Sean Wilson chats to the director behind acclaimed new horror Relic, Natalie Erika James, to discuss the poetry of fear and why terror rooted in character development is always more effective… Warning: this interview may contain spoilers for Relic… Relic is a striking feature film debut from Natalie Erika James, an accomplished short film and […]
Movie Review – Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made (2020)
Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made, 2020. Directed by David Amito and Michael Laicini. Starring Nicole Tompkins, Rowan Smyth, Dan Istrate, Circus-Szalewski, Kristel Elling, Shu Sakimoto, Pierluca Arancio. SYNOPSIS: Billed as ‘the deadliest film ever made’, Antrum is a cautionary slice of cinematic history. We’re introduced to a movie that is reportedly responsible for numerous […]
Mulan: Why its move to streaming isn’t necessarily a death rattle for cinema
Sean Wilson examines the potential consequences of Disney’s Mulan bypassing theatrical for the streaming market… If 2020 was a movie, perhaps 28 Days Later sums it up best. (Forgive the somewhat obvious parallel.) We are currently beset on all sides with COVID-19 related doom and gloom, from infection rates to collapsing airlines and imminent recessions. […]
Exclusive Interview – You’ve Been Trumped Too director Anthony Baxter
Sean Wilson chats to filmmaker Anthony Baxter about his film You’ve Been Trumped Too, the latest in his series of eye-opening Donald Trump exposés… Barred for four years by the Trump Organisation, documentary You’ve Been Trumped Too is now available on demand. Originally intended for a 2016 release, and filmed in the months leading up […]
Movie Review – The Painted Bird (2019)
The Painted Bird, 2019. Directed by Václav Marhoul. Starring Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgard, Barry Pepper, Udo Kier, Julian Sands, and Petr Kotlár. SYNOPSIS: Based on Jerzy Kosinski’s controversial novel, the story takes place on the Eastern Front during World War II, where a young Jewish boy encounters a living hell after his aunt dies and […]
Exclusive Interview – Doctor Sleep composers The Newton Brothers talk Mike Flanagan and The Shining
Sean Wilson chats to the composers of Doctor Sleep, the Newton Brothers, about working with director Mike Flanagan, and following in the footsteps of The Shining… Classic Stanley Kubrick horror The Shining casts a formidable legacy in more ways than one. The filmmaker’s adaptation of Stephen King’s 1977 novel is famously ambiguous (to the extent that the […]
Ranking Hans Zimmer’s 17 greatest scores (that aren’t Batman or Pirates of the Caribbean)
Composer Hans Zimmer revisits Oscar-winning territory with his score for Disney’s remake of The Lion King. In celebration, here are Zimmer’s 17 greatest film works presented and ranked – with a few notable omissions… In 1994, Disney released one of the jewels of their renaissance period: The Lion King. This anthropomorphised take on Hamlet, playing […]
Exclusive Interview: Director Joe Penna talks feature film debut Arctic
Sean Wilson chats to YouTuber turned filmmaker Joe Penna about his gripping survival drama Arctic, starring Mads Mikkelsen… A man stalks his way across the icy tundra. We don’t know anything about him, save his commitment to scraping beneath the snow and bedrock with a a pickax. After a few minutes of close-up, hard-scrabble minutiae, […]
Exclusive Interview – Composer Justin Hurwitz reveals the secrets of the First Man score
With First Man out now on DVD and Blu-ray, Sean Wilson talks to its award-winning composer Justin Hurwitz about capturing the outer-space sound of the Neil Armstrong drama… What does it take to transport audiences into the gulf of space? Composer Justin Hurwitz knows – his latest collaboration with Oscar-winning La La Land director Damien […]
John Williams at the Royal Albert Hall: A Celebration
Sean Wilson was in attendance during the London Symphony Orchestra’s stirring tribute to a soundtrack icon… John Williams may not have been physically present during the Royal Albert Hall’s spectacular Friday concert, hospitalised as he was by a sudden illness. But his presence coursed through every note delivered by the vigorous London Symphony Orchestra, working […]
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