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‘80s nostalgia is heading back to Netflix’s theaters with Milestone Movies: The Anniversary Collection – 1984.

The Milestone Movies collection will screen across three theaters: New York’s Paris Theater, The Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood and The Bay Theater in Pacific Palisades, Calif. Selected films turning 40 this year will play in Netflix’s theaters and the 1984 collection is also available to stream.

The Paris Theater in New York City will show blockbusters “Beverly Hills Cop,” “Footloose,” “Gremlins,” “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” “Muppets Take Manhattan,” “Natural,” “Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Romancing the Stone,” “Amadeus” and “Splash,” from April 12 to 18.

Indie and auteur titles “The Ballad of Narayama,” “Birdy,” “Body Double,” “Brother from Another Planet,” “Last Night at the Alamo,” “Love Streams,” “Moscow on the Hudson,” “Places in the Heart,” “Suburbia” and “Times of Harvey Milk” will be available from April 19 to 25.

In the Fantastic Journeys collection, “Dune,” “Fanny and Alexander,...

William Petersen was a theater actor from Chicago when William Friedkin changed the course of his life. In 1984, the Oscar-winning director tapped the then-unknown performer to play Richard Chance, a Secret Service agent willing to bend rules and break laws in order to capture a shadowy counterfeiter (Willem Dafoe) in “To Live and Die in L.A.” The crime thriller was a return to form for Friedkin, who had summited the heights of the movie business with “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist,” only to suffer a string of disappointments. Petersen and Friedkin would later collaborate on a Showtime remake of “12 Angry Men” and two episodes of “CSI.” Friedkin died on Aug. 7 at the age of 87, and Petersen shared his reflections on his “greatest mentor and most brilliant friend.”

I was doing “Streetcar Named Desire” at the Stratford Festival outside of Toronto, and Billy sent his casting director to watch me.

Exclusive: MGM Alternative is undergoing some leadership changes.

Lucilla D’Agostino is taking sole charge of MGM-owned producers Big Fish Entertainment (On Patrol: Live) and Evolution Media, which is behind a number of The Real Housewives franchises, after the exit of Dan Cesareo.

Cesareo founded the company, which was also behind A&e’s Live Pd and Food Network’s Amy Schumer Learns To Cook, in 2006 and sold it to MGM in June 2018. It is understood he is exiting after his five-year deal came to an end.

Cesareo will still oversee and exec produce On Patrol: Live, which has become a ratings success for Reelz, and D’Agostino will also exec produce. Cesareo’s arrangement is similar to that of former MGM’s Worldwide Television Group Chairman Mark Burnett, who will continue to exec produce legacy series The Voice, Shark Tank and Survivor, and Alex Baskin, who continues to exec produce...

Even those who hate the horror genre can likely recognize the iconic character known as Freddy Krueger. The evil antagonist in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise has been terrorizing people’s dreams for decades. With his disfigured face, gloved hands with glistening knives, signature striped sweater and dirty fedora, the serial killer is arguably the most demented creation to ever come out of Wes Craven’s terrifying imagination. Yet, the story behind Krueger may be even scarier than the character himself.

When discussing how he came up with the premise for the 1984 slasher movie, the filmmaker discussed a Los Angeles Times article from the previous decade. The story that stuck with him revolved around an immigrant family who escaped the Killing Fields in Cambodia. Upon arriving in America, the young son had disturbing nightmares during which he described something frightening chasing after him.

His unmitigated fear was so...

Before Netflix’s “Queer Eye” reboot, Thomas Reuther was working on a show about death and loss (“Killing Fields”). “It was bumming me out,” he says. But now, Reuther, a supervising editor on the show, says he has been inspired by its “make better” attitude. “When I come into work every day and see the Fab Five up on my screen, I [say], ‘I’m going to make some positive changes in my life,’” he says.

How do you decide what makes it into an episode?

You have a pretty good idea of what happened [while filming], but it’s not until you start to cut everything together before you understand what the tone is going to be. … We look at it and realize some moments aren’t landing and some moments need to be expanded upon because they just connect so well with people.

What are the most important elements in capturing each episode’s tone?...

Et has your first look at the new installment of Discovery Channel’s true crime docuseries, , which travels to Virginia in Murder Isle.

After two seasons in Louisiana, as police tried to solve the cold case of a murdered college student, the series relocates to the Isle of Wight in Virginia.

The isolated farmland community is the setting of a 2004 chilling, cold-blooded homicide, when 28-year-old Carrie Singer was found beaten to death and half naked in a field.

With the residents haunted by the unsolved murder, the county sheriff’s office has decided to re-open the case with the hope to find some real answers. Under the command of Lieutenant Thomas Potter, the case’s original lead investigator Randy Patrick works with a team of skilled investigators as well as a young rookie who believes he can bring a fresh take to the case.

Once again, the series from and Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson is shot in real...

Author: Zehra Phelan

It comes as no surprise that some of our most heinous historical world events have become the subject of a cinematic depiction. As audiences wanting their thirst for great cinema and intrigue in world issues grow we have had, in the naughties alone, Roman Polanski deliver The Pianist in 2002 and more recently László Nemes’ Son of Saul to quench our desire. Even this week, we have the release of Terry George’s The Promise which tells the story of the Armenian Genocide in the final years of the Ottoman Empire with Oscar Isaac, Charlotte LeBon and Christian Bale hitting our cinemas.

Whether these events are genocides, horrific murders, acts of terrorism or even demonic paranormal activities, our quest for knowledge, understanding and feeling has inspired filmmakers for years. Their films set out to shine a light on the atrocities and suffering of man, and act to empower...

This week on Killing Fields, the detectives search some woods for the body of a woman who has been missing since 2002. Wendy Danniel Kent was aged 35 when she went missing from Iberville, Louisiana on September 7th 2002. Kent met her sister that day and then went to estranged husband’s place in Rosedale, where they were celebrating the birthday of one of their kids. Her ex stated at the time that she left his house with a person unknown to him. Her van was found in her driveway along with her ID but Kent has never been seen since. Police suspected foul...read more...

Another true crime story is coming to primetime.

The two-hour documentary, Truth and Lies: The Family Manson, airing tonight on ABC, will revisit the brutal murders of Sharon Tate -- who was pregnant at the time -- and five of her friends that took place at her Hollywood home on Aug. 8, 1969, while her husband, Roman Polanski, was out of town. Tate was stabbed 16 times and had an "X" carved into her stomach.

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The following evening, Leno and Rosemary Labianca were killed at their home, and the word "war" was carved into Leno's stomach, while "Helter Skelter" was written on the couple's refrigerator in blood.

The documentary will feature never-before-scene interviews with Charles Manson -- who was sent to prison for ordering these murders -- as well as interviews with law enforcement and first responders to the scene of such crimes.

Exclusive: Killing Fields Detective Says True-Crime Docuseries Has Helped...

This week’s Killing Fields on Discovery brings back to light the horrific crimes of the Baton Rouge Serial Killer, Derrick Todd Lee. The episode sees retired Detective Rodie Sanchez and Detective Aubrey St. Angelo from the sheriff’s office return to Whiskey Bay to do a sweep of the waters for potential bodies, after last week’s discovery on the show of Elizabeth Ann Ferrell’s corpse. Whiskey Bay was known to be a favorite place chosen by Lee to dump his victims during his 11-year killing spree which saw him murder at least seven female victims from 1992 to 2003. Lee was at first...read more...

This week on Killing Fields, the team have an active case as the body of a woman is found floating in the waters near Whiskey Bay. Maj. Hebert and Det. Bradford speed to the location after get notification of a body in the water. The body is found naked and is that of a caucasian female in her 20s. The investigators quickly decide it is a homicide and work fast to recover the body. It is essential with a body in the water to get it out as quickly as possible, with every hour leading to the destruction of evidence with...read more...

Detective Rodie Sanchez just has one message for Tommy Francise, who has finally been arrested in connection to the homicide of Curtis “Cochise” Smith in the season two finale of Killing Fields: “Your time’s expired.”

In Et’s first look at the final episode, Francise’s arrest brings the 1991 cold case one step closer to being closed. Now, it’s up to the Iberville Parish authorities to make sure the case is ready to go to trial, where they hope a grand jury will indict Francise on two counts of second-degree murder for the homicides of Smith as well as George Barrett.

“Finally closing these cases and bringing justice would mean so much to the whole sheriff’s department. It would also be a tremendous weight off my shoulders,” Sanchez tells Et. The longtime detective, who came out of retirement to finally solve the 1997 murder of former Louisiana State University student Eugenie Boisfontaine in season...

After two and a half decades, it’s come down to this very moment.

On the penultimate episode of Killing Fields season two, the detectives move closer to making an arrest -- a pivotal step in closing the case of Curtis Smith, who went missing in 1991 -- to put Tommy Francise behind bars. It’s something Det. Rodie Sanchez has been dreaming about for 26 years as he’s worked tirelessly to bring justice to Smith and his family.

In order to arrest Francise, the Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office must present their case to the legal team, including Special Prosecutor Tony Clayton. Once he gives the “Ok,” the team can move in on their suspect. Of course, that’s assuming Francise has been waiting around for someone to arrest him -- and he’s not sitting idly by.

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As the detectives continue to investigate the murders of Eugenie Boisfontaine and Curtis Smith on Discovery Channel’s true-crime docuseries, Killing Fields, another case is reopened, potentially providing a major break in these cold cases.

On an all-new episode of this real-time series, which inches closer to the season two finale, the Da reopens a 15-year-old case involving the death of informant George Barrett. Killed in his home in 2002, Det. Rodie Sanchez has always suspected local businessman Tommy Francise, also suspected of killing Smith, was responsible for Barrett’s death.

All season has seen the investigative team at the Iberville Sheriff’s Office get closer and closer to bringing justice to these victims, and now, it may seem that an arrest is on the horizon. Et has your first look as authorities move in on Francise. “All these years, I’ve dreamed of this day,” Sanchez says in the clip.

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“At first, I was nervous. I didn’t know what to expect and was afraid that we might be portrayed in a bad light,” Major Ronald Herbert, head of the Criminal Investigation Division, tells Et about Discovery Channel’s true-crime docuseries, Killing Fields, coming to his Louisiana Parish to reinvestigate cold cases in the area.

However, his biggest fear turned out to be the exact opposite as the show, now airing season two, has brought extra attention not only to the cold cases, but has shed light on how competent the authorities of Iberville Parish are. The reinvestigation into the two cold cases featured on the show, Herbert says, has demonstrated the importance of the team’s jobs and how far technology has advanced since Curtis “Cochise” Smith went missing in 1991 and later, in 1997, when former Louisiana State University student Eugenie Boisfontaine’s body was first found in nearby swamplands.

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At least one unsolved homicide may be solved before the end of Killing Fields season two.

As Detectives Rodie Sanchez and Aubrey St. Angelo get closer to solving the homicide of Curtis “Cochise” Smith, who first went missing in 1991, tensions rise over the safety of a key witness.

Arlene, who was close to the suspect (local businessman Tommy Francise) at the time of Smith’s disappearance, may be the strongest lead the detectives have in connecting Francise with the homicide.

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Despite confessing to killing Smith in self-defense and putting his body in a barrel, authorities were unable to charge Francise without a body. But the remains of a John Doe first discovered in 2005 and Arlene’s testimony just may be the missing pieces Det. Sanchez and St. Angelo need.

But in the sneak peek, getting to Arlene may not be as easy as...

Last week on Killing Fields, detectives took an interest in a second cold case when forensic experts started examining the contents of a barrel first found in 2005. Evidence of a 25 to 30-year-old black man could be Curtis “Cochise” Smith, who first went missing in 1991.

Det. Rodie Sanchez, who was originally on the case in 1991, and a team of police decide to take a closer look at the contents of the barrel. Last week, they discovered body imprints in the cement. This week, in Et’s exclusive first look at the episode, they uncover more gruesome details of this “time capsule” that once contained a human body.

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“This is his ear,” Det. Aubrey St. Angelo says in surprise, pointing to a chunk of cement containing the fossilized remains. In addition to the ear, they find hair, pieces of clothing and more materials that could help them...

Imagine your husband or your father went out to the store for diapers and never returned home. This is the riveting opener of this week’s Killing Fields, which tells the story of Curtis “Cochise” Smith — an African American man who disappeared from his small Louisiana town in 1991, with his death later found to have been be a murder. Back in 2005, the body of a black male was discovered in a barrel off the main road in Natchitoches Parish. Now the case file has been cracked open as detectives and the Killing Fields team piece together old and new evidence. In...read more...

In addition to the unsolved homicide of Eugenie Boisfontaine, Killings Fields is taking a closer look at another cold case: the disappearance of Curtis “Cochise” Smith, a young black man from Iberville Parish, Louisiana, who went missing in 1991.

Interest in the case is reignited when the Louisiana State University Faces lab reveals it has forensic evidence that a 25 to 30-year-old black man was inside a barrel first found in 2005 just a few hours outside Iberville Parish. And Et has your first look at the episode as detectives Rodie Sanchez and Aubrey St. Angelo as well as forensic experts examine the eerie contents of the barrel, including body imprints in the cement.

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“When you see the fact that somebody that was encased in concrete -- a human being -- and you can see the ridges of the bottoms of their feet molded into the concrete, that’ll...

Killing Fields is back for a second season as the detectives continue their work to solve some cold and disturbing cases in rural Louisiana. This real time show follows detectives in Iberville Parish, Louisiana as they investigate real crimes in remote areas, where cases of mysterious deaths often go unsolved for years. Season 2 picks up detectives Rodie Sanchez, Aubrey St. Angelo and the rest of the team continue looking into the 1997 murder of student Eugenie Boisfontaine. They also pickup the case of a body found stuffed into a barrel, one that has a prime suspect who previously diclosed...read more...

True crime stories have been all the rage for the past few years, with shows like HBO’s miniseries “The Jinx” and Netflix’s “Making a Murderer” garnering critical and commercial acclaim. Now, the Discovery Channel’s series “Killing Fields” returns for a second season with new leads and new crimes to investigate in the swamplands of Louisiana.

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Co-executive produced by Emmy-winning producer Tom Fontana (“Homicide: Life on the Street”) and Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson (“Diner”), the series follows Sheriff Brett Stassi and Major Ronnie Hebert, and their roster of detectives as they investigate real crimes in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, located just 15 miles from Baton Rouge.

Shot in real time, the series picks up from last season as Rodie Sanchez, Aubrey St. Angelo and the team close in on the...

Killing Fields is back! And detectives Rodie Sanchez and Aubrey St. Angelo are still hard at work, trying to solve the 1997 homicide of former Louisiana State University student Eugenie Boisfontaine.

Shot in real time, the first season of Discovery Channel’s true-crime docuseries followed Sanchez as he partnered with St. Angelo to finally bring justice to Boisfontaine’s family 20 years later. Unfortunately, despite several breaks in the case, Boisfontaine’s murder remained unsolved by the end of the first six episodes.

“It was definitely a disappointment that we didn’t get further in the first season,” co-executive producer Tom Fontana (Homicide: Life on the Street) tells Et ahead of season two, which premieres Tuesday, Jan. 3. (Watch an exclusive clip from the premiere above.) “But in the second, we pick up the case and things start moving along.”

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“For us, this is very...

The second season of the Killing Fields TV show premieres on Discovery Channel Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 10:00pm Et/Pt. Watch the Killing Fields season two trailer, and check out the Discovery Channel press release, after the jump.A true crime series, Killing Fields features Sheriff Brett Stassi, Major Ronnie Hebert, and detectives Rodie Sanchez, Aubrey St. Angelo, Lori Morgan, and Jeremy Sanchez, with Leslie Bradford and Brett Stassi, Jr. They investigate real crimes in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, outside Baton Rouge.Read More…...

Killing Fields is back -- and Et has your first look at season two, which returns to the Louisiana swamplands to solve the 1997 homicide of former Louisiana State University student Eugenie Boisfontaine.

While the series -- which is filmed in real time -- didn’t solve the mystery in its first season, detectives Rodie Sanchez and Aubrey St. Angelo are as determined as ever to bring justice to Boisfontaine’s family.

But within the sprawling area where Boisfontaine’s body was found -- known locally as killing fields -- there are dozens of unsolved deaths to investigate. And under Sheriff Brett Stassi and Major Ronnie Hebert, the detectives also investigate current crimes, including a terrifying case of a body stuffed inside a barrel. Believing it’s linked to an unsolved disappearance from 26 years ago, Sanchez starts putting all the cases together.

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The season finale of Discovery’s first true-crime series Killing Fields clocked 2.45 million viewers in Live + 3 Day viewing – a 44% growth from its debut crowd of 1.7M. The series, from Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana, also delivered a season high in the 25-54 demographic, 1.3M v its first episode’s 762K viewers in the demo. Over its run, the series grew in the demo every week, as it took viewers inside an active criminal investigation. The series launched well on…...

Over the past 19 years, Curt Boisfontaine has come to grips with the idea that whoever killed his sister Eugenie in 1997 and dumped her body in a Louisiana bayou might never face justice. "I believed it would be one of those cases that would remain unsolved," says Boisfontaine in an exclusive interview with People. But all that changed when he heard that the cold case investigation of his sister's murder would be featured in Discovery's new true-crime series, Killing Fields, which airs its fourth episode tonight at 10 Pm Est. The six-episode documentary series follows former Iberville Parish Det. Rodie Sanchez, who...

Over the past 19 years, Curt Boisfontaine has come to grips with the idea that whoever killed his sister Eugenie in 1997 and dumped her body in a Louisiana bayou might never face justice. "I believed it would be one of those cases that would remain unsolved," says Boisfontaine in an exclusive interview with People. But all that changed when he heard that the cold case investigation of his sister's murder would be featured in Discovery's new true-crime series, Killing Fields, which airs its fourth episode tonight at 10 Pm Est. The six-episode documentary series follows former Iberville Parish Det. Rodie Sanchez, who...

There were two shows in the 1990s that totally changed the way we think about telling stories about crime on television, and Barry Levinson helped make both of them. Digging into the realities of life on the beat with "Homicide" and showing the brutal truth of the criminal justice system on the other side with "Oz," Levinson and partner Tom Fontana made a name for themselves as two of TV's most respected producers. Read More: 12 Scripted TV Episodes That Take Down the Myths of Reality TV Now, they're trying their hand at a variation on the genre — one that's become pretty popular of late — with a twist. "Killing Fields," now airing on Discovery, is being produced in "real time" as Detective Rodie Sanchez reopens his 1997 investigation into several unsolved murders that have haunted him for years. Episode 4 airs tonight, but how the story ends? Levinson isn't sure. Levinson (who, beyond...