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SOMETHING IN THE DIRT Q&A Video: 40 Minutes With Mike Flanagan, Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead
The latest film by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead prompted our own Shelagh Rowan-Legg to conclude her review thusly: "Delving once again into the metaphysical and its shadowy yet pervasive hold, Something in the Dirt takes a labyrinthian walk through...
Review: SOMETHING IN THE DIRT, Inward and Upward, Expanding
Isolation can do funny things to the mind. Even if you like spending time alone, isolation, and the silence that comes with it, is something different. Rather than calm and contentment, it can breed fear, distrust, and obsession. It can...
Lund Fantastic 2022: Full Lineup of 28th Edition Revealed
In exactly ten days the 28th edition of Lund Fantastic kicks off in the picturesque town in the south of Sweden (October 27 - November 5). As previously announced, the festival opens on October 27 with Carlota Pereda’s sensational Sundance...
SOMETHING IN THE DIRT Teaser: Benson And Moorhead Explore The Supernatural Shacked up in Their Apartment in New Film
EW had our first look at the teaser for Justing Benson and Aaron Moorhead's latest collab, Something in the Dirt. When neighbors John and Levi witness supernatural events in their Los Angeles apartment building, they realize documenting the paranormal...
Friday One Sheet: LYNCH/OZ
Ladies & Gentlemen, put your hands together for this theatrical and smoky poster for Alexandre O. Phillipe's film theory documentary Lynch/Oz. Ostensibly, the film about David Lynch's obsession with the Wizard of Oz, and it certainly is that. Really though,...
Sundance 2022 Review: SOMETHING IN THE DIRT, Rooms Within Rooms of Light and Shadow
Isolation can do funny things to the mind. Even if you like spending time alone, isolation, and the silence that comes with it, is something different. Rather than calm and contentment, it can breed fear, distrust, and obsession. It can...
JAKOB'S WIFE Interview: Director Travis Stevens Talks Marital Crisis And Vampirism
Jakob’s Wife is the second film directed by Travis Stevens, who initially became known in the genre film world as a producer. Snowfort Pictures, his company, has among its credits: Adam Wingard’s A Horrible Way to Die; the documentary Jodorowsky’s...
Shudder in February: THE DARK AND THE WICKED, A NIGHTMARE WAKES And Joe Bob Saves Valentine's Day!
The season of love is coming! Shudder is looking to rekindle our love of horror this February. In place of flowers and chocolate there will be a new premiere every week: A Nightmare Wakes, After Midnight, Shook and The...
MOON KNIGHT: Benson and Moorhead Going Marvel
The Disney+ streaming service is developing more than 4 trillion television shows for its service, of which more than 3 trillion are based on characters who first appeared in Marvel Comics, so forgive us for not keeping careful track of...
Toronto 2019 Interview: SYNCHRONIC Directors Moorhead & Benson's Favorite Cinematic Representations of Altered States
Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson have wowed audiences with their mind-bending (and genre-bending) films Resolution, Spring, and The Endless. All of these films share the similarity of slyly tackling complex philosophical and/or metaphysical subject matter in an entertaining package. The...
Mayhem 2019: Final Films Announced, Led by COLOR OUT OF SPACE, DANIEL ISN`T REAL And GIRL ON THE THIRD FLOOR
Our friends at the Mayhem Film Festival in Nottingham, England, have revealed the complete lineup for this year's festival in October. So far this year they have announced that The Gangster, The Cop The Devil & The Pool, She...
Mayhem 2019: First Three Titles Announced, EXTRA ORDINARY, SWORD OF GOD (THE MUTE) And SOMETHING ELSE
Mayhem returns to Nottingham, England this October and it is bringing some friends. The festival announced the first three titles for this year's program. The Mayhem audience can look forward to Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman's wonderful horror comedy...
Review: THE ENDLESS, Fantastical, Intimate and Personal Horror
Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead's work has always been (at least in part) about intimacy and trust; particularly the intimacy of close relationships, and how problems manifest; and in the case of their films, they often manifest in the form...
Trieste 2017 Dispatch: Science Fiction Both Familiar and Fresh Strikes a Chord With Festivalgoers
As is to be expected from a festival that calls itself Science + Fiction, sci-fi offerings or scientific documentaries make up the bulk of the feature film program. While in Trieste, ScreenAnarchy filled out the weekend by traveling back and...
Razor Reel 2017: Flanders Film Festival Lineup Includes MAYHEM, LOWLIFE And HOUNDS OF LOVE
It warms the blood to know that all around the World that there is no shortage of genre fare heading in to the Halloween season. Across Europe the number of genre festivals is staggering as all peoples in all regions...
Fantasia 2017 Interview: Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson on Crafting THE ENDLESS
Recently at Fantasia 2017, I was able to catch the Canadian premiere of The Endless, the new feature from co-directing duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead. As with Resolution and Spring, what they did here with The Endless was rain...
Tribeca 2017 Review: THE ENDLESS, Monster with a Movie Camera
Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead's work has always been (at least in part) about intimacy and trust; particularly the intimacy of close relationships, and how problems manifest; and in the case of their films, they often manifest in the form...
Promo for THE ENDLESS: How Many Aarons and Justins Does the World Need?
As much as we at ScreenAnarchy love the films of Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson, we also love how creative they are at promoting their films and documenting their travels around the world. And on the eve of the world...
Tribeca 2017: Check Out the Lineups for Competition, Midnight & More!
With Springtime in New York City comes the Tribeca Film Festival. Today, the festival announced the majority of their programming for the 2017 edition, taking place April 19 - 30, with the full lineups for Narrative and Documentary Competitons --...
THE ENDLESS First-Look: Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead's Intriguing Death Cult Movie
Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead made genre nuts swoon over the Frankensteinian affair that is their sophomore feature, Spring. The film, which tells the story of a young man who falls in love with a mysterious woman in France, is a...
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