Directed by Craig Hinde & Marc Zammit, Witch will be available on Digital and VOD on April 30th, but we have a clip you can watch right now!
"In the year 1575, Johanna stands trial for the murder of her parents and accusation that she is a witch. During her court session, Johanna makes an outrageous claim that another townswoman, Twyla is her “real” mother and a fellow dark magic conspirator. Twyla’s husband William attempts to come to her defense."
Directed By: Craig Hinde & Marc Zammit Screenplay By: Craig Hinde Story By: Craig Hinde, Marc Zammit, David Baboulene Produced By: Marc Zammit, Craig Hinde, Tony Zammit Starring: Sarah Alexandra Marks, Russel Shaw, Ryan Spong, Fabrizio Santino, Daniel Jordan, Mims Burton, Anto Sharp, Danny Howard, Nell Bailey, Nick Tuck, Jame Hamlet and Ella Starbuck Distributor: Amcomri & 101 Films Production Company: Skylark Vision RunTime: 110 Minutes
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"In the year 1575, Johanna stands trial for the murder of her parents and accusation that she is a witch. During her court session, Johanna makes an outrageous claim that another townswoman, Twyla is her “real” mother and a fellow dark magic conspirator. Twyla’s husband William attempts to come to her defense."
Directed By: Craig Hinde & Marc Zammit Screenplay By: Craig Hinde Story By: Craig Hinde, Marc Zammit, David Baboulene Produced By: Marc Zammit, Craig Hinde, Tony Zammit Starring: Sarah Alexandra Marks, Russel Shaw, Ryan Spong, Fabrizio Santino, Daniel Jordan, Mims Burton, Anto Sharp, Danny Howard, Nell Bailey, Nick Tuck, Jame Hamlet and Ella Starbuck Distributor: Amcomri & 101 Films Production Company: Skylark Vision RunTime: 110 Minutes
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- 4/25/2024
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
The attention-grabbing opening scene in writer/director Benjamin Finkel’s Family effectively establishes the film’s peculiar, esoteric, yet bone-chilling tone. Evoking Relic or Ari Aster’s Hereditary, the cold open sees preteen protagonist Johanna (Cameron Dawson Gray) banging on the locked doors of a synagogue, pleading to be let in, only for her mother, Naomi (Ruth Wilson), to stalk across the lawn, drag her out into it, then stab her. Without any explanation or context, Family cuts to a less volatile time, unfurling a strange, unwieldy slice of arthouse horror that’s heightened by Finkel’s knack for viscerally disturbing horror and imagery.
The eleven-year-old Johanna, an only child homeschooled by her mom, has recently been uprooted to mom’s creaky old childhood home for closer access to medical care for her father, Harry (Ben Chaplin), who’s slowly deteriorating from cancer. Things are stable enough to start, but...
The eleven-year-old Johanna, an only child homeschooled by her mom, has recently been uprooted to mom’s creaky old childhood home for closer access to medical care for her father, Harry (Ben Chaplin), who’s slowly deteriorating from cancer. Things are stable enough to start, but...
- 3/10/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Once a taboo broken only by the boldest of directors, violence against children has become increasingly common in horror films. Credit (or blame) for this phenomenon — at least in its more recent incarnations — goes to “Hereditary,” a movie that boldly broke the once-sacred familial contract. There’s bound to be diminishing returns when other filmmakers start taking inspiration from such transgressions, however. Six years later, that brings us to “Family,” premiering at the 2024 edition of SXSW.
Directed by first-timer Benjamin Finkel, the film treads similar thematic territory to Aster’s film, but inverted, with a sci-fi/horror twist. “Family” begins with a quick, disturbing cold open, as 11-year-old Johanna (Cameron Dawson Gray) desperately bangs on the window of a building we later learn is the temple where her grandfather (Allan Corduner) serves as a rabbi. Then her mother (Ruth Wilson) comes up behind her, grabs her by her ankle, and...
Directed by first-timer Benjamin Finkel, the film treads similar thematic territory to Aster’s film, but inverted, with a sci-fi/horror twist. “Family” begins with a quick, disturbing cold open, as 11-year-old Johanna (Cameron Dawson Gray) desperately bangs on the window of a building we later learn is the temple where her grandfather (Allan Corduner) serves as a rabbi. Then her mother (Ruth Wilson) comes up behind her, grabs her by her ankle, and...
- 3/9/2024
- by Katie Rife
- Indiewire
The terror beneath the evil spirits and unexplained phenomena in Family is based on a cruel reality: a young girl’s well-founded dread of her father dying. In his self-assured first film, writer and director Benjamin Finkel wraps this fear in horror tropes, taking us inside the mind of a child imagining the worst. The film becomes increasingly tense and emotionally wrenching, even as Finkel ramps up genre touches that come to feel superfluous.
Johanna (Cameron Dawson Gray) is a lonely 11-year-old whose family has moved to another part of the country so her father can receive better cancer treatment. Finkel’s director’s statement makes it clear that this is a personal story, inspired by what he felt when his father suffered from cancer for much of Finkel’s childhood. Echoing that experience, the film is almost entirely from Johanna’s point of view. From the start we are in her nightmares and imagination,...
Johanna (Cameron Dawson Gray) is a lonely 11-year-old whose family has moved to another part of the country so her father can receive better cancer treatment. Finkel’s director’s statement makes it clear that this is a personal story, inspired by what he felt when his father suffered from cancer for much of Finkel’s childhood. Echoing that experience, the film is almost entirely from Johanna’s point of view. From the start we are in her nightmares and imagination,...
- 3/9/2024
- by Caryn James
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This article appears in the SXSW 2024 issue of Den of Geek magazine. Check out all of our SXSW coverage here.
“A revenge ghost story with elements of a monster movie” is how Irish helmer Damian McCarthy describes his latest chiller, which is set to bring “plenty of scares and a few a few laughs” to SXSW’s late-night line-up. A supernatural horror centered around spooky trinkets, Oddity follows a blind medium (You Are Not My Mother’s Carolyn Bracken) as she uncovers the truth behind her twin sister’s death with the help of a terrifying wooden mannequin.
“She collects a lot of haunted items—she can pick up an object and tell you everything about it,” explains McCarthy, the writer/director of 2020’s psychological thriller Caveat and celebrated horror short He Dies at the End. Not only does one of these objects—the aforementioned “wooden man”—help her to catch her sister’s killer,...
“A revenge ghost story with elements of a monster movie” is how Irish helmer Damian McCarthy describes his latest chiller, which is set to bring “plenty of scares and a few a few laughs” to SXSW’s late-night line-up. A supernatural horror centered around spooky trinkets, Oddity follows a blind medium (You Are Not My Mother’s Carolyn Bracken) as she uncovers the truth behind her twin sister’s death with the help of a terrifying wooden mannequin.
“She collects a lot of haunted items—she can pick up an object and tell you everything about it,” explains McCarthy, the writer/director of 2020’s psychological thriller Caveat and celebrated horror short He Dies at the End. Not only does one of these objects—the aforementioned “wooden man”—help her to catch her sister’s killer,...
- 3/8/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
The Real World season 16 is now streaming on Netflix!
The sixteenth season of the MTV reality show aired in 2005 and centered on seven strangers who went to Austin, Texas, to embark on their journey.
Those who joined the show that season include Wes Bergmann, Johanna Botta, Lacey Buehler, Nehemiah Clark, Danny Jamieson, Rachel Moyal and Melinda Stolp.
According to the first episode’s synopsis, “All the members seem to mash very well and crushes develop fast. However, Johanna’s drunken craziness leads to a street brawl and a serious injury that could cost Danny his sight.”
Since the show ended, some of the cast members have gone on to appear on MTV’s The Challenge, some left entertainment altogether, and some have even started families.
We’re taking a look at what the cast of The Real World season 16 is up to these days!
Keep reading to find out more...
The sixteenth season of the MTV reality show aired in 2005 and centered on seven strangers who went to Austin, Texas, to embark on their journey.
Those who joined the show that season include Wes Bergmann, Johanna Botta, Lacey Buehler, Nehemiah Clark, Danny Jamieson, Rachel Moyal and Melinda Stolp.
According to the first episode’s synopsis, “All the members seem to mash very well and crushes develop fast. However, Johanna’s drunken craziness leads to a street brawl and a serious injury that could cost Danny his sight.”
Since the show ended, some of the cast members have gone on to appear on MTV’s The Challenge, some left entertainment altogether, and some have even started families.
We’re taking a look at what the cast of The Real World season 16 is up to these days!
Keep reading to find out more...
- 1/20/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
The legendary Tony Bennett died at the age of 96 in New York City. Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Tony Bennett died on Friday, July 21, at the age of 96, in his hometown of New York City. In addition to being a renowned song stylist with numerous guest appearances on television and in the movies, he was also the founding father of Johanna Bennett and Mandy Ward's innovative and engaging First Time Fest. I first met Tony when I was introduced to him and his wife, Susan, by Gay Talese in 2013 when Gay and I were on the inaugural First Time Fest jury together with Killer Films’ Christine Vachon and the B-52s Fred Schneider. As a two-time First Time Fest juror, I witnessed Tony's unwavering support for his daughter Johanna. I remember him fondly.
Tony Bennett with his daughter Johanna Bennett Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In High Notes: Selected Writings of Gay Talese...
Tony Bennett died on Friday, July 21, at the age of 96, in his hometown of New York City. In addition to being a renowned song stylist with numerous guest appearances on television and in the movies, he was also the founding father of Johanna Bennett and Mandy Ward's innovative and engaging First Time Fest. I first met Tony when I was introduced to him and his wife, Susan, by Gay Talese in 2013 when Gay and I were on the inaugural First Time Fest jury together with Killer Films’ Christine Vachon and the B-52s Fred Schneider. As a two-time First Time Fest juror, I witnessed Tony's unwavering support for his daughter Johanna. I remember him fondly.
Tony Bennett with his daughter Johanna Bennett Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In High Notes: Selected Writings of Gay Talese...
- 7/22/2023
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Tony Bennett, the jazz and pop singer with work covering eight decades, died on Friday morning. He was 96.
Bennett dropped his debut single, “Because of You,” in 1951 and released perhaps his most famed hit, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” in 1962. He earned a total of 20 Grammy awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001. While in his late 80s, his second album of Duets debuted at No. 1 in September 2011, making Bennett the oldest performer to release a chart-topping album.
The singer has also had a host of high-profile collaborations, including Carrie Underwood, Michael Bublé, Diana Krall and Amy Winehouse. He also recorded a pair of albums with Lady Gaga.
Bennett was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2016, but he continued to sing and record music until 2021. His wife, Susan Benedetto, said he was “not always sure where he is or what is happening around him” where objects such as “a...
Bennett dropped his debut single, “Because of You,” in 1951 and released perhaps his most famed hit, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” in 1962. He earned a total of 20 Grammy awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001. While in his late 80s, his second album of Duets debuted at No. 1 in September 2011, making Bennett the oldest performer to release a chart-topping album.
The singer has also had a host of high-profile collaborations, including Carrie Underwood, Michael Bublé, Diana Krall and Amy Winehouse. He also recorded a pair of albums with Lady Gaga.
Bennett was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2016, but he continued to sing and record music until 2021. His wife, Susan Benedetto, said he was “not always sure where he is or what is happening around him” where objects such as “a...
- 7/21/2023
- by Alex Nguyen
- Uinterview
Jeopardy! fans have noticed a pattern of consistent failures in Final Jeopardy over the last few weeks. And the April 26 episode added another game to the list of recent final-round stumpers. Heading into the last round on April 26, the scores were Johanna Stoberock at $12,000, Liz Everhart at $11,000, and Jesse Matheny at $10,800. The category was Hollywood History, and the clue: “Last name of 3 men who missed the 1927 premiere of The Jazz Singer because a 4th of that name had died hours before.” The answer was, “What is Warner,” but none of the players guessed correctly. Jesse was in last place at the top of the round. He made a large wager at $8,200, but it was still smaller than his two opponents. Johanna wagered $10,001, and Liz bet $10,000, taking Jesse from last to first place with a difference of just $601. The final scores were Johanna at $1,999, at Liz at $1,000, and Jesse at $2,600 — a very low-score game for Jeopardy!
- 4/27/2023
- TV Insider
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for the April 25 episode of Jeopardy!] This installment of Jeopardy! hosted by Ken Jennings, saw yet another triple stumper from an easy Final Jeopardy category, this time relating to two premiere crime dramas from the ’80s. After dethroning contestant Emma in her short rule as one-day Champ, it was up to Dillon Hupp to defend his single-day streak and $21,999 winnings against Ian Marquand, a retired broadcaster, and Johanna Stoberock, a fiction writer and adjunct professor. During Double Jeopardy, Dillon was able to go from second to first place after answering the second Daily Double correctly, adding $1,600 to his total of $6,600, ahead of Johanna’s $5,000. Although who remained in the lead fluctuated throughout the round, Johanna recovered first place by correctly answering the third and last Daily Double, leaving her with $15,600 against Ian’s $11,600 and Dillon’s $10,600, respectively, going into Final Jeopardy. Unfortunately, nobody could answer the following in the TV History category: “The 1980s ...
- 4/26/2023
- TV Insider
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