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The House with a Clock in Its Walls | Review

Clockwatchers: Roth Goes YA Route with Surprisingly Sweet Results It goes without saying, horror director Eli Roth, once part of the perversely coined Splat Pack...

Death Wish | Review

Wish in One Hand…: Roth Revamps Urban Terror for the Neo-Privileged Vigilantism isn’t perhaps the best narrative thrust for American audiences during the early days...

Top 25 Most Anticipated Studio Films of 2018: DuVernay, McQueen & Scorsese Top the List

Looking forward to the theatrical pleasures of 2018, the Hollywood studio system seems mostly a foregone conclusion save for a handful of items which...

Clown | Blu-ray Review

Director Jon Watts’ 2014 horror film Clown stands as the writer/director/producer’s feature debut, even though it arrived well after his moderately hailed sophomore effort...

Knock Knock | Review

While We’re Young: Roth’s Revisits Grindhouse Home Invasion Genre director Eli Roth presents his first remake, Knock Knock, a rehash of a 1977 grindhouse thriller,...

Sundance ’15: Eli Roth, Rodney Ascher, Bruce McDonald & David Robert Mitchell Land at Park City at Midnight

Last year's batch of eight films included the almost critic-proof trio of Adam Wingard's The Guest, Taika Waititi & Jemaine Clement's What We Do...

2013’s Midnight Madness Line-up include Venice bound flick from Sono & Juno Mak Plus 7 World Preems (McKee, Roth, Matsumoto)

Announcing nine out of ten titles from its 2013 lineup, TIFF’s Midnight Madness blazes in with a fever pitch, promising to be one of...

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The Devils (1971) | Review

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Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.