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Producer Daniel Selznick, the last direct link to one of Hollywood’s founding families, died Aug. 1 at the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Country Home campus in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles.

Selznick grew up in Beverly Hills as showbiz royalty. He was the younger of two sons of “Gone With the Wind” producer David O. Selznick and stage producer Irene Mayer Selznick. His grandfather was Louis B. Mayer, the gregarious Canadian immigrant who led Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to the pinnacle of art and commerce during Hollywood’s 1930s and ’40s Golden Age. By the time Daniel Selznick was a young teenager, his parents had divorced and his father was remarried to Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Jones.

Daniel Selznick’s birth was reported in the May 19, 1936, edition of Daily Variety

In his own career, Selznick worked as a champion of the arts and to preserve his family’s legacy. Daniel...

Daniel Selznick, a Hollywood producer and executive who was a son of legendary Gone With the Wind producer David O. Selznick and theatrical producer Irene Mayer Selznick, has died. He was 88.

He died Thursday of natural causes at the Motion Picture Country Home and Hospital in Woodland Hills and will be remembered “for his intelligence, charm, sweetness and generosity,” a spokesperson announced.

Born in Los Angeles on May 18, 1936, Selznick graduated from Harvard University, attended the University of Geneva and did graduate work at Brandeis University. He continued in his family’s footsteps and pursued a career in the entertainment industry, including working as a production executive at Universal Studios for four years.

His father, who died in 1965, produced dozens of iconic films, including 1939’s Gone With the Wind, 1946’s Duel in the Sun and 1933’s King Kong. His mother, who died in 1990, was the daughter of MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer...

Daniel Mayer Selznick, a one-time television producer and preserver of film history who was also one of the last direct links to two of Hollywood’s most storied families, died Friday of natural causes. He was 88.

At the time of his death, Selznick was living in the Motion Picture Country Home, the home in Woodland Hills, California, for elderly entertainers in need maintained by the Motion Picture & Television Fund. The MPTF organization announced his death.

Born May 18, 1936, Selznick was the son of legendary “Gone With the Wind” film producer David O. Selznick and equally successful theater producer Irene Mayer Selznick, daughter of Hollywood founding father Louis B. Mayer. Growing up in Beverly Hills around entertainment industry royalty, he attended the George School and Harvard University as well as the University of Geneva and for graduate school, Brandeis University.

He spent most of his life working in and around entertainment,...

“I’d rather have one person dance in my car than have 100 people with the song on in the background” late-night radio DJ, Naz (Naz Kawakami), tells his friend. The young man hosts a show called “Night Drive,” on 90.1 FM Honolulu, “the show that makes you feel cool when you’re driving at night, the show where you actually are as you speed down the freeway going about your misdeeds.”

Beginning production in November 2020 as a sort of documentary/fiction hybrid, native Hawaiian filmmaker Alika Tengan’s “Every Day In Kaimukī,” is an admirable and well-intended debut, though it’s far more successful in its vibe than it is in establishing an artistic voice with command over narrative.

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Mollywood The film is helmed by filmmaker Vysakh and has screenplay by Abhilesh Pillai.Tnm StaffFacebook/ Anna Ben The first-look poster of director Vysakh’s Night Drive starring actors Roshan Mathew, Anna Ben and Indrajith Sukumaran was unveiled on Thursday, December 9. The poster shows Roshan Mathew comforting a disheartened Anna Ben. The tagline of the film reads ‘The hunted becomes the hunters’. The film is written by Abhilesh Pillai, who is also on board as the writer for the upcoming films Pathaam Valavu and Cadaver. Bankrolled by Priya Venu and Neeta Pinto, Night Drive has music by composer Ranjin Raj. Shaji Kumar has been roped in as the cinematographer while Sunil S Pillai is on board as the editor. Anna Ben was last seen in Sara’s. Co-starring Sunny Wayne in the lead, the film garnered critical acclaim for discussing women’s abortion rights. The film tracks the story of...

Hello, dear readers! This week’s home entertainment offerings include plenty of recent horror titles for you to enjoy, plus a few cult classics as well. Rlje Films is releasing a handful of genre films from this year, including Boys from County Hell, Violation, and The Power, and if you’re looking for something to enjoy during the Halloween season, you’ll definitely want to pick up the Haunt Blu-ray as well. Francis Ford Coppola’s first film, Dementia 13, is joining the Vestron Video Collector’s Series this week, and Severin Films has put together The Dungeon of Andy Milligan Collection for fans to enjoy as well.

Other releases for September 21st include The Vigil, Night Drive, Gaia, House Monster, and Tooth Fairy: The Last Extraction.

Boys from County Hell

A crew of hardy road workers, led by a bickering Father and Son, must survive the night when...

In the 10 years since the release of Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Drive,” the lives of two key figures behind its pivotal soundtrack, Johnny Jewel and Cliff Martinez, have changed for the better, thanks to the film.

“Before ‘Drive’ coming out, I was standing by the freeway with a cardboard sign that said, ‘Will score for food,’” jokes “Drive’s” composer, Martinez, a sometimes drummer in Red Hot Chili Peppers, and one of Steven Soderbergh’s go-to composers. “I wasn’t exactly struggling, but I would go for months without work. My popularity ebbs and flows, but for the most part, I’m much more popular than I was before 2011.”

“For those of us in the underground, ‘Drive’ was huge,” says Jewel, who has two key songs on the soundtrack — “Tick of the Clock,” with his former band, the Chromatics, and “Under Your Spell” with his other band, Desire.

“’Drive’ is a niche film,...

Halloween season is here and your local film festivals are a great place to find something to get you into the festive spirit. Our friends at Mayhem are ready to announce the lineup for their weekend celebration of genre cinema coming this October. The opening night film were previously announced, the endearing documentary Alien on Stage and the French horror flick The Deep House. Joining them is a rep screening of British horror flick Queen of Spades from 1949, Alan Moore's The Show, Night Drive, South Korena thriller Midnight, The Spine of Night, Knocking, and another Korean sci-fi flick, Spiritwalker. Brian De Palma’s 1974 cult classic Phantom of the Paradise will be the festival's midnight screening on the Saturday that weekend. And the...

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Dark Sky Films proudly announces the September DVDreleases of Night Drive and Blood Conscious. An Unforgettably Shocking Ride From Dark Sky Films Night Drive Comes to DVD on September 21st Russell (Aj Bowen) is a driver in Los Angeles who’s reeling from a series of bad decisions. While his life seems to be caught in a downward …

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Stars: Aj Bowen, Sophie Dalah, Scott Poythress | Written by Meghan Leon | Directed by Meghan Leon, Brad Baruh

Russell is a rideshare driver with a Porsche. That’s about all he has left after his career and marriage fell apart. So when Charlotte (Sophie Dalah; Satanic) starts offering him large amounts of cash to cancel his plans and drive her around the city, and not log it in his app, he agrees. She comes running out of her first stop with a small box, and her ex in hot pursuit. But that’s just a taste of what’s to come. When they accidentally hit a pedestrian Charlotte convinces him not to call the police, she can help him get rid of the body. When the body steals the Porche and drives off into the night, that’s when it really gets weird.

Set against the backdrop of Christmas in Los Angeles,...

Phantom Of The Mall will enjoy a special screening in the September line-up

The Arrow Video FrightFest 2021 team today revealed the line-up for their online edition, which will take place from 1 to 5 September, two days after the London-based main event. It includes an extensive selection of highlights like Night Drive, Ultrasound and Sweetie, You Won't Believe It, along with a few extras, such as the first chance to see Chad Crawford Kinkle's Dementer in the UK.

The five day long event will also include an early chance to see some highly anticipated trailers, and perhaps a preview or two. The teams behind some of the films will be online to talk about their work and take questions from viewers.

"FrightFest will always see the collective theatrical viewing experience as central to our mission," said festival director Alan Jones. "Nothing can replace the anticipatory buzz waiting for the house lights...

We Need To Do Something: "After Melissa and her family seek shelter from a storm, they become trapped. With no sign of rescue, hours turn to days and Melissa comes to realize that she and her girlfriend Amy might have something to do with the horrors that threaten to tear her family - and the entire world - apart."

Directed by Sean King O’Grady Starring Sierra McCormick, Vinessa Shaw, Pat Healy, John James Cronin and Lisette Alexis Written by and Max Booth III

Opening in theaters, Digital and VOD on Friday, September 3

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Recon: Reality Escape Convention: "Room Escape Artist announces the full line up and schedule for the second annual Reality Escape Convention (Recon), taking place online August 22 and 23, 2021, including the addition of veteran actor and immersive creator Neil Patrick Harris, who will be joining the virtual stage Sunday, August 22nd to introduce the keynote speakers and kick things off!

Jim Cummings and Pj McCabe’s ‘The Beta Test’ will open the festival.

US directors Jim Cummings and Pj McCabe’s feature The Beta Test will open the UK’s genre film festival Grimmfest which is running as a physical event in Manchester from October 7-10.

Cummings and McCabe will also star in the film about a Hollywood agent who gets sucked into a world of sexual infidelity and mysterious streams of digital data. Los Angeles based-Vanishing Angle produced the horror thriller. The feature initially premiered in the Berlin International Film Festival’s Encounters.

The festival is screening three...

Hello, everyone! As we begin to look forward to a new month, we have one last round of home media releases coming our way to finish out the last few days of June first. Prospect, one of this writer’s favorite indie sci-fi films of the last few years, is getting the 4K treatment from Vinegar Syndrome and Gunpowder & Sky, and Scream Factory has put together a Limited Edition Steelbook for Battle Beyond the Stars. Other Blu-ray and DVD releases for June 29th include Night Terror (Aka Night Drive), Scare Us, and Night Things.

Battle Beyond the Stars: Limited Edition Steelbook

Seven mercenaries are recruited from throughout the galaxy to save a peaceful planet from the threat of an evil tyrant bent on dominating the entire universe. Among them are a lizard-like humanoid, a space cowboy, a female warrior and a brooding killer-for-hire.

Bonus Content:

2K Scan of the...

When I think about the American New Wave, I’m always traveling through the vast open roads of North America, its forever-changing landscapes and mythical American dreams, with all its bittersweet promise. Sonically speaking, I’m in that space, too. So much of the New Hollywood cinema is vast Americana; Death Valley and desert-hot gas stations, the ultimate nihilistic road movie. But so much of it is everywhere else too; sleek Manhattan apartment blocks, the old Wild West, and the outer regions of space. In my head it’s a mixtape of philosophical and artistic ideas, one of cinema’s counter-culture melting pots where more questions are raised than answered and the plot is not driven by a desire for resolution.This mix was dreamed up as a mixtape: driving across state lines, re-adjusting the radio station on the dashboard as the trip moves further towards a destination that is unknown.

In Night Drive, a comedy of errors unfolds after a ride-share app driver (Aj Bowen) picks up an intriguing young woman (Sophie Dalah) and quickly realizes that his passenger is about to keep him on his toes in some very unexpected ways. Night Drive recently celebrated its world premiere at Fantastic Fest 2019, and Daily Dead sat down with both of the film’s directors, Meghan Leon and Brad Baruh, as well as the cast – Bowen, Dalah and Scott Poythress – to hear about their experiences collaborating on Night Drive, how their tight-knit group came together throughout production on the darkly comedic holiday romp (yay for more Christmas-centric movies!), and more!

If we could start with you, Meghan and Brad, and talk about the story. It’s very ambitious, but it’s all condensed within this one night, so were there any unique challenges for you, in terms of hitting those narrative high points?...