Winner of the FIPRESCI prize and Promising Future Award in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes 2015, MASAAN revolves around four lives intersecting along the Ganges: a low caste boy hopelessly in love, a young woman ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hapless father with a fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for a family- as they try to escape the moral constructs of small-town India.
Set against the divine landscape of Banaras, MASAAN is a celebration of Life, Death and Everything in Between.
Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy hopelessly in love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hapless father with fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for a family, long to escape the moral constructs of a small-tow
Synopsis
In Benares, de heilige stad gelegen aan de Ganges, is het leven gebonden aan morele tradities. Deepak wordt hopeloos verliefd op een meisje van een welgestelde familie. Devi heeft een tragedie veroorzaakt en wordt sindsdien geplaagd door schuldgevoelens. Haar vader wordt opgezadeld met een torenhoge schuld die zijn leven beheerst. De jonge Jhonta verlangt naar een familie. Allen zijn ze naarstig op zoek naar een betere toekomst, maar staan de oude tradities en de daarbij geldende regels ze in de weg. Tot de vier levens elkaar kruizen
Van Neeraj Ghaywan
Met Richa Chadda, Sanjay Mishra, Vicky Kaushal
The composition featured in the video is the album's title song. We follow the bunker survival battle of a soldier unit in the dismal post-apocalyptic world of the near future. The song reflects Simulacrum's present sound, which is heavy and progressive but without forgetting excellent melodies. The next music video "Embrace The Animal Within" will be released on the 28th of August and it represents the bands Power Metal side. Both videos are produced by Dark Noise Productions and directed by Esa Jussila.
Simulacrum can be seen live in the Autumn at the following venues:
05.09.2015 - Hevimesta, Oulu (w/ Burning Point)
17.09.2015 - On the Rocks, Helsinki (w/ Arion)
18.09.2015 - Prockis, Salo (w/ Burning Point)
19.09.2015 - Klubi, Turku (w/ Burning Point & Gladenfold)
11.12.2015 - Katse, Jyväskylä
12.12.2015 - Dog's Home, Tampere (w/ Masterstroke)
Nada Surf are excited to announce the release of Live At The Neptune Theatre, a deluxe 3x LP package available for pre-order via Pledge Music. The 21 track live album was recorded and mixed by John Goodmanson (Nada Surf’s Lucky, Sleater Kinney, Death Cab For Cutie) and recorded in March, 2012 at Seattle’s storied Neptune Theatre. In addition to the coming 3x LP release, Live At The Neptune Theatre is also available today, August 14th, on all digital outlets.
The deluxe 3x LP package includes immediate digital download of the album, an 8 page four color photo booklet, four color 18” x 24” show poster, four color t-shirt iron on decal, and Nada Surf B+W ‘Anchor’ temporary tattoo. The celebrated Brooklyn trio will play select shows this November in Washington, DC, New York City, and Toronto. Show dates, deluxe 3x LP package photo, and full track listing below.
On Saturday, March 24, 2012, Nada Surf drove into the magical city of Seattle, WA in the midst of a US tour in support of the album The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy (Barsuk) and set up their gear at the Neptune Theatre. Days before, the band’s friend and producer John Goodmanson shared some insider information with the band about the venue: he happened to know that all the microphone wires in the Neptune went into a splitter box and a whole extra set headed down to the basement, which made it a perfect venue to set up gear to record a show. Would they like him to do that? The answer was yes! So after an extra long soundcheck to make sure everything was working, they took a break, and later that night took the stage to play a long rocking set. The band recently re-listened to the show and it sounded so good that they’ve decided to make it available to their fans. It’s only their second live album, after 2004’s Live In Brussels.
“Fizzing with memorable melodies, irrepressible energy and Matther Caws’s heartfelt vocals, this 38-minute set doesn’t have a wasted moment on it.” wrote Q Magazine in praise of The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy, while The Times hailed the album as “Richly melodic and hugely rewarding.” Over the years Nada Surf have been sustained and energised by the overwhelming enthusiasm their dedicated fans continue to greet them with each time they take the stage. Live At The Neptune Theatre perfectly encapsulates and bleedsthrough with the spirit of their engaging live shows, and captures the joy they experience each time they get to step in front of an audience.
Track Listing Live At The Neptune Theatre:
01. Clear Eye Clouded Mind
02. Waiting For Something
03. Happy Kid
04. Whose Authority
05. What Is Your Secret
06. Teenage Dreams
07. Weightless
08. Killian’s Red
09. Jules and Jim
10. Concrete Bed
11. 80 Windows
12. When I Was Young
13. The Way You Wear Your Head
14. No Snow On The Mountain
15. Blonde On Blonde
16. Hi-Speed Soul
17. Looking Through
18. See These Bones
19. Inside of Love
20. Always Love
21. Blankest Year
Upcoming Show Dates:
AUGUST
22 - Penthalaz, Switzerland - Venoge Festival
30 - Denver, CO - Riot Fest
NOVEMBER
13 - Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall
14 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
16 - Toronto, ON - Horeshoe Tavern
Outside of the central Star Wars movies, the only Anthology standalone in full swing is Gareth Edwards' Rogue One that's currently shooting in London. The second spinoff is said to focus on Han Solo, with Chris Miller and Phil Lord recently locked in to direct. Now, thanks to new intel from Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, we know just how far back this origin tale intends to go:
“He’ll definitely be probably in the high teens, low 20s,” Kennedy told EW. “We’re not introducing you to a 10-year-old Han Solo... I think the key here is that we are identifying an event or events in Han Solo’s life that gives you some idea of who he is and why he is the character we have all known to love."
She added: "You can imagine, given who we’ve chosen to come in and direct, it should be very entertaining and funny. Han Solo is the character inside Star Wars that everybody knows has a wit and sense of humor. So that’s what this should be."
Kennedy also volunteered some information on the third Anthology film, which is rumored to be a Boba Fett spinoff. Josh Trank was originally in line to direct, until the disastrous Fantastic Four production saw him exit the movie. That's not to say it's been put out to pasture: the current plan is to find another filmmaker to replace him.
“It’s still one of the stories that we absolutely want to tell,” says Kennedy. “There is a lot of innovative technology in and around what it is we’re doing with that story, so for a lot of reasons, we were comfortable postponing that. But we’re definitely still developing it... We’re trying to get to a point where we’re never rushing for anything.”
The third anthology film has now been yanked from its 2017 release date, although Kennedy says it's more likely pursuing a 2020 opening. Rogue One opens on December 16, 2016 with the Han Solo film slated for release on May 25, 2018.
Source: Total Film
Nightmare City synopsis
Long before zombies took up jogging in 28 Days Later and Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead remake, they were brandishing axes and other sharp implements in Umberto Lenzi’s utterly insane radiation-sickness opus Nightmare City.
In true Zombie Flesh Eaters form, our story begins with the arrival of an ominous, seemingly unmanned craft – in this instance, a military plane making an unscheduled landing at a European airport. Upon forcing the aircraft doors open, the waiting soldiers get a nasty shock when out bursts a horde of flesh-hungry, pizza-faced radioactive ghouls. The walking dead are here, and they’re hungry!
Counting amongst its fans the likes of Quentin Tarantino and Eli Roth, Nightmare City (aka City of the Walking Dead) is a bonkers slice of Italian zombie carnage from the man who shocked the world with the notorious Cannibal Ferox.
Madman synopsis
Gather around the campfire, and hear the tale of Madman Marz: an ill-tempered old farmer who, one dark night, chopped up his wife and two children into pieces. When the locals caught wind of his heinous crime, they meted out revenge – sinking an axe into his head and hanging him from a nearby tree. But the next day, Marz’s body was gone…
Thus the camp counsellor finishes his tale, closing with the warning never to say Marz’s name above a whisper, lest the hideously-deformed farmer comes looking for them… Naturally, of course, the first thing that one of the young campers does is to call out Marz’s name – precipitating a terrifying night of murder, mayhem and sexy Jacuzzi vignettes!
Inspired by the same Cropsey urban legend which informed its slasher peer The Burning, Madman stands as one of the very best of the camp-based terror flicks and was a clear influence on Hatchet, Adam Green’s love letter to the slasher genre.
