Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock will hyperlink up for a “Speed” reunion, whereas Al Pacino will bid farewell to audiences with a “Scarface” tribute at this yr’s Beyond Fest, which returns to Los Angeles later this month and boasts 82 movies in its star-studded lineup.
Taking place from September 25 to October 9, the twelfth version of Beyond Fest presents the biggest and most various program thus far, with a variety of movies spanning horror, science fiction, fantasy and motion.
This yr’s pageant opens with the world premiere of “Salem’s Lot,” a extremely anticipated new adaptation of Stephen King’s 1975 vampire novel, directed by Gary Dauberman. The pageant’s closing night time will honor legendary Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who will current the world premiere of his newest movie “Cloud” and take part in a retrospective of his work, which has seen him mix psychological horror and existential themes in movies reminiscent of “Cure,” “Pulse,” and “Tokyo Sonata.”
Notable screenings between these two nights embrace the West Coast premieres of Marielle Heller’s “Nightbitch,” starring Amy Adams as a stay-at-home mother who thinks she will develop into a canine, and Steven Soderbergh’s “Presence,” which The Times referred to as “a sublime, sublimely agile ghost story” when it debuted at Sundance earlier this yr. Ali Abbasi’s controversial Trump biopic “The Apprentice,” which continued to make waves on the Telluride Film Festival earlier this month, will even display earlier than its Oct. 11 home launch.
A scene from the upcoming horror movie “Salem’s Lot,” which can have its world premiere at Beyond Fest.
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Unique amongst fall festivals, which are likely to favor Oscar contenders, Beyond Fest has confirmed to be an more and more potent expertise draw as a launching pad for brand spanking new genres to adoring audiences. In 2022, the pageant wager huge on Indian director SS Rajamouli, serving to launch a blockbuster Oscar nomination for his motion epic “RRR.” (This yr’s lineup contains the equally rousing “Devara: Part 1,” starring “RRR” star NT Rama Rao Jr.) Last yr’s version introduced in huge names like James Cameron, Guillermo del Toro and Michael Mann.
Along with the extremely anticipated “Speed” reunion, which reunites Reeves, Bullock and director Jan de Bont to rejoice the thirtieth anniversary of the bomb-on-a-bus motion traditional, Pacino will probably be readily available for a profession retrospective specializing in his iconic function as Tony Montana in 1983’s “Scarface.” The look comes as Pacino is about to launch his memoir “Sonny Boy” subsequent month. Genre legend Sam Raimi, identified for “Evil Dead” and “Spider-Man,” will even be in individual with a triple characteristic of “Darkman,” “The Quick and the Dead” and “Drag Me to Hell.”
Al Pacino as Tony Montana within the 1983 movie “Scarface”
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The pageant will even host a fiftieth anniversary screening of the 1974 horror traditional “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” that includes 12 members of the unique forged and crew. Other previous highlights embrace a thirtieth anniversary matinee of Tim Burton’s “Ed Wood,” hosted by screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, and a profession tribute by “Twin Peaks” star Kyle MacLachlan, who will introduce screenings of a few of his most iconic movies, together with “Blue Velvet,” “Dune” and “The Hidden.”
Fan favourite Ron Perlman will probably be readily available for the twentieth anniversary screening of del Toro’s “Hellboy,” whereas “Nightmare on Elm Street” franchise stars Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, Lin Shaye and Ronee Blakley will host a screening of Wes Craven’s authentic horror hit, which is celebrating its fortieth anniversary. Australian director Jennifer Kent will make a uncommon U.S. look to rejoice the tenth anniversary of her horror movie “The Babadook,” whereas Don Johnson will take the stage for a profession retrospective that includes a double invoice of his 1975 post-apocalyptic cult traditional “A Boy and His Dog” and 1990 noir thriller “The Hot Spot.”
Steven Soderbergh’s “Presence,” a ghost story that surprised Sundance, can have its West Coast premiere at Beyond Fest.
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The screenings will happen at a number of iconic Los Angeles venues, together with the Egyptian Theatre, the Aero Theatre, Los Feliz 3 and the Vista Theatre, with all proceeds benefiting the American Cinematheque, a nonprofit group devoted to the preservation and presentation of the artwork of movie.
Tickets will probably be on sale from September thirteenth through cinemathequeamericano.comFor extra particulars, go to oltrefest.com.
