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Top-billed Vicky Krieps dies in the opening frame of Viggo Mortensen’s “The Dead Don’t Hurt,” with a tear running down her cheek and her co-star/director keeping vigil at her bedside, which might prompt some confusion from the casual viewer; is this a Western zombie movie? It is not, but it’s a picture that takes some time to reveal its methodology and motives; the viewer’s patience is required but rewarded. Continue reading ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’ Review: Writer/Director/Star Viggo Mortensen’s Contemplative Western Is A Dazzling Showcase For Vicky Krieps [TIFF] at The Playlist.
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Coronation Street spoilers have revealed that Jenny Connor is in for a shock as she gets some news from the police.This week, viewers have watched as a body was discovered on the land that has been bought by Ed Baily. During Tuesday, 19 September's episode, one of the digger drivers at the site ran into a problem, and as Ed and his brother, Ronnie Baily, rushed over to help, they peered into the hole to discover a dead body.The police were called, and resident police detective Craig Tinker confirmed that the building site is now a crime scene.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Japanese comedian Shinagawa Hiroshi has been set as the director of “Among the Dead,” the first project flowing from the co-production and co-financing venture between U.S.-based People of Culture Studios and Japan’s Yoshimoto Kogyo. The previously-announced project is an English-language, found footage zombie movie in which, following an apocalypse of the undead, one emotionally unstable man abandons friends and family to go live among the few remaining zombies before they’re all gone. The screenplay was written by father/daughter duo, Andy Cosby (“Hellboy,” “2 Guns” “Eureka”) and Charlie Danger Cosby, collectively known as Midnight Pizza. Other writing credits go to Brian Caldirola, Patrick Hasson and Juan Carlos Saizarbitoria. Shinagawa is one-half of the comedy duo Shinagawa Shoji, alongside Tomoharu Shoji, and has a considerable acting filmography in his own right including “Kantoku Kansen,” “Deadman Inferno,” “One Third,” and “Drop.” Shinagawa additionally served as director, writer, and starred in the 2011 comedy-drama “Slapstick Brothers,” which won a Citizen’s Choice Award for feature film and an award from the Japanese Academy for rookie of the year.
Actor Jack Ryder has said it could be time to bring his EastEnders character Jamie Mitchell back from the dead, 21 years after he was dramatically killed off. Jack, 41, appeared on EastEnders from 1998 until 2002 as Jamie, who arrived in Walford following the death of his father and was taken in by Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden).
What happens when we die is something many of us wonder.
Dead Man’s Shoes returns to cinemas almost 20 years after its original release.Directed by Shane Meadows (This Is England), the 2004 thriller stars Paddy Considine (House Of The Dragon) as a man who vows to take revenge on a group of drug dealers who abused his younger brother.The film was nominated for eight British Independent Film Awards at the time, and has become a cult favourite in the years since.Nearly 20 years after it was originally released, Dead Man’s Shoes was re-released in cinemas on September 12, starting with a showing at the BFI Southbank.Shane Meadows collaborated with several musicians for the soundtrack, including The Leisure Society’s Nick Hemming who was previously in an indie band named She Talks To Angels with both Meadows and Paddy Considine.Others who feature on the soundtrack include folk band Clayhill, Richard Hawley and Aphex Twin. You can check out the tracklist for the soundtrack album below.A number of tracks are featured in the film which are not included on the soundtrack album.
James Corden and Harry Styles are making the world a better place, for both their fans and the environment.
The stars stepped out for the 2023 TIFF Tribute Gala & Awards during the Toronto Film Festival over the weekend!
Spike Lee blasted critics who suggested that “Do The Right Thing” would spark riots when it opened in 1989, while honoring one of the reviewers who came to the film’s defense. The remarks came as Lee received the Ebert Director Award, named for the late film critic Roger Ebert, at the Toronto International Film Festival Tribute Awards on Sunday. “Your husband got behind me when those mother f–kers in the press were saying that ‘Do the Right Thing’ was going to incite Black people to riot,” Lee said, as he accepted his prize from Chaz Ebert, the late critic’s wife.
McKinley Franklin editor Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk were tired of the garbled Gen Z stereotypes plastered about modern Hollywood — so, they created their own narrative in “Hell of a Summer.” “Our number one conversation was how annoying it is to see new teen movies and how badly our age group is represented,” says Wolfhard. “And we’re like, ‘Why don’t we just do it?’” And so they did. Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival Sept.
EastEnders star Lacey Turner has teased that a soap legend could be making a return to Albert Square later on this year. Lacey, who is known for playing Stacey Slater on the hit BBC One soap, is currently at the centre of a dramatic flash-forward storyline which has seen six characters in The Queen Vic left dealing with a dead body on Christmas Day 2023. With the murder mystery plot gradually unfolding having kicked off back in February, viewers at home have been busy speculating what they think could’ve happened as well as who the unknown victim and perpetrator could be.
Jennifer Lopez showed off her chic Western vibes on the red carpet while arriving for the Ralph Lauren fashion show during 2023 New York Fashion Week on Friday night (September 8) in New York City.
The western genre has been so pervasive throughout the entire history of the movies, and it is hard to imagine doing anything in it that hasn’t already been done. Viggo Mortensen, in writing, directing, producing, and co-starring in only his second film behind the camera (after 2020’s Falling) finds a moving, if tragic, love story to play against the stunning landscape of the circa 1860’s west, and somehow it all feels new. John Ford and Howard Hawks would love this movie.
Ryan Giggs thinks the public tussle between Jadon Sancho and Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag might have been one last "throw of the dice" to spark the misfiring winger into action.
Brad Anderson (The Machinist) has signed on to direct Twilight of the Dead, the final film prepped by the late horror auteur George A. Romero, with Roundtable Entertainment set to produce and finance.
It is never a normal “opening night” when it comes to the Toronto Film Festival which is offering numerous films including the much anticipated Hayao Miyizaki film The Boy And The Heron which is the key opening night gala, but there are others including two exceptional directorial debuts from celebrated veteran stars Kristin Scott Thomas and Patricia Arquette making it all a very memorable kickoff for TIFF on many fronts.
UPDATED with latest: The Toronto Film Festival began September 7 in Ontario with opening-night movie The Boy and the Heron, from Oscar-winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. It kicks off a lineup for the fest’s 48th edition that includes world premieres of GameStop pic Dumb Money, Netflix’s Pain Hustlers, Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins, Kristin Scott Thomas’ Scarlett Johansson pic North Star, Chris Pine’s Poolman, Michael Keaton-directed Knox Goes Away, Anna Kendrick’s Woman of the Hour, Atom Egoyan’s Seven Veils, Michael Winterbottom’s Shoshana, Grant Singer’s Reptile, Viggo Mortensen’s The Dead Don’t Hurt, Lee Tamahori’s The Convert and Alex Gibney’s doc In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent “Vogter,” a psychological thriller directed by Gustav Möller, whose previous film “The Guilty” won the Audience Award at Sundance, has been pre-sold by Les Films du Losange to multiple territories. “Vogter,” which was just completed and is now in post, has been picked up for Germany, Austria, Switzerland (Ascot Elite), Spain (La Aventura), Italy (Movies Inspired), Japan (Happinet Phantom Studios), Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg (Cineart), Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania (Kino Pavasaris) and Hungary (Vertigo). Les Films du Losange has closed these deals since unveiling the project at Cannes and is negotiating further sales in other key territories.
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has just tied up an eight-figure deal for domestic rights to The Crow reboot, we can reveal.
The star power at TIFF will still be shining bright this year.