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Studio 666, a film by BJ McDonnell
19 February 2022
Dave Grohl and the Foo fighters move into a nice old house in the country to record their tenth album, in Studio 666 (trailer), a film directed by BJ McDonnell. But things don’t quite go to plan. Grohl begins to lose his mind, and it turns out the house is a conduit, allowing maligned spiritual entities to cross from their world into ours. Ah, the trials and tribulations of the difficult tenth album…
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Vale Douglas Trumbull, film visual effects artist
14 February 2022
Douglas Trumbull, a visual effects artist whose film credits include Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: the Motion Picture, The Tree of Life, and the mind-boggling “star-gate” sequence in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, died last week at the age of 79.
By the way, the above trailer was made in 2018 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the release of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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Drive My Car, a film by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
9 February 2022
Drive My Car (Doraibu mai kâ), trailer, is the latest feature from Japanese filmmaker Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, and tells the story of a recently widowed stage director coming to terms with his wife’s sudden death, and revelations about her life that surface after her passing. Drive My Car has been nominated in this year’s Oscars for Best Director, and in a first for a Japanese film, Best Picture.
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Flee, a film by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
7 February 2022
Flee, trailer, an animated documentary by Danish filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen, recounts the story of Amin, who left Afghanistan as a child, and settled in Denmark. As he prepares to marry his boyfriend, he confides in a friend, sharing a story about his past he has so far kept secret from everyone.
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Kimi, a film by Steven Soderbergh
26 January 2022
Kimi, trailer, by American filmmaker Steven Soderbergh, with Zoë Kravitz, and a virtual assistant named Kimi, in the lead roles, is a psychological thriller with some distinct shades of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window. How can we go passed Hitchcock?
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The Pink Cloud, a film by Iuli Gerbase
24 January 2022
Brazilian filmmaker Iuli Gerbase wrote the screenplay for her debut feature The Pink Cloud in 2017, and filming finished in 2019. If that seems kind of ho-hum, watch the trailer…
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The Northman, a film by Robert Eggers
14 January 2022
The Northman, trailer, the latest feature from American filmmaker Robert Eggers, is a dark, brooding affair, set in tenth century Iceland. There’s some star power here, the cast includes Nicole Kidman, Ethan Hawke, Alexander Skarsgård, Willem Dafoe, and Björk. Eggers has a penchant for horror themed stories, and while it doesn’t look like there’s too much bump in the night stuff, there’s gore aplenty.
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Gold, a film by Anthony Hayes
6 January 2022
Gold, trailer, by Australian actor and filmmaker Anthony Hayes, sees two men discover a giant nugget of gold in the middle of a blistering desert. So enormous is the find, they are unable to move it without heavy lifting equipment.
One of the men (Zac Efron) decides to remain behind in the searing heat, while his companion goes in search of the gear they need. But the billion dollar question, would you wait possibly days for that to happen?
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Puff: Wonders of the Reef, a documentary by Nick Robinson
30 December 2021
Puff: Wonders of the Reef (trailer), traces the journey of a baby pufferfish, aptly named Puff, as he searches for a home on the Great Barrier Reef. The film is directed by Adelaide based documentary filmmaker Nick Robinson, and narrated by Rose Byrne. Looks stunning.
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Red Rocket, a film by Sean Baker
22 December 2021
Red Rocket (trailer), is the latest feature of American independent filmmaker Sean Baker. Mikey (Simon Rex) is a down on his luck former porn actor in search of a new lease of life, though his previous line of work makes looking for a new job a little tricky. Casting for Red Rocket was unconventional to say the least, with the director sometimes approaching people on the street, asking if they’d like to take part.
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