As the release of Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition draws ever closer, Techland are continuing to up the ante with new trailers and features. Yet another preview has debuted today, and it shows of the enhancements that this latest version of the game will bring to the multiplayer Be the Zombie mode.
Dying Light‘s Be the Zombie mode is a 4v1 Pvp mode that pits one Hunter player against four Survivors as each looks to emerge victorious. In Dying Light: The Following, this mode has been revamped with weaponized buggies and brand new Hunter abilities to allow for new tactical moves and to increase the brutality of each game.
Dying Light‘s producer Tymon Smektała explained how the expansion would alter the 4v1 experience in a press release with the new trailer:
Be the Zombie plays much different in the expansion not only because of buggies and the new environment,...
Dying Light‘s Be the Zombie mode is a 4v1 Pvp mode that pits one Hunter player against four Survivors as each looks to emerge victorious. In Dying Light: The Following, this mode has been revamped with weaponized buggies and brand new Hunter abilities to allow for new tactical moves and to increase the brutality of each game.
Dying Light‘s producer Tymon Smektała explained how the expansion would alter the 4v1 experience in a press release with the new trailer:
Be the Zombie plays much different in the expansion not only because of buggies and the new environment,...
- 2/4/2016
- by Gareth Cartwright
- We Got This Covered
We bring good news for zombie fans today, as Techland has just confirmed that it will release Dying Light sooner than expected. The visceral game will launch on January 27th in the Americas, January 28th in Australia and New Zealand, and January 30th in Europe and Asia, as opposed to its originally announced February release window.
Those who pre-order Dying Light through its official website will be gifted with bonus Dlc called Be the Zombie. By activating it, players will unlock the opportunity to enter others’ games as a Night Hunter – a powerful creature with nearly unrivalled skills.
As a fan of zombie games and the Dead Island franchise, I can’t wait to play through this spiritual successor, with its parkour and day/night cycles. What I demoed at E3 was fantastic, so much so that the game ended up winning one of my personal Game of Show awards.
Those who pre-order Dying Light through its official website will be gifted with bonus Dlc called Be the Zombie. By activating it, players will unlock the opportunity to enter others’ games as a Night Hunter – a powerful creature with nearly unrivalled skills.
As a fan of zombie games and the Dead Island franchise, I can’t wait to play through this spiritual successor, with its parkour and day/night cycles. What I demoed at E3 was fantastic, so much so that the game ended up winning one of my personal Game of Show awards.
- 9/12/2014
- by Chad Goodmurphy
- We Got This Covered
We have great news for those of you who are salivating over one of the more anticipated video game releases, Dying Light! The powers-that-be have sent over word that this blood-soaked bad boy will be coming sooner than anticipated.
From the Press Release
Techland is really excited to announce that Dying Light, its highly-anticipated action survival game, will hit stores in 2015 on January 27th in the Americas, January 28th in Australia and New Zealand, and January 30th in Europe and Asia.
Dying Light can be pre-ordered from the game's official website. These pre-orders come with a free Dlc mode called Be the Zombie. In this competitive asymmetric multiplayer mode, you invade other players’ games as the Night Hunter – an ultimate zombie with a unique set of deadly skills. By playing as the Night Hunter, you turn into a fast, agile, and dangerous predator, whose objective is to hunt down human survivors.
From the Press Release
Techland is really excited to announce that Dying Light, its highly-anticipated action survival game, will hit stores in 2015 on January 27th in the Americas, January 28th in Australia and New Zealand, and January 30th in Europe and Asia.
Dying Light can be pre-ordered from the game's official website. These pre-orders come with a free Dlc mode called Be the Zombie. In this competitive asymmetric multiplayer mode, you invade other players’ games as the Night Hunter – an ultimate zombie with a unique set of deadly skills. By playing as the Night Hunter, you turn into a fast, agile, and dangerous predator, whose objective is to hunt down human survivors.
- 9/11/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
The upcoming free-running, parkour based, zombie game from the developers of Dead Island broke a few hearts when it was announced that the game was slipping from it's intended 2014 release date into a vague 2015 window. Today brings word of Dying Light's brand new release date and it's not as far away as you expected. Come inside to find out when you'll be able to play!
If you've been looking forward to playing Dying Light, you'll be happy to know the game is now set to release on January 27, 2015. Honestly, this isn't too far off from their initial holiday 2014 release window the game was delayed from. So it's a nice surprise!
Techland is really excited to announce that Dying Light, its highly-anticipated action survival game, will hit the stores in 2015 on January 27th in the Americas, January 28th in Australia and New Zealand, and January 30th in Europe and Asia.
Dying...
If you've been looking forward to playing Dying Light, you'll be happy to know the game is now set to release on January 27, 2015. Honestly, this isn't too far off from their initial holiday 2014 release window the game was delayed from. So it's a nice surprise!
Techland is really excited to announce that Dying Light, its highly-anticipated action survival game, will hit the stores in 2015 on January 27th in the Americas, January 28th in Australia and New Zealand, and January 30th in Europe and Asia.
Dying...
- 9/11/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
WB Games has announced a special pre-order bonus for their upcoming survival horror game Dying Light: an exclusive “Be the Zombie” mode that adds PvP multiplayer to the game as well as the option to, well, be the zombie. Imagine that!
The mode will allow players to become a Night Hunter, a specially mutated zed with superhuman speed, special attacks, and a grappling-hook tendril to help navigate the environment. All of these skills will come into play as the Night Hunters have to defend their hives from those pesky humans.
Playing as a Night Hunter offers its own upgradable skill tree, with unique rewards and perks exclusive to the character class. This multiplayer mode adds another layer of gameplay on top of the existing story campaign.
Dying Light will be out in 2014 for Xbox One, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC.
The mode will allow players to become a Night Hunter, a specially mutated zed with superhuman speed, special attacks, and a grappling-hook tendril to help navigate the environment. All of these skills will come into play as the Night Hunters have to defend their hives from those pesky humans.
Playing as a Night Hunter offers its own upgradable skill tree, with unique rewards and perks exclusive to the character class. This multiplayer mode adds another layer of gameplay on top of the existing story campaign.
Dying Light will be out in 2014 for Xbox One, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC.
- 8/30/2013
- by Carl Lyon
- FEARnet
Now that Sundance and Berlin are over, what do we have to look forward to? Cannes of course. However, in terms of continuing business, I want to put a spotlight on what to look forward to next Sundance (and Berlin) as an example of long lasting effects of filmmakers/ actors/ buyers and sellers. I will begin this depiction of a long journey beginning with my friend, Rodrigo Bellot -- writer, director, producer and casting agent . Rodrigo made his first film, Sexual Dependency, in 2003 with producers Ara Katz and Sam Engelbart who brought us on to find festival and international representation. Rigo was pleased with the work and we have become fast friends since then. When I first spoke with Rigo about We Are What We Are, he referred me to Memento, his international sales agent.
During Cannes 2012, I went to Memento to write more about this film which is the first remake in a long time of a film from Mexico, Somos lo que hay by Mexican director Jorge Michel Grau. At Memento, Tanja Meissner ♀ and Emilie Georges ♀ referred me to their American colleague and producer of the film, Nicholas Shumaker who gave me more of the film's history. During Afm 2011, Rodrigo and his professional partner Andrew D. Corkin who previously produced Martha Marcy May Marlene had come to Memento with the idea of remaking the English language version of this Mexican (Spanish language) film about a family of cannibals. They were, predictably, looking for financial partners. Memento said they would support the remake. They had wanted to work with the director Jim Mickle since seeing the Tiff 2010 Midnight Madness Audience Award winner, Stake Land which has become a cult vampire picture. Mickle has transposed the story to a poor part of the Catskills region in New York State. Memento sees the horror genre as an ambitious genre when it is created with good ideas, not exploitative but an elevated sort of horror, along the lines of Let the Right One In. Memento wants to do horror films only with directors and authors they like. It has taken seven years to establish their brand, and the principals Emilie Georges and Tanja Meissner are not looking for horror per se. They long for smart horror because there is a consistent market for intelligent horror stories. Their horror films will stand out for their buyers because of the director-driven aspect, not for the horror itself. Memento is putting together two other films with bigger budgets for Jim which will go over the next six to nine months. These next two, Night Hunter and Cold in July were announced during by Screen International around the time of Cannes 2012 and are both being produced with Linda Moran's ♀ and Rene Bastian's New York company Belladonna. To hear Jim Mickle speak about the use of Adobe technology in the making We Are What We Are, visit Adobe TV at Sundance. More on Mickle is in Screen. We Are What We Are will costar Ambyr Childers ♀ who was the milk skinned blonde in Gangster Squad and played Elizabeth Dodd in The Master, and Julia Garner ♀, who recently picked up rave reviews for her performance as a naïve Morman girl in Rebecca Thomas’ Electrik Children, a Berlinale 2012 hit. She will next be seen in Stephan Chobsky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower and is in StudioCanal’s The Last Exorcism 2. Film industry veteran Jack Turner is also producing. Mfi chief Emilie Georges and international sales head Tanja Meissner are executive producing alongside Mo Noorali and Linda Moran ♀ of Belladonna Productions, who previously produced Mickle’s other films, and Brett Fitzgerald. Mfi’s Nicholas Kaiser has a co-producer credit. We Are What We Are was shot in the Catskills, starting May 29, 2012 for a January 2013 delivery in time for its projected Sundance premier. With that intent, Mfi began carefully preselling the film, first at Berlin’s Efm 2011 where it was prebought by Entertainment One for U.K, Scandinavia, South Africa and France. Koch Media prebought Germany. New York and Los Angeles-based Three Point Capital and Hsbc provided additional funding. At Afm 2013, the film sold to Transformer for Japan and Zamie for So. Korea. Middle East is also been sold along with Turkey (Callinos Films). Memento's marketing and finance plan allowed for the U.S. to be sold during Sundance 2013 and as we all know now, (From Deadline Hollywood): "In a low seven-figure deal for U.S. rights, eOne acquired the Jim Mickle-directed We Are What We Are, which premiered last Friday at the Library Center Theatre in the Park City At Midnight section. The plot: a devastating storm washes up clues that lead authorities closer to unraveling the dark secrets of the Parker family, who are cannibals. That premise is Not treated as slasher fare, it’s far more stylish and the buyer crowd and audience at the premiere screening ate it up and feel they’ve found a director with a voice worth hearing. The film stars Ambyr Childers, Bill Sage, Julia Garner, Michael Parks, Wyatt Russell and Kelly McGillis. It has gotten strong reviews beyond the genre crowd, and it gives eOne a good theatrical offering. Deal was finished on the flight back to Los Angeles. I’ve heard both the Wme Global and eOne teams were on the same flight back from Park City. They haggled but by the time the plane landed, eOne hit the asks made by the agents, who denied this colorful story. Somehow, it fits with the frenzied pace of deals due to the influx of new buyers. eOne will put it out in a platform theatrical release." Since Cannes 2012, eOne acquired Alliance and is poised to make a very splashy release of this film. EOne had not pursued the film for U.S. until Sundance and the deal was verifiably finalized and upped on the plane as described above. Memento has consistent relations with its directors. It is now transitioning though natural growth into handling larger films. It will still handle about 8 films a year and it will maintain the same strategy, though films of second and third time directors will be larger. Memento still wants newcomers and so it has 2 divisions with Artscope aiming more for the festival circuit for new directors like Natalia Smirnoff ♀ of The Puzzle which premiered in '09 at San Sebastian and was picked up for U.S. by IFC, Circles (see my past blog), In the Name Of by Malgorzata Szumowska ♀ which won the 2013 Teddy Award for daring to “challenge the stereotypes of homosexuality versus religion with a personal story, told in a deeply humane way”. It was picked up in Berlin where it premiered in Competition by Film Movement, and Lore by Cate Shortland ♀.
During Cannes 2012, I went to Memento to write more about this film which is the first remake in a long time of a film from Mexico, Somos lo que hay by Mexican director Jorge Michel Grau. At Memento, Tanja Meissner ♀ and Emilie Georges ♀ referred me to their American colleague and producer of the film, Nicholas Shumaker who gave me more of the film's history. During Afm 2011, Rodrigo and his professional partner Andrew D. Corkin who previously produced Martha Marcy May Marlene had come to Memento with the idea of remaking the English language version of this Mexican (Spanish language) film about a family of cannibals. They were, predictably, looking for financial partners. Memento said they would support the remake. They had wanted to work with the director Jim Mickle since seeing the Tiff 2010 Midnight Madness Audience Award winner, Stake Land which has become a cult vampire picture. Mickle has transposed the story to a poor part of the Catskills region in New York State. Memento sees the horror genre as an ambitious genre when it is created with good ideas, not exploitative but an elevated sort of horror, along the lines of Let the Right One In. Memento wants to do horror films only with directors and authors they like. It has taken seven years to establish their brand, and the principals Emilie Georges and Tanja Meissner are not looking for horror per se. They long for smart horror because there is a consistent market for intelligent horror stories. Their horror films will stand out for their buyers because of the director-driven aspect, not for the horror itself. Memento is putting together two other films with bigger budgets for Jim which will go over the next six to nine months. These next two, Night Hunter and Cold in July were announced during by Screen International around the time of Cannes 2012 and are both being produced with Linda Moran's ♀ and Rene Bastian's New York company Belladonna. To hear Jim Mickle speak about the use of Adobe technology in the making We Are What We Are, visit Adobe TV at Sundance. More on Mickle is in Screen. We Are What We Are will costar Ambyr Childers ♀ who was the milk skinned blonde in Gangster Squad and played Elizabeth Dodd in The Master, and Julia Garner ♀, who recently picked up rave reviews for her performance as a naïve Morman girl in Rebecca Thomas’ Electrik Children, a Berlinale 2012 hit. She will next be seen in Stephan Chobsky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower and is in StudioCanal’s The Last Exorcism 2. Film industry veteran Jack Turner is also producing. Mfi chief Emilie Georges and international sales head Tanja Meissner are executive producing alongside Mo Noorali and Linda Moran ♀ of Belladonna Productions, who previously produced Mickle’s other films, and Brett Fitzgerald. Mfi’s Nicholas Kaiser has a co-producer credit. We Are What We Are was shot in the Catskills, starting May 29, 2012 for a January 2013 delivery in time for its projected Sundance premier. With that intent, Mfi began carefully preselling the film, first at Berlin’s Efm 2011 where it was prebought by Entertainment One for U.K, Scandinavia, South Africa and France. Koch Media prebought Germany. New York and Los Angeles-based Three Point Capital and Hsbc provided additional funding. At Afm 2013, the film sold to Transformer for Japan and Zamie for So. Korea. Middle East is also been sold along with Turkey (Callinos Films). Memento's marketing and finance plan allowed for the U.S. to be sold during Sundance 2013 and as we all know now, (From Deadline Hollywood): "In a low seven-figure deal for U.S. rights, eOne acquired the Jim Mickle-directed We Are What We Are, which premiered last Friday at the Library Center Theatre in the Park City At Midnight section. The plot: a devastating storm washes up clues that lead authorities closer to unraveling the dark secrets of the Parker family, who are cannibals. That premise is Not treated as slasher fare, it’s far more stylish and the buyer crowd and audience at the premiere screening ate it up and feel they’ve found a director with a voice worth hearing. The film stars Ambyr Childers, Bill Sage, Julia Garner, Michael Parks, Wyatt Russell and Kelly McGillis. It has gotten strong reviews beyond the genre crowd, and it gives eOne a good theatrical offering. Deal was finished on the flight back to Los Angeles. I’ve heard both the Wme Global and eOne teams were on the same flight back from Park City. They haggled but by the time the plane landed, eOne hit the asks made by the agents, who denied this colorful story. Somehow, it fits with the frenzied pace of deals due to the influx of new buyers. eOne will put it out in a platform theatrical release." Since Cannes 2012, eOne acquired Alliance and is poised to make a very splashy release of this film. EOne had not pursued the film for U.S. until Sundance and the deal was verifiably finalized and upped on the plane as described above. Memento has consistent relations with its directors. It is now transitioning though natural growth into handling larger films. It will still handle about 8 films a year and it will maintain the same strategy, though films of second and third time directors will be larger. Memento still wants newcomers and so it has 2 divisions with Artscope aiming more for the festival circuit for new directors like Natalia Smirnoff ♀ of The Puzzle which premiered in '09 at San Sebastian and was picked up for U.S. by IFC, Circles (see my past blog), In the Name Of by Malgorzata Szumowska ♀ which won the 2013 Teddy Award for daring to “challenge the stereotypes of homosexuality versus religion with a personal story, told in a deeply humane way”. It was picked up in Berlin where it premiered in Competition by Film Movement, and Lore by Cate Shortland ♀.
- 2/21/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
It was way back in 2009 that we broke the exclusive that Stake Land director Jim Mickle would be adapting Joe R. Lansdale's Cold in July for the big screen. After years of silence finally there's some movement on that and more.
Variety reports that French shingles Wild Side Films and Memento Films are partnering on genre helmer Mickle's next two projects: Cold in July and Night Hunter. Wild Side will distribute in France; Memento Films will handle international sales.
An adaptation of Joe R. Landsdale's novel, the Texas-set Cold in July is described as a suspense flick in the vein of A History of Violence and Blood Simple, while Night Hunter is an original script penned by Mickle and his regular scribe partner Nick Damici. Set in 19th-century America, it is described as a mix of The Grey, "Game of Thrones" and The New World.
"I'm beyond thrilled to...
Variety reports that French shingles Wild Side Films and Memento Films are partnering on genre helmer Mickle's next two projects: Cold in July and Night Hunter. Wild Side will distribute in France; Memento Films will handle international sales.
An adaptation of Joe R. Landsdale's novel, the Texas-set Cold in July is described as a suspense flick in the vein of A History of Violence and Blood Simple, while Night Hunter is an original script penned by Mickle and his regular scribe partner Nick Damici. Set in 19th-century America, it is described as a mix of The Grey, "Game of Thrones" and The New World.
"I'm beyond thrilled to...
- 5/19/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Barring any late additions or surprises, the full lineup for the 2012 edition of the Sundance Film Festival (January 19 through 29) is now complete. We've seen the the Competition and Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, Next <=> and New Frontier lineups, the Premieres and the Documentary Premieres. Today's the festival's unveiled its Short Film program. Once again, straight from the release:
U.S. Short Films
This year's 32 U.S. short films were selected from 4,083 submissions.
U.S. Narrative Short Films
’92 Skybox Alonzo Mourning Rookie Card (Director: Todd Sklar, Screenwriters: Todd Sklar, Alex Rennie) — Jim and Dave are brothers who haven't spoken in years and don't like each other very much, but are forced to come together for a week when their dad dies in Kansas City. A limited edition 1992 Skybox Series Alonzo Mourning rookie card is a point of contention.
The Arm (Directors and screenwriters: Brie Larson, Sarah Ramos, Jessie Ennis) — In an...
U.S. Short Films
This year's 32 U.S. short films were selected from 4,083 submissions.
U.S. Narrative Short Films
’92 Skybox Alonzo Mourning Rookie Card (Director: Todd Sklar, Screenwriters: Todd Sklar, Alex Rennie) — Jim and Dave are brothers who haven't spoken in years and don't like each other very much, but are forced to come together for a week when their dad dies in Kansas City. A limited edition 1992 Skybox Series Alonzo Mourning rookie card is a point of contention.
The Arm (Directors and screenwriters: Brie Larson, Sarah Ramos, Jessie Ennis) — In an...
- 12/6/2011
- MUBI
Liv Mjönes, Ruth Vega Fernandez, With Every Heartbeat Breakthrough Selections Expecting: In Chile, a young girl and her boyfriend wait for a black-market drug to take effect in this tense and insightful examination of teen pregnancy. Dir/Scr Francisca Fuenzalida. Chile. U.S. Premiere. Light Of Mine: Rapidly going blind, photographer Owen and his wife Laura take a life-changing trip to Yellowstone National Park where they experience a beauty that rivals their tragedy. Dir Brett Eichenberger. Scr Jill Remensnyder. USA. Three And A Half: Three women risk everything and travel to the northwest Iranian border in hopes of escaping prison and reuniting with their comrades. Dir/Scr Naghi Nemati. Cast Samaneh Vafaiezadeh, Shooka Karimi, Negar Hassanzadeh, Mehdi Poormoosa. Iran. U.S. Premiere. With Every Heartbeat: In this Swedish romantic drama, uptight Mia attends her father’s engagement party and not only gains a stepmother, but also a new lover,...
- 10/23/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
George Clooney, Pierre Étaix and Tilda Swinton
to receive Silver Medallion Awards Over twenty-five new features plus revival programs
and unique programming from Guest Director Caetano Veloso will be presented as part of the 2011 exhibition
Telluride, Co (September 1, 2011) . Telluride Film Festival (September 2-5, 2011), presented by the National Film Preserve, announces its program for the 38th Telluride Film Festival. Featuring diverse programming from around the globe, Tff once again sets the stage for some of the year.s most highly anticipated films.
Tff opens its 38th year with over twenty-five new feature films plus special artist tributes, Guest Director programs selected by Caetano Veloso, Backlot programs, classics and restorations, shorts, student films, seminars and conversations, each introduced or proceeded with a Q&A by its filmmaker, actors, writer or producer. Telluride Film Festival opens Friday, September 2 and runs through Labor Day, Monday, September 5.
The .Show.
38th Telluride Film Festival is proud...
to receive Silver Medallion Awards Over twenty-five new features plus revival programs
and unique programming from Guest Director Caetano Veloso will be presented as part of the 2011 exhibition
Telluride, Co (September 1, 2011) . Telluride Film Festival (September 2-5, 2011), presented by the National Film Preserve, announces its program for the 38th Telluride Film Festival. Featuring diverse programming from around the globe, Tff once again sets the stage for some of the year.s most highly anticipated films.
Tff opens its 38th year with over twenty-five new feature films plus special artist tributes, Guest Director programs selected by Caetano Veloso, Backlot programs, classics and restorations, shorts, student films, seminars and conversations, each introduced or proceeded with a Q&A by its filmmaker, actors, writer or producer. Telluride Film Festival opens Friday, September 2 and runs through Labor Day, Monday, September 5.
The .Show.
38th Telluride Film Festival is proud...
- 9/1/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"Take a close look at the lineup the Telluride Film Festival," advises Eugene Hernandez at indieWIRE. "These are films you’ll be hearing a lot about over the next few weeks during a fall festival swing that begins in Venice, travels to Telluride and continues through to big-city fests in Toronto and then New York. For many movies on the roster, the journey even dates back to Cannes in May."
The festival opens tomorrow and runs through Labor Day; meantime, here's the Show:
Viviana García Besné's Perdida, a look at the Calderon family, a cinema dynasty in Mexico.
Dr. Biju's The Way Home. See the description from the London Indian Film Festival.
Joseph Cedar's Footnote. See the Cannes roundup.
Mark Cousins's The Story of Film: An Odyssey. Trailer (scroll down about halfway).
David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method. Premieres tomorrow (Friday) in Venice.
Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne's The Kid with a Bike.
The festival opens tomorrow and runs through Labor Day; meantime, here's the Show:
Viviana García Besné's Perdida, a look at the Calderon family, a cinema dynasty in Mexico.
Dr. Biju's The Way Home. See the description from the London Indian Film Festival.
Joseph Cedar's Footnote. See the Cannes roundup.
Mark Cousins's The Story of Film: An Odyssey. Trailer (scroll down about halfway).
David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method. Premieres tomorrow (Friday) in Venice.
Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne's The Kid with a Bike.
- 9/1/2011
- MUBI
One of the perks of living in New York City is the chance to see some truly amazing films in theaters that may not get to screen in many other U.S. territories. This is just one of the reasons that Ndnf is such an exciting film festival.
Now in its 40th year, The Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center present New Directors/New Films, a screening series dedicated to the discovery of new works by emerging and dynamic filmmaking talent. Featuring films from all over the globe, this year Ndnf will screen 28 feature films (24 narrative, 4 documentary) and 7 short films representing 27 different countries. It’s a truly inclusive cinematic experience with some films fresh to the U.S. and some that snagged attention at Sundance and SXSW.
Here at the Film Stage we’ll be posting reviews of a selection of these featured films to...
Now in its 40th year, The Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center present New Directors/New Films, a screening series dedicated to the discovery of new works by emerging and dynamic filmmaking talent. Featuring films from all over the globe, this year Ndnf will screen 28 feature films (24 narrative, 4 documentary) and 7 short films representing 27 different countries. It’s a truly inclusive cinematic experience with some films fresh to the U.S. and some that snagged attention at Sundance and SXSW.
Here at the Film Stage we’ll be posting reviews of a selection of these featured films to...
- 3/22/2011
- by Kristy Puchko
- The Film Stage
British fantasy novelist Robert Holdstock was best known for his popular Ryhope Wood series that began with the 1981 World Fantasy Award-winning novella Mythago Wood. The series also included the novels including Lavondyss (1988), The Bone Forest (1991), The Hollowing (1993), Merlin’s Wood (1994), Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn (1997), and Avilion (2009).
Holdstock was born in Hythe, Kent, England, on August 2, 1948. He began writing short-stories in the late 1960s, and penned his first novel, Eye of the Blind, in 1977.
He wrote the novelization for the horror film Legend of the Werewolf in 1976, and adapted the unfilmed screenplay for The Satanists in 1977, both under the pseudonym Robert Black. He penned the Berserker trilogy – Shadow of the Wolf (1977), The Bull Chief (1979), and The Horned Warrior (1979) – under the name Chris Carlsen.
Writing as Richard Kirk, he teamed with Angus Wells to create the 5-volume Raven series in 1978. He also wrote several novels in The Professionals series under the house penname Ken Blake,...
Holdstock was born in Hythe, Kent, England, on August 2, 1948. He began writing short-stories in the late 1960s, and penned his first novel, Eye of the Blind, in 1977.
He wrote the novelization for the horror film Legend of the Werewolf in 1976, and adapted the unfilmed screenplay for The Satanists in 1977, both under the pseudonym Robert Black. He penned the Berserker trilogy – Shadow of the Wolf (1977), The Bull Chief (1979), and The Horned Warrior (1979) – under the name Chris Carlsen.
Writing as Richard Kirk, he teamed with Angus Wells to create the 5-volume Raven series in 1978. He also wrote several novels in The Professionals series under the house penname Ken Blake,...
- 12/19/2009
- by Harris Lentz
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
You are traveling to another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of queerness. There's a signpost up-a-head. Your next stop? Queer Dimensions, Queeredfiction Press' anthology of short stories which promises to take you "...where queer flowers bloom on strange new worlds even when that world is our own."
Some of the stories in the book:
The Night Hunter, “Lights in the sky, circles in the snow and stolen moose carcasses…in the Alaskan wilderness two former lovers stand together in the face of the unknown.” Borrowed, “Pete’s average working day takes a bewildering turn when his hot neighbor pays him an uncharacteristic visit.” The Communion Fields, “Around the world, a group of people find themselves in a strange dreamland when they go to sleep, where the laws of physics are suspended and something lurks over the horizon.” Stargazing, “The journey might just be the reward.
Some of the stories in the book:
The Night Hunter, “Lights in the sky, circles in the snow and stolen moose carcasses…in the Alaskan wilderness two former lovers stand together in the face of the unknown.” Borrowed, “Pete’s average working day takes a bewildering turn when his hot neighbor pays him an uncharacteristic visit.” The Communion Fields, “Around the world, a group of people find themselves in a strange dreamland when they go to sleep, where the laws of physics are suspended and something lurks over the horizon.” Stargazing, “The journey might just be the reward.
- 9/27/2009
- doorQ.com
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