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The late David Lynch was a masterful storyteller, and his works will likely remain cinematic staples for generations to come. His unique sensibilities and love for creative freedom are central pillars of his many works. Like many filmmaking legends, Lynch was a stickler for detail and an adept visual illusionist capable of turning ordinary scenery into eye-popping art.

Of course, a magician never reveals his secrets. Lynch’s work yielded countless innovations, but he still held some secrets. As a lover of deep thought, he rarely offered concreted explanations for his surrealist masterpieces. And one of the greatest Lynchian conundrums is buried in his first film, Eraserhead.

David Lynch Burst Onto the Scene With Eraserhead in 1978 Continuous production problems and budgetary issues caused Eraserhead’s filming to span five years. Eraserhead was added to the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry in 2004. Jack Nance maintained his character’s wild...

Acclaimed filmmaker Steven Spielberg opens up about the loss of David Lynch.

Per Variety, Spielberg joined the numerous Hollywood icons who have publicly mourned the tragic death of David Lynch. "I loved David’s films," Spielberg stated. "Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and Elephant Man defined him as a singular, visionary dreamer who directed films that felt handmade,” Spielberg said in a statement. “I got to know David when he played John Ford in The Fabelmans. Here was one of my heroes—David Lynch playing one of my heroes. It was surreal and seemed like a scene out of one of David’s own movies. The world is going to miss such an original and unique voice. His films have already stood the test of time and they always will."

Related David Lynch's 38-Year-Old Oscar-Nominated Thriller Gets New Streaming Home

One of David Lynch's most polarizing motion pictures is headed to...

James Wan has been an accomplished director in the horror genre for just shy of two decades. While he's directed other films outside the horror genre, most of his horror creations have become successful franchises. He began his career by co-creating and directing the movie Saw with Leigh Whannell. Wan eventually worked up to building The Conjuring Universe, which has grossed over 2 billion dollars.

While Wan has had mega success within the horror film scene, some of his films have had mixed reviews. Not all are winners, but there are some phenomenal horror films and lore within the movies that he's made. With over nine horror films directed, some precede others in greatness.

Dead Silence Had a Twisted, Entertaining Ending 2007

Dead Silence Critical Reception

IMDb Score

6.1/10

Rotten Tomatoes Score

21%

Dead Silence follows Jamie Ashen unraveling the mystery surrounding the death of his wife, Lisa Ashen. Her death abruptly happens after...

Having taken the world by storm with "Saw" in 2004, Australian director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell were suddenly the hottest new act in horror. Unfortunately, three years later, the duo would suffer the dreaded "sophomore slump" with "Dead Silence," an original puppet horror film that was lambasted by critics and bombed at the box office, barely matching its $20 million budget. It's a shame, honestly. I won't deny that "Dead Silence" has its problems (which we will get into), but it's also an enthrallingly gothic tale of mystery and the macabre (one bursting with creative ideas and inventively ghastly visuals). Not to mention it functions as a useful primer for the rest of Wan and Whannell's horror oeuvre.

"Dead Silence" starts out pretty nasty and only gets meaner the further along it goes. Upon being anonymously gifted with a ventriloquist doll named Billy (think Slappy from "Goosebumps" only somehow even...

A new episode of our Best Horror Party Movies video series has just been released, and with this one we’re looking back at director James Wan’s 2007 revenge thriller Death Sentence (watch it Here). Now, you may be wondering, “How can this be a party movie when it’s incredibly depressing?” Well, to find out how we party to this movie, check out the video embedded above!

Directed by James Wan from a screenplay by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers that was based on a novel by Death Wish author Brian Garfield, Death Sentence has the following synopsis: Nick Hume is on his way home from a hockey game with his son, Brendan, and stops for gasoline. Helplessly he sees a street thug kill Brendan while robbing the station. Believing the justice system will fail him, Nick goes after the killer himself, setting off a war between him and the killer’s older brother.

If directors David Lynch and Darren Aronofsky went on a road trip through working class America to meet a long-lost cousin, surely filmmaker Theodore Schaefer would come along for the ride. That’s the vibe you get when watching Giving Birth to a Butterfly, Schaefer’s moving, sometimes haunting, yet thoroughly intriguing debut feature. Shot on pastel 16mm, this film drips with achiness as it follows a mysterious road trip taken by two relative strangers whose lives are brought together by chance.

If you’re into surreal, fantasy-like outings in the vein of Twin Peaks, or even one of those alt-universe Riverdale seasons, Giving Birth to a Butterfly should do the trick. What works in Schaefer’s favor, however, is that he grounds his story, which was co-written with screenwriter Patrick Lawler, in something relatable: a family surviving economic hardship and layers of unexpressed emotions.

The film stars Annie Parisse...

We’re getting this week started with a new episode of the Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? video series, and in this one we’re looking back at one of James Wan’s “creepy puppet” movies, the 2007 release Dead Silence (watch it Here). To find out all about Dead Silence, check out the video embedded above!

Directed by James Wan from a screenplay by Leigh Whannell, based on a story Wan and Whannell crafted together, Dead Silence has the following synopsis: Dare to unlock the deadly curse of Mary Shaw… From the creators of Saw comes a new thriller of relentless terror! Ever since Mary Shaw was hunted down and killed, the small town of Ravens Fair has been haunted by horrific deaths. When a local’s wife is brutally murdered, he returns home to unravel the terrifying legend of Mary Shaw and the reason why when you see her,...

Limited theatrical release planned for May.

Cinedigm has acquired North American rights to Fantasia International Film Festival road movie Giving Birth To A Butterfly, which marks the feature directorial debut of Theodore Schaefer who produced Berlinale selection The Adults.

Annie Parisse plays a woman whose identity gets stolen and bonds with her son’s pregnant girlfriend (Gus Birney) as they search for the perpetrators on a dreamlike road trip. Paul Sparks, Owen Campbell, Jessica Pimentel, and Judith Roberts round out the key cast.

Cinedigm plans a limited US theatrical release in May ahead of a digital release on its indie...

M3GAN producer and co-writer James Wan explains where his obsession with killer dolls comes from. Wan is an American director best known for his work in the horror genre, behind works like Saw, The Conjuring, and Insidious. However, he has also notably directed Furious 7 and directed and co-wrote the Aquaman films. His most recent project is the horror film M3GAN which is set to premiere on January 6 and has already been receiving positive early reviews from critics. The film follows M3GAN (Amie Donald and Jenna Davis), a lifelike AI doll created by roboticist Gemma (Allison Williams) that is meant to be a child's best companion. However, the doll gains self-awareness and murderous intentions.

In an interview with Yahoo! Entertainment, Wan revealed how his love for killer dolls like M3GAN was first sparked. He explained that he believes the source of his obsession is the Poltergeist, which he watched at a very young age.

There have been plenty of horror films set in the Old West and the Old South, as well as eras of religious inquisition in the Old World. “The Last Thing Mary Saw” goes where relatively few have gone before, however, by taking place in the still-new United States’ “civilized” rural East, where an industrial age had yet to penetrate and mores remained none too distant from the earliest European settlers’ harsh Puritanism.

Most obviously comparable would be 2015’s sleeper hit “The Witch,” though this first feature by writer-director Edoardo Vitaletti is not as vivid in atmospheric or suspense terms. Still, it’s similarly distinguished by a strong sense of a particular cultural epoch’s comingled faith, fear and oppression, even if “Mary” is set more than 200 years later. Perhaps more rewarding in the end as straight, downbeat period drama than as an occult thriller, it was acquired by genre platform...

Stars: Stefanie Scott, Isabelle Fuhrman, Judith Roberts, Rory Culkin | Written and Directed by Edoardo Vitaletti

The Last Thing Mary Saw begins with an ominous quote from John Calvin, “All events whatsoever are governed by the secret counsel of God.” And God, or a twisted interpretation of His words, will have a large part to play in the events that unfold before us.

It’s December 3rd 1843 in Southold, New York. A young woman, Mary, is being interrogated about a series of deaths at her family home. A blindfold covers the two empty sockets where her eyes used to be so she doesn’t see the rifles aimed at her as she tells her story.

Mary is the daughter of a wealthy family. It’s also a repressively devout one and her life has little joy apart from her relationship with her maid Eleanor. A relationship that brings disapproval and harsh punishment from her family,...

Up-and-coming filmmaker Edoardo Vitaletti celebrated the world premiere of his debut feature The Last Thing Mary Saw earlier this week, as the film screened as part of the 2021 Fantasia Film Festival. Starring Stefanie Scott, Isabelle Fuhrman, Judith Roberts, and Rory Culkin, The Last Thing Mary Saw is a supernatural drama set in the 19th century that is centered around two young women whose forbidden love threatens to destroy them both once sinister forces at play are revealed.

Daily Dead recently had the opportunity to speak with both Fuhrman and Scott about their involvement with The Last Thing Mary Saw, and the co-stars discussed their initial reactions to the material when coming aboard the project, their experiences collaborating with Vitaletti and each other, the immersive nature of the production itself, and more.

The Last Thing Mary Saw was recently acquired by Shudder and will hit the streaming platform in 2022, so be...

In a film landscape that is oversaturated with a lot of the “same ole, same ole,” it’s easy to be dismayed or overly critical of films that walk a well-worn path. Features like The Last Thing Mary Saw serve as a needed reminder that tropes are used often for a reason and that even familiar stories can have fresh perspectives. It’s all about the quality of the work and, in that respect, The Last Thing Mary Saw delivers.

The Last Thing Mary Saw is written and directed by Edoardo Vitaletti and stars Isabelle Fuhrman, Judith Roberts, Stefanie Scott, and Rory Culkin. The scene is 1840s New York. A young woman named Mary (Stefanie Scott) is growing up in the cruel repression of an extremely religious household. Her only joy is in her secret love affair with the home’s maid, Eleanor. Though the young lovers suffer increasingly severe punishments for their perceived sins,...

The Last Thing Mary Saw Review — The Last Thing Mary Saw (2021) Film Review from the 25th Annual Fantasia International Film Festival, a movie written and directed by Edoardo Vitaletti, starring Isabelle Fuhrman, Rory Culkin, Stefanie Scott, Shane Coffey, Carolyn McCormick, Judith Roberts, Michael Laurence, Dawn McGee, Continue reading: Film Review: The Last Thing Mary Saw: A Dark Period Horror-Drama That Impresses Despite Some Rough Messaging [Fantasia 2021]...

In addition to the recently released Escape Room 2, Orphan star Isabelle Fuhrman appears in the period horror movie The Last Thing Mary Saw, set in the year 1843. Set to World Premiere at the virtual edition of the Fantasia Film Festival, Fuhrman stars alongside Rory Culkin (Lords of Chaos), Stefanie Scott (Insidious: Chapter 3) and Judith Roberts (You Were Never Really Here). Ahead of the Fantasia […]...

We meet Diana Dent (Annie Parisse) readying matching wedding gowns soon revealed as not her own. She’s mending them to sell online—a necessity considering her bull-headed and controlling husband Daryl (Paul Sparks) is hell-bent on putting their life savings towards a dream of creating his own restaurant. That means no money for Drew (Owen Campbell) or Danielle’s (Rachel Resheff) college. No money to stop working extra hours at the pharmacy. No money for anything besides his selfish need to break free of a constrained life as if he’s the only one struggling to come up for air. So Diana looks to liquidate what she can while hiding the act in the knowledge that Daryl would inevitably find a way to make her feel bad about doing it.

Director Theodore Schaefer and co-writer Patrick Lawler ensure that we recognize the relatable mixture of melancholy and anxiety. They...

Mark Tarlov, who produced such films as Copycat and Serial Mom, passed away on July 31st after a battle with cancer. His family made the announcement. Tarlov was 69.

Tarlov landed his first entertainment job in Business Affairs at Warner Bros. in 1979. Four years later, he EP’d his first feature, Christine, based on the Stephen King novel and directed by John Carpenter. Next, he produced Sidney Lumet’s Power starring Richard Gere, Gene Hackman and Julie Christie.

In the ’90s Tarlov worked with the British novelist William Boyd to transform the Mario Vargas Llosa novel, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter into the offbeat film, Tune in Tomorrow, directed by Jon Amiel and starring Keanu Reeves, Peter Falk, Barbara Hershey, Patricia Clarkson and John Larroquette. His collaboration with William Boyd grew into a lifelong friendship and yielded another film based on Boyd’s novel, A Good Man in Africa starring Colin Friels,...

Actor Reg Gorman, best known for his roles on Neighbours and The Sullivans, has died aged 89 following a battle with cancer.

His wife Judith Roberts confirmed his passing on Thursday in a social media post, describing a “great farewell” at Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital, where Gorman was surrounded by family and was also able to skype overseas and interstate to say goodbye.

Born in Sydney, Gorman began his television career with appearances on a slew of Australian series in the 1960s, before landing his first recurring star role as Darby Finnegan in 13 episodes of the Atn series Mrs. Finnegan in 1970 and 71.

After further appearances across both film and television, including Homicide and Matlock Police, he was cast as Jack Fletcher in The Sullivans, a role he would remain in for all 1114 half-hour episodes of the series from 1976–83.

Stints on Prisoner and The Henderson Kids would follow, with Gorman also appearing in Neighbours,...

In addition to the recently released Escape Room 2, Orphan star Isabelle Fuhrman appears in the period horror movie The Last Thing Mary Saw, set in the year 1843. Set to World Premiere at the virtual edition of the Fantasia Film Festival, Fuhrman stars alongside Rory Culkin (Lords of Chaos), Stefanie Scott (Insidious: Chapter 3) and Judith Roberts (You Were Never Really Here). From […]...

Stars: Rosie Traynor, David Pledger, Martin Sharpe, Talia Zucker, Tania Lentini, Cameron Strachan, Judith Roberts, Robin Cuming, Marcus Costello, Chloe Armstrong | Written and Directed by ‎Joel Anderson

Horror can be all about the jump scares, or all about the scares. Some though work at a more cerebral level and hits the emotions more. Lake Mungo is a horror that may be too subtle for some, but for others who like this kind of film it creates a truly chilling experience.

Filmed in a documentary style, Lake Mungo looks at the tragic drowning of sixteen-year-old Alice Palmer and how her family deal with her death. With the help of a parapsychologist, they uncover secrets she was hiding, and find Alice was being haunted by Lake Mungo.

In the film, we look at two things, that is the story of Alice herself and her family. With the family we look at how...

The Fantasia International Film Festival is proud to announce the first wave of programming for its upcoming 25th edition, set again to take place as a virtual event accessible to audiences across Canada. The festival will run from August 5 – 25, 2021 and will include scheduled screenings and premieres, panels, and workshops, with films once again hosted on the leading-edge platform created by Festival Scope and Shift72. As the summer approaches, Fantasia organizers will be following advice from local health authorities in Montreal with respect to the possibility of adding a limited range of physical events as well. In celebration of the key role that Japan’s culture has played across Fantasia’s history, the festival’s 25th edition will be featuring an enhanced focus on Japanese cinema.

Following the earlier news of the festival’s opening film, the world premiere of Julien Knafo’s Quebec-set zomcom Brain Freeze starring Roy Dupuis and Iani Bédard,...

One of my favorite festivals is back with a virtual event taking place this August! The Fantasia International Film Festival has announced its first wave of programming, which includes a diverse slate of features and a special focus on Japanese cinema:

Wednesday, May 19, 2021 // Montreal, Quebec -- The Fantasia International Film Festival is proud to announce the first wave of programming for its upcoming 25th edition, set again to take place as a virtual event accessible to audiences across Canada. The festival will run from August 5 - 25, 2021 and will include scheduled screenings and premieres, panels, and workshops, with films once again hosted on the leading-edge platform created by Festival Scope and Shift72. As the summer approaches, Fantasia organizers will be following advice from local health authorities in Montreal with respect to the possibility of adding a limited range of physical events as well. In celebration of the key role that Japan...

A directorial debut from a talent who is a complete unknown to us, New York based Italian filmmaker Edoardo Vitaletti enlisted the likes of Stefanie Scott, Isabelle Fuhrman, Rory Culkin and Judith Roberts from You Were Never Really Here for mythological horror item titled, The Last Thing Mary Saw. Scored by Sundance vet Keegan DeWitt, production took place back in December of 2019 in New York.

Gist: Set in 1843 that follows the youngest daughter of a strict religious family who finds herself detained after discovering her ominously matriarchal grandmother dead.

Production Co./Producers: Intrinsic Value’s Aimee Schoof and Isen Robbins, Arachnid Films’ Harrison Allen and Madeleine Schumacher, Stephen Tedeschi.…...

Stars: Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph, Jeanne Bates | Written and Directed by David Lynch

David Lynch is well known for being a director who is not ashamed to go to some bizarre places, a man known for his surrealism, his specific and individualistic tone in works like Twin Peaks, Lost Highway and this, the feature debut of the legendary writer/director. It is a weird film, that’s for damn sure, but there’s something truly haunting about it too. Amongst the peculiar imagery lives an eerie undertone that became something of a staple, a trademark, for Lynch.

With Eraserhead, the film that preceded The Elephant Man, which arrived some three years later, Lynch delivered to the world a nightmare of visual terror, a tale of a factory worker named Henry Spencer who is driven slowly mad by the cries of his newborn mutant baby. This isn’t, even 43 years later,...

Claustrophobic and cold as Hell: That’s how I’d describe Centigrade, released yesterday (August 28th) via IFC Midnight. Today, we’ve got an Unsolved Mysteries-style trailer/featurette to share, one that stars Isabella Rossellini, Kelsey Grammer, Rubén Blades, Louis Cancelmi, Malin Barr, and Judith Roberts. Check it out below the trailer and synopsis. Related Article: A Moment of Hope […] More...

In 1998, the brilliant marketing campaign for “The Blair Witch Project” nearly broke the still-fledgling commercial internet, peppering it with hints and rumors and worries that the found-footage thriller was actually real, forever changing movie marketing in the process. Over two decades later, it’s still a stroke of genius worthy of being imitated, and even if consumers are far too hip to believe all this mumbo-jumbo again (or are they?), few things are as amusing as watching the lines between “film” and “reality” blur.

Enter Brendan Walsh’s IFC Midnight thriller “Centigrade,” which adds a (literally) chilling dimension to a genre still pushing its boundaries. The film’s official synopsis plays up the “Blair Witch Project” of it all: “In 2002, a young American couple, Matthew and Naomi travel to the arctic mountains of Norway. After pulling over during a snowstorm, they wake up trapped in their SUV, buried underneath layers of snow and Ice.

Exclusive: Stefanie Scott (Insidious: Chapter 3), Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan), Judith Roberts (You Were Never Really Here) and Rory Culkin (Lords of Chaos) have been cast in The Last Thing Mary Saw, a mythological horror pic from writer-director Edoardo Vitaletti.

Film is a period horror set in 1843 that follows the youngest daughter of a strict religious family who finds herself detained after discovering her ominously matriarchal grandmother dead. Project will lense in New York this month.

Vitaletti, a New York based Italian writer and director, is making his directorial debut on the feature. Producers are Intrinsic Value’s Aimee Schoof and Isen Robbins alongside Harrison Allen and Madeleine Schumacher’s Arachnid Films, with Stephen Tedeschi. Scoop Wasserstein is an executive producer.

Scott is represented by Gersh and Medavoy, Fuhrman by UTA and Gang Tyre, Roberts by Leading Artists, Culkin by Paradigm and Brookside Artist Management.

Horror pics are making a return across the board as Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime update their streaming platforms for the spooky season.

“The Shining” will kick off Netflix’s horror film slate, followed by “Truth or Dare” with Lucy Hale and Tyler Posey, “The Haunting of Molly Hartley,” and the Netflix original “The Haunting of Hill House.” Non-horror fans can also look forward to the addition of several big movies, including “Blazing Saddles,” “The NeverEnding Story,” and “Zack and Miri Make a Porno.” Additionally, “Marvel’s Daredevil” is returning for a third season alongside Season 2 of “Making a Murderer” and “Big Mouth.”

Hulu is upping its horror game with titles such as “American Psycho,” “Anaconda” starring Jennifer Lopez, and “The Blair Witch Project.” The films will also appear alongside some more lighthearted content, including Season 5 of “Black-ish,” Season 9 of “Bob’s Burgers,” and Season 16 of “Family Guy.”

Rounding out the list,...

If you missed its theatrical rollout a few months ago, don't despair, because the Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD release of You Were Never Really Here starring Joaquin Phoenix, is almost here. July 3rd will mark the digital release and by mid-July, the DVD will be available. While there is no news yet on special features, we will keep you posted as that information is revealed, and we now have a look at the cover art:

Press Release: Lionsgate is proud to announce the thriller You Were Never Really Here, starring Joaquin Phoenix, arriving on Digital July 3rd and on Blu-ray™ (plus Digital), DVD, and On Demand July 17.

Early Est: 7/3/18

Blu-ray™/DVD Street: 7/17/18

Blu-ray™ Srp: $24.99

DVD Srp: $19.98

Program Description

Golden Globe winner Joaquin Phoenix is “haunting” in You Were Never Really Here, arriving on Digital July 3 and on Blu-ray™(plus Digital), DVD, and On Demand July 17 from Lionsgate. Based on Jonathan Ames...

Lionsgate is one of the biggest studios in the film industry. The studio has been busy as of late with In-home releases and below is a list of what’s to come in July from Lionsgate.

Golden Globe winner Jim Carrey stars in the slick crime-thriller, Dark Crimes, arriving on Blu-ray (plus Digital) and DVD July 31 from Lionsgate. This film is currently available On Demand. Based on The New Yorker article, “True Crimes: A Postmodern Murder Mystery,” the film tells the tale of an officer’s pursuit of a murderer whose killings eerily resemble those found in a novel. Dark Crimes also stars Marton Csokas and Charlotte Gainsbourg and will be available on Blu-ray and DVD for the suggested retail price of $21.98 and $19.98, respectively.

Official Synopsis

Jim Carrey commands the screen in this spellbinding thriller from the executive producers of The Revenant and Black Mass. When police officer Tadek (Carrey...

Golden Globe winner Joaquin Phoenix is “haunting” in You Were Never Really Here, arriving on Digital July 3 and on Blu-ray (plus Digital), DVD, and On Demand July 17 from Lionsgate. Based on Jonathan Ames’s novella of the same name, and written for the screen and directed by award-winning director Lynne Ramsay, this Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh gritty thriller won Best Actor and Best Screenplay at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Also starring Ekaterina Samsonov, Alessandro Nivola, and Judith Roberts, the You Were Never Really Here Blu-ray and DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $24.99 and $19.98, respectively.

A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe’s nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.

Joaquin Phoenix Walk The Line, Gladiator, The Master

Ekaterina Samsonov Anesthesia,...

Joaquin Phoenix in Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here, an Amazon Studios

release. Credit: Alison Cohen Rosa | Amazon Studios

Joaquin Phoenix plays a traumatized veteran who has built a career out of tracking down and saving missing girls, until one job goes very wrong, in the psychological thriller You Were Never Really Here

A few years back, a film called We Need To Talk About Kevin turned up in theaters, one of the most disturbing and frightening of films about parenting gone as wrong as possible. The director behind that devastatingly horrifying film was a Scottish writer/director Lynne Ramsay, whose other films are Ratcatcher and Morven Callar. Ramsay is also the creative force behind You Were Never Really Here, which is based on a noir thriller by American writer Jonathan Ames.

Lynne Ramsay is considered, by some, to be one of the world’s greatest living filmmakers.

In You Were Never Really Here, Joaquin Phoenix plays Joe, a traumatized veteran who tracks down missing girls for a living. You Were Never Really Here is directed by Lynne Ramsay and based on the book of the same name by Jonathan Ames. Ramsay’s last film We Need to Talk About Kevin was as stellar and unsettling as they come. She’s an exciting filmmaker, and despite an April release of her film, will be talked about during awards season this fall.

My only caveat is that I didn’t watch this trailer until after I saw the movie. I watched about 10 seconds just to see what it was all about and I turned it off. I knew I was in. Having said that, it’s not that the trailer ruins the movie, my viewing experience having not watched the trailer was great. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time.

Chicago – Actor Joaquin Phoenix almost solely specializes in portraying broken souls, but he also does it with such intensity that he adds necessary depth to those characters, to allow for their redemption. As a hit man for hire in the new film “You Were Never Really Here,” he again reaches beyond the darkness.

Rating: 4.0/5.0

The film is an adaptation of a Jonathan Ames novel, and is directed by Lynne Ramsay (“We Need to Talk About Kevin”). Like “Kevin,” it is a moody interpretation of a highly salacious subject, the use of preteen girls for prostitution. Phoenix is a hardened Marine combat veteran-turned-hit-man whose only soft spot is for his aging mother. The process of the story is to get him to feel again, but it is done through many tortuous emotional encounters and his own brand of violent justice. Ramsay’s cinema landscape is a dreamy one, and protects the...

Just in time for the Cannes announcements, Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here, which debuted at last year’s event, is headed to U.S. theaters. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, the Amazon Studios feature had a solid opening in the U.K. last month. The title headlines a fairly wide pack of newcomers this weekend, including A24’s Lean On Pete by British filmmaker Andrew Haigh and starring Steve Buscemi, Chloë Sevigny and Charlie Plummer. Great Point Media/Paladin are launching Where Is Kyra? with Michelle Pfeiffer and Kiefer Sutherland in roles the director, Andrew Dosunmu, swears fans of the two will be surprised by. And Well Go USA is opening Tribeca ’17 thriller, The Endless in New York before heading to L.A. next week.

Also opening in limited release is Warner Bros.’ Pandas. Other titles making bows this weekend include Sweet Country with Sam Neil and Bryan Bishop as well as Shout!

Joaquin Phoenix is simply stupendous in You Were Never Really Here. His performance is damn near flammable—dangerous if you get too close. What a team he makes with Scottish writer-director Lynne Ramsay, whose output is small but inarguably stunning (Ratcatcher, Movern Caller, We Need to Talk About Kevin). Working from a 2013 novel by Jonathan Ames, the actor and the filmmaker craft a fiercely brilliant drama that gets under your skin and makes it crawl.

Phoenix plays Joe, a war vet who supports himself and his ailing mom (Judith Roberts...

Ever since the Cannes Film Festival last year, buzz has been building for Lynne Ramsay’s follow up to We Need to Talk About Kevin. The movie in question is You Were Never Really Here, and boy is it something. Opening this week, Ramsay has crafted something truly remarkable. Very much a cinematic cousin to Drive, this is the filmmaker putting her stamp on what otherwise could be a throwaway genre outing. Whereas a studio would have shaved off the rough edges and made this a Liam Neeson vehicle (not that those don’t have their own merits), here we have something far more offbeat. It’s also easily one of the three best films of 2018 so far. The movie is like a lucid fever dream. IMDb describes it as such: “A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control,...

“…now, you can run, you can hide, or you can start to live like human beings again. This is our Waterloo, baby! You want your city back? You gotta take it.”—Fred Williamson, Vigilante Lynne Ramsay’s methods have become more concentrated, more specialized. When she began, her films found her gesturing at the edge of conventional psychology through lightly surreal abstraction. A rat tied to a balloon, a nocturnal supermarket bursting with song, her typical bricolage of light and found objects where every source feeds into a unified color scheme: all these elements say what her paralyzed or stunted protagonists could not. The world ironically reflected their darkness, their optimism, or their depression. Since 2002’s Morvern Callar she began a sort of narrowing of her emotional concern. Her characters wear masks of rage, of depression, of guilt, and fear. Music, color, light, objects and even people seem to reflect their inner turmoil.

You Were Never Really Here Amazon Studios Reviewed by: Harvey Karten Directed by: Lynne Ramsay Screenwriter: Lynne Ramsay adapted from Jonathan Ames’ novel Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov, Alessandro Nivola, Alex Manette, John Doman, Judith Roberts Location: Park Avenue, NYC, 5/22/18 Opens: April 6, 2018 Novelist Jonathan Ames, whose 112-page novella “You Were Never Really Here” […]

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Sneak Peek more new footage from the upcoming crime thriller "You Were Never Really Here", written and directed by Lynne Ramsay, based on the novella of the same name by author Jonathan Ames, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov, Alex Manette, John Doman and Judith Roberts, opening April 6, 2018:

"...a missing teenage girl and a loathsome...

"...brutal underworld 'enforcer' (Phoenix) are on a rescue mission. 

"Corrupt power and vengeance unleash a storm of violence that may lead to his awakening..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "You Were Never Really Here"...

Sneak Peek more new images, plus footage from the upcoming crime thriller "You Were Never Really Here", written and directed by Lynne Ramsay, based on the novella of the same name by author Jonathan Ames, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov, Alex Manette, John Doman and Judith Roberts, opening April 6, 2018:

"...a missing teenage girl and a loathsome...

"...brutal underworld 'enforcer' (Phoenix) are on a rescue mission. 

"Corrupt power and vengeance unleash a storm of violence that may lead to his awakening..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "You Were Never Really Here"...

Having been recently shown at Cannes and Sundance, You Were Never Really Here has acquired distribution with Amazon Studios and news on its release date plus six photos from the film kick off today's Horror Highlights. We also have a look at the guest list for Image Expo 2018, The Housemaid remake details, Skelton Crew Studios' Em Cypress collectible statue, the 2018 Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival lineup, and the DVD and Digital release details for Prodigy.

Amazon Studios' You Were Never Realy Here Release Details: "You Were Never Really Here premiered at the 70th Cannes Film Festival in competition, where Lynne Ramsay won the Best Screenplay award and Joaquin Phoenix won the award for Best Actor.

Amazon Studios will release You Were Never Really Here in select theaters April 6, 2018.

A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control,...

Joaquin Phoenix tops today's Horror Highlights with a new poster for You Were Never Really Here, making its American premiere this month at the Sundance Film Festival, and we also have new information on the soundtrack for Warhammer: Vermintide 2 and home media release details for the serial killer thriller Hangman, starring Al Pacino.

You Were Never Really Here Sundance Poster: "You Were Never Really Here premiered at the 70th Cannes Film Festival in competition, where Lynne Ramsay won the Best Screenplay award and Joaquin Phoenix won the award for Best Actor. Acclaimed director Lynne Ramsay returns to the 2018 Sundance Film Festival with the film’s American debut.

Amazon Studios will release You Were Never Really Here in select theaters April 6, 2018

A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading...

"Do you have kids, Joe?" Studiocanal has debuted a new official UK trailer for Lynne Ramsay's You Were Never Really Here, her powerful new film starring Joaquin Phoenix that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last year. We posted the official Us trailer back in December, but if you still aren't sold on it, then check this one out + the new UK poster below. Phoenix stars as Joe, a "brutal and tormented enforcer" who is assigned the job of finding and bringing home a missing girl that has been scooped up by a sex trade ring. Also starring Ekaterina Samsonov, John Doman, Judith Roberts, Alex Manette, and Alessandro Nivola. This film made my Top 10 of 2017 and I've been raving about it ever since seeing it in Cannes last year (read my review). This film will finally hit theaters this spring for those who've been patiently to see it. Here's...

Considering it has yet to be released in the United States, or stop by any festivals here, it was quite a feat for Lynne Ramsay’s We Need to Talk About Kevin follow-up You Were Never Really Here earned a spot in our top 25 films of 2017, which shows just how much our international contributors adored it.

Starring Joaquin Phoenix, the Jonny Greenwood-scored thriller follows him as a veteran who takes it upon himself to help young victims of sex trafficking in New York City. Amazon Studios decided to hold the film until this April, but it’ll get a release this March in the U.K. and now a new trailer and beautiful poster from that locale has arrived.

One of our favorite films of Cannes Film Festival, where it picked up a Best Screenplay and Best Actor award, we said in our review, “The results are breathtaking, and...

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Studiocanal has released a new trailer for You Were Never Really Here that features an exceptional performance from Joaquin Phoenix.

Related: You Were Never Really Here First Trailer

Based on the novella of the same name by Jonathan Ames, the thriller is directed by We Need To Talk About Kevin director Lynne Ramsey and stars Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov, Judith Roberts, John Doman, Alex Manette, Dante Pereira-Olsen, and Alessandro Nivola.

The film premiered at the 70th Cannes Film Festival, where Joaquin Phoenix won the award for Best Actor and Lynne Ramsay was the joint winner for Best Screenplay.

Related: Cannes 2017 – You Were Never Really Here Review

Studiocanal has now set the release date for the UK as the 9th of March.

You Were Never Really Here Official Synopsis

A missing teenage girl. A brutal and tormented enforcer on a rescue mission. Corrupt power and vengeance unleash a...

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Sneak Peek footage, plus images from the new crime thriller "You Were Never Really Here", written and directed by Lynne Ramsay, based on the novella of the same name by author Jonathan Ames, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov, Alex Manette, John Doman and Judith Roberts, opening April 6, 2018:

"...a missing teenage girl and a loathsome, brutal underworld 'enforcer' (Phoenix) are on a rescue mission. 

"Corrupt power and vengeance unleash a storm of violence that may lead to his awakening..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "You Were Never Really Here"...

"They said you were brutal." "I can be..." "I want you to hurt them." Amazon Studios has finally released an official Us trailer for Lynne Ramsay's You Were Never Really Here, her powerful new film starring Joaquin Phoenix that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. We posted an international trailer a few months ago, but this Us one is much better. Phoenix stars as Joe, a "brutal and tormented enforcer" who is assigned the job of finding and bringing home a missing girl that has been scooped up by a sex trade ring. Also starring Ekaterina Samsonov, John Doman, Judith Roberts, Alex Manette, and Alessandro Nivola. I caught this in Cannes and totally flipped for it, even going in to see it twice, before writing my glowing review which was quoted in the trailer (it is indeed perfect). You definitely don't want to miss this. Here's the Us trailer...

You Were Never Really Here is director Lynne Lynne Ramsay’s follow-up to her amazing 2011 film, We Need To Talk About Kevin. You Were Never Really Here played at the Cannes film festival earlier this year and scored the Best Screenplay award for Lynne Ramsay and Joaquin Phoenix won the award for Best Actor. This is one of my most anticipated films of 2018 and not only do we have a trailer but we also have a release date.

Amazon Studios will release You Were Never Really Here in select theaters April 6, 2018

Written and Directed By Lynne Ramsay

Based Upon The Book By Jonathan Ames

Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Judith Roberts, Ekaterina Samsonov, John Doman, Alex Manette, Dante Pereira-Olsen, and Alessandro Nivola

A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe’s nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered...