Noon Gloom: Elkoussy Mounts Shadowy, Allegorical Fantasy
An industrial wasteland outside of a specific time or place provides the backdrop for Hala Elkoussy’s ingenious, but...
This year's edition of the Directors' Fortnight will begin with Barbie and end with...plastic. Julien Rejl's selection committee have lassoed a total of twenty-one...
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.