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In the shadows of feudal Japan, even the most skilled shinobi and samurai occasionally need backup. Assassin’s Creed Shadows introduces a robust ally system that lets you summon powerful companions during combat, each bringing unique abilities that can mean the difference between victory and an untimely trip to the loading screen.

Friends with benefits, feudal Japan style. | Image Credit: Ubisoft

While Naoe and Yasuke are formidable on their own, recruiting these “specialized” fighters transforms difficult encounters into manageable skirmishes. But finding and convincing these potential allies to join your cause requires completing specific quests, and making the right choices along the way.

All allies in Assassin’s Creed Shadows and how to recruit them

Beyond your permanent companions Tomiko and Junjiro (who help at the Hideout but can’t join combat), there are six recruitable allies in Assassin’s Creed Shadows who’ll fight alongside you when summoned.

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Amazon has announced a “3 for the price of 2” sale, in which you buy two items and get a third, lesser-priced item free. Among the 1,000 items included in the promotion are hundreds of vinyl and Blu-ray titles.

To participate in the buy 2, get 1 free sale, add three qualifying items to your cart. The lowest-priced item’s cost will be removed when you proceed to checkout. (Note: The offer only applies to products sold by Amazon.com or Amazon Digital Services LLC).

Add to your vinyl collection with albums by artists ranging from The Beatles and Fleetwood Mac to Bob Dylan and Prince to Lauryn Hill and A Tribe Called Quest. More modern titles include LPs from Tyler, the Creator, Chappell Roan, and Phoebe Bridgers.

Meanwhile, cinephiles can pick up Blu-rays for movies like Blade Runner: The Final Cut, Seven, and The Fifth Element, alongside newer titles including Deadpool & Wolverine and The Substance.

Amazon has announced a “3 for the price of 2” sale, in which you buy two items and get a third, lesser-priced item free. Among the 1,000 items included in the promotion are hundreds of vinyl and Blu-ray titles.

To participate in the buy 2, get 1 free sale, add three qualifying items to your cart. The lowest-priced item’s cost will be removed when you proceed to checkout. (Note: The offer only applies to products sold by Amazon.com or Amazon Digital Services LLC).

Add to your vinyl collection with albums by artists ranging from The Beatles and Fleetwood Mac to Bob Dylan and Prince to Lauryn Hill and A Tribe Called Quest. More modern titles include LPs from Tyler, the Creator, Chappell Roan, and Phoebe Bridgers.

Meanwhile, cinephiles can pick up Blu-rays for movies like Blade Runner: The Final Cut, Seven, and The Fifth Element, alongside newer titles including Deadpool & Wolverine and The Substance.

Mumford & Sons have shared their new song, “Malibu,” the opening track and second preview of their upcoming album, Rushmere.

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A spiritual, uplifting tune, “Malibu” was co-produced by Mumford & Sons with Dave Cobb, who helmed the new album. Propelled by lively acoustic guitar, banjo, and piano, the track builds to a crescendo as Marcus Mumford sings: “You are all I want/ You’re all I need/ And I’ll find peace beneath the shadow of your wings.”

“‘Malibu’ was the first song we wrote when we got back together in Los Angeles in January 2023,” Mumford added in a press statement. “The song just felt like us, and the process of recording it with Dave [Cobb] captured it on record in a way that made us feel it had to open Rushmere. We love it.”

Marking the band’s first new album in seven years, Rushmere (pre-orders are...

He may be Hollywood’s newly-crowned It boy thanks to his starring role in “Babygirl” opposite Nicole Kidman, but Harris Dickinson has already made moves behind the camera.

The British actor’s directorial feature debut “Urchin” — now in post-production — is heading to the European Film Market in Berlin, with Charades launching sales. Gersh and UTA Independent Film Group are co-repping the film in the U.S.

Written by Dickinson, whose acting credits also include “Triangle of Sadness,” “Blitz” and “The Iron Claw,” the story follows Mike, a rough sleeper in London trapped in a cycle of self-destruction as he attempts to turn his life around. As per the description, the film is “raw and absurd,” and a “story about the strange patterns that keep pulling us back.”

The film stars Frank Dillane as Mike, alongside Megan Northam plus Amr Waked, Karyna Khymchuk and Shonagh Marie.

“Urchin” is produced by Archie Pearch...

Eddie Vedder, Fiona Apple, Mumford & Sons, and Brandi Carlile are among the artists who will cover Neil Young classics for an upcoming tribute album benefitting the Bridge School.

Sharon Van Etten, Lumineers, Steve Earle, and the Doobie Brothers with Allison Russell also contribute renditions to Heart Of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, the first volume in a planned two-album series.

Ahead of Volume 1’s April 25th release, Courtney Barnett has shared her take on Young’s Comes a Time standout “Lotta Love,” while Chris Pierce puts his spin on “Southern Man.

Neil Young will be honored with a new tribute album titled Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, featuring Fiona Apple, Eddie Vedder, Mumford & Sons, Brandi Carlile, and many more. Today, the album’s first two singles have arrived: covers of “Lotta Love” by Courtney Barnett, and “Southern Man” by Chris Pierce.

Due on April 25th, Heart of Gold will be the first release in a two-volume project, with proceeds benefiting The Bridge School. In addition to aforementioned artists, the 14-song tracklist will feature fresh takes on Young’s cherished catalog by Sharon Van Etten, The Lumineers, Stephen Marley, The Doobie Brothers, Allison Russell, Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell, and more.

Check out the artwork and full tracklist for Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young below. Pre-orders for the album are ongoing.

The singles, “Lotta Love” and “Southern Man” show each artist honor Young’s sound with thoughtful interpretations.

Tim Roth, Ed Harris, and Jessica Lange are among the high-profile names that have been confirmed as guests at this year’s Glasgow Film Festival.

The Scottish festival announced its full 2025 guest list this afternoon.

Roth will attend the festival alongside Japanese model, musician, and actor Kōki, Shogun actor Takehiro Hira, and filmmaker John Maclean for the world premiere of their survival thriller Tornado, which will open the festival on February 26.

Harris and Lange will attend for the UK premiere of Long Day’s Journey into Night, the new big-screen adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s seminal play, on 28 February. Lange will also appear in an In Conversation event on March 1.

Elsewhere, James McAvoy will introduce a screening of his breakthrough role in Kevin McDonald’s fiction debut The Last King of Scotland (2006). He will also take part in a In Conversation event on March 2. Athina Rachel Tsangari will also visit...

The Glasgow Film Festival has unveiled the full lineup for its 21st edition this year and will host Glasgow-born Hollywood star James McAvoy to look back on his career during an “In Conversation” event.

“Across 12 packed days, Scotland’s largest annual celebration of cinema will showcase 92 world, U.K. and Scottish premieres from 39 countries,” including 12 world premieres, organizers said on Tuesday.

The gala world premiere of survival thriller Tornado, the sophomore feature from Scottish director John Maclean (Slow West), will open the fest on Feb. 26. “Set in the rugged landscape of 1790s Britain, Tornado (played by model-songwriter Kōki,) finds herself caught in a perilous situation when she and her father’s traveling puppet show crosses paths with a ruthless criminal gang led by Sugarman (Pulp Fiction star Tim Roth) and his ambitious son Little Sugar (Slow Horses’ Jack Lowden),” says a plot summary. “In an attempt to create a new life,...

Home video distributor Shout! Studios has acquired the worldwide rights (excluding select Asian territories) to the Golden Princess movie library – a deal that Variety reports will “electrify action film aficionados” because the Golden Princess library is “a treasure trove of 156 Hong Kong cinema classics that’s been Mia from Western markets for decades. The deal, which brings together Hollywood’s indie powerhouse with one of Hong Kong cinema’s most prestigious catalogs, includes genre-defining works from directing legends John Woo and Tsui Hark, alongside star-studded vehicles featuring Chow Yun-fat, Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Leslie Cheung.“

The line-up that is now in the hands of Shout! Studios includes “Woo’s action masterpieces Hard Boiled, The Killer, the complete Better Tomorrow trilogy, Bullet in the Head, and Once a Thief. The library also boasts Ringo Lam’s City on Fire, Prison on Fire and its sequel; Eric Tsang’s Aces Go Places...

After the viral Timothée Chalamet lookalike contest held in New York City in October, several other contests began to pop up across the globe, from a Harry Styles one in London to a Paul Mescal one in Dublin. Oscar-nominated actor Dev Patel got his very own lookalike competition in San Francisco in November in an event that gathered over 500 people. When asked whether he had heard about the event, the actor instantly laughs and lets out a hearty: “Oh, yes. I have heard all about it!”

“I’m surprised more than five people showed up,” he continues. “I was quite overwhelmed by it and very touched. I also gotta say that I think most of the men who showed up were far more handsome and qualified than I am. I think I would have lost at my own lookalike contest, for sure.”

Patel says he found the whole contest to...

It’s October again, and Night of the Harvest is a collaboration between directors Christopher M. Carter and Jessica Morgan. Released into the indie horror market, this film immediately establishes itself as more than just a seasonal entry—it is a meditation on grief, survival, and how memory festers like an unhealed scar.

Set against the backdrop of Halloween celebrations, the story reveals its hidden terror within a suburban nightmare that feels private and universal, as if the scarecrow killer is more of an archetype taken from humanity’s collective dread.

Night of the Harvest appears to be a slasher with predictable slaughter and suspense rhythms. However, something is unsettling about its premise, which hints at deeper truths underneath the bloodshed.

The grotesque and primitive scarecrow mask appears to beckon not only to its victims but also to the viewer, posing the question: what do we fear, bodily death or self-erasure?...

The fall/holiday season will see the release of several awards contenders shot on Kodak film: Pablo Larraín’s “Maria,” Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu,” Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist, and Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer.”

Kodak, which had a momentous 2023 with more than 60 movies shot on film, also has Sean Baker’s “Anora” and Guadagnino’s “Challengers” as Oscar and ASC 35mm hopefuls.

Kodak had eight on-film premieres in competition at the 81st Venice Festival: “Maria,” “Queer,” “The Brutalist,” Athina Rachel Tsangari’s “Harvest,” Alex Ross Perry’s “Pavements,” Giovanni Perrier Tortorici’s “Diciannove,” Déa Kulumbegashvili’s “April,” and Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here.”

Prior to that, Kodak had 33 on-film premieres at Cannes. These included nine winners, including “Anora,” which earned the Palme d’Or prize; Matthew Rankin’s “Universal Language,” which took the first Directors’ Fortnight Audience Award; and “Grand Tour,” which grabbed Best Director for Miguel Gomes. In addition, Yorgos...

On Sunday November 24 2024, Food Network broadcasts Girl Meets Farm!

Lawn Game Fun, Harvest Included Season 14 Episode 13 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Girl Meets Farm” titled “Lawn Game Fun, Harvest Included” promises a delightful mix of outdoor fun and delicious food. Molly Yeh, the show’s host, is ready to bring a festive atmosphere to the farm with a day dedicated to lawn games. This episode will showcase not only the joy of friendly competition but also some tasty recipes that viewers can try at home.

Molly will kick off the day with a dish that is sure to impress: Hot Honey Buffalo Cauliflower. This spicy and sweet treat offers a unique twist on a classic favorite. It’s perfect for sharing during a game day gathering. The episode will also feature crispy Filet-o-Fish sandwiches, which are sure to be a hit with anyone who loves seafood. These sandwiches promise...

Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure has always stood out from the rest of the Shonen anime thanks to Hirohiko Araki’s incredibly stylish characters. Not to mention, Dio Brando is one of the most iconic antagonists in anime history, and his stand, the World, remains a fan favorite to this day. With the recent revelation of Jodio hiding the Joestar birthmark, JOJOLands, the ongoing 9th part of Araki’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure series, has created a huge buzz online.

Jojo Season 4 Volume 1 Golden Wind | Credit: David Production

Hirohiko Araki, also known as Toshiyuki Araki, has enthralled fans for over three decades with his splendid artwork and compelling narrative. Regardless, captivating fans over the years without letting fear stifle creativity is a tremendous challenge for any manga artist, and Araki masters it effortlessly. Interestingly, the legendary mangaka who is famous for his unique art style, once showed concern after finding his art was flawlessly replicated by AI.

Charlie McDowell’s The Summer Book starring Glenn Close and Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language Venice Golden Lion winner The Room Next Door starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton bookend the 37th AFI European Union Film Showcase.

Running December 4-22 at AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Maryland, the showcase presents 54 features representing all 27 European Union member states including 12 international feature film Oscar submissions and six US premieres.

Besides the festival’s Finnish opener The Summer Book and Spanish closing night selection The Room Next Door, Brady Corbet’s Venice Silver Lion winner The Brutalist from Hungary starring Adrien Brody is the centrepiece selection.

Exclusive: After selling his short story “Bomb” to 20th late last year, with Ridley Scott attaching to direct the action thriller, Kevin McMullin has been tapped to script an English-language remake of A Bittersweet Life, the ultra-violent South Korean noir from writer-director Kim Jee-woon, for Netflix and Chernin Entertainment.

McMullin comes to the project following a competitive writer search for adapting this property. Details as to the creative direction for the remake are under wraps. But the original film, released in 2005, starred Lee Byung-hun as Kim Sun-woo, an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a powerful crime boss, Kang (Kim Yeong-cheol). When Kang tasks Sun-woo with monitoring his young girlfriend Hee-soo (Shin Min-a), who he suspects of infidelity, Sun-woo finds himself in a moral quandary when he decides not to kill her and her lover, despite catching them together. This act of mercy sets off a devastating chain of events,...

Unlike most late fall festivals, Thessaloniki in Northern Greece regularly draws packed crowds of passionate and youthful patrons, largely thanks to the city’s significant student population. On Saturday at the festival’s Olympia Theatre, however, a distinct waft of emotion was in the air when Athina Rachel Tsangari arrived to present her latest feature Harvest.

A loose adaptation of British writer Jim Crace’s novel of the same name, Harvest, a psychedelic trip of great ambition and scale, is the first feature from Tsangari in almost a decade. Tsangari, who learned her trade first as a student and later film programmer in Thessaloniki, has spent much of that time outside of Greece and now resides in Los Angeles, where she teaches film directing at CalArts. Saturday’s screening was a homecoming.

“I was crying at the start. It was quite emotional,” she told us the morning after the screening.

It’s been nearly a decade since Athina Rachel Tsangari, the idiosyncratic Greek filmmaker who’s never one to repeat herself, has graced us with a new film. Tsangari is always looking for a new challenge: from the improvisational, genre-bending desolateness of The Slow Business of Going (2000), to her Greek Weird-Wave breakout Attenberg (2010) and game of hypermasculinity, Chevalier (2015), each new project takes on a whole different formal imagination. What links them together? Beyond their ostensible differences is Tsangari’s affinity for betweenness—that feeling of not belonging. This feeling is reflected in the films as much as in Tsangari’s life, bouncing […]

The post “A Nihilist Western”: Athina Rachel Tsangari on Harvest first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.

It’s been nearly a decade since Athina Rachel Tsangari, the idiosyncratic Greek filmmaker who’s never one to repeat herself, has graced us with a new film. Tsangari is always looking for a new challenge: from the improvisational, genre-bending desolateness of The Slow Business of Going (2000), to her Greek Weird-Wave breakout Attenberg (2010) and game of hypermasculinity, Chevalier (2015), each new project takes on a whole different formal imagination. What links them together? Beyond their ostensible differences is Tsangari’s affinity for betweenness—that feeling of not belonging. This feeling is reflected in the films as much as in Tsangari’s life, bouncing […]

The post “A Nihilist Western”: Athina Rachel Tsangari on Harvest first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.

Warning: This article discusses topics of suicide and violence.

The King of Horror, Stephen King, is the author behind many iconic stories, but there are plenty of terrifying books from other authors worth checking out. Stephen Kings books are hugely popular, and the author is especially known for his horror works, such as It, Carrie, and Salems Lot. While he has also written titles in other genres, King is most prominent as a horror author. Over the years, he has introduced tropes and a style of literature that has changed the genre forever.

His works have been turned into several TV shows and movies, and there are many upcoming Stephen King adaptations being released over the next couple of years, too. King is a huge influence on any author who dabbles in horror, and he has crafted some of the genres most memorable stories throughout his career. However, for those...

Athina Rachel Tsangari, the Greek director with roots in New York and Austin, Texas, does not need any convincing when an actor or crew member proposes an offbeat idea.

Her new film “Harvest” is based on Jim Crace’s interior monologue of a novel and set in the unspecified past. It feels like the middle ages, apart from the occasional anachronism. On the ramshackle set in Scotland, most of the characters were wearing wooden clogs, but Tsangari’s lead actor Caleb Landry Jones (best known to audiences as the brother in “Get Out;” he also won a Cannes prize in 2021 for the drama “Nitram”) strolled up in contemporary hiking boots.

“I loved it,” the director tells TheWrap of Jones’ footwear. “I’m open to stuff like that. It has nothing to do with what people were wearing in medieval times, but it works. Especially in a film like this one,...

Memoir Of A Snail, the latest stop motion pic from Oscar-winning filmmaker Adam Elliot, and Edinburgh-based filmmaker Laura Carreira’s haunting debut feature On Falling are among the top prize winners at this year’s London Film Festival.

The competition winners were announced this afternoon by the London Film Festival’s various juries. The jury heads were Alexandre O. Philippe, (Official Competition), Dionne Edwards (First Feature Competition), June Givanni, (Documentary Competition), and Chloe Abrahams (Short Film Competition).

Memoir Of A Snail took Best Film while Carreira’s On Falling, produced by Jack Thomas-o’Brien of Sixteen Films, won the Sutherland Award in the First Feature Competition. On Falling is the first British feature to win the Sutherland Award since 2010. Clio Barnard won it that year with The Arbor. Previous winners include Andrea Arnold, Lynne Ramsay, Robert Eggers, Julia Ducournau, and Mati Diop.

Memoir Of A Snail tells the tale of separated twins in 1970s Australia.

Before Tom Cruise, there was Jackie Chan. Jackie Chan is a living legend when it comes to the risky world of stunts. Whether it is fighting off goons with nothing but a mop or sliding off the side of a skyscraper, the man has done it all, all while making it look incredibly effortless. Despite his fair share of bumps and bruises along the way, Jackie Chan jumps right back up every time, hell-bent on doing his own stunts.

A still from Who Am I? (1998) | Credits: Golden Harvest

Jackie Chan might have just turned seventy but he is making sure that his age does not hold him back. He still wants to give his audience his hundred percent, even if it means putting his own well-being at risk sometimes. A video has surfaced on social media showing Jackie Chan fainting on set while performing a stunt, prompting fans to be extremely worried about the legend.

Carlos Marques-Marcet’s Toronto-winning musical drama They Will Be Dust, will open the 69th edition of the Valladolid International Film Week, also known as the Seminci, on October 18.

The end of life drama starring Alfredo Castro and Angela Molina won the Platform section at TIFF last month.

Valladolid, headed by José Luis Cienfuegos for a second year, is a key launchpad into the Spanish market for local and international films.

There are a total of 22 titles in the running for the festival’s top prize, the Golden Spike that comes with a €70,000 award for the Spanish distributor. The Silver Spike...

While there’s a few more fall film festivals popping up in the next month, the major ones are behind us, which means we have a strong sense of the films to have on your radar in the coming months and even through 2025. We’ve asked our writers from across the globe to weigh in on their favorite world premieres from Locarno Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, and BFI London Film Festival.

Our coverage will continue with a few more reviews this week, and far beyond as we provide updates on the journey of these selections, so continue to explore all of our festival coverage here. In the meantime, check out top picks from our writers below and return soon for our extensive year-end coverage.

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1. April (Dea Kulumbegashvili)

2 and 3. Youth (Homecoming and Hard Times) (Wang Bing...

The folk-horror genre has been a perennial mainstay on screens for decades, with recent installments from films like Midsommar, Enys Men, and more recently Starve Acre revitalizing the genre. Harvest, which marks the English-language debut of Greek director Athina Rachel Tsangari, continues this tradition but deploys it in more novel ways. The film utilizes its quasi-folk-horror sensibility to paint an elegiac portrait of a pre-industrial village in the Scottish Highlands.

The film, adapted from Jim Crace’s novel of the same name, follows a small community nearing the end of the harvest season, run under their master Charles Kent (Harry Melling), who inherited the estate their village is on from his late wife, and his right-hand man Walter Thirsk (Caleb Landry Jones). The village displays all the traditional trappings of folk-horror communities found in films like The Wicker Man. They consciously live outside the gaze of God, engage in bizarre practices,...

A post-metal band plays at a screening of a vintage Viking saga. Björk shows up to check out the latest films by Pedro Almodovar and Athina Rachel Tsingari. Filmmakers relax in warm mineral-laden waters at the ocean’s edge. Industry members are invited to the President of Iceland’s house to chat about the state of the film business. It’s a typical day at the Reykjavik International Film Festival.

But Iceland isn’t just hot springs and Vikings — well-situated between Europe and North America, the country is booming as a shooting destination. Riff provides a key place for filmmakers to network and learn more about the production scene in the small country with the big production incentives.

“The festival is a very good place for people to meet,” says Riff director Hrönn Marinósdóttir. “The Icelandic industry is really growing. I think we have a new generation of really talented...

A24 has picked up U.S. distribution rights to Pillion, the debut feature of British director Harry Lighton (Wren Boys) from Poor Things producers Element Pictures starring Harry Melling (The Pale Blue Eye) and Alexander Skarsgård (The Northman, Succession).

Described as a “funny, filthy romance,” Pillion sees Skarsgård play Ray, an ” impossibly handsome leader of a bike gang” who takes on Colin (Melling), a weedy wallflower, to be his new submissive. Ray uproots Colin from his dreary suburban life and introduces him to a community of kinky, queer bikers. But as Colin dives deeper into Ray’s world, he begins to question whether the life of a 24/7 submissive is really for him.

Lighton, BAFTA-nominated for his 2017 short Wren Boys, directed Pillion from his own script which is loosely inspired by Adam Mars-Jones’ 2019 novel Box Hill. The film wrapped production this summer.

Element Pictures, a Fremantle company, produced Pillion with financing...

The Chicago International Film Festival is gearing up for its 60th edition with an exciting lineup of global cinema, running from October 16 to 27, 2024. This year’s competition slate promises a wide array of international storytelling, with films spanning from Azerbaijan to Brazil, Japan to Tunisia, all competing for the festival’s prestigious Gold Hugo awards. The films are set to debut across multiple categories: International Feature, International Documentary, and New Directors, along with entries for the OutLook and Shorts competitions.

A remarkable 30 feature films are making their North American or U.S. premieres, with three world premieres adding to the anticipation. Some filmmakers are no strangers to Chicago, returning to the festival after prior successes, like Péter Kerekes, whose film 107 Mothers earned him the Silver Hugo for Best Director in 2020, and documentary powerhouse Joshua Oppenheimer.

Among the festival’s top-tier International Feature Competition, several standout titles have already made waves at Cannes,...

Hard Truths

Scheduled to take place in England’s capital from the 9th to the 20th October is the 2024 edition of the London Film Festival. The UK’s premier film celebration will be taking over the city with screenings at a whole host of London-wide venues including the BFI Southbank, BFI IMAX, Prince Charles Cinema and Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall to name but a few. As it has done for a number of years now, the festival will also be presenting a number of select screenings in regional cinemas too as part of Lff on Tour. For those who aren’t able to make it to cinemas there will be a number of films, of both feature and short length, made available for free on the BFI Player once the festival gets underway.

The lineup of feature films on offer has once again excited us here at Dn headquarters.

Time to rock with Caleb Landry Jones! These two animated music videos initially premiered last month but we're just now catching up with them - and they're too damn cool to pass up. Aside from acting, Caleb Landry Jones also has a rock band and creates music as well. His latest album is called "Hey Gary, Hey Dawn" and it's out to listen to now if you're curious. To celebrate the release of a new deluxe edition, Clj created two short music videos featuring some eclectic drawings that are animated and brought to life. The drawings are by Clj himself, turned into music videos by the animation creator named Aidan Stadler. The videos are just about 1 minute each & very entertaining to watch - check out both below. "With a blend of intensity, vulnerability, and musical virtuosity, Jones invites listeners to embark on a journey that transcends traditional genres, promising an...

Signature Entertainment has acquired the U.K. and Irish rights to “Skyline: Warpath” the action sci-fi sequel starring Scott Adkins (“John Wick: Chapter 4”) and Iko Uwais (“The Raid” franchise) from Palisades Park Pictures.

Written and directed by Liam O’Donnell (“Beyond Skyline”), the film also stars Yayan Ruhian (“The Raid: Redemption”) and Charlotte Vega (“Wrong Turn”) and was produced by Matthew E. Chausse (“Harvest”) and Evangelo Kioussis (“American Star”), while Peter Choi (“More, More, More”), Arvin Sutedja (“Qodrat”), Danny R. Carmona and Victor Presinal served as executive producers.

Set within the “Skyline” universe and two years after the events of “Beyond Skyline,” “Skyline: Warpath” follows Sua as he leads The Resistance against the invading aliens. When he discovers the powerful alien Radial Gauntlet, he must deal with both the corrupt Eric and the army of alien invaders.

The deal was negotiated between Signature’s acquisitions manager Begüm Kayacan Parodi and...

“Nickel Boys”, which opens the New York Film Festival on September 27, wouldn’t exist without producers Dede Gardner (Plan B) and Joslyn Barnes (Louverture Films). Both women boast enviable track records of finding, backing, and promoting rising talent, along with Gardner’s Plan B partner Jeremy Kleiner, who produced with her the Oscar-winners “Moonlight” and “12 Years a Slave,” as well as Best Picture nominees “The Tree of Life,” “The Big Short,” “Selma,” “Vice,” and “Women Talking.”

Barnes is known in the documentary space for producing Oscar nominees “Strong Island” (Yance Ford) and “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” her first collaboration with Brown professor and photographer RaMell Ross. Barnes was finishing “Strong Island” when Ross showed her eight minutes of his project; she resisted at first but eventually became intensely involved in the shoot, archives, and the final edit. Ross sees the world differently than most filmmakers; his rare...

Neil Young is celebrating 50 years of his lauded 1974 album On the Beach with a limited-edition vinyl reissue arriving on November 8th.

The album will arrive exclusively on clear vinyl and will be available at the Greedy Hand Store at Neil Young Archives in addition to standard music retailers. All purchases from Young’s Greedy Hands Store will also arrive with free hi-res digital audio downloads of the album’s eight tracks. Pre-orders are ongoing.

On the Beach was Neil Young’s highly-anticipated follow-up to his beloved 1972 album Harvest and served as the second entry in his “Ditch Trilogy.” The album features contributions from The Band’s Rick Danko and Levon Helm, his Csny collaborators Graham Nash and David Crosby, and Crazy Horse’s Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina.

On the Beach is not the only vinyl reissue that Neil Young is offering in 2024. He recently announced that he’ll be...

In the latest episode of Tomorrow’s World Today, host George sends correspondent Greg on a journey to unravel the creative process behind seasonal beers and their unique brewing methods. Diving into the World of Production, Greg explores the art of crafting beers associated with specific seasons and how our experiences are influenced by these beverages. […]

Tomorrow’s World Today: Halloween Harvest...

The first batch of titles were announced in August, and now with Locarno and Venice firming up the selection process, we now have our second wave of films. Sixteen feature films (nominations of the European Film Awards will be revealed on 5 November) have been added and we find the likes of Venice competition winners in Pedro Almodóvar, Maura Delpero and Dea Kulumbegashvili, Orizzonti section winner Bogdan Mureşanu, Locarno Golden Leopard winner by Saulė Bliuvaitė and Toronto preemed Hard Truths by master filmmaker Mike Leigh.

April directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili

Conclave directed by Edward Berger

Hard Truths directed by Mike Leigh

Harvest directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari

Misericordia directed by Emma Dante (Italy)

Moon directed by Kurdwin Ayub (Austria)

Mr.…...

The European Film Academy has added a further 16 feature films to the longlist – known as the Feature Film Selection – for the European Film Awards. With the already announced 29 films the list comprises 45 titles.

These films will now be considered for the nomination stage of the European Film Awards. The nominees will be revealed on Nov. 5.

Among the titles are several Venice award-winners: Pedro Almodóvar’s Golden Lion winner “The Room Next Door,” Grand Jury Prize winner “Vermiglio,” Special Jury Prize winner “April,” and Horizon winner “The New Year That Never Came.” Other titles include Edward Berger’s “Conclave,” Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths” and Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer.”

The films were selected by the European Film Academy Board, who consulted with a team of invited experts.

The European Film Awards take place on Dec. 7 in Lucerne, Switzerland.

These are the additional titles in the Feature Film Selection:

“April,” directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili

“Conclave,...

Luca Guadagnino’s Queer and Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door are among the 16 films added to the European Film Award 2024 contenders.

Several UK features have been shortlisted including Edward Berger’s Conclave, Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths and Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Harvest. Joshua Oppenheimer’s The End, a UK co-production with Denmark, Germany, Ireland and Sweden, has also been selected.

Further features include Dea Kulumbegashvili’s April, which won the special jury prize at Venice Film Festival as well as Maura Delpero’s Vermiglio, a Silver Lion winner at Venice and Italy’s submission for international feature at the Oscars.

Mixing the creeping faux true crime chills of The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007) with hearty daubs of compelling supernatural mythos, Strange Harvest: Occult Murder in the Inland Empire is an impressive, engrossing, and downright scary instant found-footage/pseudo-doc horror classic from writer/director Stuart Ortiz.

Told in a docu-series format, Strange Harvest uncovers the weird tale of Mr. Shiny, a masked murderer responsible for a spate of ritualistic deaths located in and around San Bernardino, California, stretching back to the early ‘90s. Through news reports, still photos, the killer’s own letters, archival videos, and interviews with detectives Joe Kirby (Peter Zizzo) and Alexis Taylor (Terri Apple) as well as various others, the film takes viewers into the mind of a mysterious killer and the occult beliefs he may be killing for.

Ortiz brings the skills he sharpened on Grave Encounters (2011) and its sequel to bear here, gifting lovers of true crime...

An eventful week in the waning days of a medieval English village provides the narrative backbone for Harvest, Athina Rachel Tsangari’s moody-verging-on-mopish adaptation of Jim Crace’s novel of the same name. The book is written in a bewitching prose style somewhere between a monologue and a first-person essay. Dialogue is sparse, much of it denoted as overheard half-phrases, and the overall ambience alien, which is more than apt for a setting—a lord-of-the-manor-ruled agricultural collective—effectively lost to time.

Tsangari, who co-wrote the screenplay with Joslyn Barnes, finds her own way into this foreign land by accentuating the grit and the grime. This is evident in everything from Sean Price Williams’s grainy 16mm cinematography (some sort of crud is always visible at the edges of the frame) to the lead casting of Caleb Landry Jones, a performer who often seems like he’s just emerged dazed and confused from primordial sludge.

Frank Dillane played Nick in the spinoff Fear The Walking Dead for four seasons. A prequel in the Walking Dead universe, the show followed the same successful formula as The Walking Dead, in which an ensemble cast had to make it through the apocalypse. The characters in Fear The Walking Dead are mostly new, and the show stars with high school teacher Madison Clark and her family as they attempt to survive the zombie apocalypse. Madison's son, former drug addict Nick, was quickly established as a character to watch as he adapted to the apocalypse.

Nick's death in season 4 came as a shock to viewers. Nick, played by Frank Dillane, went from a troubled and rebellious teen to a competent but flawed survivor who dedicated his life to gardening, and his storyline appeared set to continue, with Nick learning from Morgan. However, Frank Dillane asked for Nick to be...

Payal Kapadia’s Cannes grand prix winner All We Imagine As Light and Mohammad Rasoulof’s special prize recipient The Seed Of The Sacred Fig, along with Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Venice selection Harvest are among the international competition selections at the 60th Chicago International Film Festival running October 16-27.

A packed line-up also brings Joshua Oppenheimer’s Telluride entry The End to the International Feature Competition, along with the North American premiere of The Quiet Son from Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin, which debuted on the Lido.

There are world premieres for Clarissa Campolina and Sérgio Borges’s Suçuarana...

Payal Kapadia’s Cannes grand prix winner All We Imagine Is Light and Mohammad Rasoulof’s special prize recipient The Seed Of The Sacred Fig, along with Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Venice selection Harvest are among the international competition selections at the 60th Chicago International Film Festival running October 16-27.

A packed line-up also brings Joshua Oppenheimer’s Telluride entry The End to the International Feature Competition, along with the North American premiere of The Quiet Son from Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin, which debuted on the Lido.

There are world premieres for Clarissa Campolina and Sérgio Borges’s Suçuarana...

by Cláudio Alves

Before Toronto, Harvest premiered in Venice's official competition.

In 2023, Ken Loach premiered what the world assumes is his last film, The Old Oak, which earned a mixed reaction at Cannes and seems to have been quickly forgotten. Regardless of his swan song's reception, Loach's legacy is indisputable, and one year later, we can see that it extends beyond the films that bear his directing credit. Sixteen Films, a production company he co-founded with Rebecca O'Brien in 2002 that, until now, had been dedicated to Loach's directorial efforts, is now supporting the work of other filmmakers, a fair share of up-and-comers. As Loach recedes even further behind the scenes, Sixteen Films is reborn into a new life. Harvest and On Falling, two of their first productions, bowed at TIFF, though only the latter was a world premiere…...

The gaming fraternity has been hyping up Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 for so long. Finally, their wait has come to an end, and this highly anticipated title has been released on September 9, 2024, on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows.

Space Marine 2 has gathered a huge fan base. | Credit: Saber Interactive.

However, the franchise on which the game is based has unveiled a huge revelation that has shocked many fans. And this revelation is a one-of-a-kind aspect of the legendary miniature wargame company.

Female Adeptus Custodes in Warhammer 40K Tyrith Shiva Kyrus is the first ever female Adeptus Custodes in Warhammer 40K. | Credit: Warhammer TV.

Adeptus Custodes are an elite group of genetically modified warriors in the Warhammer 40K universe who are responsible for protecting the Emperor of Mankind. Known as the Legio Custodes, they are the last line of defense between the Emperor and his enemies.

However, so far,...

On Saturday September 7 2024, History broadcasts Hard Truths of Conservation!

Wild Harvest Season 2 Episode 12 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode titled “Wild Harvest” of “Hard Truths of Conservation” on History explores the vital role of wild-harvested protein in North America. Host Dan Cabela embarks on a mission to uncover how this form of protein impacts both the economy and cultural practices within various communities. The episode promises to provide viewers with a deeper understanding of the connections between conservation, food sources, and local traditions.

Throughout the episode, Cabela visits different regions and interacts with people involved in wild harvesting. He highlights how hunting, fishing, and foraging are not just means of obtaining food but also essential parts of cultural identity and community life. Viewers will see firsthand how these activities contribute to local economies, providing jobs and supporting businesses tied to outdoor recreation and wildlife management.

Cabela’s journey emphasizes the importance...

As the Toronto International Film Festival gets underway, The Hollywood Reporter’s critics weigh in on this year’s crop of titles, from biopics to documentaries, sweeping epics to intimate character studies, tear-jerking dramas to laugh-out-loud comedies.

Several of this year’s slate have already debuted at other festivals throughout the year. For those curious about the very best the TIFF calendar has to offer, a few — but not nearly all — of the highlights include the Steven Soderbergh ghost story Presence, which David Rooney hailed as “masterfully done” out of Sundance; the Icelandic grief drama When the Light Breaks, which Lovia Gyarkye described as “impossible to shake” at Cannes; and the literary adaptation Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, which Caryn James praised at Telluride for the “astonishing” child performance at its center.

In addition, the lineup includes a number of highly anticipated world premieres — we’re curious about David Gordon Green’s Nutcracker,...

Debuting tomorrow at TIFF before heading for competition slots at San Sebastian and London, Laura Carreira’s On Falling looks set to be the breakout British title from this year’s festival circuit.

Recent examples include Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun and Georgia Oakley’s Blue Jean. And Carreira’s On Falling, the latest feature from Sixteen Films, depicts an equally dark and politically driven slice of contemporary society. The film follows Aurora, a young Portuguese woman who struggles to make ends meet across one week in her adopted home of Glasgow, Scotland. Long days spent grabbing packages off shelves for an anonymous e-commerce giant barely cover the bills and leave her exhausted and desperate for something more.

Per the synopsis: Aurora seeks to resist the loneliness, alienation, and ensuing small talk that begin to threaten her sense of self. Set against a landscape dominated by an algorithm-driven gig economy, designed to keep us apart.

The 68th BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its star-studded 2024 lineup, featuring Angelina Jolie, Elton John, Daniel Craig, Florence Pugh, Andrew Garfield, Saoirse Ronan, and more in a program boasting 39 world premieres and 12 international premieres among its 253 feature, short, series and immersive works.

The festival’s headline gala screenings will showcase a range of high-profile films. The world premiere of Steve McQueen’s “Blitz” starring Ronan opens the festival, while Morgan Neville’s “Piece by Piece” closes it.

Other gala screenings include R.J. Cutler and David Furnish’s “Elton John: Never Too Late,” Sean Baker’s “Anora,” Ali Abbasi’s “The Apprentice” starring Sebastian Stan, Andrea Arnold’s “Bird,” Edward Berger’s “Conclave” with Ralph Fiennes, Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez,” Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths,” Ben Taylor’s “Joy,” Pablo Larraín’s “Maria” featuring Jolie, Marielle Heller’s “Nightbitch” starring Amy Adams, Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door...