A debate has emerged regarding whether it is time to 'retire' or re-evaluate the legacy of Danish poet Michael Strunge. The discussion questions the continued relevance and presentation of his work.
Director Rhys Frake-Waterfield discusses his new horror film "Pinocchio Unstrung," which features a flesh-and-blood Pinocchio, and teases an "Avengers"-style "Poohniverse" with other twisted fairy tale characters.
Peacock's new horror thriller, "Strung," directed by Malcom D. Lee and written by Alan B. McElroy, is reviewed as an absurd and campy film that falters on scares and devolves into comedic chaos.
The first trailer has been released for 'Strung,' a new R-rated thriller from Tyler Perry and Blumhouse starring Chloe Bailey, which is set to premiere on Peacock on June 26.
Malcolm D. Lee’s psychological thriller 'Strung,' produced by Blumhouse and starring Chloe Bailey as a talented violinist, is set to premiere on streaming next month and will open the 30th annual American Black Film Festival in Miami Beach.
Jagged Edge Productions, the team behind Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, unveils a gory new trailer for Pinocchio Unstrung, where the iconic puppet turns murderer to become a real boy.
The article describes the 'blue hour' at Plaça Masadas, where the silhouettes of people conversing on terraces are captured by the yellowish light of lamps strung beneath the arches.
A review of the British indie horror film 'Pinocchio: Unstrung' highlights its killer puppetry as the best aspect of the slasher movie, directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield.
A review of 'Pinocchio: Unstrung,' the latest film in the Twisted Childhood Universe franchise, criticizes it as a public domain slasher that turns the beloved puppet into a sick serial killer with feeble satire and shock-free horror.
Chloe Bailey spoke about her new erotic thriller 'Strung,' the best advice she received from Beyoncé, and the racist backlash she experienced regarding 'The Little Mermaid,' which she found heartbreaking.
The groundbreaking and intense poems of the Danish cult author Michael Strunge (1958–1986) have finally been published in German, offering a long-overdue discovery of his work to German readers.
A sequel to "The Devil Wears Prada" is generating significant attention, with critics weighing in and box office projections anticipating a strong opening. This renewed interest has also brought to light details about the original film, including Meryl Streep's salary negotiations.
Iceland's friend and eternal heartthrob Sebastian Bach will replace Dee Snider and sing with his youthful idols in Twisted Sister on their announced reunion tour this year.
As everyone knows, Pinocchio just wants to be a real boy. In the trailer for “Pinocchio Unstrung,” the next blood-splattered battering of beloved children’s IP by the creators of 2024’s micro-budget…
Jamie Bell and Elle Fanning lead a starry cast in this clumsy satire that provides little fascination in a wealthy family’s suffocating lives
Since Jesse Armstrong’s Succession and Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, wealthy, spoilt, dysfunctional siblings are the new rock’n’roll, and now here is a film from Greek screenwriter Efthimis Filippou (co-author of Yorgos Lanthimos’s Alps and Dogtooth) and directed by Karim Aïnouz. It is a weird-wave contrivance concerning a messed-up US plutocrat clan living in Spain, freely remade from Marco Bellocchio’s 1965 film Fists in the Pocket. Their bizarre and cartoony secrets, involving sex abuse, manipulation and self-harm, are satirically symptomatic of capitalism and the patriarchy, and how the rich, however entrepreneurial and smart, create a next-gen class of useless drones, on whose behalf all this wealth has supposedly been accumulated. I have to admit to finding it heavy-handed and clumsy more often than not, although there are some good performances, notably from Jamie Bell and Elle Fanning.
A strange extended family lives in a luxurious modernist house; the father (Tracy Letts) is a blind widower haunted by the memories of his late wife (Pamela Anderson) who was savaged by wolves in a nearby forest. His grownup children, infantilised by wealth, all live there: highly strung Robert (Lukas Gage) has epilepsy, and is entrusted with supervising his father’s horse riding; Anna (Riley Keough) is a talentless singer-songwriter; and Ed (Callum Turner) is a would-be fashionista. First among equals is Jack (Jamie Bell), who has the intimate honour of helping his father with his nightly teeth-cleaning; their mother’s teeth were always dazzlingly white.
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Forty years after his death, Danish poet Michael Strunge's major work, "Vi folder drømmens faner ud," is being reissued, bringing his influential poetry back into the spotlight.
Director Rhys Frake-Waterfield and the cast and crew of "Pinocchio Unstrung" delve into the creation of the unhinged R-rated horror adaptation, discussing its story and spoilers.
Tyler Perry's new psychological thriller and Sydney Sweeney's underrated Western thriller have both become instant streaming sensations. These films are currently topping the charts on their respective platforms.
Michael Strunge (1958–1986), considered Denmark's most significant postmodern poet, is highlighted, with his work influenced by the Cold War, punk, and New Wave.
As soon as the operation by the Americans and Israelis became known, German politicians strung together the same old boilerplate phrases. They have forgotten the language of power.