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If “Barbie” was supposed to be the Year of the Girl, then what do you call the three-month stretch of 2024 that gave us “Love Lies Bleeding,” “Drive-Away Dolls,” and a musical “Mean Girls” with lesbian intern Reneé Rapp? Hot Sapphic… Spring?

Actually, that’s not half-bad. It’s just a shame Kamala Harris lost the election, Charli Xcx steered the girlies wrong, and Brat Summer turned out to be a launch party for the modern Republicans’ debut EP, “Now That’s What I Call Fascism!” Fall.

To paraphrase a bi-coded owl from an almost exclusively heterosexual TV show, “When you look at something through rose-colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags.” It’s a painful thing to yearn for pop culture controversies that would’ve exhausted us a year ago. Where is the annual railing against consumer culture? How can we get back to No Kink at Pride discourse?...

The BBC and Working Title are developing an adaptation of Em Forster’s epic period piece A Passage to India.

Working Title exec Surian Fletcher-Jones has just revealed the news about the new five-part series on an SXSW London panel. We understand Nisha Parti is also producing and her Parti Productions is a co-production partner.

Fletcher-Jones said the team are collaborating on the adaptation with Canadian film director and writer Richie Mehta.

The Forster novel just turned 100. Set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s, it revolves around four characters: Dr. Aziz, his British friend Mr. Cyril Fielding, Mrs. Moore, and Miss Adela Quested.

A Passage to India was most recently adapted by David Lean in 1984 for a movie starring Peggy Ashcroft, Judy Davis, James Fox, Alec Guinness, Nigel Havers and Victor Banerjee.

Fletcher-Jones said the adaptation will “reclaim colonial history” and...

Upcoming Sarah Snook-starring thriller series All Her Fault and Lena Dunham rom-com show Too Much, as well as a planned TV take on Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds got big shout-outs during SXSW London on Thursday.

They were in the spotlight as global hit series from various production labels under the Universal International Studios umbrella took center stage at the first-ever SXSW London.

“Global Stories: What makes compelling TV?” was the question discussed by Surian Fletcher-Jones, head of drama at Working Title Television; Sue Gibbs, head of development at Heyday Television, the joint venture of producer David Heyman and Universal International Studios; and Noemi Spanos, creative director at Carnival Films. Beatrice Springborn, president, Universal International Studios and Universal Content Productions (UCP), functioned as the moderator.

Confronted with a question about how TV industry cost reductions, other spending cutbacks and layoffs are affecting their work, the execs shared insight into the challenges but also opportunities.

Here’s How Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds Was Filmed(Photo Credit –Prime Video)

Alfred Hitchcock had already made a name for himself when The Birds swooped into production in 1963. It was a movie that came off the success of Psycho, and subsequently, expectations were high. Hitchcock knew the next film had to be terrifying in a whole new way, and being the perfectionist, he pushed everything to the edge, especially his actors and crew.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Bold Vision After Psycho

According to Collider, the movie was based on a short story by Daphne du Maurier, but what Alfred Hitchcock created was something far more intense and surreal. He brought in writer Evan Hunter to handle the screenplay, giving him total freedom. Hunter imagined striking scenes of violent bird attacks without worrying about how they’d be filmed. That responsibility would later fall on others, and the job turned...

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This June, Netflix is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated final chapter of the worldwide hit series Squid Game to the next season of the beloved Shane Gillis‘ comedy series Tires. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Netflix this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the five best films that are coming to Netflix in June 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Vertigo (June 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93% Credit – Paramount Pictures

Vertigo is a psychological thriller drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock from a screenplay co-written by Alec Coppel and Samuel Taylor. Based on the 1954 French novel D’entre les morts by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac, the 1958 film follows John, a former police detective who retired...

You know author & illustrator Norm Konyu from A Call To Cthulhu and we recently broke the news of his upcoming book, The Space Between the Trees. Today sees the release of Konyu's latest work, Downlands, and we're back with a new preview you can read right now! Published by Titan Comics, Downlands is described as a "wonderfully evocative ghost story in the great tradition of M. R. James and Daphne Du Maurier with a contemporary edge."

“Every village has its stories – those of the living – and those of the dead.”

After the sudden death of his twin sister, 14 year old James Reynolds becomes obsessed with her tale of a black hound, a folkloric creature that is regarded as a portent of death. Enlisting the aid of his elderly neighbour, who the local children call ‘The Witch’, he delves into the centuries of village history, folklore, and ghosts, until he uncovers...

Can’t get enough of Ryan Coolger’s “Sinners?”

You aren’t alone. The visionary vampire movie, which made over $180 million at the box office, is a genuine cultural phenomenon. Quite frankly, it’s enough to make you want to repeat the experience of watching “Sinners” at home, without, you know, the 70mm print and IMAX-certified screen.

But fear not, there are plenty of “Sinners”-adjacent material to watch at home, along with some of the other movies that Coogler has cited in the run-up to the movie’s release.

“Sinners” is a singular work of staggering genius, but here are a bunch of movies that will at least partially scratch that itch – at least until you can get back to the theater to watch Michael B. Jordan raise some more hell.

Miramax/Dimension Films “From Dusk till Dawn” (1996)

This is, perhaps, the most easily comparable movie to “Sinners...

2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the release of director Alfred Hitchcock’s first feature film, the silent romantic drama The Pleasure Garden, so it’s nice to see “the Master of Suspense” in the news. Yesterday, we shared the news that Netflix is teaming up with the New York Film Critics Circle to launch a screening series called Hitch! The Original Cinema Influencer at the Paris Theater and will be streaming a collection of Hitchcock films soon, and now it has been brought to our attention that characters from the Hitchcock films Rear Window and The Birds are getting Funko Pop! figures. Images of the figures can be seen at the bottom of this article.

Both Alfred Hitchcock himself and the Psycho character Norman Bates have had Funko Pop! figures before. (There’s also a black & white version of the Norman Bates figure.)

Directed by Hitchcock from a screenplay by...

Did Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca alter its unexpected ending?(Photo Credit –20th Century Fox)

Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca dazzled audiences in 1940, sweeping up the Best Picture Oscar and earning a place among the cinematic greats. But if you’re a fan of Daphne du Maurier’s original novel, there’s a good chance you noticed something missing.

A crucial twine that would have landed like a thunderclap was stripped from the screen adaptation, not because Hitchcock didn’t want it, but because the times simply wouldn’t allow it.

The Murder That Never Made It to Screen

In du Maurier’s 1938 novel, Maxim de Winter isn’t just a haunted widower wrapped in brooding silence; he’s a killer. Rebecca, the first Mrs. de Winter, meets her end not through a convenient accident, but by Maxim’s hand. Her manipulations and cruelty, and her final attempt to destroy, succeeded in...

Revisiting Bardaasht, Subhash K Jha looks at the one when Bobby Deol did a Sunny Deol in this installment of This Day That Year!

E Niwas’ Bardaasht, which clocks 21 years on April 23, came at a time when the film industry is busy assembling products showcasing cops as romanticized idealistic super-heroes Bardaasht takes a cynical view of the police force. But the reality is this. Every day, law-abiding, god-fearing citizens are vulnerable to a taste of the ugly side of the police force. Doing away with the wispy white-washing of the khaki uniform, director E Niwas (in his third film on cops and cop robbers after Shool and Dum) portrays the grim and gritty reality of the uneasy and often ruinous relationship between the ordinary citizen and the law enforcers.

Filmmaker Vikram Bhatt turns screenwriter to deliver what’s ironically his only original and, by far, the most riveting story ever.

"Blink Twice," the directorial debut of Zoë Kravitz, is a 2024' psychological thriller involving a group of people invited to a remote island as the unwitting participants of something sinister. The movie plays on class division, notably with the rich and powerful preying on the less financially privileged for their own twisted amusement. "Blink Twice" also features commentary on racial and sexual power dynamics, as sharply written as it is brutally suspenseful. This movie comes from a longer tradition of intrigue and deceit, often revolving around enigmatic male figures keeping dark secrets from their romantic partners.

Whether it's the French fairy tale Bluebeard or contemporary thrillers, "Blink Twice" follows an enduring narrative archetype while making it its own. With that in mind, there are countless movies to check out if you're looking for more thrillers after "Blink Twice" kept you at the edge of your seat.

Here are the 15 best...

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Alfred Hitchcock's iconic 1963 film The Birds is remembered for its high concept and cutting-edge special effects of the time. Considered by Hitchcock to be potentially "the most terrifying motion picture" he had ever made, it centered around a small town attacked by its local avian population. It was based on a short story by Daphne du Maurier. Hitchcock adapted another of the acclaimed author's stories, Rebecca, in 1940 to great success. And even though she would not be as pleased with his second endeavor, it would still go on to become one of his most well-known movies.

The Birds was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Special Effects at the 36th Oscars ceremony. Hitchcock...

One of the reasons that Alfred Hitchcockis often considered to be one of the single greatest filmmakers of all time is the sheer diversity within his filmography. While Hitchcock is often referred to as the “Master of Suspense” because of his expertise in making thrillers, he also dedicated much of his career to crafting different types of films, including romantic dramas. No film personified this better than Hitchcock’s 1940 adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s classic gothic romance novel Rebecca, which became the first and only one of his films to take home the Academy Award for Best Picture. Although it is not the only interpretation of the source material, Hitchcock’s version of Rebecca bestcaptures the romantic tension and intrigue that makes this dark story so affecting.

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Alfred Hitchcock was a filmmaker known as a master of suspense and a pioneer of the horror genre. He has over 50 feature films to his name and has influenced many Hollywood directors since his heyday in the 1950s and 1960s. He survived the transition from the silent era to talkies and was active up until his death at the age of 80 in 1980. And while he's largely known for making the hair stand up on the back of audiences' necks, other projects he worked on had less to do with the scare-factor and more to do with intrigue and mystery. Such was the case with 1940's Rebecca, starring Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier.

In 2024, romance author Colleen Hoover burst onto the Hollywood scene when her book, It Ends With Us, was adapted into a film, and now, even more Hoover novels are coming to the big screen. In recent years, romance books have seen a significant boost in popularity thanks to social media like Tik Tok, and Hoover is a name that is on everyone's lips. Since 2012, the writer has penned bingeworthy books that often tell stories of love, grief, and acceptance. Now, these stories are going to become even more popular after they are brought to life by beloved actors.

Hoover has already received acclaim for her novels, yet her fame grew even more with the release of It Ends With Us. Starring Blake Lively, the movie follows Lily, a woman who falls madly in love, only to realize that their relationship may be more flawed - and violent - than she expected.

It's hard to find any movie fan who doesn't love a good mystery. Whether it's a cryptic comedy mystery or a chilling whodunit murder case, the genre has something for every movie goer who enjoys playing an amateur sleuth. The movie mystery was initially popularized on the silver screen by stories written by notable authors such as Raymond Chandler, Arthur Conan Doyle, Daphne du Maurier, and, without question, Agatha Christie.

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After a 14-year run as a feature filmmaker in England (which began during the silent era), Alfred Hitchcock was lured to Hollywood by the bold producer David O. Selznick to direct a big-screen adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's thriller novel "Rebecca." Though the two headstrong men clashed throughout the making of the movie, the finished 1940 film was a commercial and critical smash, topping the box office for the year and taking home the Academy Award for Best Picture. If there had been any doubts as to whether the British director's precise manner of visual storytelling, already perfected in triumphs like "The 39 Steps" and "The Lady Vanishes," would translate to Hollywood, they were instantly dispelled.

"Rebecca" would prove to be the least Hitchcockian movie the director would make in America, as the master of suspense wasted no time in reverting...

When Alfred Hitchcock, the Master of Suspense, released The Birds in 1963, film fans constructed theories about the movie's meaning. Although he alluded to the film being revenge for humans' treatment of birds, Hitchcock remained ambiguous about why flocks of aggressive avians swooped down to attack a population, adding fuel to the fire.

As time went on, more theories arose, linking the film to Sigmund Freud's psychology, female sexuality, humans' overall lack of respect for the environment, and more. There's also an undercurrent throughout the plot that represents the love between two people and a mother's jealousy. In the mysterious ending, there is no clear answer.

Some film buffs class Hitchcock's body of work as horror. Some disagree and file it under the thriller genre. Like many of his classic films, The Birds sits between the two. However, many agree on one thing: it's a twisted, chilling, and disturbing piece...

Ben Wheatley, the British indie filmmaker, somewhat rests on the periphery of the British film industry. Neither a social realist nor a James Bond action filmmaker, Wheatley seems more a forerunner of films like that from Robert Eggers. Wheatley, alongside his wife and screenwriter Amy Jump, has made a selection of diverse films, consistently inverting and manipulating genre tropes and playing with audience expectations. In some way or another, all of Wheatley’s work focus on varying oddball and sociopathic central characters who find honesty and loyalty hard to come by. While mixing scares, gore, and trippy action, Ben Wheatley deftly imbues each film with a dark comedy, underlying each situation with a satire and wit that has become a staple throughout his work.

Wheatley started his career as an internet phenomenon whereby his film, Cunning Stunt, was one of the first videos to ever go viral. After a hundred...

As the nights grow longer and the air turns crisp, it’s the perfect time to settle in with some of the best spooky films ever made. From eerie silent classics to modern horror hits, spooky cinema has evolved across decades, yet each era has its own spine-tingling gems. Whether you love atmospheric terror or heart-pounding scares, here’s a journey through the best films from the 1920s to today that will give you chills. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission statement here – Media has the responsibility to better our world – The Hollywood Insider fully focuses on substance and meaningful entertainment, against gossip and scandal, by combining entertainment, education, and philanthropy. 1920s - 1980s ‘The Haunting’ (1963) Cast: Julie Harris,...

Getting a film made is far easier said than done. That's why most Hollywood movies are based on pre-existing material -- both to try and speed up the process of generating a story itself, and to have some assurance that there's an audience for the story. This mentality has led to truly original movies becoming something of a rarity. Truth is, Hollywood has always looked to existing IP (intellectual property).What's new about today's situation is that the IP they're generally tapping tends to be of a short-form or experiential variety: either remakes, reboots, and legacy sequels to older movies, or TV shows, comic books, and video games.

In the early decades of cinema, however, the main source for adaptations was literature. Where comics, games, TV and other movies are all visual mediums and come pre-loaded with their own imagery, books are a covenant between the author and reader's imagination,...

Richard Eyre has amassed an embarrassment of wealth when it comes to the cast of his new feature. Entitled The Housekeeper, the film will star Uma Thurman, Anthony Hopkins, and Bridgertons Phoebe Dynevor. The Housekeeper is adapted from the short story by Rose Tremain, who fictionalized the events behind the writing of the classic gothic novel, Rebecca. In the story, Tremain weaves a narrative where Daphne du Maurier visits Manderville Hall and engages in a love affair with Danni, the titular housekeeper. Eyre complimented the story in a statement with Variety, delving into the themes behind it. He said:...

Uma Thurman, Sir Anthony Hopkins and Phoebe Dynevor are starring in a big new project!

Notes on a Scandal director Richard Eyre will helm The Housekeeper, a romance that fictionalizes the inspiration behind Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca, via Variety.

Keep reading to find out more…

The script is being written by bestselling author Rose Tremain, based on her own short story and forthcoming novel.

Here’s a plot summary: The Housekeeper is set in the mystic, brooding and wild landscape of Cornwall, the rugged Atlantic foot of England, where Danni (Thurman), housekeeper at Manderville Hall — a grand and historic house owned by the wealthy and widowed Lord DeWithers (Hopkins) — falls prey to the glance of a young and beautiful visitor, the novelist Daphne Du Maurier (Dynevor). For one, their affair is an all-consuming love, for the other an intoxicating realization of her secret longings.”

“Rose Tremain’s story grapples with love,...

Uma Thurman, Anthony Hopkins and Phoebe Dynevor have been cast in Richard Eyre’s upcoming ‘The Housekeeper’.

Said to be an “evocative romance fictionalizing the inspiration behind Daphne Du Maurier’s “Rebecca,” the film is set in the mystic, brooding and wild landscape of Cornwall. The rugged Atlantic foot of England, where Danni (Thurman), the housekeeper at Manderville Hall — a grand and historic house owned by the wealthy and widowed Lord DeWithers (Hopkins) — falls prey to the glance of a young and beautiful visitor, the novelist Daphne Du Maurier (Dynevor). For one, their affair is an all-consuming love, for the other an intoxicating realization of her secret longings.

Also in news – Chris Hemsworth eyed for Disney’s ‘Prince Charming’ feature

Eyre will take the helm on a script penned by the bestselling author Rose Tremain, based on her own short story and forthcoming novel. The film is being produced by Julia Taylor-Stanley and Kevin Loader.

Uma Thurman, Phoebe Dynevor, and Anthony Hopkins have been tapped to lead the cast of the period drama film “The Housekeeper.” Directed by Richard Eyre, the movie tells a story of forbidden love set in 1930s England. It is based on a short story by novelist Rose Tremain and will explore relationships and creativity during that time period.

The film follows a Polish housekeeper, to be played by Uma Thurman, and famous author Daphne du Maurier, portrayed by Phoebe Dynevor. Anthony Hopkins takes on the role of a wealthy widower named Lord DeWithers. Du Maurier’s own life experiences reportedly inspired Tremain’s short story and the movie’s story. Producer Julia Taylor-Stanley said the project offers “a captivating story of forbidden love and the power dynamics at play in 1930s high society.”

Eyre is an acclaimed director known for movies like “Notes on a Scandal” and “Iris.” Tremain, whose...

“Notes on a Scandal” and “Iris” director Richard Eyre has assembled a starry cast for his next feature, an evocative romance fictionalizing the inspiration behind Daphne Du Maurier’s “Rebecca.”

“The Housekeeper” — being launched at AFM by Embankment Films alongside CAA Media Finance, which is co-repping U.S. rights — will be led by Oscar nominee Uma Thurman, two-time Oscar winner Sir Anthony Hopkins “(The Father,” “The Silence of the Lambs”) and Phoebe Dynevor.

Eyre will direct from a script written by bestselling author Rose Tremain, based on her own short story and forthcoming novel. The film is being produced by Julia Taylor-Stanley and Kevin Loader.

“The Housekeeper” is set in the mystic, brooding and wild landscape of Cornwall, the rugged Atlantic foot of England, where Danni (Thurman), housekeeper at Manderville Hall — a grand and historic house owned by the wealthy and widowed Lord DeWithers (Hopkins) — falls prey to the glance...

Alfred Hitchcock: The Iconic Film Collection will collect six of the Master of Suspense’s classics on 4K Ultra HD + Digital: Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, Vertigo, North By Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds.

Releasing on November 26 via Universal, the six-disc set is limited to 5,150. It’s housed in premium book-style packaging featuring artwork by Tristan Eaton along with photos, bios, and trivia.

In 1954’s Rear Window, “A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.”

It’s written by John Michael Hayes (To Catch a Thief), based on Cornell Woolrich’s 1942 short story “It Had to Be Murder.” James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, and Raymond Burr star.

Rear Window special features:

Audio commentary by Hitchcock’s Rear Window: The Well-Made Film author John Fawell Rear Window Ethics – 2000 documentary Conversation with Screenwriter John Michael...

The 1973 horror, Don't Look Now, was overshadowed by a controversial scene that has made the film infamous. Directed by Nicolas Roeg and based on a short story by Daphne du Maurier, Don't Look Now tells a chilling story of a grieving couple who experience mysterious things after meeting a clairvoyant woman. The horror movie received critical acclaim upon its release and has become one of the best horror movies about grief.

Although the film which starred Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie is a masterpiece, the notorious scene overshadowed the best parts of the movie, such as its core themes and forward-thinking portrayal of intimacy. Despite the controversial scene, Don't Look Now's shocking ending, inventive editing style, and incredible quality have earned its place as one of the best movies of its era. The horror film is not only highly regarded in the horror genre, but it has a 93% score on Rotten Tomatoes,...

With The Birds ending explained, the deeper themes and meaning of Alfred Hitchcock's chilling thriller become clear and, once they are, so does the movie's reputation as a classic by one of the most influential directors in history. Loosely adapted from the 1952 short story of the same name by Daphne du Maurier, the 1963 masterpiece takes place in the seaside town of Bodega Bay, where things take a sinister turn when the local bird population starts swooping down to attack people. Screenwriter Evan Hunter took the premise of unexplained bird attacks from du Mauriers source material but invented new complex characters and a twistier plot, which brought different themes to the table.

Hot off one of the biggest hits of his career with the pioneering slasher Psycho, Hitchcock set his sights on a different horror subgenre with The Birds. This movie brought the natural thriller into the mainstream, paving the...

The literary world has always collaborated with the world of cinema, serving as either exact adaptations or inspiration for some of the greatest classic movies of all time. Authors such as Agatha Christie, Ernest Hemingway, and Daphne du Maurier are just a few of the noteworthy writers who had a major influence on the silver screen, but one of the most prolific novelists in early cinema, notably the classic film noir genre, is without question, Raymond Chandler.

Producer Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes and Universal will remake director Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 'unexplained bird attacks' suspense/horror feature "The Birds", adapting author Daphne du Maurier's 1952 novelette, to be directed by Dutch filmmaker Diederik Van Rooijen ("Penoza"):

"...'Melanie Daniels', a modern rich socialite is part of a jet-set who always gets what she wants. When lawyer 'Mitch Brenner' sees her in a pet shop, he plays something of a practical joke on her, and she decides to return the favor.

“She drives about an hour north of San Francisco to Bodega Bay, where Mitch spends the weekends with his mother 'Lydia' and younger sister 'Cathy'.

"Soon after her arrival, however, the birds in the area begin to act strangely. A seagull attacks Melanie as she is crossing the bay in a small boat, and then, Lydia finds her neighbor dead, obviously the victim of a bird attack.

A Donald Sutherland-led film that's over five decades old has resurfaced as a streaming hit. Originally released in 1973, the film found a new audience on streaming shortly after the passing of Sutherland.

Per Screen Rant, Reelgood's streaming data shows Don't Look Now ranking in the No. 8 spot on the list of the most popular films on streaming in the United States for the week of June 20 - 26. This renewed interest in the film comes more than five decades after Don't Look Now was originally released in theaters. The film, which is also free to stream on Pluto TV, follows the passing of lead star Donald Sutherland, who died on June 20 at the age of 88.

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Donald Sutherland was a champion of the silver screen for decades and movies like The Dirty Dozen and Don't Look Now helped define his career.

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The Oscars are known for recognizing the best movies yearly, but sometimes they get it wrong. It took legendary director Martin Scorsese decades to finally get a win at the Academy Awards. Meanwhile, Stanley Kubrick, writer-director of 2001: A Space Odyssey, never won an Oscar in his esteemed career. It shows that no matter how good a movie is, there is always the chance of being snubbed.

The list of movies that deserve Oscar nominations throughout cinematic history is enormous. So many iconic movies have been ignored by the Academy, but there could be many reasons for that. Genre bias is regularly brought up by fans as the Academy tends to look down at horrors, westerns and sci-fi movies, to list just a few. But for some movies, it's absolutely inexplicable that they didn't receive a single nomination.

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"Taylor Swift's "Tolerate It" is a powerful ballad that tells the story of a one-sided relationship where one partner undervalues the other. The inspiration for "Tolerate It" comes from Daphne Du Maurier's book "Rebecca," which tells the story of a woman who marries a wealthy widower, only to discover that both he and his house are haunted by the memory of his late first wife, Rebecca. There has been speculation that "Tolerate It" could be about one of Swift's famous exes.

"Tolerate It" is one of Taylor Swift's most beloved songs, and the lyrics have important meanings that stem from an 86-year-old book. The singer-songwriter has been a household name since 2006 and her stardom has only continued to rise. Best known for her powerful lyrics that beautifully capture love stories gone wrong and exemplify her storytelling skills, Swift continues to be one of the most well-known and...

Don't Look Now's iconic ending features a chilling dwarf killer, adding to the film's psychological horror. The reveal of the dwarf killer in Don't Look Now is a shocking and unforgettable moment, leaving audiences unsettled. The dwarf killer's unexpected appearance and sinister demeanor make her a creepy and iconic horror movie figure.

Don't Look Now's dwarf killer adds to the impact of the movie's iconic ending while also being one of the most chilling elements of the film. Don't Look Now is a hugely influential psychological horror movie by director Nicolas Roeg and based on a short story by Daphne du Maurier. It stars Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie as grieving parents who, in the wake of the loss of their young daughter, travel to Venice to heal. However, they soon find themselves in a surreal nightmare with John Baxter (Sutherland) haunted by visions of their child.

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Producer Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes and Universal will remake director Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 'unexplained bird attacks' suspense/horror feature "The Birds", adapting author Daphne du Maurier's 1952 novelette, to be directed by Dutch filmmaker Diederik Van Rooijen ("Penoza"):

"...'Melanie Daniels', a modern rich socialite is part of a jet-set who always gets what she wants. When lawyer 'Mitch Brenner' sees her in a pet shop, he plays something of a practical joke on her, and she decides to return the favor. She drives about an hour north of San Francisco to Bodega Bay, where Mitch spends the weekends with his mother 'Lydia' and younger sister 'Cathy'.

"Soon after her arrival, however, the birds in the area begin to act strangely. A seagull attacks Melanie as she is crossing the bay in a small boat, and then, Lydia finds her neighbor dead, obviously the victim of a bird attack.

From author & illustrator Norm Konyu, who we previously covered when he released A Call To Cthulhu, we have an exclusive preview of his latest book, Downlands! Available just in time for Halloween and illustrated in Norm's unique style, Downlands will be available from Titan Comics on October 1st, and the new book is described as a "wonderfully evocative ghost story in the great tradition of M. R. James and Daphne Du Maurier with a contemporary edge."

“Every village has its stories – those of the living – and those of the dead.”

After the sudden death of his twin sister, 14 year old James Reynolds becomes obsessed with her tale of a black hound, a folkloric creature that is regarded as a portent of death. Enlisting the aid of his elderly neighbour, who the local children call ‘The Witch’, he delves into the centuries of village history, folklore, and ghosts, until he uncovers...

The shocking ending of Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now is a major reason why it's considered a classic in horror cinema. The killer in a red coat who murders John in the movie is hinted to be the serial killer mentioned throughout the film. The color red and water are powerful symbols in Don't Look Now, representing grief, anger, and violence.

Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now ending is a disturbing and shocking conclusion that is part of the reason the movie is so highly regarded in the history of horror cinema. Based on the short story by Daphne du Maurier, Don’t Look Now stars Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland as Laura and John Baxter, a couple in crisis after losing a child. After the drowning of their young daughter, Christine, the Baxters travel to Venice, where John has accepted a job restoring an old church, and they hope...

From author & illustrator Norm Konyu, who we recently covered when he released A Call To Cthulhu, we have the first details and an exclusive look at the cover art from his next book! Available just in time for Halloween and illustrated in Norm's own gorgeous style, Downlands will be available from Titan Comics on October 1st, and the new book is described as a "wonderfully evocative ghost story in the great tradition of M. R. James and Daphne Du Maurier with a contemporary edge."

“Every village has its stories – those of the living – and those of the dead.”

After the sudden death of his twin sister, 14 year old James Reynolds becomes obsessed with her tale of a black hound, a folkloric creature that is regarded as a portent of death. Enlisting the aid of his elderly neighbour, who the local children call ‘The Witch’, he delves into the centuries of village history,...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Saltburn.

Saltburn continues to captivate audiences with its rich literary and historical references, exceptional acting, and shocking cinematic scenes. However, there are some noticeable plot holes and moments that don't quite add up, which could prevent it from becoming an awards season contender. The film draws inspiration from Gothic literary dramas, Stanley Kubrick films, and works by Shakespeare and Greek mythology, but these hidden details may distract from the inconsistencies in the timeline and plot.

Saltburn has proven to be one of the most talked about and rewatched movies of 2023 and has continued to fascinate audiences into the new year. Written and directed by Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman), Saltburn is rich with hidden literary and historical references, exceptional acting from a picture-perfect cast, and, most notably, carries some of the most shocking cinematic scenes in recent memory. That being said, there are still quite a...

“Nothing is what it seems.” A seemingly offhand remark made early in Don’t Look Now is slowly revealed to be the theme around which the film revolves.

Nicolas Roeg’s directorial efforts may not have always connected with audiences immediately, but his impressionistic approach has aged like fine wine. Don’t Look Now, in particular, was decades ahead of its time upon its release in 1973.

The screenplay — written by Allan Scott and Chris Bryant (The Awakening), based on a 1971 short story by Daphne du Maurier — analyzes the psychological effects of trauma through a horror lens; a motif we’ve seen explored many times over in recent years, from Ari Aster’s filmography to David Gordon Green’s Halloween trilogy.

Following the tragic drowning of their young daughter, architect John Baxter and bereaved wife Laura travel from their English country home to Venice to oversee the restoration of a church. After a...

The acclaimed adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s short story remains a visually immersive descent and a chilling portrayal of loss

In the opening sequence of Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now, a little girl in a red raincoat drowns in a pond in the English countryside, as her parents are nestled comfortably in a nearby estate. Roeg cuts frantically between the girl tooling around the pond in her boots and her father John (Donald Sutherland) at work inside, examining a projected image of an Italian cathedral he intends to restore. The cutting works as suspense, leaving the audience utterly helpless to stop this inevitable tragedy from happening, but it has a much more sophisticated agenda than goosing our emotions. Through color and montage effects, tied to shots like a spill that bleeds over John’s slide, Roeg dramatizes the present and predicts the future all at once, signaling the heartbreak and terror to come.

In the first of a new monthly Observer column on his favourite film-makers, Mark Kermode salutes the elliptical vision of the director of Don’t Look Now, Walkabout, Performance and so much more

This month marks 50 years since the release of Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now, a personal touchstone movie (adapted from a story by Daphne du Maurier) that is at once an occult chiller, a poignant portrait of married love, a heartfelt meditation on grief and a shaggy dog story with a grisly sting in its tail. The anniversary offers film fans an excuse to dust off this classic, alongside other hallowed 1973 movies such as Enter the Dragon, The Exorcist and The Wicker Man, which was originally the supporting feature for Don’t Look Now (how’s that for a double bill). It also allows me to kick off my new column, focusing each month on a different director, with...

Meg 2: The Trench will be available to stream for Max subscribers later this month.

It has been announced that Meg 2: The Trench will be premiering on Max on Sept. 29, 2023. People who would like to watch or re-watch the film will need a Max streaming subscription, and will be able to view Meg 2: The Trench with the Max add-on on Prime Video, or on Max directly.

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The film was a box office success, grossing almost $400 million worldwide. Though Meg 2: The Trench received many negative reviews from critics, its fans' support has made it a global smash. It was adapted for film by Meg screenwriters Erich and Jon Hoeber and Dean Georgaris, with Ben Wheatley replacing Jon Turtletaub as director. Wheatley has previously directed projects like the anthology film ABCs of Death and the romantic thriller Rebecca, an adaptation...

Exclusive: Emerald Fennell likened making Saltburn, her dangerously dark comedy of class and lack of manners, “to taking your clothes off and exposing yourself.”

The filmmaker, who won an Oscar and BAFTAs for her debut feature Promising Young Woman, clarified that the “transgressive” material that she’s interested in working on means “that you have to spend a lot of your time as a director saying, ‘Trust me, I think this how we’re going to do it.’ And so then people watch it, which is so thrilling. But yeah, you are showing yourself. You are taking your clothes off and exposing yourself.”

She added that Saltburn, while made on a big canvas, is a ”very intimate“ movie.

She told me during a long conversation at the Telluride Film Festival, where the film had its world premiere, that this is a film “about needing and wanting and desire and sex.

Ben Wheatley is one of the most unpredictable filmmakers working today. He impressed with his feature debut, the darkly funny "Down Terrace," but took a huge leap when he decided to blend two quintessential British genres, crime flicks and folk horror, with the terrifyingly brilliant "Kill List." Wheatley could've hightailed it for Hollywood on the strength of the latter, but he had different priorities. He bounced from the psychedelic horror of "A Field in England" to an effective adaptation of J.G. Ballard's dystopian "High-Rise" to the pitch-black shoot-em-up "Free Fire." He subsequently took a crack at Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca," and while he couldn't quite place his distinctive stamp on the material (which Alfred Hitchcock aced with David O. Selznick hanging over his shoulder in his 1940 Best Picture winner), you had to admire his ambition.

Wheatley is an undoubtedly gifted filmmaker, but, film to film, I can't...

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’ looks for piece of the action.

Shark sequel Meg 2: The Trench is the first major challenger to the Barbenheimer supremacy, opening in 544 cinemas at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend.

Meg 2 will look to challenge both its Warner Bros stablemate Barbie, and Universal’s Oppenheimer, while benefitting from the surge in audiences those titles have brought in the past fortnight.

The first title, 2018’s The Meg, started with £3.7m also in early August; and ended on a sharp £15.9m.

Jason Statham returns for the sequel, which sees a research team encounter multiple threats...

Fathom Events unearths a creepy lineup of tricks and treats this Halloween season, as Fathom Fright Fest rises again—terrorizing theaters nationwide beginning on Sunday, September 3.

Featured in this year’s event are two upcoming Screambox Original horror movies, the horror-comedy Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls and creature feature Shaky Shivers, which are joined by a pair of classics from horror mastermind John Carpenter plus The Exorcist, House of 1000 Corpses, and Hitchcock’s The Birds!

Tickets for the Fathom Fright Fest films will be available for purchase via the Fathom Events website. Make sure to sign up with your email so you’re alerted when they go up for grabs!

The complete 2023 Fright Fest Lineup is as follows (all times local)…

“They Live” 35th Anniversary

Fathom celebrates 35 years of this poignant classic from renowned director John Carpenter. “They Live” stars wrestling icon Roddy Piper as a...

Ben Wheatley shares his fascinating journey from the ill-fated Tomb Raider sequel to the upcoming marine horror sequel, Meg 2: The Trench.

The Hollywood landscape changes and adapts to new releases and unforeseen circumstances, just as the trajectories of directors and their movies do. In a recent interview with Total Film, Wheatley shared the tale of these intertwined cinematic fortunes and how the demise of one movie breathed life into the next.

The sequel to 2018's Tomb Raider, a popular adaptation of the renowned video game franchise with Alicia Vikander portraying the iconic Lara Croft, was set to be helmed by Wheatley. Unfortunately, due to the disruptive force of the Covid-19 pandemic, the project came to an abrupt halt. Consequently, the Tomb Raider franchise is venturing in new directions, with plans for a television series and a connected universe masterminded by the acclaimed Phoebe Waller-Bridge at Amazon Studios.

As one door closed for Wheatley,...

Some portions of the internet might take umbrage with the following statement, but the fact remains: Alfred Hitchcock owes two of his best works to a woman's mind. What's more, so does thriller cinema as a whole. Rebecca, Hitchcock's first American film, is based on author Daphne du Maurier's bestselling novel of the same name, while The Birds draws inspiration from one of her short stories. Another of her shorts also sparked Nicolas Roeg's psychological masterpiece Don't Look Now.