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It’s now ten years since The Blair Witch Project (1999) brought the power of cinema and the (then fledgling) internet together, with its faux-true story/documentary approach to what was actually nothing more (but certainly nothing less) than a well-told (and very creepy) spook story. Continue reading Paranormal Activity (2007) » Written by James
All this talk on Picturenose (writes Cillian Donnelly) about Ronald Emmerich’s big-budget end-of-the-world thriller 2012 (2009) has prompted me to revisit this 1981 curio – a kitsch docu-drama based on the prophecies of the seer Michel de Nostradame, who is more commonly known as Nostradamus. Continue reading The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1981) » Written by James
A film about two lifelong friends having sex for a porno flick? Hmmm. But don’t rush to judgement – there’s much more here than archetypal crudity. Continue reading Humpday (2009) » Written by James
First, a question. Did you enjoy Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day, way back in 1996? Continue reading 2012 (2009) » Written by James
What if you lost everything, in an instant, that tethered you to your own existence? That’s exactly what happens to Alex (Carlo Ljubek), when he is involved in a motorway car crash that leaves his parents dead and our protagonist without any memory of who he is, was, or where he’s going. Written by James
Marco Amenta’s La siciliana ribelle (2009) tells the true tale of Rita Atria (Veronica D’Agostino), the 17-year-old daughter of a slain Sicilian Cosa Nostra boss and sister to his dead son, who in 1991 broke ‘the Family’s’ sacred code of omertà (silence) and aided anti-Mafia police with their investigations. Continue reading La siciliana ribelle (The Sicilian Girl) (2009) » Written by James
A restrained, thought-provoking true story about a black girl born to white parents in apartheid-era South Africa, as the result of a genetic throwback. Continue reading Skin (2008) » Written by James
An important cultural agreement between Egyptian media and entertainment company Good News Group and Brussels International Independent Film Festival was signed recently – Picturenose reports. Continue reading The 36th Brussels International Independent Film Festival » Written by James
Picturenose had a chance to catch up with Spanish director Paco Plaza for a brief chat – he was in Brussels recently, busy promoting his and Catalonian fellow director Jaume Balagueró’s [Rec] 2) (2009). A fine chance to talk to a man who really knows what scares you… Continue reading Interview: Paco Plaza » Written by James
Catalonian and Spanish directors Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza are back on the scene, with their sequel to the sublime, terrifying [Rec] (2007). So, does the second slice of P.O.V. pandemonium match up to the first? Continue reading [Rec] 2 (2009) » |
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