According to L’Express, during a scene in 'Eyes without a face' (1960), “the spectators dropped like flies.”
At the Edinburgh Film Festival, 7 viewers fainted, prompting director Georges Franju to crow undiplomatically, “Now I know why Scotsmen wear skirts."
The new 4k restoration of WINGS OF DESIRE opens our Wim Wenders retrospective, Kino Dreams, which begins on 24 June. The cult film follows a guardian angel who wishes for mortality after falling in love with a trapeze artist.
“Full of iconic moments of pure cinema, pulp horror, carny noir, perverse melodrama — ‘Freaks’ is still unclassifiable after many decades,” del Toro wrote for his Sight & Sound ballot about Tod Browning’s 1932 cult classic. https://t.co/HKw4MdRrrm
Manchester City can confirm that we have reached an agreement in principle with Borussia Dortmund for the transfer of striker Erling Haaland to the Club on 1st July 2022.
The transfer remains subject to the Club finalising terms with the player.
This #DalitHistoryMonth, take a moment to learn about Vaikom Satyagraha, which marked the beginning of what become a nationwide temple entry movement that continues to date.🧵(1/n) #DalitLivesMatter#JaiBhim