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Sep 3, 2018 · In the latest IFC Films release, What Keeps You Alive, filmmaker Colin Minihan ( It Stains The Sands Red, Grave Encounters) along with actress and composer Brittany Allen ( It Stains The Sands Red, Jigsaw) team up to bring genre fans a twisted, brutal weekend in the lives of Jules and Jackie. An idyllic, secluded trip to the family cabin in the ...
Sep 17, 2018 · Colin Minihan: I hope I do too! Film Inquiry thanks Colin Minihan and Brittany Allen for taking the time to speak with us. What Keeps You Alive got a limited theatrical release in the US on August 24th, and is also available on VOD. What Keeps You Alive - Official Red Band Trailer I HD I IFC Midnight.
Returning to the big screen once again with director Colin Minihan, multi-talented star Brittany Allen talks the role, her composing, and what's in store for...
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Film directors casting their significant others is a trend as old as film itself, but Colin Minihan and Brittany Allen are different. They met when he cast her in his 2014 alien invasion pic Extraterrestrial. Not only did they start dating, she started producing his films, in addition to being their star.
- Colin Minihan and Brittany Allen Are No Strangers to Multitasking.
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- On Re-Imagining One of Their Leads as A Woman
- On Modern Horror
Now on the road with What Keeps You Alive, the Canadian duo present a professional and personal partnership that spans three films and an abundance of multi-hypenates. In What Keeps You Alive, Minihan writes, directs, and edits, while Allen stars and makes her debut as composer. Both produce. The pair are also understandably adept at improvisation:...
Colin Minihan (CM):I definitely wear a lot of hats. It’s one of those things that I’m trying to continually get better at, because they’re all totally different sectors of my personality that I have to tap into. Editing is good because you kind of burn out at the rough cut stage and have to take time away. But my version of taking time away is to t...
CM:I only talked to Hannah [Emily Anderson] on the phone. I didn’t even have the opportunity to audition her. We were six days out from filming when we cast her. And it was challenging not from a script perspective, but more from my own psychological perspective of being able to see someone else say the lines. Hanna’s take was so different from my ...
BA: I think that sometimes on a personal and societal level, the best art can be made from the darkest places. I think right now, there’s a constant sense of foreboding that we are all feeling collectively. It’s exciting what certain filmmakers are choosing to do, and to see the stories they’re choosing to tell in the genre. Horror does allow for m...
Aug 24, 2018 · Colin Minihan’s What Keeps You Alive is a film that doesn’t let up. The intense cat-and-mouse thriller from IFC Midnight stars Brittany Allen ( Jigsaw) and Hannah Emily Anderson ( The Purge TV series) as a married couple vacationing in a remote cabin in the woods. Things turn dark when Jules (Allen), realizes that her wife Jackie (Anderson ...
Aug 24, 2018 · What Keeps You Alive: Directed by Colin Minihan. With Hannah Emily Anderson, Brittany Allen, Martha MacIsaac, Joey Klein. Majestic mountains, a still lake and venomous betrayals engulf a married couple attempting to celebrate their one-year anniversary.
