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The eerie TV-static lighting in I SAW THE TV GLOW involved pool noodles.
Cinematographer Eric Yue says the crew covered LED tubes with them to soften the light, and programmed different levels of flickering.
For years, worn VHS and Betamax copies were the only way to see THE APPOINTMENT.
Then a broadcast tape turned up in Sony’s archive. It became the source for the 2022 Blu-ray of Lindsey C. Vickers’ eerie Edward Woodward film.
Patrick McGoohan was tired of DANGER MAN repeating itself.
His response was THE PRISONER: a spy resigns, then wakes up in a village that refuses to let him leave. Creative frustration became one of TV’s strangest premises.
DUNE and DUNE: PART TWO are returning to IMAX.
The double feature is November 13, with separate screenings November 14–18. Both options include a DUNE: PART THREE sneak peek. Tickets are on sale now.
Derry had one more Halloween surprise. 🎈
A STORY OF DERRY, a new special exploring the origins of IT, is streaming now on HBO Max.
A Halloween watchlist detour: DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW (1981).
Made for TV, it turns a revenge story into a guessing game: supernatural punishment, guilty minds, or terrible accidents? The restrictions leave plenty of room for dread.
Darol Olu Kae didn’t own a computer when he began making short edits on Instagram. He combined interview clips with found images.
In a new Criterion interview, the KEEPING TIME filmmaker traces how those experiments opened doors into filmmaking.
Bong Joon Ho’s THE HOST is coming back in 4K.
The restoration returns to U.S. theaters November 21 & 23, with select early screenings November 20. A monster movie where the family is also up against the authorities.
DEATH STRANDING ISOLATIONS is going hand-drawn.
The new 2D animated series tells its own story in Kojima’s world, with a new cast of characters. Directed by Takayuki Sano at E&H production.
Arriving in 2027.
SMILE 3 is moving ahead with a new director. David Bruckner (THE NIGHT HOUSE, HELLRAISER) will direct, with Nick Antosca writing.
Parker Finn, who made the first two films, pitched the framework and remains a producer while he directs POSSESSION.
Liev Schreiber, Zazie Beetz and Stephen Graham lead NOCTURNE, a new crime thriller about a detective and an FBI agent trying to find a serial killer’s missing victim.
The first two episodes arrive on Apple TV tomorrow.
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The terrifying scream in THE SHOUT (1978) was built from dozens of sounds, including Niagara Falls and a rocket launch, layered with director Jerzy Skolimowski’s own voice.
The result is a sound that can kill.
A casino vote in 1932 cuts to a Grindr notification in 2017.
LA BOLA NEGRA connects generations of queer lives through cuts like that. Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi built the film from the four pages Federico García Lorca left of his unfinished play.
John Carpenter made a surveillance thriller for TV in 1978.
In SOMEONE’S WATCHING ME!, the stalker uses microphones, tape recorders and the building’s computerized maintenance system against Lauren Hutton. Even the apartment’s conveniences become part of the threat.
Francesca and Michaela’s season of BRIDGERTON has finished filming.
Hannah Dodd and Masali Baduza lead season 5, with Francesca trying to approach marriage practically and her feelings refusing to cooperate. Netflix has shared these new portraits of the pair.
Sarah Snook’s return to HBO comes with a murder mystery and a bird problem.
THE BIRDS is in development as a limited series. She’ll play a mother investigating a friend’s disappearance, with deadly attacks tied to the crime. Tom Spezialy wrote the pilot.
Brett Morgen found unseen 1978 Bowie concert footage while making MOONAGE DAYDREAM.
Now it’s becoming DAVID BOWIE ‘STAGE’: a three-screen concert experience with restored footage and 7.1 sound, premiering in Berlin on February 14, 2027.
The lighting reference for TONY’s bar scenes: old Pizza Hut.
Cinematographer Michael Bauman and production designer Ryan Warren Smith built the look around neon, practical lamps and smoke. Those stained-glass shades make perfect sense now.
