Last week, the good folks over at Kino International gave us a peek of the new poster for the restored version of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis. As we reported previously, this classic silent film has been restored with 25 minutes of footage that was previously believed to be lost. The film debuted at the Berlin Film [...]

It’s important to remember, when reviewing short films, that not every filmmaker is attempting to create a work of art. While most filmmakers want to focus on character or story (or even special effects), some filmmakers seem to be telling a joke to their friends. Often, this inside joke has a strange (even ludicrous) setup [...]

The 1st Annual Oklahoma Horror Film Festival, to be held Labor Day Weekend (Sept 3-5, 2010) at the SpiritBank Event Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is accepting entries of screenplays, films, and more. The festival is competitive, with approximately 50-60 films screened and will host a variety of workshops and panels covering various aspects of the [...]

In the short film, The Stolen Wings, directed by Gerard Lough, a babysitter tells a bedtime story to a little girl who refuses to go to sleep. The babysitter (Natasha O’Brien) tells her story in the sing-song rhyming pattern of many children’s poems. The fact that O’Brien has an Irish accent adds to the fairy [...]