From “acclaimed director” David Lowery, A24’s “The Green Knight” is set for a summer release.
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The new wave of Indie horror that has come forth this decade is nothing short of exhilarating and represents a clear-cut highlight for me in terms of American cinema these last ten years. But sophomore efforts can be a tricky thing; just look at David Robert Mitchell’s dilemma in following his great “It Follows.”
Read moreJ-Law Trying to Mount A Comeback With New A24 Project
There’s an an upcoming, untitled Jennifer Lawrence film in the works, involving producer extraordinaire Scott Rudin, and Lila Neugebauer (“The Waverly Gallery”) directing via a script by first-timer Elizabeth Sanders.
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Not to carp on about it, but the new wave of indie arthouse horror, but has really tapped into something primal in our culture. Using formal rigor and a kind of patience that’s the opposite of jump scares, this new movement is bound by its collective desire to use atmospherics to unsettle us emotionally and psychological on a much deeper level. It’s a different kind of fear and one not traditionally scary in the boo! gotcha! sense, but in general, it’s so much more long-lasting and at its, best profoundly disturbing.
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