Teaser Clip and New Poster For Spider Horror “Sting”

Posted on February 29, 2024 by admin

Directed by Kiah Roache-Turner (Wyrmwood series), the film stars Ryan Corr, Alyla Browne, Penelope Mitchell, Robyn Nevin, Noni Hazelhurst, Silvia Colloca, Danny Kim and Jermaine Fowler

In the movie, a mysterious object falls from the sky and smashes through the window of a rundown apartment building on one cold, stormy night in New York City. It is an egg, and from this egg emerges a strange little spider. The creature is discovered by Charlotte, a rebellious 12-year-old girl obsessed with comic books.

Despite her stepfather Ethan’s best efforts to connect with her through their comic book co-creation Fang Girl, Charlotte feels isolated. Her mother and Ethan are distracted by their new baby and are struggling to cope, leaving Charlotte to bond with the spider. Keeping it as a secret pet, she names it Sting.

As Charlotte’s fascination with Sting increases, so does its size. Growing at a monstrous rate, Sting’s appetite for blood becomes insatiable. Neighbours’ pets start to go missing, and then the neighbours themselves. Soon Charlotte’s family and the eccentric characters of the building realize that they are all trapped, hunted by a ravenous supersized arachnid with a taste for human flesh… and Charlotte is the only one who knows how to stop it.

The film is set for release on April 12, 2024.

Billy Strings, Brandi Carlile, Caamp To Headline Fairwell Festival In Central Oregon

Posted on February 28, 2024 by admin

Billy Strings, Brandi Carlile, and Caamp are set to headline the highly-anticipated second edition of FairWell Festival, returning to the High Desert July 19-21, 2024 at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds.

Bringing fans over 36 artists across three stages, additional performances include Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Ryan Bingham with The Texas Gentlemen, Whiskey Myers, Colter Wall, LeAnn Rimes, Black Pumas, J.R. Carroll, Shakey Graves, The Revivalists and many more highlighting the sounds of Folk, Blues, Rock, Country, and Soul.

The entire lineup with performances by day can be found here, and tickets will be available on Thursday, February 29 beginning with a pre-sale from 10am to 12pm PT and immediately followed by the public on-sale. For full details, visit www.fairwellfestival.com/tickets.

Trailer For Upcoming R-Rated Thriller Drama “Strictly Confidential” Released

Posted on February 28, 2024 by admin

Lionsgate has released the trailer for the feature film directorial debut of writer/director Damian Hurley “Strictly Confidential”. The film star Elizabeth Hurley, Georgia Lock, Lauren McQueen, Freddie Thorp, and Genevieve Gaunt.

In the film, on the anniversary of Rebecca’s (Lauren McQueen) death, Mia (Lock) returns to the Caribbean paradise where she and her best friend shared her final days. As Mia and sets out to unravel the mysterious events of her passing, old passions rise, new secrets are uncovered and Mia is pulled into a seductive world of sex, betrayal and murder.

Described as a in a sensual thriller with a devilish twist, “Strictly Confidential” is a day & date release (in theaters and digital/on demand) on April 5th, 2024.

Blink-182, The Killers, Dave Matthews Band To Headline Oceans Calling Festival

Posted on February 27, 2024 by admin

Blink-182, The Killers, and Dave Matthews Band are set to headline the 2024 Oceans Calling Festival, returning to the Ocean City, Maryland Boardwalk September 27-29. Heading back to the Ocean City Inlet Beach following the triumphant success of 2023, the festival is bringing fans over 40 acts across 3 stages with additional artists to perform including Cage The Elephant, The Offspring, Mt. Joy, Rebelution, Counting Crows, 311, The Beach Boys, Boyz II Men, O.A.R., Young the Giant, Barenaked Ladies and more. Fans can find the entire lineup and by-day breakout on the Oceans Calling website, and tickets will be available on Thursday, February 29 beginning with the Presale at 10am ET, followed by the public on-sale with any remaining tickets.

In addition, Sublime will take the stage at Oceans Calling Festival for a special performance with original band members Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh, as well as featuring Jakob Nowell.

Oceans Calling celebrates the return of renowned Chefs Robert Irvine and Amanda Freitag as well as newcomer to the Oceans Calling stage, Chef Marc Murphy, who will all be presenting unique cooking demos hosted by Jason Biggs for a delicious weekend to remember. Also returning in 2024: locally curated food vendors, access to the Ocean City Boardwalk, and the iconic Jolly Roger at the Pier amusement park, located inside the festival grounds, will once again be fully operational for festival goers, as admission will be included within the purchase of an Oceans Calling Festival ticket.
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“A Thousand Pines” Adds Film Festival Dates Before PBS Broadcast on Independent Lens

Posted on February 26, 2024 by admin

A Thousand Pines, a co-production with ITVS and Latino Public Broadcasting, is a vérité documentary that depicts the day-to-day lives of migrant workers laboring in America’s lucrative timber industry.

Following acclaimed screenings at numerous film festivals, including New York Latino, Workers Unite, Indie Memphis, DocsMX, Morelia, Green Film Festival of San Francisco, Hot Springs Documentary, and Buffalo International—where it won the Best Documentary Award, this insightful documentary continues its successful film festival run.

Additional in-person screenings are scheduled during February and March at the Alameda, Ocean City, San Diego Latino, and Houston Latino Film Festivals before its broadcast premiere on April 1, 2024, on PBS’s acclaimed series Independent Lens.

Directed by Noam Osband and Sebastián Díaz, A Thousand Pines is set in the beautiful and sometimes unforgiving landscape of the United States’ national forests. The first documentary to tell the story of workers in the US timber industry follows Raymundo Morales, the foreman of a crew of migrant workers from Oaxaca, Mexico, who depend on the controversial guest worker visa program. Filmed over the course of a year, between their hometown and the US, they must make the decision every year if they will leave their families in rural Mexico, or if they will return for another eight-month season of planting commercial pine forests.

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Bill Skårsgard In The Just-Released “Boy Kills World” Trailer

Posted on February 25, 2024 by admin

Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions

Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions have released the first trailer for “Boy Kills World”, the action film produced by Sam Raimi and directed by German filmmaker Moritz Mohr.

“Boy Kills World” stars Skarsgård as “Boy” who vows revenge after his family is murdered by Hilda Van Der Koy (Janssen), the deranged matriarch of a corrupt post-apocalyptic dynasty that left the boy orphaned, deaf and voiceless. Driven by his inner voice, one which he co-opted from his favorite childhood video game, Boy trains with a mysterious shaman (Ruhian) to become an instrument of death and is set loose on the eve of the annual culling of dissidents.

Bedlam ensues as Boy commits bloody martial arts mayhem, inciting a wrath of carnage and blood-letting. As he tries to get his bearings in this delirious realm, Boy soon falls in with a desperate resistance group, all the while bickering with the apparent ghost of his rebellious little sister.

“Boy Kills World” had its world premiere at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, and also features Jessica Rothe, Michelle Dockery, Brett Gelman, Isaiah Mustafa, Andrew Koji, and Sharlto Copley, with Boy’s inner voice by Archer and Bob’s Burgers‘ H. Jon Benjamin.

“Boy Kills World” will be released theatrically on April 26.

Ashley Wood and T.P. Louise’s Lore To Be Remastered This May

Posted on February 24, 2024 by admin

Fan-favorite writer T.P. Louise and artist Ashley Wood’s beloved, boundary-pushing Lore comic will be remastered and made available as three deluxe, extra-length, and fully re-lettered issues this May from Image Comics.

A unique mix of prose and sequential storytelling, Lore follows Jennifer Bradley’s journey to solve the mystery of her father’s death. But her search grows increasingly bizarre when what she discovers threatens not just her existence, but the entirety of modern society, too.

“Our intent was to bring my love of myth and the supernatural and use it as a backdrop for the timeless daughter relationship journey,” said Wood. “Lore a love letter to the ’70s TV show In Search Of… with its abstract and unusual families. Artistically, its version two of the art style I started when developing Hellspawn.”

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New Album By Grammy Nominated Composer Bear McCreary To Tie-In With Upcoming Graphic Novel “The Singularity”

Posted on February 23, 2024 by admin

Two-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated, Emmy, and BAFTA Award-winning composer Bear McCreary will join forces with writer Mat Groom (Supermassive, Inferno Girl Red, Self/Made), artists Ramón K. Pérez (Stillwater, Deep Cuts), Danilo Beyruth (Deep Cuts), Matias Bergara (Eisner Award nominated The Scumbag), Rod Reis (C.O.W.L.), Eleonora Carlini, Helena Marsellis, John J. Pearson (The Infernals), and more, with creative director Kyle Higgins (Radiant Black, Moon Man, Deep Cuts), for the upcoming graphic novel, The Singularity.

This standalone story will hit shelves in May, be produced by Black Market Narrative, published by Image Comics, and tie-in with McCreary’s forthcoming concept album—of the same name—which was just announced this morning.

How much loss can one soul endure? In The Singularity graphic novel, Blue Eyes can’t stop being reborn. He tumbles from life to life, from one unthinkably strange universe to the next—the only constant is that, one way or another, everything that he learns to love is lost. But when Blue Eyes finally catches up to a mysterious figure he’s seen recurring throughout his lives, he realizes he might just have a chance to escape his cursed immortality—or, at very least, exact revenge for it.
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Med Hondo’s Musical Epic “West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves Of Liberty” New 4K Restoration To Run at Film Forum

Posted on February 23, 2024 by admin

The great French-Mauritian director Med Hondo’s spectacular cinematic odyssey “West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves Of Liberty” (1979) will run at Film Forum in a new 4K restoration from Friday, March 22 through Thursday, March 28.

Adapted from Daniel Boukman’s Les Négriers (The Slavers), a play which Hondo directed in Paris in the early 70s, WEST INDIES: THE FUGITIVE SLAVES OF LIBERTY tells the story of French imperialism as a musical extravaganza.

Aboard an enormous hand built wooden slave ship acting as a multipurpose set, the film traverses the West Indies, Europe, and the Middle Passage, spanning over 400 years. Dynamic, intricately choreographed reenactments depict the effects of official French policy upon the colonized, the enslaved, and their descendants. Surveying the actions and motivations of the resigned, the revolutionary, and the powers that be (along with their lackeys), WEST INDIES is a call to arms for a spectacular yet critical cinematic reimagining of an entire people’s history of resistance and struggle.

At $1.3 million, it was the biggest-budget African production ever, as well as the continent’s first musical. Hondo, who wished “to free the very concept of musical comedy from its American trade mark” remained resolute in his vision, refusing to alter the script and rejecting funding offers from Warner Brothers and MGM when they asked for changes. Mixed critical reception in France barred the film from wider release with it gradually slipping out of circulation.
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Sundance Institute Announces 2024 Momentum Fellows

Posted on February 22, 2024 by admin

Today the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced eight storytellers selected for the 2024 Momentum Fellowship. Now in its sixth year, Momentum continues its mission of fostering professional growth for mid-career artists, emphasizing professional development opportunities during a critical juncture in their creative journey.

The fellowship specifically targets mid-career artists hailing from historically marginalized backgrounds, offering them tailored support and resources. It is led by the Institute’s Women at Sundance and Artist Accelerator programs.

The fellowship supports creators working in fiction or nonfiction who have recently achieved a noteworthy accomplishment, such as a highly regarded feature film or series.

Momentum provides participants with a full-year program of customized support around current goals they identify for themselves to level up in their craft and career, including an unrestricted artist grant; professional coaching offered by Renee Freedman & Company, supported by The Harnisch Foundation; and connection to the Sundance Institute’s ELEVATE professional development track with exclusive workshops and sessions.
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