on its release , it was shown with the toto ( armando novello ) comedy short the furniture movers .

a little sister of everybody

a little sister of everybody , sometimes called a little sister to everybody , is a 1918 silent film directed by robert thornby , starring bessie love and george fisher .
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that is the persona i’ve settled on : approachable and genuine . everyone’s little sister .
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remember imani hakim who played the bratty little sister tonya on “ everybody hates chris ? ” well , she’s all grown up now and she will be starring in the upcoming movie “ chocolate city . ”
“little sister” premiered at sxsw and recently played at bamcinemafest . it is currently seeking u . s . distribution .
cut ,
gammon said .
print that one . break for lunch everybody .
mind your own business about my sister leila ,
she spit at me .
you leave my sister leila out of your dirty remarks .
note that this character does not actually have to be anyones sister , and a character who is someones sister is not guaranteed to fall under this trope .
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the little sister ? she was just in here . she ' s on her way back to manhattan with the swag .
everybody knows what an ak - 47 is . . . anybody who ' s ever watched a decent action movie would
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in a non - mage - hawke playthrough , bethany - who is hawke ' s actual little sister - also qualifies whenever she ' s present .
that makes it a little harder to get a start ,
i said .
i was leaning a little , knees bent , all set for a jump again .
“abigaile always had a lot going on with happy hours and events , which affects the style of menu you can do , ” says sanford . “ [ vuong and i ] had the conversation that we wanted to do a small restaurant , like a little sister of abigaile , and it just happened organically . little sister is like a more refined version of abigaile , with a food style that’s more specific . ”
i can ' t figure why he would say that to his sister .
haute pot : salt - andpepper lobster with butter - fried shallots and fried chilies is “the star of the restaurant , ” says little sister general manager kristina kanaley .
her eyes widened a little too innocently . her laugh was a little too silvery .
don ' t be ridiculous . the man is worth a couple of million dollars .
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chef tin vuong put manhattan beach on the cool - inary map with his asian - inspired foodie favorite , little sister . next stop : downtown !
bonnie from the xy saga of pokémon is clemont ' s little sister , and his big brother instinct is combined with similar protective feeling from ash , serena , and their pokémon .
in jane austen’s pride and prejudice , main character mr . darcy has a younger sister named georgiana . while she’s a secondary character in p & p , i’ve always found her intriguing . thankfully , in mr . darcy’s little sister c . allyn pierson has taken on the challenge of expanding the story to focus more on georgiana as she grows into a young woman . mr . darcy’s little sister begins in september of 1813 , about a month before pierson has placed the darcy / bingley wedding on october 19th . georgiana is
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farrell smiled a little and was silent . endicott turned slowly to mavis weld .
in that way , i can inhabit a special place , still allowed to be feminine , someone everyone roots for but no one is sexually attracted to , or intellectually threatened by . everyone wants his kid sister to win . everyone will defend his little sister from bullies .
one of those little cameras with a very fine lens . you can take snaps in almost any kind of light . a leica .
mr . darcy’s little sister is a wonderful story that picks up right after elizabeth and darcy ; and jane and mr . bingley become engaged . however the main voice of the novel is from miss georgiana darcy’s perspective , darcy’s sixteen year old sister . the book starts with georgiana writing a letter to elizabeth bennet , her soon to be sister - in - law…“my dearest sister –to - be…i cannot even begin to tell you how delighted i am to know that you are making my brother the happiest of men ! i look forwards wi
no , i haven’t . most people i work with , take me as their younger sister before anything else . they tend to draw me close as a friend and to advise me . when i go to them for any consultation , they are happy to help . i’m someone you’ll just enjoy talking with , that has worked for me . maybe , that’s why i find it easy , i’m everybody’s little sister .
the little sister ( philip marlowe , # 5 ) , raymond chandler , esmail fassih ( translator ) the little sister is a 1949 novel by raymond chandler , his fifth featuring the private investigator philip marlowe . the story is set in los angeles in the late 1940 ' s . the novel centers on the younger sister of a hollywood starlet and has several scenes involving the film industry . it was partly inspired by chandler ' s experience working as a screenwriter in hollywood and his low opinion of the industry and most o
there was not a hell of a lot of time to play around with .
at manhattan beach’s little sister , punk rock lyrics from fugazi adorn the walls , with phrases like “sitting outside of town” and “everybody’s moving” taking on added meaning given the restaurant’s perch in the south bay—an area just outside the culinary hotbed that is los angeles , but where ambitious projects like this one are causing discerning diners to take a second look .
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i still didn ' t answer . she blushed a little . then she giggled .
don ' t say little apartment . that sounds like a whore too .
specific , indeed—and inspired by vuong’s upbringing in the san gabriel valley ( or the “626 , ” as little sister’s menu cheekily calls it ) . “there were about 100 restaurants within a square mile of my family’s house , ” says vuong . “little sister evokes those authentic flavors i grew up eating . the fundamentals are chinese - based with french techniques , [ resulting in ] a mixture of vietnamese and hong kong–style foods . ”
in runaways , molly and klara fill this role , to varying degrees - molly is everyone ' s baby sister , but klara is more of a little sister to nico and karolina , while chase and victor treat her more like a ladette . oddly enough , the baby sister aura even seems to affect other people in the marvel universe - for instance , during secret invasion , speed of the young avengers literally went out of his way to keep molly and klara safe during a battle with the skrulls .
i nodded and went out . there are days like that . everybody you meet is a dope . you begin to look at yourself in the glass and wonder .
with its graffiti art and elevated cuisine ( presided over by vuong ) , abigaile paved the way for its aptly named “little sister . ” melding bold , authentic pan–southeast asian flavors with an even bolder attitude ( read : loud hip - hop music and wall images of gun - toting butterflies ) , little sister debuted in july 2013—fueled by vuong’s vision and sanford’s south bay savvy
he sipped a little more of his armagnac . he pointed at the photograph lying in front of him with the two pieces fitted together .
this is where big sister progesterone comes in . progesterone follows estrogen around and tidies up after her , creating order out of chaos .
what , philip ?
she asked softly and opened her lips a little wider .
everybody dies . no mystery there . but why and how everyone dies . now , there ' s a mystery worth solving . probably the biggest mystery there is .
are you mad at me ?
she asked timidly , making a little circle on the desk with the point of a finger .
she laughed . it was a silly pooped - out little laugh like a child trying to be supercilious at a playroom tea party .
you have never spoken to him ?
she asked idly , a little too idly .
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i ate dinner . i only have a two - quart stomach anyway . i understand a little spanish .
so i was wondering ,
i said .
what name does your sister leila use in pictures ?
he just sat there and stared at me with his nasty little eyes half closed and his nasty little mustache shining . one of his hands twitched on the desk , an aimless movement .
he nodded and almost fell off the couch .
must be i ' m drunky ,
he said .
kind of a bit of a little bit drunky .
oh yes , of course .
nice recovery . fast and clean . but her smile looked a little more tired .
“little sister” may be a small film that resolves in a familiar truism — “all you can do is keep trying , and hope that somehow trying is good enough” — but timlin’s turn is good enough to convince us that trying will be .
almost everybody ,
i said .
if you ' re going to wear those rimless glasses , you might at least try to live up to them .
you ' re a little chilly and you have to eat some lunch ,
i said .
twenty - five dollars a day ,
she said wonderingly .
little lonely dollars .
you just making this up - or got evidence ?
he sounded a little less relaxed .
say youre a villain . youre up against a team of heroes and you need a sure - fire way to rattle them . what do you do ? well , the best way to get everybody worked up is to threaten that character , the one who the whole team feels they need to protect . congratulations , youve just found everyone ' s baby sister ( or brother ) .
he probably has his clothes on . after all , you ' re his sister . you ought to know .
i , as everyone’s little sister , am able to selectively dish it back to everyone . but not all the time . i have to pick and choose my moments . and it’s exhausting . and maddening .
please tell us a little about your business ( ie . the type service you provide ) . . .
some people refer to you as ‘little genevieve . what’s the relationship with her like ?
little sister – another lowlands thriller kim and mia timmers are twins who have spent the majority of their life locked up in a mental health facility , after being found guilty of murdering the lead singer of a once world renowned band called the cupids . what little is known from that time is shrouded in mystery , and all the locals of the dutch fishing village , voldendam . as the timmers twins reach 21 they should no longer be kept in the facility out on the edge of the island of marken , hidden aw
really haunting thriller about two sisters who ( allegedly ) murdered a man 10 years ago when both their parents and their triplet sister got killed . a real pageturner . although i ' m dutch i ' m not very familiar with the region waterland , though everybody knows volendam offcourse . for me this was the best book in the series so far .
a hopeless alcoholic . you probably know how they are . they drink and drink and don ' t eat . and little by little the vitamin deficiency brings on the symptoms of delirium . there is only one thing to do for them .
he turned and looked at the sterilizer .
needles , and more needles . it makes me feel dirty . i am a graduate of the sorbonne . but i practice among dirty little people in a dirty little town .
a good writer and a good style but for some reason i did not love this . moments of horror that felt a little contrived and some rather tense moments that were very well done .
mr . darcy’s little sister is an enjoyable look at the life of georgiana darcy immediately after her brother’s engagement to elizabeth bennet . georgiana is very excited about having a new “sister , ” but also is very nervous about meeting her and first impressions . her teen angst also extends to her upcoming first season in london and her presentation to the royal family . georgiana has the independence of a fine income to be able to marry for love rather than wealth . there is a downside to this ind
little sister tastes like it smells ; gander that . lemon , grass , sunshine , puppy dogs . bitterness is on the low side of moderate . finishes with mild sweetness , hay , & vanishing citrus . light , refreshing , & super easy to drink .
aviva weinberg of relative heroes is literally the baby sister of her team as it ' s made up of her siblings . when the weinbergs help with the invasion of zandia several members of young justice and their allies make sure to keep her out of the line of fire or at least behind forcefields and bulletproof individuals since she is incredibly young for a superhero , even when compared to the rest of the group which is almost entirely made up of teenagers .
that so ?
not a flicker of an eye . not a movement of a muscle . i might as well have been talking to a turtle .
i ' m his protection , pal . i gotta protect him . a guy like sherry can ' t see everybody . i see people for him . i ' m the same as him - up to a point you understand .
ned gammon nodded .
nothing like a little hamming to clear the air . all right here we go .
jaime took cersei , his sister - lover , the mother of his three deceased children and one more in the oven , at her word and prepared to march north alongside the armies of jon and daenerys .
a voice i had heard before said sharply :
shut up , you little bitch . i ' ll be out in a second .
it ' s just possible that i ' m not used to playing in front of a back projection screen that has a habit of running out of film only in the middle of a take .
she gave me a level look which was not too admiring .
if it was anything like that , we ' d know ,
she said .
everybody has things in their pockets to tell who they are .
a woman from a small kansas town hires philip marlowe to find her missing brother . what marlowe finds is himself ensnared in a web of drugs , blackmail , and murder . . . as i ' ve said many times , noir fiction and i go together like a bottle of cheap vodka and nightmares about being chased by coyotes . the little sister by the esteemed raymond chandler is no exception . it may be because it ' s been a few months since i ' ve read one of raymond chandler ' s oddly poetic noir masterpieces but i liked the little
she made a threatening gesture with the little gun .
turn around ,
she snapped .
but fast .
she looked sharply down at my empty hands . studio stills are usually a little too big to put in your pocket .
she leaned back in her chair . her little face was thin and angular now . her eyes had a watchful look .
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that stopped me for a moment , then i laughed .
you ' re a nice little liar ,
i said .
goodbye .
sheva alomar of resident evil 5 is described as the
little sister
of her bsaa squad by her c . o . and mentor , being the youngest and greenest member . of course , chris redfield is told of this long after she ' s ably demonstrated her own competence and badassery , and his survival depends on her throughout the mission as much as hers depends on him .
the screening of “little sister” that i attended was also a world première and i watched the film with a special joy—the same one that accompanied the screenings of “the arbalest , ” “collective : unconscious , ” and a few others at sxsw—in anticipating these films entering the world and taking their place in the future of the cinema , a future that they’d do their part to shape . that future is the main and proper subject of criticism ; it’s why film festivals remain crucial and indispensable experiences .
and just what would i get for this money , my charming little gum - shoe ? i ' m quite sure of what you are , of course .
amigo , i have no idea at all .
her voice had a hushed withdrawn sound . she might have been a little scared . i didn ' t know what of .
“wonderful what hollywood will do to a nobody . it will make a radiant glamour queen out of a drab little wench who ought to be ironing a truck driver’s shirts , a he - man hero with shining eyes and brilliant smile reeking of sexual charm out of some overgrown kid who was meant to go to work with a lunchbox . out of a texas car hop with the literacy of a character in a comic strip it will make an international courtesan , married six times to six millionaires and so blasé and decadent at the end of i
love is such a dull word ,
she mused .
it amazes me that the english language so rich in the poetry of love can accept such a feeble word for it . it has no life , no resonance . it suggests to me little girls in ruffled summer dresses , with little pink smiles , and little shy voices , and probably the most unbecoming underwear .
i opened the bag and went through and found a white envelope that looked a little familiar . out of it i shook the photo at the dancers , the two pieces fitted together and pasted on another piece of paper .
these sisters depend on each other . estrogen feels insecure without boundaries and gets herself into trouble with her friends and family because of her impulsiveness and lack of consideration . she tends to blame everybody else for life’s problems without being able to put a brake on herself . she needs progesterone to put things in perspective .
he seems like a nice little guy ,
i said , still watching the hand that held the gun . not a quiver in it now .
review originally posted on diary of an eccentric c . allyn pierson pushes georgiana darcy to the forefront of mr . darcy’s little sister , a sequel to jane austen’s pride and prejudice . austen did not focus much on georgiana’s character , so readers know little about her aside from her almost elopement with the scoundrel george wickham , her shyness , and the fact that her brother cares deeply for her and will do anything to protect her and her reputation . pierson moves georgiana out of mr . darcy’s sh
what doesn ' t add up ? i ' ve told you the truth . i ' m orrin ' s sister . i guess i know what kind of person he is .
‘nelle harper had a vivid imagination all her life , and early on she would compose stories , ’ said alice finch lee ( left ) of her sister harper ( right ) , pictured in 2006 . photograph : ap
i did a little more than that ,
i said .
i gave the landlord a little gin and went through the register and talked to a man named hicks . george w . hicks . he wears a toupee . i guess maybe you didn ' t meet him . he has , or had , orrin ' s room . so i thought maybe -
it was my turn to do a little trailing in the air .
she clutched her bag to her bosom with tight little fingers .
you mean something has happened to him ?
her voice faded off into a sort of sad whisper , like a mortician asking for a down payment .
stop sneering at me . orrin ' s in a lot of trouble . some -
her voice quivered a little and her breath came quickly ,
some gangsters are after him .
no he hasn ' t ,
she said tightly .
he has a little scar on his left hand where he had a wen removed .
a little potassium hydrocyanide ,
a voice said , over the transatlantic telephone .
not fatal , not even dangerous . merely relaxing . . .
i grinned and drew it out of her reach .
all right . but it ' s such a cute little bag . it ' s so like you .
ms estrogen is childlike in her exuberance for making things happen . she has little awareness of the effect of her actions . she is happy just to be doing something – anything .
she nodded her little chin half an inch . her eyes were melting .
take my glasses off ,
she whispered ,
philip . i don ' t mind if you take a little whiskey once in a while . really i don ' t .
he stopped and drew in his breath . his face glistened a little as if with sweat . he leaned forward from his hips .
she couldn ' t . she did not have the number and she had very little time .
although vuong’s food pushes the envelope for the south bay , it’s bound to be right at home downtown , where little sister’s second location is set to open this spring , across from bottega louie . “as a chef , you have to understand your audience , ” vuong says . “in manhattan beach , going full throttle , super authentic , or way too shrimpy [ wouldn’t have worked ] , but downtown , little sister will really shine as far as the heavier flavors . people are more accustomed because of the proximity to san gabriel valley and even chinatown , with the new dim sum–style flavors . ”
marlowe is back again , but in a rather bad mood in 1949 , after a spell of almost six years , raymond chandler had his hero philip marlowe re - enter the stage in the little sister , a weird case of multiple blackmailing and mob murder . it all starts in a seemingly harmless way when orfamay quest , a rather prim - looking , mousy young woman asks him to find out the whereabouts of her brother orrin . marlowe , in a strange way fascinated and simultaneously revolted by the demure and holier - than - thou orfamay
chandler ' s 5th novel has philip marlowe going to hollywood as he explores the underworld of glitter capital , trying to find a sweet young thing ' s missing brother . a movie starlet with a gangster boyfriend and a pair of siblings with a shared secret lure marlowe into the less than glamorous and more than a little dangerous world of hollywood fame . chandler ' s first foray into
i picked this up in a charity shop and then sat enthralled ! a page turner indeed ! a really nice
sequel
to pride and prejudice focusing on georgiana darcy . full of prejudices and romances and the same selection of characters which any reader of the book will know . clever if a little straightforward in some places but a very enjoyable book .
“little sister” is his best film to date , and it shimmers with a quiet sense of ambition from the start , high - concept in a low - key way . colleen lunsford ( a note - perfect addison timlin ) isn’t a struggling actor or a recently fired shoe designer , she’s a young nun in new york city , a virgin on the verge of taking her first vows . she’s also a bright - eyed former goth who’s full of social grace , and her supervisor at the convent ( horror icon barbara crampton ) is growing concerned that the girl hasn’t fully divested herself from the outside world .
yet another fantastic raymond chandler book ! ! this time marlow goes into hollywood and we get his take on the the movie business in the late 1940 ' s . his prose is top notch and one of a kind . i marvel at the consistency of the writing and constantly colorful analogies and metaphors . one of my all time favorite writers . the little sister deals with a young woman who is trying to find her brother and of course marlow is hired to do the job . he works his way through a labyrinth of high life sleaze tr
the little sister by raymond chandler . philip marlowe has a small and dirty little office . marlowe is a private detective . some days he ' s on the side of the police and some days not . one of those days orfamay quest walks into his office with a request . . . find her brother orrin . he ' s been gone from home back in manhattan , kansas for a long time and his letters have stopped . this begins marlowe ' s long and complicated journey in finding orfamay ' s brother . the twists and turns that come with each char
that ' s far too much ,
the little voice said .
why , it might cost hundreds of dollars and i only get a small salary and -
you ought to have used a little of that back at the road block . that tall guy looked lonely . you could have taken him off in the bushes .
why would he want to stick you ?
beifus asked with a derisive grin .
you were his pal . you were down there to keep him safe for his sister .
“i don’t believe you” will do it , jaime said , and he walked away . next thing , he was alone on a horse , outside , and snowflakes were falling even as far south as king’s landing because — everybody chant along — winter is coming .
he turned abruptly and put a pile of handkerchiefs into his suitcase . i moved a little closer to him . when he turned back there was what might have been a watchful look on his face . but it had been a watchful face to start with .
helen grady ,
she said .
well , a little well - bred obscenity never did any harm , did it ?
she let out a silvery little laugh .
amigo , there are men i do not know . even at the chateau bercy .
she shook her head .
no , there is a little hill between . i do not think they would hear , amigo .
i ' m going to make a little speech ,
he said .
you ' re not going to like it .
you said orrin wasn ' t the black sheep in your family . remember ? with a very peculiar emphasis . and when you mentioned your sister leila , you sort of passed on quickly as if the subject was distasteful .
his hand came out to it with the beautiful anxiety of a mother welcoming a lost child .
not much of a sales talk for a blackmailer ,
he said , still smiling .
i ' d sell that cheap . for love of a pair of dark glasses and a delphinium - blue hat and a crack on the head from a high - heeled slipper .
he picked his cigar out of the green glass ash tray and blew a little smoke . through it he gave me the cold gray eye . i got a cigarette out and scratched my chin with it .
you ' re cheap . it ' s a cheap little bastard , isn ' t it ? a hundred bucks it says . is a hundred bucks money in your circle , darling ?
i said :
neither can i . i may call you again . don ' t get me wrong , dr . lagardie . this isn ' t any kind of a shake . i ' m just a mixed - up little man who needs a friend . i kind of felt that a doctor - like a clergyman -
i poured another slug of the gin and held it out of his reach .
the voice changed . the furriness went out of it . it said sharply and swiftly :
how ' s every little thing in bay city ?
takes a bit of medical knowledge then ?
i got out a poor old package of camels and untangled one from the cellophane .
i see ,
torrance said coolly , then burst out laughing again . he turned to ned gammon .
okay , ned . now everybody ' s got the rat poison out of their system , maybe we can give it to you the way you want it .
french rolled himself a cigarette and lit it with a kitchen match he struck on the back of a chair . he sighed .
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flack took hold of the arms of his chair and squeezed . his voice came from the bottom of a well saying :
you can ' t prove a damn thing .
his hand went up and felt the angle of his jaw . it already showed swelling . his mouth grinned but his eyes were still a little vague . french stood rooted and silent .
i was lucky to have selected tested - hands that helped make the experience a glide . it was like having a wonderful ride . the cast and crew were fantastic . it was so easy , we met our target everyday . everybody was united . i know it’s my film , but it’s one of the best set i’ve ever been on .
the new restaurants will join abigaile , little sister , wildcraft , and dia de campo for a total of seven blackhouse openings in four years . it’s a breakneck pace for the two partners , but slowing down doesn’t seem to be in the cards—especially in the rapidly shifting south bay . “in the last two or three years , a lot is changing down here with people trying to get in the game , ” says sanford . adds vuong , “it’s time to turn the knob a little more . ” 1131 manhattan ave . , manhattan beach , 310 - 545 - 2096
diversity is not important to them . so i need to go . to someplace bigger , where there are more women around . where i have some more protections and some more anonymity . because it is pretty damn hard to be everyone’s little sister when you are just wanting to be yourself .
she came in briskly enough this time . her motions were small and quick and determined . there was one of those thin little , bright little smiles on her face . she put her bag down firmly , settled herself in the customer ' s chair and went on smiling .
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pride and prejudice continues . . . georgiana darcy grows up and goes in pursuit of happiness and true love , much to her big brother ' s consternation a whole new side of mr . darcy . . . he ' s the best big brother , generous to a fault . protective , never teases . but over his dead body is any rogue or fortune hunter going to get near his little sister ! ( unfortunately , any gentleman w
this was a real page turner for me , but maybe i am a bit biased because of the setting . a good series .
for as long as i ' ve lived in southern california , i have thought of raymond chandler as the archetypal los angeles writer , and of philip marlowe as the archetypal l . a . noir hero . the little sister is one of his later novels , and one of his most complex , yet it is a page - turner ( almost , a page - burner ) from start to finish . it all begins with a prim young lady from manhattan , kansas , named orfamay quest is willing to part with as much as twenty dollars to find her brother orrin , who has disappeared
oh . torrance in this ?
dick torrance at the time was a ranking star of the second grade , a not uncommon type of hollywood actor that nobody really wants but a lot of people in the end have to take for lack of better .
this tense whodunit detective story , and best picture - winning thriller was set in the little town of sparta , mississippi during a hot summer . it chronicled the racial tensions between two individuals brought together for a murder case :
from some guys that might want to stick an ice pick in the back of his neck . on account of he is a little too quick with his little leica . taking people ' s photographs when they want to be private . or it could be something else , like peddling reefers and he got wise . am i talking in riddles ?
so many low - budget american indies are about stunted twentysomethings who return to their childhood homes in order to achieve some great personal catharsis , but so few of them understand what home really means , or know how to find it . it’s been more than a decade since “garden state” enshrined that template for a new generation of filmmakers , yet zach clark ’s weird , winsome , and wonderful “ little sister ” is one of the few movies that has used it to tell a story that feels indivisibly true to itself .
it wasn ' t you gave orfamay the thousand bucks , was it , darling ? to make her tell ? she ' s a little girl who would go a long way for a thousand bucks .
a search of the records of the united states copyright office has determined that this work is in the public domain .
there were hard lumps of muscle at the corners of his jaws . his eyes had a reddish glare behind them .
don ' t tell me ,
she interrupted sharply and turned with a glass in her hand . she drank and tossed the loose hair around and smiled a thin little smile .
money , of course . how damned stupid of me to overlook that .
i did my best for you ,
i said .
perhaps if you ' d given me a little more information in the beginning -
and yesterday afternoon , in room 332 of the hotel van nuys , a blonde girl with a towel in front of her face had pointed a . 32 - caliber automatic with a white bone grip at me .
chandler ' s 5th novel has philip marlowe going to hollywood as he explores the underworld of glitter capital , trying to find a sweet young thing ' s missing brother . a movie starlet with a gangster boyfriend and a pair of siblings with a shared secret lure marlowe into the less than glamorous and more than a little dangerous world of hollywood fame . chandler ' s first foray into the industry that dominates the company town that is los angeles .
i poked at the paper with a pencil to keep it burning . she came slowly , step by step , to the desk and her eyes were fixed on the little smoldering heap of torn prints .
in this witty sequel to pride and prejudice , mr darcy ' s little sister , georgiana darcy takes centre stage . her excessive timidity complicates her life ; her self - confidence , mined by her misadventure with mr wickham , hasn ' t healed yet . she grows up in pursuit of true love and happiness but doesn ' t dare open her heart , neither to her beloved sister - in - law , elizabeth bennet , who now lives with her and darcy . she wants to find a love that is every bit as true as elizabeth and darcy ' s . georgiana is
better than that , samwell said , he’s not really a bastard . sam said he read in an old book the confession of a man who had secretly married lyanna and rhaegar , and if that’s the case , jon is the legitimate heir to the iron throne over daenerys targaryen , rhaegar’s sister .
orrin quest . his sister told me he was doing some kind of work for you , doctor . i ' ve been looking for him for days . last night he called her up . from here , she said .
love ?
he dropped the word slowly off the end of his tongue , tasting it to the last . a bitter little smile stayed after the word , like powder smell in the air after a gun is fired . he shrugged and pushed a desk cigarette box from behind a filing tray and over to my side of the desk .
taste is orange lemon citrus hops with a touch of the pine . a bit of grapefruit comes along later . just enough malt to make the style .
weepy moyer . a cop friend of mine said something about a hollywood money man being held on suspicion and then released for lack of evidence .
now don ' t be like that , mister . please don ' t be like that . i ' ve got quite a nice little proposition -
i ' m a little chilly ,
she said .
and i have to eat some lunch .
she held the photo out to me .
compare and contrast the chick , the heart , the cutie , the tagalong kid , moe , and your little dog too .
beifus took his hat off and bowed .
you mustn ' t deny us our little pleasures , mr . flack .
i love this series . absolutely . if modern american crime writers could write like this , my tbr pile would be beyond overflowing . if you want a little more about this book than what i ' ve written here , you can click here and read about it at my reading journal . otherwise , read on . like all of the chandler novels so far , the little sister has a plot that is once again overly convoluted and overly complex , but chandler is in rare form here , having marlowe spill his guts about the city , his job , the
good debut , but why has westdijk made a mediocre tv - film , a really bad feature and another tv - film that was embarrassingly bad after this film ? this film was good mainly because of the original idea , but it tells very little about the directing skills of westdijk .
it is a habit with people of a certain class . onetime actors especially . and onetime crooks .
you ' re marlowe ?
he said in a voice that had a touch of the soft south .
jeremy captured a sweet moment with his youngest brother during the reception . he captioned the photo ,
jacob roloff everybody . we ' ve been in separate states for a good long while so it ' s been very nice to get some quality time with him again as he ' s been helping me a lot on our house renovations . i ' m a diy kinda guy so with a little brother and some youtube , anything is possible .
he added ,
he ' s a smart dude with a good heart . my mom calls us the bookends , spend 10 minutes with us and you ' ll know why .
so i went to a picture show and it had to have mavis weld in it . one of those glass - and - chromium deals where everybody smiled too much and talked too much and knew it . the women were always going up a long curving staircase to change their clothes . the men were always taking monogrammed cigarettes out of expensive cases and snapping expensive lighters at each other . and the help was round - shouldered from carrying trays with drinks across the terrace to a swimming pool about the size of lake huron but a lot neater .
the film opened with a view of a creepy old woman ( philip friedman ) through a window , holding a candle - a major hint , and then the title screen in pulsating , blood - red lettering .
her mouth fell open and she looked ugly . she closed her lips and pressed them together . it was a tight hard little face that i was looking at .
she nodded brightly .
let us say _ i _ picked _ him _ up . he was a very nice little man . really , he was .
it needs a little more explanation , doesn ' t it ? all i see is two people having lunch in a public place . hardly disastrous to the reputation of my client . i assume that was what you had in mnd .
that ' s a fair complaint ,
ned gammon said .
trouble is he only has two hundred and twelve feet of film , and that ' s my fault . if you could take the scene just a little faster -
who ?
there was a dim reflection of shock behind her eyes .
wait a minute . then what ? more prints of the photo ?
common sense - and a lot of experience sitting here with people .
beyond this desk there is a row of glassed - in cubicles stretching along one side of a very long room . on the other side is the waiting room , a row of hard chairs all facing one way , towards the cubicles .
you could know bay city a long time without knowing idaho street . and you could know a lot of idaho street without knowing number 449 . the block in front of it had a broken paving that had almost gone back to dirt . the warped fence of a lumberyard bordered the cracked sidewalk on the opposite side of the street . halfway up the block the rusted rails of a spur track turned in to a pair of high , chained wooden gates that seem not to have been opened for twenty years . little boys with chalk had been writing and drawing pictures on the gates and all along the fence .
i know .
she was breathing a little fast .
it makes me feel very young and innocent and kind of naughty . and i ' m far from being young and innocent any more .
we crossed la cienega and went into the curve of the strip . the dancers was a blaze of light . the terrace was packed . the parking lot was like ants on a piece of overripe fruit .
little orfamay took the billfold and stared at it and then stared at him and her white little face was very still . then she thanked him and opened her bag to put the billfold in it , as i thought - it was all very curious -
for two reasons , amigo . he was more than a little crazy and in the end he would have killed me . and the other reason is that none of this - absolutely none of it - was for money . it was for love .
of course ,
he said . there was a peculiar smile on his face .
how stupid of me .
she blew cigarette ash off the back of her hand . a flake of it went into my eye and made me blink .
i said slowly ,
that would be kind of silly . i could sit in the dark with her and hold hands , but for how long ? in a little while she will drift off into a haze of glamour and expensive clothes and froth and unreality and muted sex . she won ' t be a real person any more . just a voice from a sound track , a face on a screen . i ' d want more than that .
we ' re not . the only thing mexican about you is a few words and a careful way of talking that ' s supposed to give the impression of a person speaking a language they had to learn . like saying ' do not ' instead of ' don ' t . ' that sort of thing .
well , that was something . and it was also something else — and then some . the seventh season of “game of thrones” on sunday went out with a bang , a whimper , a double - cross , a triple - cross , a killing , an execution and a massive demolition project .
the opening marks the start of a big year for blackhouse hospitality . along with the new outpost of little sister , sanford and vuong have two other projects planned for 2015 : a “big sur - meets - ocean ranch”–style steakhouse in hermosa beach and another restaurant in redondo beach . “we wanted to do something in redondo because it’s the most behind in food , but there is definitely a demand , ” says sanford . “look at hermosa : four or five years ago there was nothing , and now it’s super food - driven . ”


hellions is a 2015 canadian horror film directed by bruce mcdonald , written by pascal trottier and starring chloe rose .

the film was an official selection of the 2015 sundance film festival lineup and also screened at the 2015 toronto international film festival .

hellions ( film )

hellions
by shannon straney from albany , n . y . - a documentary on the troy hellions roller derby team in troy .
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no animals or demons were harmed during the making of this film .
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last year , aaron paul had a movie at sundance called hellion . i never saw it , but i assume hellions is the sequel because that’s the rules . when you pluralize the title , it’s the sequel in which there are even more hellions than the first film !
other intriguing vanguard selections include the canadian premiere of bruce mcdonald’s new horror film hellions , the body horror fantasy film evolution directed by lucile hadžihalilovic , and february from writer - director osgood perkins who is also the writer of midnight madness selection the girl in the photographs .
hellions
is art book horror , something to flip through but never truly eerie or scary .
hellions is a bigger halloween bust than the house that gives out dental floss to trick ' r treaters .
reviewed online , washington d . c . , sept . 3 , 2015 . ( in toronto film festival — vanguard ; sundance film festival — park city at midnight . ) running time : 82 min .
the film , with a screenplay by pascal trottier , stars chloe rose , robert patrick , rossif sutherland , rachel wilson , peter dacunha and luke bilyk . the film was produced by frank siracusa and paul lenart .
new this year is the festival ' s expansion to troy with a screening at the arts center this friday night . among the films lined up for that screening : hellions , a documentary by shannon straney about the hellions of troy roller derby team .
however , there ' s something to be said about a relatively small - scale picture whose creators embrace its limitations . the experimental dream sequences and hallucinations that make
hellions
a mcdonald movie also make the film a perfect , light
, go for it . this may sound like nostalgic hyperbole , but they really don ' t make small - scale movies like
hellions
much any more . it ' s not without its shortcomings , but
hellions
gets the job done .
will have its canadian premiere at the 40th anniversary of the toronto internation film festival in the fest’s vanguard section .
back in march we told you that ifc midnight acquired u . s . rights to pontypool director bruce mcdonald’s hellions ( read our review ) , which made its world premiere in the “park city at midnight” section of the 2015 sundance film festival .
however you slice it , the eagle is hokum , but modern - day scots may get a kick out of the film ' s depiction of their ancestors as mud - caked hellions . modern - day romans will have to settle for less .
culture crypt looks at a few fantasia film festival features shaping up to be hot topics among horror fans in 2018 .
hellions is scary and nails the halloween vibe . remember this title – when october 2016 rolls around you’ll want to give it a watch .
the blu - ray release of hellions was called a
must - add
to everybody ' s october watch list by bloody disgusting .
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disappointingly hellions lacks substance , its visuals are too bland and the storytelling techniques are just as plain . by the time the climax came around and the end credits began to roll , i was left feeling resentfully empty as i was expecting much more from the film .
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ultimately hellions is a fraction of a film that goes absolutely nowhere . there are some solid visuals and mildly interesting plot points peppered throughout , but all are rendered meaningless thanks to mcdonald’s extremely heavy - handed use off genre iconography , and his exceedingly confusing and trippy execution .
hello , i ' m one of the few people that enjoyed bruce mcdonald ' s hellions . . . actually , i kind of loved it .
still , dora ' s visions of pumpkin patch ghouls and trippy conversations with an alien - sounding interlocutor who keeps urging her to give
blood for baby
aren ' t specific enough . this robs
hellions
of specificity , making the best parts of the film feel like an accomplished genre exercise for mcdonald , who has delayed his proposed sequel to brainy zombie film
pontypool
for years now .
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that makes hellions certainly unsettling , if not terrifying . if halloween iii were more like hellions it could’ve worked . it delivers on the promise of kids terrorizing adults . dora is an older teenager , but the officer corman ( robert patrick ) comes to her aid and he’s not much help against them either .
closing out this year’s festival is a film that may just out - scream scream . the meta - horror comedy film the final girls boasts an all - star cast of young up - and - coming actors such as taissa farmiga , adam devine , alia shawkat , alexander ludwig , nina dobrev , and others . geddes said during his twitter teases that this was easily the most asked - for film this year .
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the hollywood reporter and indiewire criticized both the film and its direction . the reviewers felt that although hellions showed promise , it ultimately did not live up to its potential . the a . v . club named it # 3 on its list of 20 worst movies of 2015 . at the same time , horror websites such as shock till you drop and bloody disgusting reviewed it favorably and both outlets praised the film for its imagery and cinematic inventiveness . urltoken also commended the film , calling it a
perfect , light midnight movie
that , despite its shortcomings ,
gets the job done
.
this year’s midnight madness programme will open with jeremy saulnier’s green room , screening with the previously announced short film the chickening . shown earlier this year to a warm reception at the cannes film festival , the film follows an indie punk band , who after stumbling across a horrifying act of violence , is held hostage in a backwoods club by a band of neo - nazis led by patrick stewart in what is surely an unorthodox role for him .
the realism in
hellion
is admirable , as are the actors ' emotion performances . these wrenching qualities also make the film a tough sell .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
movie that should go great with light drinks , good company , and a warm blanket . if you ' re lucky enough to see the film projected at
narratively speaking , hellions starts out with a pregnant teen - who the fuck cares this film has style . style everywhere , style piled atop style while style occasionally crawls out from underneath said stylepile only to crawl right back on top like some sort of insulating bee ball of style ( you know , like how bees hibernate and shit ) .
“the finale of 2016 save the waves film festival tour of california will be this saturday , 11 / 19 , at the victoria theatre in the mission district of sf . our vip reception , catered by real good fish , will begin at 6pm and we’ll also have live music from local half moon bay hellions bar fight at 9pm . ”
the knickerbocker film festival returns this friday , april 18 to start week of screenings at locations in albany and troy . this year ' s festival slate includes 12 films - - including fiction and documentaries - - from filmmakers both local and international . ( the film lineup , with short blurbs , is after the jump . )
the psychic trauma of impending childbirth has proven fertile territory for horror films past , from the early david cronenberg chiller “the brood” to the extreme french horror film “inside , ” but bruce mcdonald’s “hellions” is an unpleasant muddle of the visceral and the abstract . though it carries the conceptual boldness of his ingenious 2008 zombie riff , “pontypool , ” [ … ]
its enchanting . the look of mcdonalds film , unlike much anything else , takes the wheel from its comparatively simple setup and pushes hellions into a dreamy ultra - style . just as dora is delivered the news of her pregnancy , shes told theres still time for options , and so the film externalizes her dilemma in bold , nightmarish form . the middle ground of halloween , in which the living and dead and supernatural co - exist , parallels her own between adulthood and adolescence , between keeping a baby or not .
don’t get me wrong , the film is not overtly bad at all . it has some very nasty moments which will leave audiences squirming in their seats and the camera work here is great . even the direction from mcdonald is reasonably sound , but my problem lies with how the film changes between the first and second act . once the demonic kids arrive the film is over - saturated with bleached tones . yes , this may promote an eerie atmosphere but the artful approach removes everything scary about it .
hellions is a movie starring chloe rose , rachel wilson , and rossif sutherland . a teenager must survive a halloween night from hell when malevolent trick - or - treaters come knocking at her door .
— in winter 1921 , d . h . lawrence and his wife journeyed to sardinia , and he chronicled their experiences in “sea and sardinia . ” now , mark cousins retraces lawrence’s footsteps . the film is conceived partly as a letter to lawrence — or “bert” — a detail typical of the film’s inviting sense of conversational intimacy . ( international premiere )
it isn’t just the who and the why of the diminutive demons that is unknown . everything about the film’s fiction is up in the air . this increasingly bizarre mystery marks an initially fascinating way for the film to foster suspense while the audience takes the same arc as dora in frantically finding out exactly what is happening to the tormented teen and her weird surrounding world .
candler gets strong performances from both her young cast and adult players . unfortunately , this gets overshadowed by the predictable plot and the distractingly shaky camera angles meant to give the film added grit .
dora escapes the house and hides in a shed outside . a disembodied voice compels dora to sleep and repeats “blood for baby , ” explaining that the hellions tormenting her have plans to kill dora and take her unwanted child .
“hellions” has a terrific style , though it uses that style to explore territory too abstract to qualify the halloween - set film as essential october 31st viewing alongside “trick ' r treat , ” “halloween , ” or “halloween iii : season of the witch . ” yet when separated from the fluff of its disappointing denouement , there remains a disturbingly dark fairy tale in the movie ' s core capable of leaving a lasting impression .
“hellions” keeps its hooks firmly embedded with atypical visuals hypnotizing in parallel to the tone . “hellions” may be the only horror movie choosing to filter its hue through a chromatic pink color instead of the usual giallo green , red , or deep blue most films use . there is probably some metaphoric meaning relating to the pregnancy plotline or the october sky’s blood moon overhead , but the look is so unique that it commands engagement simply for being a seldom seen style .
, in which a few people have probably their worst - ever halloween night when demonic little trick - or - treaters show up on their doorstep . the hellions trailer has some very odd halloween sights ; have a look below .
it’s not a well kept secret that we are huge midnight madness fans . in fact , the late - night screenings at ryerson theatre are where most of the fondest memories we have of the last decade of tiff movie going . if general tiff audiences are regarded as some of the best among all international film festivals , then the midnight madness crowd are the pièce de résistance of film festival audiences .
“hellions takes place on halloween night in the town of waterford , the so - called pumpkin capital of the world . hidden among the trick - or - treaters , a group of masked demonic beings roam the town and come upon dora , a teenager home alone for the night . cut off from the outside world and under siege in her isolated home , dora will need to defend both her body and soul from the relentless evil beings known as hellions . ”
hellions gradually transitions into nightmare logic , where the rules of time and space don’t apply . the color shifts to sepia , we see kaleidoscope imagery , and dora ends up in a completely strange world for the climax . editing even changes the logic of continuity . the lack of logic is always the scariest part of nightmares anyway , that you can’t even count on basic physics to apply , so it’s a good approach to the film’s horror .
there’s no accurate way to predict on which side of the line any given person will stand once the cloud clears . the only prudent advice is to tell potential viewers of “hellions” to be ready for either possible outcome : admiration or aversion .
up next were sydney’s hellions , who put on a show , unlike anything i’ve seen before . confidently defiant of restrictive genre boundaries , hellions combined their signature sound with the excitement of a band so comfortable and so proud of the music they’ve worked to create . at times i wasn’t sure whether i was at a hardcore gig or a funk gig , which made their performance all the more entertaining , and it was clear that the crowd and band were feeding off the other’s energy .
in its best moments , hellions is interesting and perplexing and worth soaking in , in the sense that one would admire a hieronymus bosch - inspired painting . but without at least one foot on the ground , it doesn ' t inspire fear .
i generally keep an eye on the film festival scene because it’s always where the best horror films premiere . as has long been the case for over a decade at this point , the indie scene is where it’s at when it comes to horror . anyway , last year i started hearing some buzz about “hellions . ” despite being the spookiest holiday by far , there aren’t nearly as many halloween - set horror films as there should be . so here comes a film about malevolent trick - or - treaters ? and it’s directed by the guy who made “pontypool , ” an odd but fascinating canadian variation on the zombie concept from a few years back ? sign me up ! as sometimes happened , the review started to roll in and they were…
prepare for polarization . at one end of “pontypool” director bruce mcdonald’s “hellions” is a mound of moody madness and stylish scares . at the other sits a heap of baffling background and ambiguous artistry . whichever side sways most is what tips the scale determining who leaves frightened and who leaves frustrated .
“station to station” ( director : doug aitken ) — “station to station” is composed of 60 individual one - minute films featuring different artists , musicians , places , and perspectives . this revolutionary feature - length film reveals a larger narrative about modern creativity .
the plot of hellions is very similar to that of an earlier short story
buckets
by f . paul wilson . in the story , an abortion doctor is visited and tormented by trick - or - treaters who are revealed to be the spirits of fetuses he has aborted throughout his career .
originally , walt disney boldly conceived of fantasia not as a single static film , but as a
new form of entertainment
with a repertoire that would be regularly updated and rereleased , new sequences replacing old ones and perhaps old favorites returning from time to time .
“hellions” ( canada ) ( director : bruce mcdonald , screenwriter : pascal trottier ) — teenage dora vogel must survive a halloween night from hell when malevolent trick - or - treaters come knocking at her door . cast : chloe rose , robert patrick , rossif sutherland , rachel wilson , peter dacunha , luke bilyk .
kevin bacon , keanu reeves and eli roth are among the bigger names aiming to generate buzz and raise gooseflesh in the park city at midnight sidebar at the 2015 sundance film festival , the lineup of which was announced today alongside those of the festival’s spotlight and new frontier sections .
dora makes it outside and shoots hellions on the lawn until she is overcome by a swarm of them . dora wakes restrained and surrounded in an open field , but mike comes to her rescue . in a dream state , mike and dora enter mike’s former house . mike presents his wife’s newborn child to dora and it mutates in the girl’s arms .
hellions starts off well enough thanks to rose . anyone could guess the reason she’s going to the clinic well before doctor henry ( rossif sutherland ) delivers the news , but rose has more than enough natural charisma to sell dora as a very likable lead with a mind of her own , sparking curiosity regarding how she’s going to deal with the scenario .
norayr kasper ' s cinematography is interesting throughout as he sifts through one artfully framed shot after another then seguing into more aesthetically - pleasing territory with filters and lighting . the imagery , alone , smoothed out a lot of the more negative aspects of this film ( but , not the exploding pumpkin patch - …
in the shadowy world of 2010 ' s unauthorized low - budget quasi - sequels to halloween iii that lean way heavy on the purples and pinks , hellions is totally like what bootleg halloween iv could have been if halloween iii had made so much money right out the gate that unaffiliated producers everywhere were like , ok ! so what happens next ? and came up with some crazy ideas whilst freebasing melted - down vhs copies of labyrinth all night until the fumes drove them from the office bathroom and / or caused them to pass out having the weirdest dreams and that dream would have been hellions and instead of sleeping they drove out to the nearest pumpkin farm in ontario the very next day and made this movie . nominally…
hellions is incredibly scary . mcdonald does a terrific job building the tension and suspense early on . i was on the edge of my seat just waiting for something terrible to happen to dora . i literally had to get up and turn some lights on because it freaked me out that bad . major kudos to mcdonald and crew for being able to accomplish that .
more so at these screenings than others , the directors , cast and crew of these films compliment and cheer on the rowdy and raucous film viewing mob , while we watch these action - packed , shocking and sometime horrific films . it’s an obscene celebration of art – but we wouldn’t have it any other way .
no one wants a horror movie ridden with cliche scares and plot points , but there is something to be said for one that can tap into familiar territory but deliver a fresh take on it . director bruce mcdonald certainly tries to do something along those lines with hellions , but the traditional halloween shenanigans are far more entertaining than the muddled surreal spin he puts on them .
the film also has a really cool style . about halfway through the film , when shit really begins to get real and pick up , the color filter shifts . i’m not sure it goes to full on sepia or something similar , but it sorts of takes the movie into this dream - like world . it’s a really nice touch and helps the movie start to mess with your mind . there is also one superb shot of dora running with the moon in the background with an orange sky . it’s beautiful and reminded me of the scene halloween iii : season of the witch with trick - or - treaters from around the world out and about .
before a blood moon turns the autumnal splendor of a small town to a fetal pink , “hellions” has the eerie quality of halloween night in an ’80s horror film , where suburban normalcy ends at dusk . dora ( chloe rose ) wiles away the afternoon in a pumpkin patch , smoking a joint with her boyfriend ( luke bilyk ) , but the day takes a dramatic turn when her doctor ( rossif sutherland ) informs her that she’s four weeks pregnant . the news of this seemingly immaculate conception shocks dora enough to keep her inside the house while her mother ( rachel wilson ) and little brother ( peter dacunha ) go out trick - or - treating , but she doesn’t have much time to process it in peace .
the plot of this halloween - based canadian horror film makes little sense and plays out like a teenager ' s disjointed pregnancy nightmare , but what it lacks in coherence it makes up for in production design and includes a few really eerie scenes and lots of genuinely creepy costumed kids . far from a classic , but well worth watching .
as a whole , hellions fails to match pontypool as it is clearly not of the same caliber . the plot is relatively simple and not too different from your average home invasion thriller . it tries to strive for originality by introducing a supernatural twist to the subgenre . regrettably the execution of the plot devices and the treacherous pacing of the story combined with bleached out visuals marred the experience .
“the nightmare” ( director : rodney ascher ) — a documentary - horror film exploring the phenomenon of sleep paralysis through the eyes of eight people . they ( and a surprisingly large number of others ) often find themselves trapped between the sleeping and awake realms , unable to move but aware of their surroundings while subject to disturbing sights and sounds .
even the abstract imagery of bach’s toccata and fugue in d minor , and the serene world of the candle - bearing pilgrims who accompany schubert’s ave maria , are not without power . the film comes to a halt only for an unnecessary intermission with a dancing animated
soundtrack ,
and perhaps musicologist deems taylor’s introductions with their studied casualness .
kevin bacon , keanu reeves and eli roth are among the bigger names aiming to generate buzz and raise gooseflesh in the park city at midnight sidebar at the 2015 sundance film festival , the lineup of which was announced today alongside those of the festival’s spotlight and new frontier sections . fresh off his turn in “john wick , ” reeves stars [ … ]
bruce mcdonald is best known for his previous film pontypool , a tale of a zombie apocalypse spread by the spoken word set within the confinement of a radio station . very creative and incredibly suspenseful , pontypool really knocked me for six and i loved every minute of it so imagine how excited i was to be sitting down to watch his follow up .
officer mike corman rescues dora . thinking they hear dr . henry’s screams , dora returns to the house with mike , but it turns out to be another hellion illusion . mike finds runes drawn on the wall that translate to harvest , birth , and sacrifice . upon confirming that dora is pregnant , mike explains that he confronted the hellions during a previous halloween blood moon when they came for his pregnant wife sherri .
my one complaint is the story isn’t completely coherent . i can’t tell you what was real or what was fake . ultimately i’m not even sure why these kiddie creatures want dora’s baby . there are some references to some history these creatures have with this small town , but nothing is really that clear . i think this actually makes me appreciate hellions even more . the story isn’t that tight or clear and yet i still loved this movie .
mixing elements of “ils” and “the strangers” with “inside” ( review here ) and “a nightmare on elm street , ” the strong start to “hellions” comes from an early uncertainty as to what type of thriller it even is . the setup teases touches of paranormal pregnancy , home invasion horror , and supernatural slasher in ways where the distinct lack of rules for how perception is played with creates a “stay on guard” sense of heightened alert and constant questions .
the surreal setting bears down hard and a nyah - nyah - nyah soundtrack of children’s voices grows gratingly cacophonous . by this point , plenty of people will mentally , and perhaps literally , head for the exit with understandable justification on their side . for anyone more overwhelmed by the force and feel of the film’s first half , imagery still burns strong , even with possibly illegitimate purpose .
opera oblivia , the band’s latest and most experimental release proved itself in a live setting : lotus eater and nightliner rhapsody transcended pop punk - esque vocal hooks and instrumentation to become colossal live tracks while closing song thresher rounded out hellions ’ performance with a bold assertion of their performative creativity and energy . special mention to drummer anthony caruso , who struck every single part of his kit with guts from start to finish and didn’t once miss a beat .
pint - sized boogeymen spoil halloween in a big way in hellions , a hard - sell horror flick about the unthinkability of teen pregnancy . bruce mcdonald ' s latest is a genre - freak - only affair that even at 81 minutes feels like a joke that takes much too long reaching its punch line ; though horror fests may bite , commercial prospects are slim despite the fanboy - friendly presence of robert patrick as a grizzled small - town cop .
“the tribe” ( ukraine ) ( director and screenwriter : myroslav slaboshpytskiy ) — set at a ukrainian boarding school for the deaf , the film’s narrative unfolds purely through sign language without the need for subtitles or voiceover , resulting in a unique , never - before - seen cinematic experience that engages the audience on a new level . cast : grigoriy fesenko , yana novikova , rosa babiy , alexander dsiadevich .
hellions stars chloe rose , robert patrick and rachel wilson and follows dora ( rose ) , a rebellious teenager who finds out that she is pregnant . wanting to avoid all sense of responsibility she decides to celebrate halloween by going out to a party . so , after dressing up in her angel costume , she eagerly awaits the arrival of her boyfriend until a malevolent group of monstrous trick - or - treaters come knocking at her door with the intention of taking her unborn child .
that what they ' re watching isn ' t strictly objective reality . dora ' s body is no longer her own , making the home - invasion analogy a blunt but potent metaphor for her feelings of powerlessness . other horrors - of - new - mom - dom analogies are effectively used throughout the film , particularly womb - like jack - o ' - lanterns , and raw chicken eggs splattering on translucent window panes .
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thankfully redemption can be found in the performances delivered by chloe rose and robert patrick . chloe did a wonderful job in leading the film and went the mile to make her performance wholly believable . patrick , known to most as the relentless t - 1000 , plays the town sheriff who comes to her aid . bringing a sense of mystery to his character , patrick is very likable in the role and offers adequate support to rose without overshadowing her .
soon , the trick - or - treater announcing doorbells turn sinister . the film is like one of those inherently creepy images of halloween in the 1920s come - to - life . small , childlike forms , draped in dresses and overalls , and adorned with unsettling masks locked in benevolent expression , terrorize dora . they whisper in her head . they want her baby . these demonic little things invade her home and force this angel out into the red night .
the vanguard programme is often filled with unusual , challenging , and experimental films that push the boundaries of what you typically see on the big screen . it can be a hit - or - miss section to choose from . this year’s crop of films continues that mandate . one that seems to be grabbing attention early on is the south korean film collective invention . in what promises to be a humorous satire , a mutant fish - man becomes a national celebrity .
i love love love movies that take place on or around halloween . most horror fans probably feel the same way , but it’s my favorite holiday and because of that there’s a special joy i get when a movie uses halloween as a setting . seeing the costumes and the decorations and others celebrating a day i love is a real treat . no matter how many movies i’ve seen that take place on halloween , i’m constantly looking for new ones to add to the october rotation . i am very happy to say that hellions absolutely belongs on everyone’s mandatory october watch list .
( newly available on blu - ray / dvd ) rather than a static motion picture , fantasia was originally conceived as a repertoire , a selection of presentations that over time could be augmented by new pieces while old ones were retired , like an orchestra rotating its concert lineup … ten years ago , amid the wreckage at the end of the 1990s disney renaissance , the disney studio marked fantasia ’s 60th anniversary with fantasia 2000 , a film intended to honor in a way the original repertory conception of fantasia .
“things of the aimless wanderer” ( rwanda - u . k . ) ( director and screenwriter : kivu ruhorahoza ) — a white man meets a black girl , but then she disappears . the white man tries to understand what happened to her while also trying to finish a travelogue . the film concerns the sensitive topic of relations between “locals” and westerners , as well as paranoia , mistrust and misunderstandings . cast : justin mullikin , grace nikuze , ramadhan bizimana , eliane umuhire , wesley ruzibiza , matt ray brown .
anyway , what an ugly - looking movie ! the majority of it was filmed ( that is , filtered to death later ) in a candy - ish lavender tint , for no reason other than that the action takes place at night and we wouldn ' t be able to otherwise see anything . the onscreen violence is filmed like billions of other action scenes you ' ve seen on television since the arrival of hd digital film ( that annoying staccato frame rate thing where it looks like it ' s being shown through a hand - cranked projector ) .
the set - up for
hellions
is blessedly simple : dora ( chloe rose ) , a typically moody high school senior , discovers she ' s four weeks pregnant on halloween . dora is unsure of how to broach the subject with chops - busting boyfriend jace ( luke bilyk ) and approachable - but - overbearing mom kate ( rachel wilson ) . in fact , dora can barely find the words to talk to sensitive gynecologist dr . henry ( rossif sutherland ) . but dora doesn ' t have to wonder what she ' s going to do for long because she ' s soon confronted with bigger problems : pint - sized , costumer - wearing kids who start by egging dora ' s house , then destroy property and anyone who gets in their way .
ilium , new york
by patrick stephenson from albany , n . y . - a post - industrial love story ,
ilium , new york
is a day in the life of a fictional rust - belt town inspired by kurt vonnegut ' s
player piano
. the work also functions as an origin story of
the rags
- invented in 1970 ' s chicago by dan giesler , uncle of the filmmaker . with pocket lint for a budget and a maximum crew of two , the film was shot over three winters in upstate new york . the next project ,
sacred miracle cave
, will serve as the second installment of a planned trilogy .
striking images abound in almost every sequence . take the brilliantly rendered dancing flowers and fairies of tchaikovsky’s nutcracker suite ( the
chinese dance
movement especially , with its solemn , broad - hatted coolie mushrooms bowing gravely to one another , made an indelible impact on me the first time i saw the film as an adult ; and the joyously whirling tall - hatted cossack thistles and swirling - skirted orchids in the
russian dance
are almost as memorable ) . or the majestic winged horses and flirting centaurs and centaurettes in beethoven’s pastoral symphony . or the great stegosaurus - vs - tyrannosaur battle of stravinsky’s the rite of spring ( quaint - looking when compared with dinosaur ’s computer animation , but far stronger emotionally ) .
this was another film from frightfest that i had missed and know i know i made the right decision to skip it . there ' s some potential here for a halloween set horror with demon ' s disguised as trick or treating children but on the whole it ' s a bit of a mess . chloe rose is a 17 year old who learns from a doctor , on halloween that she ' s pregnant . she returns home to an empty house and is soon being harassed by some young masked trick or treater ' s . to start with it could be just a prank but things take a turn for the violent when it appears they are after her unborn child . there ' s plenty of style and some nice imagery on…
the lack of rules regarding the trick - or - treaters , their goals and their realm is also extremely problematic . based on the look of the film , you’d think that dora is the one who’s trapped there , but apparently other townsfolk can traipse in as well . at one point , doctor henry gets caught up in the madness and then so does a painfully underdeveloped town cop played by robert patrick . neither add much to the narrative or the mythology . they’re primarily there so that dora can get her hands on a shotgun and so that we can get some additional carnage . they’re fleeting thrills that add nothing to the big picture . their screen time would have been much better spent focusing on dora’s efforts to figure out what’s happening and how to beat it .
what mcdonald and trottier don ' t do is establish dora ' s baby - phobia as a symptom of her character and not her age . that ' s admittedly a challenge given the brief time we get to know dora . but rose , clad in a basic halo - and - wings angel costume for halloween , seems to represent a type , not an individual . we arguably don ' t need to know much about dora , but there isn ' t much in the film about her dreams that don ' t make her seem like a personality - less cypher . she ' s supposed to be average , and mcdonald refreshingly doesn ' t stigmatize her teenage pregnancy . in fact , he goes out of his way to show that doctor henry is caring , and that both kate and jace are friendly enough .
released in 1940 , fantasia was a critical and popular failure in its own day ( roger ebert blames a war - related shortage of whimsical spirit ) ; but with the passage of time it has gradually been completely vindicated . endorsed in the 1950s by high - minded educators and culture critics for its popularization of classical music ( as well as the
science
and
culture
conceits of the rite of spring sequence’s primeval history and the pastoral ’s use of greco - roman mythology ) ; then embraced by the 1960s counterculture for its dreamlike , nonlinear imagery ; and ultimately hailed by virtually all film critics for its undeniably glorious , groundbreaking , visionary animation , fantasia has taken its place as one of the unquestioned all - time great animated films , indeed , one of the all - time great films , period .
a bunch of little hellions show up at a pregnant teenager ' s house on halloween and then expect me to sift through subtext for about 70 - fucking - minutes and maybe i wouldn ' t have been so annoyed if the movie didn ' t look like absolute shit , i ' m sure the lousy performances didn ' t help either . for a majority of the running time i was mostly bored & annoyed because i didn ' t give a shit about what was happening on the screen and once the ending rolled around , instead of a redeeming twist or payoff , i was just sorta like
huh ? that ' s it ?
i had my notebook in front of me and when i wasn ' t scribbling
this is kinda stupid ,
or at the bottom of the page in all - capital lettering
so , so stupid ,
i was doodling little ghosts and pumpkins and skeletons , because i was that disengaged .
with a powerful performance by aaron paul and very believable teenagers played by the whole cast ,
hellion
is a deep and meaningful story that often fails to connect when it needs to , but other times when it does , it does so with vigorous pride . after the death of his wife , hollis ( aaron paul ) must deal with his teenage son getting in trouble with the law and dragging his younger son into that trouble , all while dealing with a depressing drinking problem . there are many themes explored throughout this film , but it never seems lie enough , and i normally enjoy open endings to great films , so that it keeps me guessing , but this felt a little too unfinished for my liking .
hellion
is a great story , told very well , but it is not without it ' s faults . aaron paul has a bright career ahead of him , and i cannot wait to see what he does next .
after starting the holiday relaxing with her boyfriend and a joint in a pumpkin patch , things are about to go very badly for dora ( chloe rose ) . first a routine visit to her doctor reveals that she ' s pregnant . then , after her mom and brother have left the house for trick - or - treating , the gates of hell open up . or something .
the bad vibes start off promisingly , as a couple of kids with exceptionally creepy costumes come to the door for candy , then keep returning for reasons dora doesn ' t understand . but rather than engage in slow - build horror , pascal trottier ' s screenplay flips the switch into poultergeist y chaos : everything turns pale pink , the house fills with savage winds , and voices from nowhere whisper menacing things . sadly , the pink tint remains even after the winds cease — inspiring visual fatigue that overwhelms some strong costume design and visual fx work .
cutaways to spinning clocks and the like inspire us to wonder how much of this is in chloe ' s head . those signals continue even after her phone calls for help lead to visits from her doctor and patrick ' s character , who seems to have some experience with baby - obsessed halloween gremlins . unconvinced that any of this is actually happening , we might be excused for having a hard time caring about the violent action , but most viewers will at least stick around in hopes of an intelligible explanation in the end . they ' ll be disappointed .
) . chloe rose stars as dora , your fairly typical 17 - year - old . she dresses in a lot of black , in a fashion i suppose kids today would say is goth . i wouldn’t say it’s goth , but she has that hot topic look . there’s actually a great scene with her early on in the waiting room of a doctor’s office . its halloween day and a little girl in a halloween costume is waiting next to her . dora compliments the girl’s costume and then the little girl says , “i like your costume as well . ” puzzled , dora informs the girl that she’s not wearing a costume . this was cute , funny scene , in a movie that is otherwise quite dark .
once dora sees the doctor ( rossif sutherland ) she learns that she’s pregnant . she’s completely stunned by the news . she can’t believe it . there’s no way she could possibly be pregnant . she’s only had sex with her boyfriend jace ( luke bilyk ) once . but hey , once is all it takes !
back at home her little brother remi ( peter dacunha ) is getting ready to head out for an exciting night of trick - or - treating with their mother ( rachel wilson ) . dora is supposed to go to a halloween party but given her recent pregnancy development she doesn’t much feel like partying . she decides to stay home but changes her mind after he mother convinces her to enjoy her youth .
dora gets dressed , calls up her boyfriend and waits for him to arrive . as she’s waiting a couple of trick - or - treaters knock on the door . these kids have incredibly creepy , old timey costumes . these are like the type of costumes you see in old halloween pictures from the 1930’s . one kid is wearing a metal bucket on his head and the other has a canvas , scarecrow - like sack . these little creeps have no manners as they refuse to say trick - or - treat , but dora still gives them candy .
some more times passes . dora’s boyfriend never shows up , so she calls repeatedly but gets nothing . the trick - or - treaters come back and things begin to get really weird . these little freaks want dora , and more specifically want the baby in her tummy and they’ll do anything to get it . the movie then becomes a battle between dora and these freaky kids .
eric kohn and anne thompson discuss their favorite films of the year so far . they also debate several new releases and share some streaming recommendations .
in an episode dedicated to the show within the show , “glow” illustrates its grand capacity for storytelling , and the very good tv podcast breaks down how .
rules weren’t meant to be broken when it comes to tv episode lengths , but these 10 examples — introduced on the very good tv podcast — are clear exceptions .
after studying under cinematographer ed lachman , shevaun mizrahi forged her own unique filmmaking path with its own set of rules .
the actress and director both love the genre , but as they told indiewire , they also knew it needed to be retrofitted to tell the true story of catherine weldon and sitting bull .
lane and schoenbrun discuss how her interest in morgellons disease patients ( “the pain of others” ) and his exploration of the slenderman myth ( “a self - induced hallucination” ) led them to make archival films from youtubes .
basically the story of a man forced to finally see the injustice around him . riley’s movie is designed to do the same thing to you . …
roger ebert ' s speech on empathy for the
11th hour
series on april 9th , 1994 , being republished here in honor of his birthday june 18 .
roger ebert was born on this day in 1942 , and died a little over five years ago . i owe a good part of my success…
a look back at robert zemeckis ' half - animated classic , who framed roger rabbit , on its 30 - year anniversary .
a tribute to the late tab hunter , a gay matinee idol and hollywood trailblazer .
mcdonald and screenwriter pascal trottier frequently suggest that the events that viewers are watching unfold could conceivably be all in dora ' s head . their commitment to dora ' s wracked point - of - view is selective , but they do often remind viewers—through bath salt and stress - induced dream sequences
an interview with terry gilliam , director of
the man who killed don quixote .
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there’s some real potential for comedy in the notion that so many of us these days have more virtual friends than “hang out at a bar” / “stand up for me at my wedding” friends ; and there’s a solid satire that could be made about a black man who hires himself out to be a cool buddy to dorky white dudes . but the wedding ringer does nothing with either of these ideas . even though director and co - writer jeremy garelick has polished comic actors kevin hart and josh gad plugging away gamely , he shies away from his own darkly funny premise , and instead loads up on kooky supporting players , broad slapstick , and joke after joke about how male friendship is kinda icky—and possibly gay . after coming up with a clever ( ish ) title , garelick apparently went into cruise control . isn’t there some fine that can be levied against filmmakers who waste a good premise ? [ noel murray ]
“reboot” has been a depressing and meaningless buzzword for a while now , but there’s something particularly dispiriting about a reboot that resets a lousy movie ( in this case , 2007’s timothy olyphant - wasting hitman ) into an equally lousy ( if ever so slightly less dull ) movie . here , once again , is the bald , barcoded , and entirely conspicuous video game protagonist who shoots his way through a nonsense plot , his near - invincibility inciting surprisingly chintzy special effects along the way , in between the ample time this movie spends on scenes of people staring at computer screens as face - recognition programs run . it shouldn’t be hard to make an entertaining b - movie about a genetically engineered assassin , but it may be time for the hitman franchise to quit while it’s behind . presumably an even lower - rent version of max payne will appear in a year or two to take its place . [ jesse hassenger ]
kinja is in read - only mode . we are working to restore service .
dora ( chloe rose ) is home alone on halloween . when three kids show up at her door in masks , she thinks they are regular trick or treaters . despite dora giving them candy , they come back to keep terrorizing her . at first it’s normal stuff like egging and pumpkin smashing , but it evolves into a much stranger assault from demons who clearly have supernatural powers .