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57 SECONDS Giveaway: Win an iTunes Code
If we could travel in time we would have backed up prior to the day of the release of 57 Seconds, a timey-wimey thriller starring Josh Hutcherson and Morgan Freeman. Alas, we cannot, and here we are a few days...
THE SHITHEADS: Macon Blair Dark Comedy Road Movie Going to Blockchain VOD Site BINGE
I am not going to lie to you and pretend that I know the slightest bit about what a blockchain video of demand platform is. I have no friggin' clue. But, I do know this. Macon Blair has been...
SXSW 2017 Review: From SMALL CRIMES Come Big Troubles
Four years ago, Evan Katz made his directorial debut with the pitch-black comedy thriller Cheap Thrills, pitting Pat Healy against Ethan Embry in a diabolical, desperate game of survival. Now Katz has returned to the director's chair with Small Crimes,...
CHEAP THRILLS Director Returns With SMALL CRIMES. Check Out The Trailer!
Having turned heads with his debut feature Cheap Thrills, EL Katz returns with his sophomore effort Small Crimes about to premiere at the SXSW Film Festival. This time out Katz teams up with I Don't Feel At Home In This...
Sundance 2017 Review: I DON'T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE, One Hell of a Ride
Most of us met Macon Blair onscreen as a the bearded, disheveled lead of Blue Ruin. Homeless and hapless, the character soon evolved into one of the more startling and indelible in indie cinema, a bravado performance that justifiably gained...
I DON'T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE Trailer: People Are Assholes
Macon Blair is best known to audiences for his incredible performances in Jeremy Saulnier's films (Blue Ruin, Green Room). Given their work, it seems fitting that Blair would eventually get behind the camera. His directorial debut (which premieres at Sundance...
Interview: Anton Yelchin on GREEN ROOM, STAR TREK, Hardcore Punk & Softcore Porn
Getting to interview filmmakers and actors can sometimes be quite a thrill, sometimes a surprising dud. The fluctuation in quality is sometimes disheartening, when people you’d like to think of in glowing terms give pat answers honed by years of...
Review: GREEN ROOM, Awesome, Smart, Assured And Clever
Some gigs really aren't worth taking. That's a maxim that the members of broke touring punk band Ain't Rights probably haven't heard of and certainly aren't going to adhere to when they get offered $350 to play a backwater skinhead...
HOLD THE DARK: Jeremy Saulnier Will Direct Adaptation Of Novel
The Wrap is reporting that Jeremy Saulnier, director of Murder Party, Blue Ruin and Green Room, will work again with producer A24 and his Blue Ruin star Macon Blair on an adaptation of William Gilradi's novel Hold the Dark. Blair...
Saskatoon Fantastic 2015: DEATHGASM And GREEN ROOM Added To Festival Lineup
The Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival is making room for two more films to its already solid lineup. This is not just my bias as a programmer for the festival. Theoretically my mom thinks this is a pretty darned cool lineup...
GREEN ROOM: Watch The Exclusive First Clip From BLUE RUIN Director's Next
How do you follow a film that many have acclaimed as a masterpiece? Well, if you're Blue Ruin director Jeremy Saulnier you gun to do it with another one. Cue up 2015 Cannes selection Green Room, Saulnier's third feature soon...
Patrick Stewart Joins Jeremy Saulnier's THE GREEN ROOM As White Supremacist
So, how do you follow up on of the more acclaimed indies of recent years? Very stealthily, apparently, and with a fantastic cast.Blue Ruin writer-director Jeremy Saulnier is already well into principal photography on follow up The Green Room and...
BLUE RUIN And THE GREEN INFERNO Secure Distribution In Mexico. Watch Both Trailers Now!
Good news for Mexico based fans of revenge and cannibal films! After being part of the Riviera Maya Film Festival back in March, Jeremy Saulnier's revenge thriller Blue Ruin is coming to Mexican cinemas, under the title Cenizas del Pasado (Ashes...
AnarchyVision: Jason Gorber Talks THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2, BLUE RUIN & BRICK MANSIONS
Another Spidey episode, with Mr. Webb directing Mr. Web. It's a decent enough flight if you turn off your spider senses.Brick Mansions is a terrible remake of the very fun District 13, and yet for some reason I enjoyed its...
BLUE RUIN: Watch Three Clips From Jeremy Saulnier's Acclaimed Thriller
With Jeremy Saulnier's hugely - and rightfully - acclaimed thriller Blue Ruin out now on US screens and the UK release impending a trio of clips from the film have arrived online. We've already said a ton about this one...
Review: BLUE RUIN, Or, Revenge Is A Pain In The Ass
Besides the fact that I doubt we'll see a more deft, thrilling genre film this year, I'm very pleased that Jeremy Saulnier's Blue Ruin addresses a number of issues that revenge films have been overlooking for decades. For example, after...
Jeremy Saulnier And Macon Blair Talk BLUE RUIN
It was back in 2007 that we first came across the creative duo of writer-director Jeremy Saulnier and actor Macon Blair. The occasion at the time was Murder Party, a horror comedy that won raves on the festival circuit before...
Watch The Full UK Trailer For Jeremy Saulnier's BLUE RUIN
Jeremy Saulnier's stellar Blue Ruin hits UK cinemas on May 2nd and following an early teaser trailer and clip released online the full UK trailer has just arrived. And, like the earlier materials for the UK release this one is...
Calgary Underground 2014: THE RAID 2, FRANK, And THE SACRAMENT Look To Stampede In Calgary
Holy cow, Calgary! And I am not talking about prime Alberta beef here. The Calgary Underground Film Festival has just released this year's lineup and boy howdy is it an awesome lineup! "We're bring some incredible genre film to Calgary that...
New UK Poster And Extended Clip From Jeremy Saulnier's Stellar BLUE RUIN
As the UK release for Jeremy Saulnier's absolutely stellar revenge thriller edges nearer, new UK poster art has arrived along with an extended clip from the film. The clip come from very early in the proceedings with lead character Dwight...
