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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival · 2019

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2019

Midnight Screenings

Programme

7 films · 5 reviews

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7 Reasons To Run Away (From Society)

The family, the tenant, the wedding, the businessman, the neighbors, the poor child and the run over. 7 black comedy stories about a dysfunctional society.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2019; Director: Esteve Soler; Writer: Gerard Quinto, Esteve Soler; Stars: Alain Hernández, Sergi López, Emma Suárez, Lola Dueñas, Alex Brendemühl, Núria Gago, David Verdaguer)

Alien (The Eighth Passenger)

Review preview for Alien

Scott wrings out every last drop of suspense from the film.

Scott Macdonald · 5 out of 5
Ridley Scott's fabulously frightening grimy spaceship classic.

(Country: UK; Year: 1979; Director: Ridley Scott; Writer: Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett; Stars: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm, John Hurt, Harry Dean Stanton, Yaphet Kotto, Veronica Cartwright)

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First Blood (Rambo: First Blood)

Review preview for First Blood

Stallone's energy and ambition knew no bounds in the Eighties.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
Sylvester Stallone in first Rambo movie.

(Country: US; Year: 1982; Director: Ted Kotcheff; Writer: Michael Kozoll, William Sackheim, Sylvester Stallone; Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, Bill McKinney, Jack Starrett, Michael Talbott, Chris Mulkey, John McLiam, Alf Humphreys, David Caruso, David L. Crowley)

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The Fog

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Simple things like a radio suddenly switching on, a wine glass falling to the floor, or an insistent knocking at the door are an object lesson to contemporary horror’s blood-soaked tyros.

Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5
A small town on the California coast is swathed in a mysterious fog containing the vengeful ghosts of shipwrecked sailors.

(Country: US; Year: 1980; Director: John Carpenter; Writer: John Carpenter, Debra Hill; Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Hal Holbrook, Janet Leigh)

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The Lodge

Review preview for The Lodge

The Lodge hinges on a powerhouse performance from Keough, who inhabits the troubled Grace so completely that we can stay with her even as her ability to distinguish what's real and what isn't breaks down.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A young woman and her reticent new stepchildren find themselves isolated in the family’s remote winter cabin, locked away to dredge up the mysteries of her dark past.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 2019; Director: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz; Writer: Sergio Casci, Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz; Stars: Richard Armitage, Riley Keough, Alicia Silverstone, Jaeden Lieberher, Lia McHugh, Katelyn Wells, Lola Reid)

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The Matrix

Review preview for The Matrix

Visually it is astonishing, not only because of its effects and techno trickery, but cinematically the Wachowskis are so audacious.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
Visually dazzling sci-fi thriller. Re-released in 4K restoration.

(Country: USA; Year: 1999; Director: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski; Writer: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski; Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Gloria Foster, Joe Pantoliano, Marcus Chong, Julian Arahanga, Matt Doran, Belinda McClory, Anthony Ray Parker)

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You Might Be The Killer

A comic book store clerk becomes involved in the investigation of a series of summer camp killings.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Brett Simmons; Writer: Covis Berzoyne, Brett Simmons, Sam Sykes, Thomas P. Vitale, Chuck Wendig; Stars: Fran Kranz, Alyson Hannigan, Brittany S. Hall, Jenna Harvey, Bryan Price, Patrick R. Walker, Jack Murillo, Sara Catherine Bellamy, Savannah DesOrmeaux, Carol Jean Wells, Peter Jaymes Jr., Olivia Jaye Brown, Jesse Gallegos, Clara Chong, Isaiah LaBorde)