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purgatory / noun / an intermediate place or state
of temporary suffering for expiatory purification
Within the word “purgatory”, it is easy to envision condemned souls, torment and darkness. However, purgatory may also reflect the cyclic state in which we often rediscover or recreate ourselves anew from within our personal inflictions. Sometimes ...
What is it that makes supernatural horror the genre of choice today? This is not just any horror but a new kind, one that is less gratuitous than a ‘slasher’ leaving more to the imagination and dealing with an external fear surpassing the microcosmic interior world of the psychological thriller? The unequaled success of the PARANORMAL ACTIVITY franchise is prime example. This isn’t just an old fashioned ghost story with haunted souls disturbing the living; no, the lurking paranor...
10 DAYS OF FANTASTIC FILM - STARTS 23 APRIL
Ready for your full immersion into the float-tank of sci-fi? Not long now until the festival opens for its TENTH edition!
We are delighted to have many Directors and Producers flying in to support their movies and we hope to have some great Q&A sessions.
We have lots of goodies on their way to Festival HQ and we will also be hosting some new Nintendo 3DS demo machines in the bar - come and see 3D without glasses!
There is a l...
I was in Edinburgh Fri-Sat for a flying visit (without flying actually as I travelled by train) and on the Friday evening I decided to take a few hours off from my laptop and go and see a film at a lovely soulless multiplex (this being cineworld).
Since I also work in the horror sector I had the choice between Paranormal Activity 2 and Saw 3D. I really wanted to see both as I was curious as to how Saw had used 3D technology and also how Paranormal Activity was starting to turn itself ...
Hi to all!Here is our newest short film, just completed.Chances Are... How do you make decisions in your life? Consciously, subconsciously or do you use horoscopes, tarot cards, runes, dices, toss of a coin? We make choices all day long, how many are we aware of? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQEu3amRA-I...
As an entertainment freelance journalist, I have attended more than my share of lectures on filmmaking and the entertainment industry, however none have ever left such a riveting impression as the lecture I attended at the 10th Annual Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival. Founded in 1996 by Edward James Olmos and Marlene Dermer, The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) is an annual preeminent film event that showcases the world’s best Latino filmmakers, attracting ...
