I love when puppets are naughty. Ironically, I’m also a huge fan of the Muppets, who are somewhat more wholesome, but the concept has always thrilled me. As one of the few who enjoyed The Happytime Murders, I’m always down for a puppet engaging in some weird shenanigans. Now, we have Frank & Zed, a truly unique fantasy horror movie with puppets. A seven years in the making passion project, it’s utterly odd and incredibly gory, making for something you’ve almost certainly never seen before. Folks, if it sounds like something you’d be into, it’s one to truly be on the lookout for! The film is a horror flick, all done with puppetry. The protagonists are a pair of reanimated corpses, the Frankenstein-like Frank, as well as the zombie Zed. They’re both dependent on each other for survival, with a symbiotic friendship ensuing...
- 10/11/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
In time for Halloween and in celebration of the beloved horror saga, Legendary Comics released today the omnibus of the Trick ‘R Treat comic book collection from the deliciously dark imagination of the film’s creator Michael Dougherty (writer and director of Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and the holiday horror hit, Krampus). The celebratory edition—uniting the past two previously released graphic novels for the first time ever and featuring a new special introduction from Dougherty, new cover art and other cool extras—is now on sale in stores and online.
“In these unprecedented and hard times, it is important to keep the Halloween spirit alive and I can’t think of a better way to kick off the season than sharing it with the Halloween icon Sam in this special Trick ‘r Treat collection,” said Robert Napton, Senior Vice President of Legendary Comics. “Fans of the film who...
“In these unprecedented and hard times, it is important to keep the Halloween spirit alive and I can’t think of a better way to kick off the season than sharing it with the Halloween icon Sam in this special Trick ‘r Treat collection,” said Robert Napton, Senior Vice President of Legendary Comics. “Fans of the film who...
- 10/2/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In celebration of the beloved horror saga, Legendary Comics has released the omnibus of the Trick ‘R Treat comic book collection from the deliciously dark imagination of the film’s creator Michael Dougherty (writer and director of Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and the holiday horror hit, Krampus).
Check out the original trailer from the film – the only one you should be watching on Halloween.
The celebratory edition—uniting the past two previously released graphic novels for the first time ever and featuring a new special introduction from Dougherty, new cover art and other cool extras—is now on sale in stores and online.
“In these unprecedented and hard times, it is important to keep the Halloween spirit alive and I can’t think of a better way to kick off the season than sharing it with the Halloween icon Sam in this special Trick ‘r Treat collection,” said Robert Napton,...
Check out the original trailer from the film – the only one you should be watching on Halloween.
The celebratory edition—uniting the past two previously released graphic novels for the first time ever and featuring a new special introduction from Dougherty, new cover art and other cool extras—is now on sale in stores and online.
“In these unprecedented and hard times, it is important to keep the Halloween spirit alive and I can’t think of a better way to kick off the season than sharing it with the Halloween icon Sam in this special Trick ‘r Treat collection,” said Robert Napton,...
- 9/27/2020
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
As a special treat for horror fans this Halloween season, Legendary Comics is re-releasing the two previously released Trick 'r Treat graphic novels in a single omnibus, along with a ton of extras:
"In time for Halloween and in celebration of the beloved horror saga, Legendary Comics released today the omnibus of the Trick ‘R Treat comic book collection from the deliciously dark imagination of the film’s creator Michael Dougherty (writer and director of Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and the holiday horror hit, Krampus). The celebratory edition—uniting the past two previously released graphic novels for the first time ever and featuring a new special introduction from Dougherty, new cover art and other cool extras—is now on sale in stores and online.
“In these unprecedented and hard times, it is important to keep the Halloween spirit alive and I can’t think of a better way to...
"In time for Halloween and in celebration of the beloved horror saga, Legendary Comics released today the omnibus of the Trick ‘R Treat comic book collection from the deliciously dark imagination of the film’s creator Michael Dougherty (writer and director of Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and the holiday horror hit, Krampus). The celebratory edition—uniting the past two previously released graphic novels for the first time ever and featuring a new special introduction from Dougherty, new cover art and other cool extras—is now on sale in stores and online.
“In these unprecedented and hard times, it is important to keep the Halloween spirit alive and I can’t think of a better way to...
- 9/23/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
There’s a lot left unsaid within visual effects artist Eric Demeusy’s directorial debut Proximity. While initially thinking it was a means to create mystery around its main character Isaac (Ryan Masson), I eventually saw it was a product of needing narrative context for what’s actually important instead. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing if you hide those loose threads in the background as the main thrust of your action is born from them, but doing so proves difficult when they’re specifically introduced as that thrust. Example: an early therapy session alluding to lost family, survivor’s guilt, and depression. Here’s a scene that holds weight by setting up a backstory for Isaac beyond his job at Nasa. It supplies humanity and empathy by creating a base of emotional purpose.
I was personally drawn in because of these clues. What left Isaac in a position...
I was personally drawn in because of these clues. What left Isaac in a position...
- 5/14/2020
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Jeff Barnaby’s Blood Quantum is an unconventional yet accessible strain of zombie cinema. Instead of keying into 28 Days Later ferocity as patient zero outbreaks spread, Barnaby favors an exploration into one community’s slice-of-life future well after Earth turns apocalyptic. More akin to World War Z or The Walking Dead in terms of accentuating humanity’s ugliest responses to dystopian pandemonium, but not without righteous walker brutality. Characters notch a few “Zombie Kill Of The Week” entries that’d gain votes on over-the-topness alone, not to distract from the indigenous storytelling that makes historical use of Native American perspectives. A fresh take on a festering horror subgenre, albeit an overall formula that’s still familiar on fundamental zomboid terms.
It’s six months after zombies start appearing outside the isolated Mi’gMaq reserve of Red Crow. Traylor (Michael Greyeyes) continues his local law enforcement duties by protecting the living...
It’s six months after zombies start appearing outside the isolated Mi’gMaq reserve of Red Crow. Traylor (Michael Greyeyes) continues his local law enforcement duties by protecting the living...
- 4/28/2020
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
It's surprising the late Austrian author Marlen Haushofer’s The Wall (a.k.a. Die Wand) took a full half-century to go from final print draft to the big screen, if only because the novel has maintained a significant following in German-speaking countries for nearly all that time. It’s easy enough to see, however, why it might have stymied filmmakers before writer-director Julian Roman Pölsler finally took the plunge. The book is practically everything conventional narrative cinema recoils from: Basically a first-person, stream-of-consciousness monologue, with our heroine and a dog as the only real “characters,” little in the way of “action” and no explanation whatsoever of the fantastical event that causes her predicament. It’s at once doggedly realistic (in detailing her survival tactics), introspective and bizarre.>> - Dennis Harvey...
- 8/15/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
It's surprising the late Austrian author Marlen Haushofer’s The Wall (a.k.a. Die Wand) took a full half-century to go from final print draft to the big screen, if only because the novel has maintained a significant following in German-speaking countries for nearly all that time. It’s easy enough to see, however, why it might have stymied filmmakers before writer-director Julian Roman Pölsler finally took the plunge. The book is practically everything conventional narrative cinema recoils from: Basically a first-person, stream-of-consciousness monologue, with our heroine and a dog as the only real “characters,” little in the way of “action” and no explanation whatsoever of the fantastical event that causes her predicament. It’s at once doggedly realistic (in detailing her survival tactics), introspective and bizarre.>> - Dennis Harvey...
- 8/15/2014
- Keyframe
★★★★☆ Adapted from Marlen Haushofer's 1962 novel of the same name, The Wall (Die Wand, 2012) is German director Julian Pölsler's debut feature following a career spent predominately in television. Starring the wonderful Martina Gedeck, Pölsler's stripped down, philosophical slice of reflective sci-fi is a breath of fresh air within a genre driven by spectacle. Gedeck plays an unidentified woman who accompanies her cousin and husband to a secluded Austrian lodge. Set within the shadow of the Alps, this isolated cabin is the perfect dwelling for getting away from the hectic rhythm and grind of modern 21st century life.
However, when Gedeck's party embark on a quick trip to the cabin's neighbouring village, leaving her alone with Lynx( the family dog), she finds herself left for an unusual period of time, waking the next morning alone and curious as to their whereabouts. Understandably worried that some tragedy has befallen her companions,...
However, when Gedeck's party embark on a quick trip to the cabin's neighbouring village, leaving her alone with Lynx( the family dog), she finds herself left for an unusual period of time, waking the next morning alone and curious as to their whereabouts. Understandably worried that some tragedy has befallen her companions,...
- 7/8/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
The Wall (Die Wand)
Directed by Julian Roman Posler
Written by Julian Roman Posler
Starring Martina Gedeck, Karl Heinz Hackel, Ulrike Beimpold
One of the sheltered joys of film festivals is the potential to stumble across an obscured or invisible gem of a film which you hadn’t heard of, one of those projects that managed to slip under your well attuned celluloid radar. With numerous websites overflowing with release schedules and news feeds humming with the details of latest hot property the multiplex and art-house attuned tend to be aware of incoming product and update their social schedules accordingly. Festivals give you a chance to throw caution to the wind, to stride into unknown territory with movies illustrated with only a passing paragraph in the events programme, to take a risk with your previous time which can sometimes reap handsome dividends, one of the spins of the roulette wheel...
Directed by Julian Roman Posler
Written by Julian Roman Posler
Starring Martina Gedeck, Karl Heinz Hackel, Ulrike Beimpold
One of the sheltered joys of film festivals is the potential to stumble across an obscured or invisible gem of a film which you hadn’t heard of, one of those projects that managed to slip under your well attuned celluloid radar. With numerous websites overflowing with release schedules and news feeds humming with the details of latest hot property the multiplex and art-house attuned tend to be aware of incoming product and update their social schedules accordingly. Festivals give you a chance to throw caution to the wind, to stride into unknown territory with movies illustrated with only a passing paragraph in the events programme, to take a risk with your previous time which can sometimes reap handsome dividends, one of the spins of the roulette wheel...
- 10/19/2012
- by John
- SoundOnSight
★★★★☆ A well-known, bankable star in her native Germany, Martina Gedeck is perhaps best-known for her role in Oscar-winning Stasi drama The Lives of Others (2006). However, with a sprinkling of luck this may soon change, as recent New Wave Films acquisition The Wall (Die Wand, 2012) gears up for an early-mid 2013 theatrical release thanks to a deserved 'Dare' section slot at the London Film Festival. 'Daring' would be an apt term to describe Austrian director Julian Pölsler's high concept drama, which blends the very best of elements Tarkovsky-style sci-fi with sumptuous vistas courtesy of the same rolling slopes that once hosted Robert Wise's The Sound of Music (1965). Read more »...
- 10/17/2012
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
14th Mumbai Film Festival (Mff) announced its complete lineup today in a press conference. Mff will be held from October 18th to 25th at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (Ncpa) and Inox, Nariman Point, Liberty Cinemas, Marine Lines as the main festival venues and Cinemax, Andheri and Cinemax Sion as the satellite venues. Click here to watch trailers and highlights from the festival.
Here is the complete list of films to be screened during the festival (October 18-25)
International Competition for the First Feature Films of Directors
1. From Tuesday To Tuesday (De Martes A Martes)
Dir.: Gustavo Fernandez Triviño (Argentina / 2012 / Col. / 111′)
2. The Last Elvis (El Último Elvis)
Dir.: Armando Bo (Argentina / 2012 / Col. / 91′)
3. The Sapphires
Dir.: Wayne Blair (Australia / 2012 / Col. / 103′)
4. The Wall (Die Wand)
Dir.: Julian Pölsler (Austria-Germany / 2012 / Col. / 108′)
5. Teddy Bear (10 timer til Paradis)
Dir.: Mads Matthiesen (Denmark / 2012 / Col. / 93′)
6. Augustine
Dir.: Alice Winccour (France / 2012 / Col.
Here is the complete list of films to be screened during the festival (October 18-25)
International Competition for the First Feature Films of Directors
1. From Tuesday To Tuesday (De Martes A Martes)
Dir.: Gustavo Fernandez Triviño (Argentina / 2012 / Col. / 111′)
2. The Last Elvis (El Último Elvis)
Dir.: Armando Bo (Argentina / 2012 / Col. / 91′)
3. The Sapphires
Dir.: Wayne Blair (Australia / 2012 / Col. / 103′)
4. The Wall (Die Wand)
Dir.: Julian Pölsler (Austria-Germany / 2012 / Col. / 108′)
5. Teddy Bear (10 timer til Paradis)
Dir.: Mads Matthiesen (Denmark / 2012 / Col. / 93′)
6. Augustine
Dir.: Alice Winccour (France / 2012 / Col.
- 9/24/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Experts in auteur cinema, German sales company The Match Factory have quite the sampling this year with names such as Thai Joe (Mekong Hotel – see pic above), Fatih Akin (Polluting Paradise) and Directors’ Fortnight invited The Dream and the Silence by Jamie Rosales proudly making us say ich liebe dich the label, and let us not forget Loznitsa’s In the Fog which is being featured in the Main Comp category.
In The Fog (V Tumane) by Sergei Loznitsa
Mekong Hotel by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Polluting Paradise (MÜLL Im Garten Eden) by Fatih Akin
The Dream And The Silence (SUEÑO Y Silencio) by Jaime Rosales
And If We All Lived Together (Et Si On Vivait Tous Ensemble) by Stéphane Robelin
Barbara by Christian Petzold
Home For The Weekend (Was Bleibt) by Hans-Christian Schmid
In The Name Of The Girl (En El Nombre De La Hija) by Tania Hermida
Just The Wind...
In The Fog (V Tumane) by Sergei Loznitsa
Mekong Hotel by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Polluting Paradise (MÜLL Im Garten Eden) by Fatih Akin
The Dream And The Silence (SUEÑO Y Silencio) by Jaime Rosales
And If We All Lived Together (Et Si On Vivait Tous Ensemble) by Stéphane Robelin
Barbara by Christian Petzold
Home For The Weekend (Was Bleibt) by Hans-Christian Schmid
In The Name Of The Girl (En El Nombre De La Hija) by Tania Hermida
Just The Wind...
- 5/17/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Following up the initial announcement of titles, the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival revealed it will open with the period drama Les Adieux à la reine (Farewell My Queen) today. From director Benoît Jacquot, the drama stars Inglourious Basterds lead Diane Kruger, as well as Léa Seydoux who broke-out in Midnight in Paris and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol this year. Based on, Chantal Thomas’ novel we have the first stills of the film (from Lumiere via The Playlist) that follows the “first few days of the French Revolution from the perspective of the servants at Versailles.”
Kruger, who plays Marie Antoinette here, has only appeared in one big film following her post-Basterds role with Unknown, but I look forward to her future work, especially with this film. I thought Seydoux was great as an action villain in Ghotocol and excited to see her career rise. Check out the stills below,...
Kruger, who plays Marie Antoinette here, has only appeared in one big film following her post-Basterds role with Unknown, but I look forward to her future work, especially with this film. I thought Seydoux was great as an action villain in Ghotocol and excited to see her career rise. Check out the stills below,...
- 1/4/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
The 62nd Berlin International Film Festival to be held from February 9-19, 2012 announced the list of films to be screened in Panorama section. The lineup includes renowned names such as Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Volker Schlöndorff, Cao Hamburger, Pen-ek Ratanaruang and Teona Strugar Mitevska.
No Indian film has yet found a place in Berlinale Panorama 2012. Last year Vishal Bhardwaj’s 7 Khoon Maaf, Kaushik Mukherjee’s Gandu and Phil Cox’s The Bengali Detective were presented in this section.
Feature films to date:
10+10 by Hou Hsiao-hsien,Taiwan
Death For Sale by Faouzi Bensaïdi, France
Die Wand (The Wall) by Julian Roman Pölsler, Austria/Germany
Dollhouse by Kirsten Sheridan, Ireland
Elles by Malgoska Szumowska, France/Poland/Germany
Fon Tok Kuen Fah (Headshot) by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Thailand/France
From Seoul To Varanasi by Kyuhwan Jeon, Republic of Korea
Hot boy noi loan – cau chuyen ve thang cuoi, co gai diem va con vit...
No Indian film has yet found a place in Berlinale Panorama 2012. Last year Vishal Bhardwaj’s 7 Khoon Maaf, Kaushik Mukherjee’s Gandu and Phil Cox’s The Bengali Detective were presented in this section.
Feature films to date:
10+10 by Hou Hsiao-hsien,Taiwan
Death For Sale by Faouzi Bensaïdi, France
Die Wand (The Wall) by Julian Roman Pölsler, Austria/Germany
Dollhouse by Kirsten Sheridan, Ireland
Elles by Malgoska Szumowska, France/Poland/Germany
Fon Tok Kuen Fah (Headshot) by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Thailand/France
From Seoul To Varanasi by Kyuhwan Jeon, Republic of Korea
Hot boy noi loan – cau chuyen ve thang cuoi, co gai diem va con vit...
- 1/4/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The Berlinale's announced today that 20 films are now lined up for its Panorama program. All in all, around 50 titles will make up the main program, Panorama Special and Panorama Dokumente.
10+10 by Hou Hsiao-hsien, Wang Toon, Wu Nien-Jen, Sylvia Chang, Chen Guo-Fu, Wei Te-Sheng, Chung Meng-Hung, Chang Tso-Chi, Arvin Chen, Yang Ya-Che and others, Taiwan — see a full report from the Taipei Film Commission: "Funded by the Golden Horse Film Festival and the Republic of China Centenary Foundation, 10+10 [is] a movie comprised of 20 short films by 10 renowned and 10 emerging Taiwanese filmmakers."
Death For Sale by Faouzi Bensaïdi, France
With Fehd Benchemsi, Fouad Labiad, Mouhcine Malzi, Imane Elmechrafi, Faouzi Bensaïdi
Die Wand (The Wall) by Julian Roman Pölsler, Austria/Germany
With Martina Gedeck — Synopsis from The Match Factory: "(1.) The wall is a highly unusual exploration of solitude and survival. (2.) It is the story of a woman who is separated from the...
10+10 by Hou Hsiao-hsien, Wang Toon, Wu Nien-Jen, Sylvia Chang, Chen Guo-Fu, Wei Te-Sheng, Chung Meng-Hung, Chang Tso-Chi, Arvin Chen, Yang Ya-Che and others, Taiwan — see a full report from the Taipei Film Commission: "Funded by the Golden Horse Film Festival and the Republic of China Centenary Foundation, 10+10 [is] a movie comprised of 20 short films by 10 renowned and 10 emerging Taiwanese filmmakers."
Death For Sale by Faouzi Bensaïdi, France
With Fehd Benchemsi, Fouad Labiad, Mouhcine Malzi, Imane Elmechrafi, Faouzi Bensaïdi
Die Wand (The Wall) by Julian Roman Pölsler, Austria/Germany
With Martina Gedeck — Synopsis from The Match Factory: "(1.) The wall is a highly unusual exploration of solitude and survival. (2.) It is the story of a woman who is separated from the...
- 1/4/2012
- MUBI
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