Sitges International Film Festival 2014 (events page)
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SPECIAL: Red Carpet – Autómata with Antonio Banderas
Gabe Ibáñez, Javier Sánchez Donate, Sandra Hermida and Paco Fortes
20:15 Thursday, 09 October 2014
Then at 20:45, Film ‘Autómata’ : Auditori Melia
While investigating what appears to be a routine case, an insurance agent from a robotics company discovers something that could have crucial consequences for humanity’s future. Antonio Banderas produces and stars in thisfuturistic thriller that speculates about what would happen if artificial went beyond human intelligence. 110 min TOMATOMETER 23% – 95% want to see |
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Official Fantàstic Competition Shorts (various)
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07/10 – 10:45hrs Retiro Duration 106mins
Animated Shorts (various)
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03/10 – 12:00hrs Prado Duration 121mins
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Furry, adorable y affectionate. A gizmo is the ideal pet for a kid. But mind you, it’s very important to obey 3 basic rules: they can’t be bathed, they can’t be feed after midnight and they can’t be exposed to very bright lights. But if none of these “accidents” had never occurred, we probably would have been left without this eighties fantasy classic. Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton
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TOMATOMETER 100% – 85% liked it
John heads for Sydney on vacation. When he stops over in the mining town of Bundanyabba, he finds himself caught up in a spiral of betting and alcohol that leaves him without a cent, forcing him to extend his stay in the town. He’ll soon discover the destructive impulse hidden in the town’s calm. A cult classic that we present in its restored version. Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Sylvia Kay
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TOMATOMETER 64% – 55% liked it
No one who has read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas can forget Ralph Steadman’s illustrations, the perfect complement to Hunter S. Thompson’s demented, lysergic prose. For No Good Reason is the depiction of this British cartoonist, 15 years in the making and boasting a parade of names like Johnny Depp and Terry Gilliam. Ralph Steadman , Johnny Depp , Terry Gilliam
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TOMATOMETER 64% – 55% liked it
Jamie Marks is the favorite victim of the high school’s bullies. When his body appears by a river, two of his classmates, Gracie and Adam, are deeply affected and start to see his ghost all over the place. One of the pearls from the past Sundance Festival, Jamie Marks Is Dead lies somewhere between the living and the dead. Cameron Monaghan, Noah Silver, Morgan Saylor
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The Curse of Downers Grove – Derick Martini
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TOMATOMETER No Reviews Yet
Downers Grove appears to be like any other suburb, but a dark secret hangs over it: every year, a student dies under strange circumstances the day before graduation. On this occasion, it’s Chrissie Swanson who has the feeling that something terrible is going to happen to her. A new look at teen horror, with a screenplay by the controversial and sardonic Brett Easton Ellis. Bella Heathcote, Kevin Zegers, Lucas Till
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Two sinister cooks at a restaurant where no one would want to try the food. A group of students arrive in the woods with their tents. Something strange is happening in this place, where the past seems to get confused with the future. Considered to be one of the first Iranian slasher movies, this film is so much more: it’s a two-hour single-take and a visual choreography where nothing is what it seems. Babak Karimi, Saeed Ebrahimifar, Abed Abest, Abed Abest
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TOMATOMETER 60% – 86% want to see
A premise of science fiction mixed with a western landscape: in a near future, the shortage has made water one of the most valuable goods. In this arid environment, Ernest Holm lives with his children on Jerome and Mary, defending their land from bandits. But Mary’s boyfriend has his own plans: doing whatever it takes to get the Holms’ farm. Michael Shannon , Nicholas Hoult , Elle Fanning
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Is the Man Who is Tall Happy? – Michel Gondry
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TOMATOMETER 91% – 70% liked it
What buds from an encounter between a filmmaker with an uncontrollable imagination and a genius of contemporary philosophy? The answer can be found in Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?, a long interview Michel Gondry had with Noam Chomsky. With his shoddy English and his charming animations, the Frenchman comments on the discourse of the author of the Global Village and gives it a visual dimension. Noam Chomsky, Michel Gondry
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TOMATOMETER No Score Yet
In English, Spanish, In recent years, films like A Hijacking and Captain Philips have told the story of bloody abductions carried out by pirates. Last Hijack offers an unprecedented viewpoint of the subject: the kidnapper’s. In front of the camera, Somali Mohamed explains his dangerous way of life. His words, fears and daydreaming take the shape of some surprising animations. Hisko Hulsing
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TOMATOMETER No Score Yet
Michael Logan heads a London police unit, specializing in taking down the most dangerous drug dealers and, whenever possible, in pocketing some of the loot. His life gets complicated with the arrival of two violent Albanian criminals and an investigation that could disclose his corruption. A British thriller that’s as coarse as it is stylized. Neil Maskell , Peter Ferdinando , Stephen Graham
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TOMATOMETER No Score Yet
A young American travels to Italy where he meets Louise, with whom he begins an intense romance. However, the girl harbors a shocking secret that could destroy the relationship. Defined as a phantasmagorical version of Before Sunrise, Spring contains one of the most exciting supernatural love stories in recent years. Lou Taylor Pucci , Nadia Hilker , Augie Duke
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TOMATOMETER 80% – 97% want to see
While classifying archive footage shot in the early 20th century, David discovers that his house was the setting for a terrible crime. A tragic event that threatens to cast a phantasmagorical shadow over our hero’s life. Using stock footage as a terrifying device, The Canal becomes a magnificent example of psychological horror. Antonia Campbell-Hughes , Rupert Evans , Steve Oram
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He has directed several shorts, which were presented at festivals like Sundance, Seattle, ScreamFest or Palm Springs. He debuted in feature length with the terrifying The Pact (12), seen in Sitges. Naya Rivera, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Ashley Rickards
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TOMATOMETER 55% – 46% liked it
While out on a road trip, three college students decide to track down a famous hacker and they reach an isolated area. The young students are immediately captured, not understanding that they’ve become trapped in a large-scale conspiracy. Following Love, William Eubank once again demonstrates that a tight budget is no obstacle for a filmmaker’s ambition. Laurence Fishburne, Brenton Thwaites, Olivia Cooke, Beau Knapp, Patrick Davidso, Jeffrey Grover
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TOMATOMETER No Score Yet
Dean is a middle-aged artist who lives with his young girlfriend in a house on the British coast. When they receive a visit from a couple immersed in a process of mourning, old wounds will surface again, and reality will get confused with the magical in a story for grown-ups made by visionary illustrator Dave McKean.
Ben Daniels , Dervla Kirwan , Stephanie Leonidas
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TOMATOMETER 100% – 100% want to see
Cynthia is a butterfly collector who has a masochistic relationship with her housekeeper, Evelyn. A passion subjected to all sorts of peculiarities, where the roles of mistress and slave aren’t as clear as it appears to be. The director of Berberian Sound Studio excels with a murky eroticism melodrama, that slow cooks the atmosphere and the fascination. Sidse Babett Knudsen, Chiara D’Anna, Eugenia Caruso, Fatma Mohamed, Monica Swinn
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TOMATOMETER No Reviews Yet…
In the bloodiest years of Prohibition, the three brothers made a name Bondurant dealer homemade alcohol; but the emergence of a vicious police arrived from Chicago committed their livelihoods . The musician Nick Cave carries her bloody imaginary script of this crime drama, played by an impressive cast. Ryan Gosling , Christian Bale , Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Haley Bennett, Natalie Portman
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TOMATOMETER 89% – 94% want to see
Belfast, 1971. The Northern Irish conflict is at one of its bloodiest moments. The city is split into two zones, paramilitary units and gangs of undercover agents. A young English recruit gets lost in enemy territory, now embarking on a journey through the night where the residential areas of Belfast become a violent battlefield. Jack O’Connell , Sean Harris , John O’Connell
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TOMATOMETER 99% – 86% liked it
Eric is a teenage criminal whose behavior is so violent that he winds up getting put away in a maximum security prison. There he’ll reencounter his father, who is serving time behind these same walls. Without reducing the harshness characteristic of the prison genre one iota, Starred Up uses this dismal setting to pose a father-son reconciliation. Jack O’Connell, Ben Mendelsohn, Rupert Friend, Sam Spruell, Peter Ferdinando, David Ajala
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TOMATOMETER 37% – 23% liked it
James Franco is as hyperactive as he is multifaceted. On this occasion, film star turned into filmmaker adapts Cormac McCarthy in a western that’s as powerful as it is critical. Out of place in society, Lester Ballard finds himself doomed to a life of crime and is stalked by the local sheriff. A spiral of violence is then unleashed. Scott Haze , Tim Blake Nelson , Jim Parrack
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A mysterious man travels to a remote village, hunting down his wife to kill her and eradicate the dangerous disease they are both suffering from, but his mission gets complicated when he discovers that she’s had a son before dying. Eli Roth maintains his fruitful alliance with Chilean Production Company Sobras, backing the second feature film by his co-screenwriter on The Green Inferno. Cristóbal Tapia Mont, Luis Gnecco, Ariel Levy
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TOMATOMETER 85% – 97% want to see
Following an explosion, a man wakes up with a new face and a new identity. He is now a temporal agent and has a mission: to travel back to the 70’s to find a criminal known by the mysterious name of Fizzle Bomber. The directors of Daybreakers and Ethan Hawke join forces again on this thriller and sci-fi blend, with retro aesthetics and intricate leaps in time. Ethan Hawke, Noah Taylor, Sarah Snook, Christopher Kirby, Madeleine West, Freya Stafford
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TOMATOMETER 61% – 32% liked it
Welcome to the future of the past! Space Station 76 is a cosmic (and comic) odyssey that imagines a future of impossible seventies aesthetics. In it, a space station crew is disrupted by the arrival of the captain’s new assistant. This will cause the darkest secrets and most terrible jealousies to surface, leaving the threat of the asteroid approaching them on the back burner. Patrick Wilson, Matt Bomer, Liv Tyler, Marisa Coughlan, Kylie Rogers, Kali Rocha
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TOMATOMETER 20% – 25% liked it
A crewman on the first human expedition to Mars discovers the fossilized remains of what appears to be bacteriological life. Trying to collect a sample, he falls into a deep pit. His crew mates will try to retrieve his body, discovering that this life form might not be extinct… A claustrophobic mixture of sci-fi and horror with resounding echoes of Alien and The Thing. Liev Schreiber, Elias Koteas, Romola Garai
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TOMATOMETER 85% – 89% want to see
In English, Spanish
A model citizen, Nils spends the Norwegian winter driving his snowplow. When his son is found dead due to an overdose, Nils will see himself caught up in a drug conspiracy. Trapped between the Swedish and the Serbian mafian. Large doses of action and touches of black humor . Stellan Skarsgård, Bruno Ganz, Pål Sverre Hagen, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen
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Sword of Vengeance – Jim Weedon
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A Norman prince returns to his homeland seeking justice for his father’s murder, killed at the hands of his uncle, Earl Durant. After gaining the trust and loyalty of a group of exiled farmers, he leads them into a brutal battle against the villain. Our hero’s thirst for blood will cause him to sacrifice everything (and everyone) to carry out his revenge.
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When you’re twenty, Novella McClure seems like a pretty good stage name for an actress; but when you’re over thirty and you haven’t landed a role in three years, everything sounds more ridiculous. Plus our leading lady has developed an extremely disturbing habit: eating pieces of her own flesh. Coloristic and gory, Eat is truly agourmet dish.
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TOMATOMETER 95% – 97% want to see
Sharing an apartment can be a pain in the ass, but Viago, Deacon, Vladislav and Peter have other problems besides arguing about who’s going to wash the dishes. Plus they’re not young students either. They’re vampires, they share a place in New Zealand and they tell us about their trials and tribulations in this faux documentary made by the creators of Flight of the Conchords and Eagle vs. Shark. It has been defined with a single adjective: hilarious.
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TOMATOMETER 100% – 85% want to see
If you discovered that the house you’re living in is haunted, your first thought would be to move. But what do you do if the law won’t allow you to leave your home? That’s what happens to Kylie, a temperamental crook serving her sentence under house arrest, sharing misfortunes, chills and laughs with her mother and with an incredibly bothersome spirit.
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TOMATOMETER 89% – 100% want to see
Desperate to make some money, Aaron accepts a job promising 1,000 dollars a day to participate in a video recording. In a remote cabin in the woods he’ll meet Josef, the subject in the film he’s supposed to shoot. As the day goes on, things will start to get complicated. Creep emulates found footage aesthetics, is full of surprises and stars indie male lead Mark Duplass.
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TOMATOMETER 88% – 99% want to see|
Jerry lives in an apartment with his dog Bosco and his cat Mr. Whiskers as his sole companions. It all seems pretty normal up to here, but when he meets the beautiful Fiona, our hero returns home and doesn’t hesitate to tell his pets about their encounter. And, obviously, they reply. Marjane Satrapi and a superb Ryan Reynolds offer us one of the true gems from this year’s Sundance Festival. Anna Kendrick, Ryan Reynolds, Gulliver McGrath, Gemma Arterton
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One night, a fragile Julia is drugged and raped by a bunch of bastards. Traumatized and insecure, the young woman begins to follow therapy that will lead her to exorcize her demons through a brutal vengeance. With this rape and revenge film, actress Ashley C. Williams (The Human Centipede) is confirmed as a true genre talent. Tilda Swinton , Aidan Gould , Saul Rubinek
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TOMATOMETER 78% – 51% liked it
Newlyweds Paul and Bea travel to a lake house to spend their honeymoon. Their excitement and romance are spoiled when the woman starts to show symptoms of sleepwalking, taking nighttime trips into the woods. Her strange behavior will make Paul wonder what’s really going on among the trees. Rose Leslie , Harry Treadaway , Ben Huber
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TOMATOMETER No Score Yet.
Ambrose is prompted by his son to move into Crescent Bay, a seemingly idyllic place for senior citizens to live. But the promise of peace and quite fades away when some creatures attack the place. A war veteran, Ambrose will stand up to them despite his blindness and the locals’ suspicions. Bogliano’s definitive leap forward into American production blends suspense and fantasy and contains one of this season’s very best monster scenes.
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TOMATOMETER 62% – 53% liked it
Jamie Marks is the favorite victim of the high school’s bullies. When his body appears by a river, two of his classmates, Gracie and Adam, are deeply affected and start to see his ghost all over the place. One of the pearls from the past Sundance Festival, Jamie Marks Is Dead lies somewhere between the living and the dead, between the supernatural and the intimate depiction of always difficult adolescence. Cameron Monaghan, Noah Silver, Morgan Saylor, Madisen Beaty, Liv Tyler
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TOMATOMETER No Score Yet
Rachel, a rookie policewoman, prepares for her first night shift in a small town in Scotland. Besides the usual human rubbish, the police station cell receives a stranger who will cause all the terrible secrets of the place to surface, unleashing violence. Let Us Prey is vicious and distressing and is ruled by the powerful interpretations of Pollyanna McIntosh and Liam Cunningham. Liam Cunningham, Pollyanna McIntosh, Bryan Larkin, Bryan Larkin, Douglas Russell, Hanna Stanbridge
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TOMATOMETER 64% – 87% want to see
A drunk, a womanizer and a bon vivant, Lou Garou is the disgrace of the police force. Lately, things seem to be going better for him, because his detective instincts and qualities have sharpened noticeably. It could have to do with the fact that when it’s full moon, Lou becomes a fearsome werewolf, ready to deal out justice swipe by swipe. Leo Fafard, Amy Matysio, Jonathan Cherry, Sarah Lind, Aidan Devine, Jesse Moss
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TOMATOMETER No Score Yet
You know his face. You’ve seen it in hundreds of movies, and yet, his name is always right on the tip of your tongue, eclipsed by the big stars.That Guy Dick Miller means to redress this injustice by paying homage to one of the great supporting actors in American film, giving a voice and a history to someone who, up to now, was just a familiar face. Dick Miller
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TOMATOMETER 94% – 80% liked it
The Petersons are still grieving over the loss of Caleb in Afghanistan. At the height of their mourning, David appears at the family’s home and wins over its members, until one of them starts to suspect that David isn’t who he appears to be. The man responsible for You’re Next blasts away at the family unit with violence once again, in a combination of slasher and action movie. Dan Stevens (IV), Lance Reddick, Maika Monroe, Leland Orser, Sheila Kelley, Brendan Meyer,
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TOMATOMETER 100% – 100% want to see
Jay is 19 years old. She’s in what many would call the prime of life. But after hooking up with the wrong guy, she starts to sense that someone is following her. Imagine a cross between Made in Sundance indie cinema and John Carpenter’s work and you’ll probably get an idea of what It Follows is, one of the true gems at the last Cannes festival and a brilliant, paranoidal story.
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TOMATOMETER 86% – 97% want to see|
The creators of The People vs. George Lucas immerse themselves in popular culture again to analyze the evolution of zombie movies and their impact beyond the cinematic realm. With an agile, shrewd style and an exceptionally impressive line-up of testimonies, Doc of the Dead shows us the true meaning of the expression zombie Apocalypse. Charlie Adlard , Steven Barton , Arnold T. Blumberg
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TOMATOMETER 67% – 56% liked it
Daisy, an American teen, has been sent to the English countryside to live with her relatives. Her feeling of alienation is alleviated when she meets Edmund; but as the two adolescents begin a romance, tensions in Europe plunge the country into a violent military state. This adaptation of Meg Rosoff’s novel presents the Third World War from the eyes of a fifteen-year-old girl. Saoirse Ronan , Tom Holland (X) , Anna Chancellor , George McKay , Harley Bird , Corey Johnson ,
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TOMATOMETER 53% – 66% liked it
Ian Gray, a molecular biology student specialized in the evolution of the human eye, meets a mysterious woman whose iris is multicolored. Years later, his research leads him to an astonishing discovery that could change the way we perceive our existence. With his new film, Mike Cahill approaches genre once again from a deeply personal point of view. Michael Pitt , Brit Marling , Astrid Bergés-Frisbey
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TOMATOMETER 67% – 52% liked it
The arrival of a girl who covers up her body to hide her burns rocks the lives of the eccentric inhabitants of Hollywood: a coach, a child prodigy and a movie star, played by Julianne Moore who picked up the award for best actress in Cannes. Cronenberg makes use of this catalog of characters to construct an unnerving, merciless portrayal of Hollywood. Julianne Moore, Olivia Williams , Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska , John Cusack , Sarah Gadon
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TOMATOMETER 42% – 58% liked it
“I don’t want to die Canada!” pleads Wallace Bryton, a popular podcaster who crosses the northern border to interview Howard Howe, who was once saved by a walrus. An extreme misanthrope, Howe will kidnap Wallace in order to, through surgery, bring out the “animal” in him. Kevin Smith continues to explore the horror genre with a story that moves between Misery and The Skin I Live In. Justin Long , Genesis Rodriguez , Haley Joel Osment
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TOMATOMETER 41% – 53% liked it
When you’re having a bad day, the only thing you really want is for it to be over. But Rob will be forced to relive the same lousy day over and over again in a series of humiliations that will wind up sending him back to his bed, with a shameful premature ejaculation in his underwear. A teen version of Groundhog Day that is on its way to becoming this season’s hilarious sensation. John Karna , Craig Roberts , Katie Findlay
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TOMATOMETER 82% – 64% liked it
Richard Ayoade left behind his charismatic personification of Moss in The IT Crowd to assert himself as a cult director. With The Double he ventures to adapt Dostoyevsky and tell the story of the life of dull Simon, ignored at work until James appears, a dead ringer for him physically but with a seductive character. Jesse Eisenberg offers a brilliant double performance in a film that creates a unique universe. Jesse Eisenberg , Mia Wasikowska , Wallace Shawn
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TOMATOMETER 86% – 54% liked it
Jonathan Glazer is in no hurry. 10 years have gone by since Birth and he continues to show us that he enjoys approaching genre as much as he does experimentation. In Under the Skin, he adapts Michel Faber’s novel and films a Scarlett Johansson turned alien. Tremendously poetic,Under the Skin combines road moviewith science fiction, reality with stylization. Scarlett Johansson , Paul Brannigan , Antonia Campbell-Hughes
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At the time, William Friedkin’s adaptation of the Georges Arnaud novel The Wages of Fear (previously taken to the big screen by Henri Georges-Clouzot) was an epic failure that put the career of a filmmaker who was conquering the decade of the 70s in check. This restored version of the director’s cut puts things into place: Sorcerer is an indisputable masterpiece. 1977
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Zombie Nazis, zombie soccer players, zombie sushi, and now… zombie beavers! Jordan Rubin deftly and audaciously directs a gore comedy where a group of college kids see their vacation and their urge to surrender to carnal pleasures sabotaged by the outbreak of a plague of lethal rodents. Animatronics, mutilations and tons of action in an unquestionably whacked out film.
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Before The Conjuring there was Annabelle… No one who has seen the bloodcurdling movie that James Wan delivered last year will have forgotten the sinister doll from the film’s prologue. Its story, one of the most famous, documented supernatural phenomena of the 20th century, is now embodied in a film destined to make your hair stand on end. Annabelle Wallis , Ward Horton , Alfre Woodard
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TOMATOMETER 96% – 97% want to see
After the death of her husband, Amelia tries to raise a difficult son on her own, one who has a recurring nightmare where he’s chased by a monster. The atmosphere grows even tenser with the discovery of a strange book called “The Babadook”. With this spine-chilling psychological horror piece, Jennifer Kent is on everyone’s lips at all the genre festivals. Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Barbara West,
Daniel Henshall, Hayley McElhinney, Ben Winspear
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All of us have had an ex-partner who refuses to accept that the relationship is over, but what happens to Max goes one step beyond: just when he begins an affair with the charming Olivia, his deceased ex-girlfriend Evelyn returns from the grave, ready to spend the rest of her “non-life” by his side. Joe Dante is back in style with a genuine example of zom-com. Horror , Romance , Comedy
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TOMATOMETER 94% – 95% want to see
Only 12 hours remain until the end of the world. James, a man who’s not at all fond of responsibilities, makes his way to a party, but chaos will force him to change his plans completely, especially when, on the way there, he finds Rose, a little girl desperately searching for her father. An apocalyptic movie in the unfailingly filmic Australian landscape. Jessica De Gouw, Sarah Snook, Nathan Phillips, David Field, Daniel Henshall
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It’s a well-known fact that when Americans go sightseeing, they feel the need to find familiar references. That’s why the discovery of a burger factory in the middle of the Swedish woods is a revelation for a group of American teens on their study tour who won’t take long to realize that they are going to be the raw material for this highly nutritive delicacy.
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TOMATOMETER 86% – 71% liked it
Texas, 1980s. A man breaks into a house and Richard, the head of the household, doesn’t hesitate to shoot him. Now a local hero, Richard will find himself entangled in a web of violence and corruption. Somewhere between thriller, comedy and gore, Cold in July is a feast for the eyes and the confirmation that Jim Mickle is not just promising, he’s a reality: one of the best genre directors of the moment. Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonathon Brug,h Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Stu Rutherford, Ben Fransham
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TOMATOMETER 92% – 100% want to see
A weekend can put an end to any couple. Especially if what’s expected is a perfectly romantic trip. When Dean’s girlfriend decides to leave him after a horrible weekend, the best idea he can come up with will be to use a rudimentary time machine to try and fix the mistake, as many times as needed. This emo indie sci-fi comedy follows in the footsteps of Groundhog Day and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Josh McConville, Hannah Marshall, Alex Dimitriades
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In 1781, Henry Fuseli painted his painting The Nightmare, where a young woman’s sleep was tormented by an incubus and by a terrifying white horse. These visions seem to inspire Horsehead, where an expert in dreams fall ill with a horrible fever and starts to experiment with lucid dreams that transport her to a sinister, hallucinatory world.
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TOMATOMETER 63% – 70% liked it
For the British, the word filth can be applied to both waste and, rather maliciously, to the police force. Inspector Bruce Robertson is a pretty accurate personification of this double meaning: crooked, a junkie and a bully. A piece born from the deranged mind of Irvine Welsh and played by a James McAvoy in a state of (dis)grace. James McAvoy , Jamie Bell , Eddie Marsan
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TOMATOMETER 50% – 41% want to see
Ed and Sarah have swapped the stressful pace of London life for an isolated farmhouse in the Scottish countryside. When night falls, the idyllic landscape becomes inhospitable, and the couple starts to suspect they’re not alone. In White Settlers, the underlying tensions between the United Kingdom and Scotland emerge and shape an oppressive rural thriller. Pollyanna McIntosh, Lee Williams, Joanne Mitchell
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A Mexican restaurant’s employees are about to call it a day, but three cannibals with an appetite will change their plans for good. When Anson, Stef and Mimi enter the place, it’s to scarf down their victims as comically and extravagantly as possible, on a Halloween night that will be going way beyond an inoffensive “trick or treat”.
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Monsters: Dark Continent – Tom Green
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TOMATOMETER No Reviews Yet
7 years after the monster invasion, the quarantine zones have multiplied on a worldwide scale. In the Middle East, these are surrounding dozens of armed conflicts. And this means the American troops have to deal with insurgents as well as aliens. Monsters: Dark Continent transports the first film’s imaginary to a dynamic war zone.
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TOMATOMETER 80% – 100% want to see
Claire’s parents are willing to do anything to get their daughter away from the cult that has abducted her. That’s why they contact Ansel Roth, a famous expert in getting into the hidden corners of the mind. However, Claire will turn out to be harder to crack than Ansel expected, bringing about an unparalleled duel of intellects and sparking off a bizarre comedy that freezes smiles on people’s faces through surprises. Mary Elizabeth Winstead , Leland Orser , Beth Grant
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TOMATOMETER 42% – 43% liked it
After the death of his girlfriend Beth, Zach lives in despair; until one day he discovers that his beloved, who he believed to be dead and buried, has come back to life. Zach will soon realize his girlfriend has returned with one or two changes. Zombie comedy and indie romance come together in this endearing, terrifying hit at the last Sundance festival, which meant recognition for young Dane DeHaan. Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan , John C. Reilly , Molly Shannon , Matthew Gray Gubler, Cheryl Hines
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Oliver is a successful writer whose life is marked by his encounter with a ghost when he was a kid. Returning to his hometown to attend his brother’s funeral, he falls under the spell of his amnesiac girlfriend. The Afterglow is a new Afilm International Film Workshop production, made by students and staff from this film school located in Sitges.
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Barry’s life takes a radical turn when his sister is kidnapped by a mad scientist, when a zombie Apocalypse is breaking out. Searching for allies among the survivors, our hero will cross Australia to rescue his sister, shaping a frenetic action horror movie that has been defined as Mad Max meets Zombie.
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TOMATOMETER 66% – 58% liked it
Eric picks up Rey, the gang leader’s innocent, badly wounded brother. The director of Animal Kingdom overwhelmingly demonstrates his talent in this apocalyptic western starring a superb Guy Pierce and a reinvented Robert Pattinson. Robert Pattinson , Guy Pearce , Scoot McNairy
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Alan Moore transcended the comic universe a long time ago to become a total artist, and his latest project is his worldwide premiere in the film world. Show Pieces are five short films with a screenplay written by Moore and directed by Mitch Jenkins, all set in Northampton and with the same bizarre noir universe.
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Two young American women are on a Mediterranean vacation. Bored with the sun and sand, they decide to seek bigger thrills and venture out to an uninhabited island that was once a scene of horrors during the fascist regime. However, the place isn’t as deserted as it appears to be, harboring a creature that doesn’t seem to be of this world.
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TOMATOMETER 36% – 27% liked it
During the decade of the seventies, Professor Coupland performs an experiment to study the strange case of Jane Harper, a girl who appears to be possessed by an evil, inexplicable force. Based on a true story, this recent production from the revived Hammer Films stars the infallible Jared Harris. Jared Harris, Sam Claflin, Erin Richards, Rory Fleck-Byrne, Olivia Cooke, Laurie Calvert
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Rey Ciso was a renowned film editor, until a dramatic accident amputated the fingers on his right hand. Now he scrapes out a living thanks to genre derivatives. When the actors from the film he’s editing are murdered, he becomes the number one suspect. The Editor is an all out tribute to exploitation and giallo and it strings together a hilarious narration copying key scenes from cult films.
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TOMATOMETER 100% – 100% want to see
Sarah is an aspiring actress determined to be a Hollywood success. After countless auditions and dead-end jobs, it seems her big opportunity has arrived with the starring role in Astraeus Pictures’ new production. The movie will change everything for her, including her own body. Starry Eyes is a fascinating story about ambition, possessions and the true price of fame. Alex Essoe, Amanda Fuller, Noah Segan
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Knights of Badassdom – Joe Lynch
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TOMATOMETER 55% – 39% liked it|
Some believe that role games are purely a way of escape, but some of them can get you into serious trouble. That’s what happens in this fantastic comedy: some geeks who are big fans of live-action role-playing accidentally invoke a terrifying demon. Equipped with costumes, their fake weapons and nonexistent powers, they have to face the threatening creature.Steve Zahn, Ryan Kwanten, Summer Glau, Margarita Levieva, Jimmi Simpson, Peter Dinklage
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Tales from the Crypt: The Demon’s Knight – Ernest Dickerson
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Brayker is carrying the last of the seven keys that opens the receptacle containing the blood of Christ. If the evil Collector ever got hold of it, the universe would be plunged into chaos. The encounter of these two characters in a small town will lead to the definitive battle. A brilliant example of modern pulp, presented (couldn’t be any other way) by the Crypt Keeper himself.
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Based on a true story, Backcountry tells the story of a couple of hikers who lose their way in one of the most remote corners of Canada. With no food or water to survive, it won’t be long before they discover in horror that they are in an area inhabited by wild bears. In this survival horror movie, nature becomes an inhospitable and very dangerous place. Missy Peregrym , Eric Balfour , Nicholas Campbell
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Brothers Sean and Mike Neary, accompanied by the latter’s wife, Wit, set out on a hunting trip. Soon after getting set up in a wildlife preserve, their gear disappears, and the three of them wake up with an X drawn on their foreheads, marking them as prey. A proper survival horror film with an astonishingly ferocious heroine. Pablo Schreiber, Aaron Staton, Wrenn Schmidt, Nick Saso, Cody Saintgnue
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Olympique de Paris arrives in a remote town in north France, where they’re supposed to play a Coup de France game. Instead of a team of country bumpkins, the soccer players will find a horde of rabid zombies. Goal of the Dead is a horror comedy that makes the most of the structure of a soccer game to divide the story into two halves, directed by each director. Alban Lenoir, Charlie Bruneau, Tiphaine Daviot, Ahmed Sylla, Bruno Salomone
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Eric Sparrow is the quintessence of the emotionally immature New Yorker, trapped in a midlife crisis after his he is (deservedly) dumped by his girlfriend. Everything changes the night that a vampire sinks his teeth into him, turning him into a vigorous “undead” free of all ties… except for blood. In this indie comedy, Onur Tukel achieves a successful cross between fantasy and mumblecore. Onur Tukel, Anna Margaret Hollyman
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TOMATOMETER 34% – 30% liked it
Camilla wants to follow in her mother’s footsteps and become a Broadway star, but instead of being a big stage success, she finds herself trapped, working at a summer camp. It looks like her luck is changing when she lands the starring role in a musical, but just as rehearsals begin, terror invades at the hands of a masked psycho. Allie MacDonald , Douglas Smith , Brandon Uranowitz
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The Houses October Built – Bobby Roe
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TOMATOMETER No Reviews Yet
A group of friends take a trip, ready to graphically document the most terrifying Halloween haunted attractions they can find in the United States. One of their first destinations is a house run by some clowns. Their hosts don’t appreciate the reporters’ disrespectful attitude, sparking a conflict that will trigger off an agonizing manhunt. Bobby Roe, Brandy Schaefer, Mikey Roe, Jeff Larson, Zack Andrews
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night – Ana Lily Amirpour
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Subtitles: English, Spanish, Catalan – Anything can happen in the Iranian town of Bad City. In the midst of a wide array of marginal characters, a vampire wanders around in search of blood. Now added to the vampire western is a blood-tinged romance. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night mixes genres and styles: invoking westerns, the fascination of Lynch, horror and graphic novels. Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh, Mozhan Marnò, Dominic Rains, Rome Shadanloo
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English, French – Jason dreams of directing his first horror movie. Bob Marshal, a wealthy producer, agrees to finance the project, but under one condition: Jason has 48 hours to find the most perfect scream in film history. During this extravagant search, our hero will find himself immersed in the worst of his nightmares. Quentin Dupieux himself defines this movie as clean, intelligent and complex.
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