What makes a great cult movie? The subject has been debated by film fans for ages. What even qualifies as a cult classic, especially when so many of them go on to become bonafide classics with time? Well, the folks at Quiver Distribution have a trio of documentaries coming out that promise to dive deep into the world of great cult films, with commentary and anecdotes from the great filmmakers and performers who made them, and we've got an exclusive trailer debut for the first installment Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time Volume 1 - Midnight Madness. …
A24 has added to its already venerable library of horror films with the acquisition of Saint Maud. The film marks the feature-length film debut of Rose Glass, a director whose previous work in mostly in shorts. Saint Maud stars Morfydd Clark (Love and Friendship, The Man Who Invented Christmas) and Jennifer Ehle (Vox Lux, The Miseducation of Cameron Post). According to Deadline, Saint Maud follows Maud (Clark), a young nurse who has sought out Christianity as a means of dealing with some obscure past trauma that haunts her into the present day. Driven by her newfound religious fervor, Maud …
The Toronto International Film Festival has announced its initial Midnight Madness lineup for 2019. It is, as always, a robust and diverse assortment of films. Among the highlights are Takashi Miike’s new action-comedy First Love, director Richard Stanley’s H.P. Lovecraft adaptation Color Out of Space starring Nicolas Cage, and the Indonesian superhero film Gundala from director Joko Anwar. The Midnight Madness lineup is also playing host to a number of exciting debuts from new filmmakers, including Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s dystopian sci-fi film The Platform and Keith Thomas’ supernatural horror film The Vigil. “This year’…