“A Prophet,” the series adaptation of Jacques Audiard’s 2009 film, will be set in today’s France, in Marseille, with a young, Black protagonist. The original movie, which won Cannes’ grand jury prize and a BAFTA Award, and earned Oscar and Golden Globe nominations, starred Tahar Rahim (“The Mauritanian”) as a 19-year-old French-Algerian sentenced to six years in prison who becomes involved with an organized crime ring in Paris.
The French-language series will reunite the Cesar-winning team behind the movie, notably its producer Marco Cherqui, and the screenwriters, Abdel Raouf Dafri — who made his directorial debut last year with “The Breitner Commando” — and Nicolas Peufaillit. Cherqui, producer at Paris-based Cpb Films, and Sebastien Janin, former Apple exec and co-founder of Media Musketeers, spoke to Variety about how “A Prophet” was being adapted to contemporary France. The show is expected to start production in France during the second half of 2021. Besides “A Prophet,...
The French-language series will reunite the Cesar-winning team behind the movie, notably its producer Marco Cherqui, and the screenwriters, Abdel Raouf Dafri — who made his directorial debut last year with “The Breitner Commando” — and Nicolas Peufaillit. Cherqui, producer at Paris-based Cpb Films, and Sebastien Janin, former Apple exec and co-founder of Media Musketeers, spoke to Variety about how “A Prophet” was being adapted to contemporary France. The show is expected to start production in France during the second half of 2021. Besides “A Prophet,...
- 3/24/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Director Pierre Laffargue showed a certain fondness for cultural fusion with his debut feature. An action thriller modeled after American blacksploitation, starring a French actor and set in northern Africa, Black turned heads on the festival circuit around the world in part because of Laffargue's desire to fuse western influences with African. And though the subject matter is very different with his latest effort that same desire is very much present.A musical documentary, Kinshasa Superband follows the life of a sort of international supergroup made up of western indie rockers - Konono no 1, Kasai Allstar, Juana Molina, Wildbirds and Peacedrum, and Matt Mehlan among them - joining forces with a group of traditional African musicians.They come from Tokyo, Buenos Aires, Albuquerque or Brooklyn...
- 9/28/2011
- Screen Anarchy
*full disclosure: a screener of this film was provided by Phase 4 Films.
Director: Pierre Laffargue.
Writers: Lucio Mad, Gabor Rassov, Marci Cherqui, and Pierre Laffargue.
Black was a French film then dubbed into English, which is slated for released through video-on-demand September 1st. The film begins as an action thriller, but transitions into a heist thriller early. Black has played at several film festivals since 2009 and Pierre Laffargue's first feature film is enjoyable for its dabbling into African mysticism and European colonialism. Black's ending, with a Snake man facing a Lion man, truly has to be seen to be believed.
Black (Mc Jean Gab'1), the protagonist, begins the film with a failed armoured car cash grab. Instead of grabbing the loot, Black loses his partners while escaping by train. Then, the film changes locale. Gone is Paris in favour of Dakar. Here a massive holding of diamonds...
Director: Pierre Laffargue.
Writers: Lucio Mad, Gabor Rassov, Marci Cherqui, and Pierre Laffargue.
Black was a French film then dubbed into English, which is slated for released through video-on-demand September 1st. The film begins as an action thriller, but transitions into a heist thriller early. Black has played at several film festivals since 2009 and Pierre Laffargue's first feature film is enjoyable for its dabbling into African mysticism and European colonialism. Black's ending, with a Snake man facing a Lion man, truly has to be seen to be believed.
Black (Mc Jean Gab'1), the protagonist, begins the film with a failed armoured car cash grab. Instead of grabbing the loot, Black loses his partners while escaping by train. Then, the film changes locale. Gone is Paris in favour of Dakar. Here a massive holding of diamonds...
- 9/1/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
French film Black is a rare thing; a French action film that isn’t produced or written by Luc Besson. In fact the only connection to Besson is the film’s star Mc Jean Gab’1 who appeared in both District 13 movies. Black, released on Blu-ray and DVD on Monday, marks the directorial debut of Pierre Laffargue and is produced by Marco Cherqui who also produced last year’s break out hit A Prophet.
The film opens in Paris as an armed raid on a security van goes horribly wrong and all but one of the raiders are gunned down by police. The surviving gunman, Black played by French Hip-hop artist Mc Jean Gab’1, manages to escape and goes into hiding. That is until he receives a phone call from his cousin in Senegal with information about a stash of diamonds being stored in a poorly guarded bank in Dakar.
The film opens in Paris as an armed raid on a security van goes horribly wrong and all but one of the raiders are gunned down by police. The surviving gunman, Black played by French Hip-hop artist Mc Jean Gab’1, manages to escape and goes into hiding. That is until he receives a phone call from his cousin in Senegal with information about a stash of diamonds being stored in a poorly guarded bank in Dakar.
- 2/14/2011
- by Chris Wright
- Obsessed with Film
The film is called Black… nothing more, just Black. We’ve covered it previously on this site, starting with its South By Southwest Film Festival, stateside debut back in 2009! Time flies…
It has yet to be released in the states in any format, but those of you in the UK will get a chance to check it out, if you haven’t already, when it’s released on Blu-ray and DVD on the 14th of this month.
To rehash… in short, Black is described as “a nouveau-blaxploitation adventure awash in black magic, African mysticism, mutant arms dealers, gargantuan machete-wielding mercenary armies and a truckload of diamonds.”
When his Parisian armored car holdup doesn’t go as planned, the film’s protagonist (his name is Black, played by underground French rapper Mc Jean Gab’1), is forced into hiding. He resurfaces when he receives news from his cousin in Senegal about a...
It has yet to be released in the states in any format, but those of you in the UK will get a chance to check it out, if you haven’t already, when it’s released on Blu-ray and DVD on the 14th of this month.
To rehash… in short, Black is described as “a nouveau-blaxploitation adventure awash in black magic, African mysticism, mutant arms dealers, gargantuan machete-wielding mercenary armies and a truckload of diamonds.”
When his Parisian armored car holdup doesn’t go as planned, the film’s protagonist (his name is Black, played by underground French rapper Mc Jean Gab’1), is forced into hiding. He resurfaces when he receives news from his cousin in Senegal about a...
- 2/5/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Check out the new brand new UK trailer for French actioner Black with a hilarious voiceover from sixty smokes-a-day man. We’ve also got a rather thorough synopsis for you to read, too.
Black comes from the same producer as last year’s superb A Prophet. This one looks a bit more action-orientated… check it out.
Synopsis:
The spirit of Blaxploitation classics such as ‘Super Fly’, ‘Shaft’ and ‘Truck Turner’ is given a modern day makeover in the action-thriller, Black, the directorial debut feature from Pierre Laffargue.
Produced by Marco Cherqui (A Prophet) and starring French hip-hop artist Mc Jean Gab’1 (the District 13 movies), Carole Karemera (Sometimes In April), Francois Levantal (A Very Long Engagement; D’Artagnan’s Daughter) and Anton Yakovlev (The Beat That My Heart Skipped), Black is “a slick, fun, French heist flick” (Eye Weekly) with a supernatural sting in the tail that sees its eponymous...
Black comes from the same producer as last year’s superb A Prophet. This one looks a bit more action-orientated… check it out.
Synopsis:
The spirit of Blaxploitation classics such as ‘Super Fly’, ‘Shaft’ and ‘Truck Turner’ is given a modern day makeover in the action-thriller, Black, the directorial debut feature from Pierre Laffargue.
Produced by Marco Cherqui (A Prophet) and starring French hip-hop artist Mc Jean Gab’1 (the District 13 movies), Carole Karemera (Sometimes In April), Francois Levantal (A Very Long Engagement; D’Artagnan’s Daughter) and Anton Yakovlev (The Beat That My Heart Skipped), Black is “a slick, fun, French heist flick” (Eye Weekly) with a supernatural sting in the tail that sees its eponymous...
- 2/3/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
The Canadian DVD release of Pierre Laffargue's heist film Black is only a couple weeks away on April 9th and is available for pre-order from Evokative Films. But first, why not see if you're as lucky as Black was in the film and enter our giveaway.
We have five DVDs to giveaway so between now and April 2nd you can email us here with the answer to this skill testing question... At which festival did Black have its Canadian Premiere (for which there are two extra features on the DVD)?
Evokative isn't coy about where they hide their answers for their giveaways. Perhaps it could be found at the link below. This giveaway is for Canadian residents only. ...
We have five DVDs to giveaway so between now and April 2nd you can email us here with the answer to this skill testing question... At which festival did Black have its Canadian Premiere (for which there are two extra features on the DVD)?
Evokative isn't coy about where they hide their answers for their giveaways. Perhaps it could be found at the link below. This giveaway is for Canadian residents only. ...
- 3/24/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Year: 2009
Directors: Pierre Laffargue
Writers: Pierre Laffargue / Lucio Mad
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Ben Austwick
Rating: 8 out of 10
Heist movie meets magical realism in Pierre Laffargue's Black, an uneven but brave and exciting action film that starts off just about competent and ends up being quite wonderful. The way it grows into itself suggests an inexperienced director struggling to find his style, but one with enough imagination and confidence to make an excellent film with the jumble of bits he has to work with.
The film starts explosively with an armed robbery carried out by Black, a Parisian of Senegalese descent, and his gang on a security van in Paris. The robbery, a visceral and heart-popping flurry of shotgun blasts and explosions, is a disaster but Black manages to escape to Dakar where he hears from a relative of a bag full of diamonds hidden in an unsecured third-world bank.
Directors: Pierre Laffargue
Writers: Pierre Laffargue / Lucio Mad
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Ben Austwick
Rating: 8 out of 10
Heist movie meets magical realism in Pierre Laffargue's Black, an uneven but brave and exciting action film that starts off just about competent and ends up being quite wonderful. The way it grows into itself suggests an inexperienced director struggling to find his style, but one with enough imagination and confidence to make an excellent film with the jumble of bits he has to work with.
The film starts explosively with an armed robbery carried out by Black, a Parisian of Senegalese descent, and his gang on a security van in Paris. The robbery, a visceral and heart-popping flurry of shotgun blasts and explosions, is a disaster but Black manages to escape to Dakar where he hears from a relative of a bag full of diamonds hidden in an unsecured third-world bank.
- 9/7/2009
- QuietEarth.us
So, the August bank holiday has passed for another year and that means one thing – The Film4 Frightfest in London has just finished. This year held a special meaning to the festival though, with it greeting its 10th year in existence having moved, during that time, from humble beginnings in the Prince Charles Cinema, to the grander Odeon Leicester Square and finally, for the first time this year, to the Empire Cinema (also in Leicester Square). The Empire houses the largest cinema screen in the UK, which was used to display the main catalogue of films this year round. Trust me, this thing is absolutely massive.
Second to this, also for the first time ever, Frightfest organisers Alan, Ian, Paul and Greg decided to commandeer a smaller screen to show those movies they felt should be in the Fest, but couldn’t be worked into the main programme. This screen...
Second to this, also for the first time ever, Frightfest organisers Alan, Ian, Paul and Greg decided to commandeer a smaller screen to show those movies they felt should be in the Fest, but couldn’t be worked into the main programme. This screen...
- 9/3/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
One of the nice things at a small, but growing festival such as Toronto After Dark is that the filmmakers, producers and other guests who arrive with shorts or features are happily accessible in the lobby of the Bloor and at the pubs nearby. After showering much love on the ‘French Blaxploitation Remix,’ Black, director Pierre Laffargue was happy to sit down and talk jive turkey (I am kidding of course!) with regards all aspects of the production. Fyi, if you missed this interesting and exciting new movie at the festival and are a Toronto or Montreal resident, Evokative Films is giving it a limited commercial release. It is playing currently in Montreal, and the Toronto release is on August 21st at the AMC Yonge & Dundas. The film will be expanding across Canada throughout the rest of the year.
Kurt Halfyard: Can you talk about how the film Black came together from the very start?...
Kurt Halfyard: Can you talk about how the film Black came together from the very start?...
- 8/19/2009
- by Kurt Halfyard
- Screen Anarchy
A second viewing of Pierre Laffargue’s kitchen-sink genre-mash cements the notion that if there is a reasonable successor to John Carpenter, albeit with more global leanings, Laffargue is quite possibly the man. While not as overtly funny as something like Big Trouble in Little China, his continent hopping heist film throws bank robbers, machete wielding pro-wrestlers, Snake Witches, Russian Mercenaries, loose-lipped bankers and sexy interpol warrior-goddesses all smoothly into the blender together and then, for the hell of it, hits frappe. To say that Blacks weaving and dodging plot is a mite unpredictable and crazy is the understatement of the year.
Opening in Paris with a spectacularly botched bank heist where only one of the robbers escapes slaughter by the authorities by jumping onto a high-speed train, it marks a fitting transition for musician/actor Mc Jean Gab’1 from bit-player in the Banlieue 13 films to full blown star.
Opening in Paris with a spectacularly botched bank heist where only one of the robbers escapes slaughter by the authorities by jumping onto a high-speed train, it marks a fitting transition for musician/actor Mc Jean Gab’1 from bit-player in the Banlieue 13 films to full blown star.
- 8/16/2009
- by Kurt Halfyard
- Screen Anarchy
Black Directed by Pierre Laffargue A strange, tonally schizophrenic, but undeniably fun concoction from France, Black combines elements of gangster and blaxploitation films, only to wind up in a different space entirely by throwing in supernatural elements with the subtlety of a machete to the face.. If that description appeals to you, you'll almost certainly enjoy it. Its shortcomings, stemming from failures of executiion rather than ambition or imagination, scream "first feature," but there's enough sheer entertainment value on display to let it slide. Mc Jean Gab'1 stars as the title character, a tough-talking but ultimately sympathetic thief who spends the film's thrilling opening minutes escaping a heist gone wrong. While in hiding, an obscure "relative" from Dakar, Black's hometown, lets him in on a huge and theoretically simple score, involving lifting a sack of diamonds from a bank vault. Of course, as it turns out, Black and his...
- 8/14/2009
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The 2009 edition of Montreal’s Fantasia Festival has announced their complete list of Audience Awards winners, a list that includes a whole lot of Twitch faves and more than a few films that will soon be screening here in Toronto as part of Toronto After Dark. Here’s the complete list.
Best Asian Film
Gold: Love Exposure (Japan) – Sion Sono
Silver: IP Man (Hong Kong) – Wilson Yip
Bronze: Thirst (South Korea) – Park Chan-wook
Best International Film
Gold: 8th Wonderland (France) – Nicolas Alberny, Jean Mach
Silver: Ex-aequo
Embodiment Of Evil (Brazil) – Jose Mojica Marins
Must Love Death (Germany) – Andreas Schaap
Bronze: Black (France) – Pierre Laffargue
Best Quebec Film
Gold: Sans Dessein – Caroline Labrèche, Steeve Léonard
Silver: The Ante – Max Perrier
Bronze: Crawler – Sv Bell
Best Animated Film
Hells (Japan) – Yoshiki Yamakawa
Guru Prize for Most Energetic Film of the Festival
Gold: Yatterman (Japan) – Takashi Miike
Silver: IP Man (Hk) – Wilson Yip...
Best Asian Film
Gold: Love Exposure (Japan) – Sion Sono
Silver: IP Man (Hong Kong) – Wilson Yip
Bronze: Thirst (South Korea) – Park Chan-wook
Best International Film
Gold: 8th Wonderland (France) – Nicolas Alberny, Jean Mach
Silver: Ex-aequo
Embodiment Of Evil (Brazil) – Jose Mojica Marins
Must Love Death (Germany) – Andreas Schaap
Bronze: Black (France) – Pierre Laffargue
Best Quebec Film
Gold: Sans Dessein – Caroline Labrèche, Steeve Léonard
Silver: The Ante – Max Perrier
Bronze: Crawler – Sv Bell
Best Animated Film
Hells (Japan) – Yoshiki Yamakawa
Guru Prize for Most Energetic Film of the Festival
Gold: Yatterman (Japan) – Takashi Miike
Silver: IP Man (Hk) – Wilson Yip...
- 8/3/2009
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
The 13th edition of Montreal’s Fantasia film festival wrapped up its frighteningly successful run this week, with movie highlights aplenty and 40 percent of the screenings selling out. Now the jury and the public have spoken on their favorites, and the fest has revealed their award winners in all categories. Check ’em out below!
Jury Prizes: Feature Films
Best Feature Film: Breathless (Yang Ik-june) Jury Special Prize: Love Exposure (Sion Sono) Best Male Performance: Yang Ik-Jun, Breathless Best Female Performance: Hikari Mitsushima, Love Exposure Best Director: David Russo, The Immaculate Conception Of Little Dizzle Best Screenplay: Nicolas Alberny and Jean Mach, 8th Wonderland Best Cinematography: Hideho Urata, The Clone Returns Home Technical Prize: IP Man Special Mention for Best Direction of Child Actors: Tom Shankland, The Children
Jury Prizes: First Features
Best First Feature: White Lightnin’ (Dominic Murphy) Special Mention: Debut performance of actress Eline Kuppins, Left Bank Jury Prizes:...
Jury Prizes: Feature Films
Best Feature Film: Breathless (Yang Ik-june) Jury Special Prize: Love Exposure (Sion Sono) Best Male Performance: Yang Ik-Jun, Breathless Best Female Performance: Hikari Mitsushima, Love Exposure Best Director: David Russo, The Immaculate Conception Of Little Dizzle Best Screenplay: Nicolas Alberny and Jean Mach, 8th Wonderland Best Cinematography: Hideho Urata, The Clone Returns Home Technical Prize: IP Man Special Mention for Best Direction of Child Actors: Tom Shankland, The Children
Jury Prizes: First Features
Best First Feature: White Lightnin’ (Dominic Murphy) Special Mention: Debut performance of actress Eline Kuppins, Left Bank Jury Prizes:...
- 7/31/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Sound on Sight co-host Al Kratina is covering Fantasia for the Montreal Gazette's Cine Files [1]blog. Read an excerpt below. Black Directed by Pierre Laffargue It must be difficult to do anything original with the urban crime drama, since most of the more familiar tropes have migrated from gritty 1970s cult films to G Unit videos and Grand Theft Auto. But with Black, director Pierre Laffargue manages to nearly reinvent the genre, by shifting the location of his heist film from the inner city to Western Africa. This allows him to approach Senegalese culture with the same fascinated reverence that can be sensed when Manhattan socialites talk about the Meatpacking District. Black follows the titular criminal, played by Mc Jean Gab'1, whose plans for an armoured car robbery end in bloodshed. Tipped off by his cousin about a briefcase full of diamonds in a Dakar bank, he heads off to Senegal with a new gang,...
- 7/23/2009
- by Al Kratina
- SoundOnSight
And the fine folks at the Toronto After Dark film festival have announced the first 8 films..
Trick 'R Treat? Check.
Paul Solet's "we make people faint" Grace? Check.
The visually stunning treat Franklyn (review)? Check.
Joko Anwar's incredible The Forbidden Door (review), one of my favorite films of the year? Check.
Check out all the films and the deets after the break!
Trick ‘R’ Treat
Michael Dougherty, USA, Toronto Premiere
“An Instant Cult Classic” – Bloody-Disgusting
Four creepy crowd-pleasing stories intersect in this hugely anticipated feature, set on the night of Halloween. From Producer Bryan Singer (X-men, The Usual Suspects, Valkyrie) and starring True Blood’s Anna Paquin and Brian Cox (Manhunter, Bourne Supremacy).
Winner, Audience Award – Los Angeles ScreamFest
Grace
Paul Solet, Canada, Toronto Premiere
“The movie you need to see to restore your faith in the horror genre” – Dread Central
From Producer Adam Green (Hatchet) comes this...
Trick 'R Treat? Check.
Paul Solet's "we make people faint" Grace? Check.
The visually stunning treat Franklyn (review)? Check.
Joko Anwar's incredible The Forbidden Door (review), one of my favorite films of the year? Check.
Check out all the films and the deets after the break!
Trick ‘R’ Treat
Michael Dougherty, USA, Toronto Premiere
“An Instant Cult Classic” – Bloody-Disgusting
Four creepy crowd-pleasing stories intersect in this hugely anticipated feature, set on the night of Halloween. From Producer Bryan Singer (X-men, The Usual Suspects, Valkyrie) and starring True Blood’s Anna Paquin and Brian Cox (Manhunter, Bourne Supremacy).
Winner, Audience Award – Los Angeles ScreamFest
Grace
Paul Solet, Canada, Toronto Premiere
“The movie you need to see to restore your faith in the horror genre” – Dread Central
From Producer Adam Green (Hatchet) comes this...
- 7/8/2009
- QuietEarth.us
I really hate the fact that I need a passport to get into Canada these days (stupid security precautions – I don’t want to be safe, I want to watch horror movies!) because the Toronto After Dark Festival has an incredibly badass lineup of flicks announced thus far!
Trick 'R Treat (review here)
Michael Dougherty, USA, Toronto Premiere
*“An instant cult classic” – Bloody-Disgusting*
Four creepy crowd-pleasing stories intersect in this hugely anticipated feature set on the night of Halloween from producer Bryan Singer (X-men, The Usual Suspects, Valkyrie) and starring True Blood’s Anna Paquin and Brian Cox (Manhunter, Bourne Supremacy).
/Winner, Audience Award – Los Angeles ScreamFest/
Grace (review here)
Paul Solet, Canada, Toronto Premiere
*“The movie you need to see to restore your faith in the horror genre” – Dread Central*
From producer Adam Green (Hatchet) comes this creepy and shocking tale of one very desperate woman as she tries...
Trick 'R Treat (review here)
Michael Dougherty, USA, Toronto Premiere
*“An instant cult classic” – Bloody-Disgusting*
Four creepy crowd-pleasing stories intersect in this hugely anticipated feature set on the night of Halloween from producer Bryan Singer (X-men, The Usual Suspects, Valkyrie) and starring True Blood’s Anna Paquin and Brian Cox (Manhunter, Bourne Supremacy).
/Winner, Audience Award – Los Angeles ScreamFest/
Grace (review here)
Paul Solet, Canada, Toronto Premiere
*“The movie you need to see to restore your faith in the horror genre” – Dread Central*
From producer Adam Green (Hatchet) comes this creepy and shocking tale of one very desperate woman as she tries...
- 7/8/2009
- by Masked Slasher
- DreadCentral.com
The Toronto After Dark Film Festival [1] is quickly approaching, and today we finally have our first announcement regarding this year's line-up. The first 8 titles have just been unveiled, and there are some interesting picks in the bunch from all over the world including Michael Dougherty's Trick 'R' Treat,Paul Solet's Grace, and Gerald McMorrow's Franklyn. All of the announced titles are listed below, with 9 more films still expected to be forthcoming. This year's festival runs from August 14th to the 21st; passes are now on sale, and single tickets will be available starting on July 29th. For more info visit the official Toronto After Dark website [2]. Trick 'R' Treat (Dir. Michael Dougherty, USA) Grace (Dir. Paul Solet, Canada) Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl (Dir. Yoshihiro Nishimura, Japan) Franklyn (Dir. Gerald McMorrow, UK) The Forbidden Door (Dir. Joko Anwar, Indonesia) Embodiment of Evil (Dir. José Mojica Marins, Brazil) Black (Dir.
- 7/8/2009
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Not only will our very own London correspondent Ben Austwick be there to cover the fest but it's one of the best lineups ever!
How about the world premier for Pa giant insect comedy Infestation? Check.
Sneak preview of La Horde? Check.
UK premier of Cannes premier Hierro? Check.
The surprisingly good Giallo, the latest from Dario Argento? Check.
The world premier of The Descent part 2? Check!
Full schedule after the break. (Yes we copied Dread Central's post. Thanks UncleCreepy!)
Main Programme - Empire 1
# Thursday 27 August
18.30 Triangle (World Premiere)
The Boat That Shocked! Film4 FrightFest is delighted to open this year’s festival with the first ever showing of British director Christopher Smith’s latest spellbinding horror fantasy. When Jess (Melissa George) hits a seagull driving to her local harbour little does she know it signals a harrowing omen for her yachting trip with friends. From epic ocean vistas to poignantly shocking finale,...
How about the world premier for Pa giant insect comedy Infestation? Check.
Sneak preview of La Horde? Check.
UK premier of Cannes premier Hierro? Check.
The surprisingly good Giallo, the latest from Dario Argento? Check.
The world premier of The Descent part 2? Check!
Full schedule after the break. (Yes we copied Dread Central's post. Thanks UncleCreepy!)
Main Programme - Empire 1
# Thursday 27 August
18.30 Triangle (World Premiere)
The Boat That Shocked! Film4 FrightFest is delighted to open this year’s festival with the first ever showing of British director Christopher Smith’s latest spellbinding horror fantasy. When Jess (Melissa George) hits a seagull driving to her local harbour little does she know it signals a harrowing omen for her yachting trip with friends. From epic ocean vistas to poignantly shocking finale,...
- 7/3/2009
- QuietEarth.us
The UK's most amazing horror film festival Film 4 FrightFest has released what could very well be one of the best horror line-ups we've seen ever for its latest show taking place August 27th - August 31st, brimming with films we've been salivating over Stateside!
If you need any more reasons to fly across the pond check out the schedule below!
Main Programme - Empire 1
Thursday 27 August 18.30 Triangle (World Premiere)
The Boat That Shocked! Film4 FrightFest is delighted to open this year’s festival with the first ever showing of British director Christopher Smith’s latest spellbinding horror fantasy. When Jess (Melissa George) hits a seagull driving to her local harbour little does she know it signals a harrowing omen for her yachting trip with friends. From epic ocean vistas to poignantly shocking finale, Triangle is Smith’s best, polished and most mature work.
95 minutes Director: Christopher Smith UK/Australia 2009
Melissa George...
If you need any more reasons to fly across the pond check out the schedule below!
Main Programme - Empire 1
Thursday 27 August 18.30 Triangle (World Premiere)
The Boat That Shocked! Film4 FrightFest is delighted to open this year’s festival with the first ever showing of British director Christopher Smith’s latest spellbinding horror fantasy. When Jess (Melissa George) hits a seagull driving to her local harbour little does she know it signals a harrowing omen for her yachting trip with friends. From epic ocean vistas to poignantly shocking finale, Triangle is Smith’s best, polished and most mature work.
95 minutes Director: Christopher Smith UK/Australia 2009
Melissa George...
- 7/3/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Fantasia Festival is North America [1]’s premiere (and largest) genre [2] film [3] festival [4]. It is also my favorite film festival and so I could not wait to share the highlights of this years line up. Below is just some of the films we will be reviewing on our upcoming podcasts. Best Worst Movie - Montreal premiere, hosted by director Michael Paul Stephenson and the actor George Hardy Unbeknownst to him, a dentist living in a small town in Alabama has an army of fans who worship him. The reason behind his clandestine popularity? He was a one-time actor who played a lead role in a movie that is now widely regarded as being amongst the worst films of all time: Troll 2. When he hears that the film was being shown at a rep cinema, he attends the screening. This decision leads him on a truly surprising and life-changing journey. Funny and moving,...
- 7/1/2009
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Ok, so I'm lazy.. I copy and pasted the press release, which is after the break, and we have reviews of quite a few of the films playing, including White Lightnin', Left Bank, Blood River, Cryptic, Deadgirl, The Horsemen, I Sell the Dead.. with Kaifeck Murder coming soon (once I can figure out what to write).
Movies I'm really interested in seeing: French Pa flick Mutants, Smash Cut, Possibility of an Island, Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, and Thirst.
But alas, I won't be there. Instead, a friend of ours will be providing some reviews for the week he is there, so everyone give a big thanks to DirtyRobot! Woop!
Check out the film greatness after the break! Oh, and there's more to come...
The past 12 months have been a treasure trove for sharp, individualistic visions of the unusual. Keep your hands on the bars as we give you a...
Movies I'm really interested in seeing: French Pa flick Mutants, Smash Cut, Possibility of an Island, Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, and Thirst.
But alas, I won't be there. Instead, a friend of ours will be providing some reviews for the week he is there, so everyone give a big thanks to DirtyRobot! Woop!
Check out the film greatness after the break! Oh, and there's more to come...
The past 12 months have been a treasure trove for sharp, individualistic visions of the unusual. Keep your hands on the bars as we give you a...
- 6/30/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Attendance was down by 30 percent at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Not surprising, considering the recession still biting and Euro exchange rates keeping prices along the Croisette at ridiculously expensive levels. Yet the number of high-profile genre films in the Official Competition was a bonus for those more used to finding the most controversial entries up for distributor grabs in the Market section. While Park Chan-wook’s Thirst and Gaspar Noe’s Enter The Void certainly had their followers, with Terry Gilliam’s out-of-competition The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus a similar hot ticket, the two biggest stories were Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist.
Cinema saves the world in Tarantino’s disjointed, history-bending homage to war movies, which takes its misspelled name—but very little else—from Enzo Castellari’s 1978 Italian cult exploiter. Divided into chapters, each highlighting a movie style like Sergio Leone spaghetti Westerns,...
Cinema saves the world in Tarantino’s disjointed, history-bending homage to war movies, which takes its misspelled name—but very little else—from Enzo Castellari’s 1978 Italian cult exploiter. Divided into chapters, each highlighting a movie style like Sergio Leone spaghetti Westerns,...
- 5/29/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Alan Jones)
- Fangoria
A groovy 70s-style adaptation of Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra (you know, the theme music from 2001: A Space Odyssey) sets a funky tone for the opening of Black, which moves briskly and efficiently from a slickly-shot "armored car robbery gone bad" in Paris to a modern update of Shaft in Africa to a lunatic, witchy, bastard offspring of Cat People and Ssssss. It's gloriously lunatic.
All credit to screenwriters Lucio Mad and Gábor Rassov for conjuring up such a fantastic tale, and to director/co-scenarist Pierre Laffargue for framing the action in such a realistic manner. If those names sound suspiciously French to you, yes, people, this is another crazy French genre flick; think of it as the Gallic cousin of The Bourne Identity if Jason Bourne was an ambitious, African-born Parisian criminal set loose on the streets of Dakar, Senegal.
The title character, played by rap artist...
All credit to screenwriters Lucio Mad and Gábor Rassov for conjuring up such a fantastic tale, and to director/co-scenarist Pierre Laffargue for framing the action in such a realistic manner. If those names sound suspiciously French to you, yes, people, this is another crazy French genre flick; think of it as the Gallic cousin of The Bourne Identity if Jason Bourne was an ambitious, African-born Parisian criminal set loose on the streets of Dakar, Senegal.
The title character, played by rap artist...
- 3/15/2009
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
The day was overcast but the rain stayed away in Austin on Saturday, which was good timing for the first full day of screenings and panels. I bounced around from the Austin Convention Center to the Paramount Theater to the Alamo Ritz to the Alamo South Lamer, and the panels and films I sampled all had good to overflowing attendance.
News: B-Side Entertainment officially kicked off its new distribution division, first revealed at Sundance, and announced it has acquired Brett Gaylor's "open source documentary" RiP! A Remix Manifesto. indieWIRE has the details on the company's release strategy for the film, which "essentially explores the legal and artistic ramifications of the mash-up."
Reviews: As we noted yesterday, John Hamburg's I Love You, Man opened the film fest, and Eugene Novikov posted his review; he found it to be a "sweet, amusing, and perfectly acceptable comedy all around, but it's exciting...
News: B-Side Entertainment officially kicked off its new distribution division, first revealed at Sundance, and announced it has acquired Brett Gaylor's "open source documentary" RiP! A Remix Manifesto. indieWIRE has the details on the company's release strategy for the film, which "essentially explores the legal and artistic ramifications of the mash-up."
Reviews: As we noted yesterday, John Hamburg's I Love You, Man opened the film fest, and Eugene Novikov posted his review; he found it to be a "sweet, amusing, and perfectly acceptable comedy all around, but it's exciting...
- 3/15/2009
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
Evokative Films provided us with a snappy English subtitled version of the trailer for Black. It is now featured beneath the fold.
Pierre Laffargue’s action film Black is one of the six Fantastic Fest titles playing at the 2009 SXSW Film Festival and Conference. In fact, the screening in March will represent the film’s world premiere. Black stars French rapper Mc Jean Gab’1, who Twitch readers might recognize from his small roles in Banliueue 13 (District 13) and Banlieue 13 - Ultimatum. Jean Gab’1 plays the titular Senegalese bank-robber (born and raised in France) who plans on going straight after a botched heist. His cousin interrupts his brief retirement with a call from Dakar, where a briefcase full of diamonds presents a new opportunity.
The English subtitled trailer, which is beneath the fold as usual, gives a small taste of what the film is about. The French and Senegalese locales, the witchcraft,...
Pierre Laffargue’s action film Black is one of the six Fantastic Fest titles playing at the 2009 SXSW Film Festival and Conference. In fact, the screening in March will represent the film’s world premiere. Black stars French rapper Mc Jean Gab’1, who Twitch readers might recognize from his small roles in Banliueue 13 (District 13) and Banlieue 13 - Ultimatum. Jean Gab’1 plays the titular Senegalese bank-robber (born and raised in France) who plans on going straight after a botched heist. His cousin interrupts his brief retirement with a call from Dakar, where a briefcase full of diamonds presents a new opportunity.
The English subtitled trailer, which is beneath the fold as usual, gives a small taste of what the film is about. The French and Senegalese locales, the witchcraft,...
- 2/28/2009
- by Rodney Perkins
- Screen Anarchy
Austin, TX’s South by Southwest Film Festival, running March 13-21, has revealed the titles playing in its new Fantastic Fest at Midnight sidebar. It’s the first time the two Lone Star State events have joined forces to present a selection of genre features, all of which are making their world or U.S. premieres.
The six movies, which will play at Austin’s Alamo South Lamar theater, are: Ong-bak 2, martial-arts star Tony Jaa’s sequel to his breakout actioner; Black, from French director co-writer Pierre Laffargue, an Africa-set synthesis of blaxploitation mayhem and the occult; The Haunting In Connecticut, Peter Cornwell’s fact-based chiller about a family facing evil spirits in their new home (recently moved to a March 27 release date by Lionsgate); The Horseman, writer/director Steve Kastrissos’ bloody Australian revenge saga (no relation to Lionsgate’s upcoming serial-killer flick The Horsemen); Phil Claydon’s self-descriptive British...
The six movies, which will play at Austin’s Alamo South Lamar theater, are: Ong-bak 2, martial-arts star Tony Jaa’s sequel to his breakout actioner; Black, from French director co-writer Pierre Laffargue, an Africa-set synthesis of blaxploitation mayhem and the occult; The Haunting In Connecticut, Peter Cornwell’s fact-based chiller about a family facing evil spirits in their new home (recently moved to a March 27 release date by Lionsgate); The Horseman, writer/director Steve Kastrissos’ bloody Australian revenge saga (no relation to Lionsgate’s upcoming serial-killer flick The Horsemen); Phil Claydon’s self-descriptive British...
- 2/18/2009
- Fangoria
What's the time? It's time to get ill! That's right, the 6 films playing at the SXSW midnight lineup courtesy of Fantastic Fest have been announced, and we've reported on quite a few of these, especially The Horseman which we loved. Check em out:
Ong Bak 2 (Thailand)
Director: Tony Jaa. Writer: Panna Rittikrai
Martial-arts superstar Tony Jaa is back in an epic prequel to the 2003 action smash Ong Bak. Cast: Tony Jaa, Sorapong Chatree, Sarunyu Wongkrachang, Nirut Sirichanya, Santisuk Promsiri, Primorata Dejudom (International Film Festival Premiere)
Black (France)
Director: Pierre Laffargue. Writer: Pierre Laffargue, Lucio Mad and Gábor Rassov
A nouveau-blacksploitation adventure awash in black magic, African Mysticism, mutant arms dealers, gargantuan machete-wielding mercenary armies and a truckload of knuckle-sandwiches. Cast: Mc Jean Gab'1, Carole Karemera, François Levantal, Anton Yakovlev (World Premiere)
The Haunting in Connecticut (U.S.)
Director: Peter Cornwell. Writer: Adam Simon and Tim Metcalfe
In the tradition...
Ong Bak 2 (Thailand)
Director: Tony Jaa. Writer: Panna Rittikrai
Martial-arts superstar Tony Jaa is back in an epic prequel to the 2003 action smash Ong Bak. Cast: Tony Jaa, Sorapong Chatree, Sarunyu Wongkrachang, Nirut Sirichanya, Santisuk Promsiri, Primorata Dejudom (International Film Festival Premiere)
Black (France)
Director: Pierre Laffargue. Writer: Pierre Laffargue, Lucio Mad and Gábor Rassov
A nouveau-blacksploitation adventure awash in black magic, African Mysticism, mutant arms dealers, gargantuan machete-wielding mercenary armies and a truckload of knuckle-sandwiches. Cast: Mc Jean Gab'1, Carole Karemera, François Levantal, Anton Yakovlev (World Premiere)
The Haunting in Connecticut (U.S.)
Director: Peter Cornwell. Writer: Adam Simon and Tim Metcalfe
In the tradition...
- 2/18/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Austin, Texas – February 17, 2008 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival announced the official titles for their new program “SXSW Presents Fantastic Fest at Midnight,” kicking off with the International Film Festival Premiere of Ong Bak 2, the most anticipated new action film of the year. Six films from six countries comprise the lineup, featuring four international premieres, one North American premiere and one U.S. Premiere. From horror to action, to comedy and suspense, these six films collectively represent the spectrum of genre films featured in Austin’s annual Fantastic Fest. All films will play at midnight at the SXSW Film Festival at the Alamo South Lamar, in addition to the traditional SXSW Midnighters section, which will take place at the Alamo Ritz. The program will feature:
Ong Bak 2 (Thailand)
Director: Tony Jaa. Writer: Panna Rittikrai
Martial-arts superstar Tony Jaa is back in an epic prequel to the 2003 action smash Ong Bak.
Ong Bak 2 (Thailand)
Director: Tony Jaa. Writer: Panna Rittikrai
Martial-arts superstar Tony Jaa is back in an epic prequel to the 2003 action smash Ong Bak.
- 2/18/2009
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tim League)
- FantasticFest.com
As reported by Variety, Montreal-based distribution company Evokative Films has acquired Canadian rights to Pierre Laffargue’s French action film Black. The film stars French rapper Mc Jean Gab’1, who Twitch readers might recognize from his small role in Pierre Morel’s Banliueue 13 (District 13), and Carole Karemera. Jean Gab’1 plays the titular Senegalese bank-robber (born and raised in France) who plans on going straight after a botched heist. His cousin interrupts his brief retirement with a call from Dakar, where a briefcase full of diamonds presents a new opportunity.
One might ask what differentiates this film from the pack? The trailer, which is currently being re-cut for the Canadian market, gives a hint. The French and Senegalese locales, the witchcraft, the Afro-beat music, the European heavies and the overall vibe invokes the black action films of the 70s but with a modern international vibe. Evokative Films is the first...
One might ask what differentiates this film from the pack? The trailer, which is currently being re-cut for the Canadian market, gives a hint. The French and Senegalese locales, the witchcraft, the Afro-beat music, the European heavies and the overall vibe invokes the black action films of the 70s but with a modern international vibe. Evokative Films is the first...
- 9/4/2008
- by Rodney Perkins
- Screen Anarchy
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