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David Lynch's seminal film Blue Velvet was a nightmarish and surreal story that exemplified the 1980s, but its ending left a lot of questions. Released in 1986, Blue Velvet was Lynch's return to form after the misstep that was the 1984 adaptation of Dune. The film held up an eerie mirror of small town America and showed the seedy underbelly that writhed beneath. Although it was a bit of a box office failure, grossing only 8.5 million (via Box Office Mojo), it was positively received by critics and even earned David Lynch his second Best Director Oscar nomination.

Unlike Lynch's other films that delved entirely into the surreal, Blue Velvet was still very much a mystery story that was interspersed with the director's signature brand of otherworldly vision. Those traits made it one of Lynch's most accessible films, but also one of his most rewatchable movies as well and its popularity...

Now airing on Apple TV+, the fourth season of the M. Night Shyamalan-produced “Servant” will be the show’s final season, and Episode 5 premieres tomorrow, February 10.

This week’s episode is titled “Neighbors.” In the episode, “Sean and Dorothy host the new neighbors on Spruce with plans to finally get Leanne out of the house.”

Preview the new episode with an exclusive sneak peek clip below. In the clip, Dorothy is trying to reach a piece of paper but is stopped by Leanne…

Following the suspenseful season three finale, season four brings the final chapter of the Turner story to an epic and emotional conclusion. Leanne’s war with the Church of Lesser Saints heightens, threatening Spruce street, the city of Philadelphia, and beyond.

Meanwhile, the shattered Turner family must not only confront the increasing threat of Leanne, but the certain reality that Dorothy is waking up. As the...

Ti West's "Pearl," a prequel to his subversive slasher "X," is one of the best horror movies in recent years. Mia Goth's spellbinding performance as a lonely, sadistic farmer's daughter with big dreams carries the film. Both "Pearl" and "X," as well as the upcoming third film in the trilogy, "MaXXXine," honor the film and pornography industries and study the allure of stardom through a celluloid aesthetic that captures a particular era in cinema history.

"X" was Ti West's homage to the schlocky 1970s grindhouse movies and the available snippet of "MaXXXine" seems to capture the grainy VHS artificiality of the 1980s. "Pearl," meanwhile, is like looking at classic Hollywood through a funhouse mirror. Ti West tells Filmmaker Magazine that he used the same dazzling Technicolor palette as "The Wizard of Oz." These striking colors are a visual expression of Pearl's romantic fantasies yet they feel uncanny as if something sinister lurks beneath.

Neil Young’s Official Bootleg Series is expanding with the releases of Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Los Angeles 2/1/71), Royce Hall (Los Angeles 1/30/71), and Citizen Kane Jr. Blues (Live The Bottom Line) (New York City 5/16/74). All three albums will be available on CD and digitally (but not on Spotify) on May 6, with vinyl editions to follow on June 3.

Royce Hall and Dorothy Chandler Pavilion were recorded near the end of a successful solo acoustic tour Young played following the dissolution of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. The two sets are largely identical...

Ever since Harry Styles announced his Harryween shows in New York, almost two years ago, anticipation ran high. But Harryween was worth the wait. It was the hottest Halloween party in town, as fans took him up on his challenge to dress up for the occasion in Madison Square Garden. And to the surprise of absolutely nobody, Harry overdid it. On Saturday night, he came out as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, posing with his picnic basket, dress, hair bow, and ruby slippers. For Sunday, he covered Britney Spears...

Netflix in Spain has kicked off production on “Rainbow,” a new feature film from celebrated film and TV multi-hyphenate Paco León. Inspired by “The Wizard of Oz,” the film will heavily feature important aspects of contemporary culture such as dance, fashion, plastic arts and above all, music.

Netflix has teamed with Mediaset España’s Telecinco Cinema, the powerful feature film production arm of Spanish broadcaster Telecinco, to produce the new film, which his currently shooting in Madrid. The film will track the journey of a modern-day Dorothy teenage girl who embarks on a journey of her own.

According to León, he is “dead scared and hugely excited to see how this film, written during quarantine, comes out as I believe it is a step forward in my career as a director.”

“This is also a bigger film than my previous ones, not only budget-wise but also because of the complexity...

The UK government is introducing a series of points-based immigration reforms that it says will make it easier and faster for people who have won various arts awards to receive a visa to live and work in the country.

Anyone who has won a specific category at the Oscars, BAFTAs or Golden Globes, such as the BAFTA best film prize, as well as a series of other awards from various disciplines, can as of Wednesday go via a fast-track system that allows them to make a single visa application. This replaces the previous ‘Global Talent’ system that required an endorsement from one of six qualifying bodies.

Winners of various Nobel Prize, Brit, Mobo, or Tony awards will also be eligible to apply. The list of qualifying prizes is below, the home office said it would be updated.

“At the heart of our new plan for immigration is a simple principle,...

While the summer movie season will kick off shortly––and we’ll be sharing a comprehensive preview on the arthouse, foreign, indie, and (few) studio films worth checking out––on the streaming side, The Criterion Channel and Mubi have unveiled their May 2021 lineups and there’s a treasure trove of highlights to dive into.

Timed with Satyajit Ray’s centenary, The Criterion Channel will have a retrospective of the Indian master, along with series on Gena Rowlands, Robert Ryan, Mitchell Leisen, Michael Almereyda, Josephine Decker, and more. In terms of recent releases, they’ll also feature Fire Will Come, The Booksellers, and the new restoration of Tom Noonan’s directorial debut What Happened Was….

On Mubi, in anticipation of Undine, they’ll feature two essential early features by Christian Petzold, Jerichow and The State That I Am In, along with his 1990 short documentary Süden. Also amongst the lineup is Sophy Romvari’s Still Processing,...

Linda Manz, best known for her role as “Peewee” in the film The Wanderers and appearances in Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven and Dennis Hopper’s Out of the Blue, died Friday at age 58, according to her son, Michael Guthrie.

Guthrie started a GoFundMe page which said Manz died from lung cancer and pneumonia.

“She leaves behind a husband, two sons, and three grandchildren who all love and miss her tremendously,” Guthrie posted on the page. “Linda was a loving wife, a caring mom, a wonderful grandma, and a great friend who was loved by many. Thank you and God bless. Rest in peace. We love you, Mom.”

Ken Wahl remembered Manz in a Facebook post. They costarred in the 1979 The Wanderers.

“She was great to work with and I am grateful that I got to speak with her before she passed this morning. Rip Peewee,” he wrote, and...

Linda Manz, an actor known for her roles in Terrence Malick’s “Days of Heaven” and Dennis Hopper’s “Out of the Blue,” died on Friday. She was 58.

Her son, Michael Guthrie, started a GoFundMe fundraiser which announced that she had died after struggling with lung cancer and pneumonia.

“Linda passed away August 14 after battling with lung cancer and pneumonia. She leaves behind a husband, two sons and three grand-children who all love and miss her tremendously. Linda was a loving wife, a caring mom, a wonderful grandma and a great friend who was loved by many,” Guthrie wrote. “Thank you and God bless. Rest in peace. We love you, Mom.”

Ken Wahl, who starred in the 1979 drama “The Wanderers,” remembered Manz, his castmate who played a character named Peewee, in a Facebook post on Friday.

“She was great to work with and I am grateful that I got to...

It has already been a banner year for Black women filmmakers, with historic achievements like Nia DaCosta set to become the first Black woman to direct a Marvel film with “Captain Marvel 2” and Ava DuVernay selected as the first female filmmaker to receive the prestigious Dorothy and Lillian Gish prize. And film fans should add “(In)Visible Portraits” director Oge Egbuonu on the list of names to know.

“It’s unprecedented. I can’t remember a time where so many Black women were given an opportunity and a platform to tell their stories in such a beautiful and unapologetic and organic way. It’s a very beautiful thing to witness and to be a part of,” Egbuonu tells Variety ahead of a special presentation of her documentary at the Bentonville Film Festival.

“It’s very empowering for me as a Black woman to see these women who I consider to...

Liam Docherty molds vintage soul into something fearsome and kinetic on “Dorothy,” part of his upcoming East Coast Edits Ep. The approach here is tried and true — find an under-appreciated oldie, preferably one with a stirring, textured lead vocal, then tinker with the constituent parts until everything is taut and weaponized. In this case, the results are unimpeachable.

“Dorothy” starts with a cascade of hand percussion and a slicing brass loop. The backing vocals arrive first in the form of a descending line that stays just out of hearing; that means when the lead enters,...

This week’s one-two punch of the Golden Globes and SAG Awards nominations have thrown awards season prognosticators into a frenzy, but they actually help to provide some clarification for the streaming wars.

HBO received nine SAG Awards nominations Wednesday morning; meanwhile, Warner Bros. Television, also owned by AT&T, was among several studios that tied for second place with four SAG Award nominations. Given that these award-nominated properties will have a direct line of distribution to AT&T-owned streaming, their success bodes well for the 2020 launch of HBO Max.

HBO was among the studios behind well-received projects such as “Chernobyl,” “Barry,” which each received two SAG Award nominations; though critics and viewers were divided on the final season of “Game of Thrones,” the show still earned three nominations. HBO’s production successes were also elevated by “Big Little Lies” and “True Detective,” which each received one nomination. “Big Little Lies...

In today’s film news roundup, early estimates are in for “Ford v Ferrari” and “Charlie’s Angels,” Jenn Murray receives an honor and the documentary “Human Nature” gets distribution.

Early Tracking

Disney-Fox’s “Ford v Ferrari,” starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon, is heading for a North American launch in the $23 million to $27 million range, early estimates showed Thursday.

“Ford v Ferrari” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and will be released by Disney on Nov. 15. Critics have been impressed with a current 88% “fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Bale and Damon will both campaign in the lead actor category for awards for their work. “Ford v Ferrari” follows an eccentric team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby (Damon) and his British driver, Ken Miles (Bale), who are dispatched by Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca to build an entirely new vehicle...

Twin Peaks Recap is a weekly column by Keith Uhlich covering David Lynch and Mark Frost's limited, 18-episode continuation of the Twin Peaks television series.The key image in Part 5 of the revived Twin Peaks is of a woman in ecstasy. Recall, however, the subtitle that series co-creator/director David Lynch appended to his thorny 2006 masterpiece Inland Empire: "A Woman in Trouble." The line separating rapture and anguish is a blurry one, especially for Lynch's ladies, who are as likely to end up exquisitely chiseled corpses (the ubiquitous Laura Palmer; Part 2's doomed henchwoman Darya) as they are world-weary survivors. For the moment, let's focus on Rebecca "Becky" Burnett (Amanda Seyfried), daughter of Rr Diner waitress Shelly Johnson (Mädchen Amick), though Becky's last name—taken from ne'er-do-well husband Steven Burnett (Caleb Landry Jones)—obscures the identity of her father. (Dana Ashbrook's now-law-abiding Bobby Briggs is the most likely candidate,...

Author: Jon Lyus

Yesterday the 2017 Into Film Awards brought together some of the brightest new young filmmakers in the UK to celebrate their achievements, and promote the ongoing commitment to teaching film in schools. Many of the young filmmakers walked the red carpet before the ceremony, rubbing shoulders with some of our finest actors, directors and producers, and we were able to speak to many of them.

Eddie Redmayne, Daniel Craig, Amma Asante and Charles Dance were among those attending the event, and our collection of interviews are below. The great work Into Film undertakes to promote film education is second to none. Supported by the BFI and the National Lottery there is much to celebrate here, and we wish them well on their continuing adventure.

Scott Davis and Dave Sztypuljak were on the red carpet yesterday to speak with the new stars of the British Film Industry. Here’s how they got on…...

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is following yesterday's news of Colin Farrell's Wizard casting with a lesser-known but possibly just as vital addition.

Irish actress Jenn Murray will have a "key role" in the Harry Potter spinoff, according to The Wrap.

Jk Rowling has written the script, expanding her Potter universe, with director David Yates returning to the series.

Eddie Redmayne will play the lead Newt Scamander, a magical zoologist on an adventure in New York.

Katherine Waterston and Alison Sudol have been cast as sisters alongside Ezra Miller and Dan Fogler.

Murray will apparently appear in scenes with Miller, who is expected to be Scamander's rival.

The actress has previously starred in Dorothy Mills alongside Carice van Houten, while she has upcoming roles in Love and Friendship opposite Chloe Sevigny and Stephen Fry, and Brooklyn with Saoirse Ronan. She also appeared in BBC dramas Truckers and The Fades.

Tribeca 2011 marks the world premier of Agnès Merlet's (Dorothy Mills) intriguing looking teen drama about living with powers beyond your control. It sort of reminds me of a kitchen sink Heroes, though I doubt the characters in Merlet's film band together to fight any super villains.

Here's the beef:

The Furlong men all were blessed or cursed with unique abilities. Ten-year-old James Furlong's father was able to shut off all electricity around him when he was scared, and his grandfather went temporarily blind when he thought about sex. James' mother died while giving birth to him, and as he experiments to figure out what his ability is, he unintentionally causes the death of his father and grandmother. Then, when he's sent to a reformatory school and sparks a strange illness that wipes out all the children who bullied him, James flees to a cottage in the woods to live a life of isolation.

"Dorothy" Psychiatrist Jane Van Dopp (Carice Van Houten, Black Book) has been appointed by the court to travel to a remote island off the Irish coast to work on the case of Dorothy Mills (Jenn Murray, TV's Day of the Triffids), a teenage girl who has been accused of molesting and trying to kill a young baby. After miraculously surviving a car accident, Jane discovers an unwelcoming, deeply religious community mostly ruled by Pastor Ross (Gary Lewis, Goal!, Ae Fond Kiss, Gangs of New York). She meets a very nervous Dorothy, who swears she never touched the baby, and after analyzing her, Jane soon begins to suspect that Dorothy has developed a multiple personality disorder. But as the days unfold and the community is darkened by strange events, Jane quickly comes to realize that what is...

'The Last Furlong' a France-Ireland co-production is set to start shooting in March 2010. The film which centres on a love between two teenagers will be shot around Dublin. The feature is written by Nick Murphy (The Running Mate) and will be directed by Agnes Merlet (Dorothy Mills). John Conroy (Leap Year) is the director of photography for the project and it is being produced by James Flynn (Ondine) for Octagon and Jean-Luc Ormières (Priest Daens) for France's Fidelité. Cast details are Tbc...

'Sunshower', a 13 minute short film by Irish writer/director Liam Gavin, has been selected for competition for the 2009 Raindance Film Festival. Shot in the Dublin Mountains in January 2009, 'Sunshower' was produced by Maggie Mitchell of Samson Films and was funded by the Filmbase/Rte short film scheme. The short stars Jenn Murray (Dorothy Mills, Day of the Triffids) and Ifta winning actor Brendan Conroy (Kings), and depicts a somewhat frightening but ultimately redemptive encounter between a teenage girl and an old man, after she knocks him down with a stolen car in the middle of the countryside.

We got an exclusive inside tip this morning that both Eddie Redmayne and Carice Van Houten (Dorothy Mills, Repossession Mambo) have been cast alongside Sean Bean in Christopher Smith's (Creep, Severance) latest horror pic Black Death. Medieval England has fallen under the shadow of The Black Death. In this apocalyptic world, filled with fear and superstition, a young monk called Osmund is charged with leading a fearsome knight, Ulric (Sean Bean) and his group of mercenaries to a remote marsh. Their quest is to hunt down a necromancer - someone able to bring the dead back to life. Torn between his love of God and the love of a young woman, Osmund discovers the necromancer, a mysterious beauty called Langiva. After Langiva reveals her Satanic identity and offers Osmund his heart's desire, the horror of his real journey begins.

The Weinstein Company and Genius Products sent along an exclusive clip from its British horror feature Dorothy Mills; you can check it out below the cut. The movie debuts today on DVD.

Directed by Agnès Merlet from a script she wrote with Juliette Sale, Dorothy Mills is about a psychiatrist (Carice van Houten) who travels to an island off the coast of Ireland to investigate the titular teenaged girl (Jenn Murray), who is accused of trying to kill a baby. What she finds are hostility from some of the locals and a frightening secret surrounding Dorothy. The DVD, which includes a making-of featurette, retails for $19.98 and can be pre-ordered here.

This is easily one of the best weeks for DVD releases we've seen in a long while in fact, as I write this, I realize that this post almost works to recap of a lot of the high points of last years cinematic offerings. So, I suggest you grab a coffee and take a few minutes to just digest all the great titles, read some of our past reviews, and look at some trailers before you take a trip through any of the amazon links and start browsing.

First and foremost, we've got Fernando Meirelles' somewhat controversial adaptation of Blindness (review) hitting store shelves. Many people Loved this film ,and in a lot of ways I really like it as well. It certainly pulls no punches and all the actors are amazing (particularly Julian Moore) but there was still something about the movie that felt unfinished and small (not "intimate" mind you,...

Agnès Merlet's taut, atmospheric, and creepy as all hell looking psychological horror Dorothy Mills is up for pre-order on R1 DVD. The French/Irish co-production the pic has garnered excellent reviews on it’s turn around the festival circuits. With a stunning performance by Jenn Murray in the lead, Dorothy stars Carice van Houten, Gary Lewis, Eamonn Owens, Gavin O'Connor, Niamh Shaw and Charlene McKenna. Synopsis: Dorothy Mills is suspected of assaulting a young baby in a contemporary but timeless rural village...

Genius Products has passed along the DVD cover art for the Weinstein Company acquisition Dorothy Mills . Agnès Merlet's film, which she co-wrote with Juliette Sales, streets on February 10th. Carice van Houten ( Valkyrie ) stars as a psychiatrist called upon to visit a small village and investigate the eponymous young woman (Jenn Murray) who is charged with attacking a child. Turns out, her patient may be possessed by a horrifying and malevolent force. For a trailer and four clips click here .

• Fango got a tip from writer/director Ryan Nicholson that his bowling-for-bloodshed shocker Gutterballs will be released on DVD January 27 by Tla Video. We’ll bring you the cover art and specs on the fully loaded disc shortly.

Meanwhile, New Blood Entertainment has picked up Doomed To Consume, the zombie feature by Jason (Off The Beaten Path) Stephenson, and set a street date of February 24. Look for art and details on that one soon as well.

• Dimension Extreme and Genius Products gave Fango the first peek at the cover art for Pulse 3. The second direct-to-dvd sequel to the remake of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s modern ghost classic streets December 23, with a retail price of $19.97. Starring Rider (Cabin Fever) Strong and Brittany Finamore, the movie—in which the little girl from Pulse 2, now a teenager, accidentally releases a new phantom plague—was written and directed by Joel Soisson and comes with a behind-the-scenes featurette.

• Fango got a tip from writer/director Ryan Nicholson that his bowling-for-bloodshed shocker Gutterballs will be released on DVD January 27 by Tla Video. We’ll bring you the cover art and specs on the fully loaded disc shortly.

Meanwhile, New Blood Entertainment has picked up Doomed To Consume, the zombie feature by Jason (Off The Beaten Path) Stephenson, and set a street date of February 24. Look for art and details on that one soon as well.

• Dimension Extreme and Genius Products gave Fango the first peek at the cover art for Pulse 3. The second direct-to-dvd sequel to the remake of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s modern ghost classic streets December 23, with a retail price of $19.97. Starring Rider (Cabin Fever) Strong and Brittany Finamore, the movie—in which the little girl from Pulse 2, now a teenager, accidentally releases a new phantom plague—was written and directed by Joel Soisson and comes with a behind-the-scenes featurette.

If you click right here you can check out four clips from Dorothy Mills, a film Dimension Films will release here in the States sometime in the near future. In the film, Jane Morton, a psychiatrist in mourning after the accidental death of her son, is assigned the case of Dorothy Mills, a 15-year-old girl from a small Irish island, accused of attempting to murder a baby in her charge. Arriving at the village, Jane discovers a small, frightened community, troubled by mysterious events and haunted by a terrible shared secret and hostile to outsiders. Deeply religious, and believed by the villagers to possess supernatural powers, the terrified Dorothy swears she never touched the child. Moved by the girl's fragile, vulnerable state, Jane makes a diagnosis of multiple personality disorder, until the day that Dorothy speaks to her with the voice of her dead son.

I can't express how excited I am for Agnès Merlet's Dorothy Mills, which I hope is as cool as it looks. Today we finally got our hands on the trailer for the film, along with the international one sheet. Hitting theaters internationally this August, the Weinstein Company will release the film on DVD sometime in the near future. Jane Morton, a psychiatrist in mourning after the accidental death of her son, is assigned the case of Dorothy Mills, a 15-year-old girl from a small Irish island, accused of attempting to murder a baby in her charge. Read on for the trailer and one sheet.

Today we scored a look at a few new stills from the Weinstein Company's Dorothy Mills, which we're dying to see here at Bloody-Disgusting (please give us a release date!). In Agnès Merlet's film, Jane Morton, a psychiatrist in mourning after the accidental death of her son, is assigned the case of Dorothy Mills, a 15-year-old girl from a small Irish island, accused of attempting to murder a baby in her charge. Arriving at the village, Jane discovers a small, frightened community, troubled by mysterious events and haunted by a terrible shared secret and hostile to outsiders. Deeply religious, and believed by the villagers to possess supernatural powers, the terrified Dorothy swears she never touched the child. Moved by the girl's fragile, vulnerable state, Jane makes a diagnosis of multiple personality disorder, until the day that Dorothy speaks to her with the voice of her dead son...

• As usual, Wild Bunch comes to Cannes this year loaded up in film offerings with most notably three antcipated titles in post production status: Aronofsky's The Wrestler,  Belge helmer Jaco Van Dormael's Mr Nobody and Claire Denis' White Material. The Paris-based company has a heavy slate which is comprised of Cannes selected films and market projects. A Complete History Of My Sexual Failure  by Chris Waitt - Completed      Afterwards  by Gilles Bourdos - Post-Production  Buddhas Collapsed Out Of Shame   by Hana Makhmalbaf - Completed     Camino  by Javier Fesser - Post-Production     Che - Part 1  by Steven Soderbergh - Completed     Che - Part 2  by Steven Soderbergh - Completed     Chelsea On The Rocks  by Abel Ferrara - Completed     Don't Look Back  by Marina De Van - Post-Production     Dorothy Mills  by Agnès Merlet - Completed     Downloading Nancy  by Johan Renck - Completed     Hollywood : I'm Sleeping Over Tonight  by Antoine De Maximy

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• The Weinstein Company did some shopping over at the American Film Market this past weekend picking up domestic rights to three titles under the Wild Bunch umbrella. Pascal Laugier's horror flick entitled Martyrs, Agnes Merlet's Dorothy Mills (starring Carice Van Houten) and the highly anticipated Marc Coro's first solo directing effort in the sci-fi film Dante 01.  With the the three new French titles, the Weinsteins have a healthy mix of genre-specific, foreign productions for their 2008 line up with Fanboys and My Blueberry Nights the first titles to be released.   ...

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