Last night's screening of I LOVE A MYSTERY at UCLA was followed by another film in the same series, THE UNKNOWN . While I LOVE A MYSTERY was shown in 16mm, THE UNKNOWN was a terrific 35mm print.
Halloween is many months away, but once again, Scream Factory is getting ready to gift fright fans with tricks and treats. Loyal fans of horror master John Carpenter now well the terrifying tale from his 1995 science fiction-horror cult classic "Village of the Damned."
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon vowed to make Trident renewal an "election issue" in an impassioned speech to thousands of peace campaigners in Trafalgar Square. Urging activists to "stand up and be counted", the leader of the Scottish National Party said her opposition to the UK's nuclear missile system had grown since joining the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament a full year before she signed up as an SNP member in 1986.
The best horror films can stay with you for a lifetime, with spine-tingling scenes that seep into your memory and refuse to go away. But while the sight of blood and guts and gore can be bad, ask any horror aficionado and they'll often say it's the sounds that prove the most terrifying.
The director, who will be honored Saturday at the Motion Picture Sound Editors' Golden Reel Awards, says, "We didn't have the money to create the monster, which was the luckiest thing that ever happened." This story first appeared in the March 4 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
Usually, during Oscars week, all anyone can talk about is the beautiful gowns set aside for the biggest red carpet of the year. But this week, one dress managed to generate a ton of buzz without zillions of sequins or oodles of diamonds: a Jonathan Simkhai sheath which made multiple red carpet appearances within just a few days.
Veteran production designer Jack Fisk has been nominated for an Oscar for his work on "The Revenant." "You are creating a world, and then you have to figure out how to do it," said Jack Fisk, an athletic and youthful 70, in Brentwood.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, 2016 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The Grand's Weekly CineGrand series- a series of the best of the recent films, from both the Hollywood studios and independents, all playing at 7:30 pm on Tuesdays and 1:00 pm on Wednesdays at The Grand in Ellsworth- continues its new Winter season on Tuesday, March 29th and Wednesday March 30th with a documentary on the meeting of two of the greatest filmmakers of all time. In 1962 Alfred Hitchcock and Francois Truffaut locked themselves away in Hollywood for a week to excavate the secrets behind the mise-en-scA ne in cinema.
The romantic comedy, written by Hughes and directed by Howard Deutch, starred Molly Ringwald as high school senior Andie. She was caught in a love triangle involving rich kid Blane, played by Andrew McCarthy, and Jon Cryer's Duckie.