EJ Moreno sits down with filmmaker Jennifer Kent to discuss The Babadook as it celebrates its 10th anniversary… Ten years under its spooky hat, The Babadook celebrates its anniversary with a re-release from IFC Films. In celebration of this moment, writer and director Jennifer Kent dishes on all things Babadook with host EJ Moreno. During […]
A Big Year for Three Modern Horror Masters
Tom Jolliffe takes a look ahead to The Nightingale, Midsommar and The Lighthouse… There’s been some great horror films in the last five years. Three in particular for me really harked back to a classic era sensibility, owing a lot to the best era in creepy atmospheric horror. These would evoke films (among others…) like […]
Netflix opens Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities with teaser for horror anthology series
Netflix has released the first teaser trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, the upcoming horror anthology series which contains eight sinister tales from directors Panos Cosmatos, Jennifer Kent, Vincenzo Natali, Ana Lily Amirpour, Catherine Hardwicke, Guillermo Navarro, David Prior and Keith Thomas. Check out the trailer here… Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities […]
Movie Review – The Nightingale (2019)
The Nightingale, 2019. Directed by Jennifer Kent. Starring Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin, Baykali Ganambarr, Damon Herriman, Harry Greenwood, Ewen Leslie and Magnolia Maymuru. SYNOPSIS: In 19th century Australia, an Irish convict embarks on a mission of violent revenge when her family is attacked by a group of English soldiers. The Nightingale is a film about […]
Movie Review – The Nightingale (2019)
The Nightingale, 2019. Directed by Jennifer Kent. Starring Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin, Baykali Ganambarr, Damon Herriman, Harry Greenwood, Ewen Leslie and Magnolia Maymuru. SYNOPSIS: In 19th century Australia, an Irish convict embarks on a mission of violent revenge when her family is attacked by a group of English soldiers. Aussie director Jennifer Kent immediately became […]
Modern Horror Directors You Should Be Watching
EJ Moreno on the must-see modern horror directors… The connection between a director and the horror genre is essential. You can feel when a creator loves horror, and you can quickly tell when someone is faking it. Throughout history, directors have made their mark on the genre through significant pieces of work and passion for […]
The Nightingale’s Jennifer Kent to direct Alice + Freda Forever
The Babadook and The Nightingale director Jennifer Kent is teaming with Amazon Studios for an adaptation of Alexis Coe’s non-fiction book Alice + Freda Forever. Taking place in Memphis, Tennessee in the 1890s, the thriller will tell the story of Alice Mitchell and Freda Ward, two teenage girls who fell in love, only for jealousy […]
Poster and trailer for The Babadook director’s new film The Nightingale
IFC Films has debuted the first trailer and poster for the upcoming thriller The Nightingale. Directed by Jennifer Kent, the filmmaker behind the acclaimed 2014 horror The Babadook, the film is set during the colonization of Australia during the 1820s and stars Aisling Franciosi as young woman out for revenge against a British officer (Sam […]
Guillermo del Toro making horror film with The Babadook director Jennifer Kent
Jennifer Kent, the director of The Babadook, has revealed that she is developing a new horror movie with Guillermo del Toro. The Babadook is one of most highly thought of horror films in recent years so many might be excited to learn that director Jennifer Kent is teaming up with none other than Guillermo del Toro to […]
Niki Caro and Jennifer Kent in contention to direct Captain Marvel
Following the news that Oscar-winner Brie Larson (Room) has emerged as the front runner to play Carol Danvers, we now have word on two directors said to be on Marvel’s shortlist for the Phase Three release Captain Marvel. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Niki Caro (Whale Rider, McFarland, USA) and Jennifer Kent (The Babadook) are both […]
