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Ti West puts Mia Goth, Brittany Snow and Scott Mescudi through the wringer in the terrifying trailer for A24 horror X

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As Martin Henderson’s adult filmmaker says to one of his young cast members – “people’s eyes are gonna pop out of their damn skulls when they see this” – and judging by the look of this first trailer the same might apply to Ti West’s return to big-screen horror with X. Borrowing heavily from Texas […]

A24 releases six posters for The Green Knight

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A24 has released six posters for writer-director David Lowery’s (Pete’s Dragon, A Ghost Story) dark fantasy adventure The Green Knight, which stars Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Barry Keoghan and Ralph Ineson; take a look here… An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, THE GREEN […]

Ari Aster and Joaquin Phoenix team with A24 for Disappointment Blvd.

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Deadline is reporting that Hereditary and Midsommar director Ari Aster is set to team with Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix for his next film Disappointment Blvd., which has been picked up by A24, the studio behind Aster’s first two movies. Plot details for Disappointment Blvd. are being kept under wraps, but Deadline describes the film as “an […]

Watchmen’s Hong Chau joins Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, Samantha Morton and Sadie Sink also in talks

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Deadline reports actress Hong Chau (Watchmen) has joined Brendan Fraser (Doom Patrol) in Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming film The Whale. The Whale tells the story of “a reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity who attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.” Chau will play his best friend while […]

A24’s The Green Knight sets new July 2021 release date

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Although the film was delayed from its planned May date earlier this year as a result of the ongoing global health crisis, A24 and director David Lowery’s The Green Knight will now be released in theatres on July 30th, 2021. The Green Knight has also recently earned an “R” rating for “violence, some sexuality and graphic nudity”, […]

Now Is The Time for Indie Films To Strike

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Tom Jolliffe looks at a pre-Covid rise in popularity for independent films, and a big upcoming push for content going forward… Slowly but surely, changes were afoot this time last year. It had been a progressive rise for a few years. Cinema was still monopolised by the mega budget blockbusters. In particular, Disney and every […]

A24’s The Green Knight receives R rating for “violence, some sexuality and graphic nudity”

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Although there is currently no release details after being delayed from its planned May date earlier this year, A24’s The Green Knight has been handed an R rating from the Motion Picture Society of America. A24 and director David Lowery’s The Green Knight has earned its “R” rating for “violence, some sexuality and graphic nudity”, with […]

A Post-Pandemic Film Industry

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Tom Jolliffe looks ahead to how the landscape of film may change in the next few years… The entire film world, top to bottom, across most of the world has hit pause as we deal with more pressing life affecting matters. Studios have delayed releases and productions. We’ve seen a number of films switch from […]