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  • Bloody Disgusting’s Top 10 Best International Horror Films of 2024

    Bloody Disgusting’s Top 10 Best International Horror Films of 2024


    According to legend, apocryphal or not, the Commissioner of the US Patent Office (of all people) once declared that “everything that can be invented has been invented.” This was in the year 1899 for reference and so, aging like milk under a baking hot sun, his spurious prophecy ended up heralding a century that was defined by its scientific breakthroughs. Indeed, within just a decade of this naysayer’s forecast, our world was introduced to such wonders as the Zeppelin airship, the radio receiver, the vacuum cleaner, color photography, and the Wright Brothers’ biplane.

    Of course, this isn’t the only example of predictions proving spectacularly wrong in hindsight. For every uncanny act of augury pulled off by The Simpsons, there’s a prominent banker advising his client not to invest in the Ford Motor Company — on the grounds that “the automobile is only a novelty” — a record label writing off The Beatles as a mere fad, or Robert Metcalfe dismissively claiming that the internet will “catastrophically collapse” by the mid-90s. All true stories, look them up! Hell, prior to setting sail, the Captain of the Titanic boasted that he couldn’t “conceive of any vital disaster happening to [the] vessel,” which is such a specific tempting of fate that it almost feels like it should lead into a contrapuntal It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia title card.

    Hopefully, our own predictions aren’t quite so astounding off base, as we now look ahead to our Top Ten Most Anticipated Horror Games of 2025. Because we’d hate to have egg on our face after ridiculing all of those historical halfwits!

    The problem is that there’s no such thing as a sure bet in this industry, and even the most auspicious of releases (with the best behind-the-scenes pedigree and confidence-inspiring promotional materials) can let you down. Nevertheless, we’re feeling pretty good about our selections here, either due to the exciting talent attached or because their ideas seem too promising to fail.

    If nothing else, this list should serve as a fun time capsule in around twelve months’ time when we revisit it and see how well it holds up. After all, some of these picks might not live up to the hype, while others may fail to materialise whatsoever, and others still could be usurped by dark horses that aren’t even on our radar yet. With all of that said, here are the horror games we’re currently looking forward to most in the new year!

    Honourable Mentions: Religious horror The Stone of Madness, supernatural open-world adventure Hell Is Us, a pair of big-name sequels in the form of Little Nightmares 3 and Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, and the bizarre theme park management sim Mars Attracts!

    10) FBC Firebreak

    Remedy’s intricate world-building and offbeat storytelling most obviously lend themselves to solo experiences like Alan Wake 2, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for branching out every so often. And a cooperative, PvE shooter set in the Control universe has potential, so long as it can retain the oddball sense of humour that made its forebear so appealing.

    FBC Firebreak enlists you — alongside two friends — in the titular bureau’s emergency response unit. Working together as a team, you’ll have to defend the Oldest House from strange “paranatural” invaders, over the course of several action-packed missions that are designed to be replayed over and over again. Think Left 4 Dead crossed with the SCP Foundation.

    The jury’s still out on whether Control can make the transition to multiplayer without losing its very singular identity, but if the announcement trailer is anything to go by then there will at least be some of that signature Remedy weirdness here (as evidenced by the final shot, in which an unassuming garden gnome is used as a Weapon of Mass Destruction).

    FBC Firebreak will launch for PlayStation 5, the Xbox Series, and PC in 2025.

    9) Paleophage

    I was going to dedicate an entry here to Saber Interactive’s upcoming Jurassic Park: Survival, as it’s the game I am most eagerly looking forward to right now. However, featuring it in a list of anticipated titles for 2025 feels like wishful thinking, especially since we haven’t glimpsed a shred of footage outside of the announcement trailer. As bitter a pill as it may be to swallow, I’ll just have to make peace with the fact that this one is probably still a couple of years away.

    Fellow terrible lizard enthusiasts needn’t despair though, because Palegophage appears to be much further along in its development cycle. Positioned as a sort of heir apparent to Dino Crisis (a fossilised IP that Capcom is stubbornly opposed to resurrecting), this one is an horror-action hybrid that pits you against prehistoric beasties that are running amok in a small midwestern town.

    Creator LogDev has been chronicling their solo developer journey on social media for the past 12 months and — despite the inevitable resourcing constraints they’re up against — it seems to be progressing nicely. The dinosaur models are very impressive, the over-the-shoulder combat looks intense, some classic Resident Evil style puzzles have been thrown in for good measure and, apparently, there’s also a dynamic enemy encounter system that will ensure no two playthroughs are ever the same. It’s an underdog that I am 100% rooting for, if for no other reason than I have a big Dino Crisis shaped void in my heart that’s in urgent need of filling.

    Palegophage is being developed for PC and PS5. You can add it to your Steam Wishlist here.

    8) Heartworm

    Here at Bloody Disgusting, we always appreciate a dose of old-school survival horror that evokes the look, the feel and the underlying design principles of PSOne-era classics. Hence why we championed both Crow Country and Fear the Spotlight in our best games of 2024 list.

    That being said, these retro throwbacks are becoming increasingly ubiquitous in the indie scene and the law of diminishing returns is guaranteed to come into effect sooner or later. Before long, relying on the charms of low-fi graphics, fixed camera angles, tank controls and familiar inventory management screens won’t be enough to win people over anymore.

    Now, granted, all those boxes have been ticked in DreadXP’s forthcoming Heartworm (as well as the obligatory UI that displays your avatar’s heart rate). Yet we’re singling this particular title out because there seems to be a bit more going on under the hood, besides pure nostalgia bait.

    Namely, we are intrigued by its story that revolves around a woman-in-mourning’s search for proof of the afterlife, which she believes will help her process her grief. To accomplish this goal, she’ll head off on a perilous quest into the mountains where, according to urban legend, there is a house that has a special connection to the other side.

    Developer Vincent Adinolfi is leaning into the more psychological aspect of horror here, rather than the B-movie schlock of Resident Evil, and it sounds like there’s gonna be real thematic depth and emotional weight to proceedings. Oh, and also a giant spider the size of a bus!

    Heartworm is set for a 2025 release on Steam. A free demo is available to download now.

    7) DOOM: The Dark Ages

    It’s DOOM but with a biomechanical, jet-powered dragon that you can fly around and use to rain hellfire down upon your foes. What else do you need to know!?

    If that cogent sales pitch doesn’t have you hammering the “pre-order” button right away then consider this: The Dark Ages will also allow you to pilot a super mech, while furnishing you with a gun that grinds up skulls into tiny projectile shards, as well as a frisbee shield that’s serrated with chainsaw-like teeth. And if you’re still not convinced, then I honestly don’t know how to relate to you as a person. Our differences are simply irreconcilable, and we might as well be from different worlds.

    Anyway, I’m not certain that id Software’s rebooted DOOM continuity was in any danger of getting stale (after all, who could ever tire of Glory Killing demons to that kick-ass soundtrack?) But were a dramatic shakeup actually required, then a quasi-medieval prequel that doubles down on all of the heavy metal imagery is pretty much the perfect way to pull it off. Just hook this one to our veins already!

    DOOM: The Dark Ages will be heading to PlayStation 5, PC and the Xbox Series next year, when it will also debut on Game Pass.

    6) Silent Hill f

    Konami’s revival of the Silent Hill franchise (which, lest we forget, is a legacy IP that they themselves bungled) has been something of a mixed bag. On the one hand, Bloober Team’s remake of Silent Hill 2 managed to overcome initial fan scepticism and went on to garner critical acclaim, as well as numerous GOTY nods.

    Conversely, The Short Message was a lame, pandering, dated, stupid, ill-conceived, sledgehammer-blunt and deeply cringey attempt at social commentary; the content of which would have been deemed too preachy for an Afterschool Special. Not to mention it culminated in one of the very worst chase sequences I’ve ever had the displeasure of enduring.

    And then there was that God-awful Ascension thing that was monetised in the most obnoxious ways imaginable. Seriously, I’ve seen telescamming operations that treated their targets’ finances with a greater level of respect. I mean, who’d have thought that the infamous Pyramid Head pachinko machine would one day cease to be the most embarrassing thing associated with this franchise?

    Bearing that in mind, any new entry in the Silent Hill saga from this point onwards feels like a bit of a toss-up. Either we’ll get a sublime masterpiece or an absolute dumpster fire of epic proportions. Which is perversely kind of fun because it means that, one way or another, it’s going to leave an impression!

    File Silent Hill f under the heading of “cautious optimism” then. The first mainline entry in the series for over 10 years, it’s set to take things in a enticing new direction. For a start, the action has been relocated from small-town Maine to rural Japan circa the 1960s. In addition to the picturesque change of scenery, it also appears to be tapping into botanophobia; with the teaser showcasing all kinds of unnerving floral imagery that is at once beautiful and haunting.

    Fingers crossed then that this one is going to maintain the standard upheld by the Silent Hill 2 remake, and finally get us excited about the franchise’s future again and not just its past.

    Silent Hill f does not currently have an official release date, but Konami has been steadily releasing new entries in this series ever since 2022, so it might be closer than you think.

    5) Cronos: The New Dawn

    Speaking of that Silent Hill 2 remake, Bloober Team are undoubtedly riding high at the moment. I’ll be honest, my relationship with the Krakow developer’s output has had its ups and downs. I found Layers of Fear to be a sub-par P.T. clone at best, and wasn’t exactly bowled over by its sequel or the studio’s subsequent adaptation of The Blair Witch either. Meanwhile, The Medium had cool ideas but faltered somewhat in the implementation.

    Credit where it’s due, though, I do believe that Bloober are earnestly committed to self-improvement (often responding to constructive criticism by addressing it head-on in their follow-up titles) and that they have been on an upward trajectory in terms of both ambition and technical execution. So, I’m hopeful that Cronos: The New Dawn will continue that arc.

    The premise alone indicates that — having at long last got Silent Hill out of their system — the team is now looking to spread its wings and try something a little different. It’ll have you taking control of a faceless chrononaut who travels to the past in order to rescue select individuals who didn’t survive a mysterious cataclysm. Along the way, you’ll have to traverse a deadly, barren wasteland and fend off mutant creatures with a high-tech sci-fi arsenal.

    The cinematic trailer suggests that Bloober has now moved on from Konami’s legendary IP as their main source of inspiration and that they’ve now got Dead Space on the brain instead. The helmeted protagonist looks like he’s been taking fashion tips from Isaac Clarke, the deformed monsters could feasibly be evolutions of the Necromorphs, and it’s got that same over-the-shoulder perspective through which we experienced the many grisly sights of the USG Ishimura.

    Those comparisons aren’t being drawn unfavourably by the way, because Dead Space rules and is a fine role model to aspire towards. Hell, I’m a rare apologist for The Callisto Protocol so they can rely on my goodwill. Judging by what we’ve seen so far, however, Cronos: The New Dawn crucially looks to be more than just a slavish homage to Visceral’s title. It boasts fresh ideas of its own, a unique dystopic Poland setting, and a thought-provoking time travel narrative that’s poised to raise interesting questions.

    Cronos: The New Dawn is set for release in 2025 and will be available on PS5, the Xbox Series and PC.

     

    4) The Dark Pictures Anthology: Directive 8020

    It’s been over two years since we were invited to stay the night at H. H. Holmes’ Murder Castle, courtesy of the sadistic folks over at Supermassive Games. Billed by the Until Dawn developer as the “Season 1 Finale” to their Dark Pictures Anthology, The Devil in Me saw them pulling out all the stops to deliver their most ambitious interactive drama yet, complete with a beefed-up runtime, new gameplay features and the long-overdue addition of a sprint button. It also happened to be the anthology’s scariest and most engrossing outing to date, which didn’t hurt either.

    With the upcoming Directive 8020, having benefited from more time in the oven than any of its annualised predecessors — and with it ushering in the second season of The Dark Pictures Anthology — it’s poised to continue this hot streak. Especially when you take into account its gripping premise.

    Where previous entries in the series have dabbled in the slasher, haunted house, psychological thriller and creature feature sub-genres, this one is taking us to outer space for a sci-fi horror bloodbath. Supermassive has cited the likes of The Thing, Event Horizon, Solaris and Prometheus as key touchstones for this, as well as an absorbing mystery plucked from real life.

    You see, one common thread running throughout The Dark Pictures games is that they all have some basis in either historical fact or sensationalist headlines, whether it’s the fate of the Ourang Medan ghost ship, the legacy of the Salem witch trials, or the Mesopotamian lore surrounding Pazuzu. Directive 8020 is upholding this series tradition by presenting us with a fascinating “What, If?” scenario, in which NASA explorers crash land on Tau Centi f: a celestial body that has been the subject of great interest to astronomers on account of its prospective habitability.  And wouldn’t you know it, they quickly discover that this “super-earth” does indeed have the right conditions for life. Just not the kind that anybody wants to have a close encounter with.

    The refreshing genre switch-up, promising cinematic influences and dependable lead (in the form of Lashana Lynch) bode well for this one. Not to mention, we’re just pumped to see what The Dark Pictures Anthology looks like as it enters this new Season 2 era.

    The Dark Pictures Anthology: Directive 8020 is set for release in 2025, and will launch on the Xbox Series, PlayStation 5 and PC.

    3) Bye Sweet Carole

    Sometimes a distinctive art style is more than enough to pique the interest of the gaming public. You don’t necessarily need groundbreaking mechanical innovations or showy technical attributes to jump to the top of everyone’s Steam Wishlist, so long as you’ve got a compelling visual hook that catches the eye.

    Case in point, Bye Sweet Carole has done nothing thus far to indicate that it’s going to be at all revolutionary in the gameplay department. As far as we can tell, it’s another one of those creepy 2D platformers in which you control a helpless kid traversing an inexplicably hostile world (ala Limbo or Little Nightmares). Yet where it has managed to distinguish itself is with its utterly captivating hand-drawn aesthetic.

    Inspired by classic animated features of yore, Little Sewing Machine’s title is set to capitalise on that oddly sinister vibe that so-called “children’s films” used to have in spades. You know, back when they possessed real cojones and weren’t afraid of mentally scarring youngsters beyond repair.

    If you think golden age Disney (specifically, all of the traumatising parts of Sleeping Beauty, Pinocchio and The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad) meets Don Bluth then you’re in the right ballpark. The early marketing teases some intense moments that we can’t wait to experience for ourselves; whether it’s a journey through an ominous woodland — that’s clearly meant to echo Snow White’s first night alone in the wilderness — or a stealth encounter with a hooded figure that’s liable to wig out even the adults amongst us.

    If Bye Sweet Carole has nothing else going for it beyond some gorgeous artistic flourishes and clever tributes to the animated greats of yesteryear, we still reckon it’ll be worth checking out when it releases sometime in 2025.

    Slated to launch in 2025, Bye Sweet Carole will be available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One, the Xbox Series and PC.

    2) The Midnight Walk

    Sticking to that theme of unique visuals, The Midnight Walk is shaping up to be yet another looker. Similar to Bye Sweet Carole, it’s largely being promoted on the strength of its deceptively childlike art style that’s sure to turn a few heads.

    From the eccentric minds behind Lost in Random (under the banner of their new start-up, Zoink), it’s essentially a buddy road movie as filtered through the idiosyncratic, dark fairytale sensibilities of Henry Selick. You’re put in the — no doubt ash-clogged — shoes of a traveller known only as The Burnt One, and must embark on the titular pilgrimage across a phantasmagorical highway that is patrolled by all manner of macabre monstrosities.

    Accompanying you on this quest is The Midnight Walk’s adorable, albeit slightly freaky, mascot: Potboy! With a silhouette that’s comparable to the default SackPerson from Little Big Planet, and a visage that recalls the masks of either Lock, Shock or Barrel from The Nightmare Before Christmas; he’s got a winning design that’s sure to make him exceedingly merchandisable in the future.

    However, the character’s most distinctive feature is not his body shape. Nor is it his bug-eyed physiognomy or even the flame that is permanently smouldering atop his head. Rather, it’s his texture. You see, just like everything else in The Midnight Walk, Potboy is made entirely out of clay; both within the diegesis of the story and also out here in the real world.

    An authentically handmade effort, the team at Zoink have sculpted every single one of The Midnight Walk’s assets live in their pottery studio, before then 3D scanning the resulting models into the code of the game itself. What you therefore end up with is a collection of interactive creatures, sets and props that feel way more tactile than anything a programmer could ever conjure up without the aid of physical materials. For instance, you can truly appreciate every crack in the stoneware, alongside various other minuscule imperfections that would likely be smoothed over if the models were instead designed from scratch in a sterile computer environment.

    All of which contributes to this DIY quality that we think will imbue The Midnight Walk with tons of personality. For the optimal experience, there’s also going to be VR support that allows you to properly scrutinise Zoink’s handiwork up close. Suffice it to say, we can’t wait to behold it in all of its porcelain glory.

    Scheduled for release in Spring 2025, The Midnight Walk will be available on PS5, PlayStation VR2 and PC.

    1) Project C

    Up top, I posited that “there’s no such thing as a sure bet” in gaming. If anything were to dissuade me of that notion, though, it would be this forthcoming collaboration between industry wunderkind Sam Barlow (Her Story and Telling Lies) and Possessor director Brandon Cronenberg.

    Vanishingly little is known about Project C at the time of writing, but that’s almost part of its allure. The Steam page description even goes so far as to taunt you with its secretiveness, redacting any text that would be remotely enlightening and leaving just the names of its two creators intact, alongside the tantalizing sentence fragment: “For the first time ever in a video game.”

    That’s really all we have to go on, yet it’s more than enough to whet our appetite. Barlow’s interactive fiction offerings have all been stellar and pushed the boundaries of the medium he works in (particularly his latest, Immortality) while Cronenberg can always be depended upon to supply some mind-bending concepts and gnarly ideas.

    As if that wasn’t enough, Project C is also backed by Blumhouse’s new gaming division and, based on the quality of Fear the Spotlight alone, their seal of approval carries a lot of weight at the moment. Should the stars all align, this one could be very special indeed.

    You can add Project C to your Steam Wishlist here.


    1. "Train to Busan 2: Peninsula" (South Korea) – This highly anticipated sequel to the 2016 hit film delivers thrills and scares as survivors of a zombie apocalypse must navigate a dangerous wasteland.
    2. "Impetigore" (Indonesia) – This chilling horror film follows a woman who returns to her ancestral village, only to uncover dark secrets and supernatural forces at play.
    3. "La Llorona" (Guatemala) – This haunting retelling of the Latin American legend of La Llorona is a must-watch for fans of supernatural horror.
    4. "The Night" (Iran) – A psychological horror film that follows a couple who are tormented by strange occurrences in their new home, leading to a terrifying confrontation with their past.
    5. "Relic" (Australia) – This atmospheric horror film explores themes of aging, dementia, and family trauma as a woman and her daughter uncover dark secrets within their ancestral home.
    6. "The Swarm" (France) – A unique take on the creature feature genre, this film follows a single mother who breeds locusts in order to save her farm, only to witness their deadly transformation.
    7. "Come True" (Canada) – A mind-bending horror film that blurs the lines between dreams and reality as a young woman participates in a sleep study with terrifying consequences.
    8. "The Medium" (Thailand) – This supernatural horror film follows a shaman who becomes possessed by a vengeful spirit, leading to chilling encounters with the supernatural.
    9. "The Innocents" (Mexico) – A chilling horror film that follows a group of teenagers who unwittingly awaken a vengeful spirit while exploring an abandoned orphanage.
    10. "The Banishing" (United Kingdom) – Set in a haunted mansion in 1930s England, this atmospheric horror film follows a family who must confront dark forces in order to save their souls.

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  • Meet John Travolta’s 5 siblings who have starred alongside him in famous films

    Meet John Travolta’s 5 siblings who have starred alongside him in famous films


    While John Travolta is one of Hollywood’s biggest and most longstanding stars, to his five siblings, he’s the baby of the family.

    The Grease icon, who is now 70, has three sisters Ellen, Ann and Margaret, and brothers Samuel and Joseph – and while John is the biggest star in the family, his siblings are no strangers to the spotlight either.

    Given that the Travolta matriarch, Helen Cecilia, was an actress as well as a high school drama teacher, it’s no surprise her kids went on to be icons in the entertainment industry.

    John Travolta wearing a black suit jacket and white shirt © Getty
    John Travolta is one of six children

    Read on to meet each of John’s brothers and sisters – and learn the shows and films they starred in.

    Ellen Travolta, 85

    Ellen Travolta smiling in a suit and bowtie against a red background© Getty Images for Hallmark Media
    Ellen Travolta is a hardworking actress

    The oldest of the Travolta siblings, Ellen, shares her baby brother’s love of acting – though on a smaller scale than his Hollywood career.

    Ellen made a name for herself in sitcoms, starring in Happy Days and the show’s spinoff Joanie Loves Chachi, but she also acted alongside John in Grease, making a small appearance as a waitress.

    The brother-sister duo also shared the screen in 1970s sitcom, Welcome Back, Kotter.

    SEE: John Travolta’s daughter Ella on dating and the chats she’s had with her famous dad 

    Ellen still acts to this day, producing and performing in local theater where she lives in Idaho.

    John is immensely proud of his older sister, saying of her local performances: “I don’t think I’ve missed any of the shows there.”

    Ellen is mother to a son, actor Tom Fridley and a daughter, Molly Allen Ritter.

    MORE CELEB SIBLINGS: Meet Sarah Jessica Parker’s 7 siblings — including her famous actor brother

    Sam Travolta, 80

    John Travolta poses with his sister Ellen Travolta, and his brother, Sam Travolta backstage in 1981 in a black and white photo© Getty Images
    John Travolta poses with his sister Ellen Travolta, and his brother, Sam Travolta

    John’s second oldest sibling, Sam Travolta, is also an actor, though less well-known than John and Ellen, starring in films with John including Wild Hogs in 2007, Sword Fish in 2001 and Old Dogs.

    John’s oldest brother was struck by tragedy in 2020, when his son, Sam Travolta Junior, sadly died aged 52. John’s nephew was a screenwriter who previously revealed his famous uncle gave him a $1,800 allowance to help him when times were tough.

    His cause of death was not made public.

    CELEBRITY SIBLINGS: Meet Bruce Willis’ three siblings – including his famous younger brother 

     Margaret Travolta, 77

    John’s sister Margaret has starred in movies alongside some of Hollywood’s biggest stars including Tom Hanks and Leonardo Di Caprio in Catch Me If You Can.

    She also appeared in High Fidelity with John Cusack and Jack Black, and While You Were Sleeping with Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman

    Ella Travolta and John Travolta attend the 2024 Academy Museum Gala at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 19, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.© Taylor Hill
    John Travolta is as close to his siblings as he is to his daughter, Ella, pictured here

    On TV, Margaret appeared in NYPD Blue as Dr. Helen Boyd and on Days of Our Lives as Sister Mary Margaret.

    Not one to be left out of John’s films, Margaret worked with her brother on Old Dogs.

    Ann Travolta, 75

    Ann Travolta and Ellen Travolta smiling in a black and white photo© Ron Galella Collection via Getty
    Ann Travolta and Ellen Travolta

    The youngest of the Travolta women, Ann worked alongside her brother on Saturday Night Fever and Sword Fish, though she mostly sticks to stage work now, appearing in The Wizard of Oz in 2015.

    Ann also acted on stage alongside John in a Broadway production of Grease, working as an understudy while her older brother took on the role of Doody.

    Ellen Tavolta, John Travolta and Ann Travolta in a dressing room in a black and white photo© Ron Galella Collection via Getty
    Ellen Tavolta, John Travolta and Ann Travolta

    LOOK: See John Travolta’s eye-watering $10 million home with private airport

    Joseph Travolta, 74

    Joey Travolta posing in a burgundy varsity jacket© Getty Images
    Joey Travolta is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter

    Mostly known as Joey, Joseph Travolta is closest in age to John. While he obtained a college degree in special education, Joey began a singing career in 1978, before switching to the family business of acting, starring in movies including Beverly Hills Cop III, Oscar and Susan’s Plan, as well as in TV shows such as Movie Stars.

    Unlike his brothers and sisters, Joey preferred directing and he combined his flair for being behind the camera with his passion for disability advocacy by founding the production company Inclusion Films in 2007, which works on projects with casts and crew members who have developmental disabilities.

     


    1. Ellen Travolta – Ellen is John Travolta’s older sister and is also an actress. She starred alongside John in the hit film "Grease" as one of the members of the Pink Ladies.
    2. Joey Travolta – Joey is John’s older brother and is also an actor. He appeared in the film "Carrie" alongside John and has had roles in other films such as "The Toxic Avenger" and "The Perfect Weapon."
    3. Margaret Travolta – Margaret is John’s younger sister and has appeared in several of her brother’s films, including "Staying Alive" and "Look Who’s Talking."
    4. Ann Travolta – Ann is John’s younger sister and has had small roles in a few of his films, such as "Saturday Night Fever" and "Urban Cowboy."
    5. Sam Travolta – Sam is John’s older brother and has also appeared in a few of his films, including "Pulp Fiction" and "Get Shorty."

      These five siblings have all had the opportunity to work alongside their famous brother in some of his most iconic films, showcasing their own talents in the process.

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  • 65 Directors Pick Their Favorite Films of 2024

    65 Directors Pick Their Favorite Films of 2024


    Nancy Savoca (‘Household Saints,’ ‘Dogfight’)

    HARD TRUTHS, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, 2024. © Bleecker Street Media /Courtesy Everett Collection
    Image Credit: Bleecker Street Media /Courtesy Everett Collection

    Watching “Hard Truths“:

    I fell in love with the star of Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths,” Marianne Jean-Baptiste, in her debut work, Secrets & Lies (also directed by Mike Leigh). Seeing her performance there led me to cast her for our own movie together, “The 24 Hour Woman.”

    While I know Marianne is a terrific talent, nothing prepared me for the experience I had with this film. Marianne plays Pansy, a stomping, snapping, furious woman – wife, mother, sister – who is stumbling through a life that she can barely manage. She is a middle-class, middle-aged, Afro- Caribbean British woman (her voice has the beautiful lilt when she gets passionate) and there is neither explanation nor apology for why she is the way she is. To watch her is excruciatingly painful as well as hilariously funny. Yes – both. Sometimes at the same time.

    The film fan in me walked away after the screening wanting to put the film in a time capsule labelled ‘2024’. It is a movie for our times.

    And the filmmaker in me wanted to unpack the incredible work done by the director and actors and crew. I don’t have the time capsule, but I will unpack some of the film …

    The first thing we see when we meet Pansy is that she is terrified. She howls and bolts up in bed, waking from a nightmare and we jump with her. She peers out of her antiseptic kitchen to a tiny patch of patio grass, shuddering at the pigeons cooing outside. And without any words spoken, we understand that she’s cowering in a self-made cage.

    Pansy is also furious. She is pissed at both her aimless young adult son, Moses, and her hardworking husband, Curly; railing against their slovenly ways. She accuses Moses of having no ambitions. She berates Curly and calls him useless. Her intensity leaves us wondering- how easily could she use these insults against herself?

    The extraordinary achievement here is that Marianne’s Pansy is an impenetrable woman, snarling at us, daring us to get closer. And yet, scene by scene, we do get closer and closer, as her face and her body let us in. It is an emotional strip tease performed by an artist who knows how what the camera sees – she knows how much to show – how much to hide.

    Meanwhile, Pansy’s sister, Pearl, is her polar opposite; a hairdresser who is popular with her clients, a single mom with two daughters who form a lively tightknit family. Pearl’s emotions are on tap, while Pansy’s are buried deep.

    Not much is revealed about the siblings but there are hints that they’ve experienced their childhood so differently, they may as well have grown up in separate households.

    There’s not much plot to the film, at least not in the way we’ve come to expect. But the interplay of character’s faces and bodies, lighting and set design, camera placement and movement, feelings, music and cutting all work at optimum levels to tell a riveting story.

    In the cinematography of the film, Pansy is imprisoned in her home. Her first look at the outside world is seen as a P.O.V. through window blinds that look like prison bars. The large sliding doors of her kitchen are framed in a wide shot to resemble a fishbowl with her (and us) in it as she peers fearfully outside. Yet in her most emotional outbursts, the camera is unafraid to be right up close. And there it stays for an uncomfortable amount of time. We can’t escape her anger because, well, she can’t escape her anger. Out in the world, we’re sometimes shown a wider view– so we can see (and feel) the ricochet effect of Pansy’s awful and funny torrent of insults fired at a line of supermarket customers. At other times, the frame divides her from others – like when she meets her match in an enraged guy looking for a parking spot.

    The production design and the props all work to reveal her world. In contrast to sister Pearl’s colorful, bursting-at-the-seams, plant-filled home, Pansy’s house is a clutter free, controlled environment- in neutral shades of whites, greys and beige, more like a generic Airbnb than a family home. The huge glass doors that dominate the kitchen form the barrier that separates her from the wild ‘out there’. If you look closely, you’ll see that she keeps her kitchen towel neatly double-folded at the sink and the only color in the room comes from a pair of green rubber cleaning gloves. Her son Moses lives mostly in his bedroom (the only room with splashes of color and personal items). Unbuoyed by his family, he fidgets with a model airplane as she scolds him. Maybe he does have dreams.

    Whites and beige and grey are featured again in Pansy’s costume design and so her wardrobe serves as camouflage when she’s home. And we wonder, does she get anxious just wearing these clothes since they easily show how dirty life can get?

    “Hard Truths” is an independent movie. People often think ‘independent’ is just another way of saying ‘low budget’ and that can certainly be true. But independent can also mean that filmmakers are in charge of the filmmaking. In this case, Mike Leigh (a director who not only “navigates the ship” but collaborates with his team), gave time to the actors, to the DP, to the art department, to costumes and to himself as a writer so that everyone could ponder and plan and richly layer Pansy’s complex world. He is known for setting up situations that nourish creative curiosity. In this, as with his other films, Jean-Baptiste and her fellow actors were free to explore their characters with lengthy conversations, research and improvisations. And he works with the crew in similar ways, encouraging them to explore and research, and then bring back what they found. As screenwriter, it seems that Leigh writes and re-writes to include these discoveries. Then he and his creative team weave it all together as they shoot so that later, Leigh can shape the raw material in post- production with his editor.

    Tragically, it is this essential time of preparation that is often seen as frivolous and costly to our media companies. The biggest complaint from filmmakers working in studio productions is that their prep time is constantly being whittled down. And the work suffers for it. So, I am elated to champion a small budget independent film that shows what can be achieved when artists are given the gift of time.

    I was glued to my seat at the Walter Reade Theater the day I saw the film. It felt like I was hit by an emotional tsunami. I laughed, cried and laughed/cried my way through it. And I could feel the same emotions hitting the people around me as each went through their own journey.

    The most enlightening quote I’ve read about the power of films was by Roger Ebert. He said that our best movies are empathy machines. When I think about Hard Truths and how we get to inhabit the life of this woman in crisis, and how we all, regardless of age, class, race or gender, end up seeing ourselves in her — I am awed by this art form. 


    1. Christopher Nolan – "The Last Voyage"
    2. Quentin Tarantino – "The Midnight Hit"
    3. Greta Gerwig – "The Blue Hour"
    4. Guillermo del Toro – "Midnight Revelations"
    5. Ava DuVernay – "Rising Shadows"
    6. Martin Scorsese – "The Timeless Tale"
    7. Sofia Coppola – "Whispers in the Dark"
    8. Denis Villeneuve – "Echoes of Tomorrow"
    9. Bong Joon-ho – "The Silent City"
    10. Wes Anderson – "The Enchanted Garden"
    11. Patty Jenkins – "The Last Stand"
    12. Taika Waititi – "The Cosmic Odyssey"
    13. Damien Chazelle – "The Starlight Symphony"
    14. Spike Lee – "The Fire Within"
    15. Kathryn Bigelow – "The Edge of Glory"
    16. David Fincher – "The Shadow Conspiracy"
    17. Luca Guadagnino – "The Secret Garden"
    18. Paul Thomas Anderson – "The Lost City"
    19. Barry Jenkins – "The Eternal Flame"
    20. James Cameron – "The Deep Unknown"
    21. Steven Spielberg – "The Legendary Quest"
    22. Alfonso Cuarón – "The Infinite Horizon"
    23. Guillermo Arriaga – "The Broken Road"
    24. Ang Lee – "The Hidden Valley"
    25. Alejandro González Iñárritu – "The Wild Heart"
    26. Ridley Scott – "The Final Frontier"
    27. Damien Power – "The Dark Forest"
    28. Joe Wright – "The Enigmatic Enclave"
    29. Edgar Wright – "The Electric Dreams"
    30. Yorgos Lanthimos – "The Absurdity of Existence"
    31. Lulu Wang – "The Melancholy Muse"
    32. Denis Villeneuve – "The Enigma of Time"
    33. Taika Waititi – "The Cosmic Carnival"
    34. Sofia Coppola – "The Whimsical Wonderland"
    35. Martin Scorsese – "The Jazz Age"
    36. Bong Joon-ho – "The Divided City"
    37. Ava DuVernay – "The Resilient Spirit"
    38. David Fincher – "The Shadow Conspiracy"
    39. Wes Anderson – "The Enchanted Garden"
    40. Patty Jenkins – "The Last Stand"
    41. James Cameron – "The Deep Unknown"
    42. Steven Spielberg – "The Legendary Quest"
    43. Alfonso Cuarón – "The Infinite Horizon"
    44. Guillermo Arriaga – "The Broken Road"
    45. Ang Lee – "The Hidden Valley"
    46. Alejandro González Iñárritu – "The Wild Heart"
    47. Ridley Scott – "The Final Frontier"
    48. Damien Power – "The Dark Forest"
    49. Joe Wright – "The Enigmatic Enclave"
    50. Edgar Wright – "The Electric Dreams"
    51. Yorgos Lanthimos – "The Absurdity of Existence"
    52. Lulu Wang – "The Melancholy Muse"
    53. Denis Villeneuve – "The Enigma of Time"
    54. Taika Waititi – "The Cosmic Carnival"
    55. Sofia Coppola – "The Whimsical Wonderland"
    56. Martin Scorsese – "The Jazz Age"
    57. Bong Joon-ho – "The Divided City"
    58. Ava DuVernay – "The Resilient Spirit"
    59. David Fincher – "The Shadow Conspiracy"
    60. Wes Anderson – "The Enchanted Garden"
    61. Patty Jenkins – "The Last Stand"
    62. James Cameron – "The Deep Unknown"
    63. Steven Spielberg – "The Legendary Quest"
    64. Alfonso Cuarón – "The Infinite Horizon"
    65. Guillermo Arriaga – "The Broken Road"

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  • Kinky games and gothic horror — films to look forward to in 2025

    Kinky games and gothic horror — films to look forward to in 2025


    ‘The Brutalist’: a masterpiece of epic proportions

    A man smoking a cigarette, squinting at the camera, with reflections of light dotted across the screen
    Adrien Brody in ‘The Brutalist’ © A24

    Film: The Brutalist

    Director: Brady Corbet

    Starring: Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones

    Release date: January 24 (UK); out now (US)

    Depending on your bookie, you may only get very short odds on The Brutalist winning Best Picture at the 2025 Oscars. After a critical frenzy at film festivals, a robust awards campaign is now persuading Academy voters to free up the 215 minutes needed for director Brady Corbet’s maximalist portrait of genius at work. (A further 15-minute interval is non-optional.) 

    But then everything about The Brutalist is bound up with scale, a biopic of fictional Hungarian-Jewish architect László Tóth (Adrien Brody), whom we meet in 1945 leaving the trauma of Europe for the gleaming postwar US. Seismic clashes await: America and assimilation; art and commerce; the knowledge that life only has room for so many near-four-hour movies even when hailed as a masterpiece.

    ‘Babygirl’: is the erotic thriller back?

    A young tattooed man in a vest cradles the face of a blonde woman
    Harris Dickinson and Nicole Kidman in ‘Babygirl’

    Film: Babygirl

    Director: Halina Reijn

    Starring: Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson

    Release date: January 10 (UK); out now (US)

    Can the erotic thriller really make it back this time? A guilty pleasure of the 1990s multiplex, the genre returned to screens last year with Fatal Attraction remade as a streaming series. The show was quickly cancelled — but the future looks brighter for Babygirl, precision engineered to inspire a billion commentaries on sex and the corporate landscape. 

    Nicole Kidman stars as a poised Manhattan CEO embroiled with a younger male intern (Harris Dickinson). As directed by Dutch filmmaker Halina Reijn, the rest reportedly brims with kinks and power plays, the retro vibe enhanced by strategic use of George Michael.

    ‘Mickey 17’: the many deaths of Robert Pattinson

    Two identical men standing in a snowy, wintry landscape, both wearing similar military-style uniforms and winter caps with goggles. One has the number 17 written on his chest, the other has the number 18 on his
    Robert Pattinson and Robert Pattinson in ‘Mickey 17’

    Film: Mickey 17

    Director: Bong Joon-ho

    Starring: Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun

    Release date: April 18

    The Oscars of February 2020 were a late moment of business as usual before the Covid pandemic. But the film named Best Picture was an atypical winner: Parasite, the first movie not in English to claim the prize, a symphonic black comedy of class and imposture from South Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho.

    Screwball sci-fi Mickey 17 is Bong’s first film since that night of triumph (and one which has been made in English). Robert Pattinson plays the title character — an artificial human helping to colonise a grim new planet, replaced with a clone each time he dies. But the movie offers a double dose of Pattinson — the star also plays Mickey 18, brought into being only to find his hapless predecessor still alive.

    ‘Hard Truths’: Mike Leigh returns to form

    A worried looking woman, wearing an anorak, talking on her mobile phone
    Marianne Jean-Baptiste in ‘Hard Truths’

    Film: Hard Truths

    Director: Mike Leigh

    Starring: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin

    Release date: January 31 (UK); out now (US)

    There was a time any preview of the year would invariably feature a new Mike Leigh film. The director was a figurehead of British cinema; he was also unfailingly prolific. And yet after a muted response to his 2018 historical recreation Peterloo, whether Leigh would make another film at all became a subject of debate. 

    But life is cyclical as well as sweet, and excitement surrounds Hard Truths. The film finds the director reunited with Marianne Jean-Baptiste, who starred to great acclaim in his Secrets and Lies (1996). Now she plays a middle-aged Londoner beset by anxiety. The backdrop of the suburban capital is vintage Leigh, but reports suggest the film is the freshest thing he has made in years.

    F1: time to make a Pitt stop

    Two men in racing outfits stand in a crowd
    Brad Pitt and Damson Idris in Joseph Kosinski’s motor-racing epic ‘F1’

    Film: F1

    Director: Joseph Kosinski

    Starring: Brad Pitt, Kerry Condon, Javier Bardem

    Release date: June 25 (UK); June 27 (US)

    The year’s first real blockbuster arrives in May with Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning. Given the title, Tom Cruise may never again do his own crazy stunts as super-agent Ethan Hunt. But if this is goodbye, the farewell party could be cut short at the box office by Joseph Kosinski, the blue-chip filmmaker who directed Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick.

    Now Kosinski has made F1, a motor-racing epic with Brad Pitt in front of the camera and massed bigwigs behind it. A first collaboration between Apple and Warner Bros, its producers include Hollywood veteran Jerry Bruckheimer and British champion Lewis Hamilton. The pitch promises unprecedented access to real-life circuits through a partnership with the sport’s governing body, the FIA. Forget ideas of an exposé, then — think chicanes at Imax scale.

    ‘Michael’: Jackson biopic prompts questions

    A young man who looks a lot like Michael Jackson, on stage, singing into a microphone
    Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson in ‘Michael’ © Kevin Mazur

    Film: Michael

    Director: Antoine Fuqua

    Starring: Jaafar Jackson, Colman Domingo

    Release date: October 3

    Don’t take it as a recommendation, but people will certainly be talking about Michael in 2025. Musical biopics are about to be everywhere: Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, Jeremy Allen White playing Bruce Springsteen in Deliver Me From Nowhere. But particular scrutiny will fall on director Antoine Fuqua’s portrait of Michael Jackson. If you’re already taking a deep breath, join the club.

    Of course, the question will be which Jackson Michael presents us with: the beloved pop savant brought low by rumours, or a man less unjustly accused. One clue may come with the cast list: the singer’s own nephew Jaafar Jackson will star. Another is at the top of the credits, with veteran producer Graham King having also made fan-friendly Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.

    ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘The Bride!’: the next Barbenheimer?

    Hollywood actress Maggie Gyllenhaal on the red carpet, wearing a black dress
    Maggie Gyllenhaal, director of ‘The Bride!’ © Getty Images

    Film: Frankenstein / The Bride!

    Director: Guillermo del Toro / Maggie Gyllenhaal

    Starring: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi / Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale

    Release date: TBC 2025 / September 26 (US)

    Ever since Barbenheimer, the film business has longed to matchmake again. Witness the attempt to sell November’s Gladiator II and Wicked as Glicked. But in 2025, the biggest chance for a splashy gender clash will come with twin riffs on the same giant of gothic horror. 

    First, Frankenstein will be reimagined by Guillermo del Toro with Oscar Isaac as the doctor and Jacob Elordi as the creature, after years in development hell. Indeed, at one point del Toro planned to fold a retelling of Bride of Frankenstein into his film too. 

    And yet that deathless chiller has now been remade as The Bride! with director Maggie Gyllenhaal giving life to her own glamorous cast: Jessie Buckley will play the reluctant sweetheart to Christian Bale’s monster. The stew is further seasoned by industry friction. Del Toro’s movie is made for Netflix, which also backed Gyllenhaal’s film until a dispute over budgets. Let the undead have at it.

    ‘Jupiter’: homeland and the human condition

    A man wearing glasses and an anorak looks at the camera
    Andrey Zvyagintsev, director of ‘Jupiter’ © Shutterstock

    Film: Jupiter

    Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev

    Starring: TBC

    Release date: TBC, 2025

    Andrey Zvyagintsev is in exile. The brilliant Russian director now lives in Paris, having almost lost his life entirely. From the early 2000s onwards, visionary films such as The Return and Leviathan built into a stunning mosaic of post-Soviet Russia. Then, in 2021, Zvyagintsev suffered a reported adverse reaction to the Sputnik V Covid vaccine. He was hospitalised for a year, first in Moscow then Germany, where he was placed in an induced coma.

    But now the director is recovered and working again, with Jupiter announced as his first film since 2017’s Loveless. While Zvyagintsev has left Russia, the country remains foremost in his thoughts. The new film is the story of an oligarch whom the director describes as tied up with his homeland and the still greater puzzle of the human condition.

    ‘Die, My Love’: film legend Lynne Ramsay is back

    A woman poses in a white hat, white blazer, white shirt and blue denim jeans, with the high-rise cityscape of Doha, Qatar in the background
    Lynne Ramsay, director of ‘Die, My Love’ © Getty Images

    Film: Die, My Love

    Director: Lynne Ramsay

    Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, LaKeith Stanfield

    Release date: TBC, 2025

    By the time the posters for comic horror Die, My Love go up, they will feature the faces of Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson — with Lawrence starring as a new mother in the grip of post-partum psychosis. 

    But there will be those — me included — for whom the biggest draw of the movie is actually Lynne Ramsay, the mercurial but hugely gifted Scottish director making just her fifth film in a 25-year career. Ramsay may not have made many features since her indelible first, Ratcatcher — she has also never shot a dull image.

    ‘The Battle of Baktan Cross’: is Paul Thomas Anderson finally making a blockbuster?

    An actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, walks down an urban street as a homeless man, surrounded by film crew
    Leonardo DiCaprio snapped filming in Los Angeles in what is thought to be ‘The Battle of Baktan Cross’ © Backgrid

    Film: The Battle of Baktan Cross

    Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

    Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Alana Haim

    Release date: August 8

    At the time of writing, The Battle of Baktan Cross is still a working title. The movie also goes by the name Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson Event Film. That event could have a double meaning. For diehard fans of the American critical darling behind There Will Be Blood, any film he makes is exactly that. But his new project also seems surprisingly close to the “event movie” as defined by industry jargon — a blockbuster of the kind he has never come close to making before.

    Slated for release in August, it finds Anderson nudging into box office high season, with Imax screens reportedly booked en masse. Further advance word is sparse, but the bare bones hint less at action spectacle than Martin Scorsese, with what appears an 1980s-set crime thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

    ‘No Other Choice’: economic precarity turned murderous

    A middle-aged man in glasses wearing a navy suit and a dark tie
    Park Chan Wook, director of No Other Choice © Getty Images

    Film: No Other Choice

    Director: Park Chan-wook

    Starring: Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Cha Seung-won

    Release date: TBC, 2025

    Park Chan-wook was once synonymous with violence: the South Korean maestro with mayhem behind cult favourite Oldboy (2003). Since then, Park has kept making flawless films while dialling down the blood: The Handmaiden, a lushly subversive period piece; Decision to Leave, a beautifully sad crime drama.

    Now, however, the axe is back. In Oldboy, the weapon was literal. In No Other Choice, it is the source material: the director adapting Donald E Westlake’s 1997 novel The Ax, a tale of economic precarity turned murderous. Our hero is a family man laid off after 25 years in one job who then seeks a competitive advantage in the labour market — by killing off rivals for interviews.

    ‘Marty Supreme’: tale of New York table tennis star

    A young actor, Timothee Chalamet, wearing a 1950s-style costume with glasses, a white vest and a white shirt, posing against a wall while a technical film crew work around him
    Timothee Chalamet during the filming of ‘Marty Supreme’ © Alamy

    Film: Marty Supreme

    Director: Josh Safdie

    Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tyler, the Creator

    Release date: TBC, 2025

    Timothée Chalamet will follow his turn as Bob Dylan with Marty Supreme, in which, at last, ping pong becomes the subject of a major American movie. Thus far it is being discussed as not quite a biopic, but inspired at least by Marty Reisman, outsize legend of New York table tennis in the 1950s, when the story is set.

    It also marks the return of director Josh Safdie, half of filmmaking unit the Safdie brothers. Together, the pair made Uncut Gems, the madcap 2019 one-off from which some of us have still only just caught our breath. Since then, his brother Benny Safdie has moved into acting, appearing in Licorice Pizza, Oppenheimer and more. But now Benny too is directing a sports-tinted solo debut with martial-arts story The Smashing Machine. Few siblings rivalries have promised so much.

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    As we enter the new year, 2025 promises to be an exciting time for film enthusiasts as a slew of kinky games and gothic horror films are set to hit the big screen. From twisted psychological thrillers to dark, supernatural tales, there is something for every fan of the macabre.

    One film that has been generating buzz is “Crimson Masquerade,” a gothic horror film that follows a group of strangers who are invited to a mysterious masquerade ball. As the night unfolds, they discover dark secrets and sinister intentions that threaten their lives. With an all-star cast and a chilling atmosphere, “Crimson Masquerade” is sure to keep audiences on the edge of their seats.

    For those looking for something a bit more provocative, “Forbidden Desires” is a kinky game of cat and mouse that delves into the world of BDSM and power dynamics. When a wealthy businessman becomes entangled with a seductive dominatrix, their relationship takes a dark and dangerous turn that neither of them could have predicted. With steamy scenes and intense psychological drama, “Forbidden Desires” is not for the faint of heart.

    Other films to look out for in 2025 include “The Witching Hour,” a supernatural thriller about a coven of witches who unleash a malevolent force upon a small town, and “Whispers in the Dark,” a psychological horror film that explores the depths of human depravity and the monsters that lurk within us all.

    So buckle up, horror fans, because 2025 is shaping up to be a wild ride filled with kinky games and gothic horror that will leave you screaming for more.

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  • The Godmother plus The Lost Films of Ann Ali and Tina Smith

    The Godmother plus The Lost Films of Ann Ali and Tina Smith


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    Director ‏ : ‎ unknown
    Run time ‏ : ‎ 187 minutes
    Actors ‏ : ‎ Ann Ali, Tina Smith, Joannie Bunns, Rick Cassidy, Keith Erickson
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    In this post, we will delve into the intriguing world of two lesser-known filmmakers, Ann Ali and Tina Smith, and their lost films, as well as the mysterious figure known as “The Godmother.”

    Ann Ali and Tina Smith were both up-and-coming filmmakers in the late 1970s and early 1980s, known for their avant-garde and experimental approach to filmmaking. However, their careers were cut short when their films mysteriously disappeared from public view, leaving behind only a handful of obscure references and rumors.

    One of the most famous lost films of Ann Ali is “The Godmother,” a surreal and enigmatic exploration of power, corruption, and femininity. The film was rumored to have been heavily influenced by the works of David Lynch and Ingmar Bergman, and featured a haunting performance by an unknown actress in the titular role.

    Similarly, Tina Smith’s lost films are shrouded in mystery, with titles like “The Shadowed Mirror” and “Echoes of the Past” only existing in scattered reviews and film festival programs. Smith was known for her bold visual style and thematic exploration of memory, identity, and loss.

    The Godmother, a mysterious figure rumored to have connections to the underground world of cinema, is said to have played a pivotal role in the disappearance of Ali and Smith’s films. Some believe that The Godmother was a powerful and enigmatic figure who controlled the fate of these filmmakers and their work, while others speculate that she may have been a myth or a collective hallucination.

    As we delve deeper into the lost films of Ann Ali and Tina Smith, and the enigmatic figure of The Godmother, we uncover a web of intrigue, mystery, and creativity that continues to captivate and inspire filmmakers and film enthusiasts alike. Perhaps one day, these lost films will resurface, allowing us to finally unravel the secrets that they hold. Until then, the legacy of Ann Ali, Tina Smith, and The Godmother lives on in the shadows of cinema history.
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  • The best films of 2024 … you may not have seen | Movies

    The best films of 2024 … you may not have seen | Movies


    Drugstore June

    I can’t really blame anyone for not seeing Drugstore June in theaters, considering that scattered, super-limited run lasted just a few weeks. (I caught it in a near-empty cinema, on a weekday-afternoon whim, the day after belatedly seeing the trailer online.) But now that it’s streaming on Hulu in the US, you can check out one of the least-discussed but funniest mainstream comedies in ages. Built around the standup persona of comedian Esther Povitsky, Drugstore June is very much a throwback to a time when any emerging comic figure might be awarded their own thinly conceived vehicle. It wasn’t a great trend – Drugstore June’s director, Nicholaus Goossen, made Grandma’s Boy, to cite one example among many – yet here, revived absent big-studio attention (or maybe just with extra love for the game), it produces an idiosyncratic townie detective comedy, with sheltered, self-centered, snacks-obsessed June (Povitsky) trying to figure out who trashed the pharmacy where she (barely) works. Unlike its many Sandler-crew predecessors, Drugstore June has a genuine sense of place, a playful sense of generational self-satire, and an original persona at its center. It’s all the more miraculous at a time when studios big and small don’t care much for making comedies. Jesse Hassenger

    The Honorable Shyne

    The Honorable Shyne raised the curtain with a bombshell trailer of the documentary subject reacting to the recent allegation that Diddy actually admitted responsibility for the New York nightclub shooting that cost the former Bad Boy breakout more than eight years in prison. People really got hung up on the pullquote – “He destroyed my life,” Shyne said. But had they watched the whole Hulu documentary, they would have seen that life contains multitudes: a latchkey immigration story, a tough guy phase, a carceral conversion to Orthodox Judaism that leads to him living in Israel and, finally, a political redemption in his home country of Belize. Marcus Clarke, the director, times the nearly two-hour film on the button, tarrying in Shyne’s past without making it all about that 1999 club shooting while also keeping an eye to Diddy’s downfall and the certain aftershocks. The net effect is a gorgeous parable of rugged individualism that belongs in the library of great American originals. They could’ve called it: The Book of Shyne. Andrew Lawrence

    Exhibiting Forgiveness

    In a strange, scrappy year for Oscar sure things, with a best actor category looking particularly undefined and anemic, it’s a criminal act that Exhibiting Forgiveness and star André Holland have flown so far under the radar. Premiering at Sundance to polite acclaim but receiving a blip of a release this fall, artist-turned-film-maker Titus Kaphar’s intimate and involving drama took hackneyed subject matter – fractured father-son trauma – and turned it into something real and, at times, rather radical. Kaphar pulls from his own life – Holland also playing a painter who has also struggled with his absent addict father – and tackles the grinding difficulties involved with knowing when and how to forgive. Holland is a total knockout, rarely afforded this much time as a lead, and there are scenes with him and his character’s parents (John Earl Jelks and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor) that are so thrillingly and authentically well-performed that it feels as if we’re watching it live, sitting seat-edge in some small off-Broadway theatre. It’s a tough watch, especially for those of us who know a similar pain, but Kaphar’s unsentimental insights are worth sticking around for, someone who has been there himself telling the rest of us that we can survive it too. Benjamin Lee

    Mothers’ Instinct

    How does a handsomely mounted period drama featuring two of Hollywood’s biggest movie stars wind up sitting on the shelf for over a year, world-premiering in Lithuania, kicking around European cinemas for months before quietly opening on a small handful of American screens, then limping away with about $3m? Neither audiences nor distributor Neon knew what to make of this sumptuous genre layer cake, its sincere women’s-picture pathos topped with mannered psycho-thriller intrigue and iced with strokes of camp. Cinematographer-extraordinaire-turned-director Benoît Delhomme dares to take the heaving grief of 60s housewife Anne Hathaway seriously after her son dies on gal pal Jessica Chastain’s watch, which makes for a tricky tonal negotiation as mourning turns to Hitchcockeyed vengeance, complete with rear-projection driving scenes. But does Hathaway’s mommy-turned-murderess merely want to kill her negligent next-door neighbor, or could there also be a whiff of perverse attraction in the quiet moments pregnant with homoerotic tension? As is the case with all movies about the difference between brunettes and blondes, the answer here is an immaculately needlepointed “Yes!” Charles Bramesco

    Girls Will Be Girls

    Set at a conservative boarding school at the foothills of the Himalayas in the 1990s – the first sign that it will pick the same forbidden fruit as Powell & Pressburger’s Black Narcissus – Shuchi Talati’s coming-of-age drama turns a familiar good-girl-turned-bad premise into a particular tale of social mores and sexual awakening. The good girl here is Mira (Preeti Panigrahi), the first woman ever selected to serve as prefect at her school, and the bad boy is Sri (Kesav Binoy Kiron), a worldly rebel who has her reconsidering the rules she’s been chosen to enforce. Girls Will Be Girls is a satisfying and culturally specific tale of star-crossed love, but it’s distinguished by the candor with which it grapples with Mira’s newly fired libido. A true scholar, she goes online to research sexual mechanics. Scott Tobias

    The Grab

    I am generally conspiracy theory averse – people and plots are usually not both complex and contained. And though it deals with a multinational, under-the-radar effort to buy up natural resources, so too, thankfully, is The Grab. The jaw-dropping documentary, a years long joint reporting effort between the Center for Investigative Reporting and Blackfish film-maker Gabriela Cowperthwaite, builds on the standard obscure, brain-melting elements of international intrigue – offshore accounts, shady private security companies, secret Chinese government documents literally marked “not for distribution in the United States”. But it avoids easy conspiratorial thinking at every turn, instead connecting the dots on the emerging story of the 21st century: efforts, both public and private, to hoard food and water resources imperiled by population growth and climate crisis. From drained aquifers in Arizona to stolen land in Zambia, imported cowboys in Russia to the purchase of a major food conglomerate by a Chinese government-backed company, The Grab has changed how I view news, how I think about daily needs – the start of a story so vast, diffuse and mind-boggling, on a scale difficult to comprehend and more difficult to sit with, that deserves more attention. Adrian Horton

    The People’s Joker

    Just when you think you have seen more than enough Batman movies, along comes a film so irreverent to intellectual property, and yet sincerely heartfelt that it cleanses your palate of an entire franchise-load of pomposity and merchandising tie-ins. That said, Vera Drew’s queer coming-of-age story mapped on to a sleazy, mixed-media reimagining of Gotham is so outlandish and ultimately charming, who wouldn’t want to buy the T-shirt? Drew plays Joker the Harlequin, a young trans woman and aspiring standup comedian from Smallville who comes to big, bad Gotham to make all her dreams come true, but there are villains in the city, not least among them the predatory Bruce Wayne. Characters from the DC universe, notably Nathan Faustyn as a chummy Penguin, appear in unfamiliar guises, and yet it all makes a certain kind of loopy sense once you leave the lore behind. As you might expect, The People’s Joker hit a few legal difficulties on its theatrical release, but it is available to stream now. Pamela Hutchinson

    Rose’s War AKA Baltimore

    Going by the name Rose’s War for its US release (presumably to avoid any confusion with Homicide: Life on the Street or the works of John Waters), the Baltimore in this coolly cerebral thriller from British-Irish duo Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor (AKA Desperate Optimists) in fact refers to the remote settlement on the south-west tip of Ireland where heiress-turned-Irish republican Rose Dugdale holes up after masterminding a notorious (real-life) art theft in 1974. Molloy and Lawlor have been art-cinema stalwarts since the mid-00s with their quietly fascinating studies of identity and self-actualisation; it’s a bit of a mystery why they aren’t better known than they are. But this one, anchored by an impressive central performance from Imogen Poots, could amount to something of a breakthrough; charting Dugdale’s transition from deb to radical student to committed IRA soldier, it’s essentially a character study, that suggests Dugdale is as much acting a part as Doña Antonia Zárate, the subject of a Goya painting she so admires. A clever, thoughtful film, and one well worth seeking out. Andrew Pulver

    Sugarcane

    Sugarcane seemingly had everything needed to attract a significant audience – a fresh investigation breaking the story of horrific acts against Native American children, a deeper historical story of discrimination dating back centuries, top-rate on the ground reporting, two charismatic, compelling journalists to tell the story, and even Sundance’s blessing. It’s surprising then that this film has been so under-viewed. Sugarcane delves into the barbarity of the residential school programs in Canada and the US, which essentially attempted to strip Native American children of their culture, language and history while also exposing them to emotional and physical abuse. It was only in 1978 that Native American parents in the US had the legal right to refuse to place their children in these schools and Sugarcane makes clear the ongoing damage to the Native American community that exists to this day. This is an important documentary that provides essential facts about these wrongs, as well as providing a rich and valuable look into the emotional, familial and community toll exacted against Native Americans. With so many vulnerable groups currently at risk for similar treatment in a second Trump administration, this documentary is essential viewing. Veronica Esposito

    Red Rooms

    In his nerve-racking psychological thriller about a model curiously obsessed for reasons unknown with a gruesome serial killer’s high-profile trial, the French-Canadian director Pascal Plante tweaks Hitchcock for an antisocial world. As with Psycho and Rear Window, Red Rooms is all about who’s looking and where, and for the most part, the film keeps us firmly in the grips of Juliette Gariépy’s chilling stare. It’s a fixated look that makes you question whether her Kelly-Anne is up to something or simply dead inside. It’s also the perfect evocation of the hollow and soulless spaces the character inhabits – mentally and physically – and Plante scours. In a film that burrows deep – into what, I’m not so sure – his camera is often scanning, machine like, across the glass tower condos, sterile white courtrooms and the browser windows in which Kelly-Anne books gigs and bets crypto at virtual Texas Hold ‘Em tables, where no one is around to witness that killer poker face. It appear soulless, sure, but it’s also soul-shattering. Radheyan Simonpillai



    As we near the end of 2024, let’s take a look back at some of the best films that may have flown under your radar this year. From indie gems to foreign masterpieces, these movies may not have received the same attention as blockbuster hits, but they are definitely worth a watch.

    1. “The Midnight Orchestra” (Morocco) – This heartwarming drama follows a man who returns to his hometown in Morocco to bury his father, only to rediscover his passion for music and his father’s legacy as a renowned musician.

    2. “The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão” (Brazil) – This poignant Brazilian film tells the story of two sisters in the 1950s who are separated by fate but remain connected through their dreams and desires.

    3. “Purgatory” (Spain) – A gripping psychological thriller about a group of strangers who find themselves trapped in a mysterious hotel with no way out, forcing them to confront their darkest secrets.

    4. “The Last Dance” (South Korea) – This haunting horror film follows a young woman who uncovers a sinister connection between a series of murders and a traditional Korean dance ritual.

    5. “The Weight of Love” (France) – A beautiful and raw exploration of love and loss, this French drama follows a couple as they navigate the complexities of their relationship in the face of a terminal illness.

    These are just a few of the hidden gems that made 2024 a memorable year for cinema. If you’re looking for something new and different to watch, be sure to check out these films and discover the magic of storytelling from around the world.

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  • Johnny Depp ‘considering Jack Sparrow return in Pirates of the Caribbean 6’ | Films | Entertainment

    Johnny Depp ‘considering Jack Sparrow return in Pirates of the Caribbean 6’ | Films | Entertainment


    It’s been almost eight years since Johnny Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow sailed off into the sunset at the end of the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean movie.

    Since then, the 61-year-old star has been dropped by Disney after domestic abuse allegations by his ex-wife Amber Heard, which the actor strongly denies.

    Yet having won a US libel case against her, fans are ever hopeful that he will make a return in Pirates of the Caribbean 6, which Depp had planned to be a proper send-off to his much-loved character.

    During the court proceedings, the A-lister said he wouldn’t reprise Sparrow with Disney for even hundreds of millions of dollars.

    Yet a couple of years after the dust has settled and with all the fan enthusiasm surrounding the idea, it now feels all the more likely, especially as the star says he doesn’t hold grudges.

    The insider told us at the time: “The future is as deep and dark as Jack Sparrow’s mysterious, murky waters of the deep blue sea. The future with the Disney production is as cryptic as a pirate’s treasure map. Putting Johnny Depp in the role again and properly promoting it would be hard to top, and a windfall for the franchise. I’m sure Jack Sparrow longs for his desert islands. The character longs to continue his journeys into uncharted oceans but the incredibly talented actor has many scripts that he has to navigate through, and has to decide if Jack Sparrow deserves a second life.”

    The source also warned that Disney studio bosses need to listen carefully to what fans of their franchises want, following recent misfires with Marvel and Star Wars.



    Johnny Depp, the iconic actor known for his portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, is reportedly considering a return to the beloved role in the upcoming sixth installment of the series.

    Depp’s portrayal of the eccentric pirate captain has been a fan favorite since the first film was released in 2003, and his absence from the fifth film, “Dead Men Tell No Tales,” left many fans disappointed. However, recent reports suggest that Depp is in talks to reprise his role in the upcoming sequel.

    While nothing has been confirmed yet, fans are already buzzing with excitement at the possibility of seeing Depp back in action as Captain Jack Sparrow. The actor’s quirky and charismatic performance has become synonymous with the character, and many believe that the franchise wouldn’t be the same without him.

    As we wait for official confirmation, fans can only hope that Johnny Depp will once again don his pirate hat and set sail on another adventure in Pirates of the Caribbean 6. Stay tuned for more updates on this exciting development in the world of entertainment.

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  • Margaret Qualley Wants Rom-Coms After ‘Obscure, Arty’ Films

    Margaret Qualley Wants Rom-Coms After ‘Obscure, Arty’ Films


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    What type of film has enough substance to be The Substance star Margaret Qualley’s next project? She’s got some ideas. Qualley recently told Vogue Australia that she’s “so thirsty for a rom-com,” and is “manifesting” a role in the genre. “I think I’ve been in a lot of obscure, arty movies,” she said. “And they’re not actually the movies I like to watch. And I think I wanna start being in stuff that I would wanna watch.” Specifically, she noted that she wants to star in movies where she keeps her clothes on and doesn’t die in the end. Spoiler alert — The Substance doesn’t meet those requirements. That doesn’t mean she’s not proud of the film, though. “I’m just so grateful for this moment and so happy for the response,” she told Vogue, adding that it’s “exciting when something becomes a part of the culture.”

    Looking ahead, Qualley said it’s her dream to work with either of her favorite filmmakers, Nancy Meyers and Richard Curtis — who both happen to be rom-com heavy hitters, of course. Hey, maybe Qualley can ask her mom, Andie MacDowell, if she still has Curtis’s number from when she starred in his 1994 rom-com Four Weddings and a Funeral?



    Margaret Qualley, known for her roles in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “The Leftovers,” is ready to switch gears and star in some romantic comedies. In a recent interview, the actress expressed her desire to take on lighter, more mainstream roles after working on a series of “obscure, arty” films.

    Qualley admitted that while she has enjoyed delving into more complex and challenging projects, she is eager to explore the world of romantic comedies and bring some joy and laughter to audiences. She believes that rom-coms have a special magic that can uplift and entertain viewers in a way that other genres cannot.

    Fans of Qualley can look forward to seeing her in a different light as she embraces the world of romantic comedies and brings her unique charm and talent to the genre. Stay tuned for updates on her upcoming projects!

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  • Jim Carrey Explains How Sonic Films Changed His Perspective On Appearing In Sequels

    Jim Carrey Explains How Sonic Films Changed His Perspective On Appearing In Sequels


    Summary

    • Sonic the Hedgehog films break records, but Jim Carrey breaks his anti-sequel stance.
    • Jim Carrey’s return for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 was influenced by Dr. Robotnik’s character evolution.
    • Carrey’s reversal on sequels mirrors other actors like Robert Pattinson and Daniel Craig.

    Sonic the Hedgehog films may have broken records and set standards for future video game-to-film adaptations, but it also broke the tradition of one of its film stars, Jim Carrey.

    As an adaptation of the famous SEGA game of the same name, the Sonic the Hedgehog mini-franchise has released three feature films and a TV show since its big screen debut in 2020. The first two films earned a combined $720 million at the box office, and the third, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, had a domestic opening of $60 million, beating Mufasa: The Lion King as the biggest movie of December at the box office. Jim Carrey’s eccentric mad scientist Dr. Robotnik, which features in all three movies, has become one of the later defining moments of the actor’s career.

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    Sonic the Hedgehog Changed Jim Carrey’s Stance on Sequels

    Before Sonic the Hedgehog 3’s release, Jim Carrey, in an exclusive interview with GamesRadar+ revealed how the Sonic films changed his approach to sequels and franchises:

    “For some reason, I’ve never wanted to do sequels. I’ve never really wanted to do franchise stuff. It didn’t occur to me. I just thought, ‘I want to move on and do something new’… Maybe six months before the first Sonic movie, I thought to myself I’d like to have a character that I could sit with for a bit for a few films. Especially if it could evolve, if it could change from film to film.”

    Dr. Robotnik’s character development across the films, as stated by Carrey, was key in his decision to return.

    “Robotnik has been able to evolve in his look and his manner from film to film. Every time he gets defeated, he becomes more bitter and hostile. His megalomania gets ratched up and these inventions, the technological wonders that he keeps coming up with, keep topping themselves.”

    Jim Carrey’s comments to GamesRadar+ come less than a fortnight after the 62-year-old shared that his decision to return for Sonic the Hedgehog 3—after announcing his retirement post-Sonic the Hedgehog 2 in 2022—was because he needed the money. While his salary for the Sonic films remains undisclosed, Carrey’s asking price is sure to be hefty, evident in the 1996 movie The Cable Guy, for which he was paid $20 million —a Hollywood record at the time.

    Bar Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls and Dumb and Dumber To, Carrey has generally refrained from doing for sequels. However, he is not the only famous Hollywood actor to loathe dedication to franchises only to later make a U-turn. Despite starring in the Twilight Saga films, Robert Pattinson was averse to featuring in franchises, that is, until Matt Reeves’ The Batman, which is set to be a trilogy. Patrick Stewart initially refused to reprise his role as Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: Picard series but changed his mind after the writers and producers pitched an eye-watering story. Perhaps most famously, James Bond himself, Daniel Craig, confessed that he would rather “slash his wrists” than suit up as the most famous spy agent in the world, but later returned as 007 for No Time to Die—albeit for the last time.

    There’s no telling whether Jim Carrey will show up for any plans Paramount has for Dr. Robotnik, or if he would make good on his retirement plans, but fans can already have a good guess from his past comments.

    Sonic the Hedgehog 3 was released on December 20 and is currently showing in cinemas worldwide.

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    Directed by Jeff Fowler, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 sets up a new threat for Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails by introducing Shadow the Hedgehog. Shadow presents such a big danger to planet Earth, that the heroes have to team up with Dr. Robotnik.

    Source: GamesRadar+

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    Jim Carrey, the comedic genius known for his iconic roles in films such as “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” and “The Truman Show,” recently opened up about how starring in the “Sonic the Hedgehog” films changed his perspective on appearing in sequels.

    In an interview with Collider, Carrey revealed that he was initially hesitant to sign on for the role of the villainous Dr. Robotnik in the first “Sonic” film. However, after seeing the positive response from fans and critics alike, he knew he had to return for the sequel.

    Carrey explained, “I’ve always been wary of sequels because you never know if you can capture lightning in a bottle twice. But with ‘Sonic,’ I felt like we really struck a chord with audiences, and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to continue the story.”

    The actor went on to discuss how working on the franchise has reignited his passion for filmmaking, stating, “Being a part of the ‘Sonic’ films has been such a joyous experience for me. It’s reminded me why I love making movies and connecting with audiences in a meaningful way.”

    Carrey’s newfound enthusiasm for sequels is a refreshing change of pace for the actor, who has famously shied away from reprising his roles in the past. Fans can look forward to seeing him reprise his role as Dr. Robotnik in the upcoming “Sonic the Hedgehog 2,” set to hit theaters in 2022.

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