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“Mother of Flies,” a small independent film from Fantasia regulars the Adams family, has won the jury-selected Cheval Noir award for best film at the 29th Fantasia Film Festival.

Acquired by Shudder in advance of the festival, “Mother of Flies” is written and directed by John Adams, Zelda Adams, and Toby Posner and also stars the family trio, as well as daughter Lulu Adams. One of the buzziest films at the festival, it is also the first U.S. film to win Fantasia’s coveted Cheval Noir for Best Film.

In the Cheval Noir jury statement, jury president Pascal Plante wrote, “This might not be the film with the most means or the flashiest camerawork, but it’s a film that, in a meta way, reminds us why we even bother to make films in the first place. [It’s] an earnest film; a true indie that feels authentic, vital, and impeccably crafted.

Fujifilm has officially revealed the full specifications of its highly anticipated Gfx Eterna, a bold medium format cinema camera designed for filmmakers who demand the distinct look of large sensors, combined with modern professional video features. While the company has yet to disclose its pricing, the published technical details offer significant insights into how this camera positions itself in the high-end cinema market. Let’s dive into the specs and what they mean in the broader context of medium format filmmaking and Fujifilm’s own evolving cinema ambitions.

Fujifilm Gfx Eterna Revisiting the Gfx Eterna’s Origins

To fully appreciate the significance of the Gfx Eterna’s newly announced features, it’s important to revisit its foundation. As detailed in The Fujifilm Gfx Eterna Is an In-Housed GFX100 II, the Gfx Eterna is rooted in the stills-oriented GFX100 II. However, the Eterna diverges by embracing a cinematographer’s mindset with extensive video-centric refinements.

Ingrid suggests that a child may not really be sick in Watson season 1, episode 8. At least, not by natural causes.

You’ve heard of the term Munchausen by Proxy. It’s a condition that comes up in a lot of TV shows like this, and it has roots in real life. In fact, Gypsey Rose Blanchard is one of the most famous victims of Munchausen by Proxy, and there have been many shows and movies made about her.

Now it’s time for Watson to focus on this condition. Is it something as “simple” as this, though?

The team get to the bottom of bouts of staring in Watson season 1, episode 8

It all starts when a young boy, who is sure to remind Watson of his dear friend Sherlock Holmes — if the character is as we would expect based on the source material — comes into the clinic for help. His mom has brought him in,...

Pulitzer-finalist podcast network Radiotopia from Prx today announced three new podcasts joining the network, including Never Post hosted by Mike Rugnetta, the emotional investigative show, Proxy with Yowei Shaw, and an ongoing compendium of audio masterworks, Selects, created by Room Tone and hosted by Mitra Kaboli.

Also this spring, Hrishikesh Hirway of Song Exploder releases a new conversational series, Key Change, and Normal Gossip from Defector Media will be hosted by Rachelle Hampton. The political history talk show This Day in Esoteric Political History will also present topical historical perspectives under the banner of This Day with new episodes hosted by Jody Avirgan, Kellie Carter Jackson, and Nicole Hemmer.

Upcoming podcast releases include the following:

Podcasts Detail Available now - Never Post hosted by Mike Rugnetta (new episodes every other Wednesday) - An engrossing magazine show of interviews, reporting, and roundtables, host Mike Rugnetta guides listeners through why the Internet...

Ahead of its second issue publishing this fall, Good Tape, your favorite podcaster’s favorite magazine, has launched a new website to expand its presence online and debuted its creative studio. Readers can now also pre-order “The Celebrity Issue” featuring notable writers such as Miles Klee, staff writer at Rolling Stone, Elle Hunt, former features reporter at The Guardian, and music journalist Sowmya Krishnamurthy.

“With our second issue, the magazine has really found its footing, building on the smart and ballsy editorial point of view we established with our debut,” says Good Tape’s Editor-in-Chief Alana Hope Levinson. “The theme of celebrity inspired hundreds of pitches, and the careful curation we ended up with acts as a rally cry for the industry.”

Good Tape is also pleased to announce Good Tape Studio, a studio which provides creative services to top producers, networks, and brands in podcasting to actualize their most ambitious visual goals.

Beyond the city streets lie mysterious pocket worlds harboring untold treasures and terrors. New Eridu’s intrepid “Hollow Raiders” seek fortune in these shattered landscapes known as Hollows, guided from afar by gifted hackers called Proxies. You play as a proxy named Belle or Wise, helping Raiders plumb the depths of such places from the safety of your video shop.

Using cybernetically linked drones called Bangboos, you see through a Raider’s eyes and assist their exposure. Each hollow presents a different maze of ruined cityscapes styled as flickering television screens. Solving puzzles and skirmishing foes alike, Raiders advance towards objectives while you watch for dangers. Combat sees Raider trios starring flashy attacks, clever uses of elemental powers, and well-timed teamwork.

Though hollow diving grows riskier over time, rewards make the risk worthwhile. Various missions task Raiders with scavenging loot, battling monsters, or unraveling mysteries. Currencies let Proxy and Raider alike upgrade gear,...

Babies are hard. I think everyone knows that intellectually, but maybe not emotionally. My own first child was a needy, demanding, unhappy baby – I don’t want to claim too much; this was a quarter-century ago, and I wasn’t the main caregiver, either – so I have some insight but nothing like expertise.

The mother in Proxy Mom: My Experience with Postpartum Depression has a fairly typical, average baby: no more needy than most, no specific problems, nothing out of the ordinary. Just crying every hour or few hours, all day every day, needing something that’s often not clear. Just an ordinarily demanding, life-altering baby, on top of everything the pregnancy and birth already did to her body.

This graphic novel is loosely a memoir – writer Sophie Adriansen and artist Mathou both lived through versions of this story, the same year, each having a first baby with a man who already had older children.

Crunchyroll has announced an October 2024 release window for the highly anticipated upcoming anime Dan Da Dan, adapted from Shonen Jump’s hit manga and produced by studio Science Saru.

Per a press release, the streaming release window announcement states, "Prepare to believe the unbelievable when the off-the-wall, coming-of-age science fiction and horror anime series Dan Da Dan invades the Crunchyroll schedule this October 2024." The announcement was accompanied by an official video teaser, seen below, that provides a closer look at the cast and characters.

Related Cowboy Bebop Gets Jamming New Trailer Release in Official Overwatch 2 Collaboration Cowboy Bebop gets a slick new trailer for its collaboration with Overwatch 2, closely referencing Shinichiro Watanabe's iconic 1998 opening theme.

The upcoming anime is based on the manga Dandadan, created by Yukinobu Tatsu, which has been serialized in Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ since 2021. The story follows high schoolers Momo Ayase and Ken Takakura (called...

Building on its expansion into Canada, Liberated Syndication Inc. (“Libsyn”), the leading all-in-one podcasting platform for creators and advertisers, today announced two separate exclusive advertising partnerships between Libsyn’s AdvertiseCast, the industry’s premier podcast advertising marketplace that connects advertisers with podcasters, and the 604 Podcast Network and The Suspendables podcast.

The newly rebranded 604 Podcast Network (formerly Comedy Here Often Podcast Network) features comedy podcasts like Poor Lil’ Thing with award-winning comics Ryan Steele and Amy Goodmurphy. The expanded 604 Podcast Network will be delving into true crime, news and sports. Some of the new shows include “Fin Looked into It” hosted by international journalist Fin Depencier, Podcast by Proxy, a Canadian true crime podcast hosted by Katie Thomson and Olivia Wassbauer. Furthermore, to kick off the sports line-up, the network will be starting on the hardwood with NBA Soundsystem Canada.

The Suspendables is a weekly podcast hosted by world renowned former...

“Black Site” director Sophia Banks is hoping her new 10 million action thriller “Black Site” is the little movie that could.

“We’re not trying to be an 80 million action movie but we want to make this genre accessible for people,” Banks tells me. “It Ok to shoot an indie action movie. As long as you take people on a good ride, then that’s all we want. We just want people to have fun and go on a journey.”

In “Black Site,” Michelle Monaghan stars as Abby Trent, a CIA agent based at a top-secret black site who must hunt one of their most notorious detainees (Jason Clarke) after he escapes from his cell and goes on a killing spree.

I recently caught up with Banks and Monaghan over Zoom.

How did it all come about?

Banks: I did a couple of shorts. One premiered at Tribeca called “Proxy” that got sold to Anonymous Content.

Pieces Of A Woman director Kornel Mundruczo to direct.

In what looks likely to become one of the most sought-after projects at the virtual EFM, Pieces Of A Woman director Kornel Mundruczo will direct Blake Lively in the sci-fi Proxy, which FilmNation is introducing to buyers.

Hyde Park, Endeavor Content and Aaron Ryder, who was among the producers on FilmNation’s Denis Villeneuve sci-fi Arrival, are producing the thriller which takes place in the near future. Further plot details were unavailable at time of writing.

Lively’s recent credits include shark thriller The Shallows, action thriller The Rhythm Section and...