Gripping, weighty drama is a triumph…timely, bleak, intelligent and compelling’ ★★★★★ The Independent ‘A drama so powerful you can almost feel the radiation pumping out of the screen’ ★★★★★ The Times ‘Compelling, vital television… a staggering, unmissable achievement which will haunt you for weeks… one of the most affecting and haunting shows to emerge this…
Ten years after the film’s initial release, the extreme, provocative performances from Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist still have the power to shock, repulse and divide audiences. The sound design by Kristian Eidnes Andersen with Lars Von Trier, was composed using only natural sounds and samples (including internal body recordings). Each element was…
Anna (played by Petra Bryan) arrives to London for the first time in her life after leaving her Czech Republic home , Anna doesn’t know anybody in the big city. Anna’s finances might be near to zero , but her head is full of dreams and the ambition to realise them. With Anna’s idea of…
For decades ive always been fascinated by the world (and other worlds) of UFOs, Aliens, and their technology. For a few years back in the late 80s and early 90s I attended lectures, met with people who claimed they had been abducted by alien beings, and who had been involved in various earth bound jobs…
The first July title from Criterion and Sony is SWING TIMEIn this irresistible musical, the legendary dancing duo Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers (Top Hat) are at the pinnacle of their art as a feckless gambler and the shrewd dancing instructor in whom he more than meets his match. Director George Stevens (Womanof the Year)…
Arrow Academy’s July Blu-ray releases are a classic Hollywood romantic drama making it’s hi-def debut, and a magnificent Dostoyevsky adaptation, both with lavishly illustrated collector’s booklets, video appreciations and rare radio plays, along with much, much more. First in July is Hold Back the Dawn (1941), a heart-rending romantic drama, from one of the most underrated directors…
This summer a writers retreat takes a very dark turn when its obsessive showrunner manipulates his team into playing along in his disturbed, hidden-camera “masterpiece”. American Killing on VOD and DVD August 6 from High Octane Pictures. Jeb’s cartoon is on the verge of cancellation, so the studio sends him and an eclectic team of…
Its not the first time that a film studio has changed footage within a film thats already out in the wild. Universal did it with ET and Star Wars has been done countless times, as has Blade Runner and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. but its been a while since we learned about tweaks…
With FrightFest entering its 20th year, the search is set to resume for new writers in the horror genre. For the third year running, New Blood reunites FrightFest with Giles Edwards of Queensbury Pictures with its mission to find emerging UK-based writers dedicated to the genre and nurture their projects from script to screen. Queensbury is ultimately interested in buying the finished script rather…
In July 1969, the space race ended when Apollo 11 fulfilled President Kennedy’s challenge of “landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.” No one who witnessed the lunar landing will ever forget it. Al Reinert’s documentary FOR ALL MANKIND is the story of the twenty-four men who travelled to the moon,…
Scary Stories, the highly anticipated documentary about Alvin Schwartz’ iconic Scary Stories to Tell in the Darkbook series, will be released on DVD July 16 via Wild Eye Releasing. Explore the history of one of the most controversial works of modern children’s literature: The best selling teen classic Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, which scared…
A Disney Legend for a New Generation Comes Home On Digital, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray on 29th July Extras explore how one of cinema’s most imaginative filmmakers and an award-winning cast and crew collaborated with Disney to bring to life this beloved classic for the entire family Dumbo, the grand live-action adventure from Disney and…
