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Reality, the HBO biopic starring Sydney Sweeney, depicts the true story of whistleblower Reality Winner, and the actual events of her life are as fascinating and distressing as the ones shown in the movie. Reality is the first movie by playwright Tina Satter, and it follows the title character after she has released secret government documents to the press. With the plot in media res, the action starts with Reality being confronted by FBI agents with a search warrant. During the investigation, Reality converses with Agent Taylor (Marchánt Davis) and Agent Garrick (Josh Hamilton), and the transcript of what they say to each other overlays the rest of the movie.

Reality is a tense, claustrophobic, one-room "bottle" movie that does an admirable job of showing both sides while hinting at how Reality Winner’s rights may have been violated in an intimidating environment. The film has a 97% critic score on...

Voyeur, an independent horror film written and directed by Bryan Matthew Ward is currently raising funds on Indiegogo. The movie is starring Angel Bradford, Donnie Pierre, Bryan Matthew Ward, Charles D. Lincoln, Jesslyn Blue, and Monique Marshall.

Voyeur follows the stories of Alyssa, Liz, and Megan. Alyssa is a bartender with money problems who is taking care of her drug addict father. Liz is a college student with a room mate she doesn’t like and trying to navigate her relationship with her moody boyfriend. Megan is free spirited woman who deals drugs and has an overprotective brother. What do these women all have in common? They are all being targeted by the same serial killer.

Inspired by Slasher films such as John Carpenter’s Halloween and Giallo films directed by Dario Argento such as Tenebrae and Deep Red.

You can get involved with the Voyeur Indiegogo campaign here: https://igg.

Jack Beresford Dec 17, 2019

It could've been Football Manager for filmmakers, but Spielberg's movie-wrangling game didn't quite cut it.

The article comes from Den of Geek UK.

The early 1990s was a glorious time to be Steven Spielberg. It was an era that saw the filmmaker enjoy unparalleled levels of critical and commercial success with Jurassic Park and Schindler’s List.

He was “The King of the World” to borrow James Cameron parlance, and with a renewed sense of invincibility decided to take the next logical step: he was going to star in his own video game.

Released on PC in 1996, Steven Spielberg’s Director’s Chair was an unusual first foray into the medium to say the least. In order to understand how it came about, you have to go back to a simpler time for technology and have a look at Spielberg’s then-fledgling production company, DreamWorks.

Long before making...

NewImages Festival is one of the world’s leading Vr events.

Vicki Dobbs Beck, executive in charge of ILMxLAB, the immersive entertainment division of Lucasfilm, and René Pinnell, founder of the increasingly influential Vr funding platform Kaleidoscope, will be among the headline speakers at the second edition of the fast-growing NewImages Festival in Paris.

The festival opens today (June 19) and runs until June 22.

Born out of the Paris Virtual Film Festival in the Forum des Images cinema and cultural space, NewImages aims to become one of the key international meeting points for professionals interested in immersive entertainment.

“This year’s...

NewImages Festival is one of the world’s leading Vr events.

Vicki Dobbs Beck, executive in charge of ILMxLAB, the immersive entertainment division of Lucasfilm, and René Pinnell, founder of the increasingly influential Vr funding platform Kaleidoscope, will be among the headline speakers at the second edition of the fast-growing NewImages Festival in Paris.

The festival opens today (June 19) and runs until June 22.

Born out of the Paris Virtual Film Festival in the Forum des Images cinema and cultural space, NewImages aims to become one of the key international meeting points for professionals interested in immersive entertainment.

“This year’s...

NewImages Festival is one of the world’s leading Vr events.

Vicki Dobbs Beck, executive in charge of ILMxLAB, the immersive entertainment division of Lucasfilm, and René Pinnell, founder of the increasingly influential Vr funding platform Kaleidoscope, will be among the headline speakers at the second edition of the fast-growing NewImages Festival in Paris.

The festival opens today (June 19) and runs until June 22.

Born out of the Paris Virtual Film Festival in the Forum des Images cinema and cultural space, NewImages aims to become one of the key international meeting points for professionals interested in immersive entertainment.

“This year’s...

After making the last two James Bond movies (Skyfall and Spectre), director Sam Mendes officially has his next project set, the World War I epic drama 1917. The filmmaker is teaming up with Steven Spielberg, who will produce through his Amblin Entertainment company. This marks a reunion for the director and producer, who had worked together on Mendes' first two films, Best Picture winner American Beauty and Road to Perdition, along with Revolutionary Road. Here's what Mendes had to say in a statement about reuniting with Spielberg.

"I couldn't be happier to be back working with Amblin and Steven Spielberg again, alongside Donna Langley and all at Universal. I've been working on this script for over a year, so it's very exciting to start making the movie itself a reality."

Universal Pictures will be distributing the project through their distribution deal with Amblin Entertainment, with production scheduled to begin next April...

Exclusive: Amblin Partners has won a pitched spec package battle and will finance Oscar winning director Sam Mendes’ World War I film 1917. The film will begin production next April, for U.S. release December 2019 through Amblin’s distribution partner Universal. Mendes wrote the original script with Krysty Wilson-Cairns. Mendes will produce with his Neal Street Productions partner Pippa Harris.

The package was shopped by CAA Media Finance Group, and the goal was to get a financing commitment and a worldwide distribution deal. Sources said that Paramount, Sony and New Regency was among the parties chasing it before Amblin made the commitment that got the deal closed. The log line is being kept close to the vest.

It will mark Mendes’ first directorial feature since back to back James Bond films Spectre and Skyfall. It also brings him back with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin. It was Spielberg who worked closely with...

Nicolas Cage has a new film out in a couple weeks, and it looks interesting. Looking Glass is about a couple who purchases a hotel in the desert, only for Ray to discover there's a secret corridor that allows them to watch guests without them knowing. Check out the full synopsis below and continue reading:

Ray and his wife look to start over by buying an old motel in the middle of the desert. Things take a turn for the worse however when Ray witnesses a murder through a two-way mirror. As they struggle to escape, they discover more and more gruesome secrets involving the hotel and its visitors. Looking Glassis directed by American filmmaker Tim Hunter, of the films Tex, Sylvester, River's Edge, Paint It Black, The Saint of Fort Washington, The Maker, The Failures, Control, and The Far Side of Jericho previously. The screenplay is written by Jerry Rapp and Matthew Wilder.

"Night owls sleep here." Momentum Pictures has unveiled the trailer for a thriller titled Looking Glass, from veteran American director Tim Hunter. The film stars Nicolas Cage as the owner of an old motel in the middle of the desert. He finds a two way mirror to watch guests, but when he witnesses a murder, things get weird. They soon "discover more and more gruesome secrets involving the hotel and its visitors." The film also stars Robin Tunney, Marc Blucas, Ernie Lively, and Jacque Gray. At first glance, I thought this was a feature film about the guy in the Netflix doc Voyeur, about a peeping motel owner. But it seems to be more of a wacky motel horror and nothing unique (how many of these have we seen?). Take a peek below. Here's the first official trailer for Tim Hunter's Looking Glass, direct from Momentum's YouTube: Ray and...

A semi-related sequel to a 1996 kids movie that exactly zero human beings have watched since the death of VHS, the mildly amusing “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” is further proof that even the stalest whiff of brand recognition has become preferable to originality. Only part of the blame for that belongs to the studios, but after cannibalizing themselves for much of the last 20 years, Hollywood has clearly eaten their way down to the crumbs.

That’s not to suggest the original “Jumanji” was such an unspeakably terrible thing — Joe Johnston has always known how to serve a fine bowl of popcorn entertainment — but rather to say that no one should ever have to write the words: “The original ‘Jumanji.’” And while it’s nice that this new adventure has virtually nothing to do with the first one, “The Lego Batman Movie” screenwriter Chris McKenna leveraging the franchise’s most basic...

There’s topical, there’s timely, and then there’s “The Post,” which feels less like a historical thriller set in 1971 than it does an exhilarating caricature of the year 2017. While Steven Spielberg’s latest film rivetingly dramatizes the publication of the Pentagon Papers (and eloquently unpacks the consequences of their dissemination), “The Post” wears the Nixon era like a flimsy disguise that it wants you to see right through.

That’s not to take away from Ann Roth’s ratty and exquisite period costume design, or to detract from how immaculately set decorator Rena DeAngelo recreated the smokey thrum of the old Washington Post newsroom. It’s certainly not to diminish Meryl Streep’s fraught and powerfully grounded portrayal of the late publishing scion Katharine Graham — she hasn’t been this good since “Adaptation,” or maybe even “Death Becomes Her,” if ever.

On the contrary, it’s just to...

If December is a relatively quiet month for Netflix, perhaps that’s because they want you to spend the holidays scaling the seemingly infinite mountain of content they’ve released this year. Good luck with that. But the streaming giant’s latest batch of new releases, however scarce, offer a wild variety of things to see. From an under-the-radar family drama that some critics believe is the best movie the year, to a demented Michael Shannon Christmas movie that some critics don’t even believe is a real thing, these are the seven best films coming to Netflix this December.

Read More:7 New Netflix Shows to Binge in December, and The Best Episodes of Each 7. “Pottersville” (2017)

Okay, so “Pottersville” is a very, very bad movie. It still wouldn’t really be one of the seven best movies coming to Netflix this month if there were only six movies coming to Netflix this month.

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.

Detroit (Kathryn Bigelow)

Late into Detroit, Kathryn Bigelow’s docudrama recounting the racial terrorism that took place at the Algiers hotel during the 1967 Detroit riots, one of the innocent, young black men who’s been tortured for nearly the entirety of the movie is given a chance at escape. The camera follows him in his moment of triumph as the man weaves around corners, back alleys, and under a...

With the light-shining power of journalism, the scourge of sexual impropriety, and the privileged status of old white men at the forefront of the nation’s consciousness these days, the documentary “Voyeur” arrives at an ideal time. Filmmakers Myles Kane and Josh Koury shadowed octogenarian”New Journalism” god Gay Talese — author of the famous Esquire profile “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold” and a handful of acclaimed non-fiction books — as he puts the finishing touches on a story he’d been following in some form or another for 30 years: the strange case of Colorado motel owner Gerald Foos, who secretly, proudly,...

Netflix was supposed to make watching TV easier than ever. But occasionally it turns the experience into a scavenger hunt, and a tedious one at that.

The most recent example comes from a fun yearly tradition between the four series that constitute The CW’s “Arrow”-verse: a mega-crossover event that blends the Greg Berlanti-produced quartet of DC Comics dramas for an epic, effects-laden adventure.

This year’s big crossover, dubbed “Crisis on Earth-x,” featured a wedding, alternate Earths, Nazis, the introduction of a new superhero, some unexpected team-ups, and plenty of kick-punching — all the stuff fans of these series enjoy.

But while fans watching this week were able to enjoy a seamless viewing experience, on par with catching a three-hour movie, future audiences won’t have that option. Instead, figuring out how to piece together “Crisis on Earth-x” will be a far more complicated endeavor.

Read More:‘Marvel...

With character driven films such as Journey to Planet X and We are Wizards, duo Josh Koury and Myles Kane have carved out a reputation as observational filmmakers. Their Voyeur — which premiered at Nyff and is now streaming on Netflix — explores the unique relationship between famed writer Gay Talese and former motel owner/self declared voyeur Gerald Foos. Foos, who claims to have secretly watched guests having sex at his Colorado motel for several decades, sent Talese an anonymous handwritten letter detailing his “secret life” back in 1980. Intrigued by the subject matter, the writer agreed to fly up to […]...

Once upon a time, somewhere in the span between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Hunter S. Thompson, a dapper posse of aristocrat journalists thrived by combining pre-war sophistication with post-war sexuality. Belonging neither to the old world or the new, they were prophets of their present moment, a transitional group that helped lay the foundation for a culture that wouldn’t be able to accommodate them.

Gay Talese was perhaps the most notable of the group. The godfather of indulgent celebrity profiles, Talese elevated an entire medium by fleshing a routine portrait into a genuine piece of literature; published in the April 1966 issue of Esquire, “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold” might well outlive the magazine that paid for it. Talese became almost as famous as the people featured in his work, and his reputation protected him from the rest of the 20th century; it seemed unthinkable that someone who could write...

[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers from the Netflix limited series “Godless.”]

Scott Frank first conceived of “Godless” because he loved the Western genre. In an interview with IndieWire, he said, “It’s the romance of living in that time, everything from the horses to the guns. There’s a very romantic notion, the kind of surviving through all of that and living out there in those days. A lot of people look back on that and wish we were sort of there again, in many ways.”

“It’s not just the negative aspects, like the violence and sort of the being caught out in the elements. All of that are certainly part of it, but it’s also just the quiet, giant, empty spaces that we don’t have anymore, or we certainly don’t experience every day anymore.”

On Netflix’s limited Western series “Godless,” a sharp-shooter named Roy Goode (Jack O’Connell) flees from the gang of outlaws he...

In Netflix’s “Icarus,” director Bryan Fogel documented Dr. Grigory Rodchenko, the chemist who said he helped the Russian government execute a doping scheme at the 2014 Winter Olympics, then turned whistleblower after meeting Fogel. Now, Rodchenko has supplied diaries to the International Olympic Committee that may determine whether Russia may compete at the 2018 Games.

The New York Times has seen the journals, two hardback volumes that cover 2014 and 2015. On December 5, the I.O.C.’s Disciplinary Commission will announce its decision, and according to a document it published this week, Rodchenko’s entries have been deemed authentic and unaltered, meriting consideration “as a significant evidential element.”

Read More:‘Icarus’ is an Alarming Look at Russia’s Secret Doping Operation — Sundance Review

Sochi, a city on Russia’s Western coast, hosted the 2014 Olympics over 16 days in February. Throughout, Rodchenko provided athletes and coaches with an original concoction made from three anabolic steroids and vermouth.

When historians look back at the cosmic coincidences that made up the annus miserablis that was 2017, they will likely skip over the fact Netflix released a movie named Bright and a German horror series titled Dark within mere days of one another. We, however, are happy to celebrate such a glorious irony right here and now. The streaming service is also dropping a pair of stand-up specials from heavyweight talents (and supposedly the new season of Black Mirror, which is scheduled for "late 2017" ... so, um, soon?). Meanwhile Amazon is keeping...

Gay Talese at home in his office: "Can you imagine if Anthony Hopkins was a voyeur? What a part it could be." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

In the final installment of my conversation with the author of The Voyeur's Motel and the subject of Myles Kane and Josh Koury's documentary, Voyeur, Gay Talese envisions Anthony Hopkins playing the voyeur and notes that both Dustin Hoffman (Alan J Pakula's All the President's Men) and Jack Nicholson (Mike Nichols' Heartburn) played Carl Bernstein, so "anybody could play me", if the abandoned Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes feature film had been cast. He remembers Nicole Kidman who starred opposite Hopkins in Robert Benton's adaptation of Philip Roth's The Human Stain as "what a cleaning lady!".

We start out with a discussion of his latest book which takes us to Voyeur, the film, that had its world premiere in the Spotlight...

Ah, December. A time for sipping hot beverages, retail therapy, and gathering the family around the television. This holiday season, Netflix will add blockbuster comedies new and old to its collection, as well as some more artistic fare fresh from festival circuit. Next month on the streaming platform, home viewers can catch the comedic stylings of Chris Pratt in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” in case they missed it in theaters. If you prefer something a little darker, the Wachowskis’ dystopian epic “V for Vendetta” will also be available.

Read More:‘American Crime Story: Versace’ Trailer: Ryan Murphy’s FX Series Goes Back to the ’90s for Fashion World Murder

Jim Carrey may be recently known for his painting skills and red carpet nihilism, but back in the ’90s he was just “Ace Ventura.” Beginning in December, you can revisit both “Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls” and “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.

Jairus McLeary in the Soho House screening room on The Work: "It's very masculine. That's why Amy Foote, our editor, and Alice Henty, the producer, they were the first women to see this footage." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Rebecca Miller's Arthur Miller: Writer; Doug Nichol's California Typewriter; Andrew Rossi on Okwui Okpokwasili's Bronx Gothic; Elvira Lind's Bobbi Jene; Michael Almereyda's Escapes on Hampton Fancher; Brett Morgen's Jane on Jane Goodall; Ceyda Torun's KEDi; Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva Oelbaum's Letters From Baghdad with Tilda Swinton voicing Getrude Bell; Griffin Dunne's Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold; Agnès Varda and Jr's Faces Places; Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane's School Life; Ferne Pearlstein's The Last Laugh; Lara Stolman's Swim Team; Kirk Simon's The Pulitzer At 100, and Josh Koury and Myles Kane's Voyeur on Gay Talese...

It’s that time of year again. With fall festivals like Tiff and Venice now in the rear view mirror, the film world is focused squarely on the Mecca that is New York City, for arguably the year’s most interesting festival, Nyff. Running, this year, from September 28-October 15, the lineup includes not only the 25 Main Slate releases, but numerous others spread over sections ranging from experimental features to groundbreaking shorts and even a Robert Mitchum retrospective.

So how does one go about processing all of these films, or even where to begin when setting your own viewing schedule? Well, you could stick to the well known directors or the highly buzzed about properties that are making a stop on their long festival journey from as early as Cannes or Berlin of this year. But where’s the fun in that? How about a few genuine discoveries? That’s where...