Dig Two Graves — Netflix
A girl’s grief over her brother’s tragic death leads her to make a pact with moonshiners promising to bring him back to life — for a steep price. Hunter Adams’s Dig Two Graves is that rare chiller conjuring eeriness and dread without defaulting to abundant gore or flagrant nudity. While its elements — small-town police corruption; supernatural powers in an Old World brood (here, Gypsies); an adolescent girl’s confrontation with a traumatic past — are familiar, it bears a haunting ambience as agreeable as it is ephemeral. Mr. Adams is clearly skilled with story structure, cinematography and his actors. (continue at New York Times) “And details are definitely the movie’s strongest suit. What makes “Dig Two Graves” an astonishing accomplishment for a low-budget indie is the exceptional production value it achieves from deceptively simple shots, props, sounds, and setpieces likely to go unnoticed by many.” continue reading >> Culture Crypt…
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THE 91st ACADEMY AWARDS
📺 WATCH: 2019’s Academy Award winners: [ninja_tables id=”774″] The nominees for the 91st Academy Awards were announced on January 22, 2019, at 5:20 a.m. PST (13:20 UTC), at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by actors Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross.[4][5] Awards Best Picture Black Panther – Kevin Feige BlacKkKlansman – Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Raymond Mansfield, Jordan Peele and Spike Lee Bohemian Rhapsody – Graham King The Favourite – Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday and Yorgos Lanthimos Green Book – Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga Roma – Gabriela Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón A Star Is Born – Bill Gerber, Bradley Cooper and Lynette Howell Taylor Vice – Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adam McKay and Kevin J. Messick Best Director Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman Paweł Pawlikowski – Cold War Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite Alfonso Cuarón – Roma Adam McKay…
26th Brooklyn Film Festival “Human Times” Announces Award Winners
CIELA wins the Grand Chameleon Award Best Narrative Feature – COYOTE Best Documentary Feature – SWEETHEART DEAL Best Narrative Short – CIELA Brooklyn, NY (June 12th, 2023) – 26th Brooklyn Film Festival “Human Times”, which was staged both indoor at Windmill Studios, Wythe Hotel, The Center for Fiction and online, ended on Sunday, June 11th with an award ceremony during which all the winners were announced. Three groups picked the competition’s winners: 1) The external panels of judges, 2) The festival Board of Directors, and 3) the Audience. Through the resources of industry-related sponsors, the winning filmmakers have been awarded prizes in cash, products and services. To learn more about the BFF selection process and to check the full award breakdown: visit our Winners and Awards & Prizes pages on our website. CIELA picked up the coveted Grand Chameleon and the Best Narrative Short awards. COYOTE took home the award for Best Narrative Feature. The award for Best Documentary Feature went…