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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Hardiman Finds Humanity in the Horror

We’ve seen countless films about bands of isolated humans in claustrophobic confines with some terrible monster or entity killing them off, with seminal titans like Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979), itself a riff on Agatha Christie’s Ten Little Indians, and John Carpenter’s The Thing (1981), a remake, as the standards which all predecessors are often (unfavorably) compared to.

Director Neasa Hardiman extends the conversation with her sophomore film Sea Fever, which earns comparisons to both those classic titles and adds a timely, evidence-based spin to her tale of a crew accosted by a creature of unknown origin aboard an Irish fishing vessel.…...

We have a relatively quiet week of home media releases ahead of us this week, but the titles that are coming out are a rad bunch of films nonetheless. Scream Factory is doing the Dark Lord’s work with both the Collector’s Edition of April Fool’s Day and the HD release of Frankenstein: The True Story. If you missed it in theaters back in January, Nicolas Pesce’s The Grudge (2020) is headed to various platforms this Tuesday, and Arrow Video has put together a stellar Special Edition release of Philip Ridley’s The Passion of Darkly Noon as well.

Other Blu-ray and DVD releases for March 24th include Endless Night, Cabal, Hunter’s Moon, The Zombinator, and The Wizard: Collector’s Edition.

April Fool’s Day: Collector’s Edition

Good friends...with some time to kill. When Muffy St. John invited her college friends up to her parents' secluded...

In the history of cinema, has any director done more to elevate the idea of movies as cool than Quentin Tarantino? Certainly, the idea that films could be made by fans dates back at least to the French New Wave, when a group of die-hard critics stepped behind the camera. A few years later, Spielberg, Lucas and a generation of film-school brats riffed on what had come before. But it took a former video store clerk and B-movie savant to sift through genres that weren’t taken seriously in their time and reconfigure their DNA in such a way that made them hipper than ever. The way his characters talked — and more importantly, the subjects that preoccupied them — gave audiences permission to geek out about movies (and the meaning of Madonna songs), and each new project brought a fresh appreciation of some arcane corner of film culture. But how do...

Beloved actor, director and humanitarian Richard Attenborough died this week at the age of 90. Given his incredible fame and critical reputation, it.s no surprise tributes are popping up all over the Internet. What.s interesting about these moments in the sun for Attenborough, however, is how few of them are focusing on Jurassic Park, or mentioning it as a throwaway in the ninth paragraph. We don.t get to choose our legacies. In fact, our legacies don.t always make logical sense. Richard Attenborough was an incredible director. He churned out more than a handful of great films including Gandhi and Chaplin. He also lent his superb acting talents to dozens of great older films like The Great Escape, Brighton Rock, And Then There Were None and 10 Rillington Place. Yet, it.s Jurassic Park that an entire generation of fans will remember him for. And you know what, that...

Actor and director Lord Richard Attenborough has died, aged 90.

The legendary filmmaker passed away on Sunday (August 24), his son has confirmed.

Lord Attenborough began his carer as an actor in the early 1940s, making his first screen appearance in In Which We Serve in 1942, and five years later had his career breakthrough in Brighton Rock.

His career blossomed in the 1950s and beyond, as he became a fixture of the cinema with roles in The Great Escape, Doctor Dolittle and Ten Little Indians.

Lord Attenborough also gained acclaim for playing Kris Kringle in the 1994 remake of Miracle on 34th Street, and for portraying bioengineering magnate John Hammond in the Jurassic Park series.

His work as a director began with Oh! What a Lovely War in 1969 and Young Winston in 1972.

Gandhi earned Lord Attenborough two Academy Awards - for Best Picture and Best Director - in 1983.

His other high-profile directorial credits include A Bridge Too Far,...

Actor and director Lord Richard Attenborough has died, aged 90.

The legendary filmmaker passed away on Sunday (August 24), his son told BBC News.

Lord Attenborough began his carer as an actor in the early 1940s, making his first screen appearance in In Which We Serve in 1942, and five years later had his career breakthrough in Brighton Rock.

His career blossomed in the 1950s and beyond, as he became a fixture of the cinema with roles in The Great Escape, Doctor Dolittle and Ten Little Indians.

Lord Attenborough also gained acclaim for playing Kris Kringle in the 1994 remake of Miracle on 34th Street, and for portraying bioengineering magnate John Hammond in the Jurassic Park series.

His work as a director began with Oh! What a Lovely War in 1969 and Young Winston in 1972.

Gandhi earned Lord Attenborough two Academy Awards – for Best Picture and Best Director – in 1983.

His other high-profile directorial credits include A Bridge Too Far,...