In the late 1920s, silent era filmmaking was at the height of its artistry, and Hollywood was one big, debaucherous party. This was the roaring twenties, after all. In fact, it was the depravity — on screen and off — of this era that led to the creation of the Production Code that would handicap studio films for decades to come.
Although many films have paid tribute to these wild, early days like James Ivory’s “The Wild Party” or Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Artist,” few have boasted as impressive a grasp the magic and darkness of its history and mythology as Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon.” This era is a perfect collision of all the Oscar winner’s interests.
In his three-hour epic “Babylon,” the romantic cinephilia of “La La Land” meets the obsessive jazz rhythms of “Whiplash” meets the detailed history of “First Man.” Inspired in part by the racier (though often...
Although many films have paid tribute to these wild, early days like James Ivory’s “The Wild Party” or Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Artist,” few have boasted as impressive a grasp the magic and darkness of its history and mythology as Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon.” This era is a perfect collision of all the Oscar winner’s interests.
In his three-hour epic “Babylon,” the romantic cinephilia of “La La Land” meets the obsessive jazz rhythms of “Whiplash” meets the detailed history of “First Man.” Inspired in part by the racier (though often...
- 12/21/2022
- by Marya E. Gates
- Indiewire
"Are you human?" Or is he something else? Indie Rights has debuted an official trailer for a peculiar indie sci-fi comedy titled Mandao Returns, the sequel to Mandao of the Dead from 2018. Korean-American filmmaker Scott Dunn writes, directs, and stars in both of these homemade films as Jay Mandao, an astral projecting time traveler slacker. This next one, however, is Christmas themed. Jay Mandao has returned. Christmas is in the air as Jay astral projects back in time to prevent the death of a B-movie star. However, the more Jay and his friends mess with time, the deadlier Christmas becomes. Also starring Gina Gomez Dunn, Jenny Lorenzo, Alexandre Chen, Sean Liang, Sean McBride, and also Jim O'Doherty. This Christmas is gonna kick astral! Cool? This looks amusing, in a very your-friends-made-a-home-movie way. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Scott Dunn's Mandao Returns, direct from YouTube: Jay Mandao (Scott Dunn) is not your average hero.
- 12/23/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Indie Rights has announced the release of writer/director Scott Dunn’s sci-fi horror comedy, Mandao Returns, the sequel to Dunn’s spectral comedy, Mandao of the Dead. The third feature from Scott Dunn and producer Gina Gomez Dunn, Mandao Returns was successfully funded via Kickstarter in only 11 days and finished filming only two days before the Covid-19 pandemic shuttered film productions. Dunn was forced to tackle post-production remotely to finish the feature in time for a December debut.
Mandao Returns is headlined by Jenny Lorenzo, Jim O’Doherty, Sean Liang (American Horror Story: 1984), Scott Dunn, Sean McBride, Gina Gomez Dunn and Alexandre Chen.
Jay Mandao is not your average hero. He’s an astral projecting time traveler who spends his days hanging with his adult nephew Jackson, crashing on his scheming cousin Andy’s couch, and riding with his cabbie friend Fer. In the days leading up to Christmas, Jay...
Mandao Returns is headlined by Jenny Lorenzo, Jim O’Doherty, Sean Liang (American Horror Story: 1984), Scott Dunn, Sean McBride, Gina Gomez Dunn and Alexandre Chen.
Jay Mandao is not your average hero. He’s an astral projecting time traveler who spends his days hanging with his adult nephew Jackson, crashing on his scheming cousin Andy’s couch, and riding with his cabbie friend Fer. In the days leading up to Christmas, Jay...
- 12/23/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Google’s got a guitar and they’ve learned how to make it talk. In order to celebrate what would’ve been the 96th birthday of rock ‘n’ roll innovator Les Paul, the Google logo has been replaced today by a doodle made up of guitar strings that can be strummed with your mouse. “The electric guitar brings back memories for me of exchanging riffs with friends and wearing out cassette tapes as I meticulously learned songs,” wrote Google designer Alexander Chen, in a blog post. “Today, we’re attempting to recreate that experience with a doodle celebrating the birthday...
- 6/9/2011
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW.com - PopWatch
Horror short The Resurrection of Officer Rollins will also appear at the New York Horror Film Festival with a first showing at 8:00pm on Thursday, November 19th. To star Derek Mears (Friday the 13th) The Resurrection will be shown in its entirety this week (twenty minutes). To also show Rodney Eastman (Nightmare on Elm Street 3) and Scoot McNairy (In Search of A Midnight Kiss) at their most frightened Resurrection is sure to delight the audience with tales of "diabolical ghouls" and "horrifying rides." Check out all the info' on this horror short below.
The synopsis for The Resurrection of Officer Rollins is shown here:
"A bumbling pair of paramedics, fight for their lives as a patient, is transformed into a diabolical ghoul - during a horrifying ride to the hospital. The two hilarious paramedics fight for their lives in this special-effects-packed supernatural chiller that’s so fiendishly entertaining, it's...
The synopsis for The Resurrection of Officer Rollins is shown here:
"A bumbling pair of paramedics, fight for their lives as a patient, is transformed into a diabolical ghoul - during a horrifying ride to the hospital. The two hilarious paramedics fight for their lives in this special-effects-packed supernatural chiller that’s so fiendishly entertaining, it's...
- 11/17/2009
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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