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Cannes: Horror stalks the Croisette in 'Dario Argento's Dracula' and an amazing documentary about 'The Shining'
21 May 2012 11:49 AM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
At a film festival dominated by subtitled deep-think, you sometimes need a break. You need a meal, or a drink, or a nap. Or, just maybe, you need a movie like Dario Argento’s Dracula. I’ve never been the biggest fan of this schlock-operatic Italian splatter maven, but after such fevered orgies of gore as Suspiria and Unsane, the thought of him going back to the source — going back to Dracula — sounded appealing. Dracula turns out to be ripely entertaining in a kitschy-sincere old-fashioned way. (The kitsch is in how sincere it is.) It’s true, to a far greater degree than I expected, »
- Owen Gleiberman
Cannes Review: Tits, Teeth, and Rutger Hauer in Dario Argento’s ‘Dracula 3D’
20 May 2012 12:00 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Sitting in a theater watching a fair few people walk out in protest at the poor quality of Dracula 3D, you have to wonder whether they knew anything about horror legend Dario Argento, and if so what exactly they expected from the director whose name alone guarantees an audience. Because Argento has a certain set of skills, which aren’t necessarily reconcilable with what is great about film these days, but to give due credit, he hasn’t really deviated from the same tracks for decades, and the result is generally an entertaining affair all the same. This time out he’s taken the iconic Dracula story on, giving horror’s most famous character (played here by Thomas Kretschmann) his first 3D treatment, and adding a few other brand new touches to the iconic story of how the Count tricked Jonathan Harker (Unax Ugalde) into working for him in order to take his wife Mina (Marta Gastini) for »
- Simon Gallagher
New Posters for Dario Argento’s Dracula 3D and Prometheus
17 May 2012 1:32 PM, PDT | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »
While nothing Earth-shattering, we thought readers might be interested in new posters for Dracula 3D and Prometheus that surfaced online today.
Dracula 3D will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and this poster was spotted at the event. Directed by Dario Argento, Dracula 3D stars Thomas Kretschmann as Dracula, Marta Gastini as Mina, Asia Argento as Lucy, Unax Ugalde as Harker, and Rutger Hauer as Van Helsing. To watch the recently released official trailer, visit:
http://dailydead.com/official-trailer-for-dario-argentos-dracula-3d/
We also have an international Prometheus poster, which doesn’t include the big head seen in every other poster release. However, it does contain a big spoiler if you haven’t seen all of the new footage included in various trailer releases. We’re not even including it within the post to avoid anyone seeing it on accident, so if you want to check it out for yourself, visit this link:
http://dailydead. »
- Jonathan James
Official Trailer for Dario Argento's Dracula 3D
15 May 2012 6:58 AM, PDT | Best-Horror-Movies.com | See recent Best-Horror-Movies.com news »
The official trailer for Dario Argento's Dracula 3D has finally been released. The film was shot entirely in stereoscopic 3D and is set to be released sometime in 2012. The trailer is not that impressive be any standard but I'm still looking forward to seeing this movie. The film is directed by Dario Argento (Suspiria, Opera) and stars Rutger Hauer, (Hobo with a Shotgun) Thomas Kretschmann (Resident Evil: Apocalypse) and Asia Argento (Land of the Dead). »
Official Trailer for Dario Argento’s Dracula 3D
14 May 2012 3:54 PM, PDT | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »
Last year, we saw a number of official photos and sales videos for Dario Argento’s Dracula 3D, but the official trailer has just been released ahead of its debut at the Cannes Film Festival Dracula 3D stars Thomas Kretschmann (Dracula), Marta Gastini (Mina), Asia Argento (Lucy), Unax Ugalde (Harker), and Rutger Hauer (Van Helsing).
“The tale begins with Jonathan Harker, journeying by train and carriage from England to Count Dracula’s crumbling, remote castle situated in the Carpathian Mountains on the border of Transylvania. The purpose of his mission is to catalogue the big library of Dracula. At first enticed by Dracula’s gracious manner, Harker soon discovers that he has become a prisoner in the castle. He also begins to see disquieting facets of Dracula’s nocturnal life. One night while searching for a way out of the castle, and against Dracula’s strict admonition not to venture outside his room at night, »
- Jonathan James
New Dracula 3D Trailer Heavy on CG and Light on Bite
14 May 2012 3:15 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
The first true trailer for Dario Argento's Dracula 3D is here and it looks ... well ... there's owls, wolves, vampires and his lovely daughter, Asia. Just how well all of these components put together will fare is completely up for debate.
Dracula 3D features Asia Argento as Lucy, Thomas Kretschmann as Dracula, Marta Gastini as Mina, and Rutger Hauer as Van Helsing. Miguel Angel Silvestre and Miriam Giovanelli also star.
Thanks to DC reader Dick Winchester for the heads-up!
Synopsis:
Transylvania, 1893.
One night in the woods adjacent to Passo Borgo, at the foot of the Carpazi mountains, a couple of young lovers, Tania and Milos, secretly meet. On her way home, Tania is chased and overcome by a "dark shadow" that kills her. In those days Jonathan Harker, a young librarian, arrives at the village hired by Count Dracula, a nobleman from the area. Tania's body mysteriously disappears from the cemetery. »
- Uncle Creepy
Cannes 2012: Watch the Trailer for Dario Argento's 'Dracula 3-D'
14 May 2012 11:00 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
I can't really say I was expecting much, but the trailer for Dario Argento's Dracula 3D doesn't have me interested in the slightest. Lame CG effects are one thing, but I don't see anything that would make me think Argento was coming at this age old story with anything other than the 3D gimmick. Starring Thomas Kretschmann as Dracula, Asia Argento, Marta Gastini, Unax Ugalde, Miriam Giovanelli and Rutger Hauer as Van Helsing, the film appears to be no more than the traditional take on Bram Stoker's "Dracula" with awful CG effects and very lame line-reading. The pic is set to be screened as part of the Midnight selection at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and will have its first screenings on Sunday, May 20, but I can't really say I'm going to make it a priority. I have a feeling it would be more fun to walk around the »
- Brad Brevet
Asia Argento Making Her First Ever East Coast Convention Appearance This Fall!
10 May 2012 4:19 PM, PDT | Horrorbid | See recent Horrorbid news »
MonsterMania Convention just announced moments ago that they're bringing in Asia Argento (daughter of the legendary Dario Argento) for her first USA East Coast convention appearance this fall. Asia will be in Hunt Valley, Maryland from September 28th to 30th at the Marriott Hunt Valley Inn. MonsterMania promoter Dave Hagan has said the following: "We are Very pleased to announce that Asia Argento has just been added to the list of stars atten… »
Demons & Demons 2 Blu-ray Review
3 May 2012 6:00 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Arrow Films delves once again into the treasure trove of cult genre favourites from the video shop era, bringing their restoration process to the Dario Argento-produced 1985 horror Demons and its sequel from the following year, Demons 2.
On a subway train, a student named Cheryl is offered free cinema tickets by a mysterious masked stranger. Instead of discarding them as any sane person would, she decides instead to take her friend along to the screening. The film in question is a teens-in-peril horror where one of the characters manages to scratch his face on a demonic-looking mask, echoing what happens earlier to a patron playing with that very prop in the cinema’s lobby.
The scratch appears to unleash some kind of infection, turning the audience member into green, gunk-spewing creatures. Before long, there’s carnage on and off screen as the cinema turns into a battleground between the living and undead. »
- Adam Lowes
Blu-ray Review - Demons 2 (1986)
30 April 2012 5:14 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Demons 2 (Italian: Dèmoni 2), 1986.
Directed by Lamberto Bava.
Starring David Edwin Knight, Nancy Brilli, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, Bobby Rhodes and Asia Argento.
Synopsis:
An apartment building becomes infected by demons, who then proceed to prey on the tenants.
Following the success of Demons, it came as no surprise that Dario Argento would produce a sequel. The first film ended with a suggestion and possibility of an expansive sequel, taking us into a post-apocalyptic Zombie-ravaged waste land. That isn’t the case here, as the film merely references the first whilst telling a new story. That is of course due to budgetary reasons, but nevertheless, having watched and enjoyed the first so much, a continuation of the story would have been welcomed.
Demons 2 focuses on an apartment building and its inhabitants. Like the first movie, it’s a confined space to be filled with demonic zombie foe. As with Demons, the »
- flickeringmyth
Blu-ray Review: Demons 1 & 2 (Arrow Video)
29 April 2012 10:11 AM, PDT | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Arrow Video, purveyors of all things cult movie, have finally – after months of teasing and trailing – released the classic Italian horror pairing of Demons and Demons 2 on Blu-ray in both the standard slipcase versions and a swanky steelbook double-bill. Whilst we were sent review discs to check out, I couldn’t help but buy the Blu-ray steelbook (I’m a little Ocd when it comes to steelbooks) – just check out the video:
Stars: Urbano Barberini, Natasha Hovey, Karl Zinny, Fiore Argento, Bobby Rhodes, Michele Soavi | Written by Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava, Dardano Sacchetti, Franco Ferrini | Directed by Lamberto Bava
Originally released in 1985, Demons is a glorious mix of heavy-metal soundtrack and over-the-top gore and sees a group of strangers gathered together in a seedy downtown cinema, the Metropol, to watch a brutal horror flick which has a supernatural effect over the audience, turning them into a swarm of »
- Phil
First Pictures from Michael Haneke's 'Amour,' Dario Argento's 'Dracula 3D' and Matteo Garrone's 'Reality'
20 April 2012 10:16 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Publicity for the films that will be playing at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival is beginning and I have just received three new images from three anticipated films playing the fest. I'll begin with the above shot from Michael Haneke's Amour, which stars Emmanuelle Riva and Jean-Louis Trintignant as a pair of cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter (Isabelle Huppert), who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has an attack after which the couple's bond of love is severely tested. Alexandre Tharaud also stars. Based on the synopsis, there isn't really much this film can likely convey in terms of pictures, though I do expect Darius Khondji, who also served as Haneke's cinematographer on his English-language remake of Funny Games, will deliver some images well worth looking at. Thomas Kretschmann and Marta Gastini in Dracula 3D
Photo: FilmExport Group Next is the above image »
- Brad Brevet
Review: The Stendhal Syndrome (Blu-ray)
3 April 2012 8:04 AM, PDT | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »
One of the most polarizing films amongst his fans, The Stendhal Syndrome is Dario Argento’s first film shot in Italy after his foray in the United States with Trauma and Two Evil Eyes. Argento loosely adapts Graziella Magherini’s novel of the same name into a psychological thriller that is unlike anything else in his canon.
Asia Argento stars as Anna Manni, a police officer in Rome who is sent to Florence to investigate a series of rape/murders that have baffled the authorities. Following a tip, she goes to the Uffizi gallery in Florence where she succumbs to the titular syndrome, and hallucinates herself into a painting before passing out and hitting her head.
“The Stendhal Syndrome” is an actual medical condition named for the French writer Stendhal where people are afflicted with headaches, dizziness, hallucinations and fainting spells after being exposed to great works of art. After recovering from this episode, »
- Derek Botelho
NYC Happenings: Argento: Cinema In The Blood at Mad Museum
21 March 2012 7:00 AM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
The Museum of Art and Design announces the three month long celebration of Italy's best known cinema dynasty, the Argentos. Argento: Il Cinema Nel Sangue (Cinema in the Blood) chronicles three generations of Argentos (Salvatore, Claudio, Dario and Asia) in their artistic endeavor in film. Presenting 16 films in total, including Dario Argento's Animal Trilogy and Three Mothers Trilogy, and selections from Asia Argento's diverse filmography (including her directorial effort, Scarlet Diva), most of them in rare 35mm prints, Il Cinema Nel Sangue is an opportunity not to be missed by Argento fans! The series kicks off with Kiss The Girls And Make Them Die/Se Tutte Le Donne Del Mondo on March 23rd and continues until May 25th.Program DescriptionThe Museum of Arts and Design is »
Underground Film Links: March 4, 2012
4 March 2012 6:00 AM, PST | Bad Lit | See recent Bad Lit news »
This Week’s Must Look At: The artist book Don’t Kill the Weatherman by Martha Colburn has an online photograph preview and it looks stunning! I love Martha’s animation, but it always moves so quickly that it’s tough to savor the actual art. But, now I can! The above borrowed image is from frames from the film Spiders in Love: An Arachnogasmic Musical, the first Colburn film I ever saw way back in 2000. (If you go to the photo set, you can find details on how to purchase this limited edition.)Craig Baldwin has published issue #22 of Otherzine. You can read the whole thing here. But, two highlights are: An interview with Dominic Gagnon, who is seeking to save “censored” online videos; and curator Brenda Contreras reviews Sylvia Schedelbauer’s found footage film, Sounding Glass.This one’s for Canyon Cinema members only: But if you are one, »
- Mike Everleth
Film Comment Selects 2012
21 February 2012 2:09 PM, PST | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
Starting today, and through March 1, "a New York cinephile sick of hibernating with Netflix and Criterion can set out for Lincoln Center, where Film Comment Selects, now in its 12th edition, has become an essential annual gathering of provocative, overlooked and surprising films, some of which also turn out to be pretty great," writes Ao Scott in the Times. "Unlike the other two high-profile annual Film Society grab-bags — the New York Film Festival in the fall and New Directors/New Films, a joint venture with the Museum of Modern Art that comes around in early spring — Film Comment Selects is a celebration of the ad hoc and the eclectic."
"We sort of do the lineup by the seat of our pants," Film Comment editor Gavin Smith tells Time Out New York's Keith Uhlich. "It's not all worked out on paper months ahead of time, and there is a kind of »
[Now Streaming] Your ‘Safe House,’ ‘The Vow,’ & ‘Phantom Menace’ Alternatives
9 February 2012 6:00 AM, PST | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Each week within this column we strive to pair the latest in theatrical releases to worthwhile titles currently streaming on Netflix Instant Watch. This week we offer alternatives to Safe House, The Vow, & Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 3D.
Facing off against the Galactic Empire in theaters this weekend are two ill-matched secret agents and a pair of lovers more beautiful than lucky. But if this isn’t enough to satisfying your thirst for action, adventure and romance, you’re in luck as we’ve got some choice titles that are Now Streaming.
Ryan Reynolds is a desk-bound secret agent thrown into the fray when a disgraced ex-operative (Denzel Washington) barges into his safe house, throwing his whole world into free-for-all. Vera Farmiga co-stars.
Craving crime thrillers?
Blitz (2011) Jason Stratham stars as a furious cop who channels his overdrive aggression into tracking down a grisly serial killer. »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Daily Briefing. Zulawski @ Bam, Film Comment Selects, Berlinale
31 January 2012 2:21 PM, PST | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
Romy Schneider on the set of
Andrzej Zulawski's That Most Important Thing: Love (1975)
Following last month's revival of Possession (1981), Hysterical Excess: Discovering Andrzej Zulawski will be the first complete retrospective of the Polish director's work in the Us, running from March 7 through 20 at BAMcinématek in New York. What's more, Zulawski will be making his first appearance in the Us to present an oeuvre that "spans four languages and four decades," as Bam puts it, announcing that they'll be presenting "all 12 of Zulawski's feature films, many of which remain unavailable on home video, with 11 in 35mm prints. Additionally, the two rarely screened shorts that Zulawski made for Polish television at the beginning of his career, Pavoncello and The Song of Triumphant Love (both 1967), make their Us debuts in the series."
The second big announcement out of New York today comes from the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The lineup and »
Casket Load Of “Dracula 3D” Pics And New Teaser Trailer
30 January 2012 8:36 PM, PST | FamousMonsters of Filmland | See recent Famous Monsters of Filmland news »
Italian maestro Dario Argento’s latest is Dracula 3D, starring Rutger Hauer as Van Helsing, Asia Argento as Lucy, Marta Gastini as Mina, Unax Ugalde as Johnathan Harker, and Thomas Kretschmann as Dracula. The film, shot in Hungary last year, is reported to be more Hammer than Coppola, and judging by footage shared thus far, it certainly does look like a violent and sexy take on the classic tale.
A few months back we shared the first footage of the picture, and today a new teaser trailer was released, giving a little further insight into Argento’s vision. In addition, 40 (!) images have been released, a nice mix of stills and production shots, that tell the real story of just what is in store with this controversial outing from “Italy’s Hitchcock.” The film is set for release later this year.
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- Justin
Dario Argento to Be Honored at L.A. Italia Event
30 January 2012 6:00 AM, PST | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
Italian horror maestro Dario Argento will be honored at the 7th Los Angeles, Italia Film, Fashion and Art Festival to be held at the Hollywood Mann Chinese 6 Theatre from February 19-25.
L.A., Italia, which chaired this year by Italian filmmaker Pupi Avati, with producer Mark Canton serving as honorary chair, will take place during the week preceding the Oscars February 19th through the 25th.
The event will feature a retrospective of Argento's films including Deep Red, Suspiria, The Stendhal Syndrome, The Cat O'Nine Tails as well as a 25-minute preview of the his latest movie Dracula 3D starring the German actor Thomas Kretschmann, Rutger Hauer and the director's daughter Asia Argento.
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- ryanrotten@shocktillyoudrop.com (Ryan Turek)
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