Soulcatcher is a Polish sci-fi film directed by Daniel Markowicz. The Netflix original film follows a military contractor as he’s hired to seize a weapon which was originally designed to cure cancer but it turns people into savage killers but when his brother becomes a victim of the device his desire to save him gets in the way of his job. So, if you also loved Soulcatcher here are some similar movies that you should watch next.
Spectral (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
Synopsis: When an otherworldly force wreaks havoc on a war-torn European city, an engineer teams up with an elite Special Ops unit to stop it.
Outside the Wire (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
Synopsis: Set in the future, Harp (Damson Idris), a drone pilot, is sent into a deadly militarized zone where he finds himself working for Leo (Anthony Mackie), an android officer, tasked to locate a doomsday device before the insurgents do.
Spectral (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
Synopsis: When an otherworldly force wreaks havoc on a war-torn European city, an engineer teams up with an elite Special Ops unit to stop it.
Outside the Wire (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
Synopsis: Set in the future, Harp (Damson Idris), a drone pilot, is sent into a deadly militarized zone where he finds himself working for Leo (Anthony Mackie), an android officer, tasked to locate a doomsday device before the insurgents do.
- 8/5/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
The Canadian film and television industry has been rocked following allegations that prominent filmmaker and “Inconvenient Indian” director Michelle Latimer is not Indigenous, as she has claimed to be for the past 20 years.
The hurt and anger from the Indigenous filmmaking community that followed on social media has been palpable, drawing further attention to the need for systemic change as awards bodies and the funding arms Latimer has benefited from begin conversations about where to go next.
In an investigative piece published on Dec. 17, CBC News revealed Kitigan Zibi members refute Latimer’s claims to be of “Algonquin, Métis and French heritage, from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg (Maniwaki), Quebec.” The news outlet also examined census records showing that Latimer’s grandfather was not Indigenous or Métis as she previously claimed, but French-Canadian. And a genealogist and researcher with an expertise in French-Canadian families independently examined Latimer’s heritage to reveal she...
The hurt and anger from the Indigenous filmmaking community that followed on social media has been palpable, drawing further attention to the need for systemic change as awards bodies and the funding arms Latimer has benefited from begin conversations about where to go next.
In an investigative piece published on Dec. 17, CBC News revealed Kitigan Zibi members refute Latimer’s claims to be of “Algonquin, Métis and French heritage, from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg (Maniwaki), Quebec.” The news outlet also examined census records showing that Latimer’s grandfather was not Indigenous or Métis as she previously claimed, but French-Canadian. And a genealogist and researcher with an expertise in French-Canadian families independently examined Latimer’s heritage to reveal she...
- 12/23/2020
- by Amber Dowling
- Variety Film + TV
The CW's delayed 2020-21 schedule will officially get underway in January 2021.
Months after announcing that most of its returning series would be postponed due to Covid-19, the network has set a string of premiere dates.
The new season kicks off right after the New Year as new episodes of Whose Line Is It Anyway? (8:00-8:30pm and 8:30-9:00pm Et/Pt) and Penn & Teller: Fool US (9:00-10:00pm Et/Pt) move to Friday nights starting January 8, 2021.
The network will follow that up on Sunday, January 10, 2021 with the debut of the inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards (8:00pm-10pm Et/Pt) celebrating excellence in Superhero/Comic Book/Video Game, Science Fiction-Fantasy, Horror, Actio,n and Animation genres of Film and Television/Streaming.
Tuesday, January 12 marks the return of fan favorite horror anthology series Two Sentence Horror Stories for its second season with back to back...
Months after announcing that most of its returning series would be postponed due to Covid-19, the network has set a string of premiere dates.
The new season kicks off right after the New Year as new episodes of Whose Line Is It Anyway? (8:00-8:30pm and 8:30-9:00pm Et/Pt) and Penn & Teller: Fool US (9:00-10:00pm Et/Pt) move to Friday nights starting January 8, 2021.
The network will follow that up on Sunday, January 10, 2021 with the debut of the inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards (8:00pm-10pm Et/Pt) celebrating excellence in Superhero/Comic Book/Video Game, Science Fiction-Fantasy, Horror, Actio,n and Animation genres of Film and Television/Streaming.
Tuesday, January 12 marks the return of fan favorite horror anthology series Two Sentence Horror Stories for its second season with back to back...
- 10/29/2020
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
In today’s Global Bulletin, Sky reports its latest Diamond diversity data, Abacus Media sells “Trickster” abroad, Channel 4 commissions a new home remodeling format and Pier 21 announces two executive appointments.
Diversity
Sky in the U.K. has released its latest Diamond diversity data, reporting progress towards diversity targets for original U.K. productions. The Diamond system was created by the TV industry’s Creative Diversity Network (Cdn) to allow broadcasters to collect and use data to track representation across a wide range of characteristics.
Updated numbers show that 25% of Sky’s on-screen talent now comes from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (Bame) backgrounds, surpassing the broadcaster’s initial 20% target. Sky has also reported improved minority representation in senior production roles, reaching 10% for the first time ever. Among writing positions, Bame representation in drama and comedy reached 17%, 9 points up from Sky’s full-year report shared earlier this summer.
Results come...
Diversity
Sky in the U.K. has released its latest Diamond diversity data, reporting progress towards diversity targets for original U.K. productions. The Diamond system was created by the TV industry’s Creative Diversity Network (Cdn) to allow broadcasters to collect and use data to track representation across a wide range of characteristics.
Updated numbers show that 25% of Sky’s on-screen talent now comes from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (Bame) backgrounds, surpassing the broadcaster’s initial 20% target. Sky has also reported improved minority representation in senior production roles, reaching 10% for the first time ever. Among writing positions, Bame representation in drama and comedy reached 17%, 9 points up from Sky’s full-year report shared earlier this summer.
Results come...
- 9/16/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Tony Elliott, founder of Time Out, died Thursday at the age of 73.
In a post announcing the death, Time Out said he battled “a long illness.”
“Tony was a visionary publisher, a tireless champion of city culture and a staunch friend. He will be sorely missed by his family, friends and colleagues. His life and his work inspired millions of people who did not have the good fortune to know him personally,” the company said in the statement.
Also Read: Chris Dickey, Noted Foreign Correspondent and Author, Dies at 68
London’s first post-lockdown print issue of the magazine will be “a special issue dedicated to him.” It will release on Aug. 11.
He launched Time Out in 1968 while studying at the University of Keele in England to help “people discover the exciting new urban cultures that had started up all over the capital” in London.
The brand spread to other cities...
In a post announcing the death, Time Out said he battled “a long illness.”
“Tony was a visionary publisher, a tireless champion of city culture and a staunch friend. He will be sorely missed by his family, friends and colleagues. His life and his work inspired millions of people who did not have the good fortune to know him personally,” the company said in the statement.
Also Read: Chris Dickey, Noted Foreign Correspondent and Author, Dies at 68
London’s first post-lockdown print issue of the magazine will be “a special issue dedicated to him.” It will release on Aug. 11.
He launched Time Out in 1968 while studying at the University of Keele in England to help “people discover the exciting new urban cultures that had started up all over the capital” in London.
The brand spread to other cities...
- 7/17/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
A new trailer has been released for Happy Death Day. Similar to Harold Ramis' Groundhog Day (1993) and Tony Elliott's Arq (2016), a character is forced to relive a specific day over and over again, until an issue can be resolved. This time, Tree (Jessica Rothe) must find her killer, in order to escape this recurring nightmare. The film also stars Israel Broussard and Ruby Modine. Happy Death Day was directed by long time Blumhouse Productions' collaborator Christopher Landon and co-written by Scott Lobdell. The film's full length trailer is hosted here. The promotional material shows Tree wakening over and over in her dorm room. Dorm rooms are co-ed now? She goes through a semi-normal day at college, until a masked killer strikes. Then, the day begins again as Tree starts to lose her sanity. She will have to discover the killer's identity, in hopes of escaping this narrative time loop.
- 6/15/2017
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Orphan Black screenwriter Tony Elliott makes his feature debut with the time-twisting dystopian thriller Arq, premiering today at the Toronto International Film Festival. Employing the now venerable time-loop trope, Arq features a couple trying to figure out why their world is repeating, and what that has to do with the giant multi-national they were both involved with. Below, Elliott talks about his various cinematic inspirations, what he learned from writing Orphan Black, and how he made a futuristic science fiction film on a very low budget. Filmmaker: Your short film, Entangled, dealt, in part, with quantum physics. Tell me about […]...
- 9/9/2016
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Ahead of a premier at Toronto International Film Festival this week, Netflix has released their first trailer for a new original release titled Arq, a sci-fi mind-bender about a couple (Robbie Amell and Rachael Taylor) who are stuck in a time loop and must figure out just what the heck is going on before they die — and wake up — and die again.
Attempting to separate itself in ways from something like Edge of Tomorrow, a twist on the “same day again” genre in Arq seems to be that both characters start to remember the time loop. However, considering how quickly Tom Cruise is able to catch Emily Blunt up on current affairs each time he loops by the midpoint of that film, I’m not sure this is much of a twist.
What remains is whether or not an effective, visually arresting piece of sci-fi can be conjured by writer-director...
Attempting to separate itself in ways from something like Edge of Tomorrow, a twist on the “same day again” genre in Arq seems to be that both characters start to remember the time loop. However, considering how quickly Tom Cruise is able to catch Emily Blunt up on current affairs each time he loops by the midpoint of that film, I’m not sure this is much of a twist.
What remains is whether or not an effective, visually arresting piece of sci-fi can be conjured by writer-director...
- 9/5/2016
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
"You don't have to believe me, but I need you to trust me." Netflix has debuted the first trailer for a sci-fi film called Arq, produced by Netflix as one of their smaller productions (similar to Christopher Guest's Mascots). The film is about a unique technological device called the "Arq", which an engineer invents and keeps in his own house. Apparently it can "deliver unlimited energy and end the wars that have consumed the world", but one day he wakes up and finds masked men in his house. They shoot him and leave him to die, but he wakes up alive repeating the same day, like Groundhog Day (the clock is an obvious reference). Robbie Amell stars with Rachael Taylor and a cast including Gray Powell, Jacob Neayem, Shaun Benson and Adam Butcher. This actually looks pretty cool, I'm very curious about checking it out. Enjoy. Here's the first...
- 9/2/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Netflix has released a trailer for their upcoming sci-fi flick Arq. Written and directed by Orphan Black's Tony Elliott, the film will have a world premiere at the Toronto festival on Friday, September 9 before hitting the streaming service on Friday, September 16.
Robbie Amell stars in the time-twisting mystery along with Rachael Taylor (666 Park Avenue, Jessica Jones).
Synopsis:
In a future where corporations battle against sovereign nations over the last of the world's energy supplies, young engineer Renton and Hannah find themselves attempting to save an experimental energy technology that could end the wars. The catch is, the technology has created a time loop that causes them to relive a deadly home invasion over and over again. They must fig [Continued ...]...
Robbie Amell stars in the time-twisting mystery along with Rachael Taylor (666 Park Avenue, Jessica Jones).
Synopsis:
In a future where corporations battle against sovereign nations over the last of the world's energy supplies, young engineer Renton and Hannah find themselves attempting to save an experimental energy technology that could end the wars. The catch is, the technology has created a time loop that causes them to relive a deadly home invasion over and over again. They must fig [Continued ...]...
- 9/2/2016
- QuietEarth.us
Netflix has released the trailer and poster for the upcoming original film Arq, premiering on Friday, September 16 to Netflix members worldwide. The film stars Robbie Amell (The Flash) and Rachael Taylor (Jessica Jones), and is written and directed by Tony Elliott (Orphan Black).
Arq is an official selection of the 2016 Toronto Film Festival.
Set In a future where corporations battle against sovereign nations over the last of the world’s energy supplies, young engineer Renton and Hannah find themselves attempting to save an experimental energy technology that could end the wars. The catch is, the technology has created a time loop that causes them to relive a deadly home invasion over and over again. They must figure out how to stop the time loop and come out of it alive.
Have a look the trailer and poster below, trailer reminded me of Edge of Tomorrow. Let us know what you think.
Arq is an official selection of the 2016 Toronto Film Festival.
Set In a future where corporations battle against sovereign nations over the last of the world’s energy supplies, young engineer Renton and Hannah find themselves attempting to save an experimental energy technology that could end the wars. The catch is, the technology has created a time loop that causes them to relive a deadly home invasion over and over again. They must figure out how to stop the time loop and come out of it alive.
Have a look the trailer and poster below, trailer reminded me of Edge of Tomorrow. Let us know what you think.
- 9/1/2016
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Programmers at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) announced that Isabelle Huppert, Kunle Afolayan and Genevieve Nnaji and Mark Wahlberg will be among the eight participants in the In Conversation With… series.
Moonlight, festival closing night screening The Edge Of Seventeen, Noces and Handsome Devil take their place in the youth-oriented Next Wave strand, while Discovery selections include The Empty Box, Godless, Hunting Flies and The Red Turtle.
A five-strong roster of virtual reality work brings new work from Canadian superstars Felix & Paul as well as Memesys Culture Lab in India.
Overall 397 films will play at the festival from September 8-18, comprising 296 features and 101 shorts, compared to 287 and 110 last year.
Festival organisers received 6,933 submissions (6,118 in 2015), of which 1,240 came from Canada (1,225) and the 5,693 balance from the rest of the world (4,893).
Festival Street
For the third consecutive year, King Street will close to traffic between Peter and University Streets over opening weekend from September 8-11.
“Festival Street brings great value...
Moonlight, festival closing night screening The Edge Of Seventeen, Noces and Handsome Devil take their place in the youth-oriented Next Wave strand, while Discovery selections include The Empty Box, Godless, Hunting Flies and The Red Turtle.
A five-strong roster of virtual reality work brings new work from Canadian superstars Felix & Paul as well as Memesys Culture Lab in India.
Overall 397 films will play at the festival from September 8-18, comprising 296 features and 101 shorts, compared to 287 and 110 last year.
Festival organisers received 6,933 submissions (6,118 in 2015), of which 1,240 came from Canada (1,225) and the 5,693 balance from the rest of the world (4,893).
Festival Street
For the third consecutive year, King Street will close to traffic between Peter and University Streets over opening weekend from September 8-11.
“Festival Street brings great value...
- 8/23/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Programmers at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) announced that Isabelle Huppert, Kunle Afolayan and Genevieve Nnaji and Mark Wahlberg will be among the eight participants in the In Conversation With… series.
Moonlight, festival closing night screening The Edge Of Seventeen, Noces and Handsome Devil take their place in the youth-oriented Next Wave strand, while Discovery selections include The Empty Box, Godless, Hunting Flies and The Red Turtle.
A five-strong roster of virtual reality work brings new work from Canadian superstars Felix & Paul as well as Memesys Culture Lab in India.
Overall 397 films will play at the festival from September 8-18, comprising 296 features and 101 shorts, compared to 287 and 110 last year.
Festival organisers received 6,933 submissions (6,118 in 2015), of which 1,240 came from Canada (1,225) and the 5,693 balance from the rest of the world (4,893).
Festival Street
For the third consecutive year, King Street will close to traffic between Peter and University Streets over opening weekend from September 8-11.
“Festival Street brings great value...
Moonlight, festival closing night screening The Edge Of Seventeen, Noces and Handsome Devil take their place in the youth-oriented Next Wave strand, while Discovery selections include The Empty Box, Godless, Hunting Flies and The Red Turtle.
A five-strong roster of virtual reality work brings new work from Canadian superstars Felix & Paul as well as Memesys Culture Lab in India.
Overall 397 films will play at the festival from September 8-18, comprising 296 features and 101 shorts, compared to 287 and 110 last year.
Festival organisers received 6,933 submissions (6,118 in 2015), of which 1,240 came from Canada (1,225) and the 5,693 balance from the rest of the world (4,893).
Festival Street
For the third consecutive year, King Street will close to traffic between Peter and University Streets over opening weekend from September 8-11.
“Festival Street brings great value...
- 8/23/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Next month’s Toronto International Film Festival has nearly completed its lineup announcements, and each one is more impressive than the last. Today’s Tiff picks feature a number of slate additions for sections as varied as the forward-focused Discovery, their burgeoning Pop Vr section and even a handful of last minute additions to the Tiff Docs list. New titles of note that have just been announced include the Cannes hit “The Red Turtle,” Wayne Roberts’ “Katie Says Goodbye” and the well-regarded “Sand Storm,” all of which will screen as part of Discovery.
Read More: Tiff Lineup: 5 Reasons to Get Excited About the 2016 Program
Both the Next Wave and Tiff Kids section pull titles from other, previously announced sections to create an appealing lineup for the next generation of cinephiles. Standout titles include “Moonlight,” “My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea” and “The Eagle Huntress.”
Additionally, the festival has...
Read More: Tiff Lineup: 5 Reasons to Get Excited About the 2016 Program
Both the Next Wave and Tiff Kids section pull titles from other, previously announced sections to create an appealing lineup for the next generation of cinephiles. Standout titles include “Moonlight,” “My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea” and “The Eagle Huntress.”
Additionally, the festival has...
- 8/23/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
A selection of films from the 2016 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival has been unveiled, with films by Jim Jarmusch, Maren Ade, Tom Ford, Paul Verhoeven, Damien Chazelle, and many more.Opening NIGHTThe Magnificent Seven (Antoine Fuqua)GALASDeepwater HorizonArrival (Denis Villeneuve)Deepwater Horizon (Peter Berg)The Headhunter's Calling (Mark Williams)The Journey Is the Destination (Bronwen Hughes)Jt + The Tennessee Kids (Jonathan Demme)Lbj (Rob Reiner)Lion (Garth Davis)Loving (Jeff Nichols)A Monster Calls (J.A. Bayona)Planetarium (Rebecca Zlotowski)Queen of Katwe (Mira Nair)The Rolling Stones of Olé Olé Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America (Paul Dugdale)The Secret Scripture (Jim Sheridan)Snowden (Oliver Stone)Strange Weather (Katherine Dieckmann)Their Finest (Lone Scherfig)A United Kingdom (Amma Astante)Special PRESENTATIONSLa La LandThe Age of Shadows (Kim Jee-woon)All I See Is You (Marc Forster)American Honey (Andrea Arnold)American Pastoral (Ewan McGregor)Asura: The City of...
- 8/12/2016
- MUBI
After a promising initial line-up, the Toronto International Film Festival has delivered more titles with their full Canadian slate. Among the line-up is Xavier Dolan‘s It’s Only the End of the World, Bruce MacDonald‘s new feature Weirdos, Deepa Mehta‘s Anatomy of Violence, as well as Two Lovers and a Bear, starring Tatiana Maslany and Dane DeHaan, which we have the first trailer for today.
We said in our review from Cannes, “Kim Nguyen’s Two Lovers and a Bear is a film that suffers from a bit of an identity crisis. Like an indie playlist stuck on constant shuffle, unapologetically reveling in a sort of manic unclassifiable genre. This isn’t always necessarily a bad thing, but, for some reason, Nguyen’s scattershot tonal shifts — which hop between a romance on the rocks; a self-serious study of grieving; and a surreal buddy comedy — can prove quite jarring.
We said in our review from Cannes, “Kim Nguyen’s Two Lovers and a Bear is a film that suffers from a bit of an identity crisis. Like an indie playlist stuck on constant shuffle, unapologetically reveling in a sort of manic unclassifiable genre. This isn’t always necessarily a bad thing, but, for some reason, Nguyen’s scattershot tonal shifts — which hop between a romance on the rocks; a self-serious study of grieving; and a surreal buddy comedy — can prove quite jarring.
- 8/4/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
A heavyweight roster of world premieres from the leading lights of Canada’s film industry will grace the Toronto International Film Festival next month.
New work from Deepa Mehta, Bruce McDonald and Chloé Robichaud are among the Canadian features set to receive their world premieres, while Xavier Dolan and Kim Nguyen earn North American premieres for their latest films following their Cannes debuts.
Wednesday’s announcement included the slate of Canadian short films, the festival’s four Rising Stars, and participants in the Talent Lab and Telefilm Canada Pitch This! programmes.
Talent Lab alumnus Andrew Cividino is named the 2016 Len Blum Resident. The film-maker will take up residency at the Festival Tower for three months later this year and receive one-on-one script consultations with screenwriter Blum, mentoring from Tiff’s industry and programming teams, and support from Tiff partners.
Cividino will work on his screenplay, We Ate the Children Last, a feature...
New work from Deepa Mehta, Bruce McDonald and Chloé Robichaud are among the Canadian features set to receive their world premieres, while Xavier Dolan and Kim Nguyen earn North American premieres for their latest films following their Cannes debuts.
Wednesday’s announcement included the slate of Canadian short films, the festival’s four Rising Stars, and participants in the Talent Lab and Telefilm Canada Pitch This! programmes.
Talent Lab alumnus Andrew Cividino is named the 2016 Len Blum Resident. The film-maker will take up residency at the Festival Tower for three months later this year and receive one-on-one script consultations with screenwriter Blum, mentoring from Tiff’s industry and programming teams, and support from Tiff partners.
Cividino will work on his screenplay, We Ate the Children Last, a feature...
- 8/3/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
A heavyweight roster of world premieres from the leading lights of Canada’s film industry will grace the Toronto International Film Festival next month.
New work from Deepa Mehta, Bruce McDonald and Chloé Robichaud are among the Canadian features set to receive their world premieres, while Xavier Dolan and Kim Nguyen earn North American premieres for their latest films following their Cannes debuts.
Wednesday’s announcement included the slate of Canadian short films, the festival’s four Rising Stars, and participants in the Talent Lab and Telefilm Canada Pitch This! programmes.
Talent Lab alumnus Andrew Cividino is named the 2016 Len Blum Resident. The film-maker will take up residency at the Festival Tower for three months later this year and receive one-on-one script consultations with screenwriter Blum, mentoring from Tiff’s industry and programming teams, and support from Tiff partners.
Cividino will work on his screenplay, We Ate the Children Last, a feature...
New work from Deepa Mehta, Bruce McDonald and Chloé Robichaud are among the Canadian features set to receive their world premieres, while Xavier Dolan and Kim Nguyen earn North American premieres for their latest films following their Cannes debuts.
Wednesday’s announcement included the slate of Canadian short films, the festival’s four Rising Stars, and participants in the Talent Lab and Telefilm Canada Pitch This! programmes.
Talent Lab alumnus Andrew Cividino is named the 2016 Len Blum Resident. The film-maker will take up residency at the Festival Tower for three months later this year and receive one-on-one script consultations with screenwriter Blum, mentoring from Tiff’s industry and programming teams, and support from Tiff partners.
Cividino will work on his screenplay, We Ate the Children Last, a feature...
- 8/3/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Toronto International Film Festival has announced an additional selection of feature picks — all falling under the banner of Canadian-made films, appropriately enough — along with their Tiff Rising Stars group, the recipient of the Len Blum Residency and a selection of Canadian shorts. Major programming standouts including Xavier Dolan’s Cannes Grand Prix winner “It’s Only the End of the World” and Nathan Morlando’s Cannes debut “Mean Dreams.” Other films of note include April Mullen’s “Below Her Mouth” and Kim Nguyen’s Dane DeHaan-starring “Two Lovers and a Bear.”
This year’s Tiff Rising Stars — four Canadian actors who will take part in a series of specialized programming organized by Tiff’s Industry team — include Jared Abrahamson, Grace Glowicki, Mylène Mackay and Sophie Nélisse. Additional international Rising Stars will be announced in the coming weeks.
Screenwriter and filmmaker Andrew Cividino is the 2016 Len Blum Resident. Cividino,...
This year’s Tiff Rising Stars — four Canadian actors who will take part in a series of specialized programming organized by Tiff’s Industry team — include Jared Abrahamson, Grace Glowicki, Mylène Mackay and Sophie Nélisse. Additional international Rising Stars will be announced in the coming weeks.
Screenwriter and filmmaker Andrew Cividino is the 2016 Len Blum Resident. Cividino,...
- 8/3/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Robbie Amell ("The Flash") and Rachael Taylor ("Jessica Jones") have joined Lost City and Xyz Films' low-budget post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller "Arq".
"Orphan Black" writer Tony Elliott penned and will direct the film set in a near future when all the oil has run out. Amell plays an engineer who who has in his possession technology that could deliver unlimited energy for the world.
He must protect it from a gang of mysterious masked intruders who've surrounded the house he's in. The catch? The technology has created a time loop that condemns him and his friends all to relive the same day over and over.
Mason Novick, John Finemore, Kyle Franke and Nick Spicer are producing and filming begins this winter in Toronto. Netflix will have exclusive worldwide rights to the film.
Source: Heat Vision...
"Orphan Black" writer Tony Elliott penned and will direct the film set in a near future when all the oil has run out. Amell plays an engineer who who has in his possession technology that could deliver unlimited energy for the world.
He must protect it from a gang of mysterious masked intruders who've surrounded the house he's in. The catch? The technology has created a time loop that condemns him and his friends all to relive the same day over and over.
Mason Novick, John Finemore, Kyle Franke and Nick Spicer are producing and filming begins this winter in Toronto. Netflix will have exclusive worldwide rights to the film.
Source: Heat Vision...
- 1/21/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Hot on the heels of Netflix's announcement of the upcoming "Altered Carbon" adaptation comes news that the studio is working on another sci-fi offering though this one, an indie movie.
Written and directed by Tony Elliott, Arq is being described as "a post-apocalyptic thriller set in the near future when the oil supply has run dry." The story focuses on an engineer who is trapped in a house with a piece of technology which could produce unlimited energy to alleviate the problems of the oil depleted planet. As if being trapped inside by a group of masked intruders isn't bad enough, it tur [Continued ...]...
Written and directed by Tony Elliott, Arq is being described as "a post-apocalyptic thriller set in the near future when the oil supply has run dry." The story focuses on an engineer who is trapped in a house with a piece of technology which could produce unlimited energy to alleviate the problems of the oil depleted planet. As if being trapped inside by a group of masked intruders isn't bad enough, it tur [Continued ...]...
- 1/21/2016
- QuietEarth.us
Rachel Taylor (Jessica Jones, Gold) and Robbie Amell (Flash, The Babysitter) will star in the new Netflix sci-fi thriller Arq, per The Hollywood Reporter earlier today. Just as exciting is that the acclaimed writer of Orphan Black, Tony Elliott, will be scripting. Xyz Films and Lost City will produce the film.Here's the synopsis from THR:arq is a post-apocalyptic thriller set in the near future when the oil supply has run dry. Trapped in a house and surrounded by a gang of mysterious masked intruders, an engineer (Amell) must protect a technology that could deliver unlimited energy and end the wars that have consumed the world. The only problem is that the technology has created a time loop that condemns him and his friends all to relive...
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- 1/20/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Netflix is getting into the business of turn-back-the-clock entertainment. “Orphan Black” writer Tony Elliott is scripting and directing “Arq,” a thriller that should get fanboys and girls counting down the days to its release on Netflix thanks to its cast — “The Flash” actor Robbie Amell and “Jessica Jones” actress Rachael Taylor — and also thanks to its time loop premise. The Hollywood Reporter, which posted the news about “Arq” on Wednesday, had this description for the movie: “Arq” is a post-apocalyptic thriller set in the near future when the oil supply has run dry. Trapped in a house and surrounded by a gang of mysterious masked intruders, an engineer (Amell) must protect a technology that could deliver unlimited energy and end the wars that have consumed the world. The only problem is that the technology has created a time loop that condemns him and his friends all to relive the same day over and over.
- 1/20/2016
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
Exclusive: As the film world converges on Park City on the eve of Sundance, Netflix is expanding its global indie film strategy with a slate of new features to be financed and distributed by the Svod giant. The five features are Ryan Koo’s Amateur, Tony Elliott’s Arq, Alistair Legrand’s Clinical, Osgood Perkins‘ I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House and Gerard McMurray’s Underground. The move further cements Netflix’s strategy, first revealed by Deadline last…...
- 1/20/2016
- Deadline
Ivan Radford Jun 13, 2017
More recommendations have been added to our list of Netflix UK movies you might want to try...
Ask some Netflix users and they'll tell you that Netflix UK pales in comparison to Netflix Us, that America has all the new, good stuff, while British streamers are left with the bargain bin rejects from old Blockbuster stores.
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Take a closer look, though, and there's a whole heap of quality there just waiting to be discovered. Whether they're unfairly maligned, or just criminally under-seen, here are 25 under-appreciated films on Netflix UK.
(We'll keep this list updated as things arrive or leave the service to make sure you don't run of new things to try. Last update: June 2017)
What We Do In The Shadows
Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s horror mockumentary, which follows a group of vampire flatmates in Wellington,...
More recommendations have been added to our list of Netflix UK movies you might want to try...
Ask some Netflix users and they'll tell you that Netflix UK pales in comparison to Netflix Us, that America has all the new, good stuff, while British streamers are left with the bargain bin rejects from old Blockbuster stores.
See related No Metroid Prime sequel for Wii U says series producer
Take a closer look, though, and there's a whole heap of quality there just waiting to be discovered. Whether they're unfairly maligned, or just criminally under-seen, here are 25 under-appreciated films on Netflix UK.
(We'll keep this list updated as things arrive or leave the service to make sure you don't run of new things to try. Last update: June 2017)
What We Do In The Shadows
Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s horror mockumentary, which follows a group of vampire flatmates in Wellington,...
- 3/25/2015
- Den of Geek
The luxurious banquet hall in Toronto’s Royal York hotel was electric with excitement as Tiff senior programmers including Steve Gravestock and Agata Smoluch Del Sorbo announced the robust lineup of Canadian films (several world preems) at this year’s Tiff plus the 40+ short titles (out of an astounding 840 short films — an increase of over 200 titles from last year) that will screen at the prestigious festival. With features populating almost every section at the fest, among the headliner items from English Canada, Cairo Time‘s Ruba Nadda returns to the fest with October Gale, while also world preeming is Bang Bang Baby — Jeffrey St. Jules marks his feature film debut with a film that is equal parts Rocky Horror Picture Show and early Cronenberg. Starring Jane Levy of the recent About Alex, it revolves around a small-town teenager in the ’60s whose dream of becoming a famous singer is dashed...
- 8/6/2014
- by Leora Heilbronn
- IONCINEMA.com
Girls, “Two Plane Rides”
Written by Lena Dunham
Directed by Lena Dunham
Aired March 23rd, 2014
Do you remember how last season’s Girls run ended? Well this season things culminated in an entirely different tone. This time, there were no grand gestures or fireworks. Season three isn’t quite as dark as season two, but man is the finale rough. If the season two finale frustrated fans because it suggested that Hannah might be too dependent on the man in her life, the season three finale seems intent on underlining that Hannah’s ready to move on, with or without Adam. And she isn’t the only one moving on, but she seems to be the only one moving in the right direction: Hannah gets into the country’s best grad school, Adam gives a truly “bad” performance in his Broadway debut, Marnie finds herself in another destructive relationship, Shosh...
Written by Lena Dunham
Directed by Lena Dunham
Aired March 23rd, 2014
Do you remember how last season’s Girls run ended? Well this season things culminated in an entirely different tone. This time, there were no grand gestures or fireworks. Season three isn’t quite as dark as season two, but man is the finale rough. If the season two finale frustrated fans because it suggested that Hannah might be too dependent on the man in her life, the season three finale seems intent on underlining that Hannah’s ready to move on, with or without Adam. And she isn’t the only one moving on, but she seems to be the only one moving in the right direction: Hannah gets into the country’s best grad school, Adam gives a truly “bad” performance in his Broadway debut, Marnie finds herself in another destructive relationship, Shosh...
- 7/13/2014
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
Orphan Black, Season 2, Episode 5, “Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est”
Written by Tony Elliott
Directed by Helen Shaver
Airs Saturdays at 9pm Est on Bbca
This week, on Orphan Black: Helena styles some hair, Leekie opens up, and Rachel crosses the line
All season long, Orphan Black has focused on character moments and the tremendous and personal stakes for each of our leads. This week, the show hits that home even further as it, for the first time, threatens the heart of the series. We like Kira- she’s an adorable little moppet who’s smart enough to ward off the cops and intuitive enough to see through the clones’ impersonations. We like the Mrs. S, particularly when she’s getting her badass on, we like Art, and we definitely like Cal, but honestly, any one of these characters could go if the story demanded it. They’re entertaining, well-written, and ultimately,...
Written by Tony Elliott
Directed by Helen Shaver
Airs Saturdays at 9pm Est on Bbca
This week, on Orphan Black: Helena styles some hair, Leekie opens up, and Rachel crosses the line
All season long, Orphan Black has focused on character moments and the tremendous and personal stakes for each of our leads. This week, the show hits that home even further as it, for the first time, threatens the heart of the series. We like Kira- she’s an adorable little moppet who’s smart enough to ward off the cops and intuitive enough to see through the clones’ impersonations. We like the Mrs. S, particularly when she’s getting her badass on, we like Art, and we definitely like Cal, but honestly, any one of these characters could go if the story demanded it. They’re entertaining, well-written, and ultimately,...
- 5/18/2014
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
The odds of having your short film included in this year’s Sundance Film Festival are .008 percent. Out of the 66 short film line-up (selected among 8,161 submissions) we find actress Rose McGowan move behind the camera for her directing debut (Dawn), we have Ain’t Them Bodies Saints producer Toby Halbrooks shovel out Dig (see pic above) and Todd Rohal (The Guatemalan Handshake) returns to the fest in between features with Rat Pack Rat. Filmmaker Magazine New Faces of Independent Film director Dean Fleischer-Camp rolls up his shirt sleeves with Catherine, Matthew Lessner returns to Park City with the helping hand Chapel Perilous while The Strange Ones (’11 accepted short) co-helmer Christopher Radcliff won’t be making a dissappearing act with Jonathan’s Chest. Finally docu feature-film helmer Lucy Walker moves into The Lion’s Mouth Opens. I’ll of course be covering several of these – look out for our coverage.
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- 12/10/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Short films can go a long way. Especially when they’re showcased at the Sundance Film Festival. The festival’s Shorts program, which was announced today, has a tradition of identifying remarkable filmmakers as well as introducing stories that ultimately make it to the big-screen as features. For example, David O. Russell brought his first film, a short titled Bingo Inferno to Sundance in 1987, while Half Nelson, which earned Ryan Gosling his first Oscar nomination, grew out of Ryan Fleck’s 2004 Sundance short titled, Gowanus, Brooklyn. “If you look back at the directors who got their start by having a short at Sundance,...
- 12/10/2013
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
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