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Mondo Macabro (TV Programme)
''Mondo Macabro'' is a British documentary television series written, produced and directed by Pete Tombs and Andy Starke. Based on Tombs' 1997 book ''Mondo Macabro: Weird & Wonderful Cinema Around the World'', the series focuses on cult films from different countries around the world. The series ran for eight episodes and was first broadcast on Channel 4 in 2001. Broadcast history ''Mondo Macabro'' first aired on Channel 4 from October to December 2001. Each episode was followed by a film relevant to the scope of that episode; for example, the episode "The Nightmares of Coffin Joe", which is about the films of Brazilian director José Mojica Marins, was followed by the 1970 Marins-directed film ''Awakening of the Beast''; and the episode "Fantasy Films from Indonesia", which explores Fantasy film, fantasy and martial arts films produced in Indonesia, was followed by the 1981 Indonesian fantasy martial arts film ''Jaka Sembung'' (''The Warrior''). Episodes Home media Episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Docuseries
Television documentaries are televised media productions that screen documentaries. Television documentaries exist either as a television documentary series or as a television documentary film. * Television documentary series, sometimes called docuseries, are television series screened within an ordered collection of two or more televised episodes. * Television documentary films exist as a singular documentary film to be broadcast via a documentary channel or a News broadcasting, news-related channel. Occasionally, documentary films that were initially intended for televised broadcasting may be screened in a Movie theater, cinema. Documentary television rose to prominence during the 1940s, spawning from earlier cinematic documentary filmmaking ventures. Early production techniques were highly inefficient compared to modern recording methods. Early television documentaries typically featured historical, wartime, investigative or event-related subject matter. Contemporary televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Romero
Edgar Sinco Romero, (July 7, 1924 – May 28, 2013), commonly known as Eddie Romero, was a Filipino film director, film producer and screenwriter. Early life Romero was born on July 7, 1924. His father was José E. Romero, the first Philippine Ambassador to the Court of St. James's. His mother was Pilar Guzman Sinco, a schoolteacher and the sister of University of the Philippines President Vicente G. Sinco who signed the Charter of the United Nations, United Nations Charter in 1945 on behalf of the Philippines. His brother was Jose V. Romero Jr., former Philippine Ambassador to Italy. He studied at Silliman University. Romero's paternal grandparents were Francisco Romero Sr., mayor of Tanjay, Negros Oriental from 1909 to 1916 and later a member of the Negros Oriental Provincial Board, Provincial Board of Negros Oriental, and Josefa Calumpang Muñoz, daughter of Tanjay gobernadorcillo Don José Teves Muñoz and Doña Aleja Ines Calumpang, a great-granddaughter of Fernando Vé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lydia Kandou
Lydia Ruth Elizabeth Kandou (born February 21, 1963) is an Indonesian actress, model, and singer. Biography Kandou was born in Jakarta, Indonesia on 21 February 1963. Her mother is of Dutch descent. Her great-grandmother is of Filipino descent and her great-grandfather is of Indian descent, both from her grandmother and father's side. Her grandfather on her father's side is of Minahasan descent. Kandou first found work as a model. When 16 years old, she was invited to act by director Imam Tantowi. She made her feature film debut in Has Manan's ''Wanita Segala Zaman''. During the next five years she acted in over 20 films, including several directed by Nyak Abbas Akup. These included a role as the singer Chrisye's love interest in Syamsul Fuad's '' Seindah Rembulan'' and several films with the comedy troupe Warkop. In addition to her acclaimed acting career, Lydia Kandou briefly ventured into the Indonesian pop kreatif music scene during the early 1980s. She released seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystics In Bali
''Mystics in Bali'' (), also released as ''Leák'' and ''Balinese Mystic'', is a 1981 Indonesian supernatural horror film directed by Tjut Djalil. Based on the novel ''Leák Ngakak'' by Putra Mada, the film stars Ilona Agathe Bastian, Yos Santo, Sofia W.D., and W.D. Mochtar. ''Mystics in Bali'' follows an anthropologist named Cathy (Bastian) who travels to Bali to research black magic, eventually becoming the disciple of a witch and transforming into a bloodthirsty disembodied head, with her organs and entrails hanging from her neck. The film borrows elements from Southeast Asian folklore and Balinese mythology, including the '' Penanggalan'' and the '' Leyak'' respectively (the Leyak being Balinese, the Penanggalan being from Malaysian ghost myths), entities which have in common that they take the form of flying heads with innards still attached. Plot Catherine "Cathy" Kean is a foreign anthropologist who travels to Bali to write a book about black magic. She learns of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Terminator
''Lady Terminator'' () is a 1988 Indonesian horror-fantasy action film directed by Tjut Djalil, also credited under the pseudonym of Jalil Jackson. The film stars Barbara Anne Constable, Christopher J. Hart, and Claudia Angelique Rademaker, and is considered to be a mockbuster of the 1984 American film '' The Terminator''. Plot The Queen of the South Sea, an ancient sex goddess, seduces men before using a serpent that resides in her vagina to devour their penises. One man manages to grab the serpent, which turns into a dagger. Enraged, the Queen curses the man's would-be great granddaughter. In 1989, an anthropologist named Tania is investigating the legend of the Queen of the South Sea, which results in her diving to the Queen's resting place, being bound to a bed, her hands and legs spread wide apart and a serpent penetrating in her vagina, which allows the Queen to take control of her. Tania goes on a rampage, massacring civilians in a nightclub and pursuing the descendant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapi Films
PT Rapi Films is an Indonesian film production company of mostly exploitation films which was founded in 1968 and was internationally successful mostly in the 1980s. They produced many martial arts films and horror film Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit physical or psychological fear in its viewers. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with Transgressive art, transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements of the genre include Mo ...s involving black magic, inspired by old Indonesian legends. Directors who worked for them during this period include Ratno Timoer, H. Tjut Djalil and Sisworo Gautama Putra. Today they produce mostly TV-series and some feature films. Production Films * Pemberangan (1967) * Penaggalan (1968) * Maria Maria (1970) * Rio Anakku (1973) * Menangis Semalam (1975) * Only U (Dulce Enemiga) (1976) * Sirena (1976) * Morelia (1976) * Cinta Fitri (1977) * Cinta Fitri 2 (1977) * Dia Bukan Anakku (1977) * Tanpa Kekasih (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Barcinski
André Barcinski (New York City, 1968) is an American-born Brazilian journalist, screenwriter, and TV director. He is currently a film and music critic for newspaper '' Folha de S.Paulo''. He's worked for foreign magazines such as '' Creem'', ''Spin'', '' Fangoria'' and ''Cult Movies'', and published a chapter on José Mojica Marins on the book ''Fear Without Frontiers – Weird and Wonderful Cinema Across the Globe'' (FAB Press, 2003). He has also collaborated with British magazine ''Granta''. Career Raised by a family of Polish origin, he graduated in journalism at Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). He was editor of the Varieties section of newspaper '' Notícias Populares'' and had a column on ''Trip'' magazine. In 2007, he founded the Clash Club with Gabriel Gaiarsa and Sérgio Godoy in the Barra Funda district of São Paulo. Between November 2013 and March 2016, he had a column on the R7 portal of Grupo Record. Between October 2016 and December 2020, he also ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Khan (critic)
Umar Khan may refer to: * Umar Khan Jamali, Pakistani politician * Umar Khan (umpire), Pakistani former umpire * Umer Khan (cricketer) (born 1999), Pakistani cricketer * Omar Khan (American football) (born 1977), American football executive * Omar Ayub Khan (born 1970), Pakistani politician * Omar Asghar Khan (1953–2002), Pakistani social activist, social scientist, economist and politician * General Omar Khan, Yuan Dynasty general during the 1288 Battle of Bạch Đằng * Omar Khan (businessman) (born 1959), Indian restaurant chain owner and owner of the Bradford Bulls {{hndis, Khan, Omar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country#Countries, second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is List of cities in Pakistan by population, its largest city and financial centre. Pakistan is the List of countries and dependencies by area, 33rd-largest country by area. Bounded by the Arabian Sea on the south, the Gulf of Oman on the southwest, and the Sir Creek on the southeast, it shares land borders with India to the east; Afghanistan to the west; Iran to the southwest; and China to the northeast. It shares a maritime border with Oman in the Gulf of Oman, and is separated from Tajikistan in the northwest by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor. Pakistan is the site of History of Pakistan, several ancient cultures, including the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The industry, producing films in the Hindi language, is a part of the larger Indian cinema industry, which also includes Cinema of South India, South Indian cinema and other smaller Cinema of India#Cinema by language, film industries. The term 'Bollywood', often mistakenly used to refer to Indian cinema as a whole, only refers to Hindi-language films, with Indian cinema being an umbrella term that includes all the Cinema of India#Cinema by language, film industries in the country, each offering films in diverse languages and styles. In 2017, Indian cinema produced 1,986 feature films, of which the largest number, 364, have been in Hindi. In 2022, Hindi cinema represented 33% of box office revenue, followed by Telugu cinema, Telugu and Tamil cine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Lopez Moctezuma
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of '' John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippines, and also in the Isle of Man (pronounced differently). The name is becoming popular around the world and can be pronounced differently according that region. In Spanish, the diminutive form (equivalent to ''Johnny'') is , with feminine form (comparable to ''Jane'', ''Joan'', or ''Joanna'') , and feminine diminutive (equivalent to ''Janet'', ''Janey'', ''Joanie'', etc.). Chinese terms * ( or 娟, 隽) 'beautiful, graceful' is a common given name for Chinese women. * () The Chinese character 卷, which in Mandarin is almost homophonic with the characters for the female name, is a division of a traditional Chinese manuscript or book and can be translated as 'fascicle', 'scroll', 'chapter', or 'volume'. Notable people * Juan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky (; born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean and French Experimental film, avant-garde filmmaker. Known for his films ''El Topo'' (1970), ''The Holy Mountain (1973 film), The Holy Mountain'' (1973) and ''Santa Sangre'' (1989), Jodorowsky has been "venerated by cult film, cult cinema enthusiasts" for his work which "is filled with violently surrealism, surreal images and a hybrid blend of mysticism and religious provocation". Dropping out of college, he became involved in theater and in particular mime, working as a clown before founding his own theater troupe, the ''Teatro Mimico'', in 1947. Moving to Paris in the early 1950s, Jodorowsky studied traditional mime under Étienne Decroux, and put his miming skills to use in the silent film ''Les têtes interverties'' (1957), directed with Saul Gilbert and Ruth Michelly. From 1960 onwards he divided his time between Mexico City and Paris, where he co-founded Panic Movement, a surrealist performance art coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
