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03 May

George A. Romero’s Twilight of the Dead: 13 Directors Who Could Helm the Zombie Sequel

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Legendary filmmaker George A. Romero may have left this plane of existence in 2017, but his legacy — the post-apocalyptic zombie movie genre that he created — lives on. According to the THR, Romero was working before his death on Twilight of the Dead, a film that would have been his final statement on the subject and the last installment in the series that included the groundbreaking Night of the Living Dead (1968), Dawn of the Dead (1979), Day of the Dead (1985), and others. Now Romero’s widow Suzanne, who has been developing the script that her late husband started…

29 Apr

Aladdin’s Directors Stole From Raiders of the Lost Ark, But Steven Spielberg Was OK With It

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As we inch closer to the 40th—yes, 40th—anniversary of Raiders of the Lost Ark, it’s natural to reflect on just how influential the Indiana Jones blockbuster has been to American filmmaking. One needs look no further than the Marvel Cinematic Universe to see how relevant Steven Spielberg‘s action-adventure story remains today, but, having just done a Raiders rewatch, I couldn’t get over just how much Raiders reminded me of another iconic movie from my childhood: Disney‘s Aladdin. Both are adventure stories made by white Americans and set mostly (and, in Aladdin‘s case, vaguely) in the Middle East, with all of…

24 Mar

Tina Documentary Directors Talk About Making an Artist’s Final Statement

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HBO’s feature documentary Tina is an intimate overview of Tina Turner, the person behind the musical icon. It is also a final statement, as the singer is moving on from the performance part of her life. The documentary tells Tina’s story the way the singer wanted it told: honestly. Some of Turner’s musical highpoints are skipped, like her scene-stealing role as the Acid Queen in Tommy or her appearance on the bulk of Frank Zappa’s Overnight Sensation. But the story of her early rise to fame, and the oppressive influence her musical mentor, husband and onstage partner Ike Turner had…

15 Mar

Oscars 2021: Women Directors Make History, Even as Regina King is Snubbed

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It’s never happened before in the previous 92 years. Not since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences began handing out little gold men has more than one woman been nominated in the Best Director category. So judging by that unfortunate precedent alone, the Oscars 2021nominations provided more good news than bad, even with a reliable list of snubs this year. Indeed, the most remarkable moment was when Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell were both nominated for Best Director due to their work on Nomadland and Promising Young Woman, respectively. As directors of two of the most talked about…

30 Oct

Horror Movie Origin Stories: Directors, Actors, and Writers on How They Fell in Love With the Genre

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If you’re a horror fan you’ll have one. A memory of a moment, or a series of moments, where you first felt the thrill of the genre. That sparkly feeling of fear and delight, when you want to look away but you feel like you can’t. It could be a book, a film, a tv show, a snatched glimpse of something you shouldn’t have seen when you were too young to understand it. We all start somewhere. Den of Geek spoke to a whole range of top people working in horror movies and tv to find out where it all…

16 Jul

Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind Directors Talk Epic and Intimate Musical Moments

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The documentary Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind, directed by Martha Kehoe and Joan Tosoni, is an intimate look at a prolific singer-songwriter who enriches and is enriched by the history of Canada. Most of the world knows Lightfoot as the singer with the recognizable baritone who put out hits like “Sundown,” “If You Could Read My Mind,” and “Early Mornin’ Rain.” But in his native country, he is a national treasure. Before international fame, in 1967, he actually wrote and performed a piece called “The Tale of Canada” for the country’s 100th anniversary. After worldwide renown, he…

08 Jul

Ghost of Tsushima Directors Explain Akira Kurosawa’s Influence

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In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Ghost of Tsushima creative directors Jason Connell and Nate Fox discussed how the works of legendary film director Akira Kurosawa influenced the upcoming PlayStation 4 game. “We have this great game that transports people back to feudal Japan and Akira Kurosawa was one of our reference guides, especially early on about how we wanted it to feel,” Connell explains. Fox expands upon that idea by describing how the team used specific Kurosawa films as direct influences. “I think one that is just crystal clear is the movie Sanjuro,” Fox says. “It’s a film that…

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George A. Romero’s Twilight of the Dead: 13 Directors Who Could Helm the Zombie Sequel

Aladdin’s Directors Stole From Raiders of the Lost Ark, But Steven Spielberg Was OK With It

Tina Documentary Directors Talk About Making an Artist’s Final Statement

Oscars 2021: Women Directors Make History, Even as Regina King is Snubbed

Horror Movie Origin Stories: Directors, Actors, and Writers on How They Fell in Love With the Genre

Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind Directors Talk Epic and Intimate Musical Moments

Ghost of Tsushima Directors Explain Akira Kurosawa’s Influence

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