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Anywhere Anytime, pays homage to Vittorio De Sica’s post-war poverty classic, The Bicycle Thief, but updated to the modern delivery economy. Like the stripped down cinéma vérité of that film, which nearly single-handedly created a new aesthetic of storytelling on film, the key art for Milad Tangshir’s film has a spare, almost Banksy street art feel.  On a creamy textured background, there are only two tones at play here: black and yellow. The colours of transportation (think taxis and road lines). The lemony outlined text rhymes with the lead character’s branded gig economy’ backpack, while the lead character himself is a fuzzy, hazy, charcoal drawn profile. The credit block provides some foundation for the bicycle element, with other small bits of festival text and production credits at…

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Naomie Harris and Natalie Dormer star in Guillem Morales’ twisty suspense picture.

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During the rise of the torture porn genre few films were as popular as the Wolf Creek films out of Australia. The villain Mick Taylor, played by John Jarratt, proved to be a formidable foe, dispatching tourists that dared cross him while traversing the Australian outback.   Back then, we only got two Wolf Creek pics, so we’re due for an update on how old Mick Taylor is doing. Turns out old age hasn’t softened the bugger.    This time around it’s a family of American tourists who wander innocently into Taylor’s hunting grounds. When the parents sacrifice themselves to save their children, the kids find themselves alone, lost and hunted in the vast Australian wilderness. Will this fresh prey – two wily, resourceful Zoomers…

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First came HAL-9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey). Then came Colossus (The Forbin Project), followed by Proteus (Demon Seed), and SkyNet (The Terminator series). Each one, in turn, plus numerous iterations of a similar kind, reflected the technophobic fears of rogue AIs (Artificial Intelligence) prevalent in their respective times. In turn, all posited the same independent-minded AIs running amok in the celluloid world, decisively turning on their human masters, and creating both headaches and havoc, sometimes temporary, sometimes permanent. More than a half-century after HAL-9000 made his scene-stealing debut, writer-director Chris Weitz (Operation Finale, A Better Life, About a Boy) decided his turn had come to add his contribution to the “AI run amok” sub-genre. The middling, muddled result, AfrAId (formerly They Listen), isn’t likely to…

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A struggling dancer finds herself drawn into dark forces by a peculiar couple promising her fame.

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13, an assassin determined to save a child from a crime syndicate, even if it means going against her own mentor and the organization who hires her.

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Well, from the looks of it the Onetti Brothers – Luciano and Nico – (Abrakadabra, What The Waters Left Behind) are back with another dose of hardcore horror from Argentina. The first look at their new film, 1978, have been sent out today. Check out the gallery below, and here is the description of this new horror flck.   During the World Cup final between Argentina and Holland, in times of military dictatorship, a group of torturers violently breaks into a home and kidnaps a group of young people to take them to a clandestine detention center.   What begins as an inhumane interrogation turns into a true martyrdom: the wrong group of people have been kidnapped. They turn out to be part of a…

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Ricocheting between comedy, apocalyptic horror, and swooning soap opera, Rumours follows the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies at the annual G7 summit, where they attempt to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis. With unexpected, uproarious performances from a brilliant ensemble cast that includes Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander, and Charles Dance, these so-called leaders become spectacles of incompetence, contending with increasingly surreal obstacles in the misty woods as night falls and they realize they are suddenly alone. A genre-hopping satire of political ineptitude, the latest film from incomparable directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson is a journey into the absurd heart of power and institutional failure in a slowly burning world.   We genuinely love some Guy Maddin around these…

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As long as they keep making V/H/S movies the format will never die. Calling a series D/V/D or B/L/U just isn’t going to cut it, you know?    V/H/S/Beyond is the seventh (SEVENTH!!!) installment of the popular anthology series and it is coming to Shudder on October 4th. The official trailer has been released, check it out down below.    V/H/S/BEYOND, the seventh installment of the V/H/S franchise will feature six new bloodcurdling tapes, placing horror at the forefront of a sci-fi-inspired hellscape.   This latest installment will features shorts from Jordan Downey (ThanksKilling, The Head Hunter), Christian Long & Justin Long (Barbarian), the return of Justin Martinez (V/H/S, Southbound), Virat Pal (Recapture) and Kate Siegel (Hush, “The Haunting of Hill House”). Shudder also mentioned…

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There’s something evil in the air.   Karrie Crouse and Will Jones’ drama horror Hold Your Breath starring Sarah Paulson is going to premiere at TIFF. Searchlight Pictures sent out the poster today. Check it out in all it’s glory down below.    In 1930s Oklahoma amid the region’s horrific dust storms, a woman is convinced that a sinister presence is threatening her family.   From the premiere Hold Your Breath is will go right to HULU who will start streaming the flick on October 3rd.    Paulson is joined by Amiah Miller, Annleigh Ashford, Alona Jane Robbins and Ebon Moss-Bachrach. Crouse wrote the screenplay.   …

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