VFX icon and “Mad God” director Phil Tippett is working on a new stop-motion feature titled “Sentinel,” which will be pitched for the first time at this year’s Frontières section of Cannes’ Marché du Film.
Variety has been given exclusive access to the first plot details and set images from “Sentinel,” which shares a visual fidelity with “Mad God.” However, in terms of production, things will be very different this time around.
“Mad God” was a project that Tippett worked on off and on for thirty years. A similar timetable isn’t realistic for “Sentinel,” as the director would be over 100 at the film’s premiere. So, Tippett and producer Colin Geddes (Ultra 8 Pictures) say they’re pursuing a more conventional development and production plan with their new project, including a clearer narrative focus. Tippett has already begun filming bits of the film, and his team will be...
Variety has been given exclusive access to the first plot details and set images from “Sentinel,” which shares a visual fidelity with “Mad God.” However, in terms of production, things will be very different this time around.
“Mad God” was a project that Tippett worked on off and on for thirty years. A similar timetable isn’t realistic for “Sentinel,” as the director would be over 100 at the film’s premiere. So, Tippett and producer Colin Geddes (Ultra 8 Pictures) say they’re pursuing a more conventional development and production plan with their new project, including a clearer narrative focus. Tippett has already begun filming bits of the film, and his team will be...
- 5/9/2024
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
“Sentinel,” by Hollywood legend Phil Tippett, and “Sister Inconnue,” the first solo directorial outing of Rkss’ Anouk Whissell, cold well be two highlights at a 2024 Cannes Frontières Platform that looks set to underscore the robust range of genre as it is embraced by Hollywood, big independents, horror devotees and auteurs alike.
Creator of creatures for “Star Wars” and “Jurassic Park,” Tippett may have terrified more people than anybody alive. If a teaser is anything to go by, “Sentinel,” a project, may well pick up on the style of 2021’s experimental and nightmarish stop motion/animation “Mad God.”
“Sentinel” features a battleground reminiscent of WWI hellish horror, giant bugs echoing “Starship Troopers,” Tippett’s last big job, attack droids and the statuesque figures of Osiris, Horus and Anubis, the last of which saves the hero, the gas-masked Sentinel, from a gruesome battlefield.
Sure to be a huge draw, an expanded version...
Creator of creatures for “Star Wars” and “Jurassic Park,” Tippett may have terrified more people than anybody alive. If a teaser is anything to go by, “Sentinel,” a project, may well pick up on the style of 2021’s experimental and nightmarish stop motion/animation “Mad God.”
“Sentinel” features a battleground reminiscent of WWI hellish horror, giant bugs echoing “Starship Troopers,” Tippett’s last big job, attack droids and the statuesque figures of Osiris, Horus and Anubis, the last of which saves the hero, the gas-masked Sentinel, from a gruesome battlefield.
Sure to be a huge draw, an expanded version...
- 4/19/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Noah Cowan, former co-director of the Toronto Film Festival and executive director of Sffilm in San Francisco, died Wednesday of cancer in Los Angeles, Deadline has confirmed. He was 55.
Cowan died of glioblastoma multiforme, an aggressive form of brain cancer he was diagnosed with in December 2021.
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Born on July 22, 1967, in Hamilton, Ontario, he joined TIFF in 1984 as a box office staffer after volunteering with the fest in summer 1981. He later ran its print traffic department before becoming one of the programmers of TIFF’s Midnight Madness program in 1989. He was promoted to Program Administrator in 1992, and co-ran Midnight Madness with Colin Geddes...
Cowan died of glioblastoma multiforme, an aggressive form of brain cancer he was diagnosed with in December 2021.
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Born on July 22, 1967, in Hamilton, Ontario, he joined TIFF in 1984 as a box office staffer after volunteering with the fest in summer 1981. He later ran its print traffic department before becoming one of the programmers of TIFF’s Midnight Madness program in 1989. He was promoted to Program Administrator in 1992, and co-ran Midnight Madness with Colin Geddes...
- 1/26/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Tippett Studio and Ultra 8 Pictures today announced that Phil Tippett’s directing feature debut Mad God has sold to a host of key international territories following a theatrical run in the US.
The film has sold to King Records for Japan, Carlotta Films for France, Plaion Pictures for Germany and Italy, and Njuta Films & Night Visions Distribution for Scandinavia. All international sales were brokered by Colin Geddes of Ultra 8 Pictures on behalf of the filmmakers.
Tippett’s Mad God premiered last year at the Locarno Film Festival and has played at more than 20 festivals, including the Edinburgh Film Festival and Fantasia Film Festival. The film was released theatrically and streaming via Shudder. The film’s limited theatrical release grew to include 130 bookings across North America, and producers say it became one of this year’s most-watched premieres on Shudder.
In Mad God, a corroded diving bell descends amidst a ruined city,...
The film has sold to King Records for Japan, Carlotta Films for France, Plaion Pictures for Germany and Italy, and Njuta Films & Night Visions Distribution for Scandinavia. All international sales were brokered by Colin Geddes of Ultra 8 Pictures on behalf of the filmmakers.
Tippett’s Mad God premiered last year at the Locarno Film Festival and has played at more than 20 festivals, including the Edinburgh Film Festival and Fantasia Film Festival. The film was released theatrically and streaming via Shudder. The film’s limited theatrical release grew to include 130 bookings across North America, and producers say it became one of this year’s most-watched premieres on Shudder.
In Mad God, a corroded diving bell descends amidst a ruined city,...
- 9/14/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: On the heels of Oscar winner Phil Tippett’s directorial debut Mad God, the film’s producers Tippett Studio and Ultra 8 Pictures are teaming up on Tippett Productions, a new Canadian-based venture.
Tippett Canada President Gary Mundell (who also serves as California-based Tippett Studio’s COO) is spearheading the new production label with Toronto-based Colin Geddes of Ultra 8 Pictures.
Tippett is the two-time Oscar-winning VFX veteran known for his pioneering work on franchises including Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Twilight and RoboCop. Geddes is a producer, Shudder curator and longtime former TIFF Midnight Madness programmer, who served as exec producer on Mad God.
The team is launching Tippett Productions to make film and TV projects from a roster of animation and VFX artists, including several IPs from Tippett himself.
Development at the new shingle, Tippett Productions, will be led by Geddes and his partner, writer-producer Katarina Gligorijevic, who will...
Tippett Canada President Gary Mundell (who also serves as California-based Tippett Studio’s COO) is spearheading the new production label with Toronto-based Colin Geddes of Ultra 8 Pictures.
Tippett is the two-time Oscar-winning VFX veteran known for his pioneering work on franchises including Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Twilight and RoboCop. Geddes is a producer, Shudder curator and longtime former TIFF Midnight Madness programmer, who served as exec producer on Mad God.
The team is launching Tippett Productions to make film and TV projects from a roster of animation and VFX artists, including several IPs from Tippett himself.
Development at the new shingle, Tippett Productions, will be led by Geddes and his partner, writer-producer Katarina Gligorijevic, who will...
- 9/8/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Phil Tippett’s “Mad God” has become the most watched 2022 film premiere on Shudder, the speciality horror streaming platform has announced.
The film, a stop-motion animated epic that Tippett spent 30 years working on, premiered on Shudder on June 16, after its release by IFC Midnight in New York on June 10. The Shudder premiere coincided with its expansion to an additional 24 screens across North America. The film will continue to expand next month, including several screenings at Alamo Drafthouse theaters across the United States starting July 3.
“Phil Tippett is a towering figure in the animation and visual FX industry, and ‘Mad God’ is the ultimate, purest expression of his visionary genius,” Shudder general manager Craig Engler said in a statement. “Shudder is honored to be the exclusive home for his cinematic masterpiece, and we’re delighted to see Mad God enthusiastically embraced by our members.”
Tippett, best known for his Oscar-winning special...
The film, a stop-motion animated epic that Tippett spent 30 years working on, premiered on Shudder on June 16, after its release by IFC Midnight in New York on June 10. The Shudder premiere coincided with its expansion to an additional 24 screens across North America. The film will continue to expand next month, including several screenings at Alamo Drafthouse theaters across the United States starting July 3.
“Phil Tippett is a towering figure in the animation and visual FX industry, and ‘Mad God’ is the ultimate, purest expression of his visionary genius,” Shudder general manager Craig Engler said in a statement. “Shudder is honored to be the exclusive home for his cinematic masterpiece, and we’re delighted to see Mad God enthusiastically embraced by our members.”
Tippett, best known for his Oscar-winning special...
- 6/28/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Shudder has locked down rights to the critically acclaimed feature Mad God, directed by two-time Academy Award-winning artist, animator and filmmaker Phil Tippett. The experimental animated project 30 years in the making will hit limited theaters and debut on AMC Network’s premium service for genre fare on June 16.
In Mad God, a corroded diving bell descends amidst a ruined city, with an Assassin emerging from it to explore a labyrinth of bizarre landscapes inhabited by freakish denizens. The inspiration for the film came to Tippett, whose VFX work can be seen in such legendary films as Star Wars, RoboCop and Starship Troopers, during a lull in his schedule following RoboCop 2.
After sketching and designing a few creatures and sets, he and his stage and stop-motion team at Tippett Studio shot the film’s first few scenes, then suspending work on the project to focus on creating the groundbreaking effects for Jurassic Park.
In Mad God, a corroded diving bell descends amidst a ruined city, with an Assassin emerging from it to explore a labyrinth of bizarre landscapes inhabited by freakish denizens. The inspiration for the film came to Tippett, whose VFX work can be seen in such legendary films as Star Wars, RoboCop and Starship Troopers, during a lull in his schedule following RoboCop 2.
After sketching and designing a few creatures and sets, he and his stage and stop-motion team at Tippett Studio shot the film’s first few scenes, then suspending work on the project to focus on creating the groundbreaking effects for Jurassic Park.
- 3/30/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Ex-Toronto International Film Festival Midnight Madness overlord Colin Geddes represented rights.
Toronto-based genre specialist Raven Banner has added The Dead Ones to its Afm sales slate and launches worldwide sales on the siege horror this week.
Jeremy Kasten directed from a screenplay by Zach Chassler about four high school teens in detention are accosted by a macabre gang dressed as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse that locks the building and begins to hunt the youngsters down.
Sarah Rose Harper, Brandon Thane Wilson and Katie Foster are among the cast. The Dead Ones premiered at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival earlier this year.
Toronto-based genre specialist Raven Banner has added The Dead Ones to its Afm sales slate and launches worldwide sales on the siege horror this week.
Jeremy Kasten directed from a screenplay by Zach Chassler about four high school teens in detention are accosted by a macabre gang dressed as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse that locks the building and begins to hunt the youngsters down.
Sarah Rose Harper, Brandon Thane Wilson and Katie Foster are among the cast. The Dead Ones premiered at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival earlier this year.
- 11/6/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.
The Command (Thomas Vinterberg)
In the summer of 2000, the Russian submarine named Kursk took on a naval exercise in the Barents Sea, the first of its kind since the fall of the Soviet Union a decade earlier. The Command (released under the title Kursk elsewhere), written by Robert Rodat and directed by Thomas Vinterberg, tells of the sub’s crew, the crew’s families and the government that failed them. Without fully spoiling this real-life event, things do not go well from those onboard the vessel. – Dan M. (full review)
Where to Stream: Netflix
Dolemite Is My Name (Craig Brewer)
The opening scene of Dolemite Is My Name...
The Command (Thomas Vinterberg)
In the summer of 2000, the Russian submarine named Kursk took on a naval exercise in the Barents Sea, the first of its kind since the fall of the Soviet Union a decade earlier. The Command (released under the title Kursk elsewhere), written by Robert Rodat and directed by Thomas Vinterberg, tells of the sub’s crew, the crew’s families and the government that failed them. Without fully spoiling this real-life event, things do not go well from those onboard the vessel. – Dan M. (full review)
Where to Stream: Netflix
Dolemite Is My Name (Craig Brewer)
The opening scene of Dolemite Is My Name...
- 10/25/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
by Staff
Peter Kuplowsky, the new programmer of Midnight Madness, tells us what to expect from Tiff ‘17’s deadliest lineup.
After 20 years, Midnight Madness has new blood. Peter Kuplowsky, the series’ longtime programming associate under Colin Geddes, has assumed the throne — and with today’s programming announcement, his choices are as eclectic as they are enticing. We quizzed the new guy about what we can expect at 12am every night of Festival, emerging trends in genre cinema, and why Vincent Price embodies the spirit of the programme.
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What can people expect from this year’s Midnight Madness lineup?
Having grown up as an ardent fan of the program, I very much wanted to preserve the sensibility Colin Geddes has cultivated over these past 20 years. As always, the 10 films will run the gamut of genres and sensibilities with a healthy balance of work made by emerging artists and returning alumni.
Peter Kuplowsky, the new programmer of Midnight Madness, tells us what to expect from Tiff ‘17’s deadliest lineup.
After 20 years, Midnight Madness has new blood. Peter Kuplowsky, the series’ longtime programming associate under Colin Geddes, has assumed the throne — and with today’s programming announcement, his choices are as eclectic as they are enticing. We quizzed the new guy about what we can expect at 12am every night of Festival, emerging trends in genre cinema, and why Vincent Price embodies the spirit of the programme.
Browse All Films
What can people expect from this year’s Midnight Madness lineup?
Having grown up as an ardent fan of the program, I very much wanted to preserve the sensibility Colin Geddes has cultivated over these past 20 years. As always, the 10 films will run the gamut of genres and sensibilities with a healthy balance of work made by emerging artists and returning alumni.
- 8/3/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Morgan Spurlock re-engages with the food industry, James Franco digs into the ‘worst film ever made’.
Top brass at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) unveiled on Tuesday selections in the Tiff Docs, Midnight Madness, and Short Cuts programmes.
The Canadian titles that are part of this year’s programme will be announced on August 9. The 42nd Toronto International Film Festival is scheduled to run from September 7-17 and will open with Borg/McEnroe.
Tiff Docs
The world premiere of Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! joins a marquee Tiff Docs roster from renowned filmmakers that opens with Sophie Fiennes’ Grace Jones: Bloodlight And Bami.
Selections include Brett Morgen’s profile of primatologist Jane Goodall in Jane; the story of three Hasidic Jews who attempt to join the secular world in One Of Us by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady; Violeta Ayala’s Bolivian drug trade film Cocaine Prison; and Emmanuel Gras’ closing film Makala...
Top brass at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) unveiled on Tuesday selections in the Tiff Docs, Midnight Madness, and Short Cuts programmes.
The Canadian titles that are part of this year’s programme will be announced on August 9. The 42nd Toronto International Film Festival is scheduled to run from September 7-17 and will open with Borg/McEnroe.
Tiff Docs
The world premiere of Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! joins a marquee Tiff Docs roster from renowned filmmakers that opens with Sophie Fiennes’ Grace Jones: Bloodlight And Bami.
Selections include Brett Morgen’s profile of primatologist Jane Goodall in Jane; the story of three Hasidic Jews who attempt to join the secular world in One Of Us by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady; Violeta Ayala’s Bolivian drug trade film Cocaine Prison; and Emmanuel Gras’ closing film Makala...
- 8/1/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Best in Show (Christopher Guest)
Christopher Guest has had an exceptionally strong ’00s with A Mighty Wind and For Your Consideration, and it remains to be seen how his upcoming Mascots will be received, but his arguable peak is still the gloriously funny mockumentary Best in Show. Guest’s other films have lovingly skewered egotistical oddballs and the insanity of subjective or objective criticism, so Best in Show is...
Best in Show (Christopher Guest)
Christopher Guest has had an exceptionally strong ’00s with A Mighty Wind and For Your Consideration, and it remains to be seen how his upcoming Mascots will be received, but his arguable peak is still the gloriously funny mockumentary Best in Show. Guest’s other films have lovingly skewered egotistical oddballs and the insanity of subjective or objective criticism, so Best in Show is...
- 7/7/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Later tonight at the 2017 Los Angeles Film Festival, co-writer/director Norbert Keil will be able to celebrate the long journey to completion for his latest project, Replace, as the genre-bending horror film is set for its world premiere as part of the fest’s Nightfall programming.
Yesterday, Daily Dead sat down with Keil, as well as with Replace co-stars Rebecca Forsythe and genre legend Barbara Crampton, to discuss their wholly unique collaboration that left this writer continually guessing until the very end. During the interview, Keil chatted about how his own fears inspired the film and both actresses offered up their thoughts on being a part of this very female-driven cinematic story. The trio also chatted about how Replace affected them, both personally and professionally, and much more.
To get details on Replace and all of the great horror and sci-fi films being featured at Laff 2017, click Here.
Really fantastic work on the film,...
Yesterday, Daily Dead sat down with Keil, as well as with Replace co-stars Rebecca Forsythe and genre legend Barbara Crampton, to discuss their wholly unique collaboration that left this writer continually guessing until the very end. During the interview, Keil chatted about how his own fears inspired the film and both actresses offered up their thoughts on being a part of this very female-driven cinematic story. The trio also chatted about how Replace affected them, both personally and professionally, and much more.
To get details on Replace and all of the great horror and sci-fi films being featured at Laff 2017, click Here.
Really fantastic work on the film,...
- 6/16/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Following its world premiere at Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival – where it received a Melies D’Argent nomination for Best European Fantasy Film – German director Norbert Keil’s neo-noir body-horror Replace will receive its North American premiere in the Nightfall section of La Film Festival.
Co-written by genre icon Richard Stanley (Hardware, Dust Devils) and starring Rebecca Forsythe (daughter of William Forsythe) and Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator), Replace is a Bathoryesque tale of a beautiful young woman afflicted with a disease that rapidly ages her skin. After seeking the advice of a dermatologist she discovers she can replace her skin with that of other girls and aided by her lover, she abducts and kills a potential donor. But when the disease returns, she is forced to find more victims and soon becomes the target of a police investigation.
Filmed on location in Toronto and executive produced by Colin Geddes (former director...
Co-written by genre icon Richard Stanley (Hardware, Dust Devils) and starring Rebecca Forsythe (daughter of William Forsythe) and Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator), Replace is a Bathoryesque tale of a beautiful young woman afflicted with a disease that rapidly ages her skin. After seeking the advice of a dermatologist she discovers she can replace her skin with that of other girls and aided by her lover, she abducts and kills a potential donor. But when the disease returns, she is forced to find more victims and soon becomes the target of a police investigation.
Filmed on location in Toronto and executive produced by Colin Geddes (former director...
- 5/11/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Tala Hadid, Wong Chun also win prizes at Hong Kong International Film Festival.
Georgian filmmakers Nana and Simon’s My Happy Family won the Firebird Award in the Young Cinema Competition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hkiff) on Sunday night, while Amit V. Masurkar’s Newton took the Jury Prize.
My Happy Family follows a middle-aged woman who decides to move out of the family home, while Newton, which premiered in Berlin, revolves around an election polling booth in Naxalite territory in the Indian jungle. Nana and Simon previously won Hkiff’s Firebird Award for In Bloom in 2013.
The Young Cinema Competition jury was headed by Polish director Agnieszka Holland and also included former Toronto International Film Festival programmer Colin Geddes, Le Monde’s Thomas Sotinel and Hong Kong actor Anthony Wong.
In the Documentary Competition, Tala Hadid’s Morocco-set House In The Fields won the Firebird Award, while Ma Li’s...
Georgian filmmakers Nana and Simon’s My Happy Family won the Firebird Award in the Young Cinema Competition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hkiff) on Sunday night, while Amit V. Masurkar’s Newton took the Jury Prize.
My Happy Family follows a middle-aged woman who decides to move out of the family home, while Newton, which premiered in Berlin, revolves around an election polling booth in Naxalite territory in the Indian jungle. Nana and Simon previously won Hkiff’s Firebird Award for In Bloom in 2013.
The Young Cinema Competition jury was headed by Polish director Agnieszka Holland and also included former Toronto International Film Festival programmer Colin Geddes, Le Monde’s Thomas Sotinel and Hong Kong actor Anthony Wong.
In the Documentary Competition, Tala Hadid’s Morocco-set House In The Fields won the Firebird Award, while Ma Li’s...
- 4/24/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Event will programme a section of Hong Kong films from the last 20 years, including Infernal Affairs, Election and Shaolin Soccer.
This year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hkiff) will mark the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from Britain to China with a special focus on major Hong Kong movies of the past 20 years.
The section, ‘Paradigm Shift: Post-97 Hong Kong Cinema’, kicks off with films such as Fruit Chan’s Made In Hong Kong and Ringo Lam’s Full Alert from the period immediately after the handover, when local cinema was under pressure with box office declining and the mainland market starting to grow.
It then moves on to landmark titles such as Stephen Chow’s Shaolin Soccer (2001), Andrew Lau and Alan Mak’s Infernal Affairs [pictured] (2002) and Johnnie To’s Election (2005), which all defined Hong Kong cinema in their own way.
The series of 20 titles ends with Pang Ho-cheung’s Love In A Puff...
This year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hkiff) will mark the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from Britain to China with a special focus on major Hong Kong movies of the past 20 years.
The section, ‘Paradigm Shift: Post-97 Hong Kong Cinema’, kicks off with films such as Fruit Chan’s Made In Hong Kong and Ringo Lam’s Full Alert from the period immediately after the handover, when local cinema was under pressure with box office declining and the mainland market starting to grow.
It then moves on to landmark titles such as Stephen Chow’s Shaolin Soccer (2001), Andrew Lau and Alan Mak’s Infernal Affairs [pictured] (2002) and Johnnie To’s Election (2005), which all defined Hong Kong cinema in their own way.
The series of 20 titles ends with Pang Ho-cheung’s Love In A Puff...
- 3/14/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Event will programme a section of Hong Kong films from the last 20 years, including Infernal Affairs, Election and Shaolin Soccer.
This year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hkiff) will mark the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from Britain to China with a special focus on major Hong Kong movies of the past 20 years.
The section, ‘Paradigm Shift: Post-97 Hong Kong Cinema’, kicks off with films such as Fruit Chan’s Made In Hong Kong and Ringo Lam’s Full Alert from the period immediately after the handover, when local cinema was under pressure with box office declining and the mainland market starting to grow.
It then moves on to landmark titles such as Stephen Chow’s Shaolin Soccer (2001), Andrew Lau and Alan Mak’s Infernal Affairs [pictured] (2002) and Johnnie To’s Election (2005), which all defined Hong Kong cinema in their own way.
The series of 20 titles ends with Pang Ho-cheung’s Love In A Puff...
This year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hkiff) will mark the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from Britain to China with a special focus on major Hong Kong movies of the past 20 years.
The section, ‘Paradigm Shift: Post-97 Hong Kong Cinema’, kicks off with films such as Fruit Chan’s Made In Hong Kong and Ringo Lam’s Full Alert from the period immediately after the handover, when local cinema was under pressure with box office declining and the mainland market starting to grow.
It then moves on to landmark titles such as Stephen Chow’s Shaolin Soccer (2001), Andrew Lau and Alan Mak’s Infernal Affairs [pictured] (2002) and Johnnie To’s Election (2005), which all defined Hong Kong cinema in their own way.
The series of 20 titles ends with Pang Ho-cheung’s Love In A Puff...
- 3/14/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
It premiered last fall during Toronto International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness section, but this spring, Ben Wheatley‘s shoot-em-up Free Fire will finally unload into theaters. In between its U.S. release in mid-April, the Martin Scorsese-produced actioner hit the U.K. in March and Japan in late April, and now a pair of new trailers have arrived for both. While each are brief, the one from Japan makes it appear as wild as the latest Sion Sono feature, so consider us sold. If one wants more of a taste, a variety of posters — including the snap of a new Mondo print from Rook Films — have all debuted ahead of the film’s U.S. premiere at SXSW today.
We said in our review, “Tiff’s Colin Geddes was correct when introducing Ben Wheatley’s bottle episode of a film Free Fire with the words: “This will wake you up.
We said in our review, “Tiff’s Colin Geddes was correct when introducing Ben Wheatley’s bottle episode of a film Free Fire with the words: “This will wake you up.
- 3/13/2017
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
The Toronto International Film Festival organizers have today announced their 2017 lineup of programs and programmers, a new take on their lineup that speaks to their “renewed commitment to bold, discerning curation” and a “more tightly curated edition” of the festival.
The 2017 edition of the festival will feature 14 diverse programmes and a programming team of 22, complete with two new additions. This year, the festival will be retiring their Vanguard and City to City sections, which will reduce the overall number of films in the 2017 lineup by 20 percent. For 2017, the Tiff programs will include: Contemporary World Cinema, Discovery, Gala Presentations, Masters, Midnight Madness, Platform, Short Cuts, Special Presentations, Tiff Cinematheque, Tiff Docs, Tiff Kids, Tiff Next Wave and Wavelengths.
Read More: Tiff Programmer Colin Geddes Departing After 20 Years
The festival will continue with its lauded and fun In Conversation With… series and its Primetime lineup (focused on TV offerings), along with its...
The 2017 edition of the festival will feature 14 diverse programmes and a programming team of 22, complete with two new additions. This year, the festival will be retiring their Vanguard and City to City sections, which will reduce the overall number of films in the 2017 lineup by 20 percent. For 2017, the Tiff programs will include: Contemporary World Cinema, Discovery, Gala Presentations, Masters, Midnight Madness, Platform, Short Cuts, Special Presentations, Tiff Cinematheque, Tiff Docs, Tiff Kids, Tiff Next Wave and Wavelengths.
Read More: Tiff Programmer Colin Geddes Departing After 20 Years
The festival will continue with its lauded and fun In Conversation With… series and its Primetime lineup (focused on TV offerings), along with its...
- 2/23/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
City To City, Vanguard axed from 2017 edition.
With seven months to go before this year’s event, the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) hierarchy has unveiled a slimmed-down event while preserving its status as an awards season platform.
Both the City To City and Vanguard strands are being retired, while several programmers will not return including, as recently announced, the popular Midnight Madness master of ceremonies Colin Geddes.
Total festival selections will drop by 20% amid a tacit acknowledgement by the leadership that historical levels had a tendency to overwhelm visitors, especially industry and working press. Based on last year’s level of 296 features, a 20% cut would mean a total selection of about 237.
This year’s festival will comprise 14 programmes and a programming team of 21 that contains two new recruits: Kiva Reardon, a programmer at the Miami Film Festival who previously worked at the Doha Film Institute in Qatar, will programme Africa and the Middle East; while curator...
With seven months to go before this year’s event, the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) hierarchy has unveiled a slimmed-down event while preserving its status as an awards season platform.
Both the City To City and Vanguard strands are being retired, while several programmers will not return including, as recently announced, the popular Midnight Madness master of ceremonies Colin Geddes.
Total festival selections will drop by 20% amid a tacit acknowledgement by the leadership that historical levels had a tendency to overwhelm visitors, especially industry and working press. Based on last year’s level of 296 features, a 20% cut would mean a total selection of about 237.
This year’s festival will comprise 14 programmes and a programming team of 21 that contains two new recruits: Kiva Reardon, a programmer at the Miami Film Festival who previously worked at the Doha Film Institute in Qatar, will programme Africa and the Middle East; while curator...
- 2/23/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
City To City, Vanguard axed from 2017 edition.
With seven months to go before this year’s event, the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) hierarchy has unveiled a slimmed-down event while preserving its status as an awards season platform.
Both the City To City and Vanguard strands are being retired, while several programmers will not return including, as recently announced, the popular Midnight Madness master of ceremonies Colin Geddes.
Total festival selections will drop by 20% amid a tacit acknowledgement by the leadership that historical levels had a tendency to overwhelm visitors, especially working press. Based on last year’s level of 397 films, a 20% cut would mean a total selection of about 318.
This year’s festival will comprise 14 programmes and a programming team of 21 that contains two new recruits: Kiva Reardon, a programmer at the Miami Film Festival who previously worked at the Doha Film Institute in Qatar, will programme Africa and the Middle East; while curator, producer and writer...
With seven months to go before this year’s event, the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) hierarchy has unveiled a slimmed-down event while preserving its status as an awards season platform.
Both the City To City and Vanguard strands are being retired, while several programmers will not return including, as recently announced, the popular Midnight Madness master of ceremonies Colin Geddes.
Total festival selections will drop by 20% amid a tacit acknowledgement by the leadership that historical levels had a tendency to overwhelm visitors, especially working press. Based on last year’s level of 397 films, a 20% cut would mean a total selection of about 318.
This year’s festival will comprise 14 programmes and a programming team of 21 that contains two new recruits: Kiva Reardon, a programmer at the Miami Film Festival who previously worked at the Doha Film Institute in Qatar, will programme Africa and the Middle East; while curator, producer and writer...
- 2/23/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Word has come from the Toronto International Film Festival that veteran programmer Colin Geddes is hanging up those programming gloves and moving on after serving the festival for twenty years. Geddes, a friend to the ScreenAnarchy family since our humble beginnings almost 14 years ago, was the programmer of the ever popular Midnight Madness and Vanguard programs at the festival. From the straight out bizarre and awesome titles of the Midnight Madness program to the largely conceptual genre titles in Vanguard, if you wanted a taste of weird during your time at Tiff you wanted tickets for those two programs. Colin will continue to curate titles for the horror streaming service Shudder. He and his wife Katrina are also Artistic Directors for one...
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- 2/7/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Colin Geddes, an international programmer at the Toronto International Film Festival, is stepping down after two decades at Tiff. Geddes was responsible for programming the festival’s Midnight Madness and Vanguard sections. Geddes’ programming associate Peter Kuplowsky will take over the role of Tiff programmer for Midnight Madness.
Read More: Why Tiff’s Midnight Madness Program Attracts Cinephiles From Around the World Every Year
Geddes will continue his work as curator for the horror streaming service Shudder, and serve as co-artistic director of the historic Royal Cinema in Toronto with his wife Katarina Gligorijević. He will also continue working as an executive producer and consulting producer. Some of his recent producing credits include the horror-thriller “Replace,” which will screen for buyers at the Berlin Film Festival’s European Film Market, the 2014 documentary “Why Horror?” and the comedy-drama “He Never Died” starring Henry Rollins.
Geddes joined Tiff in 1997 after being hired...
Read More: Why Tiff’s Midnight Madness Program Attracts Cinephiles From Around the World Every Year
Geddes will continue his work as curator for the horror streaming service Shudder, and serve as co-artistic director of the historic Royal Cinema in Toronto with his wife Katarina Gligorijević. He will also continue working as an executive producer and consulting producer. Some of his recent producing credits include the horror-thriller “Replace,” which will screen for buyers at the Berlin Film Festival’s European Film Market, the 2014 documentary “Why Horror?” and the comedy-drama “He Never Died” starring Henry Rollins.
Geddes joined Tiff in 1997 after being hired...
- 2/7/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Colin Geddes, whose gore- and zombie-filled Midnight Madness sidebar launched the career of horror superstar Eli Roth, is leaving the Toronto Film Festival after 20 years.
“When I started at Tiff in 1997, I had no idea it would be a journey that would last two decades,” Geddes said Tuesday in a statement. During his years programming Toronto's witching-hour sidebar, Geddes, in his customary red pants, helped introduce North American audiences to genre-bending directors like Miike Takashi, Tony Jaa, Saw co-creator James Wan, Gareth Evans and Ben Wheatley.
Midnight Madness also helped distributors find the next Saturday night hit at...
“When I started at Tiff in 1997, I had no idea it would be a journey that would last two decades,” Geddes said Tuesday in a statement. During his years programming Toronto's witching-hour sidebar, Geddes, in his customary red pants, helped introduce North American audiences to genre-bending directors like Miike Takashi, Tony Jaa, Saw co-creator James Wan, Gareth Evans and Ben Wheatley.
Midnight Madness also helped distributors find the next Saturday night hit at...
- 2/7/2017
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Crampton co-stars in debut co-written by Richard Stanley.
Genre specialist Jinga Films has boarded Norbert Keil’s completed debut sci-fi-horror Replace for international sales.
Produced by Felix Von Poser of Sparkling Pictures and executive produced by Colin Geddes of Ultra 8 Pictures, Replace stars Rebecca Forsythe (The Bronx Bull) as a young woman afflicted by an unusual skin disease.
When she starts to age rapidly, she discovers that she can replace her own skin with the flesh of others to maintain her beauty.
The film’s team includes genre stalwarts Richard Stanley (Hardware) as a co-writer and actress Barbara Crampton (Re-animator) among the cast as a futuristic dermatologist.
“Replace is a classic body horror set in the not too distant future” said Jinga’s Julian Richards. “It’s a sexy, stylish and provocative riff on themes previously explored by David and Brandon Cronenberg in Rabid and Anitviral”.
Replace will have its market premiere screening in Cannes with a...
Genre specialist Jinga Films has boarded Norbert Keil’s completed debut sci-fi-horror Replace for international sales.
Produced by Felix Von Poser of Sparkling Pictures and executive produced by Colin Geddes of Ultra 8 Pictures, Replace stars Rebecca Forsythe (The Bronx Bull) as a young woman afflicted by an unusual skin disease.
When she starts to age rapidly, she discovers that she can replace her own skin with the flesh of others to maintain her beauty.
The film’s team includes genre stalwarts Richard Stanley (Hardware) as a co-writer and actress Barbara Crampton (Re-animator) among the cast as a futuristic dermatologist.
“Replace is a classic body horror set in the not too distant future” said Jinga’s Julian Richards. “It’s a sexy, stylish and provocative riff on themes previously explored by David and Brandon Cronenberg in Rabid and Anitviral”.
Replace will have its market premiere screening in Cannes with a...
- 1/17/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Crampton co-stars in debut co-written by Richard Stanley; Jinga reveals Efm slate.
Genre specialist Jinga Films has boarded Norbert Keil’s completed debut sci-fi-horror Replace for international sales.
Produced by Felix Von Poser of Sparkling Pictures and executive produced by Colin Geddes of Ultra 8 Pictures, Replace stars Rebecca Forsythe (The Bronx Bull) as a young woman afflicted by an unusual skin disease.
When she starts to age rapidly, she discovers that she can replace her own skin with the flesh of others to maintain her beauty.
The film’s team includes genre stalwarts Richard Stanley (Hardware) as a co-writer and actress Barbara Crampton (Re-animator) among the cast as a futuristic dermatologist.
“Replace is a classic body horror set in the not too distant future” said Jinga’s Julian Richards. “It’s a sexy, stylish and provocative riff on themes previously explored by David and Brandon Cronenberg in Rabid and Anitviral”.
Replace will have its market premiere...
Genre specialist Jinga Films has boarded Norbert Keil’s completed debut sci-fi-horror Replace for international sales.
Produced by Felix Von Poser of Sparkling Pictures and executive produced by Colin Geddes of Ultra 8 Pictures, Replace stars Rebecca Forsythe (The Bronx Bull) as a young woman afflicted by an unusual skin disease.
When she starts to age rapidly, she discovers that she can replace her own skin with the flesh of others to maintain her beauty.
The film’s team includes genre stalwarts Richard Stanley (Hardware) as a co-writer and actress Barbara Crampton (Re-animator) among the cast as a futuristic dermatologist.
“Replace is a classic body horror set in the not too distant future” said Jinga’s Julian Richards. “It’s a sexy, stylish and provocative riff on themes previously explored by David and Brandon Cronenberg in Rabid and Anitviral”.
Replace will have its market premiere...
- 1/17/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
All caught up with our top 50 films of 2016? It’s now time to look to the new year, and, ahead of our 100 most-anticipated films, we’re highlighting 50 titles we’ve enjoyed on the festival circuit this last year (and beyond) that will likely see a release in 2016. While the first batch have confirmed dates all the way through the summer, we’ve also included a handful that are awaiting a date and some we’re hopeful will get a release by year’s end pending acquisition. U.S. distributors: take note!
Staying Vertical (Alain Guiraudie; Jan. 20)
Those only familiar with Alain Guiraudie’s sublime Stranger By the Lake, which finally brought the gifted French director to a (relatively) wider audience following a laureled Un Certain Regard premiere in 2013, will likely find themselves confounded by its follow-up, Staying Vertical. With his first entry in Cannes’ main competition, Guiraudie returns to the...
Staying Vertical (Alain Guiraudie; Jan. 20)
Those only familiar with Alain Guiraudie’s sublime Stranger By the Lake, which finally brought the gifted French director to a (relatively) wider audience following a laureled Un Certain Regard premiere in 2013, will likely find themselves confounded by its follow-up, Staying Vertical. With his first entry in Cannes’ main competition, Guiraudie returns to the...
- 1/4/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Although you may not have stayed there before, the Timberline Lodge is familiar to many horror fans for being used for exterior shots of the Overlook Hotel in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. It's fitting, then, that the new four-day horror genre celebration, The Overlook Film Festival, will take place at the iconic Oregon lodge in April of 2017:
Press Release: (For Immediate Release, Los Angeles, October 31, 2016) – The Overlook Film Festival, a four-day celebration at horror’s most iconic hotel The Timberline Lodge – the hotel used as the exterior setting of the infamous Overlook Hotel in Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece The Shining - will kickoff for the first time from April 27 through April 30, 2017. The festivity is expected to showcase experiential events, exciting work in new and classic horror cinema, and interactive activities where attendees can be fully immersed in the diverse world of the genre space. Located just one hour east of Portland,...
Press Release: (For Immediate Release, Los Angeles, October 31, 2016) – The Overlook Film Festival, a four-day celebration at horror’s most iconic hotel The Timberline Lodge – the hotel used as the exterior setting of the infamous Overlook Hotel in Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece The Shining - will kickoff for the first time from April 27 through April 30, 2017. The festivity is expected to showcase experiential events, exciting work in new and classic horror cinema, and interactive activities where attendees can be fully immersed in the diverse world of the genre space. Located just one hour east of Portland,...
- 10/31/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Colin Geddes – programmer for past 20 years of the Toronto Midnight Madness and horror fanzine editor – and Sam Zimmerman – former Fangoria website editor – are the co-founders of Shudder. They talk to Nerdly writer and Britflicks podcast host Stuart Wright about this new horror film only streaming service.
To sign up or learn more about Shudder, visit www.shudder.com.
Shudder is a premium streaming video service, serving both the casual and hardcore fans of horror and suspenseful entertainment. Offering new premieres and exclusives every month, and with a wide library ranging from hard-to-find international and independent films to thrilling TV series to cult grindhouse classics to Hollywood blockbusters, Shudder has something for everyone.
Backed by AMC Networks, Shudder’s growing library of expertly curated Horror, Mystery, Suspense, Supernatural and Dark Thrillers is available ad-free and for unlimited viewing on Shudder’s website, mobile apps for iOS and Android, Chromecast, Apple TV,...
To sign up or learn more about Shudder, visit www.shudder.com.
Shudder is a premium streaming video service, serving both the casual and hardcore fans of horror and suspenseful entertainment. Offering new premieres and exclusives every month, and with a wide library ranging from hard-to-find international and independent films to thrilling TV series to cult grindhouse classics to Hollywood blockbusters, Shudder has something for everyone.
Backed by AMC Networks, Shudder’s growing library of expertly curated Horror, Mystery, Suspense, Supernatural and Dark Thrillers is available ad-free and for unlimited viewing on Shudder’s website, mobile apps for iOS and Android, Chromecast, Apple TV,...
- 10/25/2016
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Upcoming exclusive titles include Lff title Dearest Sister and French series Beyond The Walls.
Horror streaming service Shudder, backed by AMC Networks, has launched in the UK and Ireland.
Curated by Tiff Midnight Madness programmer Colin Geddes and former Fangoria editor Sam Zimmerman, Shudder will host regular guest-curated seasons and offers new premieres and exclusive titles every month.
The launch selection includes more than 200 titles, 80% of which are not currently available on any other major streaming service.
Exclusive titles launching soon include Mattie Do’s Dearest Sister, which recently screened at the BFI London Film Festival, and French mini-series Beyond The Walls, which screened at this year’s Horror Channel FrightFest.
Sadako Vs Kayako, Rob Zombie’s 31, supernatural drama We Go On, Nathan Ambrosioni’s Therapy and Alex De La Iglesia’s Witching And Bitching are among the other exclusive titles set to come to Shudder in the UK and Ireland.
Clive Barker’s [link...
Horror streaming service Shudder, backed by AMC Networks, has launched in the UK and Ireland.
Curated by Tiff Midnight Madness programmer Colin Geddes and former Fangoria editor Sam Zimmerman, Shudder will host regular guest-curated seasons and offers new premieres and exclusive titles every month.
The launch selection includes more than 200 titles, 80% of which are not currently available on any other major streaming service.
Exclusive titles launching soon include Mattie Do’s Dearest Sister, which recently screened at the BFI London Film Festival, and French mini-series Beyond The Walls, which screened at this year’s Horror Channel FrightFest.
Sadako Vs Kayako, Rob Zombie’s 31, supernatural drama We Go On, Nathan Ambrosioni’s Therapy and Alex De La Iglesia’s Witching And Bitching are among the other exclusive titles set to come to Shudder in the UK and Ireland.
Clive Barker’s [link...
- 10/20/2016
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Sarah Dobbs Oct 20, 2016
Shudder is streaming service dedicated to horror - and we've been chatting to the people who pick the movies...
Exhausted Netflix’s horror section and need something creepy to watch this Halloween? Try Shudder. The all-horror streaming service launched last year in the Us and is now coming to the UK. Its hook is that it offers an ever-growing library of horror movies, shorts, and TV shows, all handpicked by people who know horror. Two of Shudder’s curators, Colin Geddes and Sam Zimmerman, chatted to us about what to expect…
See related Den Of Geek’s top books of 2015 Doctor Who series 10: Jamie Mathieson set to return Doctor Who Christmas special: title revealed, superhero confirmed Class: another episode synopsis arrives
How did you come to be involved with Shudder?
Colin Geddes: They reached out to me a couple of years ago, because they were...
Shudder is streaming service dedicated to horror - and we've been chatting to the people who pick the movies...
Exhausted Netflix’s horror section and need something creepy to watch this Halloween? Try Shudder. The all-horror streaming service launched last year in the Us and is now coming to the UK. Its hook is that it offers an ever-growing library of horror movies, shorts, and TV shows, all handpicked by people who know horror. Two of Shudder’s curators, Colin Geddes and Sam Zimmerman, chatted to us about what to expect…
See related Den Of Geek’s top books of 2015 Doctor Who series 10: Jamie Mathieson set to return Doctor Who Christmas special: title revealed, superhero confirmed Class: another episode synopsis arrives
How did you come to be involved with Shudder?
Colin Geddes: They reached out to me a couple of years ago, because they were...
- 10/17/2016
- Den of Geek
This year’s Toronto International Film Festival was more than just a bunch of screenings. For anyone on the ground at the major Canadian gathering, Tiff is a full-on immersion into the film world filled with memorable encounters. Here are a few from our staff who attended this time.
Read More: The 2016 IndieWire Tiff Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival
Dinner With Isabelle
The great thing about a fest like Tiff is that, with so much going on around the city, you never really know what’s going to happen next. Case in point: I found myself stepping out of a screening of “Barry” and into a rain-soaked dinner with Isabelle Huppert (star of three different movies in this year’s lineup). Journalists are herded into these fancy studio dinners on a nightly basis at the major festivals, but the events often feel so forced...
Read More: The 2016 IndieWire Tiff Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival
Dinner With Isabelle
The great thing about a fest like Tiff is that, with so much going on around the city, you never really know what’s going to happen next. Case in point: I found myself stepping out of a screening of “Barry” and into a rain-soaked dinner with Isabelle Huppert (star of three different movies in this year’s lineup). Journalists are herded into these fancy studio dinners on a nightly basis at the major festivals, but the events often feel so forced...
- 9/19/2016
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
When a few hundred films stop by the 41st Toronto International Film Festival, it’s certainly impossible to cover everything, but we were able to catch over 120 features — and, with that, it’s time to conclude our experience, following the festival’s own award winners. We’ve rounded up our top 20 films seen during the festival, followed by a list of the complete coverage.
Stay tuned over the next months (or years) as we bring updates on films as they make their way to screens. Note that we didn’t include films screened at other festivals in our “best of” round-up, but you can see Venice, Cannes, Berlin, and Sundance wrap-ups at those links, which feature some of the most-praised films of the festival, including La La Land, Arrival, Manchester by the Sea, Certain Women, Elle, Things to Come, Nocturnal Animals, and many more.
One can also click here for...
Stay tuned over the next months (or years) as we bring updates on films as they make their way to screens. Note that we didn’t include films screened at other festivals in our “best of” round-up, but you can see Venice, Cannes, Berlin, and Sundance wrap-ups at those links, which feature some of the most-praised films of the festival, including La La Land, Arrival, Manchester by the Sea, Certain Women, Elle, Things to Come, Nocturnal Animals, and many more.
One can also click here for...
- 9/19/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Plot: Three criminals (Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe and Christopher Matthew Cook) are hired to kidnap a gangster.s baby. Review: In his introduction to Dog Eat Dog, Tiff Midnight Madness programmer Colin Geddes admitted that it was not a natural pick for the programme. Coming from a respected veteran filmmaker like Paul Schrader, Dog Eat Dog, which earlier played Cannes, might seem like a more natural fit for one of... Read More...
- 9/19/2016
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Tiff’s Colin Geddes was correct when introducing Ben Wheatley’s bottle episode of a film Free Fire with the words: “This will wake you up.” The gunfire alone risks perforating your eardrums as John Denver blares from a 1978-era van’s eight-track, but I think it’s the surprising wealth of comedy that ultimately gets the blood pumping and synapses triggering. Wheatley and wife/writer Amy Jump’s latest isn’t for everyone — fair warning to Hardcore Henry detractors, Sharlto Copley refuses to quit his shtick — but those willing to break free from a desire for plot complexity will undoubtedly be entertained. This is low-brow Reservoir Dogs, extreme genre action meant to energize you with an insane cast of characters hell-bent on killing each other on principle. Although that briefcase of money is appealing too.
It’s all centered on a deal made by American middlemen Justine (Brie Larson...
It’s all centered on a deal made by American middlemen Justine (Brie Larson...
- 9/10/2016
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Great news, horror fans. Scary streaming service Shudder will expand to Canada this fall! Canucks who visit Shudder.com are treated to a message asking for their email address to sign up for invite-only access. Shudder made waves when it launched in 2015, positioning itself as a service that relied less on algorithms and more on expert curation by actual horror experts. The experts behind that curation are Tiff programmer Colin Geddes, and once Fangoria managing editor Sam Zimmerman. Shudder's sub-genre categories are also known for being hyper-specific, so you are sure to find something you'll love. Some examples include: In terms of content, it will be interesting to see what titles we're able to get in Canada and how they will differ from Shudder's Us catalogue....
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- 9/8/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Tiff attendees are days away from the forthcoming Midnight Madness premiere of the new Iko Uwais-starring thriller, Headshot, and so the promotional campaign officially ramped up this week with a new teaser first presented at EW, and now officially from Screenplay Infinite Films. Here is how Tiff programmer Colin Geddes presents the new thriller: When an unknown Indonesian film was selected as the opening-night event for Midnight Madness in 2011, the audience didn't know what to expect — but when the lights came up at the end, action cinema had a new hero. The Raid left viewers with a serious case of whiplash thanks to the furious flying fists and lightning-fast feet of star Iko Uwais. Now Uwais returns to Midnight Madness as the hero...
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- 9/7/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Midnight screenings of scary movies have become a staple at film festivals around the world, but the Toronto International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness series is the granddaddy of late night genre programs. Started in 1988, the 10-film series has become one of the most popular attractions at Tiff, frequently selling out its 1,200 seat theater.
Watch: Tiff Premiere ‘Green White Green’ Shows Off Wildness of Youth In Hilarious Insult Battle
Some of the high profile world premieres at this year’s fest include “Blair Witch,” the surprise sequel to 1999’s “The Blair Witch Project,” from director Adam Wingard (“The Guest”) and the opening night film “Free Fire,” a crime-drama starring Brie Larson and directed by Ben Wheatley (“Kill List”). Wingard and Wheatley are both Midnight Madness alumni, but this year’s Midnight slate also includes program newcomers like Greg McLean, whose action-horror film “The Belko Experiment” was written by “Guardians of the Galaxy” director James Gunn,...
Watch: Tiff Premiere ‘Green White Green’ Shows Off Wildness of Youth In Hilarious Insult Battle
Some of the high profile world premieres at this year’s fest include “Blair Witch,” the surprise sequel to 1999’s “The Blair Witch Project,” from director Adam Wingard (“The Guest”) and the opening night film “Free Fire,” a crime-drama starring Brie Larson and directed by Ben Wheatley (“Kill List”). Wingard and Wheatley are both Midnight Madness alumni, but this year’s Midnight slate also includes program newcomers like Greg McLean, whose action-horror film “The Belko Experiment” was written by “Guardians of the Galaxy” director James Gunn,...
- 8/17/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Attendees of September’s Toronto International Film Festival can look forward to revisiting the Burkittsville woods, watching a showdown between the villains of the Ringu and Ju-On franchises, and much more in this year’s Midnight Madness lineup, which includes screenings of Adam Wingard’s new Blair Witch movie (ahead of its September 16th release), Sadako vs. Kayako, and Greg McLean’s The Belko Experiment (written by James Gunn), to name a few:
Press Release: Toronto — Run for cover and grab your loved ones, Midnight Madness just unleashed its terrorific lineup for the 41st Toronto International Film Festival®. From high-octane crime films, gruesome visceral horrors, to a creepy, hair-raising documentary, and nerve-wrenching thrillers, this year’s slate will whet all appetites and leave audiences shocked, thrilled and checking under their beds before turning out the lights. Midnight Madness is generously sponsored by Cineplex Entertainment.
This year’s Midnight Madness welcomes...
Press Release: Toronto — Run for cover and grab your loved ones, Midnight Madness just unleashed its terrorific lineup for the 41st Toronto International Film Festival®. From high-octane crime films, gruesome visceral horrors, to a creepy, hair-raising documentary, and nerve-wrenching thrillers, this year’s slate will whet all appetites and leave audiences shocked, thrilled and checking under their beds before turning out the lights. Midnight Madness is generously sponsored by Cineplex Entertainment.
This year’s Midnight Madness welcomes...
- 8/9/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The third cascade of world premieres in 15 days flowed from the headquarters of the Toronto International Film Festival on Tuesday as programmers revealed their Midnight Madness, Tiff Docs, Vanguard, Tiff Cinematheque and Short Cuts selections.
This week’s offering includes Ben Wheatley’s all-star gangster thriller Free Fire, which opens Midnight Madness one year after the premiere of the British auteur’s High-Rise; fast-rising Chadwick Boseman in revenge thriller Message From The King in Vanguard and a Tiff Docs strand that features climate change documentary The Turning Point, featuring and produced by Oscar-winner Leonardo DiCaprio.
The 41st Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 8 to 18.
Wp = world premiere, IP = international premiere, Nap = North American premiere, Cp = Canadian premiere, Tp = Toronto premiere.
Midnight Madness
Ben Wheatley’s all-star gunfight Free Fire starring Brie Larson, Armie Hammer and Cillian Murphy will open the section, which includes Morgan Spurlock’s documentary Rats, Adam Wingard’s Blair Witch, André Øvredal’s [link...
This week’s offering includes Ben Wheatley’s all-star gangster thriller Free Fire, which opens Midnight Madness one year after the premiere of the British auteur’s High-Rise; fast-rising Chadwick Boseman in revenge thriller Message From The King in Vanguard and a Tiff Docs strand that features climate change documentary The Turning Point, featuring and produced by Oscar-winner Leonardo DiCaprio.
The 41st Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 8 to 18.
Wp = world premiere, IP = international premiere, Nap = North American premiere, Cp = Canadian premiere, Tp = Toronto premiere.
Midnight Madness
Ben Wheatley’s all-star gunfight Free Fire starring Brie Larson, Armie Hammer and Cillian Murphy will open the section, which includes Morgan Spurlock’s documentary Rats, Adam Wingard’s Blair Witch, André Øvredal’s [link...
- 8/9/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Hey Toronto action fans! Iconic martial arts star Donnie Yen will be making a very rare public appearance in Toronto - so rare that I actually believe this is the first time he's ever done it here - when The Royal screens Wu Xia (aka Dragon) on May 7th. Action fans rejoice! International superstar Donnie Yen (the Ip Man trilogy, Hero, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) is coming to The Royal to meet his fans for an unforgettable afternoon of kung-fu chaos. Donnie Yen will introduce a screening of his acclaimed martial arts epic Wu Xia (2011). Fans will also have a chance to hear Yen discuss his long career during an onstage Q&A with Colin Geddes, programmer of The Royal and of Tiff’s Midnight...
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- 4/20/2016
- Screen Anarchy
“Don’t think it. Don’t say it.” From Stx Entertainment, The Bye Bye Man will pay everyone a visit on June 3rd. Also: details on Karyn Kusama’s (The Invitation) curated collection on Shudder and Dark Horse Comics’ Tarzan on the Planet of the Apes at Emerald City Comicon.
The Bye Bye Man: “People commit unthinkable acts every day. Time and again, we grapple to understand what drives a person to do such terrible things. But what if all of the questions we’re asking are wrong? What if the source of all evil is not a matter of what…but who?
From the producer of The Strangers and Oculus comes The Bye Bye Man, a chilling horror-thriller that exposes the evil behind the most unspeakable acts committed by man.
When three college friends stumble upon the horrific origins of the Bye Bye Man, they discover that there...
The Bye Bye Man: “People commit unthinkable acts every day. Time and again, we grapple to understand what drives a person to do such terrible things. But what if all of the questions we’re asking are wrong? What if the source of all evil is not a matter of what…but who?
From the producer of The Strangers and Oculus comes The Bye Bye Man, a chilling horror-thriller that exposes the evil behind the most unspeakable acts committed by man.
When three college friends stumble upon the horrific origins of the Bye Bye Man, they discover that there...
- 4/11/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Holliston: Friendship is Tragic, the graphic novel based on the Holliston TV series from Adam Green (Frozen), features characters from the show and will be released in October. Also: Alexandre Aja’s curator collection on Shudder, Circus of Fear and Five Golden Dragons double feature Blu-ray details, a Viktorville poster, and a Shark Exorcist trailer.
Holliston: Press Release: “Source Point Press has announced they are currently in production on a graphic novel titled “Holliston: Friendship is Tragic”, based on the horror sit-com Holliston tv series created by filmmaker Adam Green. This announcement coincides with Source Point’s debut publisher booth at C2E2 in Chicago, and to celebrate the announcement the first promotional image for the comic will be available as a C2E2 exclusive art print limited to only 50 copies. Writer Greg Wright, artist Stephen Sharar, Editor Travis McIntire, and colorist and letterer Joshua Werner will...
Holliston: Press Release: “Source Point Press has announced they are currently in production on a graphic novel titled “Holliston: Friendship is Tragic”, based on the horror sit-com Holliston tv series created by filmmaker Adam Green. This announcement coincides with Source Point’s debut publisher booth at C2E2 in Chicago, and to celebrate the announcement the first promotional image for the comic will be available as a C2E2 exclusive art print limited to only 50 copies. Writer Greg Wright, artist Stephen Sharar, Editor Travis McIntire, and colorist and letterer Joshua Werner will...
- 3/18/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Dear X-Philes, our time with Mulder and Scully must come to an end and here’s a teaser video for The X-Files season finale. The conclusion of the series’ return will air on Monday, February 22nd. Also in this round-up: details on Shudder’s first guest curator and his collection as well as a new trailer for Altar.
The X-Files Event: “Season Finale of The X-Files airs Monday, Feb. 22nd @ 8/7c on Fox!
The conclusion of Six-Episode Event Series Features Guest Stars Joel McHale, Robbie Amell, Lauren Ambrose, Annabeth Gish and William B. Davis.
Episode Information:
The investigations that Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) previously began with conspiracy theorist and web-tv show host Tad O’Malley (guest star Joel McHale) seem to have awakened powerful enemies. A widespread panic begins as people all over the country suddenly start falling gravely ill, and Scully must look within to try and find a cure.
The X-Files Event: “Season Finale of The X-Files airs Monday, Feb. 22nd @ 8/7c on Fox!
The conclusion of Six-Episode Event Series Features Guest Stars Joel McHale, Robbie Amell, Lauren Ambrose, Annabeth Gish and William B. Davis.
Episode Information:
The investigations that Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) previously began with conspiracy theorist and web-tv show host Tad O’Malley (guest star Joel McHale) seem to have awakened powerful enemies. A widespread panic begins as people all over the country suddenly start falling gravely ill, and Scully must look within to try and find a cure.
- 2/20/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
When I was at the Toronto Film Festival this year, I went to have drinks with one of the filmmakers before the midnight premiere of his film, and while I was there, I had a long conversation with Colin Geddes about The Chickening. Colin, for those of you who don't know his name, is the programmer of Midnight Madness at the festival, and one of my favorite people walking the planet. His excitement about The Chickening was positively infectious, and once I'd laid eyes on the film, I understood that excitement. It's since played at Fantastic Fest and then again here at Sundance, and now the filmmakers have released this big fat slice of insanity online for all of you to enjoy as well. In some ways, this feels like the endgame of remix culture, a short film that is built onto the bones of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.
- 1/27/2016
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Is it really almost time for Sundance again? For the last few weeks, I've been discussing Sundance strategy with Richard Rushfield, my editor-in-chief. He and I are attending at least part of the festival together, and it's going to be a very different year for us. HitFix looks different than it did even a year ago, and the way we approach festivals in general is going to be different starting in 2016. That doesn't mean I'll abandon the things that I think are interesting about a fest. I've always been drawn to the midnight programming at the different festivals I attend, and I'm intrigued by the differences in the way each section is programmed. I think the king of the midnight sections is, without question, Colin Geddes. His Midnight Madness selections may not always work for me, but there is a personal touch to the way he curates the ten nights...
- 11/23/2015
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
While many general moviegoers are skeptical of the horror genre’s past/future, I see no need for panic. Mainstream horror seems to be shambling along aimlessly, as studios churn out an endless heap of assembly-line-produced procedurals based on some type of existing property (sequels, reboots, game-based movies), but the horror genre is alive and thriving if you know where to look.
Y’all can argue about the meaning of Deathwave until you turn blue in the face, whether you hate the term or dig it, because despite classification qualms, there’s no denying an influx of horror movies with substance, vitality, and an all-encompassing cinematic meatiness. Alas, these titles are certainly much harder to find than big-budget remakes, and while a few stumble onto Netflix’s streaming catalog out of blind luck, general horror audiences rarely discover a movie like Stitches until years later.
That’s where a new...
Y’all can argue about the meaning of Deathwave until you turn blue in the face, whether you hate the term or dig it, because despite classification qualms, there’s no denying an influx of horror movies with substance, vitality, and an all-encompassing cinematic meatiness. Alas, these titles are certainly much harder to find than big-budget remakes, and while a few stumble onto Netflix’s streaming catalog out of blind luck, general horror audiences rarely discover a movie like Stitches until years later.
That’s where a new...
- 11/12/2015
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Pulled out of the dark, rotting bowels of the internet, TwitchFilm proudly presents this extended narrative of undead carnage, 101 Zombie Kills, or in its far more elegant sounding French moniker, Cent Une Tueries de Zombies. Produced by film archivist and Tiff programmer Colin Geddes and directed/edited by Michael Lane for Toronto's Nuit Blanche in 2012, the montage brings together some of the greatest moments in the ever growing catalog of zombie carnage. Beyond a few festival appearances, this has not been seen by many until now. (And arrives just in time for Halloween.)Far more than just another YouTube 'super-cut', Lane (who also put together The Unauthorized Hagiography of Vincent Price) quickly establishes a story-telling rhythm, dividing the 40+ minutes of zombie mayhem into into escalating...
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- 10/29/2015
- Screen Anarchy
One of the reasons I try to see the Toronto midnight movies at the actual midnight screenings is because those audiences are positively bloodthirsty. They are there because they want red meat. They want to scream and groan and cheer, but not every night is programmed that way. Colin Geddes, the madman behind Midnight Madness, designs that schedule so there are some ups and downs and a mix of different energies. One of the movies that played most aggressively with the audience, satisfying exactly what they wanted, was "The Mind's Eye," the newest film from the same team who brought "Almost Human" to the festival a few years ago. Joe Begos and Josh Ethier and Zak Zeman are the ultimate expression of those kids who remade "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" or that dude who remade "Rambo" in one room, pastiche artists who make greatest hits versions of the films they love.
- 9/25/2015
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Midnight Madness at the Toronto International Film Festival is typically one of the strongest programs of the festival and as such, serves as 10 holy days, or rather nights, for genre fans. Programmed by Colin Geddes, whose taste has engendered such loyalty among genre press that he could start a Colin Geddes Presents label, the lineup launched with “Green Room” from “Blue Ruin” director Jeremy Saulnier, whose next “color” movie should have no problem finding financing now. A siege thriller starring Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots and Patrick Stewart, “Green Room” kicked off Midnight Madness with a snarling shotgun blast of energy.
- 9/18/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
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