John Carpenter News

They say there's "nothing certain in life except death and taxes". It's a pretty accurate little saying, sure, but if you ask anyone who's battled a raging poster-buying addiction, they'll tell you what Limited Paper learned long ago: there exists a little-known third certainty in life that's known only to screenprint collectors.

Abel Tesfaye's new Weeknd album will be the first set of songs he's created specifically for that format - remember him in his mysterioso mixtape maestro guise, leading to his mixtape-compiling debut LP Trilogy - and he's been fairly forthcoming by telling us it's called Kiss Land .

The Hero Complex Film Festival kicked off Friday evening with a 25th anniversary screening of "They Live," a 35th anniversary screening of "Halloween" and an onstage conversation with the filmmaker behind both movies, John Carpenter.

There is something weird happening when I watch the movie "Escape from New York" by John Carpenter : an impulse of rebellion that rises any time against injustices.

One of the key elements in F. Scott Fitzgerald's " The Great Gatsby " is mystery.

Michael Shannon , the best good luck charm a director can have, belongs to Jeff Nichols - Shannon stars in all three of Nichols' films: Shotgun Stories , Take Shelter , and Mud .

The legendary director told Game Informer that he would like to see the series adapted for film, claiming that the story is "ready-made". "I maintain that Dead Space would just make a great movie because you have these people coming onto an abandoned, shut-down space ship and they have to start it up and something's on board.

Much has changed socially and politically since the release of "They Live," John Carpenter's 1988 sci-fi action film about a blue-collar Joe, played by Roddy Piper, who inadvertently stumbles onto a vast global alien conspiracy.

Friday night, Kurt Russell did something that he almost never does. He sat down in front of an audience and answered questions about one of his films.

The summer of 1982 was an incredible time for movies, but oddly enough, three great cult classics from that year were not hits in their time: Tron, Blade Runner, and The Thing.

During a special Q&A at the EW Capetown Film Festival screening of The Thing, director John Carpenter joked, "I do know in the end who The Thing is, but I cannot tell you." "The movie tanked when it came out, by the way," Carpenter reminded the audience.

If I were to describe Rob Zombie 's film career in a word, it wouldn't be a good one.

The realism of special effects in modern movies is unprecedented. With computer imagery and multimillion dollar budgets, they should be! But B-movie buffs appreciate the genius required in creating monsters, spaceships, and giants on a shoestring budget.

Last night the Arclight Hollywood hosted AFI's Night at the Movies , a celebration of 13 great American films hosted by the stars that helped make them famous.

Days are getting longer and nights are getting warmer, and we're celebrating with some programming for the witching hour.