Brooklyn Horror Film Fest: Wrap Up
The Washington Post reported this week that 2022 was a huge year for horror films, perhaps because of post-pandemic desires for cinematic shocks or maybe it’s just a coincidence. They cite Paramount’s decision, after well-received test screenings, to release “Smile” in theaters instead of their original plan to send ...
“Aurora’s Sunrise,” Animated Feature Portrays Survivor of Armenian Genocide
After 14-year-old Aurora Mardiganian escaped from the Armenian genocide in 1917 and moved to the U.S., a newspaper serialised her amazing story and two years later Hollywood made a hugely successful film out of it starring Aurora as herself. Copies of the silent film have disappeared but some footage was discovered ...
The Female Gaze: Women Filmmakers From Japan Cuts And Beyond
New York, NY (October 20, 2022) – A survey of the growing prominence and visibility ofwomen in film, the latest ACA Cinema Project series The Female Gaze: Women Filmmakersfrom JAPAN CUTS and Beyond focuses on the essential roles that female artists play frombehind the camera in Japanese cinema—ranging from ...
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival: Dispatch One
(above: still from "Mickey Dogface," a short film directed by Zach Fleming, from the "Local Invasion" showcase.) It’s October which means pumpkin in everything: pies, lattes, soup, perfumes, cleaning products–you name it! It also means Halloween, campy costumes and candy and this week in Brooklyn it means the 7th ...
Halloween Costume Suggestions
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1985 Anime Classic “Angel’s Egg” at Japan Society
Before Japanese film director Mamoru Oshii made his international hit 1995 animated cyberpunk thriller “Ghost in the Shell,” he made “Angel’s Egg,” a mysterious original video animation (OVA) which perplexed audiences upon its original release. Now considered a masterpiece, New York City’s Japan Society is screening ...
Estonian horror/comedy “Kratt” on VOD
In Estonian folklore a “Kratt” is a mythical creature who will work around the clock for you. Once done with a task it says “Give me work!” and you had better have a job ready or it will kill you. (One way to distract it is to ask it to do an impossible task like making a ladder out of bread!) In Rasmuss Verimoo’s ...
Brooklyn Horror Film Fest: My Picks
The 7th annual Brooklyn Horror Film Festival begins October 13 and runs until October 20. Go here for more info and to buy tickets and passes. There are many scary new features and shorts to see but here are six I will definitely be reviewing. SINPHONY Saturday, October 15, 2022 3:25 PM This is the ...
Isabelle Huppert Retrospective at Film Forum
I had the great pleasure of meeting Isabelle Huppert in 1986 when she was working on the film “The Bedroom Window” (directed by the late Curtis Hanson) in Wilmington, North Carolina. And she signed a big French subway poster of “Entre Nous” I owned. She has had a long career of tremendous performances and the Film ...
“Ringu” at Japan Society
This Friday, October 7, the Japan Society of New York City will screen Hideo Nakata’s 1998 j-horror classic “Ringu” in their "monthly classics" series of Japanese films. Go here for more information and to buy tickets. (Warning: spoilers ahead.) “Ringu” is still considered the most commercially successful Japanese ...
Kino Cult: Deep Cuts in October
Celebrating its first anniversary, the ad-supported streaming service Kino Cult presents 31 curated double-features, reviving the spirit of the midnight movie and providing a sampling of the unapologetically weird cinema that has become Kino Cult's trademark. Each Thursday at midnight, Kino Cult will introduce ...
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival Oct. 13-20
The 7th annual Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, presented by Shudder, will be held October 13th to the 20th with screenings at Nitehawk Cinema, Williamsburg and Williamsburg Cinemas in Brooklyn, NY. Go here for more info, the schedule and ticket info. The festival will screen dozens of new horror films, including ...