I feel like recently we’ve been entering somewhat of a renaissance in indie horror, with new and unique films popping up all over the place that defiantly rebel against the formulaic banality to which the genre so often falls victim. Michael Thelin’s feature debut, Emelie, is a film that fits…
Babysitters have long been popular subjects in horror. From old urban legends about creepy phone calls and “turkeys” roasted in ovens to teens getting stalked on Halloween, they’ve been cast as both protagonist and villain in all manner of stories. Halloween series producer once said he responded to the original…
We chat with Sarah Bolger about playing an unhinged babysitter with bad designs for her “children” in the new thriller, Emelie. Read more…
Child actor Joshua Rush is no stranger to the big screen — after all, he’s been in front of one since the tender age of 10 months. A native of Houston, Texas, he is now 13 and has been gaining indie street cred in (not surprisingly) the likeliest of places…
Game of Thrones stars Natalie Dormer, Carice van Houten, and even Kit Harington — though, just not from him — have advocated for more male nudity, citing the major lack in equality when it comes to disrobing on the HBO series. Read more…
Director Michael Thelin’s Emelie had been my most-anticipated picture of the Tribeca Film Festival for reasons that are purely unique to any feature at the festival this year. In the interest of full disclosure, I had a front row seat for much of filmmaking with two credits on the picture…
Though naturalistic in its style, Emelie can’t help but seem supernatural—a little like folklore. Maybe that’s part of accepting how someone designed to be a caregiver can be so insidious in intent, but it’s also that Sarah Bolger’s devious turn as the evil babysitter feels like a character out of…
Photographer Drew Wiedemann had a full slate today, especially when the cast and crew of Emelie arrived. Sarah Bolger and director Michael Thelin were joined by three lively tykes from the film, as well as Susan Pourfar and Chris Beetem (and Sarah’s cute pooch). The always interesting Tim Blake Nelson…
As the streets of NYC are filling up with film fanatics for the Tribeca Film Festival, there will be more and more buzz about what films to see this year and there is never more excitement than for a world premiere. Last night as I took my seat for the…
Considerably less mad is Emelie, which subscribes to a conventional psycho-stalker routine in detailing the increasingly unhinged behavior of a babysitter named Ana (Sarah Bolger) who’s hired to care for a suburban couple’s three children. Read more…