It seems that auteur filmmakers are all about pushing audiences to their limits these days. Darren Aronofsky’s mother! is infamously pushing audiences to the point of leaving the theater, and now The Killing of the Sacred Deer presents a disturbing follow-up to director Yorgos Lanthimos‘s bleak The Lobster. A new trailer highlights the anxiety and dread replete within The Killing of […]
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TIFF Diary #1: ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer,’ ‘Roman J. Israel, Esq,’ ‘Molly’s Game,’ ‘Brad’s Status,’ ‘The Final Year’
The Killing of a Sacred Deer opens with a giant close-up of a heart in mid-surgery, pumping away as operatic music blasts over the soundtrack, an image that’s basically a pre-emptive rebuke – yes, there’s a heart beating somewhere in this movie.Deer is the latest from Yorgos Lanthimos, the deadpan provocateur behind Dogtooth and The […]
‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ Trailer: The Director of ‘The Lobster’ Reunites With Colin Farrell
The Lobster was a bit of a shock for everyone who went in expecting an off-kilter black romance — instead director Yorgos Lanthimos served up a disquieting social satire with underpinnings of horror as his first English-language feature. Now, reuniting with his Lobster star Colin Farrell, Lanthimos is going full psychological horror with his newest film The Killing of […]
Watch Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman in the First Teaser for ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’
The world is a tire fire and everything is deeply disturbing, so hey, let’s slap on our clown noses and have a good time with folks who brought us Dogtooth and The Lobster, whaddaya say?! The Killing of a Sacred Deer is the latest from director Yorgos Lanthimos and co-writer Efthymis Filippou, whose earlier films […]
$340mn gold seam discovered on ‘sacred’ NZ mountain, activists form human chain to stop mining
A newly-discovered seam of gold on New Zealand’s North Island has sparked a bitter stand-off between a mining company and environmental activists. Locals are concerned about the impact the mining will have on their “sacred” mountain. New Talisman Gold Mines announced that it had discovered the 8,500kg (18,739 lbs) seam at its Dubbo site in […]
Indian spiritual festival caused damage to sacred river that could that take 10 years to repair
Published time: 15 Apr, 2017 04:58 India’s environmental watchdog has concluded that a spiritual festival held in the country last March caused more than $ 6 million worth of damage to the Yamuna River that could take a decade to fix. An expert panel, established in 2010, was appointed by India’s National Green Tribunal to […]
Sacred Fire is an RPG where combat is dictated by emotions and psychology, rather than weapons, atta
Sacred Fire is an RPG where combat is dictated by emotions and psychology, rather than weapons, attacks, or damage types. Anger might make you strong, but it’ll leave you open to a punishing riposte. Fear can turn enemies into a shell of their normal selves, but it can leave you quaking too. The game is […]
Red Bull Music Academy 2017 NYC Line-Up Announced: Sacred Bones, Solange, Alice Coltrane, More
One of the more unlikely stories in music over the last few years has been the emergence of an energy drink as a sort of patron saint of experimental and innovative music. Red Bull’s involvement with music started with its DJ Academy project in the late ’90s and has blossomed into the Red Bull Music Academy, […]
