Tag: onlygodforgives
Bradley Liew's Demon-Bed Horror MOTEL ACACIA Announces International Cast
Yep, you read that headline correctly. Acclaimed Malaysian-born, Philippines-based director Bradley Liew (Singing In Graveyards) is gearing up his sophomore feature, Motel Acacia, and it involves a bed with a taste for blood. cue an assortment of bad night sleep...
Top 10 Festival Premieres of 2013
Is this shorthand for my top films of the year? Well probably, but since I already recounted my Top 50 films of 2013 (+ 3 Most Overrated), allow me to put a Festivals Editor spin on things by counting down...
Boozie Movies Returns To Piss In The Punch Bowl For 2013
EDITOR'S NOTE: So there is a rather strange little tid bit about the following article from our resident crazy man, Greg Christie. And it's not the article itself. Although, it's just about as outlandish as you would expect. Every time...
Sitges 2013: MACHETE KILLS, THE ZERO THEOREM and ONLY GOD FORGIVES to Screen
The countdown is on until my favourite European fantastic film festival begins. In jutst a few weeks, I will be sipping rioja by the Mediterranean Sea and watching some amazing films. And the festival has just announced the next crop...
Indie Beat: Ben's Favorite Indies Of 2013 (Thus Far)
As I was compiling this list, an alternate subtitle that came to mind was "Indies On Parade". I'm still not sure if that means anything, but I like the energy behind it and hope that crackle transfers over to this...
"Ask Not What Art Is, But What It Is Not": Nicolas Winding Refn And Cliff Martinez On ONLY GOD FORGIVES
It's a little past 11 at night and I'm sitting in the bar adjacent to the Slaughter Lane Alamo Drafthouse in South Austin, Texas. Amidst the din of diners and drinkers I'm reading and rereading then rewriting my own scibblly...
Destroyed Faces In The Cinema Of Nicolas Winding Refn
One of the first posters for Only God Forgives shows everybody's darling Ryan Gosling with a face covered in blood. He has a black eye and seems defeated without any expression left. Gosling appears to be the opposite of what...
5 Days Of Refn: At Home On The (Gun) Range In Austin, TX
It's a Wednesday afternoon in late June and I'm walking in downtown Austin, Texas. It being late June, temperatures are blasting to well near a hundred degrees Fahrenheit. But that doesn't matter to me. Like the mirror opposite of Ryan...
Indie Beat: 5 Most Intriguing Indies In July
Eagle-eyed readers will note that this week's Indie Beat may feel a little familiar, and you'd be right on that front -- by two accounts actually. Our own managing editor Peter Martin highlighted some especially cool limited releases for the...
Watch Six Clips (Plus Three Featurettes) From Refn's ONLY GOD FORGIVES!
Can't wait for the July 19th release of Nicolas Winding Refn's Only God Forgives? Well, here's rather a lot to tide you over. The German distributor has released a whopping six clips from the film - some of which may...
Sitges 2013 to Open With GRAND PIANO
My favourite fantastic film festival has come out of the gate swinging with the first announcement of titles for the 2013 edition, and so far it's a pretty exciting line-up. The festival will open with local favourite Eugenio Mira's Grand...
Watch The New US Trailer For Refn's ONLY GOD FORGIVES
Nicolas Winding Refn's Only God Forgives arrives on US shores in July with the sleepy eyed Ryan Gosling aiming to do bloody vengeance at his mother's command. And an impending release means a brand new trailer.Julian (Gosling), an American fugitive...
Check A Trio Of Character Posters For Refn's ONLY GOD FORGIVES
With Nicolas Winding Refn's Only God Forgives hitting US screens in July, US distributors Radius have been rolling out character posters for the primary players in the piece and we've got all three below.Julian (Gosling), an American fugitive from justice,...
Iconic Warrior Musashi Miyamoto Gets The Arthouse Treatment In Sidney Lexy Plaut's DARK SAMURAI
What's this? A trance inducing, time hopping, hypnotic treatment of iconic samurai Musashi Miyamoto - author of The Book Of Five Rings - from Denmark? With the producer of Valhalla Rising and Only God Forgives on board as an executive...
ONLY GOD FORGIVES Sparks French Film Ratings Controversy, PAINLESS Director Sheds Light On The Bigger Picture
Alright parents, show of hands. How many of you plan to take your twelve-year-old to see Nicolas Winding Refn's new ultra-violent film Only God Forgives, which includes a lengthy torture scene, as well as lovingly filmed shootings, amputations and beatings...
Enjoy A Charming Family Meal With Clip From Refn's ONLY GOD FORGIVES
Everything you think you know about Kristin Scott Thomas? Yeah, throw that away. Because Nicolas Winding Refn is about to make you see her very, very differently with this clip from Only God Forgives.Julian (Ryan Gosling), a respected figure in...
3 New ONLY GOD FORGIVES Clips Give The People What They Want
The people in this case being those who didn't wish Drive was more like The Fast and The Furious. Indeed, here are three new clips from Nicolas Winding Refn's Cannes-selected Only God Forgives. While I don't want to spoil even...
New Trailer For Refn's ONLY GOD FORGIVES Features Fresh Footage, Fresh Violence
Freshly announced in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, a new international trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn's Only God Forgives has arrived online boasting a decent amount of new footage, an increased focus on the story and a bit more...
Ryan Gosling Is Looking For A Fight In Red Band ONLY GOD FORGIVES Trailer
Ryan Gosling reunites with Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn for the upcoming Only God Forgives and to say that anticipation has been running high since the project was announced is a bit of an understatement. And now it's time for...
Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas And A Big Ol' Blade In New ONLY GOD FORGIVES Shots
God may forgive but Vithaya Pansringarm has a really big knife. That's the general lesson learned from the new trio of images to arrive from Nicolas Winding Refn's Only God Forgives.Ten years ago in Bangkok Julian killed a cop and...
