Theaters may be reopening, but physical media is forever — Alonso Duralde spotlights the best new DVDs and Blu-rays
New Indie
Peter Sarsgaard and Rashida Jones make a somewhat unusual couple in “The Sound of Silence” (IFC Films), a somewhat unusual film. And it’s not that Sarsgaard and Jones don’t have chemistry to burn; it’s that the movie operates at its own pace while diving deeply into the Sarsgaard character’s obsessions with the thrums and throbs and vibrations of our day-to-day lives. He “tunes” his clients’ New York City apartments, looking for the sounds (whether they’re on the outside or coming from household appliances) that are disturbing the tenants, and Jones plays a social worker who turns to him for his unique services. Somewhere between “The Conversation” and last year’s “Sound of Metal,” it’s a uniquely eccentric tale that might make you pay more...
New Indie
Peter Sarsgaard and Rashida Jones make a somewhat unusual couple in “The Sound of Silence” (IFC Films), a somewhat unusual film. And it’s not that Sarsgaard and Jones don’t have chemistry to burn; it’s that the movie operates at its own pace while diving deeply into the Sarsgaard character’s obsessions with the thrums and throbs and vibrations of our day-to-day lives. He “tunes” his clients’ New York City apartments, looking for the sounds (whether they’re on the outside or coming from household appliances) that are disturbing the tenants, and Jones plays a social worker who turns to him for his unique services. Somewhere between “The Conversation” and last year’s “Sound of Metal,” it’s a uniquely eccentric tale that might make you pay more...
- 5/6/2021
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Grimmfest have today announced the launch of their Grimmfest Easter Edition, a new annual event taking place over the Easter Weekend, and complimenting the long-established festival in October.
Easter is traditionally a time for rebirth, renewal, resurrection. But as the Pandemic continues to rage, and the world remains on lockdown for the foreseeable future, it is also a time for rethinking. Thus, while the Grimmfest team had hoped to be hosting a ‘live’ Easter event, instead, the Grimmfest Easter Edition will be taking place online, and will build on the success of Grimmfest 2020 online experience.
The festival will open on Thursday April 1st with our preview night that will feature the UK premiere of Kourosh Ahari’s surreal and sulphurous Iranian American haunted hotel horror The Night, which has already earned deserved comparisons to Kubrick’s The Shining, alongside the UK premiere of Lluis Danes’ visually ravishing reimagining of the...
Easter is traditionally a time for rebirth, renewal, resurrection. But as the Pandemic continues to rage, and the world remains on lockdown for the foreseeable future, it is also a time for rethinking. Thus, while the Grimmfest team had hoped to be hosting a ‘live’ Easter event, instead, the Grimmfest Easter Edition will be taking place online, and will build on the success of Grimmfest 2020 online experience.
The festival will open on Thursday April 1st with our preview night that will feature the UK premiere of Kourosh Ahari’s surreal and sulphurous Iranian American haunted hotel horror The Night, which has already earned deserved comparisons to Kubrick’s The Shining, alongside the UK premiere of Lluis Danes’ visually ravishing reimagining of the...
- 2/9/2021
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Whether you missed the phenomenal 16th annual Horrorfest film festival line-up over Halloween season or want to catch some of these ultra-cool movies again, here's your chance, across one long weekend only (4-8 February 2021), streaming at Fightfan.tv (register to access line-up, trailers & booking). The selection of 8 feature films all won awards at the 2020 Horrorfest and include: The Oak Room (Best Feature Film / Best Screenplay / Best Cinematography) Sky Sharks (Best Post Production & CGI) For The Sake Of Vicious (Best Editing) Mutant Blast (Best Make-Up FX / Gorefest Award) No. 76 Horror Bookstore (Best Anthology Film) Dreamland (Best Lead Actor / Best Supporting Actor) Clapboard Jungle (Best Documentary) Bad Candy (Halloween Spirit Award) plus 5 Shadow Realm short film chapters....
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- 2/7/2021
- Screen Anarchy
February sees the launch of Arrow – a superb new streaming site for exclusive film premieres, cult and arthouse classics, and critically acclaimed TV from all over the world. It’s an absolute must for connoisseurs of the finest in screen entertainment.
Arrow’s new UK subscription video-on-demand service brings their passion-driven approach to deliver an incredible line-up of titles, hand-picked and curated by the Arrow team, including cult classic Donnie Darko, a season of films from director Lars Von Trier (including
Antichrist and The House That Jack Built), Park Chan-Wook’s Oldboy, Spanish chiller [Rec], David Cronenberg’s Crash, and the Hellraiser trilogy.
Arrow will also strive to debut the very best in new releases each month, with the exclusive world premiere of Adam Stovall’s festival smash-hit A Ghost Waits this February. New titles already available include the extraordinary documentary The El Duce Tapes and slow-burn
horror standouts The Bloodhound and After Midnight.
Arrow’s new UK subscription video-on-demand service brings their passion-driven approach to deliver an incredible line-up of titles, hand-picked and curated by the Arrow team, including cult classic Donnie Darko, a season of films from director Lars Von Trier (including
Antichrist and The House That Jack Built), Park Chan-Wook’s Oldboy, Spanish chiller [Rec], David Cronenberg’s Crash, and the Hellraiser trilogy.
Arrow will also strive to debut the very best in new releases each month, with the exclusive world premiere of Adam Stovall’s festival smash-hit A Ghost Waits this February. New titles already available include the extraordinary documentary The El Duce Tapes and slow-burn
horror standouts The Bloodhound and After Midnight.
- 2/2/2021
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Making movies is never easy, but making independent movies can sometimes require a level of masochism bordering on insanity. Justin McConnell's new documentary, Clapboard Jungle, takes an inside look at the nitty-gritty of indie filmmaking from a very personal place and it's a fascinating journey into a complicated business as told by some of the biggest names in the genre cinema world. You might know McConnell from some of the genre features he's written and directed over the last decade or so, you might know him from the films he's worked on as a cinematographer, you might know him from some of the many home video supplements he's worked on in between trying to get his dreams off the ground. But honestly, you probably don't...
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- 8/30/2020
- Screen Anarchy
Fantasia Film Festival has just announced another addition to their virtual event series; Through The Clapboard Jungle, Justin McConnell in Conversation with Vincenzo Natali. The two Canadian filmmakers will chit the chat next Tuesday, September 1st. Natali has been one of our country's most successful directors working within genre cinema and television. He directed such films as Cube, Splice and In The Tall Grass. He has also dabbled in a little bit of television as well: Lost in Space, Westworld, American Gods, Locke & Key, The Strain and Hannibal to name a few. McConnell hasn't broken into the industry like Natali has but I've only ever known my friend to hustle and hustle hard. His documentary Clapboard Jungle proves it. Which is why...
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- 8/27/2020
- Screen Anarchy
Featuring: Chris Alexander, Dave Alexander, Chad Archibald, Charles Band, Yazid Benfeghoul, Justin Benson, Zack Bernbaum ana many more! | Directed by Justin McConnell
If you watch independent movies, listen to the podcasts about them and follow the people that make them on social media, then Clapboard Jungle is the movie for you.
Directed by Justin McConnell he films his own story as an independent filmmaker and all of the struggles that go along with it. He shares five years of his life (2014-2019) but also interviews directors, writers, producers, festival organisers, distributors and much more,giving the viewer a kind of ‘survival guide’ for anybody already in or wanting to start in the industry.
Every talking head has something interesting to say from Guilermo del Toro to Heather Buckley to Mick Garris to Gigi Saul Guerrero to Mike Mendez and many many more. They each talk about their own experiences, what...
If you watch independent movies, listen to the podcasts about them and follow the people that make them on social media, then Clapboard Jungle is the movie for you.
Directed by Justin McConnell he films his own story as an independent filmmaker and all of the struggles that go along with it. He shares five years of his life (2014-2019) but also interviews directors, writers, producers, festival organisers, distributors and much more,giving the viewer a kind of ‘survival guide’ for anybody already in or wanting to start in the industry.
Every talking head has something interesting to say from Guilermo del Toro to Heather Buckley to Mick Garris to Gigi Saul Guerrero to Mike Mendez and many many more. They each talk about their own experiences, what...
- 8/14/2020
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
With Clapboard Jungle, filmmaker Justin McConnell brings together two things I’m extremely passionate about: genre-driven documentaries and independent horror. Most people may not know this about me, but years (and years) ago, I created and spearheaded a movement known as Indie Horror Month as a means to help underrepresented content creators in the horror filmmaking community have an opportunity to get their moment in the spotlight. It’s been something I’ve wanted to resurrect, especially because it seems so hard these days for truly independent voices to be heard, but trying to carve out that time has been difficult.
That being said, when I read the description for Clapboard Jungle, I knew this was going to be something that would be extremely pertinent to my interests and McConnell didn’t let me down. The project is an enlightening look at the ups and downs that many indie filmmakers are constantly facing,...
That being said, when I read the description for Clapboard Jungle, I knew this was going to be something that would be extremely pertinent to my interests and McConnell didn’t let me down. The project is an enlightening look at the ups and downs that many indie filmmakers are constantly facing,...
- 8/13/2020
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
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