Noticias

The following article contains mentions of animal mutilation and spoilers from Unsolved Mysteries volume 5, episode 3, "Mysterious Mutilations."

Unsolved Mysteries returns with more bizarre and disturbing cases in volume 5, including cattle mutilation incidents that have plagued farmers for decades. The mystery documentary TV series, created by John Cosgrove and Terry Dunn Meurer, originally premiered in January 1987 on NBC before being tossed from network to network for the next few decades. Aside from NBC, Unsolved Mysteries has aired on CBS, Lifetime, Spike, and now, Netflix. Netflix rebooted Unsolved Mysteries in 2020 and has released 30 episodes (including "Mysterious Mutilations") ever since.

Unsolved Mysteries volume 5, episode 3 revolves around the strange phenomenon of similar cattle mutilations that have been occurring since before the 1970s. As one could infer since the Netflix show features the case, it remains unsolved to this day. The Unsolved Mysteries episode explores the history behind these cattle mutilations and theories behind who...

Netflix has announced that Unsolved Mysteries Volume 5 will debut on the streaming service on October 2, 2024. Volume 5 will consist of four new episodes.

Unsolved Mysteries is back with new episodes featuring perplexing cold cases and supernatural events. The series comes from Cosgrove/Meurer Productions, the creators of the original docuseries, and 21 Laps Entertainment, the producers of Stranger Things.

The directors include Skye Borgman, Gabe Torres, and Robert M. Wise. Terry Dunn Meurer, Shawn Levy, and Josh Barry are the executive producers.

Unsolved Mysteries Volume 5 will include the following episodes:

Park Bench Murders

Directed by Skye Borgman

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Two friends were shot dead at a busy Cleveland park on a June day, but no one saw a thing. Grieving families want to know who did it — and why.

My Paranormal Partner

Directed by Robert M. Wise

Location: Seattle, Washington + United Kingdom

Paranormal researcher Don Philips has an unusual co-worker: an entity who speaks to him.

Unsolved Mysteries has been airing, off and on, presented in different styles and by different hosts, for nearly forty years at this point. It all began with specials hosted by Raymond Burr, Karl Malden, and Robert Stack in the ’80s, followed by a series that went for several years with Stack as the host. (And Virginia Madsen being added as co-host eventually.) Dennis Farina hosted a revival that lasted a few years. And in 2020, the Netflix streaming series brought the world their Unsolved Mysteries reboot, which doesn’t have a host at all. The first six episodes of this revival, called volume 1, arrived on Netflix on July 1, 2020. Volume 2, also consisting of six episodes, dropped on October 19, 2020. Volume 3, which consisted of nine episodes that were released over a period of three weeks, came along in October and November of 2022. All five episodes of Unsolved Mysteries volume 4 will be streaming on Netflix...

Unsolved Mysteries has been airing, off and on, presented in different styles and by different hosts, for nearly forty years at this point. It all began with specials hosted by Raymond Burr, Karl Malden, and Robert Stack in the ’80s, followed by a series that went for several years with Stack as the host. (And Virginia Madsen being added as co-host eventually.) Dennis Farina hosted a revival that lasted a few years. And in 2020, the Netflix streaming series brought the world their Unsolved Mysteries reboot, which doesn’t have a host at all. The first six episodes of this revival, called volume 1, arrived on Netflix on July 1, 2020. Volume 2, also consisting of six episodes, dropped on October 19, 2020. Volume 3, which consisted of nine episodes that were released over a period of three weeks, came along in October and November of 2022. Now Netflix has finally confirmed that Unsolved Mysteries volume 4 will be streaming in July!

Roundtable Entertainment has announced that they’re teaming up with director Mark Pellington – whose credits include Arlington Road, The Mothman Prophecies, Henry Poole Is Here, The Last Word, The Severing, and Survive, among many other projects – for the adrenaline-fueled human trafficking revenge thriller Mom.

Scripted by Brent Jordan, Mom tells the compelling story of a single mother embarking on a daring cross-country rescue mission, piecing together clues in the search for her teenage daughter who has fallen victim to the horrors of human trafficking.

Casting Director Lisa Zagoria, who assembled the cast for the Best Picture winner Coda, will be handling the casting of this film as well.

Pellington had this to say about the project: “Mom is a fast-moving story of protection and revenge. The film explores the true price of violence and the cost of justice, when an ordinary mom is pushed to an extraordinary place. This is a muscular,...

From Mothman to Mom. Deadline reports today that Mark Pellington has set up his next project, an action-revenge thriller titled Mom.

Pellington is directing the film for Roundtable Entertainment.

The “adrenaline-fueled” story follows a single mother who embarks on a daring cross-country rescue mission, piecing together clues in the search for her teenage daughter who has fallen victim to the horrors of human trafficking.

“We had been looking to do a movie that felt like a throwback to a movie like Rolling Thunder – something real, gritty, and of the moment; we were thrilled that Gabe Torres brought us this harrowing tale which is based on true events – and straight out of screenwriter Brent Jordan’s life experience. And Mark is the ideal partner for the material,” said producer John Baldecchi.

Pellington added in his own statement, “Mom is a fast-moving story of protection and revenge. The film explores the true...

Exclusive: Roundtable Entertainment has set the action thriller Mom, with filmmaker Mark Pellington signed on to direct.

Billed as an “adrenaline-fueled” story, the pic follows a single mother who embarks on a daring cross-country rescue mission, piecing together clues in the search for her teenage daughter who has fallen victim to the horrors of human trafficking. Casting Director Lisa Zagoria, best known for her work on Best Picture winner Coda, is casting this film, based on a script by Brent Jordan.

Roundtable’s Head of Scripted, John Baldecchi, will produce alongside executive producers Dominic Ianno, Jason Resnick, Sarah Donnelly, Gabe Torres, and Mark Pellington.

“We had been looking to do a movie that felt like a throwback to a movie like Rolling Thunder – something real, gritty, and of the moment; we were thrilled that Gabe Torres brought us this harrowing tale which is based on...

The iconic and gripping series returns with a three-week event featuring more unexplained deaths, baffling disappearances, and bizarre paranormal activity. Unsolved Mysteries Vol 3 is from the creators of the original docuseries, Cosgrove/Meurer Productions, and 21 Laps Entertainment, the producers of Stranger Things.

Episode Descriptions Premiering October 18, 2022 Mystery at Mile Marker 45 Directed by Skye Borgman When talented 18-year-old volleyball star Tiffany Valiante was hit by a train on a remote, unlit stretch of tracks in Mays Landing, New Jersey, authorities quickly ruled her case a suicide. However, Tiffany’s family and a team of pro bono experts believe she was murdered and her body, left on the tracks, to destroy the evidence. Something in the Sky Directed by Gabe Torres On the night of March 8, 1994, hundreds of people called 911 to report strange lights hovering over Lake Michigan. Among the witnesses was Jack Bushong, a National Weather Service radar operator, who...

Lisa Spoonauer, best known for playing Caitlin Bree, Dante’s (Brian O’Halloran) high school girlfriend in Kevin Smith’s 1994 film “Clerks,” has died. She was 44.

Smith confirmed the sad news on Tuesday via a heartfelt message on Instagram. “Devastated to report that Lisa Spoonauer, who played Caitlin in ‘Clerks,’ has passed away,” Smith wrote.

Read More: Richard Linklater, Kevin Smith and Miranda July Reveal ‘Split Screen’ Secrets During Indie Series Tribute

While looking for the right actress to play Caitlin, Smith discovered Lisa in an acting class at Brookdale Community College in New Jersey. “In 1992, I went looking for Lisa without knowing either who she was or the integral role she’d play in my life,” the director wrote. “Lisa was easily the most natural and authentic voice in the room. She didn’t sound like she was acting at all; she delivered scripted dialogue as if she was...

Entertainment Weekly reports that Lisa Spoonauer, the actress who played Caitlin Bree, one-third of the love triangle that partially powers Kevin Smith’s debut feature, Clerks, has died. Spoonauer was 44.

Spoonauer’s acting career was brief; her only IMDb credits are Clerks, a guest-star appearance on its animated spin-off, and a part in Gabe Torres’ Bartender. After a brief marriage to co-star Jeff Anderson, she gave up acting, working instead as a restaurant manager and event planner in New Jersey, raising two children with her husband Tom. Her obituary briefly mentions her acting career, but doesn’t dwell on the fact that she once starred in one of the iconic cult films of the late 20th century.

Smith posted a tribute to Spoonauer on social media today, praising not just her acting—which he first saw while scouting community college acting courses, looking for actors to fill out his ...

Gregg Sulkin, the rising star of MTV’s “Faking It,” is set to star in the indie movie “Status Update,” TheWrap has learned. Gabe Torres will direct from a script he co-wrote with Britt Logan, and he’ll also produce alongside John Baldecchi for Digital Riot Media. Sulkin will play a talented high school quarterback who aspires to be a journalist. With an article in mind, he embarks on a social experiment that sees him change his Facebook status from “single” to “interested in men” so he write about how perceptions of him change from his family, teammates and teachers.

Gregg Sulkin has landed the lead in Status Update, an indie comedy from director Gabe Torres. Sulkin plays Josh, a five-star high school quarterback who wants to be a journalist. When he writes an article about his social experiment of changing his Facebook status from “single” to “interested in men,” a fellow male student with a crush on him creates a tribute video to “Josh the Gay Quarterback” that goes viral. The media picks it up, and Josh becomes a hero to gay teens…...

American Secret Service Agent Jeremy Reins (Stephen Dorff) finds himself trapped in a perspex box in the boot of car as part of a terrorist plot to determine the location of the president's panic room. During his ordeal he's burned with a cigarette, shot in the leg in a police chase and buzzed by a swarm of bees - but he's not talking. Director Gabe Torres, working from a script by first-time feature writer Timothy Mannion, forges a airtight thriller as Reins realises an horrific attack is taking place outside his coffin-like prison.

Brake

Review by Andrew McArthur

Stars: Stephen Dorff, Chyler Leigh, Jr Bourne, Tom Berenger, Kali Rocha, Pruitt Taylor Vince | Written by Timothy Mannion | Directed by Gabe Torres

Stephen Dorff stars in Gabe Torres’ claustrophobic thriller, Brake, which proves to be far more than another Buried. After recieving its UK premiere at this years’ Edinburgh International Film Festival, Brake hits DVD and Blu-ray next week, providing some highly entertaining B-Movie thrills alongside another stellar performance from Dorff.

Secret Service agent, Jeremy Reins (Dorff) wakes up trapped in the boot (or trunk, for the non-Brits) of a car, with no recollection as to how he got there. Reins is forced to endure a series of physical and mental tortures as terrorists attempt to extract the location of Roulette, the President’s secret bunker.

Tim Mannion’s screenplay may not be the most original piece of writing in recent years, with obvious parallels...

American Secret Service Agent Jeremy Reins (Stephen Dorff) finds himself trapped in a perspex box in the boot of car as part of a terrorist plot to determine the location of the president's panic room. During his ordeal he's burned with a cigarette, shot in the leg in a police chase and buzzed by a swarm of bees - but he's not talking. Director Gabe Torres, working from a script by first-time feature writer Timothy Mannion, forges a airtight thriller as Reins realises an horrific attack is taking place outside his coffin-like prison.

Chicago – The art of the confinement thriller is tricky to perfect. If it’s done right, the audience will feel trapped within the suffocating confines of a prison, while their heart rate will move at the same pace as that of the onscreen victim. Yet since the world of the film is limited to such a small space, one misstep will cause the entire experience to crumble in an instant.

Rodrigo Cortés’s “Buried” trapped Ryan Reynolds in a coffin for the entirety of its running time, and found multiple ways of opening up the world of its story without ever once cutting to an exterior shot. It played on the audience’s imagination much like the 1943 radio drama, “Sorry, Wrong Number,” while giving Reynolds the opportunity to deliver his best work to date. It wasn’t a masterpiece, per se, but it sure was an ingenious and effective thriller.

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: July 24, 2012

Price: DVD $24.98, Blu-ray $29.98

Studio: IFC/Mpi

Stephen Dorff finds himself in a tight spot in Brake.

Stephen Dorff (Somewhere) stars in the 2012 independent thriller Brake, an entry in the currently popular “Confined Place Thriller” genre that also includes such recent films as 127 Hours, Buried and Wrecked.

When Secret Service agent Jeremy Reins (Dorff) wakes up in a cramped space with the only light coming from the digital numbers ticking away above his head, he knows he’s in trouble. Confused and disoriented with no one answering his cries for help, Reins soon figures out what’s going on: becomes clear: he’s trapped in the trunk of a moving car. As his captors reveal themselves and their motives, Jeremy realizes he won’t be set free until he gives up the whereabouts of a secret location where the U.S. President is taken in the event of a terrorist attack.

By Allen Gardner

The Samurai Trilogy (Criterion) Director Hiroshi Inagaki’s sprawling epic filmed from 1954-56 is an early Japanese Technicolor masterpiece, rivaling the scope of filmmakers like David Lean and Luchino Visconti. Toshiro Mifune, Japan’s greatest actor, stars as real-life swordsman, artist and writer Musashi Miyamoto, following his growth from callow youth to disciplined warrior. The three films: the Oscar winning “Musashi Miyamoto,” “Duel at Ichijoji Temple,” and “Duel at Ganryu Island” are an incredible story of human growth, tender love and sublime, blood-soaked action. Not to be missed. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Interviews with translator and historian William Scott Wilson; Trailers. Full screen. Dolby 1.0 mono.

The 39 Steps (Criterion) Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 story of spies, conspiracies and sexual tension put him on the map on both sides of the Pond. Robert Donat stars as an innocent thrust into a deadly plot alongside a cool blonde (Madeleine Carroll...

Brake

Review by Andrew McArthur of The People’s Movies

Stars: Stephen Dorff, Chyler Leigh, Jr Bourne, Tom Berenger, Kali Rocha, Pruitt Taylor Vince | Written by Timothy Mannion | Directed by Gabe Torres

Stephen Dorff stars in Gabe Torres’ claustrophobic thriller, Brake, which proves to be far more than another Buried. Receiving its UK premiere at this years’ Edinburgh International Film Festival, Brake provides some highly entertaining B-Movie thrills alongside another stellar performance from Dorff.

Secret Service agent, Jeremy Reins (Dorff) wakes up trapped in the boot (or trunk, for the non-Brits) of a car, with no recollection as to how he got there. Reins is forced to endure a series of physical and mental tortures as terrorists attempt to extract the location of Roulette, the President’s secret bunker.

Tim Mannion’s screenplay may not be the most original piece of writing in recent years, with obvious parallels to Rodrigo Cortes’ Buried being raised.

Jeremy Reins (Stephen Dorff) awakens to find himself locked in the boot of a car with nothing but a mobile phone, radio transmitter, illuminated digital countdown clock and an overwhelming lack of knowledge as to the reasons behind his sudden imprisonment. However, as time passes, it becomes clear that this nightmarish scenario is more than simply a hostage situation. Jeremy is an important target – a Secret Service agent who knows the whereabouts of the President’s secret bunker.

Boasting a conceit eerily similar to Rodrigo Cortés’ Buried, Brake fails to break away from its shaky, see-through narrative and never seems to recover until, without revealing too much, the end, which will either be praised or condemned by viewers who have commendably reached that point. Until then, however, we’re led along on the ride of Jeremy’s life, as he’s forced to face his fears, use his smarts to...

Festival initiative “U.S. in Progress” introduces four U.S. productions in post-production to European buyers.

American Independent films, French Independent Films and Oscar Nominated Foreign Language Films will be showcased.

The Weinstein Company’s Harvey Weinstein wil receive a tribute and will host a retrospective of his films.

Donald Sutherland will host a screening of Klute and will receive a Medal of Arts and Letters bestowed by Frederic Mitterrand.

The Champs Elysees Film Festival’s U.S. President is Michael Madsen

The French Festival President is Lambert Wilson

The discussions held so often about the sustainability of arthouse theaters, about the joining of forces between them and festivals and the ownership of festivals themselves, and sometimes of theaters as well, by distributors as a way to sustain the three key players of this precious triangle of culture, continue as the first Champs Elysees Film Festival presents a jam-packed line up and full program of events at its inaugural edition.

The seven day festival, June 6-12, has been formed and is owned by the independent distributor Sophie Dulac. It is exciting for me to go to see the arthouses we have already written about in the area of the Champs Elysees - the Balzac, its rival the Lincoln, the Publicis, and the two major chains, Gaumont Champs Elysees and Ugc George V. Another interesting aspect of this upcoming event is the festival's ownership by a French distributor, Sophie Dulac. This is one of two similarities between Gutek and Dulac. The New Horizons and the American Film Festivals are owned by Roman Gutek whose distribution company Gutek is the largest arthouse distributor in Poland. Similarly Sophie Dulac seems to "own" this festival. Somewhat analagous to this is the "owning" of distribution company Tribeca Films by the Tribeca Film Festival or the Sundance Select Distribution arm owned by the Sundance Film Festival. The New York Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festivals have yet to declare themselves distributors but do own the arthouses in which to show "their" films year round in festival settings.

Dulac explains the impetus to launch the Champs Elysees Film Festival, “As Paris’ first truly international film festival, our mission is to create a bridge between the independent American and French film industries. In the most beautiful city in the world and one with a worldwide association to cinema, the Champs Elysées Film Festival will be a celebration of film promoting the work of young filmmakers and honoring the work of established directors.” She adds, “We want to throw a spotlight on independent film from France and the U.S. We will welcome famous names, offer new films, open up discussions between members of the film industry, give short films a special showcase and invite audiences to gala previews.”

I personally hope the tourists of Champs Elysees see this as a special opportunity to share inside festival experiences with international professionals and that it brings in more business than ordinary theatrical fare brings to the same theaters, thus proving that festivals serve as a new branch of film distribution and that the joining of forces between distributor, exhibitor and festival point toward a new mode of profitability for all parties.

U.S. in Progress was first presented at the American Film Festival in Wroclaw Poland in November. This is the second similarity between Dulac and Gutek. U.S. in Progress will now be here as well. U.S. in Progress is in fact a joint initiative between the American Film Festival in Wroclaw, the Champs Elysees Film Festival in Paris and Black Rabbit Film, a company of Adeline Monzier who also created the association of European indie distributors called EuropaDistribution. It is the first and only industry event devoted to U.S. indies in Europe. Its aim is to present U.S. indie films in post-production to European buyers in order to foster the circulation and distribution of American indie films in Europe. This presentation of American independent films in post-production to European buyers to promote the distribution of American independent films in Europe is uniquely one of the top new developments in the industry. The program works to forge inroads between the generation of talented American filmmakers emerging today and European buyers. I am so proud to be serving on its jury as I did on the first edition as well.

The other sections are: Official Selection of American Independent Films, French Galas, American Galas, Oscar Nominated Foreign Language Films and Shorts. A tribute to Harvey Weinstein will be presented on June 6 at an event to celebrate his career. Weinstein will participate in a roundtable conversation to discuss French/American co-productions and a Retrospective of 11 of his films will be shown throughout the week.

The American independent films selected as part of the inaugural program include Richard Linklater’s Bernie (Isa: Hyde Park, U.S.: Millennium) with Jack Black, Shirley Maclaine and Matthew McConaughey; Jesus Henry Christ (Isa: Im Global, U.S. E1) with Toni Collette and Michael Sheen; Bruce Beresford’s Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (Isa: Voltage, U.S. IFC) starring Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener and Elizabeth Olsen and Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present (Isa: Submarine, U.S. Music Box). An Audience Award will be given out to the most popular American Independent. American Galas include Jennifer Westfeldt’s Friends with Kids (Isa: Red Granite, U.S. Roadside Attractions/ Lionsgate) and Wes Craven’s My Soul to Take (2010) in 3D.

French films include Comme Un Homme (Isa: Memento) directed by Safy Nebbou; Journal de France (Isa: Wild Bunch) directed by Claudine Nougaret and Raymond Depardon; Vous n'avez encore rien vu (Isa: Studiocanal) directed by Alain Resnais and Wrong (Isa: Kinology) helmed by Quentin Dupieux.

The Champs Elysees Film Festival has selected esteemed French Actor Lambert Wilson for the role of French President and Michael Madsen has accepted the role of the Festival’s U.S. President.

The festival will pay tribute to the actor Donald Sutherland who will be at the Festival to host a screening of the masterpiece Klute directed by Alan J. Pakula followed by a “Hollywood Conversation” with the iconic actor. Frederic Mitterrand will bestow Sutherland with the medal of Commander of Arts and Letters that evening.

Official Selection of American Independent Films

Blank City, a documentary directed by Celine Danhier’s

Bernie directed by Richard Linklater starring Jack Black, Shirley Maclaine and Matthew McConaughey

Jesus Henry Christ with Toni Colette, Jason Spevack and Michael Sheen

Keep The Lights On directed by Ira Sachs

Luv directed by Sheldon Candis

Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present, Matthew Akers acclaimed documentary

Not Waving But Drowning directed by Devyn Waitt, winner of U.S. in Progress Prize, Wroclaw, Poland.

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding directed by Bruce Beresford starring Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener and Elizabeth Olsen

Tabloid, Errol Morris fascinating documentary

The Perfect Family, directed by Anne Renton and starring Kathleen Turner, Emily Deschanel and Jason Ritter

French Galas

Adieu Berthe directed by Bruno Podalydès

Comme Un Homme directed by Safy Nebbou

Du Vent Dans Mes Mollets directed by Carine Tardieu

Journal De France directed by Claudine Nougaret and Raymond Depardon

La Clinique De L’Amour directed by Artus de Penguern

L’Air De Rien directed by Grégory Magne and Stéphane Viard

Mains Armees directed by Pierre Jolivet

Quand Je Serai Petit directed by Jean-Paul Rouve

Vous N’Avez Encore Rien Vu directed by Alain Resnais

Wrong helmed by Quentin Dupieux.

American Galas

After Life directed by Agnieszka Wojtow

Brake directed by Gabe Torres

Bitch Slap directed by Rick Jacobson

Friends With Kids directed by Jennifer Westfeldt

My Soul To Take (3D) directed by Wes Craven

Perfect Host directed by Nick Tomnay

Terri, directed by Azazel Jacobs

Summertime directed by Matthew Gordon.

The Champs Elysees Film Festival intends to reflect the diversity of international production by offering the public a selection of the 2012 Oscar nominated foreign language films, some never before seen in France:

Bullhead directed by Michael R.Roskam (Belgium)

Dans Ses Veux directed by Juan José Campanella (Spain/Argentina)(2010)

Monsieur Lazhar directed by Philippe Falardeau (Canada)

Une Separation directed by Asghar Farhadi (Iran)

72 Days directed by Danilo Serbedzija (Croatia)

Letters To Angel directed by Sulev Keedus (Estonia)

Volcano directed by Runar Runarsson (Iceland)

Films being screened as part of Harvey Weinstein’s retrospective include The Aviator, Chicago, Gangs Of New York, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill 1&2, The English Patient, Pulp Fiction, Shakespeare In Love, Good Will Hunting and The Yards.

More than thirty short films comprise the Champs Elysees Film Festival’s Official Selection of Short Films which were selected by a French industry team as well as four major film school programs: University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and Columbia University’s Columbia University Film Festival for the United States and Paris-based film school La Femis for France:

French Shorts Selection

Hurlement D’Un Poisson directed by Sébastien Carfora

It’S A Miracul’House directed by Stéphane Freiss

Les Meutes directed by Manuel Schapira

Mon Canard directed by Emmanuelle Michelet & Vincent Fouquet

Les Grossesses De Charlemagne directed by Nicolas Slomka and Matthieu Rumani,

Plume directed by Barry Purves

Personne(S) directed by Marc Fouchard

La Fille De L’Homme directed by Manuel Schapira

Kiss & Kill directed by Alain Ross

USC School of Cinematic Arts Shorts Selection

Little Spoon directed by Lauren Fash

Ellen directed by Kyle Hausmann-Stokes

Efrain directed by Matthew Breault

Fig directed by Ryan Coogler

The Nature Of Fall directed by Tomer Stolz

New York University Tisch School of the Arts Shorts Selection

Little Horse directed by Levi Abrino

Border Land directed by Alexander Smolowe

Premature directed by Rashaad Ernesto Green

Down In Number 5 directed by Kim Spurlock

Columbia University Film Festival Shorts Selection

Rolling On The Floor Laughing directed by Rusel Harbaugh

Motherland directed by Shario Siddiqui

Hatch directed by Christoph Kusching

Crossing directed by Gina Atwater

Off Season directed by Jonathan Van Tulleken

The Hirosaki Players directed by Jeff Sousa

La Femis Shorts Selection

Goose directed by Morgan Simon

Demain Ce Sera Bien directed by Pauline Gay

On Traks directed by Laurent Navarri

Bye Bye Wild Boy directed by Julie Lena...

Cannes is now over which means it’s time to move to Britain as the Edinburgh Film Festival kicks off!

We’ve just been sent the full line-up for the 2012 Edinburgh Film Festival which is now in it’s 66th year. We have our people (Jamie, Steven and Emma) on the ground at the event right now ready to catch as many films as they possible can throughout the next wee or two as we get to see 121 new features and 19 world premieres.

I’ll let the full press release below do the talking but let us know what you’re looking forward to in the comments section below.

World Premieres:

Berberian Sound Studio Borrowed Time Day Of The Flowers Exit Elena Flying Blind Fred Future My Love Guinea Pigs Here, Then Leave It On The Track The Life And Times Of Paul The Psychic Octopus Life Just Is Mnl...

The full programme for the 66th edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff), which runs from 20 June to 1 July, has been officially announced and will feature nineteen World premieres and thirteen International premieres.

The Festival will showcase one hundred and twenty-one new features from fifty-two countries, including eleven European premieres and seventy-six UK premieres in addition to the World and International premieres. Highlights include the World premieres of Richard Ledes’ Fred; Nathan Silver’s Exit Elena and Benjamin Pascoe’s Leave It On The Track and European premieres of Lu Sheng’s Here, There and Yang Jung-ho’s Mirage in the maiden New Perspectives section; and the International premiere of Benicio Del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Julio Medem, Elia Suleiman, Gaspar Noé, Juan Carlos Tabio and Laurent Cantet’s 7 Days In Havana and the European premiere of Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America in the Directors’ Showcase. In addition to the new features presented,...

Brake

Directed by Gabe Torres

Written by Timothy Mannion

USA, 2012

If nothing else, Gabe Torres’ thriller Brake is an excellent advertisement for movie houses. Seeing it in one’s living room, even with the lights off, just won’t capture the same sort of claustrophobic feeling as seeing it in a theater. That is not to say that Brake is a good movie, but its tightly enclosed, one-location atmosphere covers its flaws for a good long while.

A man played by Stephen Dorff awakens in a coffin-sized box with a timer counting down above him. Viewers who want to go in unspoiled may want to avoid the film’s IMDb page, which reveals considerably more about who this man is and what he’s doing there. The film itself opts to unspool this information slowly, as the camera never leaves Dorff for a minute.

If that sounds like a more...

Title: Brake Directed By: Gabe Torres Starring: Stephen Dorff, Chyler Leigh, Jr Bourne, Tom Berenger No matter what your movie is about, rationality is key, relative to the world you’re in. On the other hand, maintaining a sensible story doesn’t lead to a definitive divide between good and bad films. If you can keep just about everything else in line – an intriguing plot, solid performances, a proper pace – you can undoubtedly sweep an audience up in the action and push aside the logic questions until after the credits roll. So is the case with Brake. Jeremy (Stephen Dorff) wakes up, not knowing where he is. Did he drink [ Read More ]...

Rating: 2.5/5.0

Chicago – With obvious comparisons to “24” and “Buried,” Gabe Torres’ “Brake” comes with a bit of referential baggage in its trunk. Also in there is Secret Service Agent Jeremy Reins (Stephen Dorff), a man trapped in a nightmarish kidnapping situation in the trunk of a car. He wakes up there and it’s where the vast majority of “Brake” takes place as he’s tortured physically and mentally by a group of terrorists trying to find the Executive Branch’s secret bunker.

Much like “Buried,” “Brake” is a one-man, real-time, claustrophobic location piece. Instead of “Ryan Reynolds in a trunk,” this one is “Stephen Dorff in a coffin,” although it does carve out enough of its own personality to stand apart from the comparisons and not feel like the rip-off that you might expect from the previews. Dorff is stellar and the film builds some tension but a bit too much required suspension of disbelief,...

And here with his audition for a basic cable star vehicle is Stephen Dorff. The diminutive actor has been allowed by Hollywood to attempt to play tough guys repeatedly, despite having the physical composition of Christian Slater’s post-shave whiskers. But his effort as a journeyman actor in both big studio films and art house efforts have paid off, as Dorff, in his later years, has become an actor of uncommon gravity in a series of ill-fitting projects. While he still cannot hold the center in a big starring role, his weathered handsomeness more often than not enriches the emotional plausibility that surrounds him, even if at times it’s close to nil.

He needs every inch of that newfound creditibility for “Brake,” a delirious new film that rests entirely on his shoulders. We know little about Dorff’s badass-named Secret Service agent Jeremy Reins when the film starts, as...

Earlier this month, we shared the trailer for Brake, a new thriller starring Stephen Dorff as a secret service agent trapped in the trunk of a car.

Similar to the 2010 film Buried, which starred Ryan Reynolds as a man buried alive in the desert, Brake takes place entirely in one location. Unlike Buried, however, Dorff’s character in Brake isn’t just fighting for his survival. He’s also fighting to keep his sanity as he is tortured by an anonymous tormentor obsessed with learning the location of Roulette: the place where the President is taken during an attack on Washington D.C.

It’s a pretty interesting idea for a movie, and definitely a different take on the genre, so Screen Rant reached out to director Gabe Torres to learn more about the film.

In our interview, we talk to Torres about how ...

Click to continue reading ‘Brake’ Director...

Title: Brake Director: Gabe Torres Starring: Stephen Dorff, Chyler Leigh, Jr Bourne, Tom Berenger It’s too bad Brake won’t be given a wide-release. People need to see Stephen Dorff’s one-man show. Literally. 90 of the 92 minutes it’s all him, kids. He plays a secret-service agent that is locked up in a clear box inside the trunk of an automobile. The only assets at his disposal are a low-frequency radio and his wits. His kidnappers, who are audible from the front seat, are trying to find out the location of the President of the United States. Dorff refuses to divulge the info despite threats being made to his wife and [ Read More ]...

Directed by Gabe Torres

Written by Timothy Mannion

Featuring Stephen Dorff, Chyler Leigh, Jr Bourne, Tom Berenger

Brake answers the question, “What the fuck has Steven Dorff been doing?” in more ways than one.

Secret Service Agent Jeremy Reins (Dorff) is trapped in a weird box! Yes, indeed! When you first meet Reins he is just rudely awakening in a dark, box-like container with smooth, thick, plastic walls. He can’t sit up, he can’t move properly, be can’t do much of anything except futilely pound the sides of his enclosure and yell into the darkness. Who put him there? Why? How will he get out? How much fucking air is in there?

If this sounds like one of those “one dude stuck in one spot” thrillers we’ve been enjoying so goddamned much lately, that’s because it is. Like Wreck, the one with Adrian Brody trapped in a car,...

Title: Brake IFC Films Reviewed for Shockya by Harvey Karten Grade: C+ Director: Gabe Torres Screenwriter: Timothy Mannion Cast: Stephen Dorff, Chyler Leigh, Jr Bourne, Tom Berenger, Bobby Tomberlin Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 3/19/12 Opens: March 23, 2012 During the Spanish Inquisition, a time that found people tied to the stake and burned as heretics, a hapless victim could bribe the executioner who would guarantee a quick death by strangulation rather than torture by fire. When Spartacus was crucified, slowly dying in agony, his significant other begged for death to take him away. Against, quick death beats torture. As for what type of death might be unimaginably horrific today,  [ Read More ]...

If you made it through Buried without the assistance of prescription drugs and found yourself thinking afterwards, “damn, I’d love to see another thriller that involves a dude, a box, a mission, and a cell phone,” have we got a treat for you! Gabe Torres‘ Brake includes all of those elements, plus bonus water torture! Starring Stephen Dorff (between this, Somewhere, Immortals, and Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star, the former heartthrob is having a real renaissance – well, let’s not count Bucky Larson) as a Secret Service agent who wakes up in a plexiglass box in the trunk of a car, Brake comes across like the bastard child of Buried and Saw. See, Dorff’s Jeremy Reins has been trapped in the box by some nefarious types (duh), who won’t let him go until he gives up some government info. And they’re not content to just trap him in the box, they...

Perhaps it’s inspiration, maybe some national, unconscious fear sparked it off, but I can’t for the life of me determine why there’s been this glut of “one actor in a tight space” movies for the past couple of years — be it 127 Hours, Buried, or the Adrien Brody vehicle Wrecked. The latest in this line is Gabe Torres‘ Brake, which features Stephen Dorff as a Secret Service agent who gets himself stuck in the trunk of a car, all as the President is under attack from… someone. I don’t entirely know, since the trailer from Apple is nigh incomprehensible, with bizarre editing, poorly-chosen snatches of dialogue, and hints of a premise that’s far more complicated than necessary. Poor Dorff.

Watch the trailer below:

Synopsis: Jeremy Reins (Stephen Dorff) is about to have a very bad day. He wakes up in total darkness, confused and disoriented. The...

Sometime around the beginning of the 21st century, screenplays for high concept thrillers like Phone Booth - Colin Farrell is a man being terrorized in a phone booth - and Cellular - Chris Evans tries find a woman being held captive via a random celphone call - became in hot demand in Hollywood. Then, in 2010, Rodrigo Cortes took the high concept thriller to another level with Buried, sticking Ryan Reynolds in a box and limiting his environment to create far more claustrophobic thrills.

Actor Stephen Dorff has appeared in his share of thrillers, and he now can be seen in Brake directed by Gabe Torres, in which he plays a secret service agent who finds himself trapped in the trunk of a car speeding down a highway while a group of terrorists make threats on his life, that of his wife and even the President of the United States.

Read more.

Oh sure, Ryan Reynolds already beat him to it in “Buried”, but unlike that movie, Stephen Dorff’s Secret Service Agent has a lot more at stake than just his own life. Though admittedly that’s pretty important too. I mean, saving the President is fine and all, but come on, if you can’t help yourself out of the trunk of a terrorist’s car first… Am I right? Anyhoo. Check out the trailer and a clip for Gabe Torres’ intense thriller “Brake”. I think they should have called it “Trunk” myself, but what do I know. Jeremy Reins (Dorff) is about to have a very bad day. He wakes up in total darkness, confused and disoriented. The only light comes from the blood-red digital numbers ticking away above his head. Jeremy quickly realizes he’s in trouble. It’s hard to breath. He can barely move. And no...

With Sofia Coppola's Somewhere and Tarsem's Immortals, it looked like Stephen Dorff was starting to work his way back into the spotlight after years of bit parts and roles in direct-to-video productions. That being said, he is still continuing to take on roles in some low brow genre stuff that seems like it could go either way. Case in point: Brake, a low budget thriller that doesn't try to hide the fact that it's a direct rip-off of the Ryan Reynolds trapped-in-a-coffin movie Buried. Stephen Dorff plays a Secret Service Agent who wakes up in the back of a trunk with a digital clock slowly counting down. It soon becomes clear that he is being held by a group of terrorists who are trying to extract information from him. The movie is directed by Gabe Torres and written by Timothy Mannion, both of whom come from a TV background with few recognizable credits.

IFC has just given me the first trailer to the new claustrophobic thriller Brake. Last time we saw characters trapped in place, it was in the trailer for Atm, which is also being distributed by IFC. But in Brake, our protagonist is in a completely different situation. The movie, starring Stephen Dorff, follows a secret agent who is captured and placed inside a clear coffin and discovers he is become a part of a terrorist attack.

Check out the first trailer for Gabe Torres’ Break, starring Stephen Dorff.

Here is the official plot synopsis for the movie:

Jeremy Reins (Stephen Dorff) is about to have a very bad day. He wakes up in total darkness, confused and disoriented. The only light comes from the blood-red digital numbers ticking away above his head. Jeremy quickly realizes he’s in trouble. It’s hard to breath. He can barely move. And no...

Brake Trailer. Gabe Torres‘ Brake (2012) movie trailer stars Stephen Dorff, Chyler Leigh, Jr Bourne, Tom Berenger, and Kali Rocha. Brake‘s plot synopsis: “A Secret Service Agent is held captive in the trunk of a car and endures high-speed mental and physical torture as terrorists attempt to extract needed information for their sinister plot.”

I thought this was a re-dux of Buried but it actually looks much better. The viewer will be surprised at the amount and varying tricks up the kidnapper’s sleeve.

Brake also stars King Orba, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Sammy Sheik, Kent Shocknek, Jaylen Moore, Stephen J. Bridgewater, and Matthew Pollino.

Watch the Brake movie trailer and leave your thoughts on it in the comments section below. For more Brake photos, videos, and information, check out our Brake Page. Brake opens in Us theaters through IFC in Theaters on March 23, 2012.

I couldn't help but laugh at the trailer for Brake from director Gabe Torres and starring Stephen Dorff. It may end up being a perfectly fine film, but the lack of originality here is alarming, at least based on the newly released trailer. However, before we get to that first let me offer the synopsis: Jeremy Reins (Dorff) is about to have a very bad day. He wakes up in total darkness, confused and disoriented. The only light comes from the blood-red digital numbers ticking away above his head. Jeremy quickly realizes he's in trouble. It's hard to breath. He can barely move. And no one will answer his cries for help. Then, he hears the sound of an engine and it all becomes clear...he's trapped in the trunk of a moving car. As his captors reveal themselves and their motives, Jeremy realizes he won't be set free until...

In 2010 I found myself completely impressed by the claustrophobic thriller Buried starring Ryan Reynolds which takes place entirely in a coffin buried underground. Now a similar concept comes along in the form of Brake, a new thriller starring Stephen Dorff. However, this film seems to raise the stakes and promises plenty of suspense as it follows a secret service agent who wakes up stuck in the trunk of a car and soon discovers that he's part of a bigger terrorist attack that has car bombs blowing up all over Washington D.C. The film was shot in just 11 days, and it really looks like it could be something pretty damn cool. Watch! Here's the first trailer for Gabe Torres' film Brake, originally via Collider: Gabe Torres directs the singularly located thriller Brake starring Stephen Dorff. Jeremy Reins (Dorff) is trapped in the trunk of a car and as his...

Fighter pilot role for Stephen Dorff in Nader Rizq-scripted Zaytoun. Stephen Dorff is set to lead the U.K. and Israeli co-production from director Eran Riklis (Lemon Tree), reports Variety. Gareth Unwin's Bedlam Productions and Far Films' Fred Ritzenberg' co-produce Zaytoun. where Dorff plays David, an Israeli fighter pilot shot down over Beirut in 1982 who forms an unlikely alliance with a Palestinian refugee aged 10. After a lack of trust in the beginning, a bond of friendship forms as they journey across a war-torn Lebanon towards their home. Palestinian writer Nader Rizq wrote the screenplay for the film which starts shooting on March 12th. Dorff is keeping very busy as usual and was last seen in Tarsem Singh's epic adventure Immortals. He can be seen in Gabe Torres' Brake action thriller which opens March 23rd via IFC Films, and is in post-production on several projects,...

Fighter pilot role for Stephen Dorff in Nader Rizq-scripted Zaytoun. Stephen Dorff is set to lead the U.K. and Israeli co-production from director Eran Riklis (Lemon Tree), reports Variety. Gareth Unwin's Bedlam Productions and Far Films' Fred Ritzenberg' co-produce Zaytoun. where Dorff plays David, an Israeli fighter pilot shot down over Beirut in 1982 who forms an unlikely alliance with a Palestinian refugee aged 10. After a lack of trust in the beginning, a bond of friendship forms as they journey across a war-torn Lebanon towards their home. Palestinian writer Nader Rizq wrote the screenplay for the film which starts shooting on March 12th. Dorff is keeping very busy as usual and was last seen in Tarsem Singh's epic adventure Immortals. He can be seen in Gabe Torres' Brake action thriller which opens March 23rd via IFC Films, and is in post-production on several projects,...

Fighter pilot role for Stephen Dorff in Nader Rizq-scripted Zaytoun. Stephen Dorff is set to lead the U.K. and Israeli co-production from director Eran Riklis (Lemon Tree), reports Variety. Gareth Unwin's Bedlam Productions and Far Films' Fred Ritzenberg' co-produce Zaytoun. where Dorff plays David, an Israeli fighter pilot shot down over Beirut in 1982 who forms an unlikely alliance with a Palestinian refugee aged 10. After a lack of trust in the beginning, a bond of friendship forms as they journey across a war-torn Lebanon towards their home. Palestinian writer Nader Rizq wrote the screenplay for the film which starts shooting on March 12th. Dorff is keeping very busy as usual and was last seen in Tarsem Singh's epic adventure Immortals. He can be seen in Gabe Torres' Brake action thriller which opens March 23rd via IFC Films, and is in post-production on several projects,...

Sent to Wamg last night, check out the brand new photo from the thriller Brake, starring Stephen Dorff (Somewhere, upcoming Immortals). The film will make its World Premiere at the American Film Market next week. Lightning Entertainment is handling international sales.

Synopsis:

A nonstop action thriller starring Stephen Dorff (Somewhere, upcoming Immortals), Brake tells the story of Secret Service Agent Jeremy Reins (Dorff) who is held captive by a terrorist group and used as a pawn as the countdown to a catastrophic plot unravels. Helmed by director Gabe Torres, Brake co-stars Chyler Leigh (ABC.s .Grey.s Anatomy.) and Tom Berenger (Inception).

ComingSoon.net has an exclusive photo from Brake , which is included in Lightning Entertainment's line-up for the American Film Market (Afm). A nonstop action thriller starring Stephen Dorff ( Somewhere , Immortals ), Brake tells the story of Secret Service Agent Jeremy Reins (Dorff) who is held captive by a terrorist group and used as a pawn as the countdown to a catastrophic plot unravels. Gabe Torres directs the film, co-starring Chyler Leigh ("Grey's Anatomy") and Tom Berenger ( Inception ). Click the photo for a bigger version!

Brian Tyler has recently scored the upcoming indie production Brake. The film is directed by Gabe Torres who previously collaborated with Tyler on the composer’s first feature film Bartender. Nathan West and James Walker are producing and James Mathers (The U.S. vs. John Lennon) is the film’s cinematographer. Not much is known yet about the movie, but production on the film has recently been finished and the project is screening for buyers this month. In a recent interview with the Australian website TheVine, Tyler mentioned that his score for Brake is purely electronic. No word yet on when the movie will be coming out.

In the interview, Tyler also talks about his recent score for Fast Five, which turned out to be the most successful movie of his career to date, as well as his upcoming TV project Terra Nova, which the composer will be scoring later this summer.