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Tuesday
May052015

FESTIVAL / FANTASPOA 2015

The 10th anniversary of Latin America's largest 'genre' film festival, Fantaspoa, launches May 15 in Porto Alegre, Brazil, featuring over 70 horror, fantasy and science-fiction features (WARNING - some images NSFW).

Tuesday
May052015

ARCHIVE / SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL 1954 TO NOW

Described by Festival Director Nashen Moodley as a "living archive', this extraordinary multi-media presentation conveys 61 years of defining cultural history in the life of the Harbour City's iconic cinema event, the Sydney Film Festival. Click here for the journey to begin...

Tuesday
May052015

TRAILER / THE NIGHTMARE

Director Rodney Ascher follows his conspiracy theorist dream project, Room 237, with his frightening study of the 'sleep terror' phenomenon, The Nightmare.

Tuesday
May052015

BEHIND THE SCENES / VANITY FAIR'S STAR WARS PHOTO SHOOT

Acclaimed photographer Annie Leibowitz shoots the cast and crew of Star Wars The Force Awakens for Vanity Fair's June cover story.

Saturday
Apr042015

FESTIVAL / KINO! GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL, NEW YORK CITY

Kicking off April 9, the seven day programme is one of New York's leading annual film events, relocating after 35 years at MoMA to Cinema Village on East 12th St.

Saturday
Apr042015

TRAILER / RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

The original theatrical trailer for Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark is afforded a frame-by-frame, high-definition, digital upgrade.

Saturday
Apr042015

INTERVIEW / MAIKA MONROE, STAR OF IT FOLLOWS AND THE GUEST

The hottest young actress in Hollywood, Maika Monroe, talks to IGN about her breakout indie horror hits It Follows and The Guest.

Saturday
Apr042015

SHORT FILM / THE HUNT

Director Spencer Estabrook applies some old-school practical effects magic to bring his alpha-predator to life in the 2013 short film, The Hunt.

Tuesday
Oct072014

INTERVIEW / DAVID GREGORY ON LOST SOUL: THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY'S THE ISLAND OF DR MOREAU

Ahead of it's Australian film festival rollout in late 2014, Film4 Frightfest head Alan Jones discusses Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's The Isalnd of Dr Moreau with the film's director, David Gregory.

Tuesday
Oct072014

FIRST FILM / SOFIA COPPOLA'S LICK THE STAR

Originally aired on the IFC, Sofia Coppola's 1998 debut short introduces many of the thematic elements (loner female protagonist, outsider perspectives) and stylistic flourishes (all her films have opened with the lead actress being driven) that have nade her work so idiosyncratic.