Whiplash, Saturday, BBC Two, 11.20pm The dramatic possibilities of obsessions and obsessive behaviour are red meat for film-makers, particularly where the arts are concerned. Think Black Swan, The Red Shoes, maybe even Amadeus and Birdman, which deal with ballet, classical music and theatre acting respectively. Director Damien Chazelle hit critical paydirt in 2016 when, aged 32, he became the youngest winner of the Academy Award for Best Director for the musical La Land, featuring Ryan Gosling as a Los Angeles jazz pianist struggling to make a name and a career. But two years earlier he had announced himself with another jazz-themed film, Whiplash, and boy does this one feature obsessive behaviour. At its heart, a troubling and abusive teacher-pupil relationship.
Robert Pattinson’s Dark Knight won’t have it easy in his debut outing, as
The Batman is set to pit the Caped Crusader against three of Gotham’s most notorious supervillains – Penguin (Colin Farrell), Riddler (Paul Dano) and Catwoman (Zoe Kravitz). Not to mention crime boss Carmine Falcone (John Turturro). It’s clear that director Matt Reeves wants to establish a world where many of the hero’s foes already exist, then, and at least one more comic book villain aside from those mentioned above could feature in the movie, too.
Giant Freakin Robot is reporting that Jervis Tetch AKA the Mad Hatter has a secret role in
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For horror fans seeking thrills highbrow, lowbrow, and everything in between there’s no better destination than Shudder, which is stuffed to the gills with classics, cult classics, and cult-classics-in-the-making, with a wide range of international titles and exclusive releases too. Here are seven to get you started!
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Joko Anwar writer of another recent Shudder release,
The Queen of Black Magic, and one of Indonesia’s leading horror filmmakers right now wrote and directed this supremely eerie tale of a young woman (Tara Basro) who travels to the isolated village where she was born, hoping to claim an inheritance. Instead, she finds a
“It's My Party” is gentle, and very sad, the story of a man who
discovers that he has a short time to live, and throws a party for family and
friends, so that he can say goodbye before committing suicide. The story is not
so concerned with his disease or his decision as with recording the emotional
tones that surround it, and watching the film is uncannily like going through
the illness, death and memorial service of a loved one.