After a restored print played for the first time at the 2015 Toronto Film Festival, Kino Lorber presents Julian Roffman’s 1961 vintage horror film The Mask on 3D Blu-ray. Collectors of vintage 3D technology and classic horror cinema should take note, especially for the film’s expressive, nightmarish sequences. Hailed as ‘psychedlic’ and repackaged as a psychotronic classic, the title is a fun throwback to event cinema.
Owning several notable distinctions, not only was it the first Canadian film widely distributed in the United States, but it was also the only 3D feature from the country to play here, as well as the Canada’s first foray into the genre. It’s the last of only two titles directed by Roffman, who would eventually produce a small handful of films (including the obscure early 70s delight The Pyx).
The Toronto International Film Festival’s sole surviving 35mm print was deemed too brittle after an initial screening,...
Owning several notable distinctions, not only was it the first Canadian film widely distributed in the United States, but it was also the only 3D feature from the country to play here, as well as the Canada’s first foray into the genre. It’s the last of only two titles directed by Roffman, who would eventually produce a small handful of films (including the obscure early 70s delight The Pyx).
The Toronto International Film Festival’s sole surviving 35mm print was deemed too brittle after an initial screening,...
- 12/1/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Don't Wait! Put on the mask, Now! The legendary 1961 spook-show classic has been restored and adapted to a better 3-D system than used for its original release. A psychiatrist possessed by a Mayan ritual mask is compelled to enter a fantastic hell zone each time he wears the scary thing. Kino packs the deluxe disc with extras, including a 2014 3-D short subject with its own "Let's go to Hell" story concept. We see Hell, all right. But where are the trailers from it? The Mask 3-D Blu-ray Kino Classics 1961 / B&W /1:66 flat Academy / 83 min. / Street Date November 24, 2015 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95 Starring Paul Stevens, Claudette Nevins, Bill Walker, Anne Collings, Martin Lavut, Leo Leyden, Norman Ettlinger. Cinematography Herbert S. Alpert Film Editor Stephen Timar Original Music Myron Schaeffer, Louis Applebaum Written by Frank Taubes, Sandy Haver, Franklin Delessert Produced by Julian Roffman, Nat Taylor Directed by Julian Roffman
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- 11/9/2015
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Exclusive: Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz is on board a feature version of the animation short from Queen guitar legend Brian May and UK-based Unanico Group.
One Night In Hell originally launched in the UK over Halloween 2014 and will be reconfigured as a stop-motion / live-action mix for release in 2019.
Unanico Group and Duck Productions are producing the feature in association with May’s The London Stereoscopic Company and are in talks with voice talent and distributors.
Kurtz, whose producer credits include Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and The Dark Crystal, will produce alongside MacKinnon & Saunders, who worked on Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride and Fantastic Mr Fox.
May will compose the soundtrack and serve as executive producer.
Jason Jameson, who co-directed the short with James Hall, will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with Paul Laikin, who produces for Unanico Group.
The short film is currently showing at Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights in Los Angeles...
One Night In Hell originally launched in the UK over Halloween 2014 and will be reconfigured as a stop-motion / live-action mix for release in 2019.
Unanico Group and Duck Productions are producing the feature in association with May’s The London Stereoscopic Company and are in talks with voice talent and distributors.
Kurtz, whose producer credits include Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and The Dark Crystal, will produce alongside MacKinnon & Saunders, who worked on Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride and Fantastic Mr Fox.
May will compose the soundtrack and serve as executive producer.
Jason Jameson, who co-directed the short with James Hall, will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with Paul Laikin, who produces for Unanico Group.
The short film is currently showing at Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights in Los Angeles...
- 10/15/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
UK premieres include Palio, The Company You Keep and Infinitely Polar Bear.Scroll down for full programme
The 35th Cambridge Film Festival (Sept 3-13) has revealed its full line-up for this year, including titles from over 30 different countries.
Star*Men, a documentary from debut director Alison E. Rose will open the festival. The film follows four UK astronomers, Donald Lynden-Bell Frs and Roger Griffin of the University of Cambridge, and Wal Sargent Frs and Neville Woolf of Manchester University, on a road trip to the United States.
The festival’s closing night gala will be the UK premiere of Palio, Cosima Spender’s documentary about the world’s oldest horse race, which debuted at Tribeca in April before playing at Karlovy Vary in July.
The main programme will feature the UK premiere of Robert Redford’s political thriller The Company You Keep, which he directrs and stars in. The festival will also screen the Redford-starring A Walk In The Woods, from...
The 35th Cambridge Film Festival (Sept 3-13) has revealed its full line-up for this year, including titles from over 30 different countries.
Star*Men, a documentary from debut director Alison E. Rose will open the festival. The film follows four UK astronomers, Donald Lynden-Bell Frs and Roger Griffin of the University of Cambridge, and Wal Sargent Frs and Neville Woolf of Manchester University, on a road trip to the United States.
The festival’s closing night gala will be the UK premiere of Palio, Cosima Spender’s documentary about the world’s oldest horse race, which debuted at Tribeca in April before playing at Karlovy Vary in July.
The main programme will feature the UK premiere of Robert Redford’s political thriller The Company You Keep, which he directrs and stars in. The festival will also screen the Redford-starring A Walk In The Woods, from...
- 8/26/2015
- ScreenDaily
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