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2014: A Dark And Personal Year At The Movies
"Nobody knows anything." Back in 1983, veteran screenwriter William Goldman was writing about the inability of anyone in Hollywood to know how a movie would fare with the public. (His book, Adventures in the Screen Trade, continues: "Not one person...
ScreenAnarchy's Top 10 Movies Of 2014
And that's the end of that chapter. 2014 is running on fumes and all eyes are already looking to awards season and the behemoths of next year that threaten to decimate the box office. The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Star...
Mórbido 2014: First Wave Of Films Includes REDEEMER, LATE PHASES, MÉXICO BÁRBARO, And More
After confirming that Puebla, Mexico is their new home, Mórbido has now unleashed the first wave of programming for its upcoming seventh edition (November 13-16). 18 international films and five Mexican titles have been confirmed, and it's a really exciting...
Utopia: The Tel-Aviv International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film Announces First Titles
Presenting a marvelous banquet of fantastic titles with their first announcement, Utopia: The Tel-Aviv International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film has, in the proverbial sense, something for everyone -- as long as you have good taste in genre...
Rest In Peace, H. R. Giger
Earlier today, the famous artist H. R. Giger died in hospital. According to the Swiss press, the famous artist succumbed to injuries he received on Monday during a bad fall. He was 74 years old. H. R. Giger is famous...
Imagine 2014: What The Audiences Like Best
(Amsterdam audiences can famously not be argued with, so let's just see what they liked best!) This year's Imagine Film Festival Amsterdam had an extraordinary fine line-up of genre movies, resulting in an audience appreciation which was considerably higher than...
AnarchyVision: Jason Gorber Talks CAPTAIN AMERICA 2, UNKNOWN KNOWN, JODO'S DUNE & MORE
A slew of indie releases this week, some solid TIFF 2013 titles finally making their way to regular screens. Errol Morris' The Unknown Known puts Rumsfeld in the spotlight, while Jodorowski's Dune takes us on a journey into a great...
Imagine Film Festival 2014 Reveals Whopping Line-up
On the 9th of April this year, the Amsterdam-based Imagine Film Festival will start, opening with Christophe Gans' Beauty And The Beast. And now that the festival's site reveals its entire program, it turns out that its opener is not...
The Kids Talk Film: DUNE
Jodorowsky's Dune, in all its crazy ambition, may never have come into existence, but in the early 1980s, David Lynch, after turning down the job of directing the second Star Wars sequel, then titled Revenge of the Jedi, got the go ahead to make...
The Finns Love JODOROWSKY'S DUNE
The Fall 2013 edition of Night Visions, Helsinki's horror, fantasy and sci-fi festival that usually runs more than once a year (!), came to a close this past weekend, with Jodorowsky's Dune taking home the audience award.Other ScreenAnarchy faves to...
Interview: Nicolas Winding Refn On Sci-Fi And The Genius Of JODOROWSKY'S DUNE
A few months ago I was lucky enough to spend a couple of hours talking with Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn. While the bulk of that interview was about his latest directorial effort, Only God Forgives, for another publication (which...
Fantastic Fest 2013: JODOROWSKY'S DUNE Wins Audience Award, THE DIRTIES, THE CONGRESS, and AFFLICTED Also Cited
Before a packed audience, the awards for Fantastic Fest 2013 were handed out tonight in Austin, Texas, USA. Here is the prepared statement by the festival with the announcement: Fantastic Fest is pleased to announce this year's Fantastic Fest Award...
Telluride 2013 Announces Lineup: GRAVITY, JODOROWSKY'S DUNE, DRAGONS, THE TERMINAL MAN, ZAPRUDER, And More
The Telluride Film Festival has announced its lineup for this year's 40th anniversary editions, which begins tomorrow (Thursday, August 29) and runs through Monday, September 2. As usual, the festival has snared a number of high-profile titles, most notably Alfonso...
Sony Classics Picks Up North American Rights For JODOROWSKY'S DUNE
Good news for anyone looking forward to seeing Frank Pavich's documentary Jodorowsky's Dune. Sony Pictures Classics has picked up the North American rights for the film, which reminisces about the Chilean director's attempt to adapt Frank Herbert's classic sci fi...
Cannes 2013 Review: JODOROWSKY'S DUNE Delightfully Journeys Into The Brilliance That Might Have Been
What's the most important film never made? Is it Kubrick's Napoleon? How about Gilliam's take on Don Quijote? In his excellent sophomore feature documentary of the same name, director Frank Pavich would have you believe the answer is Jodorowsky's...
CANNES 2011: Exclusive JODOROWSKY'S DUNE Promo Video
It was just yesterday that we brought you news that Jodorowsky's Dune, the documentary about the legendary making-of a movie that never happened, was currently filming around the globe right now. Today, we're happy to present you with this...
Cannes 2011: JODOROWSKY'S DUNE Underway at Last!
It's a documentary and not the full-blown narrative feature we've craved for decades, but at last a full accounting of Alejandro Jodorowsky's unrealized version of Frank Herbert's "Dune" will see the light of day. Titled Jodorowsky's Dune, the documentary is...
