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Richard Fleischer, director of 1959’s Compulsion, revisits the true-crime genre with 1968’s The Boston Strangler. The sordid nature of the material would make it a natural for the 42nd Street audience but the presence of Henry Fonda as a tenacious police detective and Tony Curtis as the infamous killer made sure the film was a hit in more respectable theaters.

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"It's just a game. What are you afraid of?" "That I can't stop playing!" Ketchup Ent. has debuted an official trailer for a psycho-sexual horror thriller titled Compulsion, which premiered at a film festival in 2016 and is just now hitting theaters this year. From Canadian director Craig Goodwill, Compulsion stars Analeigh Tipton as a woman who is enticed by an ex-lover to join him and an enigmatic woman named Francesca at an Italian Villa, discovering a sinister game of murder and betrayal. Also starring Marta Gastini, Jakob Cedergren, Nina Senicar, Anita Kravos, & Jan Bijvoet. Perfectly described as "horror film that takes from Stanley Kubrick's steamy cult thriller Eyes Wide Shut and sends it to Dario Argento's hell." See below. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Craig Goodwill's Compulsion, on YouTube (via Bloody-Disgusting): Sadie (Analeigh Tipton), a budding erotic novelist, is enticed by an ex-lover to join him...

Prolific film and TV actor who gave a chilling performance in the 1959 film Compulsion and was often cast as a villain

In his engagingly casual 1997 autobiography, Are You Anybody?, the actor Bradford Dillman, who has died aged 87, took a self-deprecatory view of his own career in particular and of acting in general – a profession he considered just below that of used-car salesman in the American social order. About his prolific work in cinema and television, he was sanguine, having settled for what he called “the Safeway solution” – a willingness to accept any role in order to put food on the family table.

On stage Dillman had achieved early success as Edmund in the 1956 Broadway production of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night. This lauded production starred Fredric March as the father and Jason Robards as the alcoholic brother Jamie. Although Robards received greater acclaim in the juicier role,...

Actor Bradford Dillman, who starred as Edmund in the original Broadway production of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night and had an impressive film and TV career, died on January 16 in Santa Barbara, CA. He was 87 and suffered complications from pneumonia, according to Ted Gekis of Gekis-Ribera personal management. Dillman was also known as the co-star with Dean Stockwell in the 1959 crime drama Compulsion, where he played killer Arthur A. Straus, a role…...

Actor Bradford Dillman, who starred as Edmund in the original Broadway production of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night and had an impressive film and TV career, died on January 16 in Santa Barbara, CA. He was 87 and suffered complications from pneumonia, according to Ted Gekis of Gekis-Ribera personal management. Dillman was also known as the co-star with Dean Stockwell in the 1959 crime drama Compulsion, where he played killer Arthur A. Straus, a role…...

Bradford Dillman, who starred with Dean Stockwell in the taut 1959 crime drama Compulsion and portrayed Edmund in the original Broadway production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night, has died. He was 87.

Dillman died Tuesday in Santa Barbara due to complications from pneumonia, family spokesman Ted Gekis announced.

The lanky, dark-haired Dillman also played Robert Redford's best friend J.J. in The Way We Were (1973), and his daughter Pamela said that it was this movie that "perfectly captured the essence" of her father, particularly during the scene on a boat when the actors reminisce about their lives and best moments.

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Producer Bill Marks has partnered with A71 Entertainment to form V71, a new film distribution, international sales and production venture.

The new company, unveiled at Afm, combines Marks' production shingle Vortex Pictures and A71 Entertainment, led by David Miller, Chad Maker and Kirk Comrie. Marks' film credits include the Kevin Spacey-starrer Casino Jack; the Western Forsaken, starring Donald Sutherland and Kiefer Sutherland; Compulsion, featuring Heather Graham and Carrie-Anne Moss; and A Fighting Man, starring Dominic Purcell, James Caan and Lou Gossett Jr.

V71 has tapped Owen Kelly as head of sales and Susan Curran, formerly executive director of marketing and...

The longtime filmmaker has been hired as head of production at the CineCoup Film Accelerator.

Marks’ first task will be to produce Wolfcop, the first greenlit feature from the Canadian pilot of the CineCoup Film Accelerator, set to go into production this autumn.

His CineCoup debut will take place at The Fantasia Networking Event co-hosted by CineCoup and Telefilm at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival on Jul 26.

Marks co-founded Modern Imageworks Design and before that he founded English-language comic books publisher Vortex Comics.

His producer credits include A Dark Truth starring Andy Garcia, Eva Longoria and Forest Whitaker, Compulsion starring Heather Graham and Carrie-Anne Moss and Casino Jack with Kevin Spacey.

“It’s great to be filling out the CineCoup executive team with an industry veteran of this calibre who understands the importance of innovation,” said CineCoup founder and CEO J Joly.

“I think Cinecoup is easily the most exciting development for independent feature films in Canada...

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Happy birthday to Minka Kelly, Mindy Kaling and Sheetal Sheth!

Actress Mindy Kaling in Los Angeles.

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Heather Graham and Carrie-Ann Moss get it on in the thriller Compulsion. I really hope this movie knows that it’s campy. (Thanks for the heads up Sabine!)

Last night’s gripping episode of True Blood was penned by out writer/director Angela Robinson. You go girl!

Jillian Michaels and her amazingly fit body are on a cover of yet another magazine. Pick up Shape’s July/August Summer issue to see Michaels and her “jiggle-free arms.”

The trailer for Olivia Wilde’s comedy Drinking Buddies has finally arrived. I’d like to have a beer with Olivia, too.

Last night Chaz Bono took the stage at for the 30-minute musical rendition of the Blockbuster Independence Day.

Heather Graham and Carrie-Ann Moss are set to steam up the screen as a pair of lesbian lovers in "Compulsion," and HuffPost Gay Voices has an exclusive clip.

According to the film's press rep: "With images of sumptuous food and sensual enjoyment, the film explores the intimacy between the two through their connection with food, eating disorders and sex. In a battle of wills, one woman overflows with illusions and fearlessly faces life while the other withdraws from everything and fearlessly faces death."

Directed by Egidio Coccimiglio, "Compulsion" also stars Kevin Dillon and Joe Mantegna. The movie opens theatrically in Los Angeles and other markets on June 21.

It's a creature-filled weekend at the movies.

Zombie epic "World War Z" and Pixar's "Monsters University" hit theaters this Friday, to the delight of both Brad Pitt and Pixar fans everywhere.

"World War Z" -- or "Wwz," as it's been dubbed -- has been a long time in the making. Filming on the movie began in July 2011, and an original release date was set for December 2012, but several setbacks and issues pushed the action/horror flick's opening all the way to June 21.

Pitt plays Gerry Lane, a United Nations worker who traverses the world in a race against time to stop an undead pandemic that is toppling armies and governments, threatening to decimate humanity. The apocalypse drama is based on Max Brooks's novel of the same name.

Not quite as intense, but filled with just as many creatures, is "Monsters University," a prequel to 2001's "Monsters, Inc." Future best...

Compulsion has debuted a new trailer.

The film stars Heather Graham as food fanatic Amy, who uses cooking to get what she wants.

When she realises that her new neighbour (Carrie-Anne Moss) is the former child star her character idolised, she sets out to get her claws into the woman.

Floyd Byars directed the movie, which also stars Kevin Dillon and Joe Mantegna.

Graham was most recently seen in The Hangover Part 3. Moss will appear in the upcoming disaster movie Pompeii.

Compulsion will debut on iTunes and as a limited Us theatrical release on June 21.

Watch The Hangover Part 3 stars chat to DS below:...

Today we have a trailer for the upcoming "Compulsion" thriller, starring Heather Graham, Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix), Kevin Dillon ("Entourage"), and Joe Mantegna. Check it out below. Plot: Amy (Graham) is a vivacious and charismatic gourmet chef, with a dangerous appetite. She uses the most sensual of cuisine to lure her prey and turn them into victims of her twisted methods of controlling relationships and creating intimacy. When Amy realizes her new neighbor Saffron (Moss) is the former child star she has always idolized, she uses her prowess in the kitchen in an attempt to dominate her. The new movie is directed by Egidio Coccimiglio and will be released on iTunes an in select theaters on June 21st. Trailer:...

Considering that the majority of films released nowadays feature men in their leading roles, it’s a pleasant change to see indie feature Compulsion switching it up. Not content with one actress, there’s the delight of both Heather Graham and Carrie-Anne Moss co-starring in this upcoming thriller from director Egidio Coccimiglio.

A remake of the Korean film 301, 302, Compulsion ties together the obsessive habits of two women living in the same apartment building. Graham plays Amy, a gourmet chef with the desire to make every evening meal spectacular, twisting her culinary affection into a scheme to manipulate those around her. Upon meeting her new neighbour, Saffron, who turns out to be a child star she once adored, she launches a campaign to win over the former actress.

It all sounds rather Single White Female, and that template is one which has been recycled plenty. However, judging from this trailer, Compulsion...

Canadian filmmaker Egidio Coccimiglio (Imaginary Grace) is director of the upcoming thriller-drama movie Compulsion, based on one of the first South Korean films to be distributed in the Us – called 301, 302 – a 1995 rather odd little film directed by Park Chul-soo. Well, here’s official trailer for this indie flick starring Heather Graham and The Matrix star Carrie-Anne Moss ahead of its release on June 21st, 2013. The film arrives the same day on iTunes. The Hangover star portrays a vivacious and charismatic gourmet chef Amy, with a dangerous appetite, who becomes obsessed with her former child star neighbor Saffron (Moss). Their livest...

Carrie Anne Moss somehow looks bored to death, well, bored and targeted for death would perhaps be a more fitting choice of words, in this first poster for Compulsion, featuring Heather Graham knife-ready. Egidio Coccimiglio (Imaginary Grace, The Big Picture Show) directs from the script by Floyd Byars, based on the film 301, 302 by Park Cheol-su. Also on board are Kevin Dillon and Joe Mantegna, and the film opens June 21st via Dimension Films. The story follows two women who are neighbors, and how their livest interest as each of their obsessions start to unravel.

It's a recipe for disaster when an unhinged chef realizes her new neighbor is the child star she used to obsess over in the first trailer for Compulsion. Determined to make this childhood idol a part of her life, Amy (Heather Graham) tries to use her culinary skills to seduce Saffron (Carrie-Anne Moss). In addition, we have the first poster for director Egidio Coccimiglio's thriller, co-starring Kevin Dillon and Joe Mantegna, which debuts on iTunes, VOD formats, and select theaters on June 21.

Compulsion - Trailer

Amy (Heather Graham) is a vivacious and charismatic gourmet chef, with a dangerous appetite. She uses the most sensual of cuisine to lure her prey and turn them into victims of her twisted methods of controlling relationships and creating intimacy. When Amy realizes her new neighbor Saffron (Carrie-Anne Moss) is the former child star she has always idolized, she uses her prowess in the...

The trailer for director Egidio Coccimiglio's Compulsion is now online and viewable in the player below. In the film, Amy (Heather Graham) is a vivacious and charismatic gourmet chef, with a dangerous appetite. She uses the most sensual of cuisine to lure her prey and turn them into victims of her twisted methods of controlling relationships and creating intimacy. When Amy realizes her new neighbor Saffron (Carrie-Anne Moss) is the former child star she has always idolized, she uses her prowess in the kitchen in an attempt to dominate her Compulsion arrives in theaters and on iTunes June 21.

Sneak Peek actress Heather Graham ("The Hangover III") in "Maxim" Magazine's June 2013 issue:

Graham started off acting in commercials, followed by a starring role in "License to Drive" (1988), followed by a breakout role in "Drugstore Cowboy" (1989). She then took a number of supporting roles in "Shout" (1991), "Six Degrees of Separation" (1993), "Swingers" (1996) and TV series "Twin Peaks" (1991) and its prequel "Fire Walk with Me" (1992).

In 1997, she starred as 'Brandi/Rollergirl' in "Boogie Nights (1997), followed by "Bowfinger"(1997) and "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" (1997).

Graham has also starred in various indie films including "Committed" (2000), "Say It Isn't So" (2001), "Anger Management" (2003), "Mary" (2005), "Gray Matters" (2007) and "The Hangover" (2009).

Graham can currently be seen in the 2013 feqatures "The Hangover Part III", "Compulsion" and "Behaving Badly".

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Heather Graham...

Here’s what appears to be a first look photo feturing Kevin in the upcoming film “The Hangover Part III” by director Todd Phillips (Project X, The Hangover Part II, Due Date) and starring Bradley Cooper ( Silver Linings Playbook, Hit and Run, The Words, Serena), Jamie Chung, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham (Shoedog, Goodbye to All That, Compulsion, About Cherry) and John Goodman (Monsters University, Girls Gone Gansta, Flight). Film Synopsis: This time, there’s no wedding. No bachelor party. What could go wrong, right? But when the Wolfpack hits the road, all bets are off. Follow @Shockya on Twitter for the latest movie news and reviews of “The Hangover Part III”.

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Have you got a light? Here are some of the ways that lighters have helped to illuminate a film's narrative

This week's Clip joint is by Marcelline Block. Take a look at her blog, and you can follow her on Twitter here.

Think you can do better? Email your idea for a future Clip joint to adam.boult@guardian.co.uk.

"Cigarette lighters featured in films often go beyond their utilitarian function to serve as signifiers of a character's identity, becoming extensions of their owners' personas. These objects can reveal and illuminate multifaceted aspects of a character's life and psyche – including innermost secrets and desires.

Films depict cigarette lighters as tools of crime, deception, exoneration, investigation and manipulation. They are often represented as devices that drive the narrative, because the acquisition, possession and/or loss of a cigarette lighter can carry significant implications for the plot."

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Two movies found their North American distributors today. Dimension Films picked up Compulsion, a psychological thriller led by Heather Graham, Carrie-Anne Moss, Kevin Dillon, and Joe Mantegna. Sony Pictures Classics acquired Love Is All You Need, a romantic comedy set in Italy, directed by Susanne Bier (In a Better World). Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, and Paprika Steen star. The announcing press releases provide all the details after the jump. The official synopses are bolded. Compulsion Dimension Films Acquires U.S. Distribution Rights To Compulsion Starring Heather Graham And Carrie-anne Moss Kevin Dillon and Joe Mantegna Co-star New York, NY, May 16, 2012 – Dimension Films announced today that they have acquired U.S. distribution rights to the psychological thriller Compulsion starring Heather Graham and Carrie-Anne Moss. The film, now shooting in Ontario, Canada, also stars Kevin Dillon and Joe Mantegna and is being directed by Egidio Coccimiglio. Compulsion is based on the South...

Ever felt a sudden inexplicable urge to see late-'90s "It Girls" Heather Graham and Carrie-Anne Moss duking it out on the big screen? Now's your chance. Dimension Films has picked up U.S. rights to "Compulsion," a new psychological thriller starring Graham and Moss as next-door neighbors who develop an intense and destructive relationship. The film, directed by Egidio Coccimiglio and co-starring Kevin Dillon and Joe Mantegna, is currently shooting in Ontario, Canada. “The combination of a great script, two very strong female leads and a suspenseful tone and pace made 'Compulsion' a highly sought after project for the company,” said Weinstein...

Some quick distribution news coming in ... Dimension Films has nabbed the North American rights to the next Korean remake to hit our shores, Compulsion. The thriller-tinged dark comedy is shooting now in Canada. Read on for more.

From the Press Release

Dimension Films announced today that they have acquired U.S. distribution rights to the psychological thriller Compulsion starring Heather Graham and Carrie-Anne Moss. The film, now shooting in Ontario, Canada, also stars Kevin Dillon and Joe Mantegna and is being directed by Egidio Coccimiglio.

Compulsion is based on the South Korean film “301, 302″ and centers on two women occupying neighboring apartments, each grappling with obsessions that have begun to overtake their lives. Graham portrays Amy, a vivacious, calculating chef whose need to be desired is so far-reaching that she becomes a star in her own imaginary cooking show. Moss is Saffron, a reclusive but alluring ex-child star who is battling anorexia.

Dimension Films announced today that they have acquired U.S. distribution rights to the psychological thriller Compulsion starring Heather Graham and Carrie-Anne Moss. The film, now shooting in Ontario, Canada, also stars Kevin Dillon and Joe Mantegna and is being directed by Egidio Coccimiglio.

Compulsion is based on the South Korean film 301, 302 and centers on two women occupying neighboring apartments, each grappling with obsessions that have begun to overtake their lives. Graham portrays Amy, a vivacious, calculating chef whose need to be desired is so far-reaching that she becomes a star in her own imaginary cooking show. Moss is Saffron, a reclusive but alluring ex-child star who is battling anorexia. Their complex, ever-intensifying relationship builds to a surprising climax as their emotional connections to food and one another boil over.

"The combination of a great script, two very strong female leads and a suspenseful tone and pace made Compulsion a...

Dimension Films announced today that they have acquired U.S. distribution rights to the psychological thriller Compulsion starring Heather Graham and Carrie-Anne Moss. The film, now shooting in Ontario, Canada, also stars Kevin Dillon and Joe Mantegna and is being directed by Egidio Coccimiglio.

Compulsion is based on the South Korean film 301, 302 and centers on two women occupying neighboring apartments, each grappling with obsessions that have begun to overtake their lives. Graham portrays Amy, a vivacious, calculating chef whose need to be desired is so far-reaching that she becomes a star in her own imaginary cooking show. Moss is Saffron, a reclusive but alluring ex-child star who is battling anorexia. Their complex, ever-intensifying relationship builds to a surprising climax as their emotional connections to food and one another boil over.

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Dimension Films announced today that they have acquired U.S. distribution rights to the psychological thriller Compulsion starring Heather Graham and Carrie-Anne Moss. The film, now shooting in Ontario, Canada, also stars Kevin Dillon and Joe Mantegna and is being directed by Egidio Coccimiglio. Compulsion is based on the South Korean film 301, 302 and centers on two women occupying neighboring apartments, each grappling with obsessions that have begun to overtake their lives. Graham portrays Amy, a vivacious, calculating chef whose need to be desired is so far-reaching that she becomes a star in her own imaginary cooking show. Moss is Saffron, a reclusive but alluring ex-child star who is battling anorexia. Their complex, ever-intensifying relationship builds to a surprising...

Korean movies are getting a lot of play recently so it's no surprise that yet another remake is on its way of one of their most obscure tales. Read on for the full details of just what kind of lunacy two women in separate apartments can get themselves into!

According to Variety, Moonstone Entertainment has come on to handle foreign sales for Compulsion, a thriller-tinged dark comedy shooting in Canada. The film stars Heather Graham, Carrie-Anne Moss, Kevin Dillon and Joe Mantegna. The film is being directed by Egidio Coccimiglio and shot by Vilmos Zsigmond.

Compulsion is based on the South Korean film 301 / 302 and centers of two women occupying neighboring apartments, each grappling with creeping obsessions that have begun to overtake their lives. Graham portrays a newly single chef who fantasizes about starring in her own Food Network show and employs her culinary prowess to entice and control those intimate with her.

Sound engineer-turned-filmmaker Egidio Coccimiglio began production in Ontario on his psychological drama Compulsion with Carrie-Anne Moss and Heather Graham joining the independent thriller. Floyd Byars wrote the suspense drama about a former child star named Saffron (Moss) trying to withdraw from life and battling her neighbor, a chef named Amy (Graham), who fantasizes about being famous and slowly loses touch with reality. Byars wrote episodes of CSI: NY and Hill Street Blues as well as the novel Love, Again. Coccimiglio, a graduate of Toronto’s Ryerson University, did sound work on the films I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing and The Top of His Head before directing Compulsion.