The Singapore government’s support for the film industry has helped a lot of people to make their first feature. Moving on to a sophomore performance is a trickier proposition.
Some of Singapore’s most recent first feature debutants, K. Rajagopal (“A Yellow Bird”), Wong Chen-Hsi (“Innocents”) and Jacen Tan (“Zombiepura”), assembled Saturday for a seminar at the Singapore International Film Festival.
After their first feature efforts, all three of them have had a hiatus, but are now developing new projects.
“I didn’t have my second script right away. […] There’s lot of pressure after your first feature. You need to be disciplined to say I’m not ready, I need space, I need time, when people ask you about your second script,” said Wong, who won Shanghai film festival’s Best New Director award with her first feature “Innocents” (2012).
Rajagopal, whose “Yellow Bird” premiered in Cannes’ Critics’ Week in 2016, agreed.
Some of Singapore’s most recent first feature debutants, K. Rajagopal (“A Yellow Bird”), Wong Chen-Hsi (“Innocents”) and Jacen Tan (“Zombiepura”), assembled Saturday for a seminar at the Singapore International Film Festival.
After their first feature efforts, all three of them have had a hiatus, but are now developing new projects.
“I didn’t have my second script right away. […] There’s lot of pressure after your first feature. You need to be disciplined to say I’m not ready, I need space, I need time, when people ask you about your second script,” said Wong, who won Shanghai film festival’s Best New Director award with her first feature “Innocents” (2012).
Rajagopal, whose “Yellow Bird” premiered in Cannes’ Critics’ Week in 2016, agreed.
- 11/24/2019
- by Sonia Kil
- Variety Film + TV
Dark Summer and Alien Outpost – 2 Thrillers Set for July
Two Contemporary Thrillers Available July 7th, 2015 from Scream Factory This July, beat the summer heat with two highly stylized horror thrillers, Dark Summer and Alien Outpost, both making their Blu-ray and DVD debut on July 7th, 2015 from Scream Factory, in partnership with IFC Midnight. Featuring exciting new bonus content including cast and crew ...
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Two Contemporary Thrillers Available July 7th, 2015 from Scream Factory This July, beat the summer heat with two highly stylized horror thrillers, Dark Summer and Alien Outpost, both making their Blu-ray and DVD debut on July 7th, 2015 from Scream Factory, in partnership with IFC Midnight. Featuring exciting new bonus content including cast and crew ...
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- 5/16/2015
- by Horrornews.net
- Horror News
Horror-themed VOD platform TheHorrorShow.TV has six more movies scheduled for the coming weeks, including the UK premieres of Dark Summer, Leprechaun’s Revenge and Bedlam. The scary sextet joins the other 250 films, many of them exclusives, on the UK’s home of horror on demand, which offers pay-as-you-go (stream or download) or Netflix-style monthly subscription, which gives horror fans access to a growing number of the platform’s films for just £2.99 per month.
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (February Tbc)
A truly mad concoction, blending 1950s juvenile delinquents, sci-fi melodrama, song-and-dance, and a touch of horror, everything in just the right combination to create an engaging big screen spectacle! This curious and curiously entertaining story involves one Jonathan Xavier and his devoted misfit gang who, incidentally, have been exiled to Earth from the far reaches of outer space. Johnny’s former girlfriend Bliss has left him and stolen his Resurrection Suit,...
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (February Tbc)
A truly mad concoction, blending 1950s juvenile delinquents, sci-fi melodrama, song-and-dance, and a touch of horror, everything in just the right combination to create an engaging big screen spectacle! This curious and curiously entertaining story involves one Jonathan Xavier and his devoted misfit gang who, incidentally, have been exiled to Earth from the far reaches of outer space. Johnny’s former girlfriend Bliss has left him and stolen his Resurrection Suit,...
- 2/18/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
There’s nothing more confusing in the world of film than release dates, and that statement rings true now more than ever. Keeping up with VOD dates, in particular, can be a real bitch, and in this new regular feature we’re… Continue Reading →
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The post Today on VOD: Your Predestination Is a Dark Summer appeared first on Dread Central.
- 1/9/2015
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
Nearly 60 years after his death, James Dean is still mourned by millions of fans throughout the world. Despite only making three films – all of them for Warner Bros. – Dean became one of Hollywood’s most spectacular stars, and almost 60 years later still remains an internationally compelling force, an iconic image, and a cult favorite of timeless fascination.
On 28th October, 2013, Warner Home Video will release East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant (a George Stevens production), on remastered Blu-ray™ as the James Dean Ultimate Collector’s Edition – a limited and numbered six-disc set that boasts three feature-length documentaries about Dean’s life including James Dean Forever Young, narrated by Martin Sheen; American Masters James Dean Sense Memories and George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey. Packaged in a double-wide gift set, the collection also contains a 48-page photo book with behind-the-scene images and rare insight into each film.
On 28th October, 2013, Warner Home Video will release East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant (a George Stevens production), on remastered Blu-ray™ as the James Dean Ultimate Collector’s Edition – a limited and numbered six-disc set that boasts three feature-length documentaries about Dean’s life including James Dean Forever Young, narrated by Martin Sheen; American Masters James Dean Sense Memories and George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey. Packaged in a double-wide gift set, the collection also contains a 48-page photo book with behind-the-scene images and rare insight into each film.
- 11/9/2013
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
It was just yesterday that we told you about Grace director Paul Solet's new project Dark Summer and just like that we have dug our claws into the official Cannes sales artwork. Check it out!
From the Press Release
Paul Solet (Grace) will direct Dark Summer for Preferred Film & TV (Pft), based off a screenplay by Mike Le (creator of the popular web series K-town). Dark Summer is produced by Pft's Ross M. Dinerstein and executive produced by Content Film's Jamie Carmichael. Content will handle international sales on the supernatural horror starting at Cannes. Content will share North American sales duties with Preferred Content’s Kevin Iwashina. Production is set to begin in fall 2013.
A highly stylized modern ghost story, Dark Summer follows Daniel Williamson, a 17-year-old on house arrest for the summer. With his mother away on business, a horrifying incident occurs, followed by an even more terrifying presence in the house.
From the Press Release
Paul Solet (Grace) will direct Dark Summer for Preferred Film & TV (Pft), based off a screenplay by Mike Le (creator of the popular web series K-town). Dark Summer is produced by Pft's Ross M. Dinerstein and executive produced by Content Film's Jamie Carmichael. Content will handle international sales on the supernatural horror starting at Cannes. Content will share North American sales duties with Preferred Content’s Kevin Iwashina. Production is set to begin in fall 2013.
A highly stylized modern ghost story, Dark Summer follows Daniel Williamson, a 17-year-old on house arrest for the summer. With his mother away on business, a horrifying incident occurs, followed by an even more terrifying presence in the house.
- 5/8/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Yesterday, we brought you the news that Paul Solet (Grace) was prepping to shoot the feature film Dark Summer.
A highly stylized modern ghost story, the film follows Daniel Williamson, a 17 year old on house arrest for the summer. With his mother away on business, a horrifying incident occurs, followed by an even more terrifying presence in the house.
Shooting begins this fall and, inside, you can find the first poster art.
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A highly stylized modern ghost story, the film follows Daniel Williamson, a 17 year old on house arrest for the summer. With his mother away on business, a horrifying incident occurs, followed by an even more terrifying presence in the house.
Shooting begins this fall and, inside, you can find the first poster art.
Read more...
- 5/8/2013
- shocktillyoudrop.com
She is here – says the first teaser poster for Dark Summer, which finally has a director! We’ve just learned that Grace helmer Paul Solet is on board to bring us a highly stylized modern ghost story. Make sure you check out the rest of this report for more details ’cause we definitely think that this twisted supernatural thriller deserves your full attention! So, at this moment we can inform you that Solet will direct the whole thing from a script written by K-Town creator Mike Lee. The movie will revolve around Daniel Williamson, a 17 year old on house arrest for the summer. With...
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- 5/7/2013
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
We've been waiting patiently for director Paul Solet to deliver another scare fest, and it looks like the waiting game is about to pay off in spades with his newly announced flick Dark Summer! Read on for details.
From the Press Release
Paul Solet (Grace) will direct Dark Summer for Preferred Film & TV (Pft), based off a screenplay by Mike Le (creator of the popular web series K-town). Dark Summer is produced by Pft's Ross M. Dinerstein and executive produced by Content Film's Jamie Carmichael. Content will handle international sales on the supernatural horror starting at Cannes. Content will share North American sales duties with Preferred Content’s Kevin Iwashina. Production is set to begin in fall 2013.
A highly stylized modern ghost story, Dark Summer follows Daniel Williamson, a 17-year-old on house arrest for the summer. With his mother away on business, a horrifying incident occurs, followed by an even...
From the Press Release
Paul Solet (Grace) will direct Dark Summer for Preferred Film & TV (Pft), based off a screenplay by Mike Le (creator of the popular web series K-town). Dark Summer is produced by Pft's Ross M. Dinerstein and executive produced by Content Film's Jamie Carmichael. Content will handle international sales on the supernatural horror starting at Cannes. Content will share North American sales duties with Preferred Content’s Kevin Iwashina. Production is set to begin in fall 2013.
A highly stylized modern ghost story, Dark Summer follows Daniel Williamson, a 17-year-old on house arrest for the summer. With his mother away on business, a horrifying incident occurs, followed by an even...
- 5/7/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
It's been a while since we had a new feature from Grace director Paul Solet. It's been since Grace, actually, which is a surprisingly long time given the acclaim that met Solet's debut. But he's coming back now with his latest feature - Dark Summer - launching pre-sales in the upcoming Cannes Marche Du Film.May 7, 2013 - London/Los Angeles - Paul Solet (Grace) will direct Dark Summer for Preferred Film & TV (Pft), based off a screenplay by Mike Le (creator of the popular web series, K-town. Dark Summer is produced by Pft's Ross M. Dinerstein and executive produced by Content Film's Jamie Carmichael. Content will handle international sales on the supernatural horror starting at Cannes. Content will share North American sales duties with...
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- 5/7/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Grace director Paul Solet is slipping back into the director's chair for a new feature film called Dark Summer.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film "follows the tale of a 17-year-old on house arrest for the summer. When his mother is away on business, a horrifying incident occurs, followed by an even more terrifying presence in the house."
Read more...
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film "follows the tale of a 17-year-old on house arrest for the summer. When his mother is away on business, a horrifying incident occurs, followed by an even more terrifying presence in the house."
Read more...
- 5/7/2013
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Paul Solet ( Grace ) is set to direct Dark Summer for Preferred Film & TV, based off a screenplay by Mike Le (creator of the popular web series, "K-Town"). You can check out the teaser poster below! Said to be a highly stylized modern ghost story, Dark Summer follows Daniel Williamson, a 17 year old on house arrest for the summer. With his mother away on business, a horrifying incident occurs, followed by an even more terrifying presence in the house. "We are excited to be working with Paul and Mike on this twisted supernatural thriller," said producer Ross M. Dinerstein. "Paul's visceral visual style combined with Mike's complex characters will both terrify and entertain the audience." Content.s Carmichael said, .Paul is such a quality...
- 5/7/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Jeff is ready to geek out! That means it must be time for the Toronto After Dark Film Festival starting October 18th and running through October 26th. Shawn Savage, Jeff Konopka and Kirk Haviland get down and dirt with the entire festival line up. This is a content packed podcast filled with all the info a festival-goer could want. If you can’t attend the Toronto After Dark Film Festival this year this will be a great way to get ready for our future casts that will follow Jeff’s journey into madness of festival land Toronto. These are movies that are going to be talked about throughout the next year. If you’re a horror, cult, genre movie fan than these are most likely movies that you’re going to want to see. Inbred, American Mary, Rec 3… Movies… you’ll… want… to… hear about. As you’ll notice there...
- 10/15/2012
- by Jimmy Terror
- The Liberal Dead
In our second Dead Air round up of the Toronto After Dark Summer Screenings presentation your host Jeff Konopka is joined once again by Kirk Haviland of Entertainment Maven to discuss two films that have being seeing yays and nays from both the happy campers and the deeply unhappy critics. For those of you not in the know, the Toronto After Dark Film Festival takes place in October and features many horror and genre films from some big name festivals throughout the year and world premiers as well. The summer screening is a chance to give the audience a taste of some festival like features that may be coming out before the date of the festival. This week we have Detention and V/H/S on the docket. Both are movies that know how to inspire nothing less than an engorged tick’s worth of controversy. You either love ‘em or hate ‘em.
- 9/13/2012
- by Jimmy Terror
- The Liberal Dead
In this installment of the Dead Air podcast Jeff Konopka and Kirk Haviland of Entertainment Maven review two films from the Toronto After Dark Summer Screenings which happened June 27th and July 11th, the precursor to the Toronto After Dark Film Festival coming this October. This will be a two part podcast starting with The Pact and Juan of the Dead and to be followed in the coming weeks by a separate podcast featuring Detention and V/H/S. The guys will talk about the festival in general, why you need to make itToronto (film fest capital ofCanada and maybe the world) and why you need to check out all the After Dark features whether at the festival or upon their DVD release.
The guys will make sure to stay away from spoilers throughout the episode due to the limited release of these features. This will be a good introduction...
The guys will make sure to stay away from spoilers throughout the episode due to the limited release of these features. This will be a good introduction...
- 8/16/2012
- by Jimmy Terror
- The Liberal Dead
Directors: Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, Radio Silence
Writers: Simon Barrett, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, David Bruckner, Tyler Gillett, Justin Martinez, Glenn McQuaid, Radio Silence, Nicholas Tecosky, Chad Villella, Ti West
Featuring: Calvin Reeder, Lane Hughes, Adam Wingard, Hannah Fierman, Mike Donlan, Joe Swanberg
There has been some big excitement around the new film V/H/S since it premiered at Sundance earlier this year, and this recently culminated in the sold-out screening at the Toronto After Dark Summer Screenings.
V/H/S features a series of found-footage shorts written and directed by Adam Wingard (A Horrible Way to Die), David Bruckner (The Signal), Ti West (The Innkeepers), Glenn McQuaid (I Sell the Dead), Joe Swanberg, and the directing quartet Radio Silence (formerly known as Chad, Matt & Rob). The overall result is likely one of the scariest films you’ll see this year.
The idea was the...
Writers: Simon Barrett, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, David Bruckner, Tyler Gillett, Justin Martinez, Glenn McQuaid, Radio Silence, Nicholas Tecosky, Chad Villella, Ti West
Featuring: Calvin Reeder, Lane Hughes, Adam Wingard, Hannah Fierman, Mike Donlan, Joe Swanberg
There has been some big excitement around the new film V/H/S since it premiered at Sundance earlier this year, and this recently culminated in the sold-out screening at the Toronto After Dark Summer Screenings.
V/H/S features a series of found-footage shorts written and directed by Adam Wingard (A Horrible Way to Die), David Bruckner (The Signal), Ti West (The Innkeepers), Glenn McQuaid (I Sell the Dead), Joe Swanberg, and the directing quartet Radio Silence (formerly known as Chad, Matt & Rob). The overall result is likely one of the scariest films you’ll see this year.
The idea was the...
- 7/21/2012
- by Kelly Michael Stewart
- Planet Fury
Anna Chesters on Bobbi Brown's latest collection, the Summer Darks trend and an eye-poppingly expensive eye treatment
On trend
Summer makeup doesn't have to be all about being buffed, bronzed and highlighted. A contrasting trend for this year is what those in the know are calling Summer Darks. With this rain it might be more appropriate to call it Dark Summer but the sentiment remains the same. Plenty of dark eyeliner is fine, just go for a long-lasting one that won't budge in case it does get hot – Estée Lauder's Double Wear pencil is great (£16, esteelauder.co.uk). But if you want to be really on trend it's all about the lips. As spotted on Lana Del Rey, Kate Bosworth, Rooney Mara and others at the recent Met Ball, go vampy but keep eyes light. For nervous beginners, try applying a matt colour, like the new Nars Pure Matte Lipstick in Moscow (£18.50, narscosmetics.
On trend
Summer makeup doesn't have to be all about being buffed, bronzed and highlighted. A contrasting trend for this year is what those in the know are calling Summer Darks. With this rain it might be more appropriate to call it Dark Summer but the sentiment remains the same. Plenty of dark eyeliner is fine, just go for a long-lasting one that won't budge in case it does get hot – Estée Lauder's Double Wear pencil is great (£16, esteelauder.co.uk). But if you want to be really on trend it's all about the lips. As spotted on Lana Del Rey, Kate Bosworth, Rooney Mara and others at the recent Met Ball, go vampy but keep eyes light. For nervous beginners, try applying a matt colour, like the new Nars Pure Matte Lipstick in Moscow (£18.50, narscosmetics.
- 5/10/2012
- by Anna Chesters
- The Guardian - Film News
“I didn’t know who to believe—my parents or the television set.” — We Can’t Go Home Again ('73 cut)
“On the one hand, Ray has a knack for disrupting smooth sequences with odd interpolations… a sense of trying to carve out some space for immediacy and spontaneity inside institutionalized patterns of construction. But against this is a proclivity for heavy symbolic underlining and general schematization, which place the individual movements of the films within thickly determined contours” — B. Kite, Bigger Than Life: Somewhere in Suburbia
“Salvation is a private affair.” — Jacques Rivette, On Imagination
Some thoughts crystallized around We Can’t Go Home Again.
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In retrospect, Nicholas Ray can seem as much like the last great Hollywood romantic as the first serious parodist of a generation, Godard, Oshima, Ruiz, still to come: anatomizing genre structure and hallmarks not to show the extension of personal philosophy into any...
“On the one hand, Ray has a knack for disrupting smooth sequences with odd interpolations… a sense of trying to carve out some space for immediacy and spontaneity inside institutionalized patterns of construction. But against this is a proclivity for heavy symbolic underlining and general schematization, which place the individual movements of the films within thickly determined contours” — B. Kite, Bigger Than Life: Somewhere in Suburbia
“Salvation is a private affair.” — Jacques Rivette, On Imagination
Some thoughts crystallized around We Can’t Go Home Again.
***
In retrospect, Nicholas Ray can seem as much like the last great Hollywood romantic as the first serious parodist of a generation, Godard, Oshima, Ruiz, still to come: anatomizing genre structure and hallmarks not to show the extension of personal philosophy into any...
- 10/4/2011
- MUBI
Robert Culp was a popular leading actor best known for his work in television. He starred as Kelly Robinson in the popular espionage series I Spy with Bill Cosby from 1965 to 1968, earning three Emmy Award nominations for his acting on the series and one for scripting an episode. He later starred as government agent Bill Maxwell in the super-hero adventure series The Greatest American Hero with William Katt from 1981 to 1983.
Culp was born in Oakland, California, on August 16, 1930, and began his career on stage in New York City in the early 1950s. He was soon appearing frequently on television, and starred as Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman in the western series Trackdown from 1957 to 1959. He was also seen in episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Chevy Mystery Show, the 1960 Shirley Temple’s Storybook production of The House of the Seven Gables, several episodes of the science fiction anthology The Outer Limits...
Culp was born in Oakland, California, on August 16, 1930, and began his career on stage in New York City in the early 1950s. He was soon appearing frequently on television, and starred as Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman in the western series Trackdown from 1957 to 1959. He was also seen in episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Chevy Mystery Show, the 1960 Shirley Temple’s Storybook production of The House of the Seven Gables, several episodes of the science fiction anthology The Outer Limits...
- 4/7/2010
- by Jesse
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
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