Sci-fi horror peaked with Ridley Scott’s Alien. Now, with Alien: Romulus reminding us that we just can’t get enough of extraterrestrial threats, some fans are on the hunt for movies that will give them the same slimy, parasitic alien gore. Look no further than Ben Rock’s 2008 Alien Raiders. A boring night turns terrifying as Alien Raiders documents what at …
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Andrea Arnold’s “Bird” celebrated its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday, September 7. The MUBI film follows 2-year-old Bailey (newcomer Nykiya Adams) as she comes of age on the fringes in a middle-of-nowhere England, living with her father Bug (Barry Keoghan) on the other side of town from her mother and two sisters. Though the director missed …
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Surprise! Karen Gillan is going to be a mom! The 36-year-old actress, best known for her roles in Doctor Who and Guardians of the Galaxy, announced that she is pregnant with her first child while stepping out for the premiere of her new movie The Life of Chuck held during the 2024 Toronto Film Festival on Friday night (September 5) …
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Almost 25 years after releasing his debut film, writer-director Guillermo del Toro‘s ninth feature, The Shape of Water, claimed Best Picture at the 2017 Academy Awards (among three other wins, including Best Director). The occasion marked del Toro’s first time standing on this particular awards stage; 11 years earlier, his sociopolitical dark fairy tale Pan’s Labyrinth had been nominated for …
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Almut and Tobias, the two people at the center of the new romance “We Live in Time,” are in many ways the perfect movie couple. They meet cute when she hits him with her car when he’s coming back in his bathrobe from the store where he went on a midnight run to buy pens so he could sign his …
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On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age. This September, we’re celebrating Back to School Night with four midnight movies that aren’t just academically themed but also teach the lessons essential to understanding this school of cinema. First, read the spoiler-free bait — a weird and wonderful pick from any time in …
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There are fun heist movies and there are serious heist movies, and Frederik Louis Hviid’s skeletal but gripping “The Quiet Ones” — based on the biggest Danish robbery ever committed — immediately and unambiguously identifies itself as the latter. It starts in Sweden in 2006, where we ride along with two security guards inside an armored truck as they make an …
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TORONTO – It’s approaching midnight in Toronto and “The Apprentice” director Ali Abbasi is sitting with his intrepid distributor, Briarcliff Entertainment’s Tom Ortenberg, and producer James Shani, in the bar of the Four Seasons. “We are getting toothless,” Abbasi says, referring to Hollywood. “The studio bosses told me themselves they’re not taking enough risk.” None of them would take a …
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Juliette Lewis grew up on the set of her father’s westerns, and now she’s following in his footsteps. The Yellowjackets alum portrays Cut Throat Bill in The Thicket, her new film based on the 2013 Joe R. Lansdale novel by the same name. Lewis’ late father, Geoffrey Lewis, made his name portraying villains in Westerns alongside the likes of Robert …
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A first look at Dylan O’Brien‘s new movie Caddo Lake has just arrived! Max unveiled a teaser for the M. Night Shyamalan-produced film on Thursday (September 5), over a month before it’s debut on the streaming service. Keep reading to find out more and watch the teaser… Here’s a synopsis: When an eight-year-old girl mysteriously vanishes, a series of past …
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