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- 1/3/2024
- MUBI
The in-person event takes place on October 7 at London’s Picturehouse Central.
Campbell X’s Low Rider and Alex Helfrecht’s A Winter’s Journey are among the five features taking part in the third edition of the BFI London Film Festival Works-in-Progress showcase.
The in-person event takes place on October 7 as part of the festival’s UK Talent Days focus, in partnership with the British Council, at London’s Picturehouse Central.
The event will screen extracts from each project, with an introduction from its filmmaker, to an invited audience of international buyers as well as UK sales agents and festival programmers,...
Campbell X’s Low Rider and Alex Helfrecht’s A Winter’s Journey are among the five features taking part in the third edition of the BFI London Film Festival Works-in-Progress showcase.
The in-person event takes place on October 7 as part of the festival’s UK Talent Days focus, in partnership with the British Council, at London’s Picturehouse Central.
The event will screen extracts from each project, with an introduction from its filmmaker, to an invited audience of international buyers as well as UK sales agents and festival programmers,...
- 9/25/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Thomas Hardiman's Medusa Deluxe is now showing exclusively on Mubi in many countries—including the United Kingdom, India, Turkey, Brazil, and Mexico—from August 4, 2023, in the series Debuts.Medusa Deluxe.In the midst of navigating the drama that ensnares all of Medusa Deluxe’s characters, Claire Perkins’s Cleve looks at a fellow hairdresser and explains, “There is some serious history in this hairstyle, do you know that? A story.” The hairstyle in question is initially shown as an unfinished work of art (or travesty if you’re a competitor hoping for a fellow stylist’s downfall): a mess of strands that’s easy to see through and hard to make sense of. But as the film progresses, Cleve creates a truly beautiful and engrossing design out of what was once incoherent webbing: a glowing ship upon a wave of hair, meant to be a recreation of the Orient,...
- 8/31/2023
- MUBI
Medusa Deluxe is a genre-bending movie written and directed by Thomas Hardiman. The A24 film shows us a murder mystery set in a competitive hairdressing contest. Medusa Deluxe is a very visual film with some brilliant performances by Clare Perkins, Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Kayla Meikle, Kae Alexander, and Harriet Webb. So, if you loved Medusa Deluxe here are some similar movies you should check out next.
Clue (Prime Video & MGM+) Credit – Paramount Pictures
Synopsis: Here is the murderously funny movie based on the world-famous Clue board game. Was it Colonel Mustard in the study with a gun? Miss Scarlet in the billiard room with the rope? Or was it Wadsworth the butler? Meet all the notorious suspects and discover all their foul play things. You’ll love their dastardly doings as the bodies and the laughs pile up before your eyes.
The Cat’s Meow (Prime Video) Credit – Lions Gate Films
Synopsis:...
Clue (Prime Video & MGM+) Credit – Paramount Pictures
Synopsis: Here is the murderously funny movie based on the world-famous Clue board game. Was it Colonel Mustard in the study with a gun? Miss Scarlet in the billiard room with the rope? Or was it Wadsworth the butler? Meet all the notorious suspects and discover all their foul play things. You’ll love their dastardly doings as the bodies and the laughs pile up before your eyes.
The Cat’s Meow (Prime Video) Credit – Lions Gate Films
Synopsis:...
- 8/23/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a million times, teens in horror films are actually idiots. They’re forever just mucking around in business they shouldn’t. And you know what, sometimes that ends with a mythological demon spirit attaching itself to your soul, leaving it up to your friend to try to save you. At least, that’s what happens in “It Lives Inside.”
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As seen in the trailer for “It Lives Inside,” the horror film focuses on the story of former friends who must come together to help vanquish an evil spirit that has latched itself to one of them.
Continue reading ‘It Lives Inside’ Trailer: Two Teens Have To Come To Terms With Their Cultural Heritage To Fend Off An Evil Spirit at The Playlist.
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As seen in the trailer for “It Lives Inside,” the horror film focuses on the story of former friends who must come together to help vanquish an evil spirit that has latched itself to one of them.
Continue reading ‘It Lives Inside’ Trailer: Two Teens Have To Come To Terms With Their Cultural Heritage To Fend Off An Evil Spirit at The Playlist.
- 8/22/2023
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
If you’ve watched “Succession” or “Knives Out,” you know that families can go a little crazy when large estates are left on the table. That’s definitely the case in the new film, “The Origin of Evil.”
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As seen in the trailer for “The Origin of Evil,” the film follows the story of a woman who reconnects with her estranged father, who happens to be extremely wealthy.
Continue reading ‘The Origin Of Evil’ Trailer: Laure Calamy Stars In Sébastien Marnier’s Twisted Satire at The Playlist.
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As seen in the trailer for “The Origin of Evil,” the film follows the story of a woman who reconnects with her estranged father, who happens to be extremely wealthy.
Continue reading ‘The Origin Of Evil’ Trailer: Laure Calamy Stars In Sébastien Marnier’s Twisted Satire at The Playlist.
- 8/22/2023
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Corporate culture and politics are already treacherous things for people to navigate in their careers. You can imagine how these issues are only magnified when you’re the only Black person in a company run by and full of white people. That’s the crux of the new thriller series, “The Other Black Girl.”
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As seen in the trailer for the series, “The Other Black Girl” follows the story of Nella, a young Black woman in a large corporation filled with white people.
Continue reading ‘The Other Black Girl’ Trailer: A Woman Discovers Something Sinister At Her Job In New Series Produced By Rashida Jones at The Playlist.
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As seen in the trailer for the series, “The Other Black Girl” follows the story of Nella, a young Black woman in a large corporation filled with white people.
Continue reading ‘The Other Black Girl’ Trailer: A Woman Discovers Something Sinister At Her Job In New Series Produced By Rashida Jones at The Playlist.
- 8/16/2023
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Fall festival season is around the corner, so now is a great time to catch up on a Cannes title that was one of summer’s defining indie hits. It involves a beloved (but polarizing) director who regularly attracts Oscar attention.
The contender to watch this week: “Asteroid City”
Wes Anderson‘s latest has been available on VOD since mid-July, but now it’s also streaming on Peacock, which shares a parent company with distributor Focus Features. Anderson is a three-time Best Original Screenplay nominee, and this existential alien-invasion dramedy starring Jason Schwartzman and Scarlett Johansson could net the writer-director his fourth nod in that category. (He’d share the recognition with co-writer Roman Coppola.) “Asteroid City” is one of two Anderson films bowing in 2023, the other being a forthcoming Netflix adaptation of Roald Dahl’s “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.”
Other contenders:
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse“: The...
The contender to watch this week: “Asteroid City”
Wes Anderson‘s latest has been available on VOD since mid-July, but now it’s also streaming on Peacock, which shares a parent company with distributor Focus Features. Anderson is a three-time Best Original Screenplay nominee, and this existential alien-invasion dramedy starring Jason Schwartzman and Scarlett Johansson could net the writer-director his fourth nod in that category. (He’d share the recognition with co-writer Roman Coppola.) “Asteroid City” is one of two Anderson films bowing in 2023, the other being a forthcoming Netflix adaptation of Roald Dahl’s “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.”
Other contenders:
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse“: The...
- 8/12/2023
- by Matthew Jacobs
- Gold Derby
“Medusa Deluxe” is here.
Truly unlike anything you’ve ever seen before, it’s a murder mystery set in a hairstyle competition. All of the characters are hairdressers, who have very strong opinions on hairstyles and on who the likely murderer is. Oh and the whole thing is shot like a single take (think “1917”), which adds to the sense that you are actually there, at the scene of the crime.
And while it might be easy to identify some of writer/director Thomas Hardiman’s influences, he is more than happy to run through key texts. There are many different, very strong flavors in “Medusa Deluxe” and they all work incredibly well together.
TheWrap spoke to Hardiman about where the movie came from, why the single-shot aesthetic was so important and why he’d really love to direct a “Where’s Waldo” movie (hint: it has to do with the...
Truly unlike anything you’ve ever seen before, it’s a murder mystery set in a hairstyle competition. All of the characters are hairdressers, who have very strong opinions on hairstyles and on who the likely murderer is. Oh and the whole thing is shot like a single take (think “1917”), which adds to the sense that you are actually there, at the scene of the crime.
And while it might be easy to identify some of writer/director Thomas Hardiman’s influences, he is more than happy to run through key texts. There are many different, very strong flavors in “Medusa Deluxe” and they all work incredibly well together.
TheWrap spoke to Hardiman about where the movie came from, why the single-shot aesthetic was so important and why he’d really love to direct a “Where’s Waldo” movie (hint: it has to do with the...
- 8/11/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
In the world of Medusa Deluxe, beauticians wield scissors like knives and hairsprays like pistols. Hairstyling competitions are fraught spaces stacked with talented participants. Anyone can tame an unruly mane, but only a handful can turn it into a work of art.
“I’m in the middle of a Georgian fontange,” one stylist snaps in the opening scene of Thomas Hardiman’s exciting directorial debut. “You can’t just walk away from that shit.” Tensions are high in this dressing room. Outside the door, police patrol the hall. Sirens blare in the distance. The death of Mosca (John Alan Roberts), one of the stylists, has paused the competition and forced a temporary lockdown.
The atmosphere is thick with suspicion. This is a cutthroat bunch, a community whose members convene annually to flaunt their skills and prove themselves. There are public alliances and private allegiances. Betrayals abound, too. Everyone has a theory.
“I’m in the middle of a Georgian fontange,” one stylist snaps in the opening scene of Thomas Hardiman’s exciting directorial debut. “You can’t just walk away from that shit.” Tensions are high in this dressing room. Outside the door, police patrol the hall. Sirens blare in the distance. The death of Mosca (John Alan Roberts), one of the stylists, has paused the competition and forced a temporary lockdown.
The atmosphere is thick with suspicion. This is a cutthroat bunch, a community whose members convene annually to flaunt their skills and prove themselves. There are public alliances and private allegiances. Betrayals abound, too. Everyone has a theory.
- 8/11/2023
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A bold and energetic debut, Thomas Hardiman’s “Medusa Deluxe” is what happens when you combine an Agatha Christie whodunit with a disco aesthetic. Roaming through the backstage confines of a regional hairdressing competition, the film begins after the murder and scalping of a stylist named Mosca has already happened. Instead of focusing on a locked door mystery, Hardiman dives into the petty jealousies of competing stylists, all as they wait in their dressing rooms to be interviewed by the police.
Continue reading ‘Medusa Deluxe’ Review: Energetic Hairdresser Murder Mystery Mainly Coasts on Vibes at The Playlist.
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- 8/10/2023
- by Christian Gallichio
- The Playlist
There’s been a scalping at a Northern England hairdressing competition.
It’s all any of the hairdressers — “hair artists” might be a better description, given the towering Marie Antoinette-level coifs and rainbow-colored cascades and expertly sculpted geometric ‘dos they’ve designed — can talk about. The victim is Mosca, the presumed frontrunner before being found dead and mutilated. No one’s canceled the event, however, and his peers are prepping their models for the runway. The show must go on.
As for the suspects — well, where do we start?...
It’s all any of the hairdressers — “hair artists” might be a better description, given the towering Marie Antoinette-level coifs and rainbow-colored cascades and expertly sculpted geometric ‘dos they’ve designed — can talk about. The victim is Mosca, the presumed frontrunner before being found dead and mutilated. No one’s canceled the event, however, and his peers are prepping their models for the runway. The show must go on.
As for the suspects — well, where do we start?...
- 8/9/2023
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Few, if any, single-shot movies ever justify the conceit. In fact, most of them do their material a disservice through the distraction that emerges naturally from the trickery. In other words, audiences are often put into the position of looking for the seams in the filmmaking, on the hunt for evidence of the artifice. In the case of writer-director Thomas Hardiman’s Medusa Deluxe, though, artifice is the entire raison d’être.
Set within the backstages of a cutthroat hairdressing competition, the film opens with a riled-up Cleve (played with dazzling fire by Clare Perkins) recounting the story’s inciting incident while fussing over a disgruntled model’s coif. Stylist Mosca (John Alan Roberts), presumed to be heavy competition, has not only been discovered dead, but also scalped. The remaining contestants are now sheltering in place and turbo-gossiping about who his presumed murderer could possibly be. At the same time,...
Set within the backstages of a cutthroat hairdressing competition, the film opens with a riled-up Cleve (played with dazzling fire by Clare Perkins) recounting the story’s inciting incident while fussing over a disgruntled model’s coif. Stylist Mosca (John Alan Roberts), presumed to be heavy competition, has not only been discovered dead, but also scalped. The remaining contestants are now sheltering in place and turbo-gossiping about who his presumed murderer could possibly be. At the same time,...
- 8/8/2023
- by Eric Henderson
- Slant Magazine
This summer has been packed with horror on the big screen, with films including Insidious: The Red Door, Talk to Me, Haunted Mansion and Meg 2: The Trench currently playing in theaters nationwide. This week, one of horror’s classic icons joins them at the box office.
Here’s all the new horror releasing August 8– August 13, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
First up from Dread is the horror movie Island Escape, the latest feature film from prolific indie creature feature director Bruce Wemple (Monstrous, Dawn of the Beast).
Island Escape is available On Demand today, and it’s hitting Blu-ray on September 12.
In the film, “After a mysterious accident at a research camp on the Isle of Gran Manan, a CEO hires a team of blue – collar mercenaries to extract his daughter, a scientist working at the camp. Upon arrival, the team soon...
Here’s all the new horror releasing August 8– August 13, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
First up from Dread is the horror movie Island Escape, the latest feature film from prolific indie creature feature director Bruce Wemple (Monstrous, Dawn of the Beast).
Island Escape is available On Demand today, and it’s hitting Blu-ray on September 12.
In the film, “After a mysterious accident at a research camp on the Isle of Gran Manan, a CEO hires a team of blue – collar mercenaries to extract his daughter, a scientist working at the camp. Upon arrival, the team soon...
- 8/8/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The British mystery thriller, Medusa Delux, which marks the debut of director Thomas Hardima, is truly unique in its presentation of this dialogue-driven mystery, but it’s the end that doesn’t quite do it for me. As one can expect, the film uses the gossip-mongering feature of hairdressers to its advantage and creates a thrilling experience in trying to figure out who killed one of their competitors. The characters are all fantastic and hold their own, which is fascinating because there’s no real protagonist, just a bunch of people that we’re paying attention to at different points in time in the film. The one continuous shot effect that the film pulls off is incredible, and the cinematography carries much of this film. It’s a very artsy and kind of camp take on murder mysteries, which I personally have never seen, and that’s why it’s worth a watch.
- 8/8/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
Easy to overlook in the looming shadow of the Venice, Telluride, Toronto, and New York Film Festivals (and all of the awards season hoopla they portend), Switzerland’s historic Locarno Film Festival has remained so distinct and essential precisely because of its refusal to concede to industry pressures or chase attention over artistry.
While the magical Piazza Grande has been home to its fair share of glitzy outdoor screenings over the years — last year saw the 8,000-seat town square transform into an impromptu “Bullet Train” station, for example, while this year’s fest will host open-air screenings of everything from “Theater Camp” to Federico Fellini’s “City of Women” — Locarno has always prided itself on providing a more curious and less hostile platform for elite auteurs whose work may not conform to the commercial demands of the international marketplace; recent winners of the festival’s prestigious Golden Leopard award include Hong Sang-soo,...
While the magical Piazza Grande has been home to its fair share of glitzy outdoor screenings over the years — last year saw the 8,000-seat town square transform into an impromptu “Bullet Train” station, for example, while this year’s fest will host open-air screenings of everything from “Theater Camp” to Federico Fellini’s “City of Women” — Locarno has always prided itself on providing a more curious and less hostile platform for elite auteurs whose work may not conform to the commercial demands of the international marketplace; recent winners of the festival’s prestigious Golden Leopard award include Hong Sang-soo,...
- 8/1/2023
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
“Medusa Deluxe” is a British murder mystery film directed by Thomas Hardiman, starring Clare Perkins, Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Kae Alexander, Harriet Webb, Darrell D’Silva, Luke Pasqualino and Heider Ali.
Synopsis
Set in a competitive hairdressing competition, where one of the contestants is found murdered and the remaining contestants must then try to uncover the killer, as rivalries and mistrust build among them.
This whodunit thriller set in a hairdressing competition, was initially released a the Locarno Festival in the summer of 2022, and has since been released in the U.K. Soon you will be able to enjoy this gripping, and by all accounts stylish murder mystery in a theater near you.
Anita-Joy Uwajeh in Medusa Deluxe (2022) Reviews
“It all adds up to something not so unlike one of the competing hair-dos: ornate, effortful and niche, but oddly hard to take your eyes off.” – Danny Leigh, Financial Times
“An arresting and visually stunning achievement,...
Synopsis
Set in a competitive hairdressing competition, where one of the contestants is found murdered and the remaining contestants must then try to uncover the killer, as rivalries and mistrust build among them.
This whodunit thriller set in a hairdressing competition, was initially released a the Locarno Festival in the summer of 2022, and has since been released in the U.K. Soon you will be able to enjoy this gripping, and by all accounts stylish murder mystery in a theater near you.
Anita-Joy Uwajeh in Medusa Deluxe (2022) Reviews
“It all adds up to something not so unlike one of the competing hair-dos: ornate, effortful and niche, but oddly hard to take your eyes off.” – Danny Leigh, Financial Times
“An arresting and visually stunning achievement,...
- 7/25/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
A24’s released the official trailer for Medusa Deluxe, a murder mystery from first-time feature film director Thomas Hardiman. The trailer reveals the twisted behind-the-scenes world of a hairstyling competition, with intricate – and bizarre – hairstyles competing with talk of a murderer in their midst.
The film currently sits at 94% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes following a festival run. Little White Lies’ Cheyenne Bunsie says “Hardiman makes a directorial debut that successfully injects a fresh, vibrant perspective into the murder mystery genre while still employing the dark dread that stands as its trademark.” And Indiewire’s Marisa Mirabal calls it “an arresting and visually stunning achievement.”
Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Clare Perkins, Darrell D’Silva, Debris Stevenson, and Harriet Webb star. The cast also includes Heider Ali, Kae Alexander, Kayla Meikle, Lilit Lesser, Luke Pasqualino, and Nicholas Karimi.
Kae Alexander and Kayla Meikle in ‘Medusa Deluxe’ (Photo Credit: Robbie Ryan)
A24’s releasing Medusa Deluxe...
The film currently sits at 94% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes following a festival run. Little White Lies’ Cheyenne Bunsie says “Hardiman makes a directorial debut that successfully injects a fresh, vibrant perspective into the murder mystery genre while still employing the dark dread that stands as its trademark.” And Indiewire’s Marisa Mirabal calls it “an arresting and visually stunning achievement.”
Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Clare Perkins, Darrell D’Silva, Debris Stevenson, and Harriet Webb star. The cast also includes Heider Ali, Kae Alexander, Kayla Meikle, Lilit Lesser, Luke Pasqualino, and Nicholas Karimi.
Kae Alexander and Kayla Meikle in ‘Medusa Deluxe’ (Photo Credit: Robbie Ryan)
A24’s releasing Medusa Deluxe...
- 7/12/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
A24 is one of the most well-regarded distributors of genre films out there these days, and on August 11th they’ll be bringing the murder mystery Medusa Deluxe to VOD and select theatres. One month out from the release date, a trailer for Medusa Deluxe has arrived online, and you can check it out in the embed above.
The feature directorial debut of Thomas Hardiman, Medusa Deluxe has the following synopsis: Talented, ambitious, and backstabbing hairstylists gather for a competition in England, only to find one of their own murdered before judging can begin. Winding through neon-lit halls and backstage dressing rooms, competitors unspool long-simmering resentments and secrets as they search for the killer among them in this devilishly funny whodunit.
The film stars Clare Perkins (The Outlaws), Kayla Meikle (The Girl Before), Lilit Lesser (To Nowhere), Anita-Joy Uwajeh (Vampire Academy), Kae Alexander (Game of Thrones), Harriet Webb (I May Destroy You...
The feature directorial debut of Thomas Hardiman, Medusa Deluxe has the following synopsis: Talented, ambitious, and backstabbing hairstylists gather for a competition in England, only to find one of their own murdered before judging can begin. Winding through neon-lit halls and backstage dressing rooms, competitors unspool long-simmering resentments and secrets as they search for the killer among them in this devilishly funny whodunit.
The film stars Clare Perkins (The Outlaws), Kayla Meikle (The Girl Before), Lilit Lesser (To Nowhere), Anita-Joy Uwajeh (Vampire Academy), Kae Alexander (Game of Thrones), Harriet Webb (I May Destroy You...
- 7/12/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
A trailer lands today for Medusa Deluxe, the feature debut from British writer-director Thomas Hardiman. The film premiered at Locarno last year and subsequently screened at Sitges, BFI London Film Festival and IFFR, among others. Revolving around elaborate hair-dos and a shocking murder, Hardiman’s film is lensed by Robbie Ryan and stars Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Clare Perksins, Darrell D’Silva, Debris Stevenson, Harriet Webb, Heider Ali, Kae Alexander, Kayla Meikle, Lilit Lesser, Luke Pasqualino and Nicholas Karimi. A synopsis for Medusa Deluxe reads: Talented, […]
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- 7/12/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
A trailer lands today for Medusa Deluxe, the feature debut from British writer-director Thomas Hardiman. The film premiered at Locarno last year and subsequently screened at Sitges, BFI London Film Festival and IFFR, among others. Revolving around elaborate hair-dos and a shocking murder, Hardiman’s film is lensed by Robbie Ryan and stars Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Clare Perksins, Darrell D’Silva, Debris Stevenson, Harriet Webb, Heider Ali, Kae Alexander, Kayla Meikle, Lilit Lesser, Luke Pasqualino and Nicholas Karimi. A synopsis for Medusa Deluxe reads: Talented, […]
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The post Trailer Watch: Thomas Hardiman’s A24 Feature Debut Medusa Deluxe first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 7/12/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
“All I wanna do is cut hair, and they keep dropping.” A24 has a knack for finding a lot of strange and weird films, and the new film, “Medusa Deluxe,” definitely fits that bill. A British murder mystery set in a competitive hairdressing contest, the film is the feature-length directorial debut of Thomas Hardiman, known for shorts like “Pitch Black Panacea” (2020) and “Time on My Hands” (2012). In the film, extravagance and excess collide, as the death of a contestant sows seeds of division in a community.
Continue reading ‘Medusa Deluxe’ Trailer: A24 Offers A Devilishly Funny Murder Mystery Set In The World Of Competitive Hairdressing at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Medusa Deluxe’ Trailer: A24 Offers A Devilishly Funny Murder Mystery Set In The World Of Competitive Hairdressing at The Playlist.
- 7/12/2023
- by The Playlist
- The Playlist
The world of competitive hairdressing gets, well, hairy when backstabbing and secrets lead to murder in Medusa Deluxe, A24‘s upcoming single-take whodunit. Today, A24’s unveiled the first trailer, teasing big hair, paranoia, and lethal ambition.
Look for Medusa Deluxe when it opens in select theaters and on VOD August 11.
In Medusa Deluxe, “Talented, ambitious, and backstabbing hairstylists gather for a competition in England, only to find one of their own murdered before judging can begin. Winding through neon-lit halls and backstage dressing rooms, competitors unspool long-simmering resentments and secrets as they search for the killer among them, in this devilishly funny whodunit from debut filmmaker Thomas Hardiman.”
Expect the highly competitive setting to stoke the flames of mistrust with a killer on the loose. With A24 attached, expect an unconventional approach to the murder whodunit format.
I wrote in my capsule review out of Panic Fest, “It’s...
Look for Medusa Deluxe when it opens in select theaters and on VOD August 11.
In Medusa Deluxe, “Talented, ambitious, and backstabbing hairstylists gather for a competition in England, only to find one of their own murdered before judging can begin. Winding through neon-lit halls and backstage dressing rooms, competitors unspool long-simmering resentments and secrets as they search for the killer among them, in this devilishly funny whodunit from debut filmmaker Thomas Hardiman.”
Expect the highly competitive setting to stoke the flames of mistrust with a killer on the loose. With A24 attached, expect an unconventional approach to the murder whodunit format.
I wrote in my capsule review out of Panic Fest, “It’s...
- 7/12/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Ready to get dolled up for “Medusa Deluxe?”
The nearly unclassifiable new feature from writer/director Thomas Hardiman, which is equal parts murder mystery, dark comedy and family drama (of sorts), is set to be released by A24 on August 11 in theaters and on VOD. And the first trailer is here to dazzle you. Watch it above.
“Medusa Deluxe” premiered last year at Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival and won a prize at Fantastic Fest in Austin for Best Direction. And it’s no wonder, either, since “Medusa Deluxe” plays out in a single “unbroken” shot, with the events unfolding almost in real time. It was shot by the great Robbie Ryan, an Irish cinematographer who also did “The Favourite,” “Marriage Story” and “C’mon C’mon” among many others.
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This is Hardiman’s debut feature,...
The nearly unclassifiable new feature from writer/director Thomas Hardiman, which is equal parts murder mystery, dark comedy and family drama (of sorts), is set to be released by A24 on August 11 in theaters and on VOD. And the first trailer is here to dazzle you. Watch it above.
“Medusa Deluxe” premiered last year at Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival and won a prize at Fantastic Fest in Austin for Best Direction. And it’s no wonder, either, since “Medusa Deluxe” plays out in a single “unbroken” shot, with the events unfolding almost in real time. It was shot by the great Robbie Ryan, an Irish cinematographer who also did “The Favourite,” “Marriage Story” and “C’mon C’mon” among many others.
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‘Wonka’ Trailer Reveals Timothee Chalamet’s Take on Roald Dahl’s Classic Character (Video)
This is Hardiman’s debut feature,...
- 7/12/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Stars: Kae Alexander, Clare Perkins, Darrell D’Silva, Kayla Meikle, Lilit Lesser, Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Harriet Webb, Luke Pasqualino, Heider Ali | Written and Directed by Thomas Hardiman
A group of rival hairdressers come together to compete in a regional artistic hair competition. Before the event can finish, one of the competitors is killed, leaving the rest to be confined to their dressing rooms until the culprit is revealed. While they wait, each reveals long-simmering resentments, pent-up grudges, and a treasure trove of personal secrets.
To some, hair is everything. It’s a key vehicle for how we present ourselves to the world, as well as being something we find attractive and compelling about other people. A trip to the hairdresser is a safe haven — it’s a place to make yourself feel better physically as well as emotionally. Thomas Hardiman’s Medusa Deluxe sets out to challenge everything we know about those...
A group of rival hairdressers come together to compete in a regional artistic hair competition. Before the event can finish, one of the competitors is killed, leaving the rest to be confined to their dressing rooms until the culprit is revealed. While they wait, each reveals long-simmering resentments, pent-up grudges, and a treasure trove of personal secrets.
To some, hair is everything. It’s a key vehicle for how we present ourselves to the world, as well as being something we find attractive and compelling about other people. A trip to the hairdresser is a safe haven — it’s a place to make yourself feel better physically as well as emotionally. Thomas Hardiman’s Medusa Deluxe sets out to challenge everything we know about those...
- 6/12/2023
- by Jasmine Valentine
- Nerdly
’Across The Spider-Verse’ has now surpassed the lifetime takings of its predecessor after swooping another £4.1m
RankFilm (distributor)Three-day gross (May 19-21)Total gross to date Week 1. Spider-Man: Across The Spiderverse (Sony) £4.1m £16.2m 2 2. Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts (Paramount) £2.5m £3m 1 3. The Little Mermaid (Disney) £2.1m £20m 3 4. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 (Disney) £511,755 £35.6 6 5. Fast X (Universal) £475,381 £14.3m 4
Paramount’s Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts failed to knock Sony’s Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse off top spot at the UK-Ireland box office after an opening weekend of £2.5m (£3m including previews).
Despite opening in 595 sites, a record for the shapeshifting action franchise,...
RankFilm (distributor)Three-day gross (May 19-21)Total gross to date Week 1. Spider-Man: Across The Spiderverse (Sony) £4.1m £16.2m 2 2. Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts (Paramount) £2.5m £3m 1 3. The Little Mermaid (Disney) £2.1m £20m 3 4. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 (Disney) £511,755 £35.6 6 5. Fast X (Universal) £475,381 £14.3m 4
Paramount’s Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts failed to knock Sony’s Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse off top spot at the UK-Ireland box office after an opening weekend of £2.5m (£3m including previews).
Despite opening in 595 sites, a record for the shapeshifting action franchise,...
- 6/12/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Independent titles ‘War Pony’, ‘Medusa Deluxe’ also starting in cinemas.
Paramount’s action blockbuster Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts will look to dominate the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, as the seventh film in the successful franchise.
Directed by Steven Caple Jr., Rise Of The Beasts is set during the 1990s, when a new faction of Transformers – cars that can turn into robots and back again – join the Autobots as allies in the battle for Earth.
Rise Of The Beasts is the first Transformers film for four-and-a-half years, since Travis Knight’s Bumblebee in December 2018. Starting in 595 cinemas, the new...
Paramount’s action blockbuster Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts will look to dominate the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, as the seventh film in the successful franchise.
Directed by Steven Caple Jr., Rise Of The Beasts is set during the 1990s, when a new faction of Transformers – cars that can turn into robots and back again – join the Autobots as allies in the battle for Earth.
Rise Of The Beasts is the first Transformers film for four-and-a-half years, since Travis Knight’s Bumblebee in December 2018. Starting in 595 cinemas, the new...
- 6/9/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
To celebrate the release of Medusa Deluxe, which arrives in UK cinemas this weekend, we sat down with one of the star’s of the trippy new film to find out more.
Shining a light on the obsessive world of hairdressing, this extravagant whodunnit features an array of electric performances from its dynamic cast which includes Clare Perkins, Kae Alexander, Harriet Webb , Darrell D’Silva (Informer), and Luke Pasqualino. After a stylist is found dead, the remaining competitors try to uncover the killer over the course of an evening, Rivalry and mistrust build as the remaining group of determined contestants suspect that someone may be trying to rig the competition, by gruesomely picking off its entrants.
Chatting to Luke Pasqualino, who plays the mysterious Angel in the film, we talk about the immediate lure to the film, it’s uniqueness and why its originality is to celebrated, the challenges of shooting in one continuous take,...
Shining a light on the obsessive world of hairdressing, this extravagant whodunnit features an array of electric performances from its dynamic cast which includes Clare Perkins, Kae Alexander, Harriet Webb , Darrell D’Silva (Informer), and Luke Pasqualino. After a stylist is found dead, the remaining competitors try to uncover the killer over the course of an evening, Rivalry and mistrust build as the remaining group of determined contestants suspect that someone may be trying to rig the competition, by gruesomely picking off its entrants.
Chatting to Luke Pasqualino, who plays the mysterious Angel in the film, we talk about the immediate lure to the film, it’s uniqueness and why its originality is to celebrated, the challenges of shooting in one continuous take,...
- 6/9/2023
- by Scott Davis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
It seems appropriate that this murder mystery, which unfolds in a single take backstage at a hairdressing contest, is filled with cutting remarks and style. After stylist Mosca is found scalped, gossip blooms between the other contestants and their models. Medusa Deluxe is also an apt title, as this turns out to be a serious nest of vipers.
Thomas Hardiman uses the appearance of a single take - hat’s off to editor Foaud Gaber and Jake Whitehouse for his steadicam work - in his debut feature to elevate what could have felt like a stage play to something more sinous and fluid. He has the distinct advantage of having one of the UK’s cinematographic A-listers along to help - Robbie Ryan, who doesn’t put a frame wrong during as he trots up and down corridors and eavesdrops on conversations during this 1hr and 40 min film.
Beginning with a CGI sequence.
Thomas Hardiman uses the appearance of a single take - hat’s off to editor Foaud Gaber and Jake Whitehouse for his steadicam work - in his debut feature to elevate what could have felt like a stage play to something more sinous and fluid. He has the distinct advantage of having one of the UK’s cinematographic A-listers along to help - Robbie Ryan, who doesn’t put a frame wrong during as he trots up and down corridors and eavesdrops on conversations during this 1hr and 40 min film.
Beginning with a CGI sequence.
- 6/8/2023
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Partnership includes Past Lives and Talk To Me, The Iron Claw.
A24 and Anuvu have agreed an exclusive airlines distribution deal including seven upcoming features, among them Sundance hits Past Lives and Talk To Me.
The deal follows the companies’ collaboration on multiple Oscar winners Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Whale, and Moonlight.
The seven titles are: Past Lives (Celine Song), The Iron Claw (Sean Durkin), Dream Scenario (Kristoffer Borgli), Talk To Me, Medusa Deluxe (Thomas Hardiman), Earth Mama (Savannah Leaf), and Problemista (Julio Torres).
The agreement covers airlines and US military installations and includes a collection of catalogue...
A24 and Anuvu have agreed an exclusive airlines distribution deal including seven upcoming features, among them Sundance hits Past Lives and Talk To Me.
The deal follows the companies’ collaboration on multiple Oscar winners Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Whale, and Moonlight.
The seven titles are: Past Lives (Celine Song), The Iron Claw (Sean Durkin), Dream Scenario (Kristoffer Borgli), Talk To Me, Medusa Deluxe (Thomas Hardiman), Earth Mama (Savannah Leaf), and Problemista (Julio Torres).
The agreement covers airlines and US military installations and includes a collection of catalogue...
- 6/7/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Sony’s “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse” debuted atop the U.K. and Ireland box office with £9.1 million ($11.3 million), per numbers from Comscore.
Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” continued its strong performance in the territory, collecting £4.2 million in second place in its second weekend for a total of £16.2 million. In third position, in its third weekend, Universal’s “Fast X” earned £1 million for a total of £13.3 million.
Occupying fourth place in its fifth weekend was Disney’s “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3” with £993,389 for a total of £34.6 million. Disney’s “The Boogeyman” debuted in fifth position with £492,071.
There were four more debuts in the top 10. Avex Pic’s concert film “Suga – Agust D Tour D-Day In Japan” bowed in seventh place with £119,465, Trafalgar Releasing’s “Die Zauberflote – Met Opera 2023” in eighth with £104,669 and Vertigo’s “Reality” ninth with £62,987.
House Of Advertising’s Bollywood film “Zara Hatke Zara Bachke,” on its...
Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” continued its strong performance in the territory, collecting £4.2 million in second place in its second weekend for a total of £16.2 million. In third position, in its third weekend, Universal’s “Fast X” earned £1 million for a total of £13.3 million.
Occupying fourth place in its fifth weekend was Disney’s “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3” with £993,389 for a total of £34.6 million. Disney’s “The Boogeyman” debuted in fifth position with £492,071.
There were four more debuts in the top 10. Avex Pic’s concert film “Suga – Agust D Tour D-Day In Japan” bowed in seventh place with £119,465, Trafalgar Releasing’s “Die Zauberflote – Met Opera 2023” in eighth with £104,669 and Vertigo’s “Reality” ninth with £62,987.
House Of Advertising’s Bollywood film “Zara Hatke Zara Bachke,” on its...
- 6/6/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
After a coiffeur gets scalped at an event, a model turns detective in this flamboyant first feature from Thomas Hardiman
Agatha Christie meets Pedro Almodóvar in this flamboyant British murder mystery set in the unglamorous world of regional hairdressing competitions. The victim is a hairdresser who’s been scalped backstage at an event seven hours into coiffing his piece de resistance. He’s found dead by the model returning from a fag break. “One minute he’s shaping my ’fro, the next he’s dead,” she marvels.
Medusa Deluxe is packed with funny, outrageous lines, and there are excellent performances especially from the female cast of hairdressers behaving badly. Without a doubt, it is an impressive debut from director Thomas Hardiman, even if his script doesn’t quite pull off a first-class whodunnit.
Agatha Christie meets Pedro Almodóvar in this flamboyant British murder mystery set in the unglamorous world of regional hairdressing competitions. The victim is a hairdresser who’s been scalped backstage at an event seven hours into coiffing his piece de resistance. He’s found dead by the model returning from a fag break. “One minute he’s shaping my ’fro, the next he’s dead,” she marvels.
Medusa Deluxe is packed with funny, outrageous lines, and there are excellent performances especially from the female cast of hairdressers behaving badly. Without a doubt, it is an impressive debut from director Thomas Hardiman, even if his script doesn’t quite pull off a first-class whodunnit.
- 6/6/2023
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
"All I want to do is cut hair. And they keep dropping." Mubi has revealed an official trailer for Medusa Deluxe, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Thomas Hardiman. This premiered at a handful of film festival last year, including Locarno, Beyond Fest, Fantastic Fest, Fantasy Filmfest, and the London Film Festival. It's set for a Mubi release streaming in Europe, though the US release date hasn't been set yet. A high-stakes hairdressing competition descends into paranoia and chaos after a participant is viciously murdered, in this astonishing faux single-take (with a bunch of long takes) comedy-thriller. Starring Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Clare Perkins, Darrell D'Silva, Debris Stevenson, Harriet Webb, Heider Ali, Kae Alexander, Kayla Meikle, Lilit Lesser, Luke Pasqualino. "Medusa Deluxe is a unique and audacious trip quite unlike anything you’ll experience." It looks like crazy fun, though the boxy aspect ratio doesn't fit. // Continue Reading ›...
- 5/15/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Another Panic Fest winds down, bringing a hybrid model that offered in-person screenings and virtual premieres including early screenings of Evil Dead Rise and Sisu.
The fest offered a slew of premieres, including nihilistic horrors like Beaten to Death and introspective docs like King on Screen.
While the packed schedule ensured we couldn’t catch it all, here’s a round-up of some of Panic Fest’s feature offerings this year.
Black Mold
Credit: The Line Film Company
In his feature debut, writer/director John Pata introduces the pitfalls of urban exploration with hallucinogenic psychological horror. Brooke (Agnes Albright) and her pal Tanner (Andrew Bailes) sneak into abandoned, off-limits buildings for art and an adrenaline rush. The pair break into their holy grail: Franklin Hill, a large facility with a history. There, Brooke and Tanner encounter a volatile threat that holds them captive. The longer their attacker keeps them there,...
The fest offered a slew of premieres, including nihilistic horrors like Beaten to Death and introspective docs like King on Screen.
While the packed schedule ensured we couldn’t catch it all, here’s a round-up of some of Panic Fest’s feature offerings this year.
Black Mold
Credit: The Line Film Company
In his feature debut, writer/director John Pata introduces the pitfalls of urban exploration with hallucinogenic psychological horror. Brooke (Agnes Albright) and her pal Tanner (Andrew Bailes) sneak into abandoned, off-limits buildings for art and an adrenaline rush. The pair break into their holy grail: Franklin Hill, a large facility with a history. There, Brooke and Tanner encounter a volatile threat that holds them captive. The longer their attacker keeps them there,...
- 4/25/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Universal Pictures’ new Dracula horror-comedy Renfield, starring Emmy nominee Nicholas Hoult as Renfield and Oscar winner Nicolas Cage as The Prince of Darkness, kicks off the 11th annual Panic Fest on Thursday, April 13, at Screenland Armour Theatre in Kansas City, Mo.
Panic Fest expands its 2023 programming to feature over 100 films along with special guest filmmakers and special events for opening weekend. Panic Fest will once again be a hybrid festival allowing genre fans to enjoy programming in-person and keep the party going online at home with our virtual programming.
In-Person: April 13-19, 2023 Virtual Fest: April 14-23, 2023
Get Your Tickets Here: https://panicfilmfest.com/tickets
Use promo code BLOODY20 to save 20% off festival passes!
The press release previews, “Our anchor programming will sink its teeth into you with Universal Pictures’ Renfield. Then keep the blood flowing with the heart pounding action in Lionsgate’s Sisu. Speaking of blood, you will see...
Panic Fest expands its 2023 programming to feature over 100 films along with special guest filmmakers and special events for opening weekend. Panic Fest will once again be a hybrid festival allowing genre fans to enjoy programming in-person and keep the party going online at home with our virtual programming.
In-Person: April 13-19, 2023 Virtual Fest: April 14-23, 2023
Get Your Tickets Here: https://panicfilmfest.com/tickets
Use promo code BLOODY20 to save 20% off festival passes!
The press release previews, “Our anchor programming will sink its teeth into you with Universal Pictures’ Renfield. Then keep the blood flowing with the heart pounding action in Lionsgate’s Sisu. Speaking of blood, you will see...
- 4/10/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2022 Fantastic Fest. A24 releases the film in select theaters and on VOD on Friday, August 11.
Elaborate braids, teased curls, and brightly colored dye all mix together at the hands of talented hairstylists prepping their models for an annual hair competition. Similar to the beautiful intricacies of hair styling, writer/director Thomas Hardiman weaves through an intriguing murder mystery with the audience at his mercy. An arresting and visually stunning achievement, “Medusa Deluxe” breaks the framework on storytelling and sheds the skin of a subculture in the process.
Confident and accomplished Cleve (powerfully played by Clare Perkins) is attempting to style the baroque Georgian Fontange on her model as she speculates about the horrific events of the evening with her religious rival Divine (Kayla Meikle). A stylist named Mosca has been found dead and scalped on the premises. Stressed, terrified, and suspicious,...
Elaborate braids, teased curls, and brightly colored dye all mix together at the hands of talented hairstylists prepping their models for an annual hair competition. Similar to the beautiful intricacies of hair styling, writer/director Thomas Hardiman weaves through an intriguing murder mystery with the audience at his mercy. An arresting and visually stunning achievement, “Medusa Deluxe” breaks the framework on storytelling and sheds the skin of a subculture in the process.
Confident and accomplished Cleve (powerfully played by Clare Perkins) is attempting to style the baroque Georgian Fontange on her model as she speculates about the horrific events of the evening with her religious rival Divine (Kayla Meikle). A stylist named Mosca has been found dead and scalped on the premises. Stressed, terrified, and suspicious,...
- 9/29/2022
- by Marisa Mirabal
- Indiewire
The showcase takes place on October 8.
Adura Onashile’s iFeatures-backed Girl and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2022 Luna Carmoon’s debut feature, Hoard, will be spotlighted in the third edition of the BFI London Film Festival (Lff) Works-in-Progress showcase.
The showcase presents nine new feature films and documentaries from UK-based filmmakers. The in-person event, taking place on October 8 as part of the festival’s UK Talent Days focus, will screen extracts from each project, with an introduction from the film’s producer, to an invited audience of international buyers and festival programmers, with clips available online from October 8-9 to...
Adura Onashile’s iFeatures-backed Girl and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2022 Luna Carmoon’s debut feature, Hoard, will be spotlighted in the third edition of the BFI London Film Festival (Lff) Works-in-Progress showcase.
The showcase presents nine new feature films and documentaries from UK-based filmmakers. The in-person event, taking place on October 8 as part of the festival’s UK Talent Days focus, will screen extracts from each project, with an introduction from the film’s producer, to an invited audience of international buyers and festival programmers, with clips available online from October 8-9 to...
- 9/20/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Includes ’The Whale’, ’White Noise’, ’The Eternal Daughter’, and ’Decision To Leave’.
Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, Noah Baumbach’s White Noise, Joanna Hogg’s The Eternal Daughter, and Park Chan-wook’s Decision To Leave are among the titles that will play at the 66th BFI London Film Festival (Lff), that runs from October 5-16.
A total of 164 feature films (up from last year’s 159), including 23 world premieres, six international premieres and 15 European premieres have been programmed, with a curated programme of over 20 features and 15 short films available digitally across the whole of the UK on BFI Player until October...
Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, Noah Baumbach’s White Noise, Joanna Hogg’s The Eternal Daughter, and Park Chan-wook’s Decision To Leave are among the titles that will play at the 66th BFI London Film Festival (Lff), that runs from October 5-16.
A total of 164 feature films (up from last year’s 159), including 23 world premieres, six international premieres and 15 European premieres have been programmed, with a curated programme of over 20 features and 15 short films available digitally across the whole of the UK on BFI Player until October...
- 9/1/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
This September, Fantastic Fest is returning to the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar from September 22nd–29th, followed by a virtual Ff@Home experience from September 29th–October 4th, and horror, sci-fi, and thriller fans will have plenty to look forward to, as the massive lineup includes Parker Finn's Smile, Something in the Dirt (from directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead), and Park Chan-wook's Decision to Leave.
You can check out the full lineup below, and to learn more, visit:
http://fantasticfest.com/
Press Release: Austin, TX — August 16, 2022 — There’s only one place where you’ll find killer teddy bears, man-eating sharks, elderly zombies, cocktail-serving robots, and Park Chan-wook… all under one roof. That’s right, world-famous genre festival Fantastic Fest is back for its seventeenth edition featuring 21 World Premieres, 14 North American Premieres, and 21 U.S Premieres. The festival will once again take over the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin,...
You can check out the full lineup below, and to learn more, visit:
http://fantasticfest.com/
Press Release: Austin, TX — August 16, 2022 — There’s only one place where you’ll find killer teddy bears, man-eating sharks, elderly zombies, cocktail-serving robots, and Park Chan-wook… all under one roof. That’s right, world-famous genre festival Fantastic Fest is back for its seventeenth edition featuring 21 World Premieres, 14 North American Premieres, and 21 U.S Premieres. The festival will once again take over the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin,...
- 8/16/2022
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Fantastic Fest, a weeklong celebration of genre filmmaking, has announced the full lineup for its 2022 festival.
This year’s event, taking place in Austin, Texas, from Sept. 22 through Sept. 29, will open with the world premiere of Paramount’s unsettling thriller “The Smile,” starring Sosie Bacon as a doctor whose mind begins to turn on her after she witnesses a traumatic experience involving a patient. Director Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or-winning black comedy “Triangle of Sadness” will close the festival.
In total, Fantastic Fest will showcase 21 world premieres, 14 North American premieres and 21 U.S. premieres. Now in its 17th edition, the festival will be held at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar. Horror mavens who can’t make the trek to Texas will be able to catch up on the festivities a week later through the virtual “Ff@Home” experience from Sept. 29 through Oct. 4.
“It’s been far too long since we...
This year’s event, taking place in Austin, Texas, from Sept. 22 through Sept. 29, will open with the world premiere of Paramount’s unsettling thriller “The Smile,” starring Sosie Bacon as a doctor whose mind begins to turn on her after she witnesses a traumatic experience involving a patient. Director Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or-winning black comedy “Triangle of Sadness” will close the festival.
In total, Fantastic Fest will showcase 21 world premieres, 14 North American premieres and 21 U.S. premieres. Now in its 17th edition, the festival will be held at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar. Horror mavens who can’t make the trek to Texas will be able to catch up on the festivities a week later through the virtual “Ff@Home” experience from Sept. 29 through Oct. 4.
“It’s been far too long since we...
- 8/16/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Fantastic Fest is back for its seventeenth edition featuring 21 World Premieres, 14 North American Premieres, and 21 U.S Premieres and the press release teases killer teddy bears, man-eating sharks, elderly zombies, cocktail-serving robots, and Park Chan-wook… all under one roof.
The festival will once again take over the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, TX from September 22nd – 29th and on the web via a virtual Ff@Home experience from September 29th – October 4th.
Before we dive into the full press release, Bloody Disgusting is excited to celebrate a handful of films in the grand return of Fantastic Fest.
First and foremost, Jason Eisener‘s highly-anticipated Kids vs. Aliens, pictured above, will hold its World Premiere! Click here to read all about the Bloody Disgusting-produced film from Cinepocalypse Productions and Studio71.
Also from Studio71, Cinepocalypse Productions, and Bloody Disgusting is Shudder’s V/H/S/99, which is having its World Premiere...
The festival will once again take over the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, TX from September 22nd – 29th and on the web via a virtual Ff@Home experience from September 29th – October 4th.
Before we dive into the full press release, Bloody Disgusting is excited to celebrate a handful of films in the grand return of Fantastic Fest.
First and foremost, Jason Eisener‘s highly-anticipated Kids vs. Aliens, pictured above, will hold its World Premiere! Click here to read all about the Bloody Disgusting-produced film from Cinepocalypse Productions and Studio71.
Also from Studio71, Cinepocalypse Productions, and Bloody Disgusting is Shudder’s V/H/S/99, which is having its World Premiere...
- 8/16/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
For years, Fantastic Fest, the annual genre film festival in Austin, Texas, has been one of the best kept secrets on the festival circuit. Taking place at one theater (the Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar), it’s an endlessly delightful cornucopia of exploding heads, talking animals and deviant sex (sometimes all in the same movie). This year’s festival features 21 world premieres, 14 North American premieres and 21 U.S. premieres, with a mixture of mainstream fare (Paramount’s new horror movie “Smile” will have its premiere at the festival) and the endearingly esoteric.
The festival will once again take over the Alamo Drafthouse from Sept. 22-29 and on the web via a virtual Ff@Home experience from Sept. 29-Oct. 4.
Among the many delights of this year’s festival include the opening night premiere of “Smile,” the U.S. premiere of Park Chan-wook’s “Decision to Leave,” with the closing night film being “Triangle of Sadness,...
The festival will once again take over the Alamo Drafthouse from Sept. 22-29 and on the web via a virtual Ff@Home experience from Sept. 29-Oct. 4.
Among the many delights of this year’s festival include the opening night premiere of “Smile,” the U.S. premiere of Park Chan-wook’s “Decision to Leave,” with the closing night film being “Triangle of Sadness,...
- 8/16/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Click here to read the full article.
A world premiere for Paramount Pictures’ horror pic Smile from director Parker Finn is set to open Fantastic Fest.
Finn’s debut feature, which stars Sosie Bacon, portrays a doctor experiencing frightening occurrences after witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient and having to confront her troubling past to survive and escape her horrifying new reality.
Neon’s Triangle of Sadness, Ruben Ostlund’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner, will close Fantastic Fest, which is set to run in Austin, Texas from Sept. 22 to 29. Also headed to Fantastic Fest are Searchlight’s The Menu and The Banshees of Inisherin, directed by Martin McDonagh, A24’s murder mystery Medusa Deluxe, MGM’s Bones and All and Miramax’s Sick.
The genre fest’s programmers have also booked Shudder’s Blood Relatives, Epic Pictures’ Satantic Hispanics and Mubi’s Decision to Leave from Korean director Park Chan-wook.
A world premiere for Paramount Pictures’ horror pic Smile from director Parker Finn is set to open Fantastic Fest.
Finn’s debut feature, which stars Sosie Bacon, portrays a doctor experiencing frightening occurrences after witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient and having to confront her troubling past to survive and escape her horrifying new reality.
Neon’s Triangle of Sadness, Ruben Ostlund’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner, will close Fantastic Fest, which is set to run in Austin, Texas from Sept. 22 to 29. Also headed to Fantastic Fest are Searchlight’s The Menu and The Banshees of Inisherin, directed by Martin McDonagh, A24’s murder mystery Medusa Deluxe, MGM’s Bones and All and Miramax’s Sick.
The genre fest’s programmers have also booked Shudder’s Blood Relatives, Epic Pictures’ Satantic Hispanics and Mubi’s Decision to Leave from Korean director Park Chan-wook.
- 8/16/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In “Medusa Deluxe,” the serpents aren’t in the hair, but all around it: a writhing, hissing collective of human predators slinking around the various parlors and platforms of a high-level hairdressing competition. Most are venomous, and at least one is deadly, or so it seems when a star stylist is found, not just murdered but quite literally scalped, the night before his widely expected victory in the contest. That’s the setup for British writer-director Thomas Hardiman’s splashy, hooky debut feature “Medusa Deluxe,” an arch, gossip-fueled murder mystery that delights more in rounding up its many unusual suspects than in any kind of logical, procedural detective work: Whodunnit isn’t a pressing question in a film where everyone is 100 that bitch.
It sounds good on paper, and looks great on screen, thanks in no small part to genius Dp Robbie Ryan — who, following vertiginous collaborations with the likes...
It sounds good on paper, and looks great on screen, thanks in no small part to genius Dp Robbie Ryan — who, following vertiginous collaborations with the likes...
- 8/7/2022
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Tom Hardiman’s feature debut “Medusa Deluxe,” which premiered at Locarno on Saturday, has already seduced multiple international distributors with its mixture of humor, grief and competitive hairdressing.
Now Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales has sealed further deals for the unusual murder mystery in Spain (Elastica Films), Benelux (Filmfreak), Scandinavia and the Baltics (NonStop Entertainment), Variety has learnt in exclusivity.
As previously reported, A24 has acquired North American rights to the film, produced by Emu Films with the support of BFI, BBC Films, and Time Based Arts.
Mubi holds the rights to U.K./Ireland, France, Latin America, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Turkey, India and Southeast Asia.
“The buyers are excited about ‘Medusa Deluxe’ because it’s a quirky, original piece of cinema which can appeal to younger audiences, especially since A24 and Mubi will lead the way on global marketing,” said New Europe Film Sales CEO, Jan Naszewski.
Hardiman,...
Now Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales has sealed further deals for the unusual murder mystery in Spain (Elastica Films), Benelux (Filmfreak), Scandinavia and the Baltics (NonStop Entertainment), Variety has learnt in exclusivity.
As previously reported, A24 has acquired North American rights to the film, produced by Emu Films with the support of BFI, BBC Films, and Time Based Arts.
Mubi holds the rights to U.K./Ireland, France, Latin America, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Turkey, India and Southeast Asia.
“The buyers are excited about ‘Medusa Deluxe’ because it’s a quirky, original piece of cinema which can appeal to younger audiences, especially since A24 and Mubi will lead the way on global marketing,” said New Europe Film Sales CEO, Jan Naszewski.
Hardiman,...
- 8/7/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Tom Hardiman becomes a director to track with “Medusa Deluxe,” a deliciously dark murder mystery set in the competitive hairdressing competition which is about to bow at Locarno.
Mubi holds the rights to U.K./Ireland, France,Latin America, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Turkey, India and Southeast Asia. The film was developed and financed by the BFI and BBC Film.
“I really care about hairdressing, it’s something I am really passionate about,” admits Hardiman, who “picked up their language” over time.
“When they talk about Russian weaves [in the film], that came from a hairdresser in Peckham. A lot of them say: ‘I am a hairdresser first, counsellor second.’ It’s a unique territory, but there is an acting side to it too. They listen to someone’s problems and then bitch about them around the corner.”
Hardiman, who tells the story of a broken community which finds its way back through their shared passion,...
Mubi holds the rights to U.K./Ireland, France,Latin America, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Turkey, India and Southeast Asia. The film was developed and financed by the BFI and BBC Film.
“I really care about hairdressing, it’s something I am really passionate about,” admits Hardiman, who “picked up their language” over time.
“When they talk about Russian weaves [in the film], that came from a hairdresser in Peckham. A lot of them say: ‘I am a hairdresser first, counsellor second.’ It’s a unique territory, but there is an acting side to it too. They listen to someone’s problems and then bitch about them around the corner.”
Hardiman, who tells the story of a broken community which finds its way back through their shared passion,...
- 8/5/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Arthouse platform has taken UK-Ire, LatAm excluding Mexico, and Malaysia.
Mubi has made Ali Abbasi’s Competition title Holy Spider its latest Cannes acquisition, buying the film for UK-Ireland, Latin America (excluding Mexico) and Malaysia.
The film will have a theatrical release in each territory, before landing on the Mubi streaming platform.
Holy Spider was acquired for the US by Utopia earlier this week.
Based on a true story, the film follows an Iranian reporter who descends into the dark underbelly of the holy city of Mashhad, to investigate the serial killings of sex workers by a ‘Spider Killer’ who...
Mubi has made Ali Abbasi’s Competition title Holy Spider its latest Cannes acquisition, buying the film for UK-Ireland, Latin America (excluding Mexico) and Malaysia.
The film will have a theatrical release in each territory, before landing on the Mubi streaming platform.
Holy Spider was acquired for the US by Utopia earlier this week.
Based on a true story, the film follows an Iranian reporter who descends into the dark underbelly of the holy city of Mashhad, to investigate the serial killings of sex workers by a ‘Spider Killer’ who...
- 5/27/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Mubi has acquired Lukas Dhont’s Cannes Competion entry Close for the UK, Ireland, Latin America, Turkey and India.
Starring Lea Drucker (Custody), Émilie Dequenne (Our Children), Kevin Janssens (Revenge) and newcomers Eden Dambrine and Gustav De Waele, the film will get its world premiere on the Riviera this week.
In Close, the intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi’s mother.
The film will be released theatrically followed by an exclusive Mubi streaming release. The Match Factory is handling international sales and negotiated the deal with Mubi, its parent company.
Pic is produced by Dirk Impens and Michiel Dhont for Menuet (Be) and co-produced by Diaphana (Fr), Topkapi Films (Nl) and Versus Productions (Be).
Dhont said: “I am incredibly honored to share this film and start this collaboration with Mubi.”
Girl, Dhont’s debut feature film,...
Starring Lea Drucker (Custody), Émilie Dequenne (Our Children), Kevin Janssens (Revenge) and newcomers Eden Dambrine and Gustav De Waele, the film will get its world premiere on the Riviera this week.
In Close, the intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi’s mother.
The film will be released theatrically followed by an exclusive Mubi streaming release. The Match Factory is handling international sales and negotiated the deal with Mubi, its parent company.
Pic is produced by Dirk Impens and Michiel Dhont for Menuet (Be) and co-produced by Diaphana (Fr), Topkapi Films (Nl) and Versus Productions (Be).
Dhont said: “I am incredibly honored to share this film and start this collaboration with Mubi.”
Girl, Dhont’s debut feature film,...
- 5/26/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Arthouse distribution, streaming and production company Mubi has taken all rights for the U.K., Ireland, Italy, Turkey, India and Southeast Asia (excluding the Philippines and theatrical rights in Cambodia) for Davy Chou’s “Return to Seoul,” which plays in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival. MK2 films is handling international sales.
Sony Pictures Classics recently picked up rights in North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand.
The film centers on 25-year-old Freddie, who on an impulse to reconnect with her origins, returns to South Korea for the first time, where she was born before being adopted and raised in France. The headstrong young woman starts looking for her biological parents in a country she knows so little about, taking her life in new and unexpected directions.
The film stars Park Ji-Min, Oh Kwang-Rok, Guka Han, Kim Sun-Young, Yoann Zimmer and Louis-Do De Lencquesaing.
Sony Pictures Classics recently picked up rights in North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand.
The film centers on 25-year-old Freddie, who on an impulse to reconnect with her origins, returns to South Korea for the first time, where she was born before being adopted and raised in France. The headstrong young woman starts looking for her biological parents in a country she knows so little about, taking her life in new and unexpected directions.
The film stars Park Ji-Min, Oh Kwang-Rok, Guka Han, Kim Sun-Young, Yoann Zimmer and Louis-Do De Lencquesaing.
- 5/22/2022
- by Leo Barraclough and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Further territories include Germany, Latin America, Italy.
Mubi has acquired rights for Screen Star of Tomorrow Thomas Hardiman’s feature debut Medusa Deluxe, for major territories including UK-Ireland, Germany, Latin America and Italy.
It has also taken rights for Switzerland, Turkey, India and Southeast Asia. Mubi has committed to a theatrical release for UK-Ireland.
Medusa Deluxe is a murder mystery set in a competitive hairdressing competition. The death of one of the community sows divisions in a group whose passion for hair verges on obsession.
The cast includes Clare Perkins, Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Kae Alexander, Harriet Webb, Darrell D’Silva and Luke Pasqualino,...
Mubi has acquired rights for Screen Star of Tomorrow Thomas Hardiman’s feature debut Medusa Deluxe, for major territories including UK-Ireland, Germany, Latin America and Italy.
It has also taken rights for Switzerland, Turkey, India and Southeast Asia. Mubi has committed to a theatrical release for UK-Ireland.
Medusa Deluxe is a murder mystery set in a competitive hairdressing competition. The death of one of the community sows divisions in a group whose passion for hair verges on obsession.
The cast includes Clare Perkins, Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Kae Alexander, Harriet Webb, Darrell D’Silva and Luke Pasqualino,...
- 5/17/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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