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Chattanooga 2024 Review: THE VOURDALAK Delivers a Different Kind of Vampire Tale

Long considered the ur-text for the depiction of vampirism in fiction, Bram Stoker’s Dracula may be the most influential (the “trope-creator”), but it was far from the first. Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 novel, Carmilla, preceded Stoker’s by more than two decades,...

THE VOURDALAK: Trailer And Poster For Adaptation of 18th Century Vampire Tale

When the Marquis d’Urfé, a noble emissary of the King of France, is attacked and abandoned in the remote countryside, he finds refuge at an eerie, isolated manor. The resident family, reluctant to take him in, exhibits strange behavior as...

Review: HAPPENING Reflects on Not So Distant Past, Too Close for Comfort

The film is a stark reminder that if we don't keep up the fighting and push back, as absurd as it might sound, we might lose those rights we've been taking for granted.

TIFF 2012 Review: THE SUICIDE SHOP, A Mildly Curious Oddity

Animation was featured quite prominently at this year's PiFan, with Japanese works such as Gyo, Rainbow Fireflies, and Blood C: The Last Dark, not to mention some retrospectives on the Space Battleship Yamamoto series and Czech animation. Sadly, by...

PiFan 2012 Review: THE SUICIDE SHOP 3D

Animation was featured quite prominently at this year's PiFan, with Japanese works such as Gyo, Rainbow Fireflies, Blood C: The Last Dark, not to mention some retrospectives on the Space Battleship Yamamoto series and Czech animation. Sadly, by the...

New Trailer For Patrice Leconte's THE SUICIDE SHOP (LE MAGASIN DES SUICIDES)

Imagine a city so cold and gray and dreary that suicide is the only growth industry to be found. And imagine a family run shop - one stretching back for generations - catering to exactly that urge, selling all the...

THE SUICIDE SHOP Opens In Spring 2012. New, English Language Trailer!

Imagine a city so cold and gray and dreary that suicide is the only growth industry to be found. And imagine a family run shop - one stretching back for generations - catering to exactly that urge, selling all the...