For many, a hospital visit is an exhausting house of horrors and bodily function humiliation, a prison on the road to wellness, where consent is as much implied as it is expected. Imagine your choices, and your suffering, at being intubated and left in helpless limbo in the current state of limited resources in our current pandemic. Seth A Smith’s third feature, Tin Can, is that nightmare in all its weird, wet, claustrophobic glory. The film is bathed in septic ambers, reds, and half-glimpsed damp metallic surfaces, and shot in a tight squarish aspect ratio that is commensurate with its heroine's titular confinement. It trafficks in imagery of bundled tubes and intrusive medical girdles, extreme close-ups of a woman trapped in a medical...
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- 8/10/2022
- Screen Anarchy
This week’s new horror offerings are led by Two recent A24 movies that are getting wider releases at home and in theaters, and Netflix is back with some original horror of their own.
In total, we’re getting Six brand new horror movies this week!
Here’s everything headed our way between August 9-August 14, 2022.
First up, A24 and director Alex Garland‘s new horror movie Men is now available on Blu-ray and Digital as of today, August 9th, the film released in theaters back in May of this year.
Meagan Navarro wrote in her Men review for Bloody Disgusting, “Alex Garland’s adherence to the abstract will be divisive, but those that don’t mind enigmatic descents into surrealistic, gruesome horror will find this a trip worth taking.” She also notes that the latest A24 horror film “bides its time with a measured unsettling until an insane, unforgettable third act.
In total, we’re getting Six brand new horror movies this week!
Here’s everything headed our way between August 9-August 14, 2022.
First up, A24 and director Alex Garland‘s new horror movie Men is now available on Blu-ray and Digital as of today, August 9th, the film released in theaters back in May of this year.
Meagan Navarro wrote in her Men review for Bloody Disgusting, “Alex Garland’s adherence to the abstract will be divisive, but those that don’t mind enigmatic descents into surrealistic, gruesome horror will find this a trip worth taking.” She also notes that the latest A24 horror film “bides its time with a measured unsettling until an insane, unforgettable third act.
- 8/9/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
"Put me back in! That was the deal!" Dread has revealed a new trailer for an extra freaky, weird, mindf*!k sci-fi horror film titled Tin Can, from a Canadian filmmaker named Seth A. Smith. This first premiered at the 2020 Sitges Film Festival, and finally lands in theaters + on VOD in the US this August. Thanks to Dread Presents giving it a release. As the world faces a plague, humanity's hope for a cure lies with a scientist, Fret, who awakens imprisoned in a metal chamber and must desperately work to escape her confined cell to save the last of humanity. This stars Anna Hopkins, with Simon Mutabazi and Michael Ironside. This seems to be less like Cube, much more Beyond the Black Rainbow or Event Horizon, but all of it looks creatively twisted and peculiar. Must say I am intrigued! Definitely worth a look. Here's the official trailer (+ poster...
- 7/12/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Cold, pale and in the dark, Fret (Anna Hopkins) crashes back to consciousness inside a small metal chamber. Inside her confined cell, Fret attempts to piece together how she was imprisoned. As a scientist, who was on the brink of discovering a cure from a deadly plague, Fret desperately works to escape her cell to save the last of humanity. Dread is releasing Seth A Smith's Horror Sci-Fi Thriller Tin Can in select theaters on August 5th, On Demand August 9th and on Home Video on September 6th. They have revealed the official trailer and poster for the release. The trailer will be found below. Our own Kurt, the resident admirer of Seth A Smith's films, caught Tin Can when it played at...
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- 7/12/2022
- Screen Anarchy
There’s nothing quite like an old-fashioned ghost story. In cinema, however, their traditional format has become familiar to the point of boredom. When a fresh take on supernatural, atmospheric horror comes around, it’s a rare gift, usually coming to us from the festival circuit. A gem crafted in this spirit recently premiered at Tiff and screened at the Sitges Film Festival. While its recourses are slim, the Halifax-based production The Crescent uses them to create one of the most chilling films I’ve seen this year.
Seth Smith’s second feature follows a young mother, played with endearing honesty by Danika Vandersteen, who moves into her family’s seaside house after her husband dies. Enigmatic occurrences and strange locals hint at a supernatural threat, but the truth is even darker, leading to a psychological nightmare as the mother seeks to protect her son—if her grief doesn’t devour her first.
Seth Smith’s second feature follows a young mother, played with endearing honesty by Danika Vandersteen, who moves into her family’s seaside house after her husband dies. Enigmatic occurrences and strange locals hint at a supernatural threat, but the truth is even darker, leading to a psychological nightmare as the mother seeks to protect her son—if her grief doesn’t devour her first.
- 10/20/2017
- by Ben Larned
- DailyDead
Prototype (Blake Williams)The 36th Vancouver Film Festival recently wrapped, and with it, the second year of the Future//Present program, a selection of eight features (and a number of shorts) dedicated to emerging Canadian filmmakers. If the inaugural edition had the task of distinguishing itself from the rest of the festival's True North “stream,” this year's offered the opportunity to cement its relevancy and expand its vision. That's something for which the admirably varied program proved more or less able, albeit with higher highs and lower lows than in 2016, which speaks, at least, to chances being taken (something that can't necessarily be said of the festival's programming in general). Taken on the whole, there are—beyond the uniting sensibility of critic and programmer Adam Cook—filmmaking trends that one could identify, and patterns that one could connect, for better and for worse, to the larger contemporary arthouse scene. But the most successful selections,...
- 10/20/2017
- MUBI
Mood and atmosphere can carry a movie a long way and in his sophomore effort The Crescent, director Seth A. Smith manages to draw on every last ounce from both to deliver one of the most disquieting movies of the year.
The plot is a largely unnecessary construct that provides an excuse for a mother and her young son to spend some time at a largely unused summer home on a picturesque Nova Scotia beach. Though the story is essentially about a woman's struggle as she deals with the feelings of abandonment and loss after her husband's death, the movie takes a far more esoteric approach to the theme of loss and anxiety.
Shortly after their arrival at the house, mysterious people start to appear on the beach, apparently watching her and her son. The house also starts to take on [Continued ...]...
The plot is a largely unnecessary construct that provides an excuse for a mother and her young son to spend some time at a largely unused summer home on a picturesque Nova Scotia beach. Though the story is essentially about a woman's struggle as she deals with the feelings of abandonment and loss after her husband's death, the movie takes a far more esoteric approach to the theme of loss and anxiety.
Shortly after their arrival at the house, mysterious people start to appear on the beach, apparently watching her and her son. The house also starts to take on [Continued ...]...
- 10/10/2017
- QuietEarth.us
Ithaca Fantastik Festival 2017 returns this November in Ithaca, New York, and we have details on what will be screening at the festival, including the new horror comedy Tragedy Girls. Also in today's Highlights: Bram Stoker busts, details on the short film Terror at Station 13, a look at a new teaser trailer for Shortwave, information on 2-Headed Shark Attack screenings, and a new Prodigy teaser trailer.
Ithaca Fantastik Festival 2017 Lineup Announced: Press Release: "Ithaca, NY, September 19, 2017 - The Ithaca Fantastik (If) festival returns to Ithaca, New York, November 3-12, 2017 with a carefully curated selection of new and classic genre films. With less than a month and a half to go, If is announcing exciting changes, its first wave of titles, and a truly inspired retrospective!
Returning audiences will notice an expanded schedule as the festival grows from half a week to a full nine days. The festival’s two weekends will...
Ithaca Fantastik Festival 2017 Lineup Announced: Press Release: "Ithaca, NY, September 19, 2017 - The Ithaca Fantastik (If) festival returns to Ithaca, New York, November 3-12, 2017 with a carefully curated selection of new and classic genre films. With less than a month and a half to go, If is announcing exciting changes, its first wave of titles, and a truly inspired retrospective!
Returning audiences will notice an expanded schedule as the festival grows from half a week to a full nine days. The festival’s two weekends will...
- 9/27/2017
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
The Ithaca Fantastik (If) Festival returns to Ithaca, New York, November 3-12, 2017 with a carefully curated selection of new and classic genre films – and with less than a month and a half to go, If have officially announced the first wave of titles, including a truly inspired retrospective!
For those unaware, The Ithaca Fantastik Festival is a ten-day film, art, and music festival that takes place over the first weekend of November in Ithaca, NY. This years festival features an expanded schedule as the festival grows from half a week to a full nine days. Both weekends will be dedicated to the best in current genre and festival cinema, with the week between featuring classic retrospective selections. Visit the If website (www.ithacafilmfestival.com) and stay tuned for more Fantastik announcements and title waves soon!
From the press release:
Our first weekend begins with the return of the Cinema Pur miniseries,...
For those unaware, The Ithaca Fantastik Festival is a ten-day film, art, and music festival that takes place over the first weekend of November in Ithaca, NY. This years festival features an expanded schedule as the festival grows from half a week to a full nine days. Both weekends will be dedicated to the best in current genre and festival cinema, with the week between featuring classic retrospective selections. Visit the If website (www.ithacafilmfestival.com) and stay tuned for more Fantastik announcements and title waves soon!
From the press release:
Our first weekend begins with the return of the Cinema Pur miniseries,...
- 9/26/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Let the drugs kick in, then watch this. An official trailer is available for a psychedelic horror mystery film titled The Crescent that played at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this month. The Crescent is a new film from director Seth A. Smith (Lowlife), about a mother and her son who go to a beachfront summer home in hopes of healing after an unexpected death in the family. Once there, some totally weird things start to happen (or so it seems). There's some very abstract, mesmerizing, trippy footage in this trailer but it's hard to make any sense of it without seeing the film. The cast includes Danika Vandersteen, Britt Loder, Andrew Gillis, Woodrow Graves, & Terrance Murray. I'm not sure what to make of this. Take a look. Here's the first festival trailer (+ poster) for Seth A. Smith's The Crescent, direct from YouTube: After an unexpected death in the family,...
- 9/22/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The trio behind 2012’s fever dream, Lowlife, return with a hallucinatory story focused on a woman and her child enveloped by an eerie atmosphere and creeping dread upon retreating to a remote coastal estate.
The Crescent was a big hit at the recent Toronto International Film Festival winning accolades for its sense of creeping dread.
Synopsis:
After an unexpected death in the family, a mother and son struggle to find spiritual healing at a beachfront summer home.
It was directed by Seth A. Smith and shot in Nova Scotia Canada.
The trailer is available [Continued ...]...
The Crescent was a big hit at the recent Toronto International Film Festival winning accolades for its sense of creeping dread.
Synopsis:
After an unexpected death in the family, a mother and son struggle to find spiritual healing at a beachfront summer home.
It was directed by Seth A. Smith and shot in Nova Scotia Canada.
The trailer is available [Continued ...]...
- 9/20/2017
- QuietEarth.us
When a few hundred films stop by the Toronto International Film Festival, it’s certainly impossible to cover everything, but we were able to catch around 100 features — and, with that, it’s time to conclude our experience, following the festival’s own award winners. We’ve rounded up our favorite films seen during the festival, followed by a list of the complete coverage.
Stay tuned over the next months (or years) as we bring updates on films as they make their way to screens. One can also click here for a link to all of our coverage, including news, trailers, reviews, and much more. As always, thanks for reading, and let us know what you’re most looking forward to in the comments below.
The Breadwinner (Nora Twomey)
In the Taliban-controlled Afghan city of Kabul, Nora Twomey’s debut film as sole director (she co-helmed Oscar nominee The Secret of Kells...
Stay tuned over the next months (or years) as we bring updates on films as they make their way to screens. One can also click here for a link to all of our coverage, including news, trailers, reviews, and much more. As always, thanks for reading, and let us know what you’re most looking forward to in the comments below.
The Breadwinner (Nora Twomey)
In the Taliban-controlled Afghan city of Kabul, Nora Twomey’s debut film as sole director (she co-helmed Oscar nominee The Secret of Kells...
- 9/18/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
A self-consciously artsy horror film set in liminal places like the seashore and the border between wakefulness and sleep, Seth A. Smith's The Crescent opens with an extended look at a different interplay of swirling liquids: Putting all the film's credits up front, Smith intercuts them with ravishing footage of marbled paper being made, paint dropped on prepared water and swirled just so. You might, if you'd been thrown into the movie-movie-movie jumble of a festival, wish you could watch just this for an hour and a half. But a paler phantasmagoria awaits, one that will please some viewers on...
- 9/16/2017
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It starts by enveloping us in marbleizing paint — overlapping colors raked to warp dots into abstract patterns — and the loud aural pulses of a musical soundscape as heavy and permanent as those oils are fluidly malleable. We assume it’s merely a sensory aesthetic Seth A. Smith constructs to provide the tone for the subtle horrors still on the horizon, but don’t be surprised if you begin to interpret each new artwork as a self-portrait of characters we’ve yet to meet. Treat them as mood rings simultaneously displaying the strength of will and love to keep each hue from merging into muddy brown and the vulnerability of time folding in on itself like each layer of curved lines. They’re products of Beth’s (Danika Vandersteen) turmoil, a fight intentionally misconstrued.
Smith presents this overload of vision and sound as a contrast to the somberly quiet drama that...
Smith presents this overload of vision and sound as a contrast to the somberly quiet drama that...
- 9/16/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Late in Seth A. Smith's The Crescent, there is a hushed shot of the lead character, who happens to be a 2-year-old toddler, sitting on a beach, framed inside an hollow wreck of an old seaside house. The camera slowly zooms backwards through the broken structure, never losing focus on the child, who is intuitively aware, but not completely so, of just how bad of a place he is in. There are many more grand and experimental shots in the film (including the finest opening credits sequence of the year), this one unobtrusive zoom stands out as the purest distillation of a quietly confident tone. The Crescent is remarkable realization of an ambitious story on a tiny budget by way of copious amounts of intelligence...
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- 9/15/2017
- Screen Anarchy
At this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, the annual event will pay tribute to its home country with a number of options that span the past, present, and future of Canadian creativity. Per usual, the fest has unveiled a slew of titles that will make up its Canadian feature slate — 26 in all — with an eye towards advancing not only established Canadian filmmakers, but rising stars as well.
This year’s Canadian lineup boasts one of the highest numbers of feature directorial debuts ever, as well as one of the highest numbers of films from Western Canada in recent years. Over 30% of the titles have a first-time feature director, while seven out of nine are Tiff alumni.
Read More:tiff’s Platform Selection: How the Festival’s Buzziest Slate is Pivoting After Launching ‘Moonlight’
“It is exciting to see a new wave of Canadian first-time feature directors play with genres and take risks,...
This year’s Canadian lineup boasts one of the highest numbers of feature directorial debuts ever, as well as one of the highest numbers of films from Western Canada in recent years. Over 30% of the titles have a first-time feature director, while seven out of nine are Tiff alumni.
Read More:tiff’s Platform Selection: How the Festival’s Buzziest Slate is Pivoting After Launching ‘Moonlight’
“It is exciting to see a new wave of Canadian first-time feature directors play with genres and take risks,...
- 8/9/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
by Staff
Peter Kuplowsky, the new programmer of Midnight Madness, tells us what to expect from Tiff ‘17’s deadliest lineup.
After 20 years, Midnight Madness has new blood. Peter Kuplowsky, the series’ longtime programming associate under Colin Geddes, has assumed the throne — and with today’s programming announcement, his choices are as eclectic as they are enticing. We quizzed the new guy about what we can expect at 12am every night of Festival, emerging trends in genre cinema, and why Vincent Price embodies the spirit of the programme.
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What can people expect from this year’s Midnight Madness lineup?
Having grown up as an ardent fan of the program, I very much wanted to preserve the sensibility Colin Geddes has cultivated over these past 20 years. As always, the 10 films will run the gamut of genres and sensibilities with a healthy balance of work made by emerging artists and returning alumni.
Peter Kuplowsky, the new programmer of Midnight Madness, tells us what to expect from Tiff ‘17’s deadliest lineup.
After 20 years, Midnight Madness has new blood. Peter Kuplowsky, the series’ longtime programming associate under Colin Geddes, has assumed the throne — and with today’s programming announcement, his choices are as eclectic as they are enticing. We quizzed the new guy about what we can expect at 12am every night of Festival, emerging trends in genre cinema, and why Vincent Price embodies the spirit of the programme.
Browse All Films
What can people expect from this year’s Midnight Madness lineup?
Having grown up as an ardent fan of the program, I very much wanted to preserve the sensibility Colin Geddes has cultivated over these past 20 years. As always, the 10 films will run the gamut of genres and sensibilities with a healthy balance of work made by emerging artists and returning alumni.
- 8/3/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
ThelmaA selection of films from the 2017 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival has been unveiled, with new films by Sebastián Lelio, Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Darren Aronofsky, Greta Gerwig, Guillermo Del Toro, Joachim Trier, Wim Wenders, and many more.Special PRESENTATIONSOpening Night: Ladybird (Greta Gerwig)Closing Night: Sheikh Jackson (Amr Salama)Battle of the Sexes (Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton)Bpm (Beats Per Minute) (Robin Campillo)The Brawler (Anurag Kashyap)The Breadwinner (Nora Twomey)Call Me By Your Name (Luca Guadagnino)Catch the Wind (Gaël Morel)The Children Act (Richard Eyre)The Current War (Alfonso Gomez-Rejon)Disobedience (Sebastián Lelio)Downsizing (Alexander Payne)A Fantastic Woman (Sebastián Lelio)First They Killed My Father (Angelina Jolie)The Guardians (Xavier Beauvois)Hostiles (Scott Cooper)The Hungry (Bornila Chatterjee)I, Tonya (Craig Gillespie)Mother! (Darren Aronofsky)Novitiate (Maggie Betts)Omerta (Hansal Mehta)Plonger (Mélanie Laurent)The Price of Success (Teddy Lussi-Modeste)Professor Marston & the Wonder Women...
- 8/3/2017
- MUBI
Following an initial round of premieres and the announcement that Borg vs. McEnroe will open Toronto International Film Festival 2017, they’ve now announced their lineup for Midnight Madness and Documentaries. Leading the pack of our most-anticipated among midnight tiles is Brawl in Cell Block 99, which is S. Craig Zahler’s follow-up to Bone Tomahawk and will premiere at Venice beforehand. There’s also the latest film from Joseph Kahn, Bodied, which will open the sidebar, and the first trailer has landed.
On the documentary side, there is Frederick Wiseman’s Ex Libris – The New York Public Library, as well as new films from Morgan Spurlock, Heidi Ewing (Jesus Camp), Brett Morgen (Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck), and more. Check out the new additions below, along with images and trailers where available.
Midnight Madness
Midnight Madness Opening Film
Bodied Joseph Kahn, USA
World Premiere
Our #TIFF17 Midnight Madness Opening Night Film is @JosephKahn’s Bodied,...
On the documentary side, there is Frederick Wiseman’s Ex Libris – The New York Public Library, as well as new films from Morgan Spurlock, Heidi Ewing (Jesus Camp), Brett Morgen (Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck), and more. Check out the new additions below, along with images and trailers where available.
Midnight Madness
Midnight Madness Opening Film
Bodied Joseph Kahn, USA
World Premiere
Our #TIFF17 Midnight Madness Opening Night Film is @JosephKahn’s Bodied,...
- 8/2/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Indiewire is highlighting Seth A. Smith‘s Canadian horror The Crescent, which will have its World Premiere in the Midnight Madness portion of the Toronto International Film Festival. In the film, “After an unexpected death in the family, a mother and son struggle to find spiritual healing at a beachfront summer home. All the while, a […]...
- 8/1/2017
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Luca Guadagnino’s Sundance darling “Call Me By Your Name” is about to become a huge awards player this fall, and the first trailer from Sony Pictures Classics pretty much proves why. Guadagnino, the great Italian filmmaker behind “I Am Love” and “A Bigger Splash,” has crafted a queer masterpiece that features some of his best directing to date and revelatory work from stars Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer.
Read More‘Call Me By Your Name’ Review: Luca Guadagnino Delivers A Queer Masterpiece
“Call Me By Your Name” is based on the novel of the same name by André Aciman. The story centers on the passionate relationship that forms between Elio, a 17-year-old living in Italy in the 1980s, and Oliver, a 24-year-old academic who has come to Elio’s villa to study under his professor father.
In his A review out of Sundance, IndieWire senior film critic David Ehrlich raved,...
Read More‘Call Me By Your Name’ Review: Luca Guadagnino Delivers A Queer Masterpiece
“Call Me By Your Name” is based on the novel of the same name by André Aciman. The story centers on the passionate relationship that forms between Elio, a 17-year-old living in Italy in the 1980s, and Oliver, a 24-year-old academic who has come to Elio’s villa to study under his professor father.
In his A review out of Sundance, IndieWire senior film critic David Ehrlich raved,...
- 8/1/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
For a 24-hour period, many children find themselves hunted by their crazed parents—including a pair played by Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair—in Brian Taylor's Mom and Dad, one of ten films featured in this year's Toronto International Film Festival's Midnight Madness program:
Press Release: Toronto — Tomb it may concern: strap in, secure your spooktacles, and feel free to let loose a mighty battle cry, because Midnight Madness has just launched its lineup for the 42nd Toronto International Film Festival®, presented by new programmer Peter Kuplowsky. Screening for near-riotous crowds into the wee hours, this year's films are guaranteed to melt minds, split sides and drop jaws. Midnight Madness is generously sponsored by Cineplex Entertainment.
"We can't wait to unleash Peter on Midnight Madness audiences," said Tiff Artistic Director Cameron Bailey. "He's tracked down 10 films that preserve the section's legendary kick-out-the-jams approach, while still putting his own ruthless stamp on it.
Press Release: Toronto — Tomb it may concern: strap in, secure your spooktacles, and feel free to let loose a mighty battle cry, because Midnight Madness has just launched its lineup for the 42nd Toronto International Film Festival®, presented by new programmer Peter Kuplowsky. Screening for near-riotous crowds into the wee hours, this year's films are guaranteed to melt minds, split sides and drop jaws. Midnight Madness is generously sponsored by Cineplex Entertainment.
"We can't wait to unleash Peter on Midnight Madness audiences," said Tiff Artistic Director Cameron Bailey. "He's tracked down 10 films that preserve the section's legendary kick-out-the-jams approach, while still putting his own ruthless stamp on it.
- 8/1/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Morgan Spurlock re-engages with the food industry, James Franco digs into the ‘worst film ever made’.
Top brass at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) unveiled on Tuesday selections in the Tiff Docs, Midnight Madness, and Short Cuts programmes.
The Canadian titles that are part of this year’s programme will be announced on August 9. The 42nd Toronto International Film Festival is scheduled to run from September 7-17 and will open with Borg/McEnroe.
Tiff Docs
The world premiere of Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! joins a marquee Tiff Docs roster from renowned filmmakers that opens with Sophie Fiennes’ Grace Jones: Bloodlight And Bami.
Selections include Brett Morgen’s profile of primatologist Jane Goodall in Jane; the story of three Hasidic Jews who attempt to join the secular world in One Of Us by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady; Violeta Ayala’s Bolivian drug trade film Cocaine Prison; and Emmanuel Gras’ closing film Makala...
Top brass at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) unveiled on Tuesday selections in the Tiff Docs, Midnight Madness, and Short Cuts programmes.
The Canadian titles that are part of this year’s programme will be announced on August 9. The 42nd Toronto International Film Festival is scheduled to run from September 7-17 and will open with Borg/McEnroe.
Tiff Docs
The world premiere of Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! joins a marquee Tiff Docs roster from renowned filmmakers that opens with Sophie Fiennes’ Grace Jones: Bloodlight And Bami.
Selections include Brett Morgen’s profile of primatologist Jane Goodall in Jane; the story of three Hasidic Jews who attempt to join the secular world in One Of Us by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady; Violeta Ayala’s Bolivian drug trade film Cocaine Prison; and Emmanuel Gras’ closing film Makala...
- 8/1/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Grief and loss take center stage in Seth A. Smith’s “The Crescent” — announced just this morning as an official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival’s beloved Midnight Madness section — as the Canadian native turns his attention to a chilling story about healing that has plenty of secrets swirling below its surface.
Read MoreTIFF Announces Midnight Madness and Documentaries Slate, Including ‘The Disaster Artist,’ ‘Super Size Me’ Sequel, and More
Shot at a remote beach house on Nova Scotia’s rugged South Shore, the film “follows a mother and her toddler son as they struggle to find spiritual healing after an unexpected death in the family. All the while, a mysterious force from the sea threatens to tear their souls apart.” The film stars Danika Vandersteen (in her first on-screen appearance), 2 year-old Woodrow Graves, and Canadian Screen Award nominee Andrew Gillis.
Smith is a Nova Scotia-based filmmaker, visual artist,...
Read MoreTIFF Announces Midnight Madness and Documentaries Slate, Including ‘The Disaster Artist,’ ‘Super Size Me’ Sequel, and More
Shot at a remote beach house on Nova Scotia’s rugged South Shore, the film “follows a mother and her toddler son as they struggle to find spiritual healing after an unexpected death in the family. All the while, a mysterious force from the sea threatens to tear their souls apart.” The film stars Danika Vandersteen (in her first on-screen appearance), 2 year-old Woodrow Graves, and Canadian Screen Award nominee Andrew Gillis.
Smith is a Nova Scotia-based filmmaker, visual artist,...
- 8/1/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
They are two of the Toronto International Film Festival’s wildest sections — for very different reasons — and this year’s slate of both Midnight Madness and Documentary offerings appear to signal another strong lineup for the festival. Thrills, chills, terror, and scares await movie-goers, all care of unbelievable real-life stories and slightly less true tales for genre fans of all stripes.
This year’s Midnight Madness section will open with Joseph Kahn’s provocative World Premiere of “Bodied,” and also offers up the World Premiere of “The Disaster Artist,” directed by James Franco and based on the making of Tommy Wiseau’s 2003 cult film, “The Room.” (The film previously screened as a work-in-progress at SXSW.)
Read MoreTIFF Reveals First Slate of 2017 Titles, Including ‘The Shape of Water,’ ‘Downsizing,’ and ‘Call Me By Your Name’
In his first year as programmer, Peter Kuplowsky is also welcoming back several fest alumni, including David Bruckner,...
This year’s Midnight Madness section will open with Joseph Kahn’s provocative World Premiere of “Bodied,” and also offers up the World Premiere of “The Disaster Artist,” directed by James Franco and based on the making of Tommy Wiseau’s 2003 cult film, “The Room.” (The film previously screened as a work-in-progress at SXSW.)
Read MoreTIFF Reveals First Slate of 2017 Titles, Including ‘The Shape of Water,’ ‘Downsizing,’ and ‘Call Me By Your Name’
In his first year as programmer, Peter Kuplowsky is also welcoming back several fest alumni, including David Bruckner,...
- 8/1/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
You’d be hard-pressed to find a more seminal year in movie-going history than 1977, which unspooled such game-changers and genre-benders as “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Saturday Night Fever,” “Airport ’77,” “Sorcerer,” and many, many more.
In honor of the fortieth anniversary of one of the wildest years in recent cinema history, The Film Society of Lincoln Center has programmed their ambitious ’77, a 33-film series surveying the sweeping cinematic landscape of a prolific year in cinema, in the United States and around the world.
Read MoreHow ‘Jaws’ Forever Changed the Modern Day Blockbuster — And What Today’s Examples Could Learn From It
While the debut of George Lucas’ original “Star Wars” is likely the most notable name in a long list of ’77 titles, the year also played home to “Jubilee,” “Eraserhead,” “Hausu,” “Wizard,” and “Smokey and the Bandit.” That startling breadth of film options speaks to the changing times — both...
In honor of the fortieth anniversary of one of the wildest years in recent cinema history, The Film Society of Lincoln Center has programmed their ambitious ’77, a 33-film series surveying the sweeping cinematic landscape of a prolific year in cinema, in the United States and around the world.
Read MoreHow ‘Jaws’ Forever Changed the Modern Day Blockbuster — And What Today’s Examples Could Learn From It
While the debut of George Lucas’ original “Star Wars” is likely the most notable name in a long list of ’77 titles, the year also played home to “Jubilee,” “Eraserhead,” “Hausu,” “Wizard,” and “Smokey and the Bandit.” That startling breadth of film options speaks to the changing times — both...
- 7/31/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Seth Smith’s psychedelic horror filmed at a remote beach house on Nova Scotia’s South Shore.
Raven Banner holds Canadian distribution rights to The Crescent, which centres on a woman and her young son following an unexpected death in the family.
While the mother and toddler struggle to find spiritual healing, a mysterious force from the sea threatens to tear their souls apart.
Danika Vandersteen stars with Woodrow Graves, the son of Smith and producer Nancy Urich.
Darcy Spidle wrote the screenplay and Urich serves as producer. Executive producer Rob Cotterill previously produced Hobo With A Shotgun.
Smith’s first feature Lowlife about a living drug premiered at Fantasia in 2012 and went on to win the audience award for best feature at the Atlantic Film Festival.
Producers retain international rights.
Raven Banner holds Canadian distribution rights to The Crescent, which centres on a woman and her young son following an unexpected death in the family.
While the mother and toddler struggle to find spiritual healing, a mysterious force from the sea threatens to tear their souls apart.
Danika Vandersteen stars with Woodrow Graves, the son of Smith and producer Nancy Urich.
Darcy Spidle wrote the screenplay and Urich serves as producer. Executive producer Rob Cotterill previously produced Hobo With A Shotgun.
Smith’s first feature Lowlife about a living drug premiered at Fantasia in 2012 and went on to win the audience award for best feature at the Atlantic Film Festival.
Producers retain international rights.
- 12/21/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Guillermo del Toro (The Devil's Backbone, Crimson Peak) has contributed two signed items, a copy of Pacific Rim and The Book of Life, to A Cause for Entertainment's auction to fight breast cancer. Also in today's Horror Highlights: Friday the 13th franchise enamel pins from Fright Rags, the list of short films at Fantastic Fest 2016, Dr. West: A Reanimated Parody sneak peek details, and info on the new poetry collection, As the Blade Cuts.
Guillermo del Toro-Signed Memorabilia at A Cause for Entertainment's Auction to Fight Breast Cancer: "Starting bid: $50.00
Oscar nominated Writer/Director Guillermo Del Toro, known for his work on Cronos, The Devil's Backbone, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth and Crimson Peak, has generously donated a signed copy of his film Pacific Rim and his book “The Book of Life” to support the fight against breast cancer.
Auction starts: October 17th, 2016 12:00 am
Auction ends: November 6th, 2016 7:30 pm...
Guillermo del Toro-Signed Memorabilia at A Cause for Entertainment's Auction to Fight Breast Cancer: "Starting bid: $50.00
Oscar nominated Writer/Director Guillermo Del Toro, known for his work on Cronos, The Devil's Backbone, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth and Crimson Peak, has generously donated a signed copy of his film Pacific Rim and his book “The Book of Life” to support the fight against breast cancer.
Auction starts: October 17th, 2016 12:00 am
Auction ends: November 6th, 2016 7:30 pm...
- 9/13/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
New projects from Larry Fessenden, Rkss and John McNaughton among line-up at sixth edition, taking place July 23-26 in Montreal.
Having announced a first wave during Cannes, Frontières International Co-Production Market has unveiled the full line-up for its upcoming sixth edition.
Among the additional projects announced are The Designer from Glass Eye Pix (Larry Fessenden, Peter Phok, Graham Reznick), Todd E. Freeman’s The Beautiful, Enric Folch’s Duel documentary The Devil on Wheels and Huan Vu’s H.P. Lovecraft’s adaptation The Dreamlands.
They join the already announced projects from the likes of John McNaughton (Carny Kill), Turbo Kid film-makers Rkss (Elora) and Srdjan Spasojevic (Whereout).
Frontières will run July 23-26 at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, following its second European edition at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifff) in April.
The expanded project line-up for the upcoming edition will see more projects participating in live pitch sessions.
Established in 2012 at...
Having announced a first wave during Cannes, Frontières International Co-Production Market has unveiled the full line-up for its upcoming sixth edition.
Among the additional projects announced are The Designer from Glass Eye Pix (Larry Fessenden, Peter Phok, Graham Reznick), Todd E. Freeman’s The Beautiful, Enric Folch’s Duel documentary The Devil on Wheels and Huan Vu’s H.P. Lovecraft’s adaptation The Dreamlands.
They join the already announced projects from the likes of John McNaughton (Carny Kill), Turbo Kid film-makers Rkss (Elora) and Srdjan Spasojevic (Whereout).
Frontières will run July 23-26 at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, following its second European edition at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifff) in April.
The expanded project line-up for the upcoming edition will see more projects participating in live pitch sessions.
Established in 2012 at...
- 6/10/2015
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes first details from Kadence and soon-to-be feature length film, Headless, a new Phantasmagoria poster, a teaser video for Bad Kids Go 2 Hell, a review of The Well, and more:
First Details on Kadence: “Still reeling from the loss of his mother, a damaging and complex relationship with his father, and a relentless battle with his own inner demons, Kadin’s [17] grip on reality is loosening by the day. Amid this struggle comes an enigmatic and brazen new neighbor, Marissa [19], who, along with the promise of a budding new friendship gives Kadin an ancient voodoo doll. Her reassurance is seductive and the promise of a brighter future leads Kadin to make a sinister choice.
Kadence, a short film blending psychological horror with a chilling character drama that could...
First Details on Kadence: “Still reeling from the loss of his mother, a damaging and complex relationship with his father, and a relentless battle with his own inner demons, Kadin’s [17] grip on reality is loosening by the day. Amid this struggle comes an enigmatic and brazen new neighbor, Marissa [19], who, along with the promise of a budding new friendship gives Kadin an ancient voodoo doll. Her reassurance is seductive and the promise of a brighter future leads Kadin to make a sinister choice.
Kadence, a short film blending psychological horror with a chilling character drama that could...
- 7/6/2014
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
BrinkVision is releasing the critically acclaimed Lowlife, directed by Seth Smith, on VOD and limited edition DVD later this summer; and we have all the details you need right here, including the flick's artwork and trailer.
After its sold-out premiere at Fantasia Film Festival, Lowlife went on to win awards and screen at theatres and festivals across North America. It's directed by Canadian Seth Smith and co-written by Smith and Darcy Spidle. Chik White, Kate Hartigan, Mitchell Wiebe, and John Urich star.
The film is crafted to take you deep inside a cruel, intoxicating poem with no means of escape. Lowlife is the latest in a line of independent horror films that offer a fresh take on the genre and push the boundaries of cinema.
Look for it on August 26, 2014.
Synopsis:
A lonely musician's descent into the shadowy world of a living drug leads to a mysterious island where a...
After its sold-out premiere at Fantasia Film Festival, Lowlife went on to win awards and screen at theatres and festivals across North America. It's directed by Canadian Seth Smith and co-written by Smith and Darcy Spidle. Chik White, Kate Hartigan, Mitchell Wiebe, and John Urich star.
The film is crafted to take you deep inside a cruel, intoxicating poem with no means of escape. Lowlife is the latest in a line of independent horror films that offer a fresh take on the genre and push the boundaries of cinema.
Look for it on August 26, 2014.
Synopsis:
A lonely musician's descent into the shadowy world of a living drug leads to a mysterious island where a...
- 7/3/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Would you suck on a slug to experience a living drug that alters your perception of reality? Before answering that question, perhaps you should watch the trailer for Seth Smith’s “Lowlife”, a film that covers this topic with a hefty dose of horrific imagery and surrealism. After all, you can’t have a drug flick without some incredibly messed up crap taking place. I think it may be required by Canadian law. Thank David Cronenberg for that. Specifically, here’s what the film is about: A mysterious wanderer going by the name of Asa appears to our heroine, Elle. She quickly trades in her humdrum life as a failing tubist to be swayed by this man’s strange charms. But love soon turns to hunger as she falls in with Asa’s psychotropic slugs—living drugs so wild they distort and even alter reality. Elle and Asa binge on...
- 1/9/2012
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
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