Time flies, huh? A few days ago, I celebrated my one-year anniversary working for Arrow in the Head (incidentally, my very first article was about Greg McLean’s ROGUE – a film that STILL hasn’t come out in the States), and now here I am writing about the new Tribeca Film Festival line-up while trying to fathom how an entire year has passed since the last one (read that coverage here – for the memories!)
Last year’s Midnight Program brought a very memorable line-up: MULBERRY ST. and UNEARTHED went on to be acquired by After Dark Films for their HORRORFEST, and BLACK SHEEP became an international cult hit. THE POUGHKEEPSIE TAPES is still waiting for an official release date, but the directors, John and Drew Dowdle, scored a Hollywood film – the remake of [Rec], QUARANTINE, which will come out this October… And course there was the Lucy Liu vampire thriller RISE which… um, well, let’s move on.
So what will this year bring us? Let’s take a look!
From Tasmanian cannibals to small-town suicide rings, a pan-sexual rock & roll party to psychopathic farmers, this collection of films may be shocking, or creepy, but they’re always fun.
* The Auteur, directed and written by James Westby. (USA) – World Premiere Narrative. With a body of work that includes Five Easy Nieces and My Left Nut, Italian auteur Arturo Domingo is the foremost artist among pornographic filmmakers. In this hilarious spoof, Domingo hopes to revive his sagging career by reuniting with his former lead actor and making his greatest triumph yet.
* The Cottage, directed and written by Paul Andrew Williams. (UK) – International Premiere Narrative. A kidnapping plot goes horribly awry when two brothers and their potty-mouthed hostage stumble into the wrong farmhouse in this gory horror-comedy.
* Dying Breed, directed by Jody Dwyer, written by Michael Boughen, Rod Morris, and Dwyer. (Australia) – World Premiere Narrative. Inspired by the legends of a 19th-century cannibal and an extinct tiger, this brutal horror-thriller centers on four friends who find out that something—or someone—murderous lurks in the rain-slogged Australian bush.
* From Within, directed by Phedon Papamichael, written by Brad Keene. (USA) – World Premiere Narrative. Evil comes from within in this smart, supernatural thriller, set in a small extremist evangelical town that is mysteriously afflicted with serial suicides. Up-and-coming cast includes Elizabeth Rice, Thomas Dekker (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Laura Allen (Dirt), and Rumer Willis.
* Killer Movie, directed and written by Jeff Fisher. (USA) – World Premiere Narrative. A reality TV director copes with a spoiled celebutante and a show gone haywire when a masked killer starts bumping off the crew in this slasher-movie satire from a director who did time working on The Simple Life.
* Sick Nurses (Suay Laak Sai), directed by Thospol Sirivivat and Piraphan Laoyont, written by Chanop Sirikamolmas, Buddhiporn Boossbarati, Sirivivat, and Laoyont. (Thailand) – New York Premiere Narrative. A vengeful ghost forces a group of sexy organ-harvesting nurses to confront their own demons in this deliriously twisted and vibrantly designed Thai splatterfest. Thai with English subtitles. A Magnet Release.
* SqueezeBox!, directed by Zach Shaffer and Steve Saporito. (USA) – World Premiere Documentary. Like the weekly pansexual party it pays tribute to, SqueezeBox! immortalizes the no-holds-barred, anything-goes attitude that its denizens embodied. The legendary club where the Toilet Boys and Hedwig were born gets the ultimate rock-and-roll tribute where all are welcome.
For the entire Tribeca Film Festival schedule, and ticket information, click it HERE!
Okay, you’re forgiven for RISE…
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