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Warning! Spoilers ahead for The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 2 finale.The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - The Book of Carol has been a mostly solid follow-up to the first season, albeit with a story thats more contrived and at times messy. Season 2 does a lot in six episodes, leading to the overall flow feeling a bit rushed. The big moments, like the reunion of Carol (Melissa McBride) and Daryl (Norman Reedus), do land with the emotional weight that such scenes deserve. This is thanks in large part to the performances of McBride and Reedus, who, along with a strong supporting cast, elevate their scenes even when the story stumbles.

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

Cast Hugo Dillon, Catherine Arditi, Lukerya Ilyashenko, Maxime Lefranois, Franois Delaive, Tristan Zanchi, Joel de la Fuente, Romain Levi, Laka Blanc-Francard, Louis Puech Scigliuzzi, Anne Charrier, Melissa McBride, Eriq Ebouaney, Adam Nagaitis, Clemence Poesy,...

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Daryl Dixon season 2, episode 5.

Last weeks episode of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - The Book of Carol was a high point for the season. Though there was the tragedy of Isabelles (Clmence Posy) death, it was nicely counterbalanced by the reunion of Daryl (Norman Reedus) and Carol (Melissa McBride), plus some great action at both the Nest and later on in a charming French village. Genet (Anne Charrier) was also killed off and too soon, though she at least died in spectacular fashion. Episode 4 set a high bar, but sadly, episode 5, Vouloir, C'est Pouvoir, doesnt come close to matching it.

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

Cast Hugo Dillon, Catherine Arditi, Lukerya Ilyashenko, Maxime Lefranois, Franois Delaive, Tristan Zanchi, Joel de la Fuente, Romain Levi, Laka Blanc-Francard, Louis Puech Scigliuzzi, Anne Charrier, Melissa McBride, Eriq Ebouaney, Adam Nagaitis, Clemence Poesy, Norman ReedusCharacter(s) Pre Jean, Mother Superior Vronique,...

Warning! Spoilers ahead for The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 2, episode 4.

This is The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - The Book Of Carols biggest episode yet, delivering huge developments and returning to that breakneck pace. Having left off last week with Genet (Anne Charrier) poised to create an army of the dead with Carol (Melissa McBride) among them season 2, episode 4 La Paradis Pour Toi, gets right to it, unleashing Genets super zombies against the Nest. Finally, Daryl Dixon is making good on these terrifying, faster variants.

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

Cast Hugo Dillon, Catherine Arditi, Lukerya Ilyashenko, Maxime Lefranois, Franois Delaive, Tristan Zanchi, Joel de la Fuente, Romain Levi, Laka Blanc-Francard, Louis Puech Scigliuzzi, Anne Charrier, Melissa McBride, Eriq Ebouaney, Adam Nagaitis, Clemence Poesy, Norman ReedusCharacter(s) Pre Jean, Mother Superior Vronique, Anna Valery, Capo, Dr. Henri Lafleur, Fallou Boukar, Losang, Stphane Codron, Genet, Isabelle Carriere, Laurent, Quinn, Sylvie,...

After spending most of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon's run in France, Norman Reedus knows where he wants to take the show next. As a spin-off of the original The Walking Dead, the show follows Daryl after he mysteriously wakes on the shores of France. He eventually meets with Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride), as they continue to explore the reality of a post-apocalyptic Europe. Daryl and Carol eventually elect to leave France for Spain, but a New York Comic Con reveal hints that Daryl Dixon season 3's Spanish trip will not be the end of Daryl's travels.

In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant about his time on the show, Reedus opened up about his hopes for its future. While he would love to see it continue to jump locations, there is one setting that he has always wanted to explore within the Walking Dead universe. Though he...

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Daryl Dixon season 2, episode 3.The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 2 introduced some major developments in its last episode: Carol (Melissa McBride) arriving in France, Daryl (Norman Reedus) and Isabelle (Clmence Posy) cementing their relationship, and the idea Laurent (Louis Puech Scigliuzzi) could be the key to a cure. Episode 3, L'Invisible, doesnt include nearly as many big moments, instead focusing more on some table-setting and a bit of resolution. Compared to the breakneck speed of the first two episodes, episode 3 takes things more slowly, but that isnt to say it's an episode devoid of action.

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

Cast Hugo Dillon, Catherine Arditi, Lukerya Ilyashenko, Maxime Lefranois, Franois Delaive, Tristan Zanchi, Joel de la Fuente, Romain Levi, Laka Blanc-Francard, Louis Puech Scigliuzzi, Anne Charrier, Melissa McBride, Eriq Ebouaney, Adam Nagaitis, Clemence Poesy, Norman ReedusCharacter(s) Pre Jean, Mother Superior Vronique, Anna Valery, Capo, Dr. Henri Lafleur,...

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Daryl Dixon season 2, episode 2.The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon's season 2 premiere put things into motion rather quickly, immediately setting Carol (Melissa McBride) on her path to reunite with Daryl (Norman Reedus), while he begins to wear out his welcome at the Nest. That fast pace continues in episode 2, titled Moulin Rouge, as Carol arrives in France following a quick and bizarre stop in Greenland and Daryl learns what the Union de L'Espoir really has planned for Laurent (Louis Puech Scigliuzzi).

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

Cast Hugo Dillon, Catherine Arditi, Lukerya Ilyashenko, Maxime Lefranois, Franois Delaive, Tristan Zanchi, Joel de la Fuente, Romain Levi, Laka Blanc-Francard, Louis Puech Scigliuzzi, Anne Charrier, Melissa McBride, Eriq Ebouaney, Adam Nagaitis, Clemence Poesy, Norman ReedusCharacter(s) Pre Jean, Mother Superior Vronique, Anna Valery, Capo, Dr. Henri Lafleur, Fallou Boukar, Losang, Stphane Codron, Genet, Isabelle Carriere, Laurent, Quinn, Sylvie, Emile, Carol Peletier,...

1792 was a turbulent time in Paris. As the French Revolution raged outside the dilapidated walls of the Tour du Temple, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette faced an uncertain future behind those walls. Once the most powerful monarchs in Europe, ruling over the opulent court at Versailles, they had been deposed and cast into an isolated prison to await their fate.

Director Gianluca Jodice’s historical drama “The Flood” shines a light on this difficult period in the lives of the hapless royal couple. Focusing on their imprisonment in the dreary Tower ahead of their executions, the film is based on accounts from the journal of Louis’ valet, Jean-Baptiste Cléry, played in the film by Fabrizio Rongione.

Gone are the lavish parties and designer dresses of Versailles. In their dank cell in the Tower, Louis (Guillaume Canet) and Marie Antoinette (Mélanie Laurent) struggle to adjust to their new circumstances with dignity.

Arrow Video are proud to release the VOD premiere of the French macabre horror Pandemonium, the latest feature from filmmaker Quarxx (All the Gods in the Sky). The film made its world premiere at Neuchâtel and went on to screen at Fantasia, Frightfest, Fantasy FilmFest, Sitges, Grimmfest, Trieste and Screamfest and you can see it at home on Arrow with a host of brand new extras!

Pandemonium is available now on all major VOD platforms, include Apple TV and Prime Video.

Director Quarxx (All the Gods in the Sky) explores the peculiar, welcoming all those hungry for wonder, in Pandemonium, a unique cinematic blend of fantasy, drama, genre, and humour. The film takes the viewer on a chilling journey as three interconnected stories unravel in this macabre exploration of tales depicting fallen souls. From the intricacies of everyday drama to the realms of supernatural intrigue, each narrative weaves a haunting...

The famous French saying, “Après moi, le déluge” (“After me, the flood”) has often been attributed to Louis Xv, who used it to express his total disinterest in what would happen to the world after his own demise. If things fell apart, well, too bad. And yet it’s the king’s own grandson, Louis XVI, who was ousted from power during the French Revolution and died on the guillotine, to whom the quote is most applicable. His death, as well as that of his wife, Marie-Antoinette, marked the end of the monarchy and the height of the Reign of Terror. It was also the start of one of the first modern democracies, with all its grandeurs and flaws.

The unpleasant final days of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette are the subject of The Flood (Le Déluge), by Italian director Gianluca Jodice (The Bad Poet), who focuses solely on the period...

It’s a big week for horror, with two recent theatrical releases coming home, one of the best slashers of the modern era hitting theaters, and a new Takashi Miike film coming to Netflix.

Here’s all the new horror releasing May 27, 2024 – June 2, 2024!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

After scaring up $53 million at the worldwide box office, director Arkasha Stevenson’s prequel The First Omen is now available for Digital purchase ($19.99) at home.

The First Omen is available to own at digital retailers such as Apple TV, Prime Video and Fandango at Home. It also arrives on Hulu May 30 and comes to Blu-ray and DVD July 30.

The First Omen is an exceptional expansion on a classic, earning rave reviews across the board and impressing all of us here at Bloody Disgusting. Meagan Navarro wrote in her review, “Thanks to the exquisite craftsmanship on display,...

Stars: Hugo Dillon, Ophelia Kolb, Arben Bajraktaraj, Manon Maindivide | Written and Directed by Quarxx

Nathan and Daniel wake at the scene of a car crash, confused and seemingly unscathed. The two men begin to slowly understand that they did not make it. They are dead. Nathan’s previous acts will now determine his fate, however reprehensible they might have been. He will have to leave this earthly world and enter the depths of Hell that await him for all eternity and be confronted with other tormented souls whose pain he will be forced to experience…

Essentially an anthology, Pandemonium feels heavily inspired by the likes of Dante’s Inferno and it’s seven circles of hell, with Nathan only beginning his descent into hell – viewing the scions and stories of those who have come before him in two very different stories, with Nathan’s own story – a car crash, causing the...

Director Quarxx’s underworld car-crash drama chances little humour as it dolorously teases out morals and metaphysics

This Stygian jolly, in which dumbstruck driver Nathan (Hugo Dillon) finds himself out of the mortal coil after colliding with a motorcycle, has some of the heavy-metal-album-cover energy of Bill and Ted gawping at hell’s gnarly sights. But French director and multimedia artist Quarxx’s metaphysical vista is so unredeemably bleak that you find yourself wishing for San Dimas’s finest’s “You’re dead, dude!” amazement, or at least the odd air-guitar riff.

Pandemonium squeezes out a little angry and disoriented humour at its start as Nathan, confronted with his shattered corpse, finds himself squabbling on a mountain road with Daniel (Arben Bajraktaraj), the motorcyclist he killed instantly. But when two disembodied gateways – a celestial blue forcefield and gigantic red double-doors – appear next to them, it is only the self-righteous Daniel who hears singing.

Director Quarxx (All the Gods in the Sky) explores the peculiar, welcoming all those hungry for wonder in Pandemonium, a unique cinematic blend of fantasy, drama, genre, and humor.

Pandemonium will be released on Blu-ray in the UK May 27 and the US & Canada May 28. It will also be streaming on Arrow in the UK/US/CA/Ire from May 27.

Arrow Video previews, “Pandemonium takes the viewer on a chilling journey as three interconnected stories unravel in this macabre exploration of tales depicting fallen souls. From the intricacies of everyday drama to the realms of supernatural intrigue, each narrative weaves a haunting tapestry that blurs the lines between the mortal and the supernatural.”

Nathan (Hugo Dillon) and Daniel (Arben Bajraktaraj) are caught in a road accident that kills them both. As they come to grips with their deaths, Nathan confronts his past and the consequences of his actions. Now trapped in the hellish void of Pandemonium,...

Transgressive Production is excited to announce that Screamfest LA will host the 14th October 2023 US Premiere of Pandemonium, the latest feature from filmmaker Quarxx (All the Gods in the Sky). The film made its world premiere at Neuchâtel and went on to screen at Fantasia, Frightfest, Fantasy FilmFest, Sitges, Grimmfest and Trieste.

Drawing on themes found in Dante’s Inferno and Milton’s Paradise Lost, Pandemonium is a multi-textured existential fantasy, topped with signature notes of visceral horror, disturbing fairy tale, wry comedy, and dark thriller. From the creative mind of Quarxx, comes this aesthetically stunning and relentlessly macabre tale.

Pandemonium was produced by Isabelle Guenezan of Transgressive Production along with executive producer Martine Melloul of Kali Pictures. Film Seekers is handling international sales.

Pandemonium at Screamfest:

Festival & Screening Details

Tcl Chinese Theatre, Screen 6

Saturday, 14th October 2023, 7:30 Pm Pst

Pandemonium follows Nathan (Hugo Dillon), an ordinary man on a journey he never expected.

Kinepolis Heralds Opening Of Six New Imax Screens

Belgium-based exhibitor Kinepolis has unveiled details for the opening of six new Imax screens in Europe and North America, first announced in May as part of its expanded partnership with Imax Corporation. The first new Imax screen opened at Canadian subsidiary Landmark Cinemas’ complex in the city of Waterloo on October 7. This will be followed by the opening of Imax Liège in Belgium on 13 October; Imax Kirchberg in Luxembourg (which is the country’s first Imax screen) on 18 October; Imax Nîmes in France on 19 October, and Imax Madrid in Spain on 20 October. The first titles due to be shown at these venues will be Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour and Martin Scorcese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, which premieres worldwide on October 20. A sixth new Imax screen will launch at Mjr Southgate theatre in the U.S. state of Michigan on...

The rich vein of melancholy regret running through Out of Season (Hors-Saison) at times risks tipping over into kitschy nostalgia, with its Lelouch-like intimacy playing out on a wintry seashore to the strains of a wispy, sentimental score. But the throwback feel is deftly offset in Stéphane Brizé’s latest by the emotional vitality of the writing, the interplay of comedy with lingering romantic sorrow and the exquisite chemistry between Alba Rohrwacher and Guillaume Canet, playing former lovers who find a bittersweet reprieve from the disillusioned stasis of their lives when their paths cross years after they were involved.

Brizé’s 10th feature marks a shift from his recent trilogy of sociopolitical workplace dramas starring Vincent Lindon — The Measure of a Man, At War, Another World — fueled by indignation over labor issues. It’s closer in tone to the delicate romances he made more than 10 years ago, notably Mademoiselle Chambon.

Stars: Hugo Dillon, Ophelia Kolb, Arben Bajraktaraj, Manon Maindivide | Written and Directed by Quarxx

Nathan and Daniel wake at the scene of a car crash, confused and seemingly unscathed. The two men begin to slowly understand that they did not make it. They are dead. Nathan’s previous acts will now determine his fate, however reprehensible they might have been. He will have to leave this earthly world and enter the depths of Hell that await him for all eternity and be confronted with other tormented souls whose pain he will be forced to experience…

Essentially an anthology, Pandemonium feels heavily inspired by the likes of Dante’s Inferno and it’s seven circles of hell, with Nathan only beginning his descent into hell – viewing the scions and stories of those who have come before him in two very different stories, with Nathan’s own story – a car crash, causing the...

Cédric Jiminez’s focus on police operations in the aftermath of the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks doesn’t give a real sense of who any of the agents involved are

Artistic responses to the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks – including You Will Not Have My Hate, Paris Memories and the excellent You Resemble Me – have rightly erred on the side of the contemplative, though even that couldn’t excuse last year’s soft-rock stage musical For You I’d Wait. With November, the director and co-writer Cédric Jiminez, who excavated the origins of The French Connection in his 2014 thriller The Connection, zeroes in on the police operation in the immediate aftermath of the attacks when the terrorists were still on the run. Jiminez’s Connection star Jean Dujardin oversees the hunt, calling his wife to say “Give the kids my love” before five solid days of barking at suspects and pointing at maps.

Aka is a French-style gangster thriller that has its main appeal in showing Eric Cantona playing a Scarface. Too bad he isn’t up to it.

Aka is a French film directed by Morgan S. Dalibert starring Alban Lenoir and Eric Cantona. Yes, the one from Manchester United.

About the movie

Bad guys, very “badass” in a movie that Guy Ritchie would have done much better.

The star this time is not Cantona, featured almost as a commercial claim for the film, but this actor called Alban Lenoir who, with his very manly features, fits the role to perfection … A quite different matter is if the role is worth it or if the movie has enough dramatic intensity to demonstrate anything beyond knowing how to hold a gun (there are others in Hollywood who do not even know how to do that).

As for the Movie: zero sense of humor...

"A witchy thriller..." If you're into eerie, mysterious French films - watch out for this one. Mubi has released an official US trialer for The Five Devils, a French film from director Léa Mysius (also of Ava previously). It's now set to open in theaters starting in March. This premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival last year in the Directors' Fortnight sidebar. Vicky lives with her mother Joanne and father Jimmie, a man struggling to find his place. When Vicky's aunt Julia arrives after being released from prison, her presence brings back the past in a violent, magical way. She has some special powers that allow her to connect to the past through smells. The film is lead by a magical performance from the young actress Sally Dramé as Vicky - who is the real break out this time. Glad she appears in this trailer. It also stars Adèle Exarchopoulos as her mom,...

The Five Devils Trailer — Léa Mysius‘ The Five Devils / Les cinq diables (2022) movie trailer has been released by Le Pacte. The Five Devils trailer stars Sally Dramé, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Swala Emati, Moustapha Mbengue, Patrick Bouchitey, Daphne Patakia, and Hugo Dillon. Crew Paul Guilhaume and Léa Mysius wrote the screenplay for The Five Devils. [...]

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"A queer, witchy thriller." Mubi has revealed the first US teaser trailer for The Five Devils, a French film from director Léa Mysius who originally broke out a few years before with her little film titled Ava. This already premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight, and is set to open in the US this March. Vicky lives with her mother Joanne and father Jimmie, a man struggling to find his place. When Vicky's aunt Julia arrives after being released from prison, her presence brings back the past in a violent, magical way. She has some special powers that allow her to connect to the past through smells. It's a unique film, with a magical performance by the young actress Sally Dramé as Vicky - who is the real heart & soul of it. This also stars Adèle Exarchopoulos as her mom, Swala Emati, Moustapha Mbengue, Patrick Bouchitey,...

Chicago – Five years after earning praise for his directorial debut, “…Around,” indie filmmaker David Spaltro has returned behind the camera to deliver his second feature. The film, “Things I Don’t Understand” may be many things, but a sophomore slump it is not. Its assured craftsmanship, fine performances and provocative themes have made it one of the most buzzed-about pictures on the festival circuit.

Molly Ryman stars as Violet, a jaded grad student who develops a friendship with two outsiders—a mysterious bartender, Parker (Aaron Mathias), and a cancer-stricken teen, Sara (Grace Folsom). Meanwhile, Violet’s eccentric roommates, Gabby (Meissa Hampton) and Remy (Hugo Dillon), struggle to avoid getting evicted from their cozy loft. Beautifully lensed by cinematographer Gus Sacks, the film explores faith, doubt, friendship and the beauty that can be found in catharsis. Spaltro served as writer, producer, director and editor on the picture, which has already garnered various awards this year.

Things I Don’t Understand

Written by David Spaltro

Directed by David Spaltro

USA, 2012

Of the many unanswerable metaphysical questions that surround life, the most confounding, ironically, are those that concern death. Humanity’s pathological and evolutionary imperative to survive has driven us to try and rationalize our collective eventualities, in hopes to both understand and maybe, just maybe, bring about some kind of curative. An endeavor first taken on by philosophers, their eloquent scribblings only conciliate the fact that we still don’t know the nature of death.

Some filmmakers, whom are, what some would argue, our modern philosophers, still strive to enlighten by using cinema as a breakthrough meditative medium. Writer and director David Spaltro comes from this particular school of thought, but, like his forbearers, his contributions to the discourse are fairly nominal.

A film peppered with macabre musings à la Richard Linklater, his aptly titled Things I Don’t Understand,...

Hugo Dillon and Molly Ryman in "Things I Don't Understand"

Someday, everyone you know won’t exist. Tomorrow doesn’t matter until it’s today. No one makes it through life unscathed, in one way or another.

These are just a few of the lessons found in “Things I Don’t Understand,” a small indie rumination with big pretensions. In his follow up to his debut feature “…Around” (2008), director David Spaltro gets ambitious and tackles life’s essential questions: what happens when we die? why are we here? what does it mean to love? how can we accept death?

Violet is an aloof grad student hoping to discern life’s indiscernible mysteries through her study of death and beyond. Along the way she’s befriended, challenged and enlightened by a terminally ill woman and a cagey bartender, and faces the realities of adult life with her boisterous artist roommates.

As in his debut “…Around,...