Guy Maddin is singular enough that the lending of his talents to another, far-younger director’s work perks up the ears. But one can understand such affinity within seconds of Dylan Greenberg’s The Triangular Door, a short whose form and tone are likewise indebted to cinema of yesteryear––in this case the New American Cinema of Jack […]
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The film is a woefully misguided VFX-aided odyssey through mid-20th-century America.
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A late night altercation on a dark and stormy night leaves Maxime’s girlfriend Dylan with a life threatening head wound. Given the circumstances surrounding how Dylan got injured Max can’t take her to the hospital so she takes her to Samantha’s house, who might be a black market surgeon for ne’er-do-wells around the city, who also happens to be Max’s mom. Samantha has a futuristic healing machine in her attic but there is a complication. It cannot heal the wound unless it can map Dylan’s memories and the nature of the injury prevents it from doing that. The machine needs to locate Dylan’s ‘essential memory’ and someone has to go into her mind and find it. Samantha needs to stay outside and watch over…
Ever since breaking out twice with micro-indie The Midnight Swim and then with Buster’s Mal Heart, filmmaker Sarah Adina Smith has been mixing it up behind the camera working on TV Mini Series (most recently ‘Lessons in Chemistry,’ and feature film (her last was 2022’s The Drop). Her next project has to be her highest profile project in her filmography to date with a top pairing billing and a indie dream team producers backing the project. Deadline reports that Olivia Wilde and Gael García Bernal have boarded Monkey Hill — a psychological thriller that will be offered up at the upcoming American Film Market.… Read the rest
Director Mikhail Kalatozov’s enigmatic look at pulsating revolutionary Cuba is “reality through bombast.”
The band Suicide Disease is in a creative rut. They have not played a show in ages, nor have they written any new material. Lead singer Jay is convinced writing new songs is the answer. Bandmates John, Menace and Juan feel very strongly about getting back on the road and touring. However, there is a compromise they can all agree on. Their manager AJ has found someone through their socials that has offered to direct a music video for them, for free. That is an enticing offer when you have not been touring, making any money. The band is broke and a free music video can keep them current. The band travels out of state, with some of their girlfriends along for the ride….
Happy Halloween from The B-Side! Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. Today we talk about one of the greats––Vincent Price! Our guest this episode––as with every Halloween episode––is Gavin Mevius, co-host of The Mixed Reviews Podcast […]
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Making huge waves with his nickel and dime debut in 2022’s Skinamarink, Canadian filmmaker Kyle Edward Ball will have the backing of A24 and some key players in the indie production sphere for a sophomore feature going by the title of The Land of Nod. For now the project is under wraps, and no casting announcements have been made but the pool of producers includes Central Pictures’ Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush and Josh Safdie, SpectreVision’s Lawrence Inglee, Daniel Noah and Elijah Wood with Tatiana Bears and Bruno Vernaschi Berman. Theo Vieljeux will executive produce. Will the minimalist visuals and heavy atmospherics carry over onto this next project is the big question.… Read the rest
