Tag: revenge
STOCKHOLM BLOODBATH Review: There's a Better Movie in the Edit
“A great deal of this actually happened,” states one of the many opening text cards in Stockholm Bloodbath. This is after giving us the exposition that the Danish King Kristian II has placed himself in Sweden to settle some political...
Cannes 2024 Review: THE SUBSTANCE, One of the Year's Best Genre Movies
Without much expectation – because Revenge, director Coralie Fargeat's debut film, wasn’t as thrilling to me as to most genre cinema specialists – I went to a night screening of The Substance at the Cannes International Film Festival. The decision...
Toronto 2021 Review: SALOUM, A Spirited Tale of Revenge on the Senegal Delta
The Saloum Delta in Senegal is a land of cannibal myths and cursed kings. Nowhere is this more true than in Congolese director Jean Luc Herbulot's supernatural skinwalker of a film that brings West African mythology to the criminal getaway...
Friday One Sheet: SALOUM
Forget the old Godardian nugget that all you need is a Girl and a Gun. How about just a big ass gun? The poster for Senegalese supernatural revenge thriller, Saloum, goes for that Sergio Leone western vibe, with a modern,...
Friday One Sheet: THE RHYTHM SECTION
In cinema, all you need is a girl and a gun. Good old Godard said this of filmmaking, but it applies to the marketing department just fine. Here we have a poster for Blake Lively starring revenge thriller, The Rhythm...
WRONGED Trailer: This Getaway Goes Wrong Indeed
Wronged is an upcoming revenge thriller from indie director Nicholas Holland about a couple who take a weekend getaway to rekindle their marriage after suffering through a miscarriage. But when they are savaged by locals, their relationship is put to...
Friday One Sheet: Baby It's A COLD PURSUIT Outside...
Cold Pursuit is latest in a series of Liam Neeson revenge pictures. It is a remake of Hans Petter Moland's (here directing again) thriller, In Order Of Disappearance, which starred Stellan Skarsgård and Bruno Ganz. The 2014 version had a...
BiFan 2018: REVENGE & LAND OF HAPPINESS Claim Top Prizes
After ten days of hot days, long summer nights and endless genre treats in Bucheon, this year's BiFan finally drew to a close in late July. Earning this year's top award was Coralie Fargeat's acclaimed horror-thriller Revenge. Meanwhile Jung Min-kyu's...
BAD DAY FOR THE CUT: Revenge Thriller Begins Shoot In Northern Ireland
It's been four years now since I first came across the work of Chris Baugh and Brendan Mullin, a Belfast based writer-director-producer duo who at the time we launching a horror short film titled Boys From County Hell which I...
Scandinavian 2015 Review: In HERE IS HAROLD, Ikea Looms Over Blackly Comic Trauma
Here Is Harold kicked off the Scandinavian Film Festival last night in typically dour, dark and chillingly humorous style; muted comedy peaked through a very basic tale of revenge stemming from the wrong place.Harold (Bjørn Sundquist) has lost everything;...
FURY ROAD's Zoe Kravitz Will Keep Counting Bullets In Gunslinger Flick BLACK BELLE
Deadline is reporting that Zoe Kravitz, who was recently seen playing Toast the Knowing in Mad Max Fury Road will play the role of a gun-slinging hit woman in post Civil War America in Shana Betz's Western, Black Belle. From an original...
Liam Neeson Will Smash Your Face With "12 Skills Of Christmas" In New TAK3N Trailer
I've covered Liam Neeson's wily antics before, but now I'm really excited. Just in time for Hanukkah and Christmas malaise, Fox has gifted us with the "12 Skills of Christmas." It's Bryan Mills in full glory breaking necks, hacking phones,...
Watch An Exclusive Clip From Revenge Thriller JULIA
Matthew A Brown's psycho-sexual revenge thriller Julia is poised to have its US premiere October 21st as part of Screamfest LA and we've got an exclusive clip to introduce you to The Human Centipede star Ashley C Williams as the...
Full Disclosure 2014 The Directors Cut: Tony Scott
Every month on Full Disclosure, we select a filmmaker who is or would be celebrating their birthday, and use that as an excellent excuse to throw the spotlight on them and their career. Members of Team ScreenAnarchy seek out a...
Stream Fantastic Fest 2013 Fave EEGA Online Now!
SS Rajamouli's Eega recently stormed Fantastic Fest 2013, becoming one of the festival's surprise hits. If you couldn't make it to Austin for this week-long orgiastic celebration of all things film, don't worry, you still have a chance to check...
Watch The Stellar Cannes Teaser For Jeremy Saulnier's BLUE RUIN
If you think you know what American indie director Jeremy Saulnier is all about from his splatter comedy Murder Party then let me tell you this: You don't know anything. Saulnier will be in Cannes with his sophomore picture, Blue...
Review: DIRTY BLOOD Serves Up Its Revenge Tale with a Twist
Originally seen during the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) 2012 As a society Korea has been slow to change despite its economic growth. At times it can seem like a gigantic, perpetually simmering pot of discontent that seems dangerously...
Review: Is 26 YEARS the Ultimate Korean Revenge Narrative?
Just like anyone else, I come from a country (Ireland) with historical scars that refuse to completely fade away. These days, the sad fact is that my connection with my home is tenuous at best. Nevertheless, as we approach the...
First Five Movies: Director Tony Scott, From THE HUNGER To DAYS OF THUNDER
Isn't war sexy and cool? From a thematic standpoint, Top Gun is repellant, yet it's filmed with undeniable style and gusto by Tony Scott. And now the greatest music video of the 80s is returning to North American IMAX theaters...
Watch The First Trailer For Mexicali Action KISS OF VENGEANCE
Atrocious director Fernando Barreda Luna has something very different in mind for his next film. No more bumps in the night or shaky point of view camera here. No, instead he is cooking up a violent and stylish tale of...
