Tag: Xander Berkeley

The Dark and the Wicked [Video Review]

Something Wicked This Way Runs: Bertino Gets Bleak with Rural Horror Director Bryan Bertino continues an exploration of his sinister fetish with trapping sweetly conceived...

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Todd Haynes receives his first entry in the Criterion collection with a beautiful restoration of his landmark 1995 sophomore feature, Safe, the film that launched...

Small Time | Review

Refurbished: Surnow’s Debut a Casserole of Cliché Seasoned television writer and producer Joel Surnow makes his directorial debut with Small Time, based on an autobiographical...

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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.