Donovan was there during The Beatles‘ trip to India. He and the Fab Four were having the sort of heady conversation people should have at a spiritual retreat. Donovan and the Fab Four had some very similar opinions.
Donovan and The Beatles discussed ‘the inner world’ in India
During a 2013 interview with Performing Songwriter, the “Sunshine Superman” singer explained how he became interested in meditation. “Reading Jack Kerouac and hearing the word ‘Zen’ and going on to Buddhism, then rediscovering the Eastern philosophies and the word’ meditation,’ I realized that there was an actual technique for finding the inner world that we’d lost in the West.”
The “Hurdy Gurdy Man” star felt that the world needed more spirituality. “The great teachers — Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, Joseph Campbell — spoke of being able to enter the inner world, where all things come from and all things return,” he said. “Not a religion.
Donovan and The Beatles discussed ‘the inner world’ in India
During a 2013 interview with Performing Songwriter, the “Sunshine Superman” singer explained how he became interested in meditation. “Reading Jack Kerouac and hearing the word ‘Zen’ and going on to Buddhism, then rediscovering the Eastern philosophies and the word’ meditation,’ I realized that there was an actual technique for finding the inner world that we’d lost in the West.”
The “Hurdy Gurdy Man” star felt that the world needed more spirituality. “The great teachers — Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, Joseph Campbell — spoke of being able to enter the inner world, where all things come from and all things return,” he said. “Not a religion.
- 3/31/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Right now, there is a lot of discussion going around about Frank Herbert’s Dune novels thanks to the recent release of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two. Dune has always been considered a masterpiece in the sci-fi genre with an expansive and ever-growing fanbase, just like Star Wars and both stories have a tight hold on their respective audience. However, what happens when one claims that the other has blatantly ripped them off?
A still from Dune: Part Two
While Frank Herbert was alive, he had a bone to pick with George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars. The author was fully convinced that the filmmaker had totally and completely ripped off his Dune Chronicles to make the story of Star Wars, right down to the little details. In fact, he even seemingly took a jab at the film franchise in his fifth book in the series.
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A still from Dune: Part Two
While Frank Herbert was alive, he had a bone to pick with George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars. The author was fully convinced that the filmmaker had totally and completely ripped off his Dune Chronicles to make the story of Star Wars, right down to the little details. In fact, he even seemingly took a jab at the film franchise in his fifth book in the series.
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- 3/7/2024
- by Mishkaat Khan
- FandomWire
Freddy's frustration over his father referring to him as "just a firefighter" pushes him to take a radical step in Frasier Season 1 Episode 4.
He invites his Dad to visit the firehouse.
Does Frasier mean to sound dismissive when he refers to his son as "just a firefighter"? He may not mean to, but Freddy can't be blamed for taking it that way.
Freddy is clearly a smart man. He also possesses a great combination of his grandfather's everyman heroic nature and his parents' intellect.
When the Trivia Night category turns to wine, Frasier believes he's got the win in the bag, but not only does his arrogance cause him to take too long to answer, but he's forgotten that his beer-drinking son grew up around wine-drinking snobs.
Some kids get to spend their summers playing baseball; I got to categorize my Dad’s wine cellar.
Freddy Permalink: Some kids get...
He invites his Dad to visit the firehouse.
Does Frasier mean to sound dismissive when he refers to his son as "just a firefighter"? He may not mean to, but Freddy can't be blamed for taking it that way.
Freddy is clearly a smart man. He also possesses a great combination of his grandfather's everyman heroic nature and his parents' intellect.
When the Trivia Night category turns to wine, Frasier believes he's got the win in the bag, but not only does his arrogance cause him to take too long to answer, but he's forgotten that his beer-drinking son grew up around wine-drinking snobs.
Some kids get to spend their summers playing baseball; I got to categorize my Dad’s wine cellar.
Freddy Permalink: Some kids get...
- 10/26/2023
- by Christine Orlando
- TVfanatic
Kochi, July 28 (Ians) Kerala High Court on Friday asked the state government to take necessary steps to verify the education certificates of all doctors working in government run hospitals.
“Certain guidelines are necessary to ensure that appointment orders of medical practitioners in the state are issued to selected candidates only after getting their educational certificates verified and authenticated by the Universities/institution that have issued to them. If necessary, steps should be taken to verify the education certificates of all government doctors working as on today,” read the High Court order.
The Court said that this is not to demoralise the hard working doctors, who are the strength and pride of the state, but only to make sure that culprits are not there in the profession and also to built confidence in the society.
“It is the duty of the government to rule out these apprehensions and to create a...
“Certain guidelines are necessary to ensure that appointment orders of medical practitioners in the state are issued to selected candidates only after getting their educational certificates verified and authenticated by the Universities/institution that have issued to them. If necessary, steps should be taken to verify the education certificates of all government doctors working as on today,” read the High Court order.
The Court said that this is not to demoralise the hard working doctors, who are the strength and pride of the state, but only to make sure that culprits are not there in the profession and also to built confidence in the society.
“It is the duty of the government to rule out these apprehensions and to create a...
- 7/28/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Akiva Goldsmith’s brilliant creation, The Crowded Room, released its sixth episode today, and honestly, it takes a turn that none of us could see coming by a long shot, especially because of the way the episodes have been presented so far. In the previous episode, Danny Sullivan admitted to his counselor, Rya Goodwin that his stepfather Marlin had sexually abused Danny’s twin brother Adam when the kids were nine years old. However, this episode takes a completely different turn, turning the story on its head from this point forward. Brace yourselves as we go on a recap of everything that happened in the sixth episode of The Crowded Room.
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How Was Rya Goodwin Brought Into Danny’s Case?
The sixth episode in this psychological drama sees the events from the perspective of the counselor Danny Sullivan had appointed; Rya Goodwin. A professor of psychology at a university,...
Spoilers Ahead
How Was Rya Goodwin Brought Into Danny’s Case?
The sixth episode in this psychological drama sees the events from the perspective of the counselor Danny Sullivan had appointed; Rya Goodwin. A professor of psychology at a university,...
- 6/30/2023
- by Indrayudh Talukdar
- Film Fugitives
While exploring Alex Forrest’s character, we found that childhood trauma can impact a person severely as they grow up, leaving them permanently scarred. Usually, abusive and manipulative parents give rise to children who are ill-adjusted to society and carry around their baggage of trauma, even if they don’t turn into deranged killers like Alex in Paramount’s Fatal Attraction. We might understand where Alex’s issues stem from a manipulative father, and a hateful mother makes for a pretty messed-up childhood that only worsens with age. However, what then can be said for Ellen Gallagher, who knew nothing but love from both her parents until her father was jailed? Why did Ellen turn out the way she did at the end of Season 1 of Fatal Attraction? Let’s try to look at what went wrong with the youngest Gallagher and how.
As a child, Ellen found love everywhere she went.
As a child, Ellen found love everywhere she went.
- 5/31/2023
- by Indrayudh Talukdar
- Film Fugitives
‘Fatal Attraction’ Episode 8 Recap & Ending, Explained: Who Murdered Alex? What Happened With Ellen?
Paramount’s TV series Fatal Attraction, based on the eponymous 1987 erotic thriller, premiered its finale for Season 1 on its two-night finale weekend. The finale unties several strings of mystery that the show had knotted over the weeks, and the revelation is one that leaves us shocked. In the penultimate episode, Dan’s trial application after coming out of jail was denied by a judge, and in the flashback, we saw Beth had met with Alex. This episode shows the one who actually killed Alex and the lasting impression that she left on someone we’d never guessed. Here’s what happens in the Season 1 finale of Paramount’s Fatal Attraction.
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How Much Did Arthur Sacrifice For The People Around Him?
Throughout the runtime of Paramount’s TV series Fatal Attraction, we’ve had our own sets of doubts and questions about who could’ve been behind Alex Forrest’s murder,...
Spoilers Ahead
How Much Did Arthur Sacrifice For The People Around Him?
Throughout the runtime of Paramount’s TV series Fatal Attraction, we’ve had our own sets of doubts and questions about who could’ve been behind Alex Forrest’s murder,...
- 5/30/2023
- by Indrayudh Talukdar
- Film Fugitives
The highest-grossing film of 1987 worldwide, the original “Fatal Attraction” served as a cautionary tale against casual infidelity, showing how even a seemingly innocuous fling can upend someone’s entire life. Lawyer Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas) has a steamy weekend hookup with publishing exec Alex Forrest (Glenn Close), which derails in the most horrific way imaginable when she becomes obsessed with him, putting his entire family in jeopardy. (Close maintains that people told her for years afterward that the movie saved their marriage.)
In a TV landscape overrun with prequels, sequels and reboots, the source material for Paramount Plus’ new “Fatal Attraction” series proves surprisingly fertile. The show’s eight episodes provide plenty of time for the story to expand past paranoia, into the more interesting question of why Alex Forrest became so obsessive in the first place — not to mention why Dan, apparently a happy family man, tumbled from fidelity so easily.
In a TV landscape overrun with prequels, sequels and reboots, the source material for Paramount Plus’ new “Fatal Attraction” series proves surprisingly fertile. The show’s eight episodes provide plenty of time for the story to expand past paranoia, into the more interesting question of why Alex Forrest became so obsessive in the first place — not to mention why Dan, apparently a happy family man, tumbled from fidelity so easily.
- 4/25/2023
- by Gwen Ihnat
- The Wrap
[This story contains spoilers through the ninth and tenth episodes of Beef season one, “The Great Fabricator” and “Figures of Light.”]
In retrospect, it was perhaps only a matter of time that Danny (Steven Yeun) and Amy (Ali Wong)’s escalating feud would lead to life-and-death stakes. The final two episodes of Netflix’s Beef open with Isaac (David Choe) freshly sprung from prison — thanks to a tip from Amy that Danny was actually the one involved in the road-rage incident — and pissed. He makes a beeline for Danny’s place, accompanied by henchmen Michael (Andrew Santino) and Bobby (Rekstizzy), looking for both money and revenge. What he finds is an opportunity: Danny has accidentally kidnapped Amy’s cheerfully curious daughter, June (Remy Holt), so Isaac decides to call Amy in exchange for a $500,000 ransom. Unable to come up with that much cash by Isaac’s deadline, Amy offers a counter-proposal: She’s at Jordan (Maria Bello)’s estate, full of...
In retrospect, it was perhaps only a matter of time that Danny (Steven Yeun) and Amy (Ali Wong)’s escalating feud would lead to life-and-death stakes. The final two episodes of Netflix’s Beef open with Isaac (David Choe) freshly sprung from prison — thanks to a tip from Amy that Danny was actually the one involved in the road-rage incident — and pissed. He makes a beeline for Danny’s place, accompanied by henchmen Michael (Andrew Santino) and Bobby (Rekstizzy), looking for both money and revenge. What he finds is an opportunity: Danny has accidentally kidnapped Amy’s cheerfully curious daughter, June (Remy Holt), so Isaac decides to call Amy in exchange for a $500,000 ransom. Unable to come up with that much cash by Isaac’s deadline, Amy offers a counter-proposal: She’s at Jordan (Maria Bello)’s estate, full of...
- 4/10/2023
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“What the fuck is happening?”
That was Steven Yeun’s reaction while shooting the cataclysmic climax of “Beef,” which he leads with Ali Wong. The Netflix and A24 dramedy opens plausibly enough with a road-rage scene between Wong’s Amy, an entrepreneur whose easygoing nature masks secret desires, and Yeun’s Danny, a contractor who goes to extremes to obtain what he wants. But that initial conflict drives both to exact bizarre acts of revenge on each other, revealing the darkest corners of their psyches. The result? Chaos. In one scene, Amy masturbates with a gun; in another, Danny urinates all over her bathroom — and that’s just the beginning. Seeded throughout are quiet explorations of the characters’ anger, loneliness and fear.
“Both assume incorrectly that they cannot show their true selves to anyone in their lives,” says Lee Sung Jin, the creator and showrunner of “Beef,” which premieres on...
That was Steven Yeun’s reaction while shooting the cataclysmic climax of “Beef,” which he leads with Ali Wong. The Netflix and A24 dramedy opens plausibly enough with a road-rage scene between Wong’s Amy, an entrepreneur whose easygoing nature masks secret desires, and Yeun’s Danny, a contractor who goes to extremes to obtain what he wants. But that initial conflict drives both to exact bizarre acts of revenge on each other, revealing the darkest corners of their psyches. The result? Chaos. In one scene, Amy masturbates with a gun; in another, Danny urinates all over her bathroom — and that’s just the beginning. Seeded throughout are quiet explorations of the characters’ anger, loneliness and fear.
“Both assume incorrectly that they cannot show their true selves to anyone in their lives,” says Lee Sung Jin, the creator and showrunner of “Beef,” which premieres on...
- 4/6/2023
- by Rachel Seo
- Variety Film + TV
We abhor most in others what we already hate in ourselves. So it is that Amy Lau (Ali Wong) and Danny Cho (Steven Yeun) become mortal enemies despite being kindred spirits. The protagonists of the Netflix half-hour “Beef” first meet when both are behind the wheel, navigating the parking lot of a Lowe’s-like home improvement store. Each driver is there for different reasons: Danny is a handyman who works at the Reseda motel his family used to own; Amy owns a houseplant boutique the hardware chain is in talks to acquire. But both react in the exact same way to a minor spat over exiting a spot. Their explosive road rage propels the pair on a chase across the suburban San Fernando Valley, then through 10 episodes of increasingly out-of-hand emotional warfare.
Wong and Yeun have served as co-stars before — on the animated sitcom “Tuca & Bertie” on which “Beef...
Wong and Yeun have served as co-stars before — on the animated sitcom “Tuca & Bertie” on which “Beef...
- 4/4/2023
- by Alison Herman
- Variety Film + TV
The Beatles have many iconic album covers, yet the most intriguing one is the artwork for 1967’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The artwork is a piece of colorful psychedelia that features The Beatles in flamboyant outfits surrounded by cutouts of various historical figures. 56 years ago today, The Beatles shot the album cover that has achieved legendary status.
‘Sgt. Pepper’s’ is The Beatles’ best-selling album ever Vinyl of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | Sspl/Getty Images
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is one of The Beatles’ most experimental albums. It experimented with surreal lyrics and unique instrumentations. For example, a few songs featured the sitar, like “Within You Without You”, while others, like “A Day in the Life”, utilized orchestras. The album is also distinct because the fab four took on alter egos, pretending to be fictional characters in a band.
Fortunately, the...
‘Sgt. Pepper’s’ is The Beatles’ best-selling album ever Vinyl of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | Sspl/Getty Images
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is one of The Beatles’ most experimental albums. It experimented with surreal lyrics and unique instrumentations. For example, a few songs featured the sitar, like “Within You Without You”, while others, like “A Day in the Life”, utilized orchestras. The album is also distinct because the fab four took on alter egos, pretending to be fictional characters in a band.
Fortunately, the...
- 3/30/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The first two episodes of the eight-episode Paramount Plus series based on the 1987 thriller Fatal Attraction (watch it Here) are set to premiere on the streaming service on April 30th, and with that date swiftly approaching a teaser trailer for the show has arrived online. You can check it out in the embed above!
Directed by Adrian Lyne from a screenplay by James Dearden (based on Dearden’s short film Diversion), the ’87 Fatal Attraction had the following synopsis:
For Dan Gallagher, life is good. He is on the rise at his New York law firm, is happily married to his wife, Beth, and has a loving daughter. But, after a casual fling with a sultry book editor named Alex, everything changes. Jilted by Dan, Alex becomes unstable, her behavior escalating from aggressive pursuit to obsessive stalking. Dan realizes that his main problem is not hiding his affair, but rather saving himself and his family.
Directed by Adrian Lyne from a screenplay by James Dearden (based on Dearden’s short film Diversion), the ’87 Fatal Attraction had the following synopsis:
For Dan Gallagher, life is good. He is on the rise at his New York law firm, is happily married to his wife, Beth, and has a loving daughter. But, after a casual fling with a sultry book editor named Alex, everything changes. Jilted by Dan, Alex becomes unstable, her behavior escalating from aggressive pursuit to obsessive stalking. Dan realizes that his main problem is not hiding his affair, but rather saving himself and his family.
- 3/1/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Homeland and Death of Stalin actor Rupert Friend is set to star alongside Harry Potter star Evanna Lynch in James and Lucia, a biopic of celebrated author James Joyce which will focus on the Irish writer’s relationship with his daughter.
Written and to be directed by Robert Mullan (Mad to be Normal), Motus Studios is presenting the movie to buyers this week at the EFM in Berlin.
Based on the the final decade of Joyce’s life, firstly in Paris then in Zurich, the film highlights his struggles with his fading eyesight and, centrally, his attempts to protect his beloved daughter Lucia. Once treated by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, Joyce was diagnosed as schizophrenic in the mid-1930s and institutionalized in Switzerland and in the UK.
Joyce, a towering figure in 20th Century literature, is known for works including Ulysses, A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man,...
Written and to be directed by Robert Mullan (Mad to be Normal), Motus Studios is presenting the movie to buyers this week at the EFM in Berlin.
Based on the the final decade of Joyce’s life, firstly in Paris then in Zurich, the film highlights his struggles with his fading eyesight and, centrally, his attempts to protect his beloved daughter Lucia. Once treated by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, Joyce was diagnosed as schizophrenic in the mid-1930s and institutionalized in Switzerland and in the UK.
Joyce, a towering figure in 20th Century literature, is known for works including Ulysses, A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man,...
- 2/15/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
When production designer Cabot McMullen first started thinking about designing the therapist’s practice that is the heart of AppleTV+s “Shrinking,” Harrison Ford had not yet been cast.
Phil’s character was based on a real-life therapist, Phil Stutz, the subject of Jonah Hill’s recent documentary “Stutz.” But when it was announced that Ford would play the lead, Phil became Paul.
As for his designs, McMullen worked closely with the actors to develop a design strategy for each office with character-driven representation through artwork, books, color palettes and desktop details. Many of the desktop items were personally chosen or curated by the actors.
Running the gamut of appealing personalities, the ensemble is made up of Ford as Paul, a charming, yet grumpy man. Jason Segel is Jimmy — a man riddled with guilt, grieving the loss of his wife while trying to be a cool dad to his teenage daughter,...
Phil’s character was based on a real-life therapist, Phil Stutz, the subject of Jonah Hill’s recent documentary “Stutz.” But when it was announced that Ford would play the lead, Phil became Paul.
As for his designs, McMullen worked closely with the actors to develop a design strategy for each office with character-driven representation through artwork, books, color palettes and desktop details. Many of the desktop items were personally chosen or curated by the actors.
Running the gamut of appealing personalities, the ensemble is made up of Ford as Paul, a charming, yet grumpy man. Jason Segel is Jimmy — a man riddled with guilt, grieving the loss of his wife while trying to be a cool dad to his teenage daughter,...
- 2/14/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
This post contains contain major spoilers for the film "Skinamarink."
In order to delve into the ending of Kyle Edward Ball's excellent new horror film "Skinamarink," one must know a little bit about dreams.
"Skinamarink" was filmed in Ball's own childhood home, and is about two young children, only four and six years old, wandering the hallways at 3 a.m. Their only illumination is the flickering TV set, tuned to half-absorbed public-domain cartoons. There is constantly hissing and shuffling white noise on the soundtrack, interrupted by whispers and strange, terrifying demands. The windows and doors have vanished. When one of the children wanders into their parents' room, their mom won't look at them (audiences only see the back of her head) and their father appears to be missing.
"Look under the bed," we hear. There is no story to "Skinamarink," per se, but Ball expertly constructs the rising and...
In order to delve into the ending of Kyle Edward Ball's excellent new horror film "Skinamarink," one must know a little bit about dreams.
"Skinamarink" was filmed in Ball's own childhood home, and is about two young children, only four and six years old, wandering the hallways at 3 a.m. Their only illumination is the flickering TV set, tuned to half-absorbed public-domain cartoons. There is constantly hissing and shuffling white noise on the soundtrack, interrupted by whispers and strange, terrifying demands. The windows and doors have vanished. When one of the children wanders into their parents' room, their mom won't look at them (audiences only see the back of her head) and their father appears to be missing.
"Look under the bed," we hear. There is no story to "Skinamarink," per se, but Ball expertly constructs the rising and...
- 1/14/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The last time we heard a casting announcement for the upcoming Paramount Plus series based on the 1987 thriller Fatal Attraction (watch it Here), we learned that Jessica Harper, star of the horror classic Suspiria, had landed a role in the show. Now Deadline has revealed the names of two more cast members, and one of them is genre icon Dee Wallace! Wallace’s horror credits include Critters, Cujo, and The Howling, among many others. The second new cast member is David Meunier of Justified.
This version of Fatal Attraction sees Joshua Jackson (Dawson’s Creek), Lizzy Caplan (Castle Rock), and Amanda Peet (Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story) playing the characters Dan, Alex, and Beth, respectively. They were played by Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, and Anne Archer in the film.
Directed by Adrian Lyne from a screenplay by James Dearden (based on Dearden’s short film Diversion), the ’87 Fatal Attraction had...
This version of Fatal Attraction sees Joshua Jackson (Dawson’s Creek), Lizzy Caplan (Castle Rock), and Amanda Peet (Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story) playing the characters Dan, Alex, and Beth, respectively. They were played by Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, and Anne Archer in the film.
Directed by Adrian Lyne from a screenplay by James Dearden (based on Dearden’s short film Diversion), the ’87 Fatal Attraction had...
- 10/13/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Paramount+‘s upcoming series Fatal Attraction has added David Meunier (Justified) and Dee Wallace (E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial) to the cast. Meunier is set to play a psychology professor named Richard Macksey, “Ellen’s (Alyssa Jirrels) thesis advisor, mentor, and friend, whose personal interest in the work and life of Carl Jung ignites Ellen’s own interest,” according to Deadline. Wallace will play Emma Rauch, someone described as “Open, friendly, chic, and interested but also sensitive to boundaries. She is a retired career woman, enthusiastic and helpful volunteer, mother of adult children, and a student of life— someone anyone but Alex (Lizzy Caplan) would be thrilled to have as their neighbor.” The two join previously announced cast members Caplan, who will play Alex Forrest, and Joshua Jackson, who will play Dan Gallagher, and Amanda Peet as Beth Gallagher, Dan’s loyal wife. This reimagining of the original Fatal Attraction film from 1987, starring Glenn Close,...
- 10/13/2022
- TV Insider
Exclusive: David Meunier (Justified) and Dee Wallace (Just Add Magic) have joined the cast of Fatal Attraction, the upcoming Paramount+ series that reimagines the classic 1980s psychosexual thriller film.
Meunier will portray Richard Macksey, a psychology professor at the university and Ellen’s (Alyssa Jirrels) thesis advisor, mentor, and friend, whose personal interest in the work and life of Carl Jung ignites Ellen’s own interest.
Wallace will portray Emma Rauch, who is described as open, friendly, chic, and interested but also sensitive to boundaries. She is a retired career woman, enthusiastic and helpful volunteer, mother of adult children, and a student of life— someone anyone but Alex (Lizzy Caplan) would be thrilled to have as their neighbor.
Written by Alexandra Cunningham from a story she co-wrote with Kevin J. Hynes, Fatal Attraction explores the timeless themes of marriage and infidelity through the lens of modern attitudes towards strong women,...
Meunier will portray Richard Macksey, a psychology professor at the university and Ellen’s (Alyssa Jirrels) thesis advisor, mentor, and friend, whose personal interest in the work and life of Carl Jung ignites Ellen’s own interest.
Wallace will portray Emma Rauch, who is described as open, friendly, chic, and interested but also sensitive to boundaries. She is a retired career woman, enthusiastic and helpful volunteer, mother of adult children, and a student of life— someone anyone but Alex (Lizzy Caplan) would be thrilled to have as their neighbor.
Written by Alexandra Cunningham from a story she co-wrote with Kevin J. Hynes, Fatal Attraction explores the timeless themes of marriage and infidelity through the lens of modern attitudes towards strong women,...
- 10/13/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Sometimes, it takes a little while for a director to find their latest muse. David Cronenberg worked with many leading men throughout the 20th century — Jeff Goldblum, Jeremy Irons, James Spader — but since 2005, his go-to star has been Viggo Mortensen.
The director and actor pair have made four films together. Their first was "A History of Violence," a tale of murder infesting small town America à la the Hitchcock classic "Shadow of a Doubt." Next came "Eastern Promises," a Russian gangster drama set in London. Mortensen was just a supporting player in "A Dangerous Method," playing Sigmund Freud opposite Michael Fassbender as Carl Jung and Keira Knightly as Sabina Spielrein. For their latest collaboration "Crimes of the Future," released in 2022, Cronenberg went back to his body horror roots. Mortensen plays Saul Tenser, a man who spontaneously grows new organs and has his partner Caprice (Léa Seydoux) surgically remove the aberrant organs in avant-garde art shows.
The director and actor pair have made four films together. Their first was "A History of Violence," a tale of murder infesting small town America à la the Hitchcock classic "Shadow of a Doubt." Next came "Eastern Promises," a Russian gangster drama set in London. Mortensen was just a supporting player in "A Dangerous Method," playing Sigmund Freud opposite Michael Fassbender as Carl Jung and Keira Knightly as Sabina Spielrein. For their latest collaboration "Crimes of the Future," released in 2022, Cronenberg went back to his body horror roots. Mortensen plays Saul Tenser, a man who spontaneously grows new organs and has his partner Caprice (Léa Seydoux) surgically remove the aberrant organs in avant-garde art shows.
- 9/18/2022
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
In 2022, the veil between waking life and dreams is razor-thin. A 2021 survey found that three out of five Americans felt more exhausted than ever. With many still working from home in the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, bedrooms are nebulous spaces that house sleep and service alike. Pop entertainment responded accordingly. Disney +'s "Moon Knight" concerned a hero who couldn't tell the difference between his awoken and slumberous states. The fourth season of "Stranger Things," a smash that yielded that 2022 song of summer, featured a villain who invaded people's minds and made their nightmares reality. Now comes Netflix's "The Sandman," the long-awaited adaptation of Neil Gaiman's seminal horror comic about Morpheus, the king of dreams, and those who would strip his power from him.
That's a lot to digest, even when the source material comes from an author who is known for heady yet accessible fantasy. In truth, "The Sandman...
That's a lot to digest, even when the source material comes from an author who is known for heady yet accessible fantasy. In truth, "The Sandman...
- 8/19/2022
- by Scott Thomas
- Slash Film
After dealing with her own mental health, Kate Purdy decided to channel her experiences through animation for Amazon Prime’s Undone. Along with fellow co-creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Purdy created a story of generational trauma and redemption.
Undone follows Alma (Rosa Salazar), a woman who survives a near-fatal car crash and discovers she has the ability to manipulate time and reality. Season 1 focuses on Alma trying to find the truth behind her father Jacob’s (Bob Odenkirk) death and save him. Season 2 takes place in a new timeline after she succeeds, and now finds that her sister Becca (Angelique Cabral) has a similar ability. Together they try to help their mother Camila (Constance Marie) who is hiding something from them.
Deadline: Where did the idea for Undone come from?
Kate Purdy: I had a mental breakdown in 2012. I was in a really difficult marriage and was trying to figure out...
Undone follows Alma (Rosa Salazar), a woman who survives a near-fatal car crash and discovers she has the ability to manipulate time and reality. Season 1 focuses on Alma trying to find the truth behind her father Jacob’s (Bob Odenkirk) death and save him. Season 2 takes place in a new timeline after she succeeds, and now finds that her sister Becca (Angelique Cabral) has a similar ability. Together they try to help their mother Camila (Constance Marie) who is hiding something from them.
Deadline: Where did the idea for Undone come from?
Kate Purdy: I had a mental breakdown in 2012. I was in a really difficult marriage and was trying to figure out...
- 6/16/2022
- by Ryan Fleming
- Deadline Film + TV
When I think of the PlayStation One’s library, I think of a massive collection of innovative games that sparked new conversations about the entire medium. While that collection includes quite a few true classics like Metal Gear Solid, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and Final Fantasy 7, it also features a number of truly weird games that perhaps tried to push the limits of our perception just a bit too far.
After all, you don’t make an innovative omelet without breaking a few weird eggs, and that’s basically what most of the developer’s behind some of the PS1’s weirdest games were trying to do. While some weird PS1 games were weird for the sake of weirdness, many more acquired their weirdness as the result of someone’s attempt to answer the question, “How does new video game technology allow us to try something truly different?”
Before we dive into this list,...
After all, you don’t make an innovative omelet without breaking a few weird eggs, and that’s basically what most of the developer’s behind some of the PS1’s weirdest games were trying to do. While some weird PS1 games were weird for the sake of weirdness, many more acquired their weirdness as the result of someone’s attempt to answer the question, “How does new video game technology allow us to try something truly different?”
Before we dive into this list,...
- 6/11/2022
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
A call for submissions is open until May 2 to create initial short list of filmmakers with first feature works.
The Locarno Film Festival has launched the Locarno Residency, aimed at supporting emerging filmmakers aged under 40 as they develop their first features.
The initiative will offer tutorial assistance, development support and a screenwriting programme to three directors of any nationality, who are in the process of developing a first fiction or non-fiction work of more than 60 minutes in length.
Ten shortlisted filmmakers and their projects, selected by Locarno’s artistic team, will attend a special pitching session in Locarno, during the festival’s 75th edition,...
The Locarno Film Festival has launched the Locarno Residency, aimed at supporting emerging filmmakers aged under 40 as they develop their first features.
The initiative will offer tutorial assistance, development support and a screenwriting programme to three directors of any nationality, who are in the process of developing a first fiction or non-fiction work of more than 60 minutes in length.
Ten shortlisted filmmakers and their projects, selected by Locarno’s artistic team, will attend a special pitching session in Locarno, during the festival’s 75th edition,...
- 3/15/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Ethan Hawke has revealed that he looked to real-life titans to craft his portrayal of “Moon Knight” villain Arthur Harrow, a zealot associated with the god Ammit on a righteous mission that turns murderous.
“For me, it was like putting Jimmy Swaggart, Leo Tolstoy, [Fidel] Castro, the Dalai Lama, and Josef Mengele into a blender,” Hawke told USA Today of playing a charismatic cult leader with devious intentions. “That was the fun of it: What if Steve Jobs was a bad guy?”
Of course, the conflicting sides of multiple alter egos is the crux of “Moon Knight,” which stars Oscar Isaac in the title role as a military veteran battling mental illness who receives the powers of the ancient Egyptian god Khonshu. Isaac plays Marc Spector, Steven Grant, and Moon Knight — all variations living within the same man who “meet” one another. The six-episode series premieres March 30 on Disney+.
“It’s...
“For me, it was like putting Jimmy Swaggart, Leo Tolstoy, [Fidel] Castro, the Dalai Lama, and Josef Mengele into a blender,” Hawke told USA Today of playing a charismatic cult leader with devious intentions. “That was the fun of it: What if Steve Jobs was a bad guy?”
Of course, the conflicting sides of multiple alter egos is the crux of “Moon Knight,” which stars Oscar Isaac in the title role as a military veteran battling mental illness who receives the powers of the ancient Egyptian god Khonshu. Isaac plays Marc Spector, Steven Grant, and Moon Knight — all variations living within the same man who “meet” one another. The six-episode series premieres March 30 on Disney+.
“It’s...
- 3/11/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
In 2002, Dimitri M. was ready to die. He’d been addicted to heroin for over 20 years, and his once-promising artistic life had collapsed into a series of banal pit stops: from the methadone clinic, to the valet parking gig, to the coke dealer, to the dope dealer, to the bed, and over and over again. Eventually, his longtime partner succumbed to intravenous drug use, and, though they were married by common law, he was barred from attending her funeral.
Dimitri was ready to finally let the drugs carry him away,...
Dimitri was ready to finally let the drugs carry him away,...
- 5/10/2021
- by Jonathan Reiss
- Rollingstone.com
With Pixar’s “Soul” winning two Oscars Sunday night for animated feature and original score, the timing couldn’t be better for “22 vs Earth,” a prequel short about why the skeptical sidekick (voiced by Tina Fey) refuses to be born (streaming April 30th on Disney+). Also returning is Alicia Braga as soul counselor Jerry.
Directed by “Soul” editor Kevin Nolting (a Pixar vet for nearly 22 years), the short provided an opportunity to dig more deeply into 22’s aversion to life until she meets jazz pianist Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx), who’s determined to return to Earth to play professionally in New York. “All during the making of ‘Soul,’ we wondered why she didn’t want to be born,” said Nolting, who also edited the Oscar-winning “Inside Out” and “Up” for director/chief creative officer Pete Docter.
“What made her the way she was? All these little souls go to Earth...
Directed by “Soul” editor Kevin Nolting (a Pixar vet for nearly 22 years), the short provided an opportunity to dig more deeply into 22’s aversion to life until she meets jazz pianist Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx), who’s determined to return to Earth to play professionally in New York. “All during the making of ‘Soul,’ we wondered why she didn’t want to be born,” said Nolting, who also edited the Oscar-winning “Inside Out” and “Up” for director/chief creative officer Pete Docter.
“What made her the way she was? All these little souls go to Earth...
- 4/27/2021
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Ever have a bad dream? Maybe, you’ve had the same bad dream more than once… Well, writer, director and composer Anthony Scott Burns artfully explores the edges of daily reality that often become our nightmares in Come True (2020), with unsettling results.
It’s a pretty simple setup. We open on a gloomy monochromatic nightmare, which creeps through a dilapidated hallway and finds a hunched, malformed figure… Then, Sarah Dunn (Julia Sarah Stone) springs awake from her bad dream on a children’s slide in a deserted park. She’s having trouble sleeping, and staying awake is proving just as difficult. Haunting her daylight hours, with stolen showers, a dozen cups of coffee and narcoleptic maths lessons, it all becomes too much, and Sarah nervously signs up to a sleep study program at a local university to get some answers and a goodnight’s sleep.
The story is broken up into chapters,...
It’s a pretty simple setup. We open on a gloomy monochromatic nightmare, which creeps through a dilapidated hallway and finds a hunched, malformed figure… Then, Sarah Dunn (Julia Sarah Stone) springs awake from her bad dream on a children’s slide in a deserted park. She’s having trouble sleeping, and staying awake is proving just as difficult. Haunting her daylight hours, with stolen showers, a dozen cups of coffee and narcoleptic maths lessons, it all becomes too much, and Sarah nervously signs up to a sleep study program at a local university to get some answers and a goodnight’s sleep.
The story is broken up into chapters,...
- 3/2/2021
- by Thomas Salmon
- The Cultural Post
This article contains Soul spoilers. You can find our spoiler-free review here.
22, the incorrigible soul voiced by Tina Fey, has resided in the Great Before for a very, very long time. But just how long is that? Centuries? Millennia? By virtue of her name, a number designated to her soul upon arrival in the Great Before, it is hinted that she’s been watching our world with skepticism since the very beginning: a soul who’s had eons to say, “No, that living thing is not for me.”
In all that time, she’s also had countless mentors: Souls who completed a life on Earth and before going to the Great Beyond agreed to take some time off on the other side to offer 22 pointers on the finer things of life. Until she met a guy named Joe, it never ended well. That said it sets up one of the movie’s best running gags.
22, the incorrigible soul voiced by Tina Fey, has resided in the Great Before for a very, very long time. But just how long is that? Centuries? Millennia? By virtue of her name, a number designated to her soul upon arrival in the Great Before, it is hinted that she’s been watching our world with skepticism since the very beginning: a soul who’s had eons to say, “No, that living thing is not for me.”
In all that time, she’s also had countless mentors: Souls who completed a life on Earth and before going to the Great Beyond agreed to take some time off on the other side to offer 22 pointers on the finer things of life. Until she met a guy named Joe, it never ended well. That said it sets up one of the movie’s best running gags.
- 12/26/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
It takes nearly 12 minutes before Disney and Pixar show their title cards in Soul. By then, we’ve met a guy named Joe, basked in his dream to be a professional jazz pianist, and watched him fall down a manhole that’s led him to the other side. Now he’s being confronted with a bright multi-hued light called the Great Beyond, which draws souls to it like a bug zapper collects flies, and he’s understandably fleeing in the opposite direction.
To say that Soul is ambitious for a kids’ movie, or even a Pixar film, is an understatement. Here is a film for the whole family that deals with the terror of oblivion and thrusts its protagonist on a journey through a metaphysical cosmos which winkingly evokes the imagery of 2001: A Space Odyssey and Interstellar during its opening credits. Yet all of that is still just prologue...
To say that Soul is ambitious for a kids’ movie, or even a Pixar film, is an understatement. Here is a film for the whole family that deals with the terror of oblivion and thrusts its protagonist on a journey through a metaphysical cosmos which winkingly evokes the imagery of 2001: A Space Odyssey and Interstellar during its opening credits. Yet all of that is still just prologue...
- 12/22/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Forget the foreboding fortune-telling scenes on the big and small screens: Tarot isn’t solely about being the bearer of bad news. Interpreting the colorfully-illustrated cards can also inspire self-awareness and clarity, even for those who aren’t enthusiasts for all things woo-woo.
“Traditionally, it used to be a predictive tool. Now tarot is used for personal development, spiritual connection, and gaining greater awareness between the universe and the self,” says Melinda Lee Holm, a Los Angeles-based high priestess and tarot practitioner who frequently works with music industry insiders and...
“Traditionally, it used to be a predictive tool. Now tarot is used for personal development, spiritual connection, and gaining greater awareness between the universe and the self,” says Melinda Lee Holm, a Los Angeles-based high priestess and tarot practitioner who frequently works with music industry insiders and...
- 12/7/2020
- by Danielle Directo-Meston
- Rollingstone.com
In the spring 2017, one-time “All My Children” star Catherine Eaton’s directorial debut, “The Sounding,” made its premiere at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, where it picked up the Audience Award in the “New American Visions” section. Since then, Eaton — who also stars in the film, which she wrote with Bryan Delaney — has taken the film around the world, picking up jury awards, audience awards, and even a best cinematography win for Dp David Kruta at the Woodstock Film Festival. , Eaton’s film is finally being released more than 40 months after its Minnesota debut, offering a well-drawn character study wrapped inside an ambitious plot.
Set (and shot) mostly on the remote island of Monhegan, just off the coast of Maine, Eaton’s film conjures both a place and a people. Mostly, there is Olivia (Eaton), the only grandchild and last living family member of Lionel (Harris Yulin), a...
Set (and shot) mostly on the remote island of Monhegan, just off the coast of Maine, Eaton’s film conjures both a place and a people. Mostly, there is Olivia (Eaton), the only grandchild and last living family member of Lionel (Harris Yulin), a...
- 10/20/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
While Alejandro Jodorowsky has never colored inside the lines, he has made movies that approximate some version of commercial appeal, such as his midnight-movie classics “The Holy Mountain” and “El Topo.” That’s not the case for his new documentary, “Psychomagic, a Healing Art” a kind of “avant-garde infomercial” that presents the highly unconventional form of trauma therapy he pioneered in the late 1970s, which draws upon everything from shamanism to Carl Jung. Rejecting the premises of common techniques like psychoanalysis and talk therapy, Jodorowsky compels his subjects to engage in performative exercises, which he calls “actions,” that defy description and are meant to exorcise familial demons. In this film, some of those activities include one subject being buried alive up to his neck and having a plastic helmet placed over his head as vultures feed off raw meat all around him. In other sequences, a man is asked to...
- 8/13/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Nothing like Bts has ever happened before. The K-pop kings have taken the sound of Seoul to the top of the U.S. charts, without making any of the usual compromises—no crossover songs in English, no novelty hit, no pandering celebrity duets. Even their Halsey collabo, “Boy with Luv,” has her singing in Korean—and still reached the Top Ten last year, for their biggest stateside hit so far. They’ve managed to invade America on their own terms, filling stadiums without watering down a single detail of their sound or style.
- 2/24/2020
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
When two paramedic best friends in New Orleans discovered the first unexplainable injury on their route, they didn’t really think much about it. The second? Well, it was a body. They shouldn’t have even been called. What about the third, though? A snake bite in a hotel room without a snake alongside a disappeared boyfriend? That’s when you start looking for the connective tissue holding everything together besides Steve (Anthony Mackie) and Dennis (Jamie Dornan) having the bad luck to catch them all. That’s when the label of a designer drug comes into focus. The name? Synchronic. Rather than a reference to “meaningful coincidences” (since coincidence was ruled out), directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead lean towards Carl Jung’s “togetherness” definition. They’ve simply defined the cause along with the meaning.
Similar to their other films, this science fiction conceit arrives as an aberration to an otherwise familiar world.
Similar to their other films, this science fiction conceit arrives as an aberration to an otherwise familiar world.
- 9/10/2019
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
“Anima,” the rapturous and spellbinding Paul Thomas Anderson “one-reeler” that Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke (and Netflix) have commissioned to help promote his new album of the same name, feels as essential as anything the “Phantom Thread” director has ever done. At least on first blush. It’s also, in its own beguiling way, the next logical step in what has become one of recent history’s most rewarding partnerships between a filmmaker and a group of musicians. This 15-minute short is nothing less than a dream come true.
Yorke — now four LPs deep into a twitchy and feral solo career that includes the score for Luca Guadagnino’s recent “Suspiria” remake — has long alternated between raging against the madness of the modern world, and surrendering to it in some kind of narcotic stupor. One song offers a snarling “fuck you” to the drone-like middle managers who turn their corporate offices...
Yorke — now four LPs deep into a twitchy and feral solo career that includes the score for Luca Guadagnino’s recent “Suspiria” remake — has long alternated between raging against the madness of the modern world, and surrendering to it in some kind of narcotic stupor. One song offers a snarling “fuck you” to the drone-like middle managers who turn their corporate offices...
- 6/26/2019
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Lisa Kudrow has been hired to voice the main character in Fox’s animated film Therapy Dogs. The film was written by writer/producer/actress Sharon Horgan, actress Clea DuVall, and writer-producers Jennifer Crittenden and Gabrielle Allan. Horgan and DuVall will also voice characters in the movie. Deadline reports the following description for the film:
Therapy Dog is about a dog named Honey (Kudrow), a poodle mix with frizzy hair who has studied Carl Jung and loves tummy rubs. She leads group therapy sessions with the neighborhood animals as they work through issues with their owners and one another. At the same time, Honey tries to find joy in her stagnant marriage to a St. Bernard named Chief and becomes tempted by a wild coyote with a dangerous magnetism.
This sounds like it will be a cute, family friendly movie. Would you see it?...
Therapy Dog is about a dog named Honey (Kudrow), a poodle mix with frizzy hair who has studied Carl Jung and loves tummy rubs. She leads group therapy sessions with the neighborhood animals as they work through issues with their owners and one another. At the same time, Honey tries to find joy in her stagnant marriage to a St. Bernard named Chief and becomes tempted by a wild coyote with a dangerous magnetism.
This sounds like it will be a cute, family friendly movie. Would you see it?...
- 6/19/2019
- by Jessica Fisher
- GeekTyrant
Exclusive: Lisa Kudrow is set to voice the title character in Therapy Dog, Fox’s animated presentation from writer-producer-actress Sharon Horgan, actress Clea DuVall, writer-producers Jennifer Crittenden & Gabrielle Allan and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment.
Written by DuVall, Crittenden and Allan, Therapy Dog is about a dog named Honey (Kudrow), a poodle mix with frizzy hair who has studied Carl Jung and loves tummy rubs. She leads group therapy sessions with the neighborhood animals as they work through issues with their owners and one another. At the same time, Honey tries to find joy in her stagnant marriage to a St. Bernard named Chief and becomes tempted by a wild coyote with a dangerous magnetism. SNL alumna Vanessa Bayer previously was attached to voice the character.
Fox
Kudrow has voiceover experience with an arc on Netflix’s BoJack Horseman and a lead role in Fox’s animated presentation Lyle & Caroline last year.
Written by DuVall, Crittenden and Allan, Therapy Dog is about a dog named Honey (Kudrow), a poodle mix with frizzy hair who has studied Carl Jung and loves tummy rubs. She leads group therapy sessions with the neighborhood animals as they work through issues with their owners and one another. At the same time, Honey tries to find joy in her stagnant marriage to a St. Bernard named Chief and becomes tempted by a wild coyote with a dangerous magnetism. SNL alumna Vanessa Bayer previously was attached to voice the character.
Fox
Kudrow has voiceover experience with an arc on Netflix’s BoJack Horseman and a lead role in Fox’s animated presentation Lyle & Caroline last year.
- 6/17/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Spoiler Alert: This article contains details of Game of Thrones final season & discussion of the last episode of the HBO series.
Multiple Emmy winner Game of Thrones ends its eight season run tonight on HBO. In anticipation, Deadline’s Senior Editor & Chief TV Critic Dominic Patten & our Genre Editor and Hero Nation kingpin Geoff Boucher sat down earlier this week to examine the series they both love so much – warts, dragons & all.
Patten: So, Geoff, let’s start off with the obvious one as we move into this finale, which is who do you think is going to end up on what may or may not remain of the Iron Throne?
Boucher: Well, I think it’s going to be Sophie Turner’s Sansa Stark myself. I think that she’s got all the hallmarks of a leader born. You know, the path she’s taken is unexpected, and she...
Multiple Emmy winner Game of Thrones ends its eight season run tonight on HBO. In anticipation, Deadline’s Senior Editor & Chief TV Critic Dominic Patten & our Genre Editor and Hero Nation kingpin Geoff Boucher sat down earlier this week to examine the series they both love so much – warts, dragons & all.
Patten: So, Geoff, let’s start off with the obvious one as we move into this finale, which is who do you think is going to end up on what may or may not remain of the Iron Throne?
Boucher: Well, I think it’s going to be Sophie Turner’s Sansa Stark myself. I think that she’s got all the hallmarks of a leader born. You know, the path she’s taken is unexpected, and she...
- 5/19/2019
- by Dominic Patten and Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
For the first three decades of his career, Abel Ferrara was a seminal New York filmmaker whose gritty tales of furious pariahs, addicts, and rebels made Martin Scorsese’s “Mean Streets” look like “Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood.” But Ferrara fled New York after 9/11 and found a new life abroad. On a recent evening in Rome, he stood on the porch of his home, thousands of miles from the city that put him on the map, and contemplated his history of battling for final cut.
“You can’t paint a mustache on a Mona Lisa just because you fucking buy it,” he said, wearing a pair of scruffy headphones as he stared into a Skype session on his laptop. His leathery features and wisps of long white hair gleamed against a shadowy backdrop. “You dig what I mean? I’m working in my own language.”
With Ferrara, meaning can be an elusive thing.
“You can’t paint a mustache on a Mona Lisa just because you fucking buy it,” he said, wearing a pair of scruffy headphones as he stared into a Skype session on his laptop. His leathery features and wisps of long white hair gleamed against a shadowy backdrop. “You dig what I mean? I’m working in my own language.”
With Ferrara, meaning can be an elusive thing.
- 4/27/2019
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Siberia
We’ve been waiting quite some time for the latest narrative feature from Abel Ferrara, who has been struggling to get financing for his project Siberia, a loose adaptation of Carl Jung’s Red Book since 2015. After a failed Kickstarter campaign, Ferrara’s project was announced as securing funding in May of 2018 courtesy of Italian indie company Vivo Film and German production company Maze Pictures through German producers Phillip Kreuzer and Jorge Schulze. In late 2016, Italian news media sources announced Nicolas Cage and Isabelle Huppert would be part of the supporting cast, although whether this is still true remains to be seen, even as the cast names are still mentioned in conjunction with the project in Italy.…...
We’ve been waiting quite some time for the latest narrative feature from Abel Ferrara, who has been struggling to get financing for his project Siberia, a loose adaptation of Carl Jung’s Red Book since 2015. After a failed Kickstarter campaign, Ferrara’s project was announced as securing funding in May of 2018 courtesy of Italian indie company Vivo Film and German production company Maze Pictures through German producers Phillip Kreuzer and Jorge Schulze. In late 2016, Italian news media sources announced Nicolas Cage and Isabelle Huppert would be part of the supporting cast, although whether this is still true remains to be seen, even as the cast names are still mentioned in conjunction with the project in Italy.…...
- 1/8/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
While some may be inclined to compare and contrast Dario Argento’s original Suspiria to Luca Guadagnino’s stunning new interpretation of this world that was first created in 1977, there’s honestly no real reason to do so because both films are such wildly different experiences, with the only real connective tissue between them being their shared title, the character of Susie Bannion (spelled "Suzy" in the original film), the inclusion of witches, and an often dizzying cinematic feeling that enraptures viewers the further both films delve into the madness at the heart of their stories. Beyond that, though, Suspiria (2018) is very much its own thing and a perfect reminder of what every remake should be, by eschewing certain aspects of the original, but also honoring it at the same time, and it’s a line that Guadagnino walks beautifully here.
Quite simply put, Suspiria (2018) is an audacious work of...
Quite simply put, Suspiria (2018) is an audacious work of...
- 9/25/2018
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
*there are some mild spoilers here. Director: Dennis Iliadis. Writer: Adam Alleca. Cast: Topher Grace, Genesis Rodriguez, Patricia Clarkson. Carl Jung was a depth psychologist from Kesswill, Switzerland. Mentored by Sigmund Freud, Jung would develop his own psychological concepts such as the collective unconscious, individuation, shadow work and many others. In Dennis Iliadis and Adam Alleca's Delirium, there are a number of psychological elements that emerge from the very troubled protagonist, Thomas (Topher Grace). Without his medications, all sorts of characters begin to appear on-screen, from his unconscious, like: his Shadow (as Alex), his Anima (as Lynn) and still further characters, late in the film. Delirium is an interesting picture for including so many examples of Jung's research and work. According to Jung, the integration of the shadow is "apprentice-work" and facing the Anima is "master-work" (Scott). However, the character Thomas begins in the middle (Anima) and...
- 6/12/2018
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Festival to pay tribute to the Canadian filmmaker of ‘The Fly’, ‘Crash’ and ’Naked Lunch’
David Cronenberg will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 75th International Film Festival of the Biennale di Venezia (Aug 29-Sept 8).
“I’ve always loved the Golden Lion of Venice,” said the Toronto-born director. “A lion that flies on golden wings––that’s the essence of art, isn’t it? The essence of cinema. It will be almost unbearably thrilling to receive a Golden Lion of my own.”
Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method screened in Competition at Venice in 2011. The tense drama about Sabina Spielrein,...
David Cronenberg will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 75th International Film Festival of the Biennale di Venezia (Aug 29-Sept 8).
“I’ve always loved the Golden Lion of Venice,” said the Toronto-born director. “A lion that flies on golden wings––that’s the essence of art, isn’t it? The essence of cinema. It will be almost unbearably thrilling to receive a Golden Lion of my own.”
Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method screened in Competition at Venice in 2011. The tense drama about Sabina Spielrein,...
- 4/19/2018
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
Edgar Allen Poe.s famous quote .Sleep, those little slices of death; Oh how I loathe them. really makes the dream state seem creepy. Dreaming, of course, is a normal part of the sleep pattern, but that hasn.t stopped science-fiction and horror visionaries from exploring the possibilities of this state of being. Dreaming is a part of the consciousness that we frankly know little about. It has been examined by great minds such as Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Certainly, the sleep process and its varying stages have been thoroughly researched, and sleep clinics treat people with various sleep disorders. Medications fill pharmacy shelves helping people achieve a good night.s sleep. Book stores and library shelves have no shortage of books that not only detail the sleep process, but attempt to apply ...
- 7/3/2008
- GeekNation.com
Tom Cruise's beliefs in Scientology are based on misinformation, according to US showbiz magazine Entertainment Weekly - after editors checked facts from a recent interview with the movie star. Just weeks after accusing Brooke Shields of being "misinformed" after she championed anti-depressants for helping her deal with post-partum depression, Cruise made a couple of sweeping statements to Entertainment Weekly reporter Benjamin Svetkey. The writer chose to check Cruise's comments and found out he wasn't accurate. Supporting Scientology claims that psychiatry is "a Nazi science", Cruise stated, "Jung (Carl Jung, the father of modern psychiatry) was an editor for the Nazi papers during World War Two," which the magazine's researchers discovered is untrue, according to the New York Center For Jungian Studies. The movie star continued, "Look at the experimentation the Nazis did with electric shock and drugging. Look at the drug methadone. That was originally called Adolophine. It was named after Adolf Hitler." The magazine also questions Cruise on this point, explaining, "According to the Dictionary Of Drugs And Medications... this is an urban legend."...
- 6/14/2005
- WENN
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