The 62-year-old Danish director is known for controversy, but his latest movie really is sparking strong reactions. The House That Jack Built premiered at Cannes Film Festival last night where there were over 100 walkouts. The extremely graphic film sees Dillon play Jack, a serial killer, as he murders over a 12 year period, including […]
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From Maine to Hawaii, students are planning 3,000 school walkouts to protest gun violence on Wednesday
Craig F. Walker/AP Students across the US plan to stage a walkout to protest gun violence on Wednesday. They will leave class for 17 minutes in honor of the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14. But some school districts say they will punish students for participating or making explicit […]
Ben Wheatley ‘couldn’t give a f***’ about cinema walkouts for his film High-Rise EXCLUSIVE
Last year the controversial movie hit cinema screens and completely split the critics. Some reviews called it “thrilling” but “batsh** crazy”, while others slammed it for being “pointless and pretentious.” Based on J G Ballard’s novel of the same name, High-Rise is set in an alternate 1970s and follows Hiddleston’s neurologist – who moves into […]