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The slasher genre can sometimes find itself in a long-running rut. After all, there are many ways to tell these stories, but few feel genuinely innovative. Clown in a Cornfield comes from director Eli Craig, the director of horror comedies Little Evil and Tucker & Dale vs. Evil. While other directors might try to push the story in other directions, Craig maximizes everything about the screenplay. The humor lands to perfection, the meta moments are brilliant sendups on the genre, and the kills are gnarly. As a perfect crowd pleaser, Clown in a Cornfield is a masterful showcase from one of horror’s most comedic figures.

RelatedRanking The Friday the 13th Franchise – 45 Years of the Violent Voorhees Family Clown ina Cornfield — The Plot

Moving to the small town of Kettle Springs, Missouri, Quinn (Katie Douglas) already feels at odds. Her father (Aaron Abrams) took the job to escape the big...

From Navarro’s chestburster in Alien: Romulus to Monstro Elisasue’s on-stage degradation in The Substance, the horror movies of 2024 were bursting at the seams with blood and gore. This has been a really terrific year for horror films. I Saw the TV Glow dealt with poignant social themes, A Quiet Place: Day One offered a surprisingly character-driven perspective of the apocalypse, and Trap saw M. Night Shyamalan at his Shyamalan-iest (for better or worse).

And 2024 didn’t just deliver great horror movies; it delivered blood-drenched horror movies. Longlegs has a scene where the eponymous serial killer paints a police interrogation room with his own blood. Under Paris has a scene where a triathlon’s worth of swimmers are served up to a hungry shark. This year’s horror films offered some extremely gory sequences.

The Triathlon Massacre Under Paris

As the bloodthirsty shark Lilith makes her way into the River Seine in Under Paris,...

General Hospital (Gh) spoilers note that while Nikolas Cassadine’s life might be at a standstill as he serves time in prison, his character’s portrayer has been a busy bee.

That’s because Adam Huss hasn’t only been active in a slew of acting projects, he’s also recently launched a ‘weird’ clothing brand along with his husband, Adam Bucci. Learn more about this story, below.

General Hospital Spoilers’s – Adam Huss – Small Town Weirdo

Bucci and Huss recently interviewed with Soap Hub, talking about ‘Small Town Weirdo’, their clothing brand of horror-themed accessories and hand-painted jackets, designed by Huss’s hubby, Adam Bucci.

Bucci turned his love of painting into a clothing line, and the pieces have become popular among pop culture and horror fans as well as some celebrities. Huss stated that quite a few celebs have the painted jackets, including the likes of Matt Bomer,...

When General Hospital alum Adam Huss isn’t wreaking Cassadine havoc or starring in films, he’s running a self-proclaimed ‘weird’ clothing line alongside his husband, Adam Bucci.

From Hobby To Horror Fame

Small Town Weirdo is a line of hand-painted jackets and horror-themed accessories, all designed by Bucci. After turning a hobby for painting jackets into a clothing company, the designs found a following in not only horror and pop culture fans, but in the likes of the final girl herself, Jamie Lee Curtis.

“A lot of celebs have gotten painted jackets, like Jack Quaid, Melissa Barerra, Matt Bomer, Jamie Lee Curtis, and more,” Huss shared with Soap Hub. Bucci added, “When Jamie Lee Curtis wore my ‘Final Girl’ tee on set of Halloween Ends, that was a moment that really pushed Small Town Weirdo forward as a brand.”

Huss, who was last seen in Port Charles in August,...

Like Friday the 13th meets Skinamarink, In a Violent Nature takes an arthouse approach to the slasher genre. While the experiment proved to be divisive, I found myself mesmerized by it.

Regardless of your feelings on the film, its Blu-ray release deserves to be celebrated. Harkening back to the halcyon days of physical media, IFC Films and Shudder’s two-disc Collector’s Edition is loaded with special features.

Two audio commentaries are included: a production and cast audio track with writer-director Chris Nash, actors Ry Barrett (Johnny) and Andrea Pavlovic (Kris), and producers Peter Kuplowsky and Shannon Hanmer, as well as a technical track with Nash, Hanmer, cinematographer Pierce Derks, and sound designers Tim Atkins and Michelle Hwu.

Here are nine things I learned from the In a Violent Nature commentaries…

1. The film was influenced by Gus Van Sant.

Gus Van Sant’s only foray into the horror genre is his shot-for-shot remake of Psycho,...

90 Day Fiance star Kimberly Rochelle should not be confused with Kimberly Menzies who dated the Nigerian singer “Sojaboy.” Kimberly Rochelle and Tj Goswami were on 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way and she traveled to India to be with him.

TLC fans heard that she claimed to be very spiritual and saw her future husband in a dream. Well, it seems as if they split and she didn’t foresee the violent altercation that allegedly went down.

TLC Star Kimberley Rochelle Had A Side Hustle

Tj’s lover put her spiritual gifts to good use making money off them. She could read tarot cards, claimed to be clairvoyant, talked to spirits, and helped to heal people through energy. And, 90 Day Fiance fans could pay for her services. Possibly she still does that, but it looks like Tj is off the cards in her life at the moment.

Kimberley Rochelle...

With a sequel on the way, you may be wondering when Shudder’s Pov slasher In a Violent Nature will be available to own on Blu-ray. The good news? You’ll have it in hand by Halloween!

In a Violent Nature slices into Collector’s Edition Blu-ray on October 22, 2024.

The Collector’s Edition Blu-ray comes with a poster and 3 Hours of Bonus Features:

Film Commentaries Production & Cast Commentary Technical Commentary Storyboard Kill Galleries Johnny Wakes Original Brodie Death Brodie Death Aurora Death Return to Ranger Station Ranger Death Colt Death Dead in the Water: The Attempted Making of The Original In a Violent Nature The Yoga Kill: Candid on Set Footage Scenes from the first Version of In a Violent Nature Sundance Video Diary Behind the Scenes

In a Violent Nature is now available on Digital/VOD outlets including Amazon and Fandango at Home, and you can rent the...

Do Samira and Eric Survive in A Quiet Place: Day One? How They Parted Ways Explained - Main Image

Do Samira and Eric survive in A Quiet Place: Day One? The newest spin-off to John Krasinski's franchise came alive in theaters this June and with new main characters set to bring a new spin to the story, do they live or die at the end of it all? Find out here.

Content Spoilers: This article contains spoilers for A Quiet Place: Day One, so proceed with caution.

How Samira and Eric Met in A Quiet Place: Day One

Samira (played by Lupita Nyong'o) and Eric (Joseph Quinn) met after the arrival of the Death Angels in New York City, and it was all because of her cat, Frodo.

While Eric is soaked and terrified inside a flooded subway tunnel, he sees Frodo from above. He wanted to follow Samira and her cat,...

In a Violent Nature, a slasher with an 81% Rotten Tomatoes score, is now on VOD. The horror film was praised for its experimental approach to the slasher genre. The film's Rt audience score is only 44%, suggesting it works better for true horror fanatics than casual fans.

The 2024 slasher movie In a Violent Nature, holder of an 81% fresh Rotten Tomatoes rating, is now available on VOD. The slasher genre has been a mainstay of movies since the 1970s, and even today, filmmakers keep putting new spins on the venerable form. This year saw the release of a particularly gory slasher movie in Chris Nashs In a Violent Nature, about an avenging spirit stalking unwitting teenagers in the forest.

Nashs artful slasher impressed critics to the tune of an 81% fresh rating on Rt, while grossing a solid $4.2 million in its theatrical run, and now the ultra-gory slasher In a Violent Nature is...

Charles Band’s company Full Moon will be releasing the goofball comedy Barbie & Kendra Crash Joe Bob’s Drive-In Jamboree this Friday, June 28th – and in anticipation of that release, the Full Moon streaming service Full Moon Features is shining a spotlight on the entire Barbie and Kendra franchise, a series they say “started out of the necessities of pandemic lockdowns and has since become one of our most beloved franchises!” Barbie & Kendra Crash Joe Bob’s Drive-In Jamboree is the fourth chapter in the franchise that began with Corona Zombies (now known as Barbie & Kendra Meet the Corona Zombies) back at the height of the pandemic and has continued through Barbie & Kendra Save the Tiger King and Barbie & Kendra Storm Area 51. All of those movies were released in 2020, so it’s been a while since the last Barbie and Kendra adventure.

Starting today, Full Moon Features is putting the...

Quick Links In a Violent Nature Is the Natural Evolution of the Friday the 13th Films In a Violent Nature Follows a Similar Pattern of Star Wars and Super Mario Bros. In a Violent Nature Satisfies Audiences Craving a New Friday the 13th Film In a Violent Nature offers a fresh take on the slasher genre. It tells the story from the killer's perspective, creating a unique and ambient horror experience. Despite being an original film, In a Violent Nature pays homage to the Friday the 13th series, capturing the essence of the iconic franchise while introducing a new movie monster. The film satisfies the craving for a new Friday the 13th film, providing audiences with a gritty, independent horror experience that harkens back to the roots of the slasher genre.

In a Violent Nature has become one of the buzziest horror movies of the year and an exciting entry in the summer movie season.

In a Violent Nature will release to theaters on May 31, 2024.

Horror is my favorite genre of film, and slasher is my favorite sub-genre of horror. I’m always on the look out for a new entry. It’s a genre that’s clichéd by nature, leaning into the familiarity and tropes that have been established and followed for decades. So, when I heard about a new slasher film out of Sundance that followed the perspective of the killer, I was all in.

In a Violent Nature Plot 2024’s ‘In a Violent Nature’

A large malevolent being known as Johnny rises from the grave and begins to stalk and brutally murder anybody he stumbles upon.

The Critique

It’s difficult to break new ground within the slasher-genre. Jason Voorhees is arguably the top-dog in that realm, beating and mutilating promiscuous teenagers throughout the 80’s, 90’s and 2000’s. The quality of those films range wildly,...

OpenAI is pausing the use of a voice named Sky that is part of a new demo of ChatGPT 4.0’s Voice Mode. The emotive voice has been called out for sounding a little too similar to Scarlett Johansson’s A.I. character from the 2013 Spike Jonze film Her, and Johansson herself has now stated she is “shocked, angered and in disbelief” that the tech company would use “a voice that sounded so eerily similar to mine” — especially after she declined their offer to hire her to be the voice.

Saturday Night Live highlighted the Johansson similarity during its Season 49 finale Saturday.

It’s the end of the road for Saturday Night Live’s 49th season — and host Jake Gyllenhaal has the perfect way to say goodbye.

During his monologue that kicked off this week’s season finale, Gyllenhaal started out with some thinly veiled complaints that he’s stuck hosting the Season 49 finale and not the landmark Season 50 premiere. (He missed it by that much!) But he was still honored to host an SNL season finale, and he decided to commemorate it with a song, grabbing the mike to croon a version of the classic Boyz II Men torch song “End of the Road.

Cbr has an exclusive sneak peek at The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy ahead of the animated show's premiere on Prime Video.

Set to debut on Feb. 23, The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy is a sci-fi comedy series following two extraterrestrial doctors working at a less-than-perfect medical facility. Cbr's clip from the series features the characters, including Dr. Plowp (voiced by Kieran Culkin), addressing what's known as "second puberty," along with the side effects that come with this physical change. The series is clearly geared for more mature viewers, as one can tell by watching the preview clip below.

Related Best Comedy Movies To Watch On Prime Video From hilarious genre parodies like Violent Night to all-time classics like Clue, Amazon Prime Video is home to many great comedy movies.

In the first season of The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy, per the official synopsis, "Dr. Sleech and Dr.

Terry Levene, the schlock showman who as the head of Aquarius Releasing was behind such films as Bruce Lee Fights Back From the Grave and Doctor Butcher, Medical Deviate, has died. He was 90.

Levene died Jan. 13 surrounded by his family in Englewood, New Jersey, Severin Films executive Josh Johnson announced.

Operating out of an office above the Selwyn Theatre on West 42nd Street in New York, Levene creatively marketed low-budget American features including Isaac Hayes: Black Moses of Soul (1973) and Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984).

For grindhouses and drive-ins, the onetime amateur boxer rebranded Lucio Fulci’s supernatural horror film The Beyond (1981) as Seven Doors of Death (1985) and Umberto Lenzi’s Italian shocker Cannibal Ferox (1981) as Make Them Die Slowly (1983), promoting the gory latter as “The Most Violent Film Ever! Banned in 31 Countries!”

Aquarius passed out barf bags to those paying to see Doctor Butcher, Medical Deviate (1983), which was a re-edited...

Close bonds with family are often difficult to maintain, especially if blood relatives rope you into their heinous crimes. In Violent Ends, an upcoming Southern revenge thriller from director John-Michael Powell, Billy Magnussen and Alexandra Shipp, reluctantly encounter a legacy of violence and broken bonds.

Violent Ends, hailing from Midnight Road Entertainment, recently wrapped production in Northwest Arkansas. According to Deadline‘s exclusive report, the story centers on two star-crossed lovers (Magnussen & Shipp) making a life for themselves in the Ozark Mountains. In Violent Ends, “Lucas Frost (Magnussen) is an honest man brought up in a crime family whose only legacy is violence. As Lucas tries to make his own life with his fiancée, Emma (Shipp), he is suddenly pulled back into the family business he so despises when his cousin, Eli, perpetrates an armed robbery on a local scrap yard and an innocent life is caught in the crossfire,...

Clark Backo continues her journey through New York's underbelly in this week's upcoming episode of The Changeling. An exclusive clip, which you can watch below, shows her character, Emma, visiting a harmonious and diverse underground society where no gender, race or status divides exist. In the Apple TV+ horror-fantasy series, Backo portrays a new mom who begins to suffer emotionally and eventually vanishes without a trace. Her husband, Apollo (Lakeith Stanfield) seeks out to find her, which takes them both (and viewers) through some of New York's subcultures. You can check out the clip below:

According to the show's synopsis, The Changeling is a "horror story, a parenthood fable and a perilous odyssey through a New York City you didn’t know existed." Based on the 2017 bestselling novel of the same name by Victor Lavalle and described as "fairytale for grown-ups" by Apple TV+, the series combines European mythology, African folklore,...

The Tenth Doctor's explosive regeneration contradicted established Doctor Who lore, but there were reasons for its violence and destructiveness. The Tenth Doctor's resistance to change and desire not to regenerate contributed to the explosive outburst, although the Twelfth Doctor's similar resistance had a less destructive effect. The Tenth Doctor's delay in regeneration and his visits to all his previous companions contributed to the explosive change, providing a more compelling reason than the radiation he absorbed.

David Tennant's Tenth Doctor regeneration was an incredibly violent and destructive event, which contradicted what had already been established in Doctor Who. The Tenth Doctor's regeneration into the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) was so explosive that it completely wrecked the Tardis console room. Although it seemed bizarre that Time Lord TARDISes weren't built to withstand regeneration energy, there were various in-story and behind-the-scenes explanations for why the Tenth Doctor's regeneration was so violent and explosive.

David Fincher's neo-noir psychological action thriller, The Killer, receives high praise and a 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics commend Fincher's vision, stylish visuals, and Michael Fassbender's performance in the film. Some reviewers find The Killer to be surface-level in style and lacking deeper impact, while others appreciate its daring and resolve.

Fight Club and Gone Girl director David Fincher returns with the neo-noir psychological action thriller, The Killer, which has now premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival. And the first reactions have heaped praise on Fincher’s vision for The Killer, with the movie debuting at a hugely promising 90% on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. You can check out some of the first reactions below.

The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw scored The Killer a perfect 5/5, calling Fincher the perfect filmmaker to bring this dark, violent tale to life.

“This is a thriller of pure...

The Red One news teases what could be the next great Christmas movie. Starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (Black Adam) and Chris Evans (Avengers: Endgame), Red One is a holiday action movie with a unique take on traditional Christmas stories. Red One is due for release on Prime Video in 2023 and will follow in the footsteps of holiday action movies like Die Hard and 2022's Violent Night. Not much is currently known about the movie beyond what Dwayne Johnson has shared on social media, but it promises to be an over-the-top family movie for the festive period.

The Rock has teased Red One's plot details on Instagram, hinting that it will be a mix of Miracle on 34th Street and Hobbs & Shaw which suggests a mismatched buddy action comedy with a Christmas twist. Red One is written by Hobbs & Shaw screenwriter Chris Morgan and directed by Jake Kasdan, who...

The Kirby games have had as much variation over the years as the titular character's copy abilities. Starting with classic platforming in Kirby's Dream Land all the way back in 1992, over time the hungry pink ball of joy has gone everywhere from pinball through to the fantastic 3D adventure Kirby and The Forgotten Land. With Kirby's Return To Dream Land Deluxe, Kirby and developer Hal Labs is returning to the series' roots.

Kirby's Return To Dream Land Deluxe is a remake of the original Kirby's Return To Dream Land, a 2011 release for the Nintendo Wii. After spherical space wizard Magolor crash lands on Planet Popstar, Kirby and pals help rebuild the spaceship, travelling across the planet finding its scattered parts. As well as the core campaign, Kirby's Return To Dream Land Deluxe also includes a wealth of extra gameplay modes, including the mini-game based theme park of Merry Magoland.

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Noibat, the Sound Wave Pokémon is flying in to Pokémon Go's Community Day on February 5th. Lasting from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time, players will encounter this little guy more frequently, and they'll have an increased Shiny rate on top of that. A great opportunity for players who have been saving up their incense to try and get a Shiny Noibat.

A Flying- and Dragon-type Pokémon, Noibat is a great choice for Trainer Battles, Gym Challenges, and Raids. On top of that, just like Pokemon Go's Chespin Community Day, Noibats evolved during or just after the event will get a special bonus. Any Noibat evolved into a Noivern by 10:00 p.m. local time on February 5th will know the charge attack Boomburst, a Normal-type move that's brand new to Pokémon Go. Considering the number of Noibats the dedicated farmer will encounter,...

Welcome to this week’s review of Impact Wrestling, which this week opens with a Before the Impact match that saw Bullet Club’s Ace Austin and Hikuleo defeat Johnny Swinger and Zicky Dice. Let’s get into the review…

Match #1: Knockouts World Tag Team Championship – Vxt (Deonna Purrazzo & Chelsea Green) def. Jordynne Grace & Mia Yim The following is courtesy of impactwrestling.com:

Vxt defend their newly-won Knockouts World Tag Team Titles against the formidable duo of Knockouts World Champion Jordynne Grace and Mia Yim. Purrazzo takes Grace out at the knees, allowing Green to gain the advantage with a Ddt. Grace fights back into her corner where she makes the tag to Yim. Vxt takes control as they cut off the ring and employ quick tags. Yim avoids an incoming spear, sending Purrazzo crashing into the steel ring post. Yim makes the tag to Grace who hits a big spinebuster on Purrazzo.

We’ve only just had Against All Odds, but here comes Impact Wrestling with their next pay-per-view, Emergence, which aired Live from Cicero Stadium in Chicago, Illinois this past Friday. Let’s see what this show has to offer!

Countdown to Emergence: Match #1: Digital Media Championship – Brian Myers def. Bhupinder Gujjar The following is courtesy of impactwrestling.com:

Bhupinder Gujjar receives his long-awaited Digital Media Title opportunity against Brian Myers! Before the match begins, Myers has some harsh words for Chicago. Gujjar is about to hit the Gargoyle Spear in the early going but Myers retreats to the outside. Myers uses the middle rope for a low blow, then takes control with a flurry of strikes. Myers hits the Implant Ddt for two. Myers sends Gujjar crashing into the exposed turnbuckle, then rolls him up to retain the title!

My Score: 2 out of 5 Match #2: Knockouts World Tag Team...

When it comes to animation, the Japanese-originated subgroup called anime contains a particularly passionate fandom, many of whom are always looking for another imaginative show to get lost in.

Related: Aggressive Animation: 10 Violent Cartoons (That Actually Work)

There's certainly no shortage of rich anime programs covering a range of genres and subject matter. Yet, there also exists the potential for fans of this unique style to seek to venture outside these parameters and explore new shows which are similar, yet distinct. As it happens, there are a number of cartoons which, while not officially given this moniker, were either inspired by or hold similar qualities to anime.

As the film world continues to reckon with the ongoing impact of the coronavirus epidemic, festivals are scrambling to make contingency plans and movie theaters are being regarded as hotbeds of viral transmission.

Needless to say, streaming is about to play an even larger role in the industry than it already has, and it will be fascinating to see how the larger platforms adjust to accommodate a new kind of demand. Netflix isn’t redrawing its strategy quite yet, but the streamer’s March lineup still has plenty to offer for those who’d rather watch movies from the comfort of their own homes.

Another two Martin Scorsese masterpieces have been added to the service’s ever-expanding roster of the filmmaker’s work, while festival favorite “Crip Camp” starts the annual trickle of Sundance hits, and the anti-capitalist horror allegory “Platform” is a reminder that Netflix can be a fantastic...

According to “Altered Carbon” showrunner Alison Schapker, the “secret weapon” of Netflix’s cyberpunk sci-fi drama is the most compelling rule of its technocratic world: That souls can transfer bodies. That simple premise allows the series to bring fresh talent to its lead character each season as well as bring other characters back from the dead in myriad ways, not to mention imagining a world where women of color are powerful and in charge. Inclusivity is baked into the DNA of the show and that may be its strongest selling point.

Based on Richard K. Morgan’s 2002 novel, “Altered Carbon” imagines a future where a person’s brain can be digitized into a portable “stack,” and then swapped into a new body (or “sleeve”) to achieve immortality. In only two seasons, the show’s militant lead character Takeshi Kovacs has been played by three different actors. Kovacs is the last envoy,...

Netflix is getting a decidedly big thing on March 20 when “Archibald’s Next Big Thing” Season 2 hits the streamer, and you can take a sneak peek at what’s in store below, where IndieWire is exclusively premiering the trailer.

The series, based on Tony Hale and Tony Biaggne’s bestselling children’s book, is coming back for a sophomore season that promises all sorts of uplifting, family-friendly fun. The “Archibald’s Next Big Thing” Season 2 trailer wastes little time getting to the action: The plucky yellow chicken protagonist adventures on frigid ice slopes, dances through a laser grid, jumps into a ball pit lake, and his friends even pilot a towering machine at a corn festival parade.

The series, produced and animated by DreamWorks, follows Archibald Strutter, the cheerful, curious chicken (voiced by Hale), his three siblings, Sage, Finly, and Loy, and lovable bee sidekick, appropriately named Bea. “Archibald’s Next Big Thing...

The 22-year-old North Bergen, New Jersey, rapper-singer 070 Shake, a.k.a. Danielle Balbuena, hit mainstream radar via Kanye West’s Wyoming sessions, functioning as fluid spirit animal/superego on Ye’s “Violent Crimes” and “Ghost Town,” and Pusha T’s “Santeria.” Born to a Dominican immigrant mom, Shake grew up on Lauryn Hill and My Chemical Romance. The flows come hard and soft, in English and Spanish, with verses suggesting a fierce, strong, proud, brave, spiritual being who’s also hungry, searching, scared, self-loathing, and self-destructive. Like plenty of humans, especially in their early twenties.

Last year the The Globe & Mail released an article entitled "What is Wrong with the Canadian Film Industry?" that outlined the problems facing our country’s cinema: low box-office numbers, a crisis of English-Canadian identity, an inability to compete with Hollywood entertainments etc., etc. Focused entirely on the industry, the piece fails to mention the resurgence that had been taking root for quite some time. 2015 was an important year for Canadian cinema, but while Room, Hyena Road and Wet Bum ate up the article’s word count, three of the year’s great Canadian films by emerging directors went unnoticed: Isiah Medina’s 88:88, Kurt Walker’s Hit 2 Pass, and Kazik Radwanski’s How Heavy This Hammer. Equating cinema with ‘content,’ a product to be bought and sold, the article is as much a reflection of the problems with Canadian cinema as an exposition of it. But this insidious...

The Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival begins next week, and alongside it, the Frontieres Market. This co-production market, focused on genre film, will bring twenty productions from the likes of Can Evrenol (Baskin), Amy Darling (Violent), Alexandre Phiippe (Doc of the Dead), and Larry Fessenden (Wendigo), among others. One of the participating production companies, Ne'er Do Well Films, will be there with their first feature project, 12. Written and directed by Evrim Ersoy, and produced by James Pearcey, Russell Would, Katherine O'Shea and Nicole McControversy, it tells the story of two cops who destroy their lives in one night, in pursuit of an elusive criminal.They recently shot promotional footage for the Market, and have released a "making of' to give a sneak peek of the...

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Third European edition of genre co-production market to feature new projects from Baskin’s Can Evrenol [pictured] and Doc Of The Dead’s Alexandre Philippe.Scroll down for full line-up

Frontières International Co-Production Market has unveiled the full line-up for its third European edition.

Taking place at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifff) from March 30-April 1, Frontières will showcase 20 projects from the likes of Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Turkey and the UK.

A total of 20 projects were selected from a record number of submissions new projects from Baskin’s Can Evrenol, Doc Of The Dead’s Alexandre Philippe, Go Down Death’s Aaron Schimberg and I Sell The Dead’s Glenn McQuaid.

Giles Daoust (Starry Eyes), Amy Darling (Violent), François Cognard (The Strange Color Of Your Body’s Tears) and Glass Eye Pix’s Larry Fessenden and Peter Phok are among the producers showcasing new projects in Brussels.

Frontières has also picked Amanda Kramer’s Drain You, executive...

The Vancouver critics have just joined the party, always offering an interesting assortment of nominations given their practice of splitting off a whole separate section for Canadian films. "Birdman" led the way in the international list, while Xavier Dolan's "Mommy" led the way in the Canadian section (which will probably be cold comfort after his film was unceremoniously snubbed by the Academy's foreign film committee). Check out the full list of nominees below. Winners will be announced on Jan. 5. And, you know: The Circuit. International Best Film "Birdman" "Boyhood" "Whiplash" Best Director Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" Alejandro González Iñárritu, "Birdman" Richard Linklater, "Boyhood" Best Actor Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game" Jake Gyllenhaal, "Nightcrawler" Michael Keaton, "Birdman" Best Actress Marion Cotillard, "The Immigrant" Tilda Swinton, "Only Lovers Left Alive" Reese Witherspoon, "Wild" Best Supporting Actor Edward Norton, "Birdman" Mark Ruffalo, "Foxcatcher" J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash" Best Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette,...

With only days left on Viff, there have been a handful of memorable movies at the festival this year but one the best of the fest is also one of the first I saw: Andrew Huculiak's feature film debut Violent (review).

Days before Violent was crowned both "Best Canadian Film" and "Best BC Film," at the festival, I had a chance to speak with Huculiak and we talked a little on his move from music to film, he is the drummer of Vancouver based We Are the City, the special challenges and advantages of shooting in Norway and his favourite filmmaker.

Which came first, the film or the album?

They both came at the same time. The album has been in release for awhile, but we wrote [Continued ...]...

Coming of age and self discovery dramas are a dime a dozen but once in a while an interesting new take on the theme comes barrelling through the noise. Andrew Huculiak's Violent is exactly one of those movies but rather than powering through by force, Huculiak's feature film debut purposefully strides across the room and quietly commands everyone's attention. It's an impossible film to ignore or forget.

Relative newcomer Dagny Backer Johnsen stars as Dagne, a young woman who wants to escape small town life. Her mother makes arrangements for her to move to the city to work at a family friend's store, a job that comes with a place to live around the corner from the shop. It's a barren little apartment but Dagne seems genuinely happy with her meagre surroundings and less that glamor [Continued ...]...

As 19 titles are revealed for the Zabaltegi section, Danis Tanovic’s Tigers is added to the official competition and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby has entered the Pearls section.

The 62nd San Sebastian Festival has unveiled the titles for its Zabaltegi section, a non-competitive strand featuring a variety of films, documentaries, shorts and television.

This year’s line-up will include world premieres of four features made in Spain: Virginia García del Pino’s Basilio Martín Patino. The Tenth Letter; Borja Cobeaga’s Negotiator; Francisco Sánchez Varela’s Paco De Lucía: La Búsqueda; and Pedro González Bermúdez’s documentary When Bette Davis Bids Farewell.

The strand will also include the Spanish premieres of the latest works by Ulrich Seidl and Kazuyoshi Kumakiri as well as a screening of Bruno Dumont’s TV series Lil´Quinquin.

In addition, Danis Tanovic’s Tigers will compete in the Official Selection, while the Pearls section has added Ned Benson’s relationship...

On the surface, there’s no real reason why “Violent,” the debut feature film from Canadian director Andrew Huculiak, should be set so specifically in Norway, and be led by a Norwegian actress whose dialogue and voiced-over thoughts are also in Norwegian. But as the film draws you in, or rather quietly casts its heady spell of sound and atmosphere around you, that eccentric choice begins to make a compelling kind of sense. Not only does Huculiak’s outsider’s eye give rise to some extraordinary cinematography (via Dp, editor and co-writer Joseph Schweers), of Norway’s countryside, towns and cities, but thematically too it feels like, standing at this deliberate remove, the filmmakers can more easily shift between subjective, intimate moments and the broader, ontological themes they illustrate. Not only that, but as non-Norwegian speakers ourselves, the voiceover segments take on a sort of musical quality: while we read...

Andrew Huculiak is best known as a musician - the drummer for Vancouver based We Are the City. The band's first debut was accompanied by 26 minute long short film made up of music videos so it's not too shocking that for their second full length album, the band wanted to make a companion movie. What is odd is that they decided to make that movie in Norway and in Norwegian.

Violent, Huculiak's feature film debut (co-written with fellow band members), stars relative newcomer Dagny Backer Johnsen as a young woman who, while experiencing a "catastrophic event" recalls memories of the people who loved her most. It sounds pretty esoteric and the trailer is pretty much what you'd expect fr [Continued ...]...

Seven world premieres and five international premieres include an animated movie for the first time in competition; Us drama Low Down starring John Hawkes and Elle Fanning; and Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson’s follow-up to Either Way.

The 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 4-12) has revealed the line-ups for its Official Selection Competition, East of the West Competition, Documentary Films Competition and Forum of Independents Competition.

Kv artistic director Karel Och said: “This year’s selection of competing films offers an exciting mixture of outstanding films whose completion has been eagerly anticipated.

“Many of the filmmakers, who explore less frequently trodden paths of cinematic expression, come from the countries of the former Eastern Bloc, which the Kviff has long focused on.”

In the main festival section, renowned Georgian filmmaker George Ovashvili (The Other Bank) will introduce his long-anticipated film Corn Island, a psychological drama that uses captivating imagery and visuals to present a highly topical subject...

The ninth annual promotional showcase runs during the Cannes market and features competition entries from David Cronenberg, Atom Egoyan and Xavier Dolan.

The films in Perspective Canada are: Ricardo Trogi’s 1987; Adam Macdonald’s Backcountry; Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart’s I Put A Hit On You; Denis Côté’s Joy Of Man’s Desiring; Jaret Belliveau’s Kung Fu Elliot; Matthew Komalchuk’s Lawrence & Holloman; David Cronenberg’s Map To The Stars; and Daniel Grou (Podz)’s Miraculum.

The roster continues with Xavier Dolan’s Mommy; Craig Goodwill’s Patch Town; Deanne Foley’s Relative Happiness; Yan Lanouette Turgeon’s Rock Paper Scissors; Atom Egoyan’s The Captive; Pat Kiely’s Three Night Stand; Andrew Huculiak’s Violent; and Stéphane Lafleur’s Directors’ Fortnight entry Tu Dors Nicole (You’re Sleeping Nicole).

The Telefilm line-up includes the Not Short On Talent short film spotlight.

“Cannes is also vital in terms of deal making,” said Telefilm...