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Songwriter James Blake's most recent album, Wind Down, plays in my ears on my way to meet Oleg Stavitsky, the co-founder of Berlin-based audio-technology company Endel. As sunshine turns to rain, the melancholic, piano-led ambient tracks echo my mood. That may not be a coincidence, says Stavitsky, pointing to the album's credits where Endel is cited alongside Blake as co-creator of the music.While Wind Down carries Blake's name and face, and was mixed from his ingredients — he provided individual “stem” tracks featuring…

Image via Paramount Pictures M. Night Shyamalan has entered into a multi-picture first look exclusivity deal with Warner Bros., as his most recent release continues to stack up the numbers at the box office. The brilliant but often frustrating director has seen several rises and falls in his career since its illustrious beginnings. Starting out with The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, nearly every subsequent release failed to meet those same high standards. Infamously dubbed the next Steven Spielberg, he’s kicked…

There’s something scary trying to get inside in M Night Shyamalan’s new chiller Knock at the Cabin, which opened at number one over the weekend. On the surface, it’s a home invasion narrative about a mysterious foursome with grisly-looking weapons trying to break their way into a remote cabin, inhabited by a visiting family. On closer look, it’s actually about violent visions of a biblical apocalypse trying to pierce through vulnerable minds with outsiders claiming the end is near unless the invaded make a terrible…

via 20th Century Studios Having spent seven weeks at the top of of the domestic box office charts – during which time it became the fourth highest-grossing movie in the history of cinema on a global scale – Avatar: The Way of Water was always going to be dislodged at some point in February, but few expected it to be knocked down to third. Never underestimate the power of old ladies and absolute units, then, with M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin and star-studded comedy 80 for Brady debuting in first and…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeA fan of Knock at the Cabin has spotted an Easter egg which could tie back to one of director M Night Shyamalan’s previous releases.The film, released in cinemas this week, focuses on a family staying at a remote holiday cabin, who are approached by four members of what seems to be a doomsday cult.In her four-star review for The Independent, Clarisse Loughrey described the film as “a…

via Universal In M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin, we first meet nine year-old Wen (played with an adult insouciance by Kristen Cui in her first film) collecting grasshoppers in a glass jar. Shyamalan clearly wants these grasshoppers to serve as a central metaphor for the action to come as Wen and her fathers Eric and Andrew (capably played by Jonathan Groff and Fleabag’s Ben Aldridge) are kept captive in the titular cabin by four doomsday cultists who have apparently been led to the family by a vision.…

Image via Universal Pictures Happy Friday, spooky supporters! As M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin turns the genre on its head with jaw-dropping sequences and unexpected twists, thrill-seeking diehards are ready to accept whatever the spooky catalog is gearing up to deliver. Some of these blood-stained treasures will be happily explored in today’s daily horror roundup courtesy of We Got This Covered. Over the last 24 hours or so, Dave Bautista continues to skyrocket in popularity as his latest horror…

Image via Universal Earlier this week, DCU co-CEO James Gunn absolutely lit up the entertainment world when he announced an array of upcoming projects that are set to completely reinvigorate the realm of DC. One of those projects happened to be an upcoming Swamp Thing movie — which will properly showcase the DCU taking a monumental stab at horror. And seeing as former MCU superstar Dave Bautista is currently enjoying horror success after starring in M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin, DCU stans believe he…

By Jake Coyle | Associated Press Knock. Knock. It being mid-winter (typically a doldrums in movie theaters), it’s a cozy relief to be able to throw open the door and find M. Night Shyamalan standing there with his near-annual helping of high-concept thriller. His last one, “Old,” about vacationers trapped on a private beach where aging is accelerated — a kind of high-speed “White Lotus” — fittingly arrived in the summer. But this quieter, gloomier time of year seems perfectly designed for Shyamalan to burst in with his…

The strangers are about to arrive in Knock at the Cabin.Image: UniversalIf there’s one thing M. Night Shyamalan is great at, it’s keeping the audience guessing. Shyamalan’s best films almost always center on some big mystery, or reveal by the end that it was a mystery all along. To that end, his new film Knock at the Cabin is right in the filmmaker’s wheelhouse. The film succinctly and provocatively sets up a fascinating mystery that unravels and unfolds until the very last scene. Along the way, Shyamalan’s direction and…