American horror film director Wes Craven, creator of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, has died aged 76.
US media reported that Craven died at his Los Angeles home on Sunday from brain cancer.
Craven wrote and directed A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984. His Scream franchise was reported to have grossed more than $100m (£65m) in the US.
He wrote, directed and edited his first film, The Last House on the Left, in 1972.
A tweet from his Twitter account featured a picture of him with the dates 1939-2015.
Craven was credited with reinventing the teen horror genre when the first film featuring Freddy Krueger was released in 1984 starring a then-unknown Johnny Depp.
He had more recently signed deals to develop television programmes, including the new Scream series for MTV. He had also been working on a graphic horror novel series.
Reflecting on his career, he once said in an interview: "I tried to make movies where I can honestly say I haven't seen that before and to follow my deepest intuitions and in some cases literally my dreams."
Actors posted tributes on social media including actress Courtney Cox, who starred in Craven's 1996 Scream and appeared in the franchise's three subsequent films.
She said: "Today the world lost a great man, my friend and mentor, Wes Craven. My heart goes out to his family. x"
Rose McGowan, who also featured in the original Scream, said: "Thank you for being the kindest man, the gentlest man, and one of the smartest men I've known. Please say there's a plot twist."
Source:BBC
STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON is in the theatres on 16th September
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels-armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent-stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world's most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.
STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON vertelt het verhaal van de hip-hop groep N.W.A., gevormd door Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Easy E, DJ Yella en MC Ren.
In 1987 gebruikten vijf jonge mannen openhartige teksten en hardcore beats om hun frustraties en woede over hun leven in één van de meest gevaarlijke buurten van Amerika te uiten en creëerden hiermee een machtig wapen: hun muziek. Deze culturele rebellen vormden samen de N.W.A. Met hun muziek, attitude en talent vochten ze tegen de autoriteiten die hen onder de duim wilden houden. In hun teksten vertelden ze de waarheid over het leven in de hood en begonnen ze een sociale revolutie die nog steeds invloed heeft op de hedendaagse samenleving.
Met o.a. O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins en Jason Mitchell als Ice Cube, Dr. Dre en Eazy-E. De film is geregisseerd door F. Gary Gray (Friday, Set It Off, The Italian Job). Geproduceerd door de Ice Cube en Dr. Dre, samen met Matt Alvarez en Tomica Woods-Wright. Uitvoerend producenten zijn Gray, David Engel, Bill Straus, Ronald G. Muhammad, Scott Bernstein en Adam Merims.
VANAF 16 SEPTEMBER IN DE BIOSCOOP
Death In Rome – Barbie Girl/Pump Up The Jam – 7“
SPQR XXXVI
One of the most controversial band of the german scene is finally releasing their debut 7“ on SPQR. Is this the end of the neo folk era or just another page ? Let your turntable decide for you !
The film is set during the mighty Tang Dynasty-period in Chinese history. Nie Yinniang returns to family after several years in exile. The mission of her order is to eliminate the tyrany of the Governors who avoid the authority of the Emperor. Now she will have to choose between sacrificing the man she loves, or break definitively with the "order of the Assassins
Director: Hsiao-hsien Hou (as Hsiao-Hsien Hou)
Writer: T'ien-wen Chu (screenwriter)
Stars: Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Satoshi Tsumabuki
THE ASSASSIN
Een film van Hou Hsiao-Hsien (Three Times, Le voyage du ballon rouge)
Met Shu Qi (Three Times) en Chang Chen (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Release in België op 20 januari 2016
Cannes 2015: Prijs voor Beste Regie
Een jonge vrouw wordt ten tijde van de Tang Dynastie door een Taoïstische non opgeleid tot een meedogenloze moordenares. Wanneer ze verliefd wordt op een van haar doelwitten, begint ze zich vragen te stellen bij haar eigen loyaliteit.
The song that became a feature of C-Lekktor‘s live sets in recent years finally gets an official release – in 3-track extended digital format or strictly limited edition 2-track vinyl version!
On the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the controversial restart of the first nuclear reactor in Japan since the Fukushima disaster, and the 40th anniversary of the original Kraftwerk track’s release, the timing could not be more appropriate or topical for this release.
Mastered by long-term DWA and C-Lekktor associate Jan L at his XMP studios in Germany, the b-side of the 7″ limited edition is Jan’s own Noisuf-X mix of “Radioakktivity”. Strictly limited to 200 copies on heavyweight 42gm black vinyl, in hand-numbered matching yellow-and-black sleeve designed by Markko’s partner-in-crime in side-project Circuito Cerrado Orlando “Psyklon” Urizar, the vinyl version releases in early October.
