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The following contains spoilers for The Strangers: Chapter 1, now playing in theaters

Maya survives brutal attacks in The Strangers: Chapter 1 but remains in danger, set to be the protagonist in upcoming sequels. Ryan's fate is uncertain in The Strangers: Chapter 1's ending, leaving doubt about his survival prospects. The killers have no clear motivation, embodying fear of the unknown in a random act of violence.

The Strangers: Chapter 1 is a brutal game of cat-and-mouse, with the film's ending underscoring the haunting themes of the series as a whole. Serving as a three-part reimagining of 2008's The Strangers, the first entry in the new trilogy focuses on the long-term romantic couple Maya and Ryan. While trying to move to Portland, the pair end up briefly stranded in a small town and elect to rent an AirBnB. However, this also places them in the path of three killers, with The Strangers...

After four decades of filmmaking, Renny Harlin isn’t slowing down in the slightest. The journeyman director, who’s most known for Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, Deep Blue Sea and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4, is back on the big screen with The Strangers: Chapter 1, the first film in a trilogy that he’s already shot across 52 days in Slovakia.

Chapter 1 stays true to Bryan Bertino’s 2008 horror classic, The Strangers, only it imagines a scenario where an analogue for Liv Tyler’s character definitively survives the central home invasion, setting up Chapter Two and Three. Madelaine Petsch’s Maya is now filling that protagonist role, as her cross-country road trip to Portland results in her and her boyfriend (Froy Gutierrez’s Ryan) having to stay at a small town Airbnb due to car trouble. That’s when the Strangers crawl out of the woodwork to play their patented cat-and-mouse game.

Even though I’ve played every single Civilization game, owned every expansion and even religiously explored every spin-off and related title, it wasn’t until Civilization VI came along that I realised just how fundamental the differences between the civilizations are to the gameplay experience. These days it seems obvious – and indeed the very existence of the Frontier Pass expansion (which is almost entirely made up of new races) seems to prove it, but Civilization VI is really all about min-maxing the strengths of your chosen nation to achieve victory.

I’ll be splitting my review of the Frontier Pass across several smallish pieces as each Dlc pack is released, and this first one will focus on Lady Six Sky of the Maya and Simon Bolivar of Gran Colombia. I’ll also mention the new “Secret Societies” feature and “Apocalypse” mode throughout this and the other reviews, since I’ll...

At the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, documentary filmmaker Stephen Loveridge made his directorial debut with the premiere of Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. Following its initial premiere, Loveridge’s newest feature documentary will now find its way into theaters – courtesy of Yellow Submarine and Exit Through The Gift Shop distributor Abramorama.

The documentary centers on Sri Lankan musician and rapper Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam – better known by her artistic alias “M.I.A.” As the three-part title suggests, Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. delves into the different stages of Maya’s life and takes an intimate look at her upbringing. To achieve this effect, it’s fitting that the film is culled from over 700 hours of M.I.A.’s self-archived footage of her life and career.

Our own Leonardo Goi caught the film at the New Directors/New Films Festival and applauded Loveridge’s inaugural execution in depicting an artist...

Film about British rapper gets Us deal after Sundance Special Jury Award win.

Abramorama and Cinereach have signed a deal to give music documentary Matangi/Maya/Mia a Us release in September.

The film, about the rise to fame of British rapper and musician Maya Arulpragasam, better known as Mia, won the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award at this year’s Sundance.

Elevation Pictures will be distributing the film in Canada and Dogwoof will be releasing in the UK and handling international sales.

Directed by Steve Loveridge and scored by Paul Hicks and George Harrison’s son Dhani Harrison,...

Clint Walker as Cheyenne.

By Lee Pfeiffer

Clint Walker, the towering, rugged-looking leading man who specialized in playing gentle giants, has passed away at age 90. Walker had a diverse career including serving as a deputy sheriff providing security to the Sands casino in Las Vegas prior to entering show business. His first big break came during the craze for western TV series in the 1950s when he was cast in the title role of "Cheyenne", the first network series produced by Warner Brothers. The show proved to be a major hit, with Walker playing a solitary loner who came to the rescue of those being menaced by various villains. The show ran from 1955 to 1962. Walker had less success on the big screen, though he did land top billing in modest productions such as "Gold of the Seven Saints" which teamed him with Roger Moore, the India-based "Maya" and "Night of the Grizzly", a 1966 western adventure.

Clint Walker, who starred in the television Western “Cheyenne” and had a key supporting role in the WWII film “The Dirty Dozen,” died on Monday in Northern California, according to the New York Times. He was 90.

For seven seasons from 1955-61, he played Cheyenne Bodie, a rambunctious wanderer in the post-Civil War West, on the ABC series “Cheyenne.” (He also guested as the character on “Maverick.”)

The actor’s seriocomic confrontation with star Lee Marvin was one of the highlights of the classic 1967 war picture “The Dirty Dozen.”

After “Cheyenne” ended, Walker made some guest appearances on TV — “77 Sunset Strip,” “Kraft Suspense Theatre” and “The Lucy Show,” in an episode called “Lucy and Clint Walker.”

But the actor became more interested in movies both theatrical and for TV. In 1964, he had a supporting role in the Doris Day-Rock Hudson comedy “Send Me No Flowers.” His acting was not distinguished,...

New Moca director Jeffrey Deitch might have just accepted the art world's most controversial position, but if there's one thing everyone can agree he's great at, it's throwing a party. And now, he's got a bright, blank new L.A. canvas to work with. We asked artists, curators and critics to provide some guidance for Deitch's new gig.

Time to pitch a Moca reality show to one of the major networks now that you're in L.A. The concept is your life: "Ack! The economy's gone to shit so now I'm a newbie museum director." During this 13-episode series viewers will watch you navigate museum politics, get lost in L.A. and schmooze with celebrities and art glitterati. Show title: Sink or Swim! The prize: Glory--and the USA's best museum stays open.-Paddy Johnson, Art Fag City

Deitch should expand his plans with James Franco and General Hospital and embrace Los Angeles' soap opera scene.