M. Night Shyamalan and stars Vicky Krieps, Alex Wolff and Thomasin McKenzie discuss their horrifying rapid ageing drama, Old…
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Ben Wheatley on pandemic-shot horror ‘In the Earth’
“We were the first people back and – whether it’s true or not – we really felt like the eyes of production were on us across the board.”
Writer-director Ben Wheatley is speaking to The Skinny over Zoom about In the Earth, the horror feature he wrote during the first few weeks of the COVID pandemic and shot with a small crew over 15 days in the early summer, as the UK came out of its initial lockdown period.
While Hollywood blockbusters with hired studio spaces – such as Jurassic World: Dominion – were able to resume shooting in the UK last summer after they had to hit pause, In the Earth was among the very first low budget productions to get going in late June 2020. And being first off the blocks had its pressures…
Full interview for The Skinny
A year of lockdown: the screen culture that got us through it
A year after the UK went into its first lockdown on 23 March 2020, we asked some of our regular contributors what stands out for them from a time that found us turning to our screens like never before…
Full (collaborative) feature for the BFI
A Socially Distanced Berlinale’s Socially Distanced Films
A year on from the World Health Organisation declaring the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic, film production has continued across the globe with increased safety measures in place; for shoots interrupted last March and later resumed, or productions that had their start delayed finally beginning filming. We’ve also had projects that were not only conceived during early lockdown stages (depending on where the filmmakers have been based), but also those that have already gone into production since. Some have even managed to be released already, albeit mostly directly to streaming services or video on demand in light of the crisis facing theatrical exhibition in a majority of the world’s major markets…
Full feature for Frameland
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