The line-up features 19 world premieres, including J.-P. Valkeapää’s ‘Hit Big’ and three Ukranian productions.
Estonia’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has unveiled the full line-up for its official selection, featuring 19 world premieres, with the festival set to run from November 11-27.
World premieres include Finnish director J.-P. Valkeapää’s Hit Big, a Finland-Estonia-Spain co-production. Valkeapää’s credits include Dogs Wear Pants and They Have Escaped. The new film is about a Finnish former beauty pageant star, who left Finland for Spain’s Costa del Sol, finds her family’s murky criminal past starts to unravel. Charades is handling sales.
Estonia’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has unveiled the full line-up for its official selection, featuring 19 world premieres, with the festival set to run from November 11-27.
World premieres include Finnish director J.-P. Valkeapää’s Hit Big, a Finland-Estonia-Spain co-production. Valkeapää’s credits include Dogs Wear Pants and They Have Escaped. The new film is about a Finnish former beauty pageant star, who left Finland for Spain’s Costa del Sol, finds her family’s murky criminal past starts to unravel. Charades is handling sales.
- 10/20/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The German festival is running from June 23 to July 2.
Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage will launch Filmfest München in an opening gala at the German city’s Isar Philharmonic concert hall today
The Filmfest is screening 120 films from 52 countries, including 35 world premieres. Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher will be presented with this year’s CineMerit Award, while there will be a homage to German filmmaker Doris Dörrie with the premiere of her latest film The Pool.
Festival director Diana Iljine and artistic director Christoph Gröner talk to Screen about this year’s event and the Filmfest’s significance as a launchpad for international careers of German films.
Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage will launch Filmfest München in an opening gala at the German city’s Isar Philharmonic concert hall today
The Filmfest is screening 120 films from 52 countries, including 35 world premieres. Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher will be presented with this year’s CineMerit Award, while there will be a homage to German filmmaker Doris Dörrie with the premiere of her latest film The Pool.
Festival director Diana Iljine and artistic director Christoph Gröner talk to Screen about this year’s event and the Filmfest’s significance as a launchpad for international careers of German films.
- 6/23/2022
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
If you’ve been keeping any eye on the BBFC website this news won’t come as that much of a surprise… However, Lionsgate UK have officially announced today the launch of the Vestron Collectors Series line of Blu-rays here in the UK! Yes, no longer will you have to fork over £30-40 to import the well-received Vestron Blus, instead you can get them right here in Blighty. The catch? It looks, at least from this announcement, that we won’t be getting All the Vestron titles – after all, there’s no Waxwork 2 included on the UK Blu.
From the press release:
Blood Diner
Restored and remastered, this Unrated Version has never been on Blu-ray!
Grab a table at the Blood Diner—a cut above the rest! The Tutman Brothers run the most popular restaurant in town. Popular, that is, if you’re the county coroner! The “Head” chef has...
From the press release:
Blood Diner
Restored and remastered, this Unrated Version has never been on Blu-ray!
Grab a table at the Blood Diner—a cut above the rest! The Tutman Brothers run the most popular restaurant in town. Popular, that is, if you’re the county coroner! The “Head” chef has...
- 7/28/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Welcome back for Day 7 of Daily Dead’s fourth annual Holiday Gift Guide, readers! Once again, our goal is to help you navigate through the horrors of the 2016 shopping season with our tips on unique gift ideas, and we’ll hopefully help you save a few bucks over the next few weeks, too. For today’s gift guide, we’re going to take a look at Gallery 1988's amazing artwork, teeVillain, the Back to the Future soundtrack, several of the great Vestron Video Blu-rays released this year, Star Wars-themed kids' games, horror necklaces, and more.
This year’s Holiday Gift Guide is sponsored by several amazing companies, including Mondo, Anchor Bay Entertainment, DC Entertainment, and Magnolia Home Entertainment, who have all donated an assortment of goodies to help get you into the spirit of the season. Daily Dead also recently teamed up with Texas-based artist Dustin Pace of Duddy...
This year’s Holiday Gift Guide is sponsored by several amazing companies, including Mondo, Anchor Bay Entertainment, DC Entertainment, and Magnolia Home Entertainment, who have all donated an assortment of goodies to help get you into the spirit of the season. Daily Dead also recently teamed up with Texas-based artist Dustin Pace of Duddy...
- 12/3/2016
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Given just how lousy with zombies our current pop culture climate has become over the last decade or so, it’s hard to remember that the walking dead were out of favor as recently as the 1990s. The decade had a few bright spots (Peter Jackson’s Dead Alive, aka Braindead is a stone-cold classic, as is Michele Soavi’s Dellamorte Dellamore, aka Cemetery Man), but on the whole there weren’t a lot of memorable zombie movies coming out of the Clinton decade. Well, along comes the new Vestron Video Collector’s Series Blu-ray of Brian Yuzna’s Return of the Living Dead 3 to remind us that at least one more terrific zombie movie did come out in the ’90s, but many horror fans slept on it. Hopefully that changes now.
Pretty much a sequel in name only, 1993’s Return of the Living Dead 3 bears almost no...
Pretty much a sequel in name only, 1993’s Return of the Living Dead 3 bears almost no...
- 12/2/2016
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
After last week being rather quiet on the home entertainment front, November 22nd is looking to make up for some lost time with a ton of great genre Blu-ray and DVD titles coming our way on Tuesday. This week, Scream Factory is showing some love to another David Cronenberg classic, Rabid, and Arrow Video is resurrecting the cult film C.H.U.D. in HD for their brand new Special Edition Blu-ray.
Lionsgate is putting out a pair of Vestron Video Collector’s Series titles—Return of the Living Dead 3 and C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud—that horror fans will undoubtedly want to add to their home media collections. And for all you William Friedkin fans out there, Shout Select has put together a stellar Collector’s Edition Blu-ray of To Live and Die in L.A. that is absolutely worth owning.
Other notable releases for November 22nd include Intruder,...
Lionsgate is putting out a pair of Vestron Video Collector’s Series titles—Return of the Living Dead 3 and C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud—that horror fans will undoubtedly want to add to their home media collections. And for all you William Friedkin fans out there, Shout Select has put together a stellar Collector’s Edition Blu-ray of To Live and Die in L.A. that is absolutely worth owning.
Other notable releases for November 22nd include Intruder,...
- 11/22/2016
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
By Dawna Lee Heising,
More Horror In Hollywood
Delirium, the production company whose maiden outing was the 2016 Bill Oberst Jr.-Armand Assante hit thriller Stressed To Kill, has just announced it will go into production on Purgatory Road in November 2016 for delivery mid-2017.
Directed by Mark Savage, scripted by Savage and Tom Parnell, and produced by Chris Smernes, the team behind Stressed To Kill, the film has been described as hardcore horror with a bloody helping of twisted “faith”. Set in the American South, it depicts the adventures of two brothers, –– one a psychotic, ex-communicated priest (Gary Cairns; Daylight’S End, Justified, Monumental), the other an increasingly troubled sidekick (Luke Albright; Devil’S Pass, 12 Rounds, Burn Notice) –– whose unconventional mission involves a traveling confessional and a distorted view of salvation. Entering their perfectly bloody world is a mysterious woman (Trista Robinson; The Human Race, Silent Retreat, Malignant) whom, while offering potential assistance,...
More Horror In Hollywood
Delirium, the production company whose maiden outing was the 2016 Bill Oberst Jr.-Armand Assante hit thriller Stressed To Kill, has just announced it will go into production on Purgatory Road in November 2016 for delivery mid-2017.
Directed by Mark Savage, scripted by Savage and Tom Parnell, and produced by Chris Smernes, the team behind Stressed To Kill, the film has been described as hardcore horror with a bloody helping of twisted “faith”. Set in the American South, it depicts the adventures of two brothers, –– one a psychotic, ex-communicated priest (Gary Cairns; Daylight’S End, Justified, Monumental), the other an increasingly troubled sidekick (Luke Albright; Devil’S Pass, 12 Rounds, Burn Notice) –– whose unconventional mission involves a traveling confessional and a distorted view of salvation. Entering their perfectly bloody world is a mysterious woman (Trista Robinson; The Human Race, Silent Retreat, Malignant) whom, while offering potential assistance,...
- 11/3/2016
- by admin
- MoreHorror
“Julie, are you eating him? You should stop it!”
From the Vestron Video Collector’s Series comes the terrifying 1993 zombie horror classic Return Of The Living Dead 3 arriving on limited-edition Blu-ray™ for the first time on November 22 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
Love never dies! The Vestron Video Collector’s Series goes beyond the grave when the zombie horror classic Return of the Living Dead 3 arrives on limited-edition Blu-ray™ for the first time on November 22 from Lionsgate. Watch all of the terror in high definition when Curt transforms his girlfriend into a flesh-eating monster after her accidental death, in order to fulfill their pact to love each other forever! The Return of the Living Dead 3 Blu-ray includes all-new special features, including an audio commentary with Actress Melinda Clarke and Special Make-Up Effects Artist Tom Rainone; a conversation with Director Brian Yuzna and Screenwriter John Penney; and interviews with Special...
From the Vestron Video Collector’s Series comes the terrifying 1993 zombie horror classic Return Of The Living Dead 3 arriving on limited-edition Blu-ray™ for the first time on November 22 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
Love never dies! The Vestron Video Collector’s Series goes beyond the grave when the zombie horror classic Return of the Living Dead 3 arrives on limited-edition Blu-ray™ for the first time on November 22 from Lionsgate. Watch all of the terror in high definition when Curt transforms his girlfriend into a flesh-eating monster after her accidental death, in order to fulfill their pact to love each other forever! The Return of the Living Dead 3 Blu-ray includes all-new special features, including an audio commentary with Actress Melinda Clarke and Special Make-Up Effects Artist Tom Rainone; a conversation with Director Brian Yuzna and Screenwriter John Penney; and interviews with Special...
- 9/22/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The rumors were circulating but the press release that just arrived in my inbox confirms that Lionsgate will be releasing Return of the Living Dead 3 on Blu-Ray in November with the uncut version. We got the final specs and artwork for you down below. For those of you keeping track, Return of the Living Dead 3 will be #4 in the Vestron Video Collector’s Series Blu-Ray collection. These are limited edition but no numbers have been said so who knows how long these will be on the shelves.
From The Press Release
Love never dies! The Vestron Video Collector’s Series goes beyond the grave when the zombie horror classic Return of the Living Dead 3 arrives on limited-edition Blu-ray™ for the first time on November 22 from Lionsgate. Watch all of the terror in high definition when Curt transforms his girlfriend into a flesh-eating monster after her accidental death,...
From The Press Release
Love never dies! The Vestron Video Collector’s Series goes beyond the grave when the zombie horror classic Return of the Living Dead 3 arrives on limited-edition Blu-ray™ for the first time on November 22 from Lionsgate. Watch all of the terror in high definition when Curt transforms his girlfriend into a flesh-eating monster after her accidental death,...
- 9/21/2016
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
The fourth entry in Lionsgate's Vestron Video Collector's Series, Return of the Living Dead 3 will come out on a special Blu-ray this November, and we have the list of bonus features and a look at the cover art for the home media release of this Trioxin-fueled love story.
Press Release: From the Vestron Video Collector’s Series comes the terrifying zombie horror classic Return Of The Living Dead 3 arriving on limited-edition Blu-ray™ for the first time on November 22 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
Street Date: 11/22/16
Blu-ray™ Srp: $34.97
Program Description
Love never dies! The Vestron Video Collector’s Series goes beyond the grave when the zombie horror classic Return of the Living Dead 3 arrives on limited-edition Blu-ray™ for the first time on November 22 from Lionsgate. Watch all of the terror in high definition when Curt transforms his girlfriend into a flesh-eating monster after her accidental death, in order to...
Press Release: From the Vestron Video Collector’s Series comes the terrifying zombie horror classic Return Of The Living Dead 3 arriving on limited-edition Blu-ray™ for the first time on November 22 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
Street Date: 11/22/16
Blu-ray™ Srp: $34.97
Program Description
Love never dies! The Vestron Video Collector’s Series goes beyond the grave when the zombie horror classic Return of the Living Dead 3 arrives on limited-edition Blu-ray™ for the first time on November 22 from Lionsgate. Watch all of the terror in high definition when Curt transforms his girlfriend into a flesh-eating monster after her accidental death, in order to...
- 9/21/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Earlier today, it was announced that the Tyrant TV show had been cancelled after three seasons. Tonight's finale is also the last episode. The cancellation doesn't come as much of a surprise but, would you watch a fourth season on a channel other than FX?Tyrant revolves around the youngest son of a dictator who returns to his war-torn country in the Middle-East with his American family. This season, the drama's cast includes Adam Rayner, Jennifer Finnigan, Moran Atias, Ashraf Barhom, Noah Silver, Alexander Karim, Cameron Gharaee, Melia Kreiling, and Chris Roth.The series debuted back in June 2014 to a 0.61 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 2.1 million viewers. While the demo remained relatively steady during the first season, viewership fell off quite a bit. The first season ended up averaging a 0.55 rating with 1.55 million.Read More…...
- 9/8/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Last year, the ratings for Tyrant saw a sizable drop when compared to the first season's numbers. Will they rise in season three? Will this FX show be cancelled or renewed for a fourth season? Stay tuned.Tyrant revolves around the youngest son of a dictator who returns to his war-torn country in the Middle-East with his American family. This season, the drama's cast includes Adam Rayner, Jennifer Finnigan, Moran Atias, Ashraf Barhom, Noah Silver, Alexander Karim, Cameron Gharaee, Melia Kreiling, and Chris Roth.Read More…...
- 8/19/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
What more can we say? Michael Bay has decided to make the turtles an alien race in the new live-action film and the fans reacted extremely negative. But, will the fans still be so negative when the creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Kevin Eastman, tells you what Michael Bay is doing with the property is "Awesome"? Kevin Eastman - "Hey Guys, Sorry to have been away for so long--completely swamped with work--but it is some pretty exciting stuff. I had been invited to check out the Tmnt film development by my friend Scott Mednick over the years, and a while back had a full look behind the curtian at what writers Appelbaum and Nemec, director Liebesman, and producer Bay are doing--and trust me--it Is Awesome. I'm officially on board, and will share more as I'm allowed... thanks all!" Thanks to M. Christopher Roth for the heads up.
- 3/22/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
Another day at FrightFest and another day of highs and lows… The day started off on a low, with me skipping out on the screening of Christopher Roth to catch up on work – which is a shame as I really wanted to see Giannetto De Rossi’s SFX work in the film. So the first film of the day was The Tortured. Not the greatest of starts, but at least I enjoyed what I saw – the film lived up to its name anyways. You can read my full review of the film here.
A quick break and it was back into the main screen for 13Hrs, a British werewolf movie that I didn’t hold out much hope for, and like F yesterday I found myself surprised at how much I really rather enjoyed the film – even if it was derivative, featured a story that had been done to death...
A quick break and it was back into the main screen for 13Hrs, a British werewolf movie that I didn’t hold out much hope for, and like F yesterday I found myself surprised at how much I really rather enjoyed the film – even if it was derivative, featured a story that had been done to death...
- 8/29/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Alan Jones, curator and founder of Frightfest, runs through the 2010 line-up. Last year, it showcased The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and The Human Centipede and, this year, The Loved Ones, Red, White & Blue, The Dead, Monsters, Christopher Roth, Wound, Dead Cert, The Last Exorcism, Isle of Dogs, Alien vs. Ninja, Red Hill, I Spit On Your Grave and Bedevilled (which has been described as Lars von Trier meets Sam Raimi). Strange how it all works out. We usually start programming Film4 FrightFest in earnest during the first quadrant of the year. By that time we’ve trawled the Toronto, Austin, Fantasporto and Sitges genre strands for anything of note and put those titles on our short list....
- 7/18/2010
- by Alan Jones
- Pure Movies
Yesterday saw the official announcement of the line-up for the London Film4 FrightFest 2010 and whilst the FrightFest gang had already announced Hatchet II, The Last Exorcism, Eggshells, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and we exclusively revealed the appearance of Burning Bright, and Red White & Blue at this years festival, there was still some surprises amongst the bunch.
So after reading up on each movie that is due to play the festival I thought it would be a good idea to breakdown just which movies I’m looking forward to seeing, and which ones I’m not… As always let me know your thoughts in the comments!
Highlights:
The real highlights for me this year include Simon Rumley’s Red White & Blue, the infamous A Serbian Film – which should test the FrightFest audiences metal! Of course I’m looking forward to Hatchet II – since when has Adam Green ever let FrightFest down?...
So after reading up on each movie that is due to play the festival I thought it would be a good idea to breakdown just which movies I’m looking forward to seeing, and which ones I’m not… As always let me know your thoughts in the comments!
Highlights:
The real highlights for me this year include Simon Rumley’s Red White & Blue, the infamous A Serbian Film – which should test the FrightFest audiences metal! Of course I’m looking forward to Hatchet II – since when has Adam Green ever let FrightFest down?...
- 7/3/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
That's right, Frightfest is back. Running from August 26th through the 30th in London at Leicester Square, it brings a couple great looking world premiers we broke the news on, and our own lucky London correspondent Ben Austwick will be there yet again to bring us his good taste and some great reviews.
First off, the two films, both world premiers, which we're most looking forward too:
F by Johannes Roberts - A bunch of people stuck in a school, after hours, hunted by a faceless threat.
The Dead by the Ford Brothers - Zombies? In Africa? Maybe a little influence from Fulci? I'm in!
Other lookers include The Pack, Gregg Araki's Kaboom, Monsters, Amer, and The Loved Ones.
Full list after the break! Here is the official website.
- Hatchet II (World Premiere)
- Primal (World Premiere)
- Dead Cert (World Premiere)
- Tobe Hooper Retrospective: Eggshells and...
First off, the two films, both world premiers, which we're most looking forward too:
F by Johannes Roberts - A bunch of people stuck in a school, after hours, hunted by a faceless threat.
The Dead by the Ford Brothers - Zombies? In Africa? Maybe a little influence from Fulci? I'm in!
Other lookers include The Pack, Gregg Araki's Kaboom, Monsters, Amer, and The Loved Ones.
Full list after the break! Here is the official website.
- Hatchet II (World Premiere)
- Primal (World Premiere)
- Dead Cert (World Premiere)
- Tobe Hooper Retrospective: Eggshells and...
- 7/2/2010
- QuietEarth.us
FrightFest 2010 will, as it did last year, take over the Empire Cinema in London’s Leicester Square on 26th-30th August and of course we’ll be there bringing you all the news, reviews and gossip a horror fan could Ever want. The guys at Film4 FrightFest have announced the full line-up of this years even and this years line-up looks like a wide variety of films, from a truly international group of filmmakers. Check it out:
Main Empire Screen - Thursday 26th August
6.30 – Hatchet II
9.15 – Primal
11.15 – Dead Cert
Main Empire Screen - Friday 27th August
10.15 – Eggshells
1.00 – Texas Chain Saw Massacre
3.15 – Total Icon Tobe Hooper
5.30 – Isle Of Dogs
7.45 – F
9.15 – Red Hill
11.30 Alien Vs. Ninja
Discovery Screen - Friday 27th August
10.45 – Burning Bright
12.45 – The Clinic
3.00 – Finale
5.00 – Wound
7.15 – Outcast
9.45 – Higanjima: Escape From Vampire Island
Main Empire Screen - Saturday 28th August
11.00 – Cherry Tree Lane
1.15 – The Tortured
3.15 – 13 Hours
6.30 – I Spit On Your Grave...
Main Empire Screen - Thursday 26th August
6.30 – Hatchet II
9.15 – Primal
11.15 – Dead Cert
Main Empire Screen - Friday 27th August
10.15 – Eggshells
1.00 – Texas Chain Saw Massacre
3.15 – Total Icon Tobe Hooper
5.30 – Isle Of Dogs
7.45 – F
9.15 – Red Hill
11.30 Alien Vs. Ninja
Discovery Screen - Friday 27th August
10.45 – Burning Bright
12.45 – The Clinic
3.00 – Finale
5.00 – Wound
7.15 – Outcast
9.45 – Higanjima: Escape From Vampire Island
Main Empire Screen - Saturday 28th August
11.00 – Cherry Tree Lane
1.15 – The Tortured
3.15 – 13 Hours
6.30 – I Spit On Your Grave...
- 7/2/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
The UK's most amazing horror film festival Film4 FrightFest has released what could very well be another one of the best horror line-ups we've seen ever for its latest show taking place from Thursday the 26th of August to Monday the 30th of August, brimming with films we've been salivating over Stateside!
From the Press Release
This year there are eight British films in the main programme (another record) including Monsters, Gareth Edwards’ sensational post-Apocalyptic debut, The Ford Brothers’ Cannes-hyped African Zombie flick The Dead and Johannes Roberts F – in which a school gets a lesson in horror! Other home-grown titles are Dead Cert (East-End gangsters meet Eastern European vampires), Isle Of Dogs (nasty gangland horror), Paul Andrew Williams’ harrowing Cherry Tree Lane and werewolf thriller 13Hrs. Plus, Jake West will be presenting his in-depth documentary Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship And Videotape, which will be followed by a Q & A panel discussion.
From the Press Release
This year there are eight British films in the main programme (another record) including Monsters, Gareth Edwards’ sensational post-Apocalyptic debut, The Ford Brothers’ Cannes-hyped African Zombie flick The Dead and Johannes Roberts F – in which a school gets a lesson in horror! Other home-grown titles are Dead Cert (East-End gangsters meet Eastern European vampires), Isle Of Dogs (nasty gangland horror), Paul Andrew Williams’ harrowing Cherry Tree Lane and werewolf thriller 13Hrs. Plus, Jake West will be presenting his in-depth documentary Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship And Videotape, which will be followed by a Q & A panel discussion.
- 7/2/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The complete lineup for the 2010 edition of the Film4 Frightfest has just been announced and, as usual, it is a quality selection of the best in horror film from the UK and around the world. The program splits into two programs - the main lineup and sidebar Discovery program - and you'll find both below!
Programme = Screen 1
Thursday Aug 26
6.30pm Hatchet II (World Premiere)
FrightFest continues its strong relationship with Adam Green by hosting the world premiere of the sequel to his 2006 slasher sensation. Picking up right where the splatter-tastic original ended, Marybeth escapes the clutches of the deformed, swamp-dwelling iconic killer Victor Crowley. After learning the truth about her family's connection to the hatchet-wielding madman, Marybeth returns to the Louisiana swamps along with an army of hunters to recover the bodies of her family and exact the bloodiest revenge against the bayou butcher. Delivering unapologetically unrestrained gushers of gore,...
Programme = Screen 1
Thursday Aug 26
6.30pm Hatchet II (World Premiere)
FrightFest continues its strong relationship with Adam Green by hosting the world premiere of the sequel to his 2006 slasher sensation. Picking up right where the splatter-tastic original ended, Marybeth escapes the clutches of the deformed, swamp-dwelling iconic killer Victor Crowley. After learning the truth about her family's connection to the hatchet-wielding madman, Marybeth returns to the Louisiana swamps along with an army of hunters to recover the bodies of her family and exact the bloodiest revenge against the bayou butcher. Delivering unapologetically unrestrained gushers of gore,...
- 7/2/2010
- Screen Anarchy
FrightFest 2010 infects the Empire Cinema, Leicester Square between the 26th and 30th of August and HeyUGuys will be there to bring you all the news and reviews. Festival tickets go on sale tomorrow and you can find all the details on how to grab yours here.
Today we got our first look at the stunning line-up for the festival and you can check it out in all its glory right below. The official FrightFest site has also had a huge update with pages for each film and loads of information. Head over here to check it out.
We previously brought you the news that Hatchet 2 and The Last Exorcism are set to open and close the festival but this is just the tip of the iceberg. Highlights of the line up that strike me immediately are the already infamous A Serbian Film, a screening of the rare 1969 feature Eggshells (with...
Today we got our first look at the stunning line-up for the festival and you can check it out in all its glory right below. The official FrightFest site has also had a huge update with pages for each film and loads of information. Head over here to check it out.
We previously brought you the news that Hatchet 2 and The Last Exorcism are set to open and close the festival but this is just the tip of the iceberg. Highlights of the line up that strike me immediately are the already infamous A Serbian Film, a screening of the rare 1969 feature Eggshells (with...
- 7/2/2010
- by Craig Skinner
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Cologne, Germany -- German actor Frank Giering, who played a courteous psychopath in Michael Haneke's 1997 film "Funny Games" and starred in hit German crime series "Der Kriminalist," died Wednesday in Berlin. He was 38.
Born and raised in East Germany, Giering was well known and successful without ever becoming a star. In many ways, his career -- which began in theater before moving mainly to supporting, often small-screen roles -- resembled that of Christoph Waltz before "Inglourious Basterds." And like Waltz he was an actor's actor, often cited as an inspiration by a younger generation of performers.
"Giering is God," is how Robert Stadlober ("Krabat") put it.
But Giering also struggled with alcoholism and self-doubt, issues he discussed publicly. He once described himself as a "remnant" of the Gdr and not suited for modern life. German police are investigating the cause of death.
Giering has a series of small roles...
Born and raised in East Germany, Giering was well known and successful without ever becoming a star. In many ways, his career -- which began in theater before moving mainly to supporting, often small-screen roles -- resembled that of Christoph Waltz before "Inglourious Basterds." And like Waltz he was an actor's actor, often cited as an inspiration by a younger generation of performers.
"Giering is God," is how Robert Stadlober ("Krabat") put it.
But Giering also struggled with alcoholism and self-doubt, issues he discussed publicly. He once described himself as a "remnant" of the Gdr and not suited for modern life. German police are investigating the cause of death.
Giering has a series of small roles...
- 6/24/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Christopher Roth's "Baader" is the worse sort of terrorist chic. Turning back the clock more than a quarter of a century, the movie traces the exploits of one of the West's first glamour terrorists. West Germany's Baader-Meinhof gang set fires, robbed banks, stole BMWs and killed people from 1967-72. Murderers that they were, there is something now almost quaint in their nonsensical actions, confused ideology, stylish dress and arrogant blunders.
But Roth makes blunders of his own. The film lacks any point of view, letting the story unfold in a pseudo-documentary style that offers neither explanations nor context. Further, the film makes no attempt to reach an audience beyond national borders. Names, dates and references will be unfamiliar to most non-Germans. So despite the world's dramatically increased interest in the subject matter, "Baader"'s insularity dooms it to limited distribution.
Roth indulges in more than a little sensationalism without giving his subject any rigorous examination. Yet even with a "neutral" approach, the movie can't help making this treacherous gang appear foolish. Whether dropping acid during kaffeeklatsches or sunbathing nude in a Jordanian terrorist camp, the Baader-Meinhof crew comes off more as feebleminded anarchists than the tough revolutionaries they aspire to be.
Yet many Germans of that era, especially students and left-wingers, admired them. The movie never delves into what inspired this admiration. Instead Roth keeps you in the cocoon of the gang and their pursuers, led by a fictional police official named Kurt Krone (Vadim Glowna).
The latter is the movie's most remarkable character. A middle-aged leftist, Krone believes in many of the things group co-leader Andreas Baader does. Only he sees means to achieve such political goals without violence. The ambivalent policeman tracks his quarry, gets inside Baader's mind and in one implausible episode shares a late-night smoke with his foe on a deserted country road.
Frank Giering does little to interpret Baader, preferring to cloak this nearly mythological figure in a cloud of tobacco smoke, sunglasses and the street strut of a car thief, which was indeed his criminal career before discovering radical politics. Laura Tonke plays his lover Gudrun as a young woman who believes that she has hooked up with the coolest dude in the West.
But it's mind-boggling how Roth ignores Ulrike Meinhof (Birge Schade), the journalist who turned in her typewriter for a gun. This is, after all, the Baader-Meinhof gang. She is the group's theoretician; Baader is simply its organizational thug. How can you ignore her?
While sticking close to known facts for most of his movie, Roth unaccountably goes for a "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" finale in which Baader goes out with guns blazing instead of his murder or suicide -- to this day most people are not sure which -- in prison.
The picture sparked condemnation from many sides at the festival for its deliberate invention and glorification of Baader. The jury's decision to honor "Baader" with an award for "particular innovation" was greeted with a chorus of boos and whistles.
In truth, Roth adds nothing to what is already known about the gang. Certainly, better films have been made about terrorism in the 1970s by such German filmmakers as R.W. Fassbinder and Volker Schlondorff.
Production values are so-so. The colors have a drab, washed-out look, possibly to emulate German films of that era. Rock numbers, including a bit of techno rock, do give an edgy suspense to the overlong and often repetitive drama.
BAADER
72 Film
Producers: Stephan Fruth, Mark Glaser, Christopher Roth
Director: Christopher Roth
Screenwriters: Christopher Roth, Moritz von Uslar
Directors of photography: Jutta Pohlmann, Bella Halben
Production designers: Attila Saygel, Oliver Kronke, Tobiaas Nolte
Costume designer: Nicole Fischnaller
Editor: Barbara Gies
Color/stereo
Cast:
Andreas Baader: Frank Giering
Gudrun Ensslin: Laura Tonke
Kurt Krone: Vadim Glowna
Ulrike Meinhof: Birge Schade
Karin: Jana Pallaske
Kurt Wagner: Michael Sideris
Running time -- 129 minutes
No MPAA rating...
But Roth makes blunders of his own. The film lacks any point of view, letting the story unfold in a pseudo-documentary style that offers neither explanations nor context. Further, the film makes no attempt to reach an audience beyond national borders. Names, dates and references will be unfamiliar to most non-Germans. So despite the world's dramatically increased interest in the subject matter, "Baader"'s insularity dooms it to limited distribution.
Roth indulges in more than a little sensationalism without giving his subject any rigorous examination. Yet even with a "neutral" approach, the movie can't help making this treacherous gang appear foolish. Whether dropping acid during kaffeeklatsches or sunbathing nude in a Jordanian terrorist camp, the Baader-Meinhof crew comes off more as feebleminded anarchists than the tough revolutionaries they aspire to be.
Yet many Germans of that era, especially students and left-wingers, admired them. The movie never delves into what inspired this admiration. Instead Roth keeps you in the cocoon of the gang and their pursuers, led by a fictional police official named Kurt Krone (Vadim Glowna).
The latter is the movie's most remarkable character. A middle-aged leftist, Krone believes in many of the things group co-leader Andreas Baader does. Only he sees means to achieve such political goals without violence. The ambivalent policeman tracks his quarry, gets inside Baader's mind and in one implausible episode shares a late-night smoke with his foe on a deserted country road.
Frank Giering does little to interpret Baader, preferring to cloak this nearly mythological figure in a cloud of tobacco smoke, sunglasses and the street strut of a car thief, which was indeed his criminal career before discovering radical politics. Laura Tonke plays his lover Gudrun as a young woman who believes that she has hooked up with the coolest dude in the West.
But it's mind-boggling how Roth ignores Ulrike Meinhof (Birge Schade), the journalist who turned in her typewriter for a gun. This is, after all, the Baader-Meinhof gang. She is the group's theoretician; Baader is simply its organizational thug. How can you ignore her?
While sticking close to known facts for most of his movie, Roth unaccountably goes for a "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" finale in which Baader goes out with guns blazing instead of his murder or suicide -- to this day most people are not sure which -- in prison.
The picture sparked condemnation from many sides at the festival for its deliberate invention and glorification of Baader. The jury's decision to honor "Baader" with an award for "particular innovation" was greeted with a chorus of boos and whistles.
In truth, Roth adds nothing to what is already known about the gang. Certainly, better films have been made about terrorism in the 1970s by such German filmmakers as R.W. Fassbinder and Volker Schlondorff.
Production values are so-so. The colors have a drab, washed-out look, possibly to emulate German films of that era. Rock numbers, including a bit of techno rock, do give an edgy suspense to the overlong and often repetitive drama.
BAADER
72 Film
Producers: Stephan Fruth, Mark Glaser, Christopher Roth
Director: Christopher Roth
Screenwriters: Christopher Roth, Moritz von Uslar
Directors of photography: Jutta Pohlmann, Bella Halben
Production designers: Attila Saygel, Oliver Kronke, Tobiaas Nolte
Costume designer: Nicole Fischnaller
Editor: Barbara Gies
Color/stereo
Cast:
Andreas Baader: Frank Giering
Gudrun Ensslin: Laura Tonke
Kurt Krone: Vadim Glowna
Ulrike Meinhof: Birge Schade
Karin: Jana Pallaske
Kurt Wagner: Michael Sideris
Running time -- 129 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 2/27/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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