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Director: David Gordon Green Stars: Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Anthony Michael Hall Earlier this week Captain Kirk himself was fired into space, in a sense completing a circuit that began back in the 1960s. Here on Earth, however, the raggedy-ass face of William Shatner is out there scaring the bejeezus out of teens in the …
It's October which, for some of us, means one thing - horror movies. As is fairly well represented here at The Lost Highway Hotel, horror movies are a pride and joy. Few genres are so daring, so inventive or so resonant with the world we live in. It's an area of filmmaking that encompasses our …
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Directors: Simon Barrett, Chloe Okuno, Timo Tjahjanto, Jennifer Reeder, Ryan Prows Stars: Anna Hopkins, Kimmy Choi, Kyal Legend For me, personally, there was a mini horror renaissance around 2012/2013 when I started to discover the genuinely diverse and even subversive scope of independent horror movies that were bubbling beneath the surface, spurred on by the …
Director: Kazik Radwanski Stars: Deragh Campbell, Dorothea Paas, Matt Johnson Surfacing in the UK on MUBI two years after its festival debut, Kazik Radwanski's Anne at 13,000 Ft. is a breath of fresh air searching for space in our current cinematic landscape. Over a trim 75 minutes, Radwanski presents us Anne (Deragh Campbell); a frustrated daycare …
Director: Lili Horvát Stars: Natasa Stork, Viktor Bodó, Andor Lukáts Remember at the end of Before Sunrise, after Jesse and Celine had spent 24 hours bonding so completely on their journeys around Vienna, when they made a pact to meet up 6 months later without swapping phone numbers? Sure you do. Now imagine if Before Sunset …
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Year: 1973 Director: Eiichi Yamamoto Voice Stars: Aiko Nagayama, Tatsuya Nakadai, Katsuyuki Itô The death of Eiichi Yamamoto earlier this week barely registered as news here in the UK. That's something of a shame. A pioneer in Japanese animation, his work through the decades innovated and inspired a generation of his fellows to put pen …
