From Geena Davis and Jamie Lee Curtis, to blaxploitation royalty Pam Grier; Joe Dante and Roland Emmerich, to genre legend Peter Hyams topping the bill – 2024’s Forbidden Worlds Film Festival promises the biggest (and maddest) year yet for genre fans in the South West.
Firing into its third year of taking over arguably Bristol’s best cinema screen – the abandoned IMAX at Bristol Aquarium, Forbidden Worlds has never been one to cater to the masses. It’s a true one-screen wonder of a festival, promising the most unusual and sought-after of cinematic treats; big, mad, weird shit projected large and loud, for three straight days.
For example, while 2024’s edition promises an explosive opening night with a 30th anniversary screening of none other than Keanu Reeves action classic The Bus That Couldn’t Slow Down (otherwise known as Speed), look as far as the following day’s line-up and you’ll...
Firing into its third year of taking over arguably Bristol’s best cinema screen – the abandoned IMAX at Bristol Aquarium, Forbidden Worlds has never been one to cater to the masses. It’s a true one-screen wonder of a festival, promising the most unusual and sought-after of cinematic treats; big, mad, weird shit projected large and loud, for three straight days.
For example, while 2024’s edition promises an explosive opening night with a 30th anniversary screening of none other than Keanu Reeves action classic The Bus That Couldn’t Slow Down (otherwise known as Speed), look as far as the following day’s line-up and you’ll...
- 4/24/2024
- by Ben Robins
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Above: UK poster for Eno (Alphons Sinniger, UK, 1973). Designer: Blue Egg.
The most popular poster I’ve posted on my Movie Poster of the Day Tumblr in the past quarter—with over 1,000 likes and reblogs—has been this rarity that popped up at Posteritati this Spring. A British Double Crown (10" shorter than a one sheet) for a 24 minute documentary about the experimental music genius Brian Eno, made in 1973 at the start of his post-Roxy solo career, the poster’s popularity is no doubt due as much to the reverence Eno is held in as to its graphic design. But it is still a terrific poster, making simple yet brilliant use of two color printing and showcasing a multitude of Enos in all his glam rock glory. The text in the corner credits Blue Egg Printing and Design Ltd. and if anyone knows anything more about that company I’d love to hear about it.
The most popular poster I’ve posted on my Movie Poster of the Day Tumblr in the past quarter—with over 1,000 likes and reblogs—has been this rarity that popped up at Posteritati this Spring. A British Double Crown (10" shorter than a one sheet) for a 24 minute documentary about the experimental music genius Brian Eno, made in 1973 at the start of his post-Roxy solo career, the poster’s popularity is no doubt due as much to the reverence Eno is held in as to its graphic design. But it is still a terrific poster, making simple yet brilliant use of two color printing and showcasing a multitude of Enos in all his glam rock glory. The text in the corner credits Blue Egg Printing and Design Ltd. and if anyone knows anything more about that company I’d love to hear about it.
- 7/8/2014
- by Adrian Curry
- MUBI
Oh London area readers of Twitch are you in for such a treat on the 24th of September, oh yes, yes, yes you are. Our pals at Cigarette Burns Cinema will be presenting an all-night screening of the Japanese Pinku violence benchmarks that are Shunya Ito's Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion, Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 and Female Convict #701 Scorpion: Beast Stable (gosh is that a mouth full). Taking place at Cb's regular hangout, the Rio Cinema in Dalston, the event will be hosted by Midnight Eye editor and Japanese film expert, Jasper Sharp. And bonus (!) the nifty artwork on display to your left will be available at the show on a t-shirt. Take a gander at the very danceable trailer made especially for...
- 9/17/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Image Entertainment released Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972) on DVD back in 2002. That DVD is long out-of-print. Now, Discotek Media is releasing a new disc on October 24th, 2010.
The second film in the famed pinky violence series -- Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972) was the first -- reunites director Shunya Ito and iconic actresses Meiko Kaji for the unique brutal women-in-prison that only Toei could deliver.
Discotek's DVD with feature a Dolby Digital 2.0 audio track with English subtitles. The film will be presented in a 2.35:1 aspect ratio with 16:9 anamorphic widescreen enhancement.
You won't find any info about this release on the Discotek website --this is why you should always read Twitch -- but pre-orders are now available on Amazon.
The second film in the famed pinky violence series -- Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972) was the first -- reunites director Shunya Ito and iconic actresses Meiko Kaji for the unique brutal women-in-prison that only Toei could deliver.
Discotek's DVD with feature a Dolby Digital 2.0 audio track with English subtitles. The film will be presented in a 2.35:1 aspect ratio with 16:9 anamorphic widescreen enhancement.
You won't find any info about this release on the Discotek website --this is why you should always read Twitch -- but pre-orders are now available on Amazon.
- 10/2/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Don't get too excited just yet because things could still change, but Amazon has a listing for a new release of Shunya Ito's brilliant Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 with a release date of October 26th! Originally released in 1972, the previous region 1 DVD of the film has been out of print for quite some time and fans have been clamoring for a re-release of the film for years. It was released on DVD in the UK in 2007, but with the same burned-in (non-removable) subtitles as the original R1 release. Not too terribly long ago, Synapse Films had announced plans to re-release it in the Us, but according to the Amazon listing Eastern Star, a sub-label of Ryko Distribution, has taken the reigns.
- 9/9/2010
- 24framespersecond.net
Don't get too excited just yet because things could still change, but Amazon has a listing for a new release of Shunya Ito's brilliant Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 with a release date of October 26th! Originally released in 1972, the previous region 1 DVD of the film has been out of print for quite some time and fans have been clamoring for a re-release of the film for years. It was released on DVD in the UK in 2007, but with the same burned-in (non-removable) subtitles as the original R1 release. Not too terribly long ago, Synapse Films had announced plans to re-release it in the Us, but according to the Amazon listing Eastern Star, a sub-label of Ryko Distribution, has taken the reigns.
- 9/9/2010
- 24framespersecond.net
The official website for Shunya Ito‘s Lost Crime: Senkou has been updated with a longer trailer. Best known for directing the first three “Female Prisoner: Scorpion” films for Toei in the early 70s, Ito (73) has only directed two films in the past 11 years. His most recent film until now was the 2006 documentary “Eiga Kantoku tte Nanda!” (What is a Director?), which focused on an apparent flaw in Japanese copyright law which keeps film directors from retaining ownership of their work in the same way producers do.
The screenplay for Lost Crime was co-written by Ito and novelist/TV writer Shukei Nagasaka. Dai Watanabe (son of Ken Watanabe) stars as a young police detective partnered with a veteran cop Eiji Okuda. While attempting to solve a murder case, the pair eventually get close to tracking down a criminal involved in the real-life 300 million yen robbery, the largest heist in Japanese...
The screenplay for Lost Crime was co-written by Ito and novelist/TV writer Shukei Nagasaka. Dai Watanabe (son of Ken Watanabe) stars as a young police detective partnered with a veteran cop Eiji Okuda. While attempting to solve a murder case, the pair eventually get close to tracking down a criminal involved in the real-life 300 million yen robbery, the largest heist in Japanese...
- 5/2/2010
- Nippon Cinema
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