Now that we’ve been introduced to the Ushers, it’s time to see them laid to rest one by one. The Fall of the House of Usher Episode 2 revolves around Prospero Usher, aka Perry, the youngest son of Roderick. Prospero, the egotistic, proud son, who came into his wealth not long ago. Perry’s debaucherous ideas aren’t really to the taste of the twins, and they’ve already turned down his idea. But you’re only young once, and Perry takes it upon himself to show the Ushers what he’s really made of and that the numbers will add up. Every episode is titled after a different short story written by Mr. Poe himself; this one is called The Masque of the Red Death. A story about a wealthy man named Prospero who tries to escape a plague by locking himself up in his abbey and holding masquerade balls.
- 10/12/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
Any Buster Keaton movie is a feast of visual invention and breakneck energy -- to the point of wondering if some of the performers ever broke their necks -- which is part of why they continue to hold up, even in the 21st century. To see the man in his prime is to see a true death-defier, one who braved the wilderness that was the world of early cinema and conquered it with grace and fearlessness.
In his 1926 film "The General," Keaton gave audiences what they wanted in the form of a chaotic romp and unpredictable stunts. He also delivered spectacle, with an episode of Civil War history that he could shape into a classic Buster Keaton experience. Keaton's movie was like the 19th-century equivalent of the post-apocalyptic car chase of "Mad Max: Fury Road," as director George Miller readily admits. Rather than futuristic, modded vehicles, it's a movie of trains,...
In his 1926 film "The General," Keaton gave audiences what they wanted in the form of a chaotic romp and unpredictable stunts. He also delivered spectacle, with an episode of Civil War history that he could shape into a classic Buster Keaton experience. Keaton's movie was like the 19th-century equivalent of the post-apocalyptic car chase of "Mad Max: Fury Road," as director George Miller readily admits. Rather than futuristic, modded vehicles, it's a movie of trains,...
- 5/6/2023
- by Anthony Crislip
- Slash Film
Director Scott Cooper‘s The Pale Blue Eye is a subtle, restrained work of suspense for fans of the slow-burn murder mystery genre. Even its most exciting action scene comes across as more realistically perilous than cinematically frightening. The film, which reimagines the real-life Edgar Allan Poe during his younger years at West Point, has its blemishes, but these offenses do not include Harry Melling, who occasionally looks like a touched-up vintage photograph of Poe, or Christian Bale, who stars as Augustus Landor, the damaged detective desperate to control the chaos.
Based on Louis Bayard’s 2006 novel, The Pale Blue Eye, the criminal act which incites the plot is instantly riveting. In the winter of 1830, West Point Military Academy Cadet Leroy Fry (Matt Heim) is found hanging from a tree branch, torturously on the verge of touching the ground, and when the corpse is brought in for medical examination, someone...
Based on Louis Bayard’s 2006 novel, The Pale Blue Eye, the criminal act which incites the plot is instantly riveting. In the winter of 1830, West Point Military Academy Cadet Leroy Fry (Matt Heim) is found hanging from a tree branch, torturously on the verge of touching the ground, and when the corpse is brought in for medical examination, someone...
- 1/6/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
To celebrate the 90th Anniversary of Buster Keaton’s classic film The General, throughout August Portland’s historic Hollywood Theatre and Oregon Film will present a state-wide tour of the film with a new live score composed by film composer Mark Orton. Above you can check out a trailer for the film presentation. Considered one of the best comedies of the silent era, The General finds hapless Southern railroad engineer Johnny Gray (Buster Keaton) facing off against Union soldiers during the American Civil War. When Johnny’s fiancée, Annabelle Lee (Marion Mack), is accidentally taken away while on a train stolen by Northern forces, Gray pursues the soldiers, using various modes of transportation in […]...
- 7/29/2016
- by Paula Bernstein
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
It looks like May will be a somewhat busy month in regards to horror and sci-fi VOD/Digital HD releases, as we have thirteen different titles arriving before Memorial Day. Dark Sky Films is kicking things off with Adrián García Bogliano’s Scherzo Diabolico, and for those of you wanting to check out the latest from Kane Hodder, The Haunting of Alice D arrives on all digital platforms the very same day.
Scream Factory is unleashing their latest film, Bite, on VOD on May 6th, and Regression, the mystery thriller starring Ethan Hawke and Emma Watson, is getting released on May 10th courtesy of Starz Digital. Also, one of my favorite films from the 2015 Los Angeles Film Fest, Crush the Skull, is being released on May 17th courtesy of Breaking Glass Pictures.
Other notable VOD titles for May 2016 include The Offering, What We Become, The Curse of Sleeping Beauty, and The Ones Below.
Scream Factory is unleashing their latest film, Bite, on VOD on May 6th, and Regression, the mystery thriller starring Ethan Hawke and Emma Watson, is getting released on May 10th courtesy of Starz Digital. Also, one of my favorite films from the 2015 Los Angeles Film Fest, Crush the Skull, is being released on May 17th courtesy of Breaking Glass Pictures.
Other notable VOD titles for May 2016 include The Offering, What We Become, The Curse of Sleeping Beauty, and The Ones Below.
- 5/1/2016
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
There’s a clip on YouTube in which an elderly Buster Keaton grabs a train as it pulls into the station, making it look as if the veteran silent film actor is physically forcing the train to stop. After a brief moment he grabs the train again and throws it back along the track in the other direction. In this split second, Keaton perfectly demonstrates what made him such a master of his trade. Intensely curious, Keaton had an understanding of his surroundings and a sense of comic timing that few actors have come close to matching over the last century. ’The great stone face’ could make a joke out of seemingly anything, and this was never more evident than in The General, now widely regarded as Keaton’s greatest film, which is rereleased this week following a stunning 4K restoration.
It wasn’t always so highly praised, on its...
It wasn’t always so highly praised, on its...
- 1/24/2014
- by Matt Seton
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Following Episode 114
“The End is Near”
Written By: Adam Armus and Kay Foster
Directed By: Joshua Butler
Original Airdate: 22 April 2013
In This Episode...
Joe is in bad shape. He has lost a lot of blood, is high on alcohol and pain killers, and his plan is spiraling out of control. Time for plan B.
Working off the description Joey gave the authorities, Ryan and his team are scouring the county, looking for any estates that match up. One matching the description pops up on a satellite photo, but it doesn’t appear on obviously-doctored county records. This is the place. A massive convoy moves in on the property, but upon entering, The agents discover the house completely empty - except for Aaron, who hangs in the foyer as a warning.
Back at the command center, the FBI is trying to match IDs to known Carroll visitors, trying to get...
“The End is Near”
Written By: Adam Armus and Kay Foster
Directed By: Joshua Butler
Original Airdate: 22 April 2013
In This Episode...
Joe is in bad shape. He has lost a lot of blood, is high on alcohol and pain killers, and his plan is spiraling out of control. Time for plan B.
Working off the description Joey gave the authorities, Ryan and his team are scouring the county, looking for any estates that match up. One matching the description pops up on a satellite photo, but it doesn’t appear on obviously-doctored county records. This is the place. A massive convoy moves in on the property, but upon entering, The agents discover the house completely empty - except for Aaron, who hangs in the foyer as a warning.
Back at the command center, the FBI is trying to match IDs to known Carroll visitors, trying to get...
- 4/23/2013
- by Alyse Wax
- FEARnet
The Railrodder
Directed & Written by Gerald Potterton
Canada, 1965
The General
Directed by Clyde Bruckman & Buster Keaton
Written by Clyde Bruckman & Buster Keaton
USA, 1926
Tsff festivities came to a comedic crescendo at the Revue Cinema on Tuesday night with a pair of locomotive laugh-getters starring “The Great Stone Face”, Buster Keaton. First on the program was a throwback silent short made by the National Film Board of Canada in 1965, just a year before the comedian’s death. The film was introduced by International Buster Keaton Society “Porkpie” Scholarship recipient R. Edwin Barnett, whose current research project aims to reintegrate The Railrodder into the main body of Keaton criticism (most books/essays on the actor/auteur simply name-check the movie as one of his “industrial” films during the rush to ring down the curtain on Keaton’s career). After seeing the film, Barnett’s point seems manifest. The Railrodder may not be a great film,...
Directed & Written by Gerald Potterton
Canada, 1965
The General
Directed by Clyde Bruckman & Buster Keaton
Written by Clyde Bruckman & Buster Keaton
USA, 1926
Tsff festivities came to a comedic crescendo at the Revue Cinema on Tuesday night with a pair of locomotive laugh-getters starring “The Great Stone Face”, Buster Keaton. First on the program was a throwback silent short made by the National Film Board of Canada in 1965, just a year before the comedian’s death. The film was introduced by International Buster Keaton Society “Porkpie” Scholarship recipient R. Edwin Barnett, whose current research project aims to reintegrate The Railrodder into the main body of Keaton criticism (most books/essays on the actor/auteur simply name-check the movie as one of his “industrial” films during the rush to ring down the curtain on Keaton’s career). After seeing the film, Barnett’s point seems manifest. The Railrodder may not be a great film,...
- 4/10/2013
- by David Fiore
- SoundOnSight
Actor and children's television writer known for Catweazle, Robin of Sherwood and The Borrowers
Richard Carpenter, who has died of a blood clot aged 82, brought intelligent, imaginative entertainment to generations of young television viewers through the fantasy series he created. After almost two decades as an actor, he found his first success as a writer with Catweazle (1970-71), starring Geoffrey Bayldon as a dishevelled, eccentric, 11th-century magician transported to the 20th century. Comic misunderstandings were mixed with slapstick as Catweazle befriended a farmer's son, Carrot (played by Robin Davies), who unravelled for him modern-day mysteries such as "electrickery" and the "telling-bone".
In the second series, Carpenter had Catweazle searching for symbols of the 13 signs of the Magic Zodiac and being taken in by another boy, Cedric (Gary Warren), at his parents' country estate. "I've always been interested in the person who is outside society," said Carpenter in a 1990 interview with the magazine Time Screen.
Richard Carpenter, who has died of a blood clot aged 82, brought intelligent, imaginative entertainment to generations of young television viewers through the fantasy series he created. After almost two decades as an actor, he found his first success as a writer with Catweazle (1970-71), starring Geoffrey Bayldon as a dishevelled, eccentric, 11th-century magician transported to the 20th century. Comic misunderstandings were mixed with slapstick as Catweazle befriended a farmer's son, Carrot (played by Robin Davies), who unravelled for him modern-day mysteries such as "electrickery" and the "telling-bone".
In the second series, Carpenter had Catweazle searching for symbols of the 13 signs of the Magic Zodiac and being taken in by another boy, Cedric (Gary Warren), at his parents' country estate. "I've always been interested in the person who is outside society," said Carpenter in a 1990 interview with the magazine Time Screen.
- 3/5/2012
- by Anthony Hayward
- The Guardian - Film News
Ten Silent Films Anyone Who Liked The Artist Should See
This year's Oscar race got serious when the Golden Globes picked their winners for Best Picture. The Globes haven't always been a good barometer for which film will actually take Best Picture but they do help films garner recognition and additional box office at a critical time of the year. This year's two winners, The Artist for Best Musical or Comedy and The Descendants for Best Drama, were already considered front-runners and although neither is considered a lock at this point, the wins at last weekend's Globes ceremony certainly didn't hurt their chances. Which brings me to a question for the audience. Is The Artist getting attention simply because it is a curiosity or is it really that good? I tend to agree with Brad's review when he suggested that "... 80 or so years ago I don't think it would have...
This year's Oscar race got serious when the Golden Globes picked their winners for Best Picture. The Globes haven't always been a good barometer for which film will actually take Best Picture but they do help films garner recognition and additional box office at a critical time of the year. This year's two winners, The Artist for Best Musical or Comedy and The Descendants for Best Drama, were already considered front-runners and although neither is considered a lock at this point, the wins at last weekend's Globes ceremony certainly didn't hurt their chances. Which brings me to a question for the audience. Is The Artist getting attention simply because it is a curiosity or is it really that good? I tend to agree with Brad's review when he suggested that "... 80 or so years ago I don't think it would have...
- 1/25/2012
- by Bill Cody
- Rope of Silicon
Fleetwood Mac had two distinct periods of major success as a band: first in the 1960's lead by founder and guitarist Peter Green with an awesome blues sound that few seem to be aware of -- and later in the 1970's with Lindsey Buckingham replacing Green, who had spiraled into madness after taking large does of acid. Buckingham brought his girlfriend, a pretty thing with a sultry voice, with him into the band and Stevie Nicks emerged as the indisputable queen of 70's rock and roll.
The band was fantastic, but it was Nicks that catapulted them to new heights with her inimitable style and the hits she wrote, like "Dreams" and "Landslide." She's returned with a solo record for the first time in 10 years, called "In Your Dreams" with the help of Eurythmics guitarist Dave Stewart, co-producing. Rolling Stone has the album up and streaming here.
Nicks, now 62 years old,...
The band was fantastic, but it was Nicks that catapulted them to new heights with her inimitable style and the hits she wrote, like "Dreams" and "Landslide." She's returned with a solo record for the first time in 10 years, called "In Your Dreams" with the help of Eurythmics guitarist Dave Stewart, co-producing. Rolling Stone has the album up and streaming here.
Nicks, now 62 years old,...
- 4/27/2011
- by Brandon Kim
- ifc.com
Famous Monsters of Filmland has announced a change in date and venue for its first annual Imagi-Movies Film Festival. The three-day event will be held at the Laemmle Music Hall in Beverly Hills, CA, located at 9036 Wilshire Blvd., from April 8-10, 2011, celebrating the legacy of Forrest J Ackerman, America's #1 sci-fi fan.
From the Press Release:
The Imagi-Movies Film Festival 2011 continues in the spirit of Famous Monsters, inspiring the imagination of storytellers worldwide. Along with the independent films from our FM Film Festival finalists, the Imagi-Movies Festival will celebrate the Vincent Price Centennial with daughter Victoria Price and the 80th anniversary of Universal's Frankenstein and Dracula with the Lugosi family. Additionally, the theater will feature exclusive previews for upcoming horror films such as Universal's The Thing, a rare collection of Stephen King's Dollar Babies exposé, and a Famous Monsters and the H.P. Lovecraft Society's compilation of Lovecraft films in...
From the Press Release:
The Imagi-Movies Film Festival 2011 continues in the spirit of Famous Monsters, inspiring the imagination of storytellers worldwide. Along with the independent films from our FM Film Festival finalists, the Imagi-Movies Festival will celebrate the Vincent Price Centennial with daughter Victoria Price and the 80th anniversary of Universal's Frankenstein and Dracula with the Lugosi family. Additionally, the theater will feature exclusive previews for upcoming horror films such as Universal's The Thing, a rare collection of Stephen King's Dollar Babies exposé, and a Famous Monsters and the H.P. Lovecraft Society's compilation of Lovecraft films in...
- 3/16/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
We knew from the wonders of Facebook and Twitter that Staci Layne Wilson is making the leap from journalism to filmmaking via her upcoming short film "The Key to Annabel Lee", and now that principal photography has wrapped, she's revealed some plot details and provided us with a few production stills.
The film stars Cherilyn Wilson (Parasomnia), Corrie Shenigo (After You), Diane Ayala Goldner (Feast I, II, III), and Nivek Ogre (Repo! The Genetic Opera) as "The Narrator"; and FanGirltastic got the early word on the storyline for Staci's dark and sensual fantasy: [It] involves an evil seductive wolf character (played by Goldner) and three incarnations of the tragic character of [Edgar Allan Poe's] Annabel Lee, played by three different actresses (Wilson, Shenigo, and Staci herself). Shot in Southern California on the shores of southern Los Angeles beaches, "The Key to Annabel Lee" uses gorgeous sweeping shots of ocean vistas as a backdrop for much of the action.
The film stars Cherilyn Wilson (Parasomnia), Corrie Shenigo (After You), Diane Ayala Goldner (Feast I, II, III), and Nivek Ogre (Repo! The Genetic Opera) as "The Narrator"; and FanGirltastic got the early word on the storyline for Staci's dark and sensual fantasy: [It] involves an evil seductive wolf character (played by Goldner) and three incarnations of the tragic character of [Edgar Allan Poe's] Annabel Lee, played by three different actresses (Wilson, Shenigo, and Staci herself). Shot in Southern California on the shores of southern Los Angeles beaches, "The Key to Annabel Lee" uses gorgeous sweeping shots of ocean vistas as a backdrop for much of the action.
- 12/18/2010
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Exclusive: I hear The Sopranos alumna Jamie-Lynn Sigler has been tapped to star opposite Sherry Stringfield as the lead in Lifetime's untitled Josh Berman pilot. In another key pilot casting, former Deadwood co-star John Hawkes is set to star in FX's drama pilot Outlaw Country. Lifetime’s untitled drama pilot from Drop Dead Diva creator/executive producer Josh Berman, from Sony Pictures TV, is a closed-ended drama set in San Diego, which centers on police detective Molly Collins (Stringfield), married mother of two on the verge of divorce, who, along with her partner Brooke Kross (Sigler), investigate the city’s most high-profile crimes while navigating their divergent personal lives. This is one of 3 pilots Lifetime greenlighted in June, along with Against the Wall and Exit 19. If the pilot goes to series, it will mark Sigler's first regular series gig since The Sopranos. She recently recurred on HBO's Entourage and ABC's Ugly Betty.
- 8/24/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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Johnnie loves his train ("The General") and Annabelle Lee. When the Civil War begins he is turned down for service because he's more valuable as an engineer. Annabelle thinks it's because he's a coward. Union spies capture The General with Annabelle on board. Johnny must rescue both his loves.
Johnnie loves his train ("The General") and Annabelle Lee. When the Civil War begins he is turned down for service because he's more valuable as an engineer. Annabelle thinks it's because he's a coward. Union spies capture The General with Annabelle on board. Johnny must rescue both his loves.
- 7/24/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Marley & Me star Haley Bennett and former Brothers & Sisters actor Luke Grimes have signed on to star in new FX pilot Outlaw Country. According to Deadline, Bennett will play Annabel Lee, the daughter of a powerful country music superstar (played by Mary Steenburgen). The character is described as "a gorgeous country singer who is living in the shadow of her overprotective mother". Grimes will reportedly play Eli (more)...
- 7/7/2010
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
Tuesday, July 6 in the world of TV brings us the return of Fez, a cast and director for FX's new show "Outlaw Country," Oscar-winning actor David Strathairn coming to Syfy and Reid Scott signing on in a recurring role on Showtime's "The Big C."
According to Deadline, Wilmer Valderrama, best known for his portrayal of foreign exchange student Fez on "That '70s Show," has inked a development deal with 20th Century Fox TV. He will develop, executive producer and star in a series project for the studio, but there are no details on the series yet.
Deadline is also reporting that Haley Bennett ("Marley & Me") and Luke Grimes ("Brothers & Sisters") have been cast in the new FX drama "Outlaw Country." Bennett will play Annabel Lee, a country singer dealing with her overbearing mother (Mary Steenburgen) and Grimes is Eli Larkin, an outlaw trying to leave his life of crime behind...
According to Deadline, Wilmer Valderrama, best known for his portrayal of foreign exchange student Fez on "That '70s Show," has inked a development deal with 20th Century Fox TV. He will develop, executive producer and star in a series project for the studio, but there are no details on the series yet.
Deadline is also reporting that Haley Bennett ("Marley & Me") and Luke Grimes ("Brothers & Sisters") have been cast in the new FX drama "Outlaw Country." Bennett will play Annabel Lee, a country singer dealing with her overbearing mother (Mary Steenburgen) and Grimes is Eli Larkin, an outlaw trying to leave his life of crime behind...
- 7/6/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The General maybe Buster Keaton’s best feature film arguably. But what is definite is the fact that the film is a masterpiece, a classic among silent films to the extent that it has received the title of being ‘The #1 silent film of all time’. Buster Keaton was known to have always called The General as his favourite film.
Johnnie Gray loved only two things. His train, whose engine was called The General, and Annabelle Lee, his love interest in the form of a beautiful woman were his top priorities. As the Civil War commences, he tries to enlist himself in the battle to impress Annabelle. However he is rejected as he would be of better use in his current post as an engineer in the railways. Annabelle does not believe that he tried to enlist himself and thinks of him as a coward. A year later The General is...
Johnnie Gray loved only two things. His train, whose engine was called The General, and Annabelle Lee, his love interest in the form of a beautiful woman were his top priorities. As the Civil War commences, he tries to enlist himself in the battle to impress Annabelle. However he is rejected as he would be of better use in his current post as an engineer in the railways. Annabelle does not believe that he tried to enlist himself and thinks of him as a coward. A year later The General is...
- 3/15/2010
- by Sean Sequeira
- DearCinema.com
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