Exclusive Interview: Filmmaker Alex Noyer and star James Jagger talk “SOUND OF VIOLENCE” By MICHAEL GINGOLD Musical instruments become instruments of death in SOUND OF VIOLENCE, which premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival and goes into release on digital and...
First wave of features announced for Fantasia International Film Festival 2021 By MICHAEL GINGOLD The long-running Montreal-based genre showcase has a slew of exciting movies coming in its 25th edition. Like last year’s event, the 2021 Fantasia International Film...
Exclusive Interview: Screenwriter Simon Barrett (“YOU’RE NEXT”) conducts a “SEANCE” as director, Part One By MICHAEL GINGOLD Throughout the 2000s, Simon Barrett has scripted a string of imaginative and frightening features, from the supernatural Civil War chiller DEAD...
Exclusive: “SEANCE’s” Simon Barrett on what happened to the “I SAW THE DEVIL” remake By MICHAEL GINGOLD It was about seven years ago that the announcement came down: The YOU’RE NEXT/THE GUEST team of director Adam Wingard and screenwriter Simon Barrett were tackling a...
Filmmakers Mike Testin and Matt Mercer on the one-month miracle of “DEMENTIA PART II” By MICHAEL GINGOLD Independent auteurs often face time constraints when putting together their small-budgeted projects, but DEMENTIA PART II was a special case. The movie, in...