Luz Review — Luz (2018) Film Review, a movie written and directed by Tilman Singer, and starring Luana Velis, Johannes Benecke, Jan Bluthardt, Lilli Lorenz, Julia Riedler, and Nadja Stübiger. It takes some effort to believe that this bold horror feature, Luz, is the first one for German director Tilman Singer, which goes beyond the [...]
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- 7/19/2022
- by David McDonald
- Film-Book
It’s that time again. Another year has come to an end. Another decade, even. We defied the odds and live to fight another day, just like horror cinema proved itself – once again – a genre that continues to survive, adapt and thrive. Even at that, 2019 was an odd year for horror in that mainstream titles featuring household villains ended up leaving less of a mark than so many vastly different indies (in my opinion). If anything, 2019 was a reminder of the tremendous diversity among horror subgenres that offer a cornucopia of terror. Take your pick, choose your fate and dive into Part I of our top horror movies of 2019.
20) Pledge
In a year when toxic masculinity takedowns skewered fratboy culture on a rotating spit, Pledge paddles Greek life into submission. Three boys, a “dudes only” initiation and the true meaning of “Hell Night.” Director Daniel Robbins and writer Zack Weiner...
20) Pledge
In a year when toxic masculinity takedowns skewered fratboy culture on a rotating spit, Pledge paddles Greek life into submission. Three boys, a “dudes only” initiation and the true meaning of “Hell Night.” Director Daniel Robbins and writer Zack Weiner...
- 12/31/2019
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Altered Innocence presents Luz – A new horror masterpiece from Germany! Luz 1 Blu-ray disc Label: Altered Innocence Preorder: 2/11/20 Street: 3/10/20 Msrp: $27.99 Upc: 682863690965 Catalogue #: AI-20B Genre: Horror Color 70 minutes in German, Spanish, & English, with English & Spanish subtitles Region code: All. Widescreen Anamorphic 2.40:1 DTS 5.1 HD Production year: 2018 in Germany Director: Tilman Singer Cast: Luana Velis, Jan …
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- 12/27/2019
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
From new original series and recent movies to beloved favorites that generations of horror fans grew up with, Shudder is casting a wide net with their January 2020 releases, including Fred Dekker's The Monster Squad, Joe Begos' Bliss, Ti West's The House of the Devil, The Dead Lands, Tilman Singer's Luz, and the uncut version of Tammy and the T-Rex.
Below, you can check out the full list of titles coming to Shudder in the Us in January, and visit Shudder online to learn more about the streaming service.
Press Release: If your New Year’s resolution is to watch more incredible horror, you’ve come to the right place. January serves up an unbeatable lineup featuring The Dead Lands, a Māori supernatural action-adventure series set in a mythical New Zealand past, the exclusive streaming premieres of untamed Australian horror The Marshes and arthouse-meets-grindhouse masterpiece Bliss, and great new...
Below, you can check out the full list of titles coming to Shudder in the Us in January, and visit Shudder online to learn more about the streaming service.
Press Release: If your New Year’s resolution is to watch more incredible horror, you’ve come to the right place. January serves up an unbeatable lineup featuring The Dead Lands, a Māori supernatural action-adventure series set in a mythical New Zealand past, the exclusive streaming premieres of untamed Australian horror The Marshes and arthouse-meets-grindhouse masterpiece Bliss, and great new...
- 12/12/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.
A Bread Factory (Patrick Wang)
With a small theatrical release and its runtime of four hours (split across two parts) it’s not particularly surprising that Patrick Wang’s A Bread Factory went overlooked last fall, but one should seek it out–and it’s now finally arriving on streaming. One of the best American indies of the year, it is a Rivettian look at an upstate theater company that takes both an authentic look at the mechanics of survival in the arts and a fanciful approach at showing the joy of performance. I don’t imagine the entire thing will work for everyone, but there...
A Bread Factory (Patrick Wang)
With a small theatrical release and its runtime of four hours (split across two parts) it’s not particularly surprising that Patrick Wang’s A Bread Factory went overlooked last fall, but one should seek it out–and it’s now finally arriving on streaming. One of the best American indies of the year, it is a Rivettian look at an upstate theater company that takes both an authentic look at the mechanics of survival in the arts and a fanciful approach at showing the joy of performance. I don’t imagine the entire thing will work for everyone, but there...
- 9/27/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
It’s been years since a demonic entity has seen the woman it loves—she who conjured it to the surface before being driven out from the place in which she did. Tonight was a chance reunion wherein familiarity was quickly replaced by violence before a yet-unseen escape sees both parties going their separate ways. The woman stumbles towards a virtually deserted police station while the force of evil seeks out someone else who might be able to help it confront her within an environment it can control. So as Luz Carrara (Luana Velis) blasphemes God in Spanish via a distorted prayer to the two German detectives assigned to her, Nora Vanderkurt (Julia Riedler) solicits Dr. Rossini (Jan Bluthardt) at a bar with a tale of her girlfriend’s woe.
Shot on 16mm with its grain and blemishes left intact to augment the diffused clarity of its film stock, first-time...
Shot on 16mm with its grain and blemishes left intact to augment the diffused clarity of its film stock, first-time...
- 7/15/2019
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
"My girlfriend has a very special gift." Screen Media Film has debuted an official Us trailer for the indie German horror thriller titled Luz, opening in select Us theaters this month after playing at film festivals all throughout last year - including Berlinale, Sitges, Fantastic Fest, Fantasia, Morbido, and many more. In this slick and disturbing horror film, Luz is a young cab driver fleeing from the grasp of a possessed woman, whose confession could endanger the lives of everyone who crosses her path. We featured a teaser trailer for this last year after it started picking up rave reviews. Luana Velis stars as Luz, and the full cast includes Johannes Benecke, Jan Bluthardt, Lilli Lorenz, Julia Riedler, and Nadja Stübiger. This is being described as "unapologetically strange and utterly fearless" and looks like a mesmerizing possession thriller. There's also a killer new poster for this film seen below the trailer.
- 7/10/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
After world premiering at the 68th Berlin Film Festival, Tilman Singer’s indie hit Luz opens in New York and Los Angles on July 19th, via Screen Media. The film stars Luana Velis as a young cab driver who drags herself into a run-down police station while being pursued by a woman (played by Julia Riedler) who is possessed by a demonic entity. Daniel […]...
- 7/8/2019
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
After world premiering at the 68th Berlin Film Festival, Tilman Singer’s indie hit Luz opens in New York and Los Angles on July 19th, via Screen Media. The film stars Luana Velis as a young cab driver who drags herself into a run-down police station while being pursued by a woman (played by Julia Riedler) who is possessed by […]...
- 7/1/2019
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
After world premiering at the 68th Berlin Film Festival, Tilman Singer’s indie hit Luz opens in New York and Los Angles on July 19th, via Screen Media. The film stars Luana Velis as a young cabdriver who drags herself into a run-down police station while being pursued by a woman (played by Julia Riedler) who is possessed by a demonic […]...
- 6/19/2019
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
The debut feature from writer/director Tilman Singer, Luz is a dreamy thriller shot in the style of a 1970s European horror film. It’s wildly confusing, but there are some interesting things going on.
Luz (Luana Velis), a young taxi driver, arrives dishevelled at a police station. Rossini (Jan Bluthardt), a psychologist, is drinking at a bar and is picked up by a sultry woman (Julia Riedler). He is then called to the station to interview Luz, but appears to have been demonically possessed during his earlier encounter. He places Luz under hypnosis, supervised by police detective Bertillion and her assistant Olarte. What happens next is basically completely bonkers.
Singer shoots in a deliberately stilted, quasi-‘giallo’ style with an emphasis on colour, composition...
Luz (Luana Velis), a young taxi driver, arrives dishevelled at a police station. Rossini (Jan Bluthardt), a psychologist, is drinking at a bar and is picked up by a sultry woman (Julia Riedler). He is then called to the station to interview Luz, but appears to have been demonically possessed during his earlier encounter. He places Luz under hypnosis, supervised by police detective Bertillion and her assistant Olarte. What happens next is basically completely bonkers.
Singer shoots in a deliberately stilted, quasi-‘giallo’ style with an emphasis on colour, composition...
- 4/25/2019
- QuietEarth.us
Over the course of its eight-day run, Fantastic Fest 2018 played host to over 100 feature and short films, and Daily Dead had the opportunity to screen numerous titles while in Austin for all the festivities. Here are my thoughts on three wildly different films I had the opportunity of seeing: Jeremy Saulnier’s Hold the Dark, Luz from up-and-coming director Tilman Singer, and the latest from The Greasy Strangler’s Jim Hosking, An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn.
Hold the Dark: For his latest movie, Jeremy Saulnier re-teams with Macon Blair to bring William Giraldi’s novel Hold the Dark to life, and while the adaptation features strong performances, stunning cinematography, and perfectly showcases Saulnier’s keen abilities as a storyteller who never shies away from provocative and challenging material, as a whole, I just never really connected with Hold the Dark as a viewer, and its rumination on the...
Hold the Dark: For his latest movie, Jeremy Saulnier re-teams with Macon Blair to bring William Giraldi’s novel Hold the Dark to life, and while the adaptation features strong performances, stunning cinematography, and perfectly showcases Saulnier’s keen abilities as a storyteller who never shies away from provocative and challenging material, as a whole, I just never really connected with Hold the Dark as a viewer, and its rumination on the...
- 10/1/2018
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Easily one of the most unique projects to screen at Fantastic Fest 2018, Tilman Singer’s Luz was created as a student project and has now evolved into something even greater than he could have ever imagined. Centered on a cab driver of the same name (played by the unforgettable Luana Velis), Luz evolves from a typical police interrogation into something that feels like if Brian De Palma in his early career tried to make Demons into a crime procedural.
While in Austin, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with Singer about the wild ride that Luz has taken over this year, playing a variety of festivals and recently being picked up for distribution here in the States by Screen Media. The up-and-coming filmmaker also chatted about the influences behind Luz, collaborating with Velis, and shooting the project on 16mm.
So great to talk with you today, Tilman. Can you...
While in Austin, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with Singer about the wild ride that Luz has taken over this year, playing a variety of festivals and recently being picked up for distribution here in the States by Screen Media. The up-and-coming filmmaker also chatted about the influences behind Luz, collaborating with Velis, and shooting the project on 16mm.
So great to talk with you today, Tilman. Can you...
- 9/30/2018
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Green Book, coming off its People’s Choice win at the Toronto Film Festival, has been set as the opening-night film of the New Orleans Film Festival, which runs October 17-25. Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen star in the pic directed by Peter Farrelly and based on accounts of a real-life tour by pianist Don Shirley and driver-bodyguard Tony Lip through the American South in the 1960s. The movie, which bows in theaters November 21 via Universal, was shot on location in Louisiana. The fest also set Steve McQueen’s upcoming Widows as a Centerpiece Film and Paul Dano’s Wildlife in the Spotlight section.
Screen Media has acquired North American rights to Tilman Singer’s horror thriller Luz, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival this year. The news comes ahead of the film’s U.S. premiere this week at Fantastic Fest, and a first-quarter 2019 theatrical release is planned. The...
Screen Media has acquired North American rights to Tilman Singer’s horror thriller Luz, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival this year. The news comes ahead of the film’s U.S. premiere this week at Fantastic Fest, and a first-quarter 2019 theatrical release is planned. The...
- 9/19/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Screen Media has acquired all North American rights for Tilman Singer’s psychotropic horror film “Luz” and is planning a first quarter 2019 release in theaters across the U.S.
“Luz” premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and has screened at the Fantasia Film Festival. It will have its U.S. premiere at Fantastic Fest this week and will screen as a part of the Sitges Film Festival next month.
“Luz” stars Luana Velis as a young cabdriver who drags herself into a run-down police station while being pursued by a woman (played by Julia Riedler) who is possessed by a demonic entity. Singer also wrote the script. Singer and Dario Mendez Acosta produced.
Seth Needle and Conor McAdam of Screen Media negotiated the deal with Joe Yanick, Hugues Barbier and Justin Timms on behalf of Yellow Veil Pictures.
“Every so often there’s a film that really unnerves, and just flat-out scares us,...
“Luz” premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and has screened at the Fantasia Film Festival. It will have its U.S. premiere at Fantastic Fest this week and will screen as a part of the Sitges Film Festival next month.
“Luz” stars Luana Velis as a young cabdriver who drags herself into a run-down police station while being pursued by a woman (played by Julia Riedler) who is possessed by a demonic entity. Singer also wrote the script. Singer and Dario Mendez Acosta produced.
Seth Needle and Conor McAdam of Screen Media negotiated the deal with Joe Yanick, Hugues Barbier and Justin Timms on behalf of Yellow Veil Pictures.
“Every so often there’s a film that really unnerves, and just flat-out scares us,...
- 9/19/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Luz is a German language film, from director Tilman Singer. Already having appeared at several international film festivals, Luz began as a student film, shot on 16mm. Well received, this title went onto premiere in Berlin, with a North American premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival. The story of Luz begins with a cabdriver, who seeks shelter in a rundown police station. Here, there is only madness. Luz stars Luana Velis as the main character, along with Jan Bluthardt and Julia Riedler. Now, this indie horror thriller is set to show at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival in October. A preview of the film's New York premiere is available here. A longer synopsis mentions an assault. Luz (Velis) barely escapes the encounter. At a nearby bar, a mysterious woman is seducing Dr. Rossini. Nora (Riedler) recounts Dr. Rossini's strange escape from a taxi cab. Now, Luz and Nora realize...
- 8/16/2018
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Luz Trailers Tilman Singer‘s Luz (2018) teaser trailers stars Luana Velis, Jan Bluthardt, Julia Riedler, Johannes Benecke, and Nadja Stubiger. Luz‘s plot synopsis: “A rainy night. A dazed and numb young cabdriver, Luz, drags herself into the brightly lit entrance of a rundown police station. Across town in a nightspot, a woman seductively engages a police [...]
Continue reading: Luz (2018) Teaser Trailers: Jan Bluthardt hypnotizes Luana Velis, Spawning a Series Bizarre Flashbacks...
Continue reading: Luz (2018) Teaser Trailers: Jan Bluthardt hypnotizes Luana Velis, Spawning a Series Bizarre Flashbacks...
- 8/2/2018
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
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 fall. Luz, a young cabdriver, drags herself into the brightly lit entrance of a run-down police station. A demonic entity follows her, determined to finally be close to the woman it loves. Luana Velis stars as Luz, and the full cast includes Johannes Benecke, Jan Bluthardt, Lilli Lorenz, Julia Riedler, and Nadja Stübiger. The film already received some rave reviews at other fests, calling it "unapologetically strange and utterly fearless." It certainly looks strange, with a very nice, old school vibe. Really digging this teaser. Here's the first Us teaser trailer (+ new poster) for Tilman Singer's Luz,...
- 8/1/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Recently acquired by Yellow Veil Pictures, the demonic possession film Luz (shot on 16mm) has been enjoying a well-received run on the festival circuit, and ahead of its Us premiere at Fantastic Fest this September, a new teaser trailer for the movie has been revealed:
"A rainy night. A dazed and numb young cabdriver, Luz, drags herself into the brightly lit entrance of a rundown police station. Across town in a nightspot, Nora seductively engages police psychiatrist Dr. Rossini in a conversation. Nora is possessed by a demonic entity, longing for the woman it loves - Luz. She tells the Doctor about her old schoolmate Luz’s rebellious past at a Chilean school for girls. Increasingly drunk on her story, Rossini turns into an easy prey in Nora's hands, but he’s soon called away to the police station to examine Luz. Supervised by his colleagues, the doctor puts Luz...
"A rainy night. A dazed and numb young cabdriver, Luz, drags herself into the brightly lit entrance of a rundown police station. Across town in a nightspot, Nora seductively engages police psychiatrist Dr. Rossini in a conversation. Nora is possessed by a demonic entity, longing for the woman it loves - Luz. She tells the Doctor about her old schoolmate Luz’s rebellious past at a Chilean school for girls. Increasingly drunk on her story, Rossini turns into an easy prey in Nora's hands, but he’s soon called away to the police station to examine Luz. Supervised by his colleagues, the doctor puts Luz...
- 8/1/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Great news for festival darling Luz and the Christmas-themed A Man in the Dark, as both have been acquired by Yellow Veil Pictures, a distribution arm that focuses on films coming out of the Frontières Market and Fantasia International Film Festival. Also in today's Highlights: a look at the new Game of Thrones beer from Brewery Ommegang and HBO, Bizzare States co-hosts Jessica Chobot and Andrew Bowser celebrate 200 episodes with an event at San Diego Comic-Con, and Brooke Lewis joins the cast of the thriller To Avenge.
Yellow Veil Pictures Acquires Luz and A Man in the Dark: Press Release: "Montreal, Canada, July 16, 2018 -- Yellow Veil Pictures, Inc. a new worldwide film sales company focusing exclusively on arthouse genre cinema launches out of the Frontières Co-Production Market at the Fantasia International Film Festival.
Formed by Hugues Barbier, Ithaca Fantastik Founder and Festival Manager and Acquisitions for Raven Banner, Brooklyn Horror...
Yellow Veil Pictures Acquires Luz and A Man in the Dark: Press Release: "Montreal, Canada, July 16, 2018 -- Yellow Veil Pictures, Inc. a new worldwide film sales company focusing exclusively on arthouse genre cinema launches out of the Frontières Co-Production Market at the Fantasia International Film Festival.
Formed by Hugues Barbier, Ithaca Fantastik Founder and Festival Manager and Acquisitions for Raven Banner, Brooklyn Horror...
- 7/17/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Yellow Veil Pictures has bought German horror film “Luz” as part of launching as a new worldwide film sales company focusing exclusively on arthouse genre cinema, Variety has learned exclusively.
The company made the announcement Monday ahead of this week’s opening of the Frontières Co-Production Market at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal.
Yellow Veil has been formed by a trio of horror film vets: Ithaca Fantastik founder and festival manager Hugues Barbier, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival founder Justin Timms, and former festivals and non-theatrical assistant director of Visit Films and co-director of the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies Joe Yanick. The three have also brought on the Fantasia Festival’s publicist Kaila Sarah Hier.
“Luz” premiered at the Berlin Film Festival this year and has screened at Bafici, Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, and Fantaspoa, where Luana Velis won best actress. It will make its North American...
The company made the announcement Monday ahead of this week’s opening of the Frontières Co-Production Market at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal.
Yellow Veil has been formed by a trio of horror film vets: Ithaca Fantastik founder and festival manager Hugues Barbier, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival founder Justin Timms, and former festivals and non-theatrical assistant director of Visit Films and co-director of the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies Joe Yanick. The three have also brought on the Fantasia Festival’s publicist Kaila Sarah Hier.
“Luz” premiered at the Berlin Film Festival this year and has screened at Bafici, Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, and Fantaspoa, where Luana Velis won best actress. It will make its North American...
- 7/16/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
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