A rich banker’s wife goes missing in pluvial Paris at the start of Iris, a sinuous and sensual thriller from French actor-director Jalil Lespert. Like Paul Verhoeven’s French-language Isabelle Huppert starrer Elle, Iris was supposed to be filmed in English but the combination of sex and ambiguity finally proved too risky or complex for the U.S. market and the project was made in the world’s most famous sanctuary of the sexy art film — that would be France, natch — instead.
The plot of Iris is inspired by (more than directly based on) Hideo Nakata’s little-seen 2000 title Chaos from...
The plot of Iris is inspired by (more than directly based on) Hideo Nakata’s little-seen 2000 title Chaos from...
- 11/15/2016
- by Boyd van Hoeij
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
While Hollywood is still fixated on "The Ring" — the sequel "Rings" is now shooting, and takes place thirteen years after the first movie — the franchise's original director Hideo Nakata has moved on, continuing to build his filmography with genre fare like "Chatroom," "Chaos," "Kaidan," and more. His latest is once again bringing more spooky stuff, this time to the hallowed halls of the theater. The first teaser trailer for "Gekijourei" has arrived (according to IMDb the English title is "Stageghost"), and the story follows some actresses who find themselves the target of mysterious, unexplained accidents at a theater, that undoubtedly have some scary origins. And for those of you who are followers of Japanese girl pop group AKB48, the film's lead actress is member Haruka Shimazaki. "Gekijourei" opens in Japan on November 21st. Watch below. [via Film Divider]...
- 3/25/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The full Fantasia 2013 lineup has now been revealed, and we have here the third and final wave of titles to share. Prepare to drool!
From the Press Release:
The Fantasia International Film Festival is proud to announce the rest of our 120-feature lineup that comprises our 2013 event, along with a string of additional details that mark our 17th edition as a standout. Fantasia will engulf the city of Montreal from July 18-August 6, 2013. Be sure to visit the Fantasia Film Festival website for detailed essays on every title announced here, as well as all films previously disclosed over the last weeks.
Before we get started on titles... Meet Our 2013 Juries
Main Competition For The Cheval Noir Award For Best Film
Jury President: Laura Kern (Critic, Curator, managing editor, Film Comment)
Jean-Pierre Bergeron (Actor, Director, Screenwriter)
Samuel Jamier (Co-Director of the New York Asian Film Festival, Programmer at Japan Society)
Jarod Neece (Senior Programmer and Operations Manager,...
From the Press Release:
The Fantasia International Film Festival is proud to announce the rest of our 120-feature lineup that comprises our 2013 event, along with a string of additional details that mark our 17th edition as a standout. Fantasia will engulf the city of Montreal from July 18-August 6, 2013. Be sure to visit the Fantasia Film Festival website for detailed essays on every title announced here, as well as all films previously disclosed over the last weeks.
Before we get started on titles... Meet Our 2013 Juries
Main Competition For The Cheval Noir Award For Best Film
Jury President: Laura Kern (Critic, Curator, managing editor, Film Comment)
Jean-Pierre Bergeron (Actor, Director, Screenwriter)
Samuel Jamier (Co-Director of the New York Asian Film Festival, Programmer at Japan Society)
Jarod Neece (Senior Programmer and Operations Manager,...
- 7/9/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
The Fantasia Film Festival is taking place from July 18th to August 6th in Montreal and will feature over 100 films from around the world. We gave you a look at the initial lineup last month and now have an additional list of Fantasia 2013 films that will be screening, including Curse of Chucky, You’re Next, and Frankenstein’s Army:
Horror Is Child’S Play – Don Mancini’S Curse Of Chucky (World Premiere)
A rarity among genre franchises, the Child’S Play series (begun in 1988) has retained the sure-handed guidance of original screenwriter/creator Don Mancini throughout killer doll Chucky’s decades’-long reign of horror. Mancini, who will be hosting our “scar-studded” world premiere, graduated to the director’s chair with 2004’s Seed Of Chucky, after having co-written or written every entry in the series. His longevity with the project is, of course, matched by the fiendish voiceover work by...
Horror Is Child’S Play – Don Mancini’S Curse Of Chucky (World Premiere)
A rarity among genre franchises, the Child’S Play series (begun in 1988) has retained the sure-handed guidance of original screenwriter/creator Don Mancini throughout killer doll Chucky’s decades’-long reign of horror. Mancini, who will be hosting our “scar-studded” world premiere, graduated to the director’s chair with 2004’s Seed Of Chucky, after having co-written or written every entry in the series. His longevity with the project is, of course, matched by the fiendish voiceover work by...
- 7/9/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
We caught up with legendary Japanese director Hideo Nakata to talk about his recent film, Chatroom, and the filmmaking process…
Thanks to the international success of the 1998 horror, Ring, and its numerous sequels and remakes, Hideo Nakata has emerged as one of the most famous Japanese directors currently working.
While Nakata's name will forever be connected to the startling imagery of Ring, his atmospheric ghost story, Dark Water, was subtly disturbing, and 2000's Chaos was an efficiently effective thriller.
For his latest film, Chatroom, a drama thriller set in the virtual world of virtual chat rooms, Nakata relocated to the UK. Shortly after the film arrived in the UK on DVD, we managed to get an interview with the director, to talk about making films abroad, making movies, and the darker side of the Internet...
What made you choose to make Chatroom? Was there a specific aspect of the script...
Thanks to the international success of the 1998 horror, Ring, and its numerous sequels and remakes, Hideo Nakata has emerged as one of the most famous Japanese directors currently working.
While Nakata's name will forever be connected to the startling imagery of Ring, his atmospheric ghost story, Dark Water, was subtly disturbing, and 2000's Chaos was an efficiently effective thriller.
For his latest film, Chatroom, a drama thriller set in the virtual world of virtual chat rooms, Nakata relocated to the UK. Shortly after the film arrived in the UK on DVD, we managed to get an interview with the director, to talk about making films abroad, making movies, and the darker side of the Internet...
What made you choose to make Chatroom? Was there a specific aspect of the script...
- 6/8/2011
- Den of Geek
I want to know what happened to the Hideo Nakata who made the original Ring, tightly wound thriller Chaos and the stellar Dark Water. Whether it be that those films were happy accidents, whether he's lost interest or been somehow blocked from working to his true potential, what I know is that the film maker carrying the name now is just a pale shadow of his former self.
At one point it looked as though 2010 could be a great year for Nakata, with a new English language thriller in Cannes and a high profile Japanese feature ready to release in his homeland. But to say that the reception for Chatroom in Cannes was mixed is to be a bit too kind and the just-released trailer for Japanese effort The Incite Mill looks no better. The film is meant to be a tense, single set, what would you do for massive...
At one point it looked as though 2010 could be a great year for Nakata, with a new English language thriller in Cannes and a high profile Japanese feature ready to release in his homeland. But to say that the reception for Chatroom in Cannes was mixed is to be a bit too kind and the just-released trailer for Japanese effort The Incite Mill looks no better. The film is meant to be a tense, single set, what would you do for massive...
- 7/4/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Earlier this decade, director Hideo Nakata had a lot of things going for him. The American remake of his Japanese horror flick The Ring was a huge hit and launched a new sub-genre in Hollywood. A number of his films were tabbed for remakes and some made it through development (Dark Water) and some didn't (Chaos). But the J-horror genre started to play itself out and by the time Nakata made his English-language debut on The Ring 2, the movie was widely panned and Nakata's buzz stateside had...
- 11/6/2009
- by Mike Sampson
- JoBlo.com
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