The Lon Chaney silent The Hunchback of Notre Dame is an important document, and a pretty good movie, especially if you can see it projected. William Dieterle's 1939 film with Charles Laughton is an outright classic, with iconic casting in every role, but in a way it, like its predecessor, is as much a travesty of Victor Hugo's story as the Disney version. Tragedy is softened, hard edges blurred. (And actually there's a lot to admire in the cartoon: an epic cinematic scale and vision, use of humor that doesn't actually wreck the serious aspects. It's just that, starting with Quasimodo not being deaf—because he has to sing, you see—means you're not filming Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo at all.)So it was perhaps inevitable that the French would one day have to show us how it's done, and present a more faithful rendering of the book.
- 12/14/2016
- MUBI
The 16th annual Boston Underground Film Festival will once again terrorize all of New England with a wide selection of international atrocities that span the globe from Japan to Belgium to the fest’s own backyard. The fest will run March 26-30 at the Brattle Theater.
The fest will open with the supernatural teen comedy All Cheerleaders Die by the dynamic directing team of Lucky McKee and Chris Sivertson, which will then be followed by the cult 1974 Japanese nunsploitation flick School of the Holy Beast by Norifumi Suzuki.
Other feature films screening at the fest include: The American warrior documentary My Name Is Jonah by Phil Healy and Jb Sapienza; the pre-apocolyptic party of Doomsdays by Eddie Mullins; The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears by Belgian extreme filmmakers Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani; the collegiate conspiracy of Jerzy Rose’s Crimes Against Humanity; Jeremy Saulnier’s twist on the revenge thriller,...
The fest will open with the supernatural teen comedy All Cheerleaders Die by the dynamic directing team of Lucky McKee and Chris Sivertson, which will then be followed by the cult 1974 Japanese nunsploitation flick School of the Holy Beast by Norifumi Suzuki.
Other feature films screening at the fest include: The American warrior documentary My Name Is Jonah by Phil Healy and Jb Sapienza; the pre-apocolyptic party of Doomsdays by Eddie Mullins; The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears by Belgian extreme filmmakers Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani; the collegiate conspiracy of Jerzy Rose’s Crimes Against Humanity; Jeremy Saulnier’s twist on the revenge thriller,...
- 3/20/2014
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
An everlasting sadness has gathered in the soul of Ian Harding, and he embraces it. The spectre of death hangs over Love Eternal, yet it's never oppressively dour or aggressively doom-laden. Death may be the most important thing in the world to Ian -- and his daily life reflects that -- but seldom has a film in recent memory captured the sparks of life that flicker beneath the darkness as well as this one does. As a boy, Ian lost his father, and he's never been the same since. Withdrawing into his light, airy, and spacious room, he is provided for by his mother, but beyond that, his only contact with the outside world is through the internet. By his late teens, he is convinced...
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- 9/23/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Recently, "Boardwalk Empire's" Ron Livingston told Zap2it of his time on HBO's "Sex and the City": "I don't think there's an actor in New York who didn't either die on a 'Law & Order' or wasn't one of Carrie's boyfriends."
While not all of 2013's Emmy nominees died on "Law & Order" (some of them had to be the killer/rapist/criminal mastermind), 29 of them have a connection with one or more installment of the "L&O" franchise.
"Homeland's" Morena Baccarin did her time as a "Criminal Intent" extra, and "30 Rock" nominee Alec Baldwin has actually never been on "Law & Order." But he did get a co-credit for the story that became Season 8's "Tabloid."
Bobby Cannavale -- who is nominated for both his "Boardwalk Empire" and "Nurse Jackie" roles this year -- has always been an overachiever, having appeared on "Law & Order," "Svu" and "Criminal Intent." But...
While not all of 2013's Emmy nominees died on "Law & Order" (some of them had to be the killer/rapist/criminal mastermind), 29 of them have a connection with one or more installment of the "L&O" franchise.
"Homeland's" Morena Baccarin did her time as a "Criminal Intent" extra, and "30 Rock" nominee Alec Baldwin has actually never been on "Law & Order." But he did get a co-credit for the story that became Season 8's "Tabloid."
Bobby Cannavale -- who is nominated for both his "Boardwalk Empire" and "Nurse Jackie" roles this year -- has always been an overachiever, having appeared on "Law & Order," "Svu" and "Criminal Intent." But...
- 9/18/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The Irish Film Board (Ifb) has announced strategic plans for 2012 with their production catalogue including 18 upcoming feature films. Projects such as Lance Daly's 'Life's a Breeze' starring Fionnuala Flanagan; Lenny Abrahamson's 'What Richard Did'; 'Sanctuary' by Norah McGettingan; 'Love Eternal' by Brendan Muldowney and Neil Jordan's vampire thriller 'Byzantium' which wrapped in Ireland this week to name but a few.
- 2/16/2012
- IFTN
Though you may not recognize her not looking filthy and completely crazed as she was seen in The Woman, actress Pollyanna McIntosh is still staying on the darker side of cinema no matter how well she cleans up!
Twitch caught up with McIntosh (pictured right) recently in promotion of Lucky McKee's controversial film and ended up scoring the details on what's next for the lass!
Director Brendan Muldowney (Savage) will begin principal shooting in Ireland and Luxembourg on August 22nd for his film Love Eternal, which has been adapted from the Japanese novel Loving The Dead by prolific horror author Kei Oishi (The Grudge). Pollyanna and Netherlands actor Robert De Hoog will star.
The plot of the original book concerns depression and loss amidst themes of death and unconventional love. "James decides to commit suicide in the mountains but aborts when he witnesses a mass suicide. One of the dead grabs his attention,...
Twitch caught up with McIntosh (pictured right) recently in promotion of Lucky McKee's controversial film and ended up scoring the details on what's next for the lass!
Director Brendan Muldowney (Savage) will begin principal shooting in Ireland and Luxembourg on August 22nd for his film Love Eternal, which has been adapted from the Japanese novel Loving The Dead by prolific horror author Kei Oishi (The Grudge). Pollyanna and Netherlands actor Robert De Hoog will star.
The plot of the original book concerns depression and loss amidst themes of death and unconventional love. "James decides to commit suicide in the mountains but aborts when he witnesses a mass suicide. One of the dead grabs his attention,...
- 8/16/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
What's up next for Pollyanna Mcintosh, the actress who portray's the feral animal in Lucky McKee's The Woman (in theaters this October from Bloody Disgusting Selects)? Twitch caught up with the actress during a Melbourne, Australia screening of The Woman where she revealed that she'll be toplining Love Eternal, which is to be directed by Savage's Brendan Muldowney. This has been adapted from the Japanese novel "Loving The Dead" by prolific horror author Kei Oishi (novelized "The Grudge") and stars Pollyanna and Netherland actor Robert De Hoog (Skin, Dusk). The plot of the original book concerns depression and loss amidst themes of death and unconventional love. "James decides to commit suicide in the mountains but aborts when he witnesses a mass suicide. One of the dead grabs his attention, captivated by her beauty he takes her back home with him to the suburbs..." Principal photography begins in Ireland...
- 8/16/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
I had the immense pleasure of catching up with the lovely lady herself at the Melbourne Australia screening of The Woman and she happily revealed to me her next film!Director Brendan Muldowney (Savage) will begin principal shooting in Ireland and Luxembourg on the 22nd August for his film Love Eternal. This has been adapted from the Japanese novel "Loving The Dead" by prolific horror author Kei Oishi (novelised The Grudge) and stars Pollyanna and Netherland actor Robert De Hoog (Skin, Dusk).The plot of the original book concerns depression and loss amidst themes of death and unconventional love.James decides to commit suicide in the mountains but aborts when he witnesses a mass suicide. One of the dead grabs his attention, captivated by her beauty he takes...
- 8/16/2011
- Screen Anarchy
I had the immense pleasure of catching up with the lovely lady herself at the Melbourne Australia screening of The Woman and she happily revealed to me her next challenging film!Director Brendan Muldowney (Savage) will begin principal shooting in Ireland and Luxembourg on the 22nd August for his film Love Eternal. This has been adapted from the Japanese novel "Loving The Dead" by prolific horror author Kei Oishi (novelised The Grudge) and stars Pollyanna and Netherland actor Robert De Hoog (Skin, Dusk).The plot of the book sounds ridiculously controversial, cannot wait to see how this is handled!James decides to commit suicide in the mountains but aborts when he witnesses a mass suicide. One of the dead grabs his attention, captivated by her beauty he takes...
- 8/16/2011
- Screen Anarchy
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