“Weird Science” for lonely goth chicks who spend all of their free time reading sad poetry in the graveyard behind their evil step-mother’s house, the admirably deranged if frustratingly undead “Lisa Frankenstein” might be one of the more irreverent riffs on Mary Shelley’s immortal horror novel, but there’s also something full circle about bringing that story back around to the …
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The only way to stay alive is to stay quiet. Prequel film “A Quiet Place: Part One” captures the alien invasion that led to the John Krasinski and Emily Blunt-fronted family drama franchise. Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o leads the feature as a New York resident who escapes an alien invasion, and finds safety with fellow survivors played by “Stranger Things” …
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Latino-owned Luz Films announced its launch just before the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where its first film by first-time writer-director Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio, “In the Summers,” won the Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Dramatic competition. However, co-founder Sergio Lira says that impressive start isn’t nearly enough. “This is an amazing win right out of the gate, but one is …
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Come out, come out, wherever you are — Chauncey the Teddy Bear wants to play. The latest installment of Blumhouse‘s creepy toys gone astray horror subgenre, “Imaginary” centers on a decades-spanning story of a (possibly) demonic stuffed animal that torments both mother and stepdaughter. DeWanda Wise stars as Jessica, a mom who moves back into her childhood home, where she is …
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[Editor’s Note: Stay tuned later this week for IndieWire’s one-on-one interview with Anne Thompson and Ed Zwick about the stories he shares in “Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions.”] Brad Pitt almost walked away from his 1994 leading role in “Legends of the Fall,” according to director Ed Zwick. In an excerpt from Zwick’s “Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething …
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As IndieWire’s Ben Travers’ noted in his review of Prime Video‘s latest original, “This isn’t your parents’ ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith.’” The Prime Video series starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine shares a title with Simon Kinberg’s 2005 film, but similarities mostly stop there. Francesca Sloane, who co-created the series with Glover, told IndieWire that they “didn’t really consider the …
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For over a year, director Erica Tremblay‘s acclaimed Sundance drama “Fancy Dance” went undistributed without a means to see it. Its star Lily Gladstone, Oscar-nominated for another Native American-led film, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” has taken time from her awards campaign to champion the film and urge anyone in Hollywood to support it and give it a home. Today, …
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True Detective: Florian Hoffmeister on Bringing Light to Night Country – IndieWire You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Cinematographer Florian Hoffmeister created a world where artificial lighting does little to banish the literal and figurative shadows. ad Source link
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Spike Lee Told Cord Jefferson to Make Another Movie ‘Quickly’ – IndieWire You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Jefferson cited his overall TV deal at Warner Bros. as possibly impacting the progress of his three upcoming scripts. ad Source link
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Gina Carano Sues Disney Over ‘The Mandalorian,’ Elon Musk Funding Suit – IndieWire You will be redirected back to your article in seconds The actress filed a lawsuit against Disney and Lucasfilm for sex-based discrimination and wrongful termination over her February 2021 series exit, with Elon Musk supporting her legal filing. ad Source link
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