The rise of Wakaliwood is documented in Once Upon a Time in Uganda. Living in Wakaliga, the slum of the Ugandan capital city of Kampala, brickmaker Isaac Nabwana has started to develop a following for the ultra-low budget action films he has produced for his company Ramon Film Productions. When the trailer for Isaac’s film…
The history of the folk horror subgenre is explored in Woodlands Dark And Days Bewitched: A History Of Folk Horror. The combination of folklore with the horror genre has been done since practically the start of cinema, with some of the earliest examples being silent films such as Häxan (1922) and Puritan Passions (1923). However,…
A family is tormented by a supernatural threat at a rural orphanage in The Queen of Black Magic. Hanif (Ario Bayu) travels with his wife Nadya (Hannah Al Rashid) and children Dina (Adhisty Zara), Haqi (Muzakki Ramdhan), and Sandi (Ari Irham) to the orphanage where Hanif was raised as a kid by Mr. Bandi (Yayu A.W….
The life and tragic death of cult filmmaker Al Adamson are revisited in BLOOD & FLESH – The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson. As the son of silent movie star Denver Dixon, Al Adamson gained the filmmaker bug when he helped his father direct the 1961 western Halfway to Hell. Teaming with…
The influences and history behind Ridley Scott’s Alien is told in Memory – The Origins of Alien. When it was produced in 1979, Alien was quite unlike any science fiction film being produced at the time. Part of this comes from the synergy between screenwriter Dan O’Bannon, conceptual artist H.R. Giger, and director Ridley Scott….
David Lynch tells the story of his early career as an artist in David Lynch: The Art Life. Best known for the films Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, and Mulholland Dr and the television series Twin Peaks, David Lynch considers himself first and foremost to be a painter. Following Lynch at his home, the filmmaker tells the story of his…
Adam Nimoy pays tribute to the life and career of his famous father in For the Love of Spock. Leonard Nimoy had been acting since the early 1950s, when he was cast by Gene Roddenberry to play the Vulcan Spock in the 1966 series Star Trek. Spock quickly became one of the most popular characters…
The ever-changing world of monster special effect is examined in Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex. The love of monsters comes from a deep seeded fear of the unknown, which is with us from our earliest memories. From the early works of Lon Chaney and Jack P. Pierce to the 1980s “rock stars” of Stan Winston, Rick…
Brian De Palma talks about his career in De Palma. Brian De Palma first got interested in filmmaking while he was studying Physics at Columbia University during the 1960s. De Palma was heavily influenced by the films of Alfred Hitchcock, particularly Vertigo, and even hired Bernard Herrmann to score his early films, including as 1973’s Sisters. While utilizing a…
Brian De Palma talks about his career in De Palma. Brian De Palma first got interested in filmmaking while he was studying Physics at Columbia University during the 1960s. De Palma was heavily influenced by the films of Alfred Hitchcock, particularly Vertigo, and even hired Bernard Herrmann to score his early films, including as 1973’s Sisters….
