discuss crafting a tone and steady pace for Mandy to build emotions, recognizing different sides of Nicolas Cage to show on screen, finding commonalities with the late Jóhan Jóhansson during their collaboration, and shattering the delusional self-image of egomaniacal men.
The Film Stage: So, I read that Red Miller (Nicolas Cage) is based partially on a police officer from your childhood,...
- 9/12/2018
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
Just a few days ago, Beyond the Black Rainbow filmmaker Panos Cosmatos’ second feature Mandy celebrated its world premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with Cosmatos, as well as the film’s star Nicolas Cage (who was only able to join us briefly) and co-star Linus Roache, who portrays the villainous cult leader Jeremiah, and they discussed the evolution of Mandy, their experiences collaborating together and with Andrea Riseborough, who plays the titular character, and much more.
Panos, can you speak about why you wanted to make the film, and for the actors, can you two discuss why you wanted to be a part of this project in particular?
Nicolas Cage: I wanted to work with Panos. I'd seen Beyond the Black Rainbow. I thought it was powerfully unique, a world unto itself, visionary and artistic and hallucinogenic. I felt that, to be...
Panos, can you speak about why you wanted to make the film, and for the actors, can you two discuss why you wanted to be a part of this project in particular?
Nicolas Cage: I wanted to work with Panos. I'd seen Beyond the Black Rainbow. I thought it was powerfully unique, a world unto itself, visionary and artistic and hallucinogenic. I felt that, to be...
- 1/24/2018
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
In an era of dime-a-dozen Nicolas Cage movies, you may think you know what you’re getting when sitting down for his latest feature. Rest assured, nothing could prepare you for the experience of Mandy. I’m not even referring to the gory and gleeful shocks–of which the back half has many–but rather Panos Cosmatos’ intoxicating, singular version, which mixes beauty and batshit insanity for an LSD-fueled descent into darkness like no other.
Of course, those familiar with his vibrant debut feature Beyond the Black Rainbow–also set in 1983–will be no stranger to Cosmatos’ phantasmagorical style, having waited nearly a decade for a follow-up. With his revenge tale Mandy, he shows an impressive expansion of scope while still retaining a hazy psychedelic palette, but most compelling is his union with the perfect actor to lead this psychotic vision: Nicolas Cage. Working as a lumberjack in what looks like the Pacific Northwest,...
Of course, those familiar with his vibrant debut feature Beyond the Black Rainbow–also set in 1983–will be no stranger to Cosmatos’ phantasmagorical style, having waited nearly a decade for a follow-up. With his revenge tale Mandy, he shows an impressive expansion of scope while still retaining a hazy psychedelic palette, but most compelling is his union with the perfect actor to lead this psychotic vision: Nicolas Cage. Working as a lumberjack in what looks like the Pacific Northwest,...
- 1/21/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
In 2010, filmmaker Panos Cosmatos came out guns blazing with his feature film debut, Beyond the Black Rainbow, and his follow-up project, Mandy, proved to be well worth the wait for those of us who have patiently waited to see just what the boundary-pushing director would do next. Like a powder keg of cinematic insanity ready to blow at any given moment (and when it does, man, the results are glorious), Mandy makes for a stunning companion piece to Black Rainbow in many ways, and yet still feels like a wholly unique step forward from Cosmatos. It’s hard to believe that he’s only two films into his career, but just based on his track record so far, Panos is now poised to become one of the boldest filmmaking voices of his generation.
At its core, Mandy is a story of revenge, as we watch in horror while Red Miller...
At its core, Mandy is a story of revenge, as we watch in horror while Red Miller...
- 1/21/2018
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
It’s hard to believe, but another year of the Sundance Film Festival is nearly upon us. Kicking off this Thursday, Sundance will be running until January 28th in Park City, Utah, and Daily Dead will be on-hand to check out an assortment of genre-related offerings. That being said, there’s a handful of films that immediately caught this writer’s attention as soon as they were announced for Sundance 2018, and here’s a look at what has me excited from this year’s festival lineup:
You Were Never Really Here: When I heard that We Need to Talk About Kevin writer/director Lynne Ramsay was teaming up with Joaquin Phoenix for her follow-up feature, that’s all I needed to hear for me to be 100 percent on board for You Were Never Really Here. I’m so ready for Ramsay to screw with my sensibilities once again, and Phoenix...
You Were Never Really Here: When I heard that We Need to Talk About Kevin writer/director Lynne Ramsay was teaming up with Joaquin Phoenix for her follow-up feature, that’s all I needed to hear for me to be 100 percent on board for You Were Never Really Here. I’m so ready for Ramsay to screw with my sensibilities once again, and Phoenix...
- 1/17/2018
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Syfy’s popular zombie series “Z Nation” just keeps shambling on, and tonight the two-episode Season 4 finale, “Mt. Weather/The Black Rainbow,” airs. If you’re a fan of the show, we have good news for you… it’s not over yet as David Latt of The Asylum has announced on Twitter the pickup of “Z Nation” for […]
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- 12/15/2017
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Odd List Ryan Lambie Simon Brew 14 Nov 2013 - 06:19
The overlooked greats of the year 1998 come under the spotlight in our list of its 25 underappreciated movies...
Dominated as it was by the financial success of two giant killer asteroid movies, gross-out comedy hit There's Something About Mary and Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, 1998 proved to be an extraordinary year for cinema.
Okay, so history doesn't look back too fondly on Roland Emmerich's mishandled Godzilla remake, and Lethal Weapon 4 was hardly the best buddy-cop flick ever made, despite its handsome profit. But search outside the top-10 grossing films of that year, and you'll find all kinds of spectacular modern classics: Peter Weir's wonderful The Truman Show, John Frankenheimer's rock-solid thriller Ronin, and Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line.
Then there was The Big Lebowski, the Coen brothers' sublime comedy that has since become a deserved and oft-quoted cult favourite.
The overlooked greats of the year 1998 come under the spotlight in our list of its 25 underappreciated movies...
Dominated as it was by the financial success of two giant killer asteroid movies, gross-out comedy hit There's Something About Mary and Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, 1998 proved to be an extraordinary year for cinema.
Okay, so history doesn't look back too fondly on Roland Emmerich's mishandled Godzilla remake, and Lethal Weapon 4 was hardly the best buddy-cop flick ever made, despite its handsome profit. But search outside the top-10 grossing films of that year, and you'll find all kinds of spectacular modern classics: Peter Weir's wonderful The Truman Show, John Frankenheimer's rock-solid thriller Ronin, and Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line.
Then there was The Big Lebowski, the Coen brothers' sublime comedy that has since become a deserved and oft-quoted cult favourite.
- 11/13/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
2012 wasn’t a bad year for movies. It was actually a great year. The problem is, the movies we were most anticipating, specifically the Hollywood blockbusters like Prometheus and The Hobbit, didn’t live up to our expectations. With that said I still managed to make a list of 50 films I loved. Maybe I just have bad taste or maybe I just love movies but the most time consuming factor when making this list was sitting down and deciding what makes the cut and what doesn’t. Even with 50 films listed below, I found it hard to not include movies like Frankenweenie, The Loneliest Planet, Footnote, Compliance, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, and Searching For Sugar Man. Come to think of it, every film featured on our list of best documentaries could have easily snuck into this list. I haven’t seen everything of course. Below is...
- 12/23/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Imagine if you would a band as much influenced by At The Drive-In as they are Iron Maiden whose style often evokes casual likenings to prog-rock champions Rush and whom write their music and lyrics in large part to tell an epic science-fiction narrative which has already been translated into a comic book series and prose novel and, oh yeah, that story has just been optioned by Mark Wahlberg and Steven Levinson of Leverage for a film adaptation. Having a bit of trouble forging such an overpowering concoction of awesome? Well first of all, calm down, you should relax more. Secondly, I’ll help you out of this jam – the band is Coheed and Cambria and their story contains its own story known as The Amory Wars.
For those unfamiliar, honestly, I’m not concerned with you; that’s what Wikipedia’s for. But in case you don’t have...
For those unfamiliar, honestly, I’m not concerned with you; that’s what Wikipedia’s for. But in case you don’t have...
- 9/4/2012
- by Joseph Kratzer
- Obsessed with Film
Now this is the Coheed and Cambria I came to know and love.
I’ve been a huge fan of Coheed ever since their launch to mainstream stardom with A Favor House Atlantic, opening the door to their science fiction influenced rock greatness. Taking over the progressive rock genre by storm, songs like Devil In Jersey City and Welcome Home could be heard blasting from my car, as I indulged in fresh tracks influenced by old school rockers, like a punkish Iron Maiden/Rush hybrid.
Then, in 2010, Coheed released Year of the Black Rainbow, a CD which tried to break the normal patters. Diluted with heavy synth and super crunchy distorted guitars, the CD left an empty pit in my stomach which had me cycling through past songs and yearning for a palate cleanser to get me past Year of the Black Rainbow.
Well fear not Coheed and Cambria fans who share my same sentiment,...
I’ve been a huge fan of Coheed ever since their launch to mainstream stardom with A Favor House Atlantic, opening the door to their science fiction influenced rock greatness. Taking over the progressive rock genre by storm, songs like Devil In Jersey City and Welcome Home could be heard blasting from my car, as I indulged in fresh tracks influenced by old school rockers, like a punkish Iron Maiden/Rush hybrid.
Then, in 2010, Coheed released Year of the Black Rainbow, a CD which tried to break the normal patters. Diluted with heavy synth and super crunchy distorted guitars, the CD left an empty pit in my stomach which had me cycling through past songs and yearning for a palate cleanser to get me past Year of the Black Rainbow.
Well fear not Coheed and Cambria fans who share my same sentiment,...
- 8/29/2012
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Coheed and Cambria have announced details of their upcoming sixth studio album. The Afterman will be a double-album, with The Afterman: Ascension released on October 8. The Afterman: Descension will then follow in February 2013. The two records will be the follow-up to 2010's Year of the Black Rainbow, and will feature new bassist Zach Cooper and returning drummer Josh Eppard, who have replaced Michael Todd and Chris Pennie respectively. The concept albums will continue to be set in the band's alternate universe of 'Heaven's Fence', which are part of their series titled The Amory Wars. The Amory Wars is currently being developed by Mark Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson of Leverage Productions for a live-action feature film. It follows the story of a superhuman dictator named Wilhelm Ryan, and a family that may have (more)...
- 8/1/2012
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
Perhaps you.ve heard of Panos Cosmatos. Beyond the Black Rainbow. The trippy sci-fi effort played assorted festivals in 2011 . including Tribeca in April and Canda.s Fantasia International Film Festival in July . and generated press for its surreal visuals. As Magnet Releasing plans to usher Black Rainbow into theaters, they.ve prepped a trailer to set the mood. We have it below, or you can see it in hi-def on Apple.com. That.s the best music video Pink Floyd never made. It looks like The Tree of Life meets 2001 by way of Logan.s Run -- and if that description doesn.t get you excited, then Black Rainbow isn.t your type of film. The influence of 1960s and .70s genre cinema is evident in Cosmatos. imagery, which plays with the confining-yet-freeing yin-yang of science-fiction storytelling. The second half of Rainbow, which appears to take place in the female...
- 2/14/2012
- cinemablend.com
One of the weirdest trailers I have seen in awhile arrived online today thanks to Blastr (via /Film). That is the trippy trailer for Beyond the Black Rainbow from writer-director Panos Cosmatos. The film reminds me of Thx-1138 to an extent, and looks pretty cool. I like the visual style and tone set by the music in this trailer.
Synopsis:
Beyond the Black Rainbow, written and directed by Panos Cosmatos, is a Reagan-era fever dream inspired by hazy childhood memories of midnight movies and Saturday morning cartoons. Cosmatos brings a bold, Kubrickian vision to the screen in stunning detail in this sci-fi fable of a young woman imprisoned in an experimental laboratory and the enigmatic scientist who is her captor. Set in a futuristic 1983, Elena finds herself held against her will in a mysterious facility under the watchful eye of the sinister Dr. Barry Nyle. Pushed to her limits, Elena...
Synopsis:
Beyond the Black Rainbow, written and directed by Panos Cosmatos, is a Reagan-era fever dream inspired by hazy childhood memories of midnight movies and Saturday morning cartoons. Cosmatos brings a bold, Kubrickian vision to the screen in stunning detail in this sci-fi fable of a young woman imprisoned in an experimental laboratory and the enigmatic scientist who is her captor. Set in a futuristic 1983, Elena finds herself held against her will in a mysterious facility under the watchful eye of the sinister Dr. Barry Nyle. Pushed to her limits, Elena...
- 2/14/2012
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Let the new age of enlightenment begin. Ohh do we have something totally weird for you to end your week with. Magnet has unveiled the first official trailer via Apple for a strange, mysterious, trippy indie science fiction film called Beyond The Black Rainbow, written and directed by Panos Cosmatos. Deep within the mysterious Arboria Institute, a disturbed and beautiful girl is held captive by a doctor in search of inner peace. Her mind controlled by a sinister technology. The cast includes Eva Allan, Michael Rogers and Scott Hylands. This looks insane, yet potentially brilliant like Cube, I need to see it. Give it a shot below. Watch the official trailer for Panos Cosmatos' Beyond The Black Rainbow via Apple: You can also download the Beyond The Black Rainbow trailer in High Def over on Apple Set in the strange and oppressive emotional landscape of the year 1983, Black Rainbow...
- 2/11/2012
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
What can I say about Beyond the Black Rainbow that hasn’t already been said about licking toads while watching a 70s slasher flick behind your neighborhood scientific research compound? Writer/director Panos Cosmatos‘s deranged trip down the rabbit hole feels like Cronenberg and Argento furiously impregnated a robot named Tarkovsky. It’s homage at its highest form – work born directly from the visual and storytelling tropes of iconic artists that manages to feel brand new with the presence of a fresh personality. In the 80s-set film, and stop me if you’ve heard this one, Elena (Eva Allan) is held captive in a research facility by Barry Nyle (Michael Rogers), the demented product of a cult-like program born two decades earlier that sought to merge science and religion. As he slowly deteriorates mentally, blood starts spilling, but even if Elena gets a chance to escape, she’ll have him murderously on her trail. The...
- 11/9/2011
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Filmmakers have continued to push boundaries and find new innovative ways to elicit the emotions of fear, disgust and horror from viewers. Since Alfred Hitchcock directors strived to provoke viewer’s nightmares, hidden fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Although a good deal of it is about the supernatural, others have focused more on a plot about morbidity, serial killers, a disease/virus outbreak, surrealism and more. This year we see vampires, outbreaks, poltergeists, aliens, zombies, and psychological horror/character studies featured on our list.
What is considered to be a horror film has varied from decade to decade. These days, the term “horror” is applied to films which display more explicit gore, jump scenes/scares or supernatural content whereas early horror movies were largely based on classic literature of the gothic/horror genre, such as Dracula, Frankenstein, The Phantom of the Opera, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
What is considered to be a horror film has varied from decade to decade. These days, the term “horror” is applied to films which display more explicit gore, jump scenes/scares or supernatural content whereas early horror movies were largely based on classic literature of the gothic/horror genre, such as Dracula, Frankenstein, The Phantom of the Opera, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
- 10/16/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Evil Ink Comics and Boom! Studios have announced that the zombie comic book Key of Z will be released on October 19th. We have the official press release and a look at the cover art for the first issue.
“With sights set on New York Comic Con, Halloween (and possibly the Mlb playoffs), Evil Ink Comics and Boom! Studios proudly announced the debut of Claudio Sanchez’s Key Of Z, infesting store shelves October 19th! The announcement comes coupled with brand new, never-before-seen Issue #1 cover art by Flourescent Black’s Nathan Fox.
Key Of Z, co-written by Sanchez and Chondra Echert, introduces Nick Ewing, a man left to survive in a post-zombie-apocalyptic New York City while seeking revenge on those responsible for the death of his family – the warring gangs residing in The Big Apple’s most illustrious athletic houses.
The much-anticipated Key Of Z #1 features interior art from The Amory Wars’ Aaron Kuder,...
“With sights set on New York Comic Con, Halloween (and possibly the Mlb playoffs), Evil Ink Comics and Boom! Studios proudly announced the debut of Claudio Sanchez’s Key Of Z, infesting store shelves October 19th! The announcement comes coupled with brand new, never-before-seen Issue #1 cover art by Flourescent Black’s Nathan Fox.
Key Of Z, co-written by Sanchez and Chondra Echert, introduces Nick Ewing, a man left to survive in a post-zombie-apocalyptic New York City while seeking revenge on those responsible for the death of his family – the warring gangs residing in The Big Apple’s most illustrious athletic houses.
The much-anticipated Key Of Z #1 features interior art from The Amory Wars’ Aaron Kuder,...
- 9/28/2011
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Beyond The Black Rainbow
Directed by Panos Cosmatos
Screenplay Panos Cosmatos
Canada, 2011
Director Panos Cosmatos pays homage to sci-fi films of the 70′s and 80′s with his first feature Beyond The Black Rainbow, a melting pot rich in bold images and thick in retro atmosphere. While many claim Cosmatos exhibits a Kubrikian influence, Rainbow is best described as follows: a Richard Stanley piece on acid, with a dash of Thx 1138, echoes of Solaris, the iconography of Luis Buñuel and Kenneth Anger – the music of John Carpenter, the provocative visions of Dario Argento and David Cronenberg, and a narrative structure reminiscent of David Lynch and Ken Russell. Yet despite its cinematic influences, Cosmatos produces something that has a distinct character all its own. Describing what the film is about is a tough task, but it can be said that Black Rainbow explores notions of inter-dimensional time travel and control, both psychological and physical.
Directed by Panos Cosmatos
Screenplay Panos Cosmatos
Canada, 2011
Director Panos Cosmatos pays homage to sci-fi films of the 70′s and 80′s with his first feature Beyond The Black Rainbow, a melting pot rich in bold images and thick in retro atmosphere. While many claim Cosmatos exhibits a Kubrikian influence, Rainbow is best described as follows: a Richard Stanley piece on acid, with a dash of Thx 1138, echoes of Solaris, the iconography of Luis Buñuel and Kenneth Anger – the music of John Carpenter, the provocative visions of Dario Argento and David Cronenberg, and a narrative structure reminiscent of David Lynch and Ken Russell. Yet despite its cinematic influences, Cosmatos produces something that has a distinct character all its own. Describing what the film is about is a tough task, but it can be said that Black Rainbow explores notions of inter-dimensional time travel and control, both psychological and physical.
- 9/27/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
What happens when you mix an ex-priest, flowing amounts of alcohol, some inappropriate jokes about Mexicans, a drunken former lover, and a firefighting father trying (and failing) to avoid a scene?
A Gavin wedding, of course!
Where so many other television shows tend to romanticize nuptials, "Vows" found a fresh and highly entertaining way to experience a bride and groom coming together. In fact, longing gazes and background pop songs were nowhere to be found. It was all about awkward moments and the many possible ways a wedding can go anything but smoothly.
Tommy managed to take part in a majority of the hilariously uncomfortable scenes. From forcing his way into walking his daughter down the aisle to discussing the Black Rainbow with Black Shawn's parents, Tommy was left uneasy, rambling, and without success. Being on your best behavior is a lot harder than it looks.
Sheila knocking over a woman and shouting,...
A Gavin wedding, of course!
Where so many other television shows tend to romanticize nuptials, "Vows" found a fresh and highly entertaining way to experience a bride and groom coming together. In fact, longing gazes and background pop songs were nowhere to be found. It was all about awkward moments and the many possible ways a wedding can go anything but smoothly.
Tommy managed to take part in a majority of the hilariously uncomfortable scenes. From forcing his way into walking his daughter down the aisle to discussing the Black Rainbow with Black Shawn's parents, Tommy was left uneasy, rambling, and without success. Being on your best behavior is a lot harder than it looks.
Sheila knocking over a woman and shouting,...
- 9/1/2011
- by smckenna412@gmail.com (Sean McKenna)
- TVfanatic
I don’t think any other news story that’s emerged today made me smile quite like this next one did. ScreenDaily has learned that Magnet Releasing has picked up Panos Cosmatos‘ debut, Beyond the Black Rainbow, with domestic distribution planned for later this year.
Starring Michael Rogers, Eva Allan, Scott Hylands and Marilyn Norry, Black Rainbow is a film that some of us were lucky enough to see at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, and it’s one that I don’t think any of us have forgotten since. A sci-fi period piece that also acts as something of a horror film, it’s a visually stunning, mentally perplexing little movie, and is pretty much destined to have a cult following.
Nothing appears to have been revealed about when it’ll be hitting theaters, except that a theatrical release will be happening this year. While you could see...
Starring Michael Rogers, Eva Allan, Scott Hylands and Marilyn Norry, Black Rainbow is a film that some of us were lucky enough to see at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, and it’s one that I don’t think any of us have forgotten since. A sci-fi period piece that also acts as something of a horror film, it’s a visually stunning, mentally perplexing little movie, and is pretty much destined to have a cult following.
Nothing appears to have been revealed about when it’ll be hitting theaters, except that a theatrical release will be happening this year. While you could see...
- 5/20/2011
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Director Panos Cosmatos definitley has balls. His first feature, Beyond The Black Rainbow, is one of the most psychedelic offerings in quite some time, and the film reaches beyond the abstract into territory few films dare to explore. The question is, does Cosmatos have the vision and the talent to match his confidence? Decide for yourself when you see the film!
Dread Central caught up with Cosmatos during the Tribeca Film Fest and talked with him about his new film...
Well, I think it kind of works best when the audience sort of discovers it as it unfolds. So, I think it’s one of those films where the less you know about before you go in the better, you know? I’ve had some experiences where I walked into a film and knew nothing about it, and those are some of the most powerful experiences I’ve ever had in a theater.
Dread Central caught up with Cosmatos during the Tribeca Film Fest and talked with him about his new film...
Well, I think it kind of works best when the audience sort of discovers it as it unfolds. So, I think it’s one of those films where the less you know about before you go in the better, you know? I’ve had some experiences where I walked into a film and knew nothing about it, and those are some of the most powerful experiences I’ve ever had in a theater.
- 5/5/2011
- by Drew Tinnin
- DreadCentral.com
I got a kick out of John Marrone's review for Beyond The Black Rainbow, because it's so incredibly descriptive and yet his e-mail to me summed it all up in a simple sentence: "'Black Rainbow' is unique, hypnotizing art... [it's] not for everyone by far, but it broke so many rules. I thought it was landmark." Panos Cosmatos' trippy vision premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival this past weekend and has been compared to Pink Floyd's The Wall and Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange. Marrone calls the film "a pure 100% pharmaceutical grade drip and makes it extremely clear that it's not going to be for everyone; in short, you're either going to Love it or Despise it (there's no in between). You can read his entire review by clicking the title above, inside you'll dig on the trailer.
- 5/3/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
Now in its 10th year, legendary actor Robert De Niro's Tribeca Film Festival is once again on the horizon and this year, the fest is cooking up more innovative programming and side projects then ever before. Sundance might be the end all be all of independent film, but the downtown Manhattan staple is creeping right up alongside it -- and they have the support to prove it.
This year's judges include Michael Cera, Whoopi Goldberg, David O. Russell, Jason Sudeikis, Nora Ephron, Anna Kendrick and more. Tribeca means business!
Along with a film line-up of star-filled indies, eclectic world cinema and a few intriguing unknowns hoping to generate buzz, the fest is also introducing a new on-demand system that will allow many of the films at the festival to be viewed by you in the comfort of your own home.
So what can you expect emerging from the festival?...
This year's judges include Michael Cera, Whoopi Goldberg, David O. Russell, Jason Sudeikis, Nora Ephron, Anna Kendrick and more. Tribeca means business!
Along with a film line-up of star-filled indies, eclectic world cinema and a few intriguing unknowns hoping to generate buzz, the fest is also introducing a new on-demand system that will allow many of the films at the festival to be viewed by you in the comfort of your own home.
So what can you expect emerging from the festival?...
- 4/20/2011
- by Matt Patches
- NextMovie
Reviewed by Randee Dawn
(April 2011, screening at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: Panos Cosmatos
Starring: Michael Rogers, Eva Allan, Scott Hylands, Marilyn Norry and Rondel Reynoldsen
Children of the 1980s grew up amid the progressively impersonal — freaky synth music (hello, Tangerine Dream), increasingly necessary computers and the distant if real threat of nuclear annihilation. Strange then, how most retro Reagan-era films focus on the decade’s rapacious greed, big hair and general fluffiness: This was a dystopic, not utopian, time in a lot of ways.
Director Panos Cosmatos has been thinking about this, and with “Beyond the Black Rainbow” he gets it right — that crushing sense of the future superseding the individual. Bridging the gap between Stanley Kubrick’s sterile, absurdist horror and the tweaked-out human transformation vision of “Altered States,” Cosmatos’ “sci-fi retro” film skillfully builds an almost unbearable tension thanks to a well-paced narrative, glowing fluorescent walls,...
(April 2011, screening at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: Panos Cosmatos
Starring: Michael Rogers, Eva Allan, Scott Hylands, Marilyn Norry and Rondel Reynoldsen
Children of the 1980s grew up amid the progressively impersonal — freaky synth music (hello, Tangerine Dream), increasingly necessary computers and the distant if real threat of nuclear annihilation. Strange then, how most retro Reagan-era films focus on the decade’s rapacious greed, big hair and general fluffiness: This was a dystopic, not utopian, time in a lot of ways.
Director Panos Cosmatos has been thinking about this, and with “Beyond the Black Rainbow” he gets it right — that crushing sense of the future superseding the individual. Bridging the gap between Stanley Kubrick’s sterile, absurdist horror and the tweaked-out human transformation vision of “Altered States,” Cosmatos’ “sci-fi retro” film skillfully builds an almost unbearable tension thanks to a well-paced narrative, glowing fluorescent walls,...
- 4/17/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Randee Dawn
(April 2011, screening at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: Panos Cosmatos
Starring: Michael Rogers, Eva Allan, Scott Hylands, Marilyn Norry and Rondel Reynoldsen
Children of the 1980s grew up amid the progressively impersonal — freaky synth music (hello, Tangerine Dream), increasingly necessary computers and the distant if real threat of nuclear annihilation. Strange then, how most retro Reagan-era films focus on the decade’s rapacious greed, big hair and general fluffiness: This was a dystopic, not utopian, time in a lot of ways.
Director Panos Cosmatos has been thinking about this, and with “Beyond the Black Rainbow” he gets it right — that crushing sense of the future superseding the individual. Bridging the gap between Stanley Kubrick’s sterile, absurdist horror and the tweaked-out human transformation vision of “Altered States,” Cosmatos’ “sci-fi retro” film skillfully builds an almost unbearable tension thanks to a well-paced narrative, glowing fluorescent walls,...
(April 2011, screening at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: Panos Cosmatos
Starring: Michael Rogers, Eva Allan, Scott Hylands, Marilyn Norry and Rondel Reynoldsen
Children of the 1980s grew up amid the progressively impersonal — freaky synth music (hello, Tangerine Dream), increasingly necessary computers and the distant if real threat of nuclear annihilation. Strange then, how most retro Reagan-era films focus on the decade’s rapacious greed, big hair and general fluffiness: This was a dystopic, not utopian, time in a lot of ways.
Director Panos Cosmatos has been thinking about this, and with “Beyond the Black Rainbow” he gets it right — that crushing sense of the future superseding the individual. Bridging the gap between Stanley Kubrick’s sterile, absurdist horror and the tweaked-out human transformation vision of “Altered States,” Cosmatos’ “sci-fi retro” film skillfully builds an almost unbearable tension thanks to a well-paced narrative, glowing fluorescent walls,...
- 4/17/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
In about a month or so, the new college basketball season will tip off, which means that we're inching ever closer to another go-round in the MTV Musical March Madness tournament. Earlier this year, the first version of the tournament wrapped up, and though the competition was fierce and intense, one band stood above all others. Fans of Coheed and Cambria galvanized their numbers and pushed their favorite band through the early rounds, into the later match-ups and finally to the top of the mountain. They scored the victory, received their trophy and carried their mantle into their seemingly never-ending tour for their latest album Year of the Black Rainbow.
Frontman Claudio Sanchez has been busy outside the band too. He is the author of the comic book series "Amory Wars" and "Kill Audio," projects that brought him to last weekend's New York Comic Con. After discussing his current favorite...
Frontman Claudio Sanchez has been busy outside the band too. He is the author of the comic book series "Amory Wars" and "Kill Audio," projects that brought him to last weekend's New York Comic Con. After discussing his current favorite...
- 10/12/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
Well, that was fast. Back in the fall, Trent Reznor took Nine Inch Nails on the road for a tour he called "Wave Goodbye," which was meant to represent the retirement of Nine Inch Nails as a band. But Reznor didn't hang up the musical spurs for long, as he is back with How to Destroy Angels, a group that consists of himself, wife (and former West Indian Girl singer) Mariqueen Maandig and producer Atticus Ross (who has provided studio trickery for the last four Nine Inch Nails releases and recently produced Coheed and Cambria's Year of the Black Rainbow).
In keeping with recent trends, Reznor has provided the entirety of How to Destroy Angels' self-titled debut Ep for free (though if you want a higher-quality recording with a new high-definition video, that will cost you two bucks). Though the Ep doesn't carry the Nine Inch Nails name, the music...
In keeping with recent trends, Reznor has provided the entirety of How to Destroy Angels' self-titled debut Ep for free (though if you want a higher-quality recording with a new high-definition video, that will cost you two bucks). Though the Ep doesn't carry the Nine Inch Nails name, the music...
- 6/1/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
Not many bands can take on the world of fiction storytelling and concept albums quite like Coheed & Cambria, who've spread across five records an epic tale that manages to weave together sci-fi, horror, romance and coming of age. With their most recent release, Year Of The Black Rainbow, Coheed are delving into the meaning behind the songs with a series of videos. Read on to check out a look at "In The Flame Of Error" with singer Claudio Sanchez and veteran metal drummer, Howard Stern personality and Fango friend Richard Christy!
- 5/1/2010
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
- Fangoria
New Mgmt, Coheed and Cambria albums see strong debuts.
By Gil Kaufman
Justin Bieber
Photo: Jeff Kravitz/ Getty Images
There's just no holding down Justin Bieber. The pint-size Canadian pop sensation will hold onto the #1 slot on the Billboard 200 albums chart next week, thanks to another 92,000 in sales for his My World 2.0 album, which has sold more than 760,000 copies in its first month. The competition wasn't even really close, though hipster duo Mgmt had a relatively strong showing for their difficult second album, Congratulations, which debuts at #2 (66,000), according to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan.
The other debut in the top 10 comes from complicated rockers Coheed and Cambria, who notch a #5 showing for Year of the Black Rainbow (51,000). It's the concept-album-loving MTV Musical March Madness champs' highest-ever chart debut.
The rest of the top 10 found Acm darlings Lady Antebellum moving up a notch with Need You Now (65,000), the year's best-selling album so far,...
By Gil Kaufman
Justin Bieber
Photo: Jeff Kravitz/ Getty Images
There's just no holding down Justin Bieber. The pint-size Canadian pop sensation will hold onto the #1 slot on the Billboard 200 albums chart next week, thanks to another 92,000 in sales for his My World 2.0 album, which has sold more than 760,000 copies in its first month. The competition wasn't even really close, though hipster duo Mgmt had a relatively strong showing for their difficult second album, Congratulations, which debuts at #2 (66,000), according to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan.
The other debut in the top 10 comes from complicated rockers Coheed and Cambria, who notch a #5 showing for Year of the Black Rainbow (51,000). It's the concept-album-loving MTV Musical March Madness champs' highest-ever chart debut.
The rest of the top 10 found Acm darlings Lady Antebellum moving up a notch with Need You Now (65,000), the year's best-selling album so far,...
- 4/21/2010
- MTV Music News
Ke$ha, Coheed and Cambria and more knock last week's champ Jack Johnson out of the top 10.
By Gil Kaufman
B.o.B
Photo: Frank Mullen
The critical response to Mgmt's sophomore album Congratulations has been mixed so far, but their fans had no qualms downloading the psychedelic warriors' album from iTunes. According to figures provided by iTunes, the trippy disc shot right to #1 on the iTunes albums chart this week, bumping mellow strummer Jack Johnson out of the #1 position. (In fact, after one week at the top, Johnson was out of the top 10 entirely for the sales week that ended Monday).
Mgmt were followed by Ke$ha's Animal, which likely stormed back up thanks to her appearance on "Saturday Night Live," and Coheed And Cambria's Year of the Black Rainbow, which we like to think was goosed by their win in the MTV Musical March Madness competition.
By Gil Kaufman
B.o.B
Photo: Frank Mullen
The critical response to Mgmt's sophomore album Congratulations has been mixed so far, but their fans had no qualms downloading the psychedelic warriors' album from iTunes. According to figures provided by iTunes, the trippy disc shot right to #1 on the iTunes albums chart this week, bumping mellow strummer Jack Johnson out of the #1 position. (In fact, after one week at the top, Johnson was out of the top 10 entirely for the sales week that ended Monday).
Mgmt were followed by Ke$ha's Animal, which likely stormed back up thanks to her appearance on "Saturday Night Live," and Coheed And Cambria's Year of the Black Rainbow, which we like to think was goosed by their win in the MTV Musical March Madness competition.
- 4/20/2010
- MTV Music News
Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a three pack of songs from Coheed and Cambria, as well as singles form Supergrass, Siouxsie & The Banshees and The Violent Femmes will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii. Coheed and Cambria are adding more tracks to the Rock Band Music Store next week with three songs from the band.s new album, Year of the Black Rainbow . .Guns of Summer,. .Here We Are Juggernaut. and .The Broken.. Year of the Black Rainbow is the fifth studio album from Coheed and Cambria and was released April 13 as a standard album, as well as a deluxe edition, featuring...
- 4/16/2010
- by Hector Cortez
- Monsters and Critics
Last week, the Blue Devils of Duke University won the Ncaa basketball tournament. Though they were a top-seeded team, nobody gave them much of a chance to win when the brackets were first announced (most everybody had Kansas, Kentucky, Syracuse or West Virginia running the table). There was another champion crowned last week that was even more unlikely: Coheed and Cambria, who won the MTV Musical March Madness tournament in grand fashion, defeating My Chemical Romance in the finals after trouncing all over heavy hitters like Paramore, Tokio Hotel and Phish.
Earlier today (April 13), the men of Coheed and Cambria stopped by the MTV Newsroom to collect their trophy (and also to talk about their new album Year of the Black Rainbow, which just hit stores today). The guys were genuinely excited to receive the trophy, which was handed over by MTV News' own James Montgomery.
The band sent a...
Earlier today (April 13), the men of Coheed and Cambria stopped by the MTV Newsroom to collect their trophy (and also to talk about their new album Year of the Black Rainbow, which just hit stores today). The guys were genuinely excited to receive the trophy, which was handed over by MTV News' own James Montgomery.
The band sent a...
- 4/13/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
'The lyrics are a bit more universal, and the themes that are in the songs are universal,' Claudio Sanchez tells MTV News.
By James Montgomery
Coheed and Cambria
Photo: MTV News
By their own admission, Coheed and Cambria's Year of the Black Rainbow, which hit stores Tuesday (April 13), is their most "accessible" album to date. That sort of makes us wonder how they define the term "accessible" in the first place. For proof, here's frontman Claudio Sanchez to explain the story line behind the disc.
"It's [about] the origin of Coheed and Cambria. Basically, this void forms above Heaven's Fence, which is deemed 'the Black Rainbow' because no one really knows what it is," Sanchez said. "And half the inhabitants believe that maybe it's the Hand of God and the unfortunate things that are about to come. Or it's confirmation that Wilhelm Ryan, the evil dictator that is ruling all of Heaven's Fence,...
By James Montgomery
Coheed and Cambria
Photo: MTV News
By their own admission, Coheed and Cambria's Year of the Black Rainbow, which hit stores Tuesday (April 13), is their most "accessible" album to date. That sort of makes us wonder how they define the term "accessible" in the first place. For proof, here's frontman Claudio Sanchez to explain the story line behind the disc.
"It's [about] the origin of Coheed and Cambria. Basically, this void forms above Heaven's Fence, which is deemed 'the Black Rainbow' because no one really knows what it is," Sanchez said. "And half the inhabitants believe that maybe it's the Hand of God and the unfortunate things that are about to come. Or it's confirmation that Wilhelm Ryan, the evil dictator that is ruling all of Heaven's Fence,...
- 4/13/2010
- MTV Music News
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