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The Malta Film Commission is launching the first-ever Mediterrane Film Festival, a new annual event dedicated to celebrating film and creativity. Running from June 25-30, the festival will take place at Valletta, Malta’s capital, and other locations across the country
The festival aims to serve as a platform for Malta to continue building its film brand image worldwide and attract more film business to the islands. Prominent films shot in recent years in Malta include Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon,” Terrence Malick’s “The Way of the Wind” and Colin Trevorrow’s “Jurassic World Dominion.”
The program, which will be revealed during the Cannes Film Festival, will showcase films from each of the MED9 nations. Screenings will be accessible to the public, and the featured films will be in the running for various awards.
Attendees will include Maltese and international filmmakers, actors, crew members, studio executives, and producers. In addition,...
The Malta Film Commission is launching the first-ever Mediterrane Film Festival, a new annual event dedicated to celebrating film and creativity. Running from June 25-30, the festival will take place at Valletta, Malta’s capital, and other locations across the country
The festival aims to serve as a platform for Malta to continue building its film brand image worldwide and attract more film business to the islands. Prominent films shot in recent years in Malta include Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon,” Terrence Malick’s “The Way of the Wind” and Colin Trevorrow’s “Jurassic World Dominion.”
The program, which will be revealed during the Cannes Film Festival, will showcase films from each of the MED9 nations. Screenings will be accessible to the public, and the featured films will be in the running for various awards.
Attendees will include Maltese and international filmmakers, actors, crew members, studio executives, and producers. In addition,...
- 5/3/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
I’ve never picked up a hitchhiker. Not once even thought of doing it. The idea of having a complete stranger ride beside me, not knowing who they are or what they are capable of doing (or already done), terrifies me. This basic fear (and others) is at the heart of Robert Harmon’s The Hitcher (1986), a surrealistic cat and mouse game played out on the lonesome highways of Texas.
Produced by HBO Pictures and Silver Screen Partners and released by TriStar Pictures, The Hitcher was not a success at the box office, costing $6 million Us and barely eking that out in returns. Reviews were mixed, everything from worthless trash to artful exploitation. The truth is somewhere in between – while the film has the veneer of Michael Mann, it plays as a discombobulated Michael Myers. The film is very open to interpretation, allowing the viewer to graft on their own...
Produced by HBO Pictures and Silver Screen Partners and released by TriStar Pictures, The Hitcher was not a success at the box office, costing $6 million Us and barely eking that out in returns. Reviews were mixed, everything from worthless trash to artful exploitation. The truth is somewhere in between – while the film has the veneer of Michael Mann, it plays as a discombobulated Michael Myers. The film is very open to interpretation, allowing the viewer to graft on their own...
- 11/28/2015
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
As all lovers of crime, suspense thriller, war, western, horror and science fiction films know, creating a truly great cinematic villain is no easy task. When it happens, it’s virtually impossible to forget that character.
We’ll now take a look at the greatest film villains of the 1980’s.
The criteria for this article is the same as my previous article Cinema’s Greatest Villains: The 1970’s: the villains must be from live-action films-no animated features-and must pose some type of direct or indirect lethal threat. The villains can be either individuals or small groups that act as one unit.
The villains must be human or human in appearance, so no shape-shifting alien from John Carpenter’s amazing 1982 The Thing, no Aliens from James Cameron’s classic 1986 sequel and no Predator from John McTiernan’s beloved 1987 film of the same name.
Also, individuals that are the central protagonists/antiheroes...
We’ll now take a look at the greatest film villains of the 1980’s.
The criteria for this article is the same as my previous article Cinema’s Greatest Villains: The 1970’s: the villains must be from live-action films-no animated features-and must pose some type of direct or indirect lethal threat. The villains can be either individuals or small groups that act as one unit.
The villains must be human or human in appearance, so no shape-shifting alien from John Carpenter’s amazing 1982 The Thing, no Aliens from James Cameron’s classic 1986 sequel and no Predator from John McTiernan’s beloved 1987 film of the same name.
Also, individuals that are the central protagonists/antiheroes...
- 6/12/2013
- by Terek Puckett
- SoundOnSight
Serial killers have long been the stuff of which nightmares are made. The serial killer sub-genre of horror has brought us some amazingly memorable characters that still haunt us to this day. On February 19th Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will bring us a new name in fear with The Factory.
Starring John Cusack and Jennifer Carpenter as detectives tracking a murderer, The Factory is set in the bitter cold of a Buffalo winter. A great place to hunt a hunter. And to celebrate the release of this newest addition to the sub-genre, we've compiled a list of the Top 11 Movie Serial Killers.
There is certainly a long list of names to choose from, but we narrowed the field a bit by limiting it to those who were just regular human people. No supernatural involvement here, just a person or group of people who've gone off the deep end and made...
Starring John Cusack and Jennifer Carpenter as detectives tracking a murderer, The Factory is set in the bitter cold of a Buffalo winter. A great place to hunt a hunter. And to celebrate the release of this newest addition to the sub-genre, we've compiled a list of the Top 11 Movie Serial Killers.
There is certainly a long list of names to choose from, but we narrowed the field a bit by limiting it to those who were just regular human people. No supernatural involvement here, just a person or group of people who've gone off the deep end and made...
- 2/10/2013
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
Let me introduce you to the 'Final Guy'.
So we all pretty much know the basic slasher film tropes that earn a horror character the 'final girl' title, right? For those of you at the back who fell asleep during your last film theory lesson; it's pretty much as it sounds – the last character left after the dust, blood and all kinds of unspeakable carnage has finally settled. She's the one that demonstrates exceptional perseverance in the face of abject terror and most importantly, the one who subdues the maniac once and for all -or until the next sequel at least. This character just so happens to be a girl because that was the gender of choice for those wonderful folk who decided their main hero (or victim) when writing for this ostensibly male dominated genre.
How about we focus on someone a little more under-appreciated by the horror audiences and theorists – the 'final' guy.
So we all pretty much know the basic slasher film tropes that earn a horror character the 'final girl' title, right? For those of you at the back who fell asleep during your last film theory lesson; it's pretty much as it sounds – the last character left after the dust, blood and all kinds of unspeakable carnage has finally settled. She's the one that demonstrates exceptional perseverance in the face of abject terror and most importantly, the one who subdues the maniac once and for all -or until the next sequel at least. This character just so happens to be a girl because that was the gender of choice for those wonderful folk who decided their main hero (or victim) when writing for this ostensibly male dominated genre.
How about we focus on someone a little more under-appreciated by the horror audiences and theorists – the 'final' guy.
- 2/8/2013
- by Aaron Williams
- FEARnet
Rutger Hauer is bringing his special brand of creepy to Bon Temps. The veteran actor - known for playing iconic big-screen villains including replicant leader Roy Batty in Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" and psychopathic killer John Ryder in the cult 1986 horror film "The Hitcher" - has joined Season 6 of HBO's "True Blood" as a series regular, according to TVLine. Hauer will play Macklyn, a shadowy figure with "deep ties" to Stackhouse siblings Sookie (Anna Paquin) and Jason (Ryan Kwanten). Hauer's recent credits include Dario Argento's "Dracula 3D," "The Rite" opposite Anthony Hopkins and tongue-in-cheek exploitation flick "Hobo with a...
- 10/5/2012
- by HitFix Staff
- Hitfix
Full credit for this concept belongs to Mark Kermode…
Given the law of averages, it’s fairly common that as film fans we’re far more likely to run into a stinker than we are a new classic, or worse still a underwhelming slice of anti-climax that promised so much more. Quite often that leaves us deciphering a mess and hanging on to small morsels of consolation from an ultimately wasted couple of hours.
The end result of this is that you, on occasion, may stumble across a disproportionately good turn from the only actor in the movie who seemed to be taking their work seriously. You could make a legitimate claim that this is far more worthy than excellent acting in Oscar bait, but such feats are so often ignored and dismissed along with its mediocre surround.
Here is a run down of ten such performances, a rare moment...
Given the law of averages, it’s fairly common that as film fans we’re far more likely to run into a stinker than we are a new classic, or worse still a underwhelming slice of anti-climax that promised so much more. Quite often that leaves us deciphering a mess and hanging on to small morsels of consolation from an ultimately wasted couple of hours.
The end result of this is that you, on occasion, may stumble across a disproportionately good turn from the only actor in the movie who seemed to be taking their work seriously. You could make a legitimate claim that this is far more worthy than excellent acting in Oscar bait, but such feats are so often ignored and dismissed along with its mediocre surround.
Here is a run down of ten such performances, a rare moment...
- 7/2/2012
- by Scott Patterson
- SoundOnSight
From the 70s to the present, we look back through the sterling work of Rutger Hauer to bring you the actor’s 10 finest films that aren't Blade Runner...
For some, Dutch actor Rutger Hauer will forever be associated with a certain rooftop speech about tears in rain. But although his turn as doomed replicant Roy Batty in Blade Runner was a classic one, Hauer’s output before and since has been stunningly prolific. This list, therefore, is designed to highlight 10 of Hauer’s finest non-Blade Runner movies, with a particular emphasis on those that are lesser known – which is why we've gone for some older pictures rather than the more recent and mainstream, such as Batman Begins. And since this is Den of Geek, expect to find lots of action movies, horror, and low-budget sci-fi in the entries below.
One thing they all have in common, though, irrespective of...
For some, Dutch actor Rutger Hauer will forever be associated with a certain rooftop speech about tears in rain. But although his turn as doomed replicant Roy Batty in Blade Runner was a classic one, Hauer’s output before and since has been stunningly prolific. This list, therefore, is designed to highlight 10 of Hauer’s finest non-Blade Runner movies, with a particular emphasis on those that are lesser known – which is why we've gone for some older pictures rather than the more recent and mainstream, such as Batman Begins. And since this is Den of Geek, expect to find lots of action movies, horror, and low-budget sci-fi in the entries below.
One thing they all have in common, though, irrespective of...
- 2/22/2012
- Den of Geek
They may not be household names like their A-list colleagues, but the actors on this list have appeared in some of our all-time favourite geek movies...
Some actors dabble in sci-fi; others dip their toe into fantasy; some may even make an appearance in the odd horror film - all before returning to the safety of the genres in which they feel more comfortable - perhaps a nice, award-chasing period drama, or a well-paid romantic comedy.
A-listers may see the geeky films that we on this site enjoy and celebrate as fun little side-projects, but there are actors out there who commit full-time to these types of movies. It is high time, therefore, that we credited these individuals with the recognition they deserve.
Besides the stipulation that, in order to be included, an actor had to still be alive and working today, there were no strict criteria that had to...
Some actors dabble in sci-fi; others dip their toe into fantasy; some may even make an appearance in the odd horror film - all before returning to the safety of the genres in which they feel more comfortable - perhaps a nice, award-chasing period drama, or a well-paid romantic comedy.
A-listers may see the geeky films that we on this site enjoy and celebrate as fun little side-projects, but there are actors out there who commit full-time to these types of movies. It is high time, therefore, that we credited these individuals with the recognition they deserve.
Besides the stipulation that, in order to be included, an actor had to still be alive and working today, there were no strict criteria that had to...
- 1/26/2012
- Den of Geek
Love this video that YouTube montaging legend, Harry Hanrahan from Pajiba.com has put together this time titled Cinemas Top Human Villains. The video splices together scenes from multiple amazing movies (list below) showing us the best baddies / villains from movies across the last few decades. Make sure you tell us which are you favourites but more importantly which ones have been missed in the comments section below.
If you’ve missed the previous videos that we’ve put up from Harry, you can see the 100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time, The Other Greatest Movie Insults of all Time and the 160 Greatest Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes all of which are awesome!
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Movies in this montage include (in order of appearance):
Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men) Don Logan (Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast) Max Cady (Robert De Niro in Cape Fear...
If you’ve missed the previous videos that we’ve put up from Harry, you can see the 100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time, The Other Greatest Movie Insults of all Time and the 160 Greatest Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes all of which are awesome!
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Movies in this montage include (in order of appearance):
Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men) Don Logan (Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast) Max Cady (Robert De Niro in Cape Fear...
- 5/28/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
If there's one thing that we know Rutger Hauer can play, it's an awesome villain. From Roy Batty in Blade Runner to John Ryder in The Hitcher, the man has spent decades creeping people out. Because of this, I'm actually surprised he's never played the devil before, but Neil Jones is correcting that mistake. Styd reports that Hauer is set to play Satan in Jones' The Reverend. Joining Stuart Brennan, Tamer Hassan, Doug Bradley, Giovanni Lombardo Radice and Emily Booth, the film tells the story of a reverend straight out of seminary school who starts his first parish. One night a mysterious girl knocks on his door, but he quickly realizes that she is there for sinister reasons after she delivers "a deep, bloody bite." Waking up the next day, he has an uncontrollable thirst - presumably for blood - and works to rid the neighboring village both through prayer...
- 5/3/2011
- cinemablend.com
What do you say when the iconic, now gravelly, voice of Roy Batty, John Ryder, and the host of quiet, menacing figures, comes on the other end of the line? Well, Rutger Hauer was gracious enough to give me a few moments of his time, being half-way across the world, post SXSW as Hobo With A Shotgun is about to land into Canadian cinemas, nationwide. With only a few questions, here is Hauer's measured take on how to make a quality genre-flick (considering he has been making these, both great and not-so-great, for the past 30 years.) Kurt Halfyard: How Are You Today?Rutger Hauer: Good. It's weird, I'm in Amsterdam but chained to the wall with a [phone] cord that is two feet long. Kh:...
- 3/25/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Alliance VivaFilm is joining forces with the Fantasia Film Festival to give Hobo With A Shotgun the spectacular Cdn launch it deserves, and thanks to them we are giving away 10 double passes.
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On March 21st, Montreal will play host to the Canadian premiere of Jason Eisener’s epic feature debut Hobo With a Shotgun, starring the inimitable Rutger Hauer, and we’ve got ten (10!) double passes to give away! The screening, which will be hosted by Eisener along with producer Robert Cotterill, will also feature a bonus second feature: a glorious 35mm print of Ngai Kai Lam’s infamous 1991 cult flick Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, along with a host of vintage grindhouse/exploitation trailers. Here is a caption from our review from Sundance…
“Hobo With a Shotgun delivers what it promises and will satisfy midnight movie gore-hounds. There is a blithe stream-of-self-awareness at play here, similar to what...
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On March 21st, Montreal will play host to the Canadian premiere of Jason Eisener’s epic feature debut Hobo With a Shotgun, starring the inimitable Rutger Hauer, and we’ve got ten (10!) double passes to give away! The screening, which will be hosted by Eisener along with producer Robert Cotterill, will also feature a bonus second feature: a glorious 35mm print of Ngai Kai Lam’s infamous 1991 cult flick Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, along with a host of vintage grindhouse/exploitation trailers. Here is a caption from our review from Sundance…
“Hobo With a Shotgun delivers what it promises and will satisfy midnight movie gore-hounds. There is a blithe stream-of-self-awareness at play here, similar to what...
- 3/10/2011
- by Simon Howell
- SoundOnSight
“Do you know what happens to an eyeball when it is punctured?” asks Rutger Hauer in The Hitcher (1985), sliding a switchblade up to The Kid’s eye, catching a tear on the glistening blade and watching it twinkle in the passing highway lights. This was not in the script and co-star C. Thomas Howell may have had to contemplate the fact that this bear-like Dutch actor might actually show him.
After all, with his manic intensity, reliance on gut instinct and bloody-minded commitment to character Hauer had become one of Hollywood’s favourite psychos. Roles in Blade Runner (1982) and Flesh and Blood (1985) had cemented his reputation as an unhinged cinematic killer – “a one-man slaughterhouse,” as one critic labelled him.
In the 1980s Hauer seemed fearless. Onscreen he was intense and regularly insisted on fucking with his audience (and co-stars) expectations. He claims he put the blade to Howell’s eye because it,...
After all, with his manic intensity, reliance on gut instinct and bloody-minded commitment to character Hauer had become one of Hollywood’s favourite psychos. Roles in Blade Runner (1982) and Flesh and Blood (1985) had cemented his reputation as an unhinged cinematic killer – “a one-man slaughterhouse,” as one critic labelled him.
In the 1980s Hauer seemed fearless. Onscreen he was intense and regularly insisted on fucking with his audience (and co-stars) expectations. He claims he put the blade to Howell’s eye because it,...
- 3/7/2011
- by Tom Fallows
- Obsessed with Film
Best Supporting Actor Winners
1974—Douglas McGrath as Sgt. Nash in Black Christmas
1975—Robert Shaw as Quint in Jaws
1976—Martin Sheen as Frank Hallet in The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
1977—Peter Firth as Alan Strang in Equus
1978—Donald Pleasence as Dr. Sam Loomis is Halloween
1979—Rod Steiger as Father Delaney in The Amityville Horror
1980—Melvyn Douglas as Senator Carmichael in The Changeling
1981—John Houseman as Sears James in Ghost Story
1982—Leslie Neilson as Richard Vickers in Creepshow
1983—Danny Pintauro as Tad Trenton in Cujo
1984—George C. Scott as John Rainbird in Firestarter
1985—Roddy McDowall as Peter Vincent in Fright Night
1986—Rutger Hauer as John Ryder in The Hitcher
1987—Bill Paxton as Severen in Near Dark
1988—Angus Scrimm as The Tall Man in Phantasm II
1989—Fred Gwynne as Jud Crandall in Pet Sematary
1990—Brad Dourif as The Gemini Killer in The Exorcist III
1991—Nicholas Sadler as Vinnie Vincent in...
1974—Douglas McGrath as Sgt. Nash in Black Christmas
1975—Robert Shaw as Quint in Jaws
1976—Martin Sheen as Frank Hallet in The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
1977—Peter Firth as Alan Strang in Equus
1978—Donald Pleasence as Dr. Sam Loomis is Halloween
1979—Rod Steiger as Father Delaney in The Amityville Horror
1980—Melvyn Douglas as Senator Carmichael in The Changeling
1981—John Houseman as Sears James in Ghost Story
1982—Leslie Neilson as Richard Vickers in Creepshow
1983—Danny Pintauro as Tad Trenton in Cujo
1984—George C. Scott as John Rainbird in Firestarter
1985—Roddy McDowall as Peter Vincent in Fright Night
1986—Rutger Hauer as John Ryder in The Hitcher
1987—Bill Paxton as Severen in Near Dark
1988—Angus Scrimm as The Tall Man in Phantasm II
1989—Fred Gwynne as Jud Crandall in Pet Sematary
1990—Brad Dourif as The Gemini Killer in The Exorcist III
1991—Nicholas Sadler as Vinnie Vincent in...
- 2/19/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Troy)
- Fright Meter
He was Roy Batty in Blade Runner and John Ryder in The Hitcher. But screw all that. Rutger Hauer's most iconic role for posterity is clearly going to be Hobo With a Shotgun.Ahem, well, perhaps not, but it does look like great fun, and Twitch have scored the first official on-set image of Hauer, in full filthy regalia, toting the titular 20-gauge and pulling a shopping trolly with a girl in it. Dead? Unconscious? All is yet to be revealed.Not unlike Robert Rodriguez's Machete, Hobo With a Shotgun stems from a fake trailer; in this case one that won a prize (sponsored by Rod and Quentin Tarantino) at the 2007 South By Southwest festival in Texas. Three years later, the full-blown "gore-action-comedy" is underway, telling the story of a vigilante tramp trying to clean up the streets for future generations.Click on the above for more details on twitchfilm.
- 5/4/2010
- EmpireOnline
Sin City and Batman Begins in 2005 saw the mighty Rutger Hauer return to roles in high profile genre films. He has been working solidly of course, but these day's one might forget just what a genre film powerhouse the Dutchman was, during a period spanning about 15 years, from the early 80's to the mid nineties. Of course Hauer’s quintessential role is that of Roy Batty, the replicant on the run who races against time to find his creator. While avoiding the Blade Runner Rick Deckard played by Harrison Ford. Probably his second most recognizable role is the powerhouse performance as the uber menacing Hitch Hiker John Ryder in the 1986 movie The Hitcher. "John Ryder" as played by Hauer is probably my favorite on screen psycho, as Hauer relies almost entirely on performance to menace both the viewer and his onscreen victim Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell) in a movie...
- 4/13/2009
- by Leigh
- Latemag.com/film
Everyone likes to try and pin down the best possible double feature for those nothing-to-do Saturday nights. I know that, because I too am one of the (often) socially deprived recluses, endlessly seeking a solid grind house effect to occupy a drab evening. Well, I’ve tracked down some sufficient features, sure to keep you entertained into the early a.m. hours.
Eden Lake/The Cottage
Eden Lake deals with a couple who opt to vacation, heading for what seems to be a mellow, isolated area. That is, until a group of brash, atrocious youngsters ruin any plans of solitude. This group is particularly heinous, and hell-bent on making these campers pay…for no apparent reason. The film is more sadistic and savage than most films the American market is blessed with, and as a result, viewers are treated to a carnal joyride that seems destined to end in the grandest of fashion: complete disaster.
Eden Lake/The Cottage
Eden Lake deals with a couple who opt to vacation, heading for what seems to be a mellow, isolated area. That is, until a group of brash, atrocious youngsters ruin any plans of solitude. This group is particularly heinous, and hell-bent on making these campers pay…for no apparent reason. The film is more sadistic and savage than most films the American market is blessed with, and as a result, viewers are treated to a carnal joyride that seems destined to end in the grandest of fashion: complete disaster.
- 3/1/2009
- Fangoria
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