• This Week In Trailers: American Jesus, No Lullaby, You Won't Regret That Tattoo, I Am Big Bird, The Writer With No Hands

      Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This…

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  • Ti West To Direct The Innkeepers

    Following on from House of the Devil, his film about a young hipster girl very, very slowly walking up and down corridors and eventually crossing paths with possible 'Special Guest Star' devil worshippers, it seems that Ti West is to make another "truly terrifying" picture. One man's tedium is another man's terror, I suppose. Variety…

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  • Mothman Prophecies Director Mark Pellington To Tackle The Orphanage Remake

    An English-language remake of Juan Antonio Bayona's fantastic horror film The Orphanage has been in the works since that film's release two years ago. At first, we reported that producer Guillermo del Toro had chosen Wendigo director Larry Fessenden to helm the project, but those plans fell apart a few months after they were announced.…

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  • The Orphanage Remake Needs A New Director

    When I first saw The Orphanage at TIFF '07, the moment the credits rolled I started thinking about the remake. That's lame, yes, since there was plenty of good stuff to think about in the movie. It wasn't that I was desperate to see the film remade. But I could see how a remake might…

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  • The Ti West Interview: Writing And Directing The House Of The Devil (2009's Best Horror Film), Nailing The '80s, And His "Shitty" Experience On Cabin Fever 2

    When 2009 is reflected on later, it won't be the clunky, predictable Oscar-bait pics that standout but rather a new crop of outspoken auteurs that came into their own in '09 with stealthy, highly confident fare. A charged determination and can't-fail idealism is instilled in these directors that makes the filmmaking process once again exciting…

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  • Larry Fessenden Directing US Remake Of The Orphanage

    The long threatened promised US remake of The Orphanage has found its director and, frankly, I couldn't be happier. Larry Fessenden is the man, and as well as signing on to helm this picture through production, he's already co-written the remake script with the original's producer, Guillermo del Toro. This is very possibly not going…

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