By After big success for them with “Hereditary” and “Midsommar,” indie distributor A24 forked over a significant $35 million to allow filmmaker Ari Aster to shoot his third feature “Beau Is Afraid”. Whether it be the polarizing nature of the film, the three-hour runtime, or the marketing which just seemed to
Study: Gen Z Not Keen On Film/TV Romance
A new UCLA study of teens and young adults ages 13-24 has found a significant portion of them, as much as 47.5%, think physical intimacy and romance are too prominent in both movies and TV shows. 44.3% cite romance in media as being ‘overused’, 51.5% want to see more content
31 Days of Horror: SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT
It’s October, the month of Halloween. That’s why we will talk about the 1984 stone-cold slasher Christmas classic Silent Night, Deadly Night. This movie was so controversial at the time that the Karen Moms of America “Reeeeeee’ed” so hard about it that they got the ads pulled, and then the
By Del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN Project Adds Cast & Title
Guillermo del Toro has had a bit of a good run with Netflix. Pinocchio was rather good, well, compared to the turd Disney made. His series Cabinet of Curiosities was also very good, making an interesting anthology. Del Toro’s newest project with Netflix is a movie version of Mary Shelley’s
OCCUPIED CITY Trailer
A24 has released the first trailer for Steve McQueen’s Occupied City, a four-hour documentary that bridges the past Nazi-era Amsterdam with present-day extremism. McQueen, most famous for 12 Years a Slave, made the documentary after being inspired by a book by his wife, Dutch filmmaker Bianca Stigter. Here’s the official
