Twenty years ago Francis Ford Coppola arrived at Comic Con with scenes from Bram Stoker's Dracula in hand. The Con was then nothing like the massive entertainment industry showcase it is now, so it will be fun to see how the director takes to the massive crowds when he brings his new film, Twixt, to…
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One of the most unexpected stories of last week was that Francis Ford Coppola has enlisted indie electronic knob twiddler and live performance ringleader Dan Deacon to score his new film, Twixt Now and Sunrise. The film is based on a short story that stemmed from a dream/nightmare experienced by the director, and stars Val…
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I was surprised to hear last year that Francis Ford Coppola had quietly gone into production on a gothic dream/nightmare horror story called Twixt Now and Sunrise. I'm a hell of a lot more surprised to hear that Dan Deacon is scoring it. Dan Deacon is a guy whose basic appearance will cause anyone who…
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Last year Francis Ford Coppola quietly put a new film into production called 'Twixt Now and Sunrise. It stars Val Kilmer, Ben Chaplin, David Paymer and Tetro‘s Alden Ehrenreich. The story has elements of gothic horror and romance, and is based on a dream ("more of a nightmare," the director later said) that he worked…
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I was elated recently to hear that Francis Ford Coppola has quietly gone into production on a new film called Twixt Now and Sunrise. I was elated less at the title and more at the fact that (a) the legendary director keeps on keepin' on and (b) he's got Val Kilmer as a lead and…
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I'm so happy that Francis Ford Coppola is making movies once more. I'm less concerned with the fact that neither Youth Without Youth or Tetro were home runs than with the fact that the director is making movies consistently, and making them on his own terms. If he keeps going, chances are we'll get another…
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