Tag: Suspiria
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Toronto Film Festival: ‘Halloween’
First the trick: David Gordon Green’s “Halloween” sequel pretends like the last nine films in the franchise don’t exist, picking up 40 years after John Carpenter’s seminal 1978 slasher movie as if none of that other nonsense has ever happened. Now the treat: His take reunites Michael Myers with Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), the…
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Make way for the matriarchy – has #MeToo changed the movies?
Are a clutch of new films directed by men but featuring powerful women a sign that cinema’s gender landscape is being reshaped or mere opportunism?With just one female-directed film out of 21 in its competition, the Venice film festival drew criticism from women’s movements and the wider film industry. However, in front of the camera,…
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Listen: Thom Yorke Reveals the First Haunting Track from His ‘Suspiria’ Soundtrack
Brace yourselves, Suspiria is almost upon us and we finally have a piece of the soundtrack! Luca Guadagnino’s polarizing remake of the Dario Argento classic premiered at the Venice International Film Festival last week to divided reviews. Some critics are praising a new horror classic while others are writing off the remake as an indulgent…
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Radiohead’s Thom Yorke Is “Making Spells” In New Track From Upcoming ‘Suspiria’ Score
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has some mighty big shoes to fill as a film composer. If it wasn’t already anxiety-inducing to have your major film score debut attached to one of the most-anticipated films of the year, Yorke also is competing with fellow bandmate, Jonny Greenwood, who has already earned an Oscar nomination for his…
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‘Suspiria’ Premieres to Eight-Minute Standing Ovation at Venice
Luca Guadagnino’s highly anticipated remake of “Suspiria” bowed at Venice Film Festival Saturday at the Sala Grande Venezia, where it received an eight-minute standing ovation and no boos, contrary to the morning press screening.Although he has an ambivalent relationship with Italy, Guadagnino was welcomed on the red carpet by fans chanting “Luca, Luca!”Guadagnino and stars…
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Luca Guadagnino, ‘Suspiria’ Cast Talk Tilda Swinton’s Possible Double Role, Dakota Johnson’s Therapy
A glowing Luca Guadagnino held court at Saturday’s press conference in Venice for his radical re-imagining of Dario Argento’s classic chiller “Suspiria,” where it became quite clear that Tilda Swinton plays two parts in the film — one an elderly man — though she vehemently denied it.To some giggles in the audience, Swinton read out…
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Creepy ‘Suspiria’ Clip Features Writhing, Dancing and Claws
Do you like Tilda Swinton drawing a huge set of curtains, Dakota Johnson writhing on the floor, and cameo appearances from monster hands? If so, this creepy new Suspiria clip is for you! Luca Guadagnino‘s remake of Dario Argento’s horror classic remains enigmatic, and this clip certainly won’t provide any direct answers. What it will…
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Venice Film Festival: 10 Must-See Movies at This Year’s Festival, From a Bloody Vince Vaughn to Jeff Goldblum as a Lobotomist
Until a few years ago, the Venice Film Festival wasn’t viewed as much of an awards-season bellwether. After the success of “La La Land” and “The Shape of Water,” it’s hard to imagine it as anything else. And while this year’s edition of the world’s oldest film festival boasts Damien Chazelle’s “First Man,” Alfonso Cuarón’s…
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‘Suspiria’ Trailer: Dakota Johnson & Tilda Swinton Dance Macabre
Dance hasn’t seemed so sinister since Black Swan. The official trailer for director Luca Guadagnino’s Venice-bound Suspiria suggests the film might more than make up for lost time. From Amazon Studios, Suspiria stars Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Lutz Ebersdorf and Chloe Grace Moretz in a remake of the 1977 original from Italian horror…
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New ‘Suspiria’ Image Teases Dakota Johnson in a Disturbing Dance
What exactly is going to happen in Luca Guadagnino’s remake of Dario Argento’s bloody 1977 horror staple, Suspiria? Hard to say! We know the film—which stars Dakota Johnson as a dancer who joins a renowned company and is instead deposited into an actual goddamn nightmare—will be uncomfortably long, rated a hard R for“disturbing content”, and…