Thank goodness for Letterboxd. I was originally going to title this article “Hitting My Mark”, but I’d rather go with the catchphrase “Always Be Watching” – meaning, simply, always be watching films. New films, old films, big films, small films, just keep watching. It’s my mantra and has been for years, since the early days […]
Time to meet Luz. Yellow Veil Pictures has released an entrancing new teaser trailer for a hypnotic thriller titled Luz, from German filmmaker Tilman Singer. This already premiered at the Berlin Film Festival this year, and played Fantasia in the summer; it will next stop by Fantastic Fest and the Sitges Film Festival later this […]
“You better be ready to bloody run.” Goldfinch Studios has released a new UK trailer for an indie comedy titled Dusty & Me, a feel-good family film about a boy and his dog. The film was once titled Against the Odds as well as Slapper and Me, but is now being released as Dusty and […]
“He’s a danger to us all.” Wildcard Distribution has debuted an official UK trailer for the upcoming release of the film Black 47, a gritty thriller set during the Great Irish Famine. This premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, but it got horrible reviews by most critics. Set in 1847, the film follows a hardened […]
“Work harder, or it will be a hopeless situation.” The Match Factory has debuted an international trailer for the acclaimed film titled Girl, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this year and won the Camera d’Or for Best First Film. Girl follows a 15-year-old transgender teen, who is trying hard to achieve her goal […]
“Humans are disposable… But man and symbiote combined – this is the new race.” Whoa!! Sony Pictures has debuted a third official trailer for the Venom movie, following its premiere inside of Hall H at the San Diego Comic-Con. The second teaser trailer was great, but this is even better – and it runs a […]
“It comes with a mystery attached.” Infamous Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn has launched a brand new cinema website, open to the public today, called byNWR.com. The new website is essentially a specialized streaming service, available entirely for free, where Refn handpicks and highlights “meticulously restored” films. This has been his own personal hobby already […]
“Vile and wicked.” Cinestate has debuted the first official trailer for Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich, an updated reboot of the Puppetmaster horror film. The original Puppetmaster was released in 1989, about crazy animated, murderous puppets. This new film features a screenplay written by S. Craig Zahler (director of Bone Tomahawk and Brawl in Cell […]
“Time is going by so fast.” Kino Lorber has debuted an official US trailer for a documentary titled Makala, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last year and played at the Toronto & London Film Festivals. I saw this in London and loved it, writing a rave review. It’s still often on my mind […]
Big news, horror fans!! The Italian rock band Goblin has announced that they will be playing special live-score shows of Suspiria throughout America (and in the UK) this fall. This is clearly in connection with the release of Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming remake of the original witch horror Suspiria, directed by Italian horror master Dario Argento, […]
