Tag: brucemcdonald
Review: DREAMLAND, Where the Chaos Is Somewhat Under Control
Filmmaker Bruce McDonad's absurdly hypnotic hodgepodge of violent escapism stars Stephen McHattie, Juliette Lewis and Tomas Lemarquis.
DREAMLAND Trailer Dazzles, Of Course
Updated 5/8/20: Please note that the film will receive a national release in Canada via AppleTV, Bell, Cineplex, Cogeco, Rogers, Shaw, and Telus on May 29, 2020. Also, please enjoy the snazzy Canadian poster! Original post follows ... Our own...
10+ Years Later: PONTYPOOL Is The Canadian Quarantine Movie To Fuck With Our Current Headspace
“In our top story of today, a big, cold, dull, dark, white, empty, never-ending blow my brains out, seasonal affective disorder freaking kill-me-now weather front, that'll last all day.” Grant Mazzy, a big city talk-radio host, who has been...
Fantasia 2019 Review: DREAMLAND Plays Free Jazz With Genre Conventions
In Dreamland, the ubiquitous Stephen McHattie plays a weary, nameless, assassin, who does the dirty work for a mid level gangster named Hercules. Disgusted to find out that his boss is getting into the human trafficking of young children involving...
DREAMLAND Reunites Bruce McDonald, Tony Burgess and Stephen McHattie for a New Genre Mashup
Fans of Pontypool may rejoice for the beginning of production on Bruce McDonald's latest film, Dreamland. It reunites the director with writer Tony Burgess and star Stephen McHattie. While not the long rumoured sequel to the Canadian cult semiotic zombie film...
First Images From Bruce McDonald's WEIRDOS
Canadian indie maverick Bruce McDonald will be returning to the Toronto International Film Festival with his latest effort, Weirdos. A black and white affair written by Daniel MacIvor, McDonald veteran Molly Parker takes on a supporting role in the off...
Sundance 2015 Interview: Bruce McDonald, Chloe Rose, and Robert Patrick on HELLIONS' Bad Moon Rising
Bruce McDonald is the last filmmaker one can accuse of repeating himself. For the past 20+ years since his Sundance debut, Highway 61, the renegade cowboy director has stayed busy and thoroughly fresh with each new contribution to the Canadian...
Sundance 2015 Review: HELLIONS, A Monstrous Misstep
Hellions, Journeyman director Bruce McDonald's first foray into horror since 2008's slow-cooker Pontypool, is a maelstorm of horror traditions and tropes, good and bad alike. While the film is never boring for its constant barrage of evocative imagery, cacophonous score...
Sundance 2015: HELLIONS Will Melt Your Skin Off With This New Clip
Sundance Midnight selection Hellions marks Bruce McDonald first foray into horror since cult favorite Pontypool. This also marks McDonald's first film in Park City since 1992's Highway 61. Hellions stars Robert Patrick as a small town sheriff who teams up...
THE HUSBAND Gets Doored In Latest Teaser
Bruce McDonald's dark comedy hits the big screen on this coming Friday with its theatrical run beginning at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. And if you want a taste at the film's very dry sense of humor, well, look...
Watch The Theatrical Trailer For Bruce McDonald's THE HUSBAND
Starting its theatrical run March 14 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto, ScreenAnarchy was proud to present the first teaser from Bruce McDonald's ultra black comedy The Husband just a few days ago and that's now been followed up...
Watch The Exclusive First Teaser For Bruce McDonald's THE HUSBAND
There is, shall we say, a very particular sort of ironic chuckle that I allow myself whenever the topic of Bruce McDonald's The Husband comes up. For as outlandish as the concept may seem to some ... well, let's just...
Bruce McDonald Wants Your Short To Be Part Of HELLIONS! Check Out A New Still And Contest Details!
Okay, all you aspiring filmmakers out there, here's a chance to be part of something very cool.Pontypool and Hard Core Logo director Bruce McDonald is currently in post on his latest film Hellions and he wants two minutes from you...
HELLIONS: Bruce McDonald Shares The First Bloody Still And Discusses Shooting In Infra Red
Last week I found myself driving through the countryside outside Hamilton, Ontario, where I eventually rolled up to a small working farm populated by very small horses, regular sized horses, and ten or so llamas who were not even remotely...
Bruce McDonald Returns To Horror With HELLIONS
Originally slated to be directed by Hobo With A Shotgun helmer Jason Eisener, Canadian horror film Hellions launched principal photography yesterday with a new - but familiar - face at the controls. With Eisener focusing on other projects Pontypool director...
TIFF 2013: Trailer For Bruce McDonald's THE HUSBAND, A Dark Comedy Stewing In Anger
Bruce McDonald's latest film, the dark comedy The Husband, is set to have its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Monday, September 9. The film was co-written by his lead actor, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, who has worked with...
Now on Blu-ray: Rock N Roll With REPO MAN (MoC UK) and HARD CORE LOGO 1 & 2
Another delayed review makes for a great triple feature here at ScreenAnarchy! Two of my favorite punk rock movies made the jump to high definition in late 2012: Alex Cox's masterpiece, Repo Man, and Bruce McDonald's breakthrough road movie, Hard Core...
The Writer And Director Of PONTYPOOL Reunite For CASHTOWN CORNERS And Things Are Gonna Get Bloody
Back in 2008, acclaimed Canadian director Bruce McDonald - best known abroad for his gritty rock and roll road movies Hard Core Logo, Highway 61 and Roadkill - teamed up with novelist Tony Burgess and took a hard turn into...
PONTYPOOL CHANGES...into a play. Shhhhh...get yer tix
A dialogue about how to kill people- specifically actors. It seems like as good a place as any for this story. Pontypool Changes Everything by Tony Burgess is a great novel. It has seen the light of day as a...
Joe Dick Returns In Bruce McDonald's HARD CORE LOGO 2 Trailer?
Joe Dick is dead. But he might be back. If you've seen Bruce McDonald's Hard Core Logo then you know who Joe Dick is and you also understand how unlikely his return is, the ending of that original film being...
