After movies such as Dead Poets Society, Master And Commander and The Truman Show, Peter Weir won’t be making another film.
This year marks the 21st birthday of a flat-out masterpiece of a blockbuster, 2003’s Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World. Not just because it has a great telling of the weevils joke in it, the Russell Crowe-headlined film is genuinely wonderful and deserves a 4K re-release.
It’s also just one of the many terrific movies from Australian director Peter Weir who, across a career that’s spanned decades, has given us features such as Picnic At Hanging Rock, The Truman Show, Fearless, Dead Poets Society and Witness.
His last movie was back in 2010, the Jim Sturgess-headlined The Way Back. Since then, Weir has been linked with a film called The Keep that obviously didn’t happen. Peter Weir was also set to direct Shantaram,...
This year marks the 21st birthday of a flat-out masterpiece of a blockbuster, 2003’s Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World. Not just because it has a great telling of the weevils joke in it, the Russell Crowe-headlined film is genuinely wonderful and deserves a 4K re-release.
It’s also just one of the many terrific movies from Australian director Peter Weir who, across a career that’s spanned decades, has given us features such as Picnic At Hanging Rock, The Truman Show, Fearless, Dead Poets Society and Witness.
His last movie was back in 2010, the Jim Sturgess-headlined The Way Back. Since then, Weir has been linked with a film called The Keep that obviously didn’t happen. Peter Weir was also set to direct Shantaram,...
- 3/18/2024
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
Throughout his 40-plus year career, filmmaker Michael Mann has accumulated and proliferated many colorful phrases and bite-sized poetic philosophy. One of his most favored is the phrase "time is luck." The sentiment refers to how every second one can breathe — to ambulate and interact with the world around them, to manipulate and change it and, in turn, be changed by it — is an opportunity and a blessing.
Mann's personal and professional philosophies were heavily influenced by his time researching and befriending men who operated on both sides of the law, and he found that law enforcement officers as well as lifelong criminals tend to have an innate sense of a ticking clock in their lives. While the bulk of Mann's filmography deals with cops, criminals, and crime, there are several notable outliers — "The Keep," "The Last of the Mohicans," "The Insider," and especially "Ali" — that point the way to his...
Mann's personal and professional philosophies were heavily influenced by his time researching and befriending men who operated on both sides of the law, and he found that law enforcement officers as well as lifelong criminals tend to have an innate sense of a ticking clock in their lives. While the bulk of Mann's filmography deals with cops, criminals, and crime, there are several notable outliers — "The Keep," "The Last of the Mohicans," "The Insider," and especially "Ali" — that point the way to his...
- 12/25/2023
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
Clockwise from top right: Robert De Niro in Heat, Colin Farrell in Miami Vice, Chris Hemsworth in Blackhat, James Caan in Thief, Tom Cruise in Collateral, Will Smith in Ali.Screenshot: YouTube
There have been several reasons for cinephiles to rejoice in 2023, but few are more exciting than the return of Michael Mann.
There have been several reasons for cinephiles to rejoice in 2023, but few are more exciting than the return of Michael Mann.
- 12/25/2023
- by Matt Schimkowitz
- avclub.com
Exclusive: Greg Nicotero has signed with Mosaic for Management.
Nicotero is an EP and director on The Walking Dead: Darryl Dixon, the spinoff from the zombie hit that stars Norman Reedus. They are now in production on Season Two for AMC, after launching as a hit.
He was signed by and will be managed by Jimmy Miller and Jordan Cerf.
Nicotero runs the Monster Agency production company run with partner Brian Witten. With a first look AMC deal, they have set up Bannerman, an adaptation of the John Maxim novel that has Craig Silverstein adapting, and Shane Black attached to be EP. The company has expanded into non-scripted developing projects at AMC/Shudder as well and Nicotero continues to produce Creepshow for Shudder. The show’s fourth season just premiered to strong genre reviews. Nicotero also operates Knb Efx Group, the prolific make-up effects company.
As a filmmaker, Nicotero — who...
Nicotero is an EP and director on The Walking Dead: Darryl Dixon, the spinoff from the zombie hit that stars Norman Reedus. They are now in production on Season Two for AMC, after launching as a hit.
He was signed by and will be managed by Jimmy Miller and Jordan Cerf.
Nicotero runs the Monster Agency production company run with partner Brian Witten. With a first look AMC deal, they have set up Bannerman, an adaptation of the John Maxim novel that has Craig Silverstein adapting, and Shane Black attached to be EP. The company has expanded into non-scripted developing projects at AMC/Shudder as well and Nicotero continues to produce Creepshow for Shudder. The show’s fourth season just premiered to strong genre reviews. Nicotero also operates Knb Efx Group, the prolific make-up effects company.
As a filmmaker, Nicotero — who...
- 12/14/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
When promoting Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg claimed that every war movie is an anti-war movie. I think this is doubly true when it comes to genre cinema. After all, what better way to immerse audiences in the horrors of war than by telling a story specifically designed to scare them?
Hell, sometimes the war itself doesn’t even need to happen onscreen, like in the case of 1954’s Godzilla – one of the all-time best commentaries on nuclear warfare. And with Takashi Yamazaki returning the radioactive dinosaur to his post-war roots in Godzilla Minus One, we’ve decided to come up with a list recommending six more war-time horror movies for fans of historical terror.
While not all of the films on this list take place during a war, they all incorporate warfare and its consequences into their stories. That being said, don’t forget to comment below with your...
Hell, sometimes the war itself doesn’t even need to happen onscreen, like in the case of 1954’s Godzilla – one of the all-time best commentaries on nuclear warfare. And with Takashi Yamazaki returning the radioactive dinosaur to his post-war roots in Godzilla Minus One, we’ve decided to come up with a list recommending six more war-time horror movies for fans of historical terror.
While not all of the films on this list take place during a war, they all incorporate warfare and its consequences into their stories. That being said, don’t forget to comment below with your...
- 12/1/2023
- by Luiz H. C.
- bloody-disgusting.com
David Fincher is one of the most important filmmakers of his generation – endlessly praised, shamelessly ripped off and somehow still undervalued (He still hasn’t won a Best Director Oscar).
His work conjures up darkened hallways, dogged detectives and crazed killers. The word “Fincherian” has come to describe something twisted and somehow beautiful. As an artist he frequently pushes the boundaries of what is possible technologically, while also playing with the comfort level of his audience. If it doesn’t feel a little bit dangerous, is it even a David Fincher movie?
With “The Killer,” in theaters now and on Netflix on November 10, Fincher takes us on another wild journey, this time alongside a sardonic hit man (Michael Fassbender). In celebration of “The Killer,” we thought we’d look back at his entire filmography. It’s a journey as dark and labyrinthine as anything the filmmaker could cook up.
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His work conjures up darkened hallways, dogged detectives and crazed killers. The word “Fincherian” has come to describe something twisted and somehow beautiful. As an artist he frequently pushes the boundaries of what is possible technologically, while also playing with the comfort level of his audience. If it doesn’t feel a little bit dangerous, is it even a David Fincher movie?
With “The Killer,” in theaters now and on Netflix on November 10, Fincher takes us on another wild journey, this time alongside a sardonic hit man (Michael Fassbender). In celebration of “The Killer,” we thought we’d look back at his entire filmography. It’s a journey as dark and labyrinthine as anything the filmmaker could cook up.
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- 10/30/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Ian McKellen is not holding back when it comes to talking about his least favorite filmmaking experience.
The “Lord of the Rings” and “X-Men” actor said in a Variety cover story that starring in Michael Mann’s 1983 horror film “The Keep” was among his worst memories as an actor. The film, which was critically panned upon release, follows a group of Nazi soldiers who unwittingly awaken an evil supernatural force in Romania during World War II.
“Michael Mann said to me, ‘You’re playing this Romanian,'” McKellen recalled. “So I went to Romania to scout it out, and I learned how to speak with a Romanian accent. Then on the first day of shooting, Michael told me he wanted me to speak with a Chicago accent. Well, I couldn’t do that, and it got worse from there.”
McKellen continued, “I would define a good director as an honest one who says,...
The “Lord of the Rings” and “X-Men” actor said in a Variety cover story that starring in Michael Mann’s 1983 horror film “The Keep” was among his worst memories as an actor. The film, which was critically panned upon release, follows a group of Nazi soldiers who unwittingly awaken an evil supernatural force in Romania during World War II.
“Michael Mann said to me, ‘You’re playing this Romanian,'” McKellen recalled. “So I went to Romania to scout it out, and I learned how to speak with a Romanian accent. Then on the first day of shooting, Michael told me he wanted me to speak with a Chicago accent. Well, I couldn’t do that, and it got worse from there.”
McKellen continued, “I would define a good director as an honest one who says,...
- 9/8/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
When it comes to a career that’s netted him two Oscar nominations, a Tony, six Olivier Awards and a reputation as one of the preeminent Shakespearean actors of his generation, Ian McKellen usually has critics exhausting the superlatives. But he’s not immune to the rare bruising notice, and when that happens, he calls his friends.
“The best thing is to let everyone know that I’ve read it and they needn’t pussyfoot around it,” he says. “I know that I’ve been chastised.”
For his latest role in “The Critic,” it’s McKellen who is delivering the blistering assessments as Jimmy Erskine, an acid-tongued theater reviewer who yields a corrosive influence over a struggling actress named Nina Land, played by Gemma Arterton. He’s a Mephistophelian figure — one who exchanged his moral compass for great orchestra seats.
Alfred Enoch and Ian McKellen in “The Critic”
“Often the...
“The best thing is to let everyone know that I’ve read it and they needn’t pussyfoot around it,” he says. “I know that I’ve been chastised.”
For his latest role in “The Critic,” it’s McKellen who is delivering the blistering assessments as Jimmy Erskine, an acid-tongued theater reviewer who yields a corrosive influence over a struggling actress named Nina Land, played by Gemma Arterton. He’s a Mephistophelian figure — one who exchanged his moral compass for great orchestra seats.
Alfred Enoch and Ian McKellen in “The Critic”
“Often the...
- 9/7/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
While many intriguing films will vie for the Golden Lion at this year’s Venice Film Festival, Michael Mann‘s “Ferrari” may be at the top of the list. It’s Mann’s first film since 2015’s “Blackhat,” the first outright flop of Mann’s career since 1983’s “The Keep.” That’s a strange lapse for a director among today’s most esteemed American filmmakers.
Continue reading Michael Mann On ‘Blackhat’ Flop: “The Script Wasn’t Ready To Shoot” But “The Subject May Have Been Ahead Of The Curve” at The Playlist.
Continue reading Michael Mann On ‘Blackhat’ Flop: “The Script Wasn’t Ready To Shoot” But “The Subject May Have Been Ahead Of The Curve” at The Playlist.
- 8/24/2023
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
The 80s stills stand out as a unique decade for movies since everything from comedy to horror ended up being kind of goofy, and at times a bit cringe-worthy, but the movies were memorable in a lot of ways as well. It’s fair to say that all but the most astute horror buffs wouldn’t remember The Keep, as it is a 1983 horror movie that didn’t fair well with the critics but did fairly well when all was said and done. The cast boasts likely would have been far more respected today than it was back then since the fact
The Keep is Getting a Remake...
The Keep is Getting a Remake...
- 12/20/2022
- by Tom Foster
- TVovermind.com
A new episode of the Best Horror Movie You Never Saw video series has just surfaced online, and in this one we’re looking back at the 1983 film The Keep (watch it Here), which was directed by future Oscar nominee Michael Mann… and turned out to be a very troubled production for the filmmaker. You can hear all about it in the video embedded above.
Based on a novel by F. Paul Wilson, The Keep has the following synopsis:
This superb gothic thriller will grip you with its combination of horror, romance and the supernatural. It is World War II in German-occupied Romania. Nazi soldiers have been sent to garrison a mysterious fortress, but a nightmarish discovery is soon made. The Keep was not built to keep anything out. The massive structure was, in fact built to keep something in… Scott Glenn portrays the stranger who alone must battle the...
Based on a novel by F. Paul Wilson, The Keep has the following synopsis:
This superb gothic thriller will grip you with its combination of horror, romance and the supernatural. It is World War II in German-occupied Romania. Nazi soldiers have been sent to garrison a mysterious fortress, but a nightmarish discovery is soon made. The Keep was not built to keep anything out. The massive structure was, in fact built to keep something in… Scott Glenn portrays the stranger who alone must battle the...
- 11/3/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
There was no hierarchy in the video rental shop. Hulk Hogan’s Christmas baby-sitting comedy Santa with Muscles (1996) could sit alongside the original, terrifying Ring (1998); Michael Mann’s obscure horror The Keep (1983) might share shelf space with Ken Loach’s Kes (1969). Video shops bred a canon-less cinephilia for those of us who frequented them, and a rabid sense of community that no algorithm could ever replicate. Despite the VHS being obsolete since 2006 – when David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence became the final movie to be released in such a format – nostalgia, collector’s fetishism and video shop mythologising have combined to create a cultural reappraisal of what they once offered us.
In what was perhaps the worst business decision of the last 20 years, the defunct rental shop juggernaut Blockbuster turned down an offer to buy a little company called Netflix – then a mail-order DVD service that would post the...
In what was perhaps the worst business decision of the last 20 years, the defunct rental shop juggernaut Blockbuster turned down an offer to buy a little company called Netflix – then a mail-order DVD service that would post the...
- 11/3/2022
- by Anna Bogutskaya
- The Independent - Film
There was no hierarchy in the video rental shop. Hulk Hogan’s Christmas baby-sitting comedy Santa with Muscles (1996) could sit alongside the original, terrifying Ring (1998); Michael Mann’s obscure horror The Keep (1983) might share shelf space with Ken Loach’s Kes (1969). Video shops bred a canon-less cinephilia for those of us who frequented them, and a rabid sense of community that no algorithm could ever replicate. Despite the VHS being obsolete since 2006 – when David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence became the final movie to be released in such a format – nostalgia, collector’s fetishism and video shop mythologising have combined to create a cultural reappraisal of what they once offered us.
In what was perhaps the worst business decision of the last 20 years, the defunct rental shop juggernaut Blockbuster turned down an offer to buy a little company called Netflix – then a mail-order DVD service that would post the...
In what was perhaps the worst business decision of the last 20 years, the defunct rental shop juggernaut Blockbuster turned down an offer to buy a little company called Netflix – then a mail-order DVD service that would post the...
- 11/3/2022
- by Anna Bogutskaya
- The Independent - Film
Horror movies like Deep Fear take place underground, and they are often the most effective as far as compelling scares go. They evoke a fear that everyone can understand. Trap someone in a confined, dark space below ground, then have them be pursued by someone (or something) — it’s a simple but winning formula.
Screambox‘s latest release Deep Fear, as well as the nine other movies below, reinforce feelings of claustrophobia and remind you of what possible evils could be hiding below the surface. As Above, So Below, The Descent, C.H.U.D., Creep and The Midnight Meat Train are all familiar examples of this subgenre, but this list focuses on underseen movies set underground.
Deep Fear (2022)
Grégory Beghin‘s movie Deep Fear follows three friends and their guide (Joseph Olivennes) into the Paris Catacombs. Set in the early ’90s, the main characters have recently graduated from college,...
Screambox‘s latest release Deep Fear, as well as the nine other movies below, reinforce feelings of claustrophobia and remind you of what possible evils could be hiding below the surface. As Above, So Below, The Descent, C.H.U.D., Creep and The Midnight Meat Train are all familiar examples of this subgenre, but this list focuses on underseen movies set underground.
Deep Fear (2022)
Grégory Beghin‘s movie Deep Fear follows three friends and their guide (Joseph Olivennes) into the Paris Catacombs. Set in the early ’90s, the main characters have recently graduated from college,...
- 11/1/2022
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Museum of Modern Art
One of our greatest living filmmakers, Tsai Ming-liang, is subject of a career-spanning retrospective that starts today; Tsai will give a talk on Saturday.
Film at Lincoln Center
A 4K restoration of Kieślowski’s The Double Life of Véronique begins a run.
Roxy Cinema
Kenneth Branagh’s Frankenstein, Michael Mann’s The Keep, and Coppola’s Dracula play on 35mm, while Weyes Blood presents prints of Virginia Woolf and Rebecca.
Museum of the Moving Image
See It Big: Extended Cuts! offers unique opportunity to see films in their original form, starting with Once Upon a Time in America and Little Shop of Horrors; the great Manny Kirchheimer and Leo Hurwitz are subject of a series.
Film Forum
Isabelle Huppert, maybe our greatest actress, is celebrated in a retrospective with work by Godard, Pialat, Verhoeven, and Haneke; Breathless continues,...
Museum of Modern Art
One of our greatest living filmmakers, Tsai Ming-liang, is subject of a career-spanning retrospective that starts today; Tsai will give a talk on Saturday.
Film at Lincoln Center
A 4K restoration of Kieślowski’s The Double Life of Véronique begins a run.
Roxy Cinema
Kenneth Branagh’s Frankenstein, Michael Mann’s The Keep, and Coppola’s Dracula play on 35mm, while Weyes Blood presents prints of Virginia Woolf and Rebecca.
Museum of the Moving Image
See It Big: Extended Cuts! offers unique opportunity to see films in their original form, starting with Once Upon a Time in America and Little Shop of Horrors; the great Manny Kirchheimer and Leo Hurwitz are subject of a series.
Film Forum
Isabelle Huppert, maybe our greatest actress, is celebrated in a retrospective with work by Godard, Pialat, Verhoeven, and Haneke; Breathless continues,...
- 10/21/2022
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
’80s Horror
While the new release horror offerings are lacking this month, leave it to The Criterion Channel to deliver the ultimate series for the season. ’80s Horror features a great number of classics and underseen titles, including films by John Carpenter (Prince of Darkness), Tobe Hooper (The Funhouse), David Cronenberg (Scanners), Michael Mann (The Keep), and Paul Schrader (Cat People), along with Wolfen, The Slumber Party Massacre, Near Dark, Vampire’s Kiss, Tetsuo: The Iron Man, and many more. Get ready for some thrills.
Where to Stream: The Criterion Channel
Atlantis (Ben Russell)
Piecing together a whirlpool of shimmering images from a trip to Malta, experimental filmmaker Ben Russell raises the fabled utopian city of Atlantis from the sea. Russell’s...
’80s Horror
While the new release horror offerings are lacking this month, leave it to The Criterion Channel to deliver the ultimate series for the season. ’80s Horror features a great number of classics and underseen titles, including films by John Carpenter (Prince of Darkness), Tobe Hooper (The Funhouse), David Cronenberg (Scanners), Michael Mann (The Keep), and Paul Schrader (Cat People), along with Wolfen, The Slumber Party Massacre, Near Dark, Vampire’s Kiss, Tetsuo: The Iron Man, and many more. Get ready for some thrills.
Where to Stream: The Criterion Channel
Atlantis (Ben Russell)
Piecing together a whirlpool of shimmering images from a trip to Malta, experimental filmmaker Ben Russell raises the fabled utopian city of Atlantis from the sea. Russell’s...
- 10/7/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Though their “’80s Horror” lineup would constitute enough of a Halloween push, the Criterion Channel enter October all guns blazing. The month’s lineup also includes a 19-movie vampire series running from 1931’s Dracula (English and Spanish both) to 2014’s A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, the collection in-between including Herzog’s Nosferatu, Near Dark, and Let the Right One In. Last year’s “Universal Horror” collection returns, a 17-title Ishirō Honda retrospective has been set, and a few genre titles stand alone: Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte, The House of the Devil, and Island of Lost Souls.
Streaming premieres include restorations of Tsai Ming-liang’s Vive L’amour and Ed Lachman’s Lou Reed / John Cale concert film Songs for Drella; October’s Criterion editions are Samuel Fuller’s Forty Guns, Bill Duke’s Deep Cover, Haxan, and My Own Private Idaho. Meanwhile, Ari Aster has curated an “Adventures...
Streaming premieres include restorations of Tsai Ming-liang’s Vive L’amour and Ed Lachman’s Lou Reed / John Cale concert film Songs for Drella; October’s Criterion editions are Samuel Fuller’s Forty Guns, Bill Duke’s Deep Cover, Haxan, and My Own Private Idaho. Meanwhile, Ari Aster has curated an “Adventures...
- 9/26/2022
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
"War of the Worlds" Season Three, directed by Indra Siera and Jonas Alexander Arnby, based on the Martian invasion story by H.G. Wells, stars Gabriel Byrne (“The Keep”) streaming September 12, 2022 on Epix:
“…the war between the survivors and aliens reaches a new turning point and a terrifying phenomenon grips countless people across the globe. With stakes at an all-time high, one survivor sets out to investigate, forming a tentative partnership with another unlikely hero along the way. The pair will need to use every resource they have available to face an opposition more dangerous than ever in their fight, once again, for the survival of all humanity…”
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“…the war between the survivors and aliens reaches a new turning point and a terrifying phenomenon grips countless people across the globe. With stakes at an all-time high, one survivor sets out to investigate, forming a tentative partnership with another unlikely hero along the way. The pair will need to use every resource they have available to face an opposition more dangerous than ever in their fight, once again, for the survival of all humanity…”
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- 8/25/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
"War of the Worlds" Season Three, directed by Indra Siera and Jonas Alexander Arnby, based on the Martian invasion story by H.G. Wells, stars Gabriel Byrne (“The Keep”) streaming September 12, 2022 on Epix:
“…the war between the survivors and aliens reaches a new turning point and a terrifying phenomenon grips countless people across the globe. With stakes at an all-time high, one survivor sets out to investigate, forming a tentative partnership with another unlikely hero along the way. The pair will need to use every resource they have available to face an opposition more dangerous than ever in their fight, once again, for the survival of all humanity…”
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“…the war between the survivors and aliens reaches a new turning point and a terrifying phenomenon grips countless people across the globe. With stakes at an all-time high, one survivor sets out to investigate, forming a tentative partnership with another unlikely hero along the way. The pair will need to use every resource they have available to face an opposition more dangerous than ever in their fight, once again, for the survival of all humanity…”
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- 8/5/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
"War of the Worlds" is a live action modern-day reworking of H.G Wells' science fiction story (1898), written and directed by Howard Overman (Misfits") and produced by Studiocanal-backed Urban Myth, stars Gabriel Byrne ("The Keep") and Elizabeth McGovern ("Downton Abbey"), airing Season Two October 28, 2021 on Fox:
"...in Season Two, 'Catherine Durand' (Lea Drucker) will find out more details about 'Bill Ward' (Byrne). This search might help her to uncover the origin of the 'Invaders' aleens species and the reason why they entered the Earth..."
McGovern plays 'Helen Brown, Adel Bencherif is 'Colonel Mustafa Mokrani, Emilie de Preissac is 'Sophia Durand', Natasha Little is 'Sarah Gresham', Daisy Edgar-Jones is 'Emily Gresham' and Ty Tennant is 'Tom Gresham'.
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"...in Season Two, 'Catherine Durand' (Lea Drucker) will find out more details about 'Bill Ward' (Byrne). This search might help her to uncover the origin of the 'Invaders' aleens species and the reason why they entered the Earth..."
McGovern plays 'Helen Brown, Adel Bencherif is 'Colonel Mustafa Mokrani, Emilie de Preissac is 'Sophia Durand', Natasha Little is 'Sarah Gresham', Daisy Edgar-Jones is 'Emily Gresham' and Ty Tennant is 'Tom Gresham'.
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- 10/8/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Legendary screenwriter and director Shane Black discusses some of his favorite movies with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
High and Low (1963)
Hard Times (1975) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Glenn Erickson’s 4K Blu-ray review
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Beguiled (1971) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia (1974) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Kino Lorber Blu-ray review, Glenn Erickson’s Twilight Time Blu-ray review
Convoy (1978) – Dennis Cozzalio’s review
8 Heads In A Duffel Bag (1997)
Diner (1982)
The Bodyguard (1992)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
Fist of Fury a.k.a. The Chinese Connection (1972) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
High and Low (1963)
Hard Times (1975) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Glenn Erickson’s 4K Blu-ray review
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Beguiled (1971) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia (1974) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Kino Lorber Blu-ray review, Glenn Erickson’s Twilight Time Blu-ray review
Convoy (1978) – Dennis Cozzalio’s review
8 Heads In A Duffel Bag (1997)
Diner (1982)
The Bodyguard (1992)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
Fist of Fury a.k.a. The Chinese Connection (1972) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary...
- 8/10/2021
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Gruff Rhys has shared the video for “Loan Your Loneliness,” off the Super Furry Animals singer’s upcoming new solo album Seeking New Gods.
The album, out May 21st via Rough Trade, is inspired by an imagined history of the picturesque Mount Paektu, an active volcano on the border of North Korea and China.
“The album is about people and the civilizations, and the spaces people inhabit over periods of time,” Rhys said in a statement. “How people come and go but the geology sticks around and changes more slowly.
The album, out May 21st via Rough Trade, is inspired by an imagined history of the picturesque Mount Paektu, an active volcano on the border of North Korea and China.
“The album is about people and the civilizations, and the spaces people inhabit over periods of time,” Rhys said in a statement. “How people come and go but the geology sticks around and changes more slowly.
- 3/15/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
As a veteran in the world of special effects makeup, Steven Kostanski (who contributed to projects like It (2017), Crimson Peak, Pacific Rim, Resident Evil: Retribution, and more) knows exactly how important great effects are in the world of genre cinema. That much is evident from his previous directorial efforts like Manborg, Leprechaun Returns, and The Void. It’s also a huge component of his latest film project, PG: Psycho Goreman, which features a ruthless demonic overlord brought to life by actor Matthew Ninaber.
Daily Dead recently caught up with Kostanski, and he discussed the inspiration behind both the story and the character of Psycho Goreman, the design process of the film’s titular character, and more. Look for PG: Psycho Goreman in select theaters and on various digital and On Demand platforms starting today, courtesy of Rlje Films.
Great to chat with you once again, Steven. I guess the best...
Daily Dead recently caught up with Kostanski, and he discussed the inspiration behind both the story and the character of Psycho Goreman, the design process of the film’s titular character, and more. Look for PG: Psycho Goreman in select theaters and on various digital and On Demand platforms starting today, courtesy of Rlje Films.
Great to chat with you once again, Steven. I guess the best...
- 1/22/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Tangerine Dream will finally officially release their score for the 1983 film The Keep as part of a 10-cd box set collecting the electronic music group’s early Eighties releases.
Pilots of Purple Twilight: The Virgin Recordings 1980 – 1983 collects five Tangerine Dream albums — Tangram, Exit, White Eagle, Logos Live and Hyperbore — plus a pair of beloved soundtracks the group made for Michael Mann’s films Thief and The Keep; the latter score, although oft-bootlegged, has never been officially been released, making it a “holy grail” among fans of Tangerine Dream.
Each of...
Pilots of Purple Twilight: The Virgin Recordings 1980 – 1983 collects five Tangerine Dream albums — Tangram, Exit, White Eagle, Logos Live and Hyperbore — plus a pair of beloved soundtracks the group made for Michael Mann’s films Thief and The Keep; the latter score, although oft-bootlegged, has never been officially been released, making it a “holy grail” among fans of Tangerine Dream.
Each of...
- 9/11/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Stars: Shayne Ward, Bentley Kalu, Piotr Baumann, Simon Meacock, Toby Osmond, Samantha Schnitzler, Matt Malecki, Spencer Collings, Phoebe Robinson-Galvin, Alana Wallace, Sophie Austin | Written and Directed by Tom Paton
[Note: With the film now out digitally in the UK and in the Us (under the title Black Ops), here’s a reposting of our review of Tom Paton’s The Ascent – from the films debut at Frightfest last August]
As someone who reviews a Lot of movies, who grew up in the era of the video shop, its fun to see people clearly raised on the same types of films I enjoyed as a teenager now stepping behind the camera and making films of their own. Films that, as the filmmakers peers, I can recognise as having been influenced by the very same films I know, and in a lot of cases, love. Case in point, Tom Paton.
Paton’s last film, Black Site, clearly wore its inspirations on its sleeve, the John Carpenter-esque action-horror hybrid was just that.
[Note: With the film now out digitally in the UK and in the Us (under the title Black Ops), here’s a reposting of our review of Tom Paton’s The Ascent – from the films debut at Frightfest last August]
As someone who reviews a Lot of movies, who grew up in the era of the video shop, its fun to see people clearly raised on the same types of films I enjoyed as a teenager now stepping behind the camera and making films of their own. Films that, as the filmmakers peers, I can recognise as having been influenced by the very same films I know, and in a lot of cases, love. Case in point, Tom Paton.
Paton’s last film, Black Site, clearly wore its inspirations on its sleeve, the John Carpenter-esque action-horror hybrid was just that.
- 6/15/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
As part of our support for the launch of Tom Paton’s new film The Ascent on VOD, here’s an interview with actor and regular Tom Paton collaborator Toby Osmond, who appears in the film as Jack Ford.
The Ascent follows a group of mercenaries, who are sent to Eastern Europe in the middle of a civil war to retrieve intel. Shortly after the mission, the unit find themselves trapped on a never-ending stairwell; forced to climb or die. To survive, they must revisit their past sins if they ever want to get off.
The Ascent reminded me of Michael Mann’s The Keep, which was sort of his lost film…
To: I’ve heard people say that The Ascent reminds them of a cross between Ringu and Time…something, I get the Ringu reference because of the monster in our film, but I’ve not seen The Keep.
The Ascent follows a group of mercenaries, who are sent to Eastern Europe in the middle of a civil war to retrieve intel. Shortly after the mission, the unit find themselves trapped on a never-ending stairwell; forced to climb or die. To survive, they must revisit their past sins if they ever want to get off.
The Ascent reminded me of Michael Mann’s The Keep, which was sort of his lost film…
To: I’ve heard people say that The Ascent reminds them of a cross between Ringu and Time…something, I get the Ringu reference because of the monster in our film, but I’ve not seen The Keep.
- 6/15/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Sneak Peek the new TV series, adapting H.G. Well's "War of the Worlds", directed by Gilles Coulier and Richard Clark, starring Gabriel Byrne ("The Keep"), Léa Drucker, Elizabeth McGovern, Adel Bencherif, Natasha Little, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Bayo Gbadamosi, Ty Tennant, Aaron Heffernan, Stephen Campbell Moore, Paul Gorostidi, Stéphane Caillard and Scott James, premiering February 16, 2020 on Epix:
"...when astronomers detect a transmission from another galaxy, it is definitive proof of intelligent extraterrestrial life. The world's population waits for further contact with bated breath.
"They do not have to wait long. Within days, mankind is all but wiped out. Just pockets of humanity are left in an eerily deserted world.
"As alien ships appear in the sky, the survivors ask a burning question – who are these attackers and why are they hell-bent on our destruction?
"This is a story of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances but they are more than just victims in a brutal war.
"...when astronomers detect a transmission from another galaxy, it is definitive proof of intelligent extraterrestrial life. The world's population waits for further contact with bated breath.
"They do not have to wait long. Within days, mankind is all but wiped out. Just pockets of humanity are left in an eerily deserted world.
"As alien ships appear in the sky, the survivors ask a burning question – who are these attackers and why are they hell-bent on our destruction?
"This is a story of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances but they are more than just victims in a brutal war.
- 2/2/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Stars: Shayne Ward, Bentley Kalu, Piotr Baumann, Simon Meacock, Toby Osmond, Samantha Schnitzler, Matt Malecki, Spencer Collings, Phoebe Robinson-Galvin, Alana Wallace, Sophie Austin | Written and Directed by Tom Paton
As someone who reviews a Lot of movies, who grew up in the era of the video shop, its fun to see people clearly raised on the same types of films I enjoyed as a teenager now stepping behind the camera and making films of their own. Films that, as the filmmakers peers, I can recognise as having been influenced by the very same films I know, and in a lot of cases, love. Case in point, Tom Paton.
Paton’s last film, Black Site, clearly wore its inspirations on its sleeve, the John Carpenter-esque action-horror hybrid was just that. A John Carpenter inspired film that the genre maestro could have easily made back in his 80s heyday, probably around...
As someone who reviews a Lot of movies, who grew up in the era of the video shop, its fun to see people clearly raised on the same types of films I enjoyed as a teenager now stepping behind the camera and making films of their own. Films that, as the filmmakers peers, I can recognise as having been influenced by the very same films I know, and in a lot of cases, love. Case in point, Tom Paton.
Paton’s last film, Black Site, clearly wore its inspirations on its sleeve, the John Carpenter-esque action-horror hybrid was just that. A John Carpenter inspired film that the genre maestro could have easily made back in his 80s heyday, probably around...
- 8/28/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Stars: Mel Novak, Frankie Pozos, Aaron Guerrero, Amanda Rau, Jola Cora, Stephanie Strehlow, Alexya Garcia, Veronica Ricci, Jeff Rector, Paul Anderson, Anthony Richard Pagliaro, Brendan Mitchell, Gabriel Mercado, Luna Meow, Brian Reagan, Arash Dibazar | Written by Aaron K. Carter, Ronnie Jimenez | Directed by Aaron K. Carter
A four-part anthology (a wraparound and three segments), An Hour to Kill comes from writer/director Aaron K. Carter (Dead Kansas) and can be best described as Quentin Tarantino meets The Twilight Zone… With a wraparound – the titular An Hour To Kill – that follows two hitmen Gio (Aaron Guerrero) and Frankie (Frankie Pozos) who, following a botched hit, spend an hour driving round L.A. entertaining themselves by sharing horror stories with one another. But which hit-man’s story will be deemed most disturbing when all is said and done?
The first segment in the film is Valkyrie’s Bunker – a story of Nazi...
A four-part anthology (a wraparound and three segments), An Hour to Kill comes from writer/director Aaron K. Carter (Dead Kansas) and can be best described as Quentin Tarantino meets The Twilight Zone… With a wraparound – the titular An Hour To Kill – that follows two hitmen Gio (Aaron Guerrero) and Frankie (Frankie Pozos) who, following a botched hit, spend an hour driving round L.A. entertaining themselves by sharing horror stories with one another. But which hit-man’s story will be deemed most disturbing when all is said and done?
The first segment in the film is Valkyrie’s Bunker – a story of Nazi...
- 12/7/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
The last decade has seen a surge of “Nazi horror” movies that struck enough of a chord to kick-start a subgenre. Most are risible and bypassed big screens to debut on DVD, prior to perishing in pound store video bins, but there are a few gems amongst the twaddle. Dead Snow 2: Red Vs Dead is a subgenre standout and one of a small fistful to feature the Nazi undead. Along with the lesser likes of War of the Dead, Frankenstein’s Army and Outpost, these utilised our fear/hatred of Nazism to shape a new supernatural antagonist.
Overlord is the latest Nazi horror and one of very few to make it into cinemas. Following his impressive, criminally under-seen debut Son of a Gun, director Julius Avery, with screenwriters Billy Ray, Mark L Smith and producer Jj Abrams give Nazi horror a bigger budget/ creative bolstering with enthralling results; for Overlord is a frenzied,...
Overlord is the latest Nazi horror and one of very few to make it into cinemas. Following his impressive, criminally under-seen debut Son of a Gun, director Julius Avery, with screenwriters Billy Ray, Mark L Smith and producer Jj Abrams give Nazi horror a bigger budget/ creative bolstering with enthralling results; for Overlord is a frenzied,...
- 11/2/2018
- by Daniel Goodwin
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’re highlighting the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.
Ant-Man and the Wasp (Peyton Reed)
After the apocalyptic implications following the cliffhanger of Avengers: Infinity War, one wonders where Marvel could go next. Small, of course. Ant-Man was the franchise’s most playful, inconsequential offering, so it’s only fitting that another insular story featuring Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang and shrinkable company would make a worthwhile breather in a world of superheroes where the fate of the world is often the name of the game. That’s clearly–and thankfully–not the mission here and in his follow-up Peyton Reed doubles down on the comedic charms of his cast, playing up Rudd’s aloofness and...
Ant-Man and the Wasp (Peyton Reed)
After the apocalyptic implications following the cliffhanger of Avengers: Infinity War, one wonders where Marvel could go next. Small, of course. Ant-Man was the franchise’s most playful, inconsequential offering, so it’s only fitting that another insular story featuring Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang and shrinkable company would make a worthwhile breather in a world of superheroes where the fate of the world is often the name of the game. That’s clearly–and thankfully–not the mission here and in his follow-up Peyton Reed doubles down on the comedic charms of his cast, playing up Rudd’s aloofness and...
- 10/5/2018
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Close-Up is a feature that spotlights films now playing on Mubi. Michael Mann's Manhunter (1986) is showing October 1 – 30, 2018 in the United States as part of the series Horrific October.Manhunter is Michael Mann’s first true masterpiece, the film where he successfully balances a hugely emotional story with bold use of his trademark style. Thief (1981) and The Keep (1983) each exhibit plenty of remarkable filmmaking to recommend them, but none of it coalesces to reach the same heights as the director’s 1986 adaptation of Thomas Harris’ novel, Red Dragon. Mann wrote the screenplay in addition to directing, and though he remained relatively faithful to many of the source material’s best twists and revelations, the final product visually and sonically has his personal mark all over it. Well beyond idiosyncratically changing the spelling of the novel’s now-famous Hannibal Lecter to “Lecktor,” Mann assuredly shaped the book into something with totally unique cinematic pacing,...
- 10/4/2018
- MUBI
Sneak Peek the new comedy feature "An L.A. Minute", written and directed by Daniel Adams, starring Kiersey Clemons, Gabriel Byrne ("The Keep") Bob Balaban (Midnight Cowboy"), now playing:
"...'An L.A. Minute' is a satirical look at fame, success, the star-making machinery and the karma that attaches to all those who worship at the altar of 'Celebrity'..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "An L.A. Minute"....
"...'An L.A. Minute' is a satirical look at fame, success, the star-making machinery and the karma that attaches to all those who worship at the altar of 'Celebrity'..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "An L.A. Minute"....
- 8/25/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
This early gore-horror picture has a remarkable emphasis on human values, believe it or not, with a ‘monster’ that nevertheless is a paragon of loving gentleness. Add Donald Pleasance as a surly, posh-hating police inspector, and the shock value makes the Hammer films of the early ’70s taste like weak tea.
Death Line
Blu-ray + DVD
Blue Underground
1972 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 87 min. / aka Raw Meat / Street Date June 27, 2017 / 39.98
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Norman Rossington, David Ladd, Sharon Gurney, Hugh Armstrong, June Turner, Christopher Lee.
Cinematography: Alex Thomson
Art Direction: Dennis Gordon-Orr
Film Editor: Geoffrey Foot
Original Music: Jeremy Rose, Malone Wil
Written by Ceri Jones from a story by Gary Sherman
Produced by Paul Maslansky
Directed by Gary Sherman
In 1972, making a horror film was a safe way to start a career: almost anything screen-able could get a release, and if your show had enough shock value, it might even get positive critical attention.
Death Line
Blu-ray + DVD
Blue Underground
1972 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 87 min. / aka Raw Meat / Street Date June 27, 2017 / 39.98
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Norman Rossington, David Ladd, Sharon Gurney, Hugh Armstrong, June Turner, Christopher Lee.
Cinematography: Alex Thomson
Art Direction: Dennis Gordon-Orr
Film Editor: Geoffrey Foot
Original Music: Jeremy Rose, Malone Wil
Written by Ceri Jones from a story by Gary Sherman
Produced by Paul Maslansky
Directed by Gary Sherman
In 1972, making a horror film was a safe way to start a career: almost anything screen-able could get a release, and if your show had enough shock value, it might even get positive critical attention.
- 6/13/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Close-Up is a column that spotlights films now playing on Mubi. Guillermo Del Toro's Hellboy (2004) is showing on Mubi from May 14 - June 13, 2017 in the United Kingdom.It is hard to imagine a more perfect marriage of director and source material than Guillermo Del Toro with Hellboy. Mike Mignola’s graphic novel series about a demon put to work by the Feds could have been tailor-made for the Mexican fantasy auteur. Hellboy’s panels pit brutish monsters against mad visionaries in dank subterranean crypts, drawing on European folklore and making a fetish of clanking machinery, crumbling ruins and otherworldly magic. Mignola’s primary theme is always the past’s unshakeable hold over the present, the dead’s habit of returning to haunt the living. All of the above are the sort of gothic tropes that have recurred again and again in some form or other throughout Del Toro’s filmography too,...
- 5/19/2017
- MUBI
Michael Mann’s one of those filmmakers whose greatest films inspire fierce debate. An argument can and has been made that nearly all of his movies (except for The Keep, maybe) is his masterpiece, whether its prestige period pieces like Last Of The Mohicans and Public Enemies or the gnarly digital pulp of Blackhat and Collateral. Nearly everyone agrees, though, that Heat is up there, an operatic meditation on cops and robbers that still manages to function as an all-time great action flick.
Chief among that movie’s fans is director Christopher Nolan, who cited it repeatedly as an inspiration for his own (arguable) masterwork, The Dark Knight. A new video essay explores just how much Nolan was able to match the tonal, topical, and even kinetic feel of that movie. (Collateral and The Insider are also featured, though to a much lesser extent.)
The Dark Knight: Visual Echoes...
Chief among that movie’s fans is director Christopher Nolan, who cited it repeatedly as an inspiration for his own (arguable) masterwork, The Dark Knight. A new video essay explores just how much Nolan was able to match the tonal, topical, and even kinetic feel of that movie. (Collateral and The Insider are also featured, though to a much lesser extent.)
The Dark Knight: Visual Echoes...
- 2/6/2017
- by Clayton Purdom
- avclub.com
Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repertory showings into one handy list. Displayed below are a few of the city’s most reliable theaters and links to screenings of their weekend offerings — films you’re not likely to see in a theater again anytime soon, and many of which are, also, on 35mm. If you have a chance to attend any of these, we’re of the mind that it’s time extremely well-spent.
Metrograph
Three Spielberg pictures screen this weekend, while Rohmer is highlighted with Pauline at the Beach and Full Moon in Paris on Friday.
A Rocky-Creed mini-series run on Friday and Saturday.
The Rules of the Game shows this Sunday.
Japan Society
One of David Bowie‘s greatest performances is on display in Nagisa Oshima‘s Merry Christmas,...
Metrograph
Three Spielberg pictures screen this weekend, while Rohmer is highlighted with Pauline at the Beach and Full Moon in Paris on Friday.
A Rocky-Creed mini-series run on Friday and Saturday.
The Rules of the Game shows this Sunday.
Japan Society
One of David Bowie‘s greatest performances is on display in Nagisa Oshima‘s Merry Christmas,...
- 1/13/2017
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Michael Mann’s little-scene film, The Keep (1983), was much-maligned when it opened on Friday, December 16th, 1983. At 97 minutes, it was dismissed as a cursory telling of F. Paul Wilson’s mammoth 1981 novel of the same name. Since then, it has acquired somewhat of a cult following, and even received a letterboxed laserdisc release …
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- 1/12/2017
- by Jonathan Stryker
- Horror News
Wizard World is coming to New Orleans January 6th–8th! Many artists and personalities will be in attendance, including some of our favorites from The Walking Dead! Also in today's Highlights: a call for Razor Reel Film Festival 2017 entries, Nitehawk Cinema's "Because I'm Evil" midnite series screenings, a trailer for Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies, and acquisition details for The Eyes.
Wizard World New Orleans 2017: Press Release: "New Orleans, December 20, 2016 - From TV magicians “Masters of Illusion” to personalities Montel Williams, Kato Kaelin and “Chumlee” of “Pawn Stars” fame to a varied lineup of exciting dance, music, art and other options, Wizard World (Otcbb: Wizd) today announced the highlights of its new non-stop entertainment lineup at Wizard World Comic Con New Orleans, January 6-8, 2017, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. The initiative, designed to keep the show floor buzzing throughout the weekend, will feature national and local acts of all kinds,...
Wizard World New Orleans 2017: Press Release: "New Orleans, December 20, 2016 - From TV magicians “Masters of Illusion” to personalities Montel Williams, Kato Kaelin and “Chumlee” of “Pawn Stars” fame to a varied lineup of exciting dance, music, art and other options, Wizard World (Otcbb: Wizd) today announced the highlights of its new non-stop entertainment lineup at Wizard World Comic Con New Orleans, January 6-8, 2017, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. The initiative, designed to keep the show floor buzzing throughout the weekend, will feature national and local acts of all kinds,...
- 12/21/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Padraig Cotter Jan 5, 2017
Michael Mann has all-but-disowned The Keep. But why? And how has the fanbase kept it going?
Every auteur has a black sheep in their filmography. Something which doesn’t gel with their established style, and was rejected by critics and fans upon release. On this front Spielberg has 1941, Oliver Stone has The Hand, Brian De Palma has Wiseguys and so on.
See related Kevin Feige on Black Panther, female superhero movie Avengers: Infinity War – the first set picture Thor: Ragnarok: the first official synopsis released
Michael Mann has the crown jewel of them all. He's a director best known for his precise, beautifully shot thrillers like Heat, Manhunter or The Insider. So how a director famed for his commitment to realism and methodical research ended up crafting a gothic horror movie set during World War II is anyone’s guess.
That’s what happened with 1983’s The Keep,...
Michael Mann has all-but-disowned The Keep. But why? And how has the fanbase kept it going?
Every auteur has a black sheep in their filmography. Something which doesn’t gel with their established style, and was rejected by critics and fans upon release. On this front Spielberg has 1941, Oliver Stone has The Hand, Brian De Palma has Wiseguys and so on.
See related Kevin Feige on Black Panther, female superhero movie Avengers: Infinity War – the first set picture Thor: Ragnarok: the first official synopsis released
Michael Mann has the crown jewel of them all. He's a director best known for his precise, beautifully shot thrillers like Heat, Manhunter or The Insider. So how a director famed for his commitment to realism and methodical research ended up crafting a gothic horror movie set during World War II is anyone’s guess.
That’s what happened with 1983’s The Keep,...
- 11/2/2016
- Den of Geek
The “Stranger Things” score haunts the Netflix series just as profoundly as the Duffer brother’s lush, dark visuals and tension-filled direction. It’s amassed widespread excitement and covers, including a mash-up of the themes from “Stranger Things” and “Twin Peaks.” Now the soundtrack has caught the attention of legendary synth group Tangerine Dream, which released two covers with accompanying retro font that gives a nod to the “Stranger Things” opening credits.
Read More: ‘Stranger Things’ Composers Interview: Duo Discusses Soundtrack, That Haunting Theme Song and More
The creators of the series’ memorable audio backdrop are Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein, two members of The Austin-based electric synth-band S U R V I V E which caught the attention of the Duffer brothers. When asked about their inspiration in an interview with Rolling Stone, Dixon cited many movie soundtracks from Tangerine Dream:
“There’s a Tangerine Dream score for ‘Sorcerer’ that’s great.
Read More: ‘Stranger Things’ Composers Interview: Duo Discusses Soundtrack, That Haunting Theme Song and More
The creators of the series’ memorable audio backdrop are Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein, two members of The Austin-based electric synth-band S U R V I V E which caught the attention of the Duffer brothers. When asked about their inspiration in an interview with Rolling Stone, Dixon cited many movie soundtracks from Tangerine Dream:
“There’s a Tangerine Dream score for ‘Sorcerer’ that’s great.
- 9/13/2016
- by Zipporah Smith
- Indiewire
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
A Married Woman (Jean-Luc Godard)
A Married Woman is an often overlooked masterwork from Godard’s most productive period. The plot appears to be simple: Charlotte (Macha Méril) is a young married woman having an affair with an actor. When she discovers that she is pregnant, she must decide which man is the father and which man she will stay with. In Godard’s hands, however, the film, described as a film about a woman’s beauty and the ugliness of her world,...
A Married Woman (Jean-Luc Godard)
A Married Woman is an often overlooked masterwork from Godard’s most productive period. The plot appears to be simple: Charlotte (Macha Méril) is a young married woman having an affair with an actor. When she discovers that she is pregnant, she must decide which man is the father and which man she will stay with. In Godard’s hands, however, the film, described as a film about a woman’s beauty and the ugliness of her world,...
- 5/24/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
John Frankenheimer ended a three year hiatus following his 1979 environmental horror/creature feature Prophecy with a commendable martial-arts effort, The Challenge (1982). Starring Scott Glenn in his first lead performance, the curiosity was co-written by John Sayles and also stars Japanese legend Toshiro Mifune (who had previously appeared in Frankenheimer’s 1966 film, Grand Prix). Though it ultimately proves to be a nonsensical narrative in its clash of East meets West and traditional values threatened by the consumer cravings of the modernized world, some fantastic fight sequences (a pre-fame Steven Seagal served as technical advisor) and superb lensing from famed cinematographer Kozo Okazaki mark the title as worthy of recuperation for its conglomeration of vintage components.
In 1982 Los Angeles, a down and out boxer, Rick Murphy (Glenn) is approached to transport a sacred sword to Kyoto in order to restore it to its rightful owner, a master samurai, Toru Yoshida (Mifune). Apparently,...
In 1982 Los Angeles, a down and out boxer, Rick Murphy (Glenn) is approached to transport a sacred sword to Kyoto in order to restore it to its rightful owner, a master samurai, Toru Yoshida (Mifune). Apparently,...
- 3/8/2016
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
"Though Michael Mann has directed only 11 theatrical feature films in 35 years, he has left his mark on a wide range of movie types, including period drama (The Last of the Mohicans), sports biography (Ali), corporate thriller (The Insider) and the ever-popular Nazi paranormal horror flick (The Keep)," writes Daniel M. Gold for the New York Times. The BAMcinématek series Heat & Vice: The Films of Michael Mann runs from tomorrow through February 16. More goings on: Antonio Pietrangeli's I Knew Her Well has been restored, Matt Zoller Seitz presents Mad Men Weekend in San Francisco, and the Jean-Luc Godard season rolls on in London. » - David Hudson...
- 2/4/2016
- Keyframe
"Though Michael Mann has directed only 11 theatrical feature films in 35 years, he has left his mark on a wide range of movie types, including period drama (The Last of the Mohicans), sports biography (Ali), corporate thriller (The Insider) and the ever-popular Nazi paranormal horror flick (The Keep)," writes Daniel M. Gold for the New York Times. The BAMcinématek series Heat & Vice: The Films of Michael Mann runs from tomorrow through February 16. More goings on: Antonio Pietrangeli's I Knew Her Well has been restored, Matt Zoller Seitz presents Mad Men Weekend in San Francisco, and the Jean-Luc Godard season rolls on in London. » - David Hudson...
- 2/4/2016
- Fandor: Keyframe
Michael Mann’s The Keep to screen in NYC. Fans of maverick filmmaker Michael Mann’s surreal and critically lambasted adaptation of F. Paul Wilson’s novel The Keep, know that the film came out in 1983 and promptly bombed. Since then, it has amassed a very serious cult following and a documentary about the picture is even…
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- 1/6/2016
- by Chris Alexander
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Michael Mann is, without a doubt, one of the most well-known and respected filmmakers ever to have lived. And while most of his films are revered as classics, you may not be aware that he also helmed the rarely seen… Continue Reading →
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- 12/7/2015
- by David Gelmini
- DreadCentral.com
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit the interwebs. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Gemma Bovery (Anne Fontaine)
It might be hard to conceive of how a tragic story like Madame Bovary could be turned into a farcical and winning comedy, and yet here we stand. With remarkable tonal control from director Anne Fontaine and a winning pair of performances from Gemma Arterton and Fabrice Luchini, Gemma Bovery somehow manages to be an affecting and hilarious treat. Set in modern day Normandy,...
Gemma Bovery (Anne Fontaine)
It might be hard to conceive of how a tragic story like Madame Bovary could be turned into a farcical and winning comedy, and yet here we stand. With remarkable tonal control from director Anne Fontaine and a winning pair of performances from Gemma Arterton and Fabrice Luchini, Gemma Bovery somehow manages to be an affecting and hilarious treat. Set in modern day Normandy,...
- 11/27/2015
- by TFS Staff
- The Film Stage
Whenever a certain sort of film geek gets together to discuss the great cinematic what-if's - what could have happened if only director x was given free reign to do what he wanted with film y - there are certain titles that invariably rise to the surface. Dune generally leads the conversations, both the Lynch and Jodorowsky versions - and before very long the conversation invariably turns to Michael Mann's The Keep. Starring Ian McKellen, Gabriel Byrne and Scott Glenn the film was designed from the ground up to be something entirely unique, an 'adult fairytale' that fused themes of the second world war with overt fantasy elements. And, sure, now - in the post Pan's Labyrinth world - that doesn't seem like a particularly...
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- 11/23/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Shock makes a case for maverick director Michael Mann’s oft-maligned 1983 fever dream The Keep. When it comes to dark fantasy and horror filmmaking, I am and always will be a strong advocate for anti–realism, which is to say I prefer my terrors to exist in a dream state, free of the pretentious shackles…
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- 10/19/2015
- by Chris Alexander
- shocktillyoudrop.com
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