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Watch The Trailer For Dark Serbian Fairy Tale LOVELESS ZORITSA (CRNA ZORICA)

[Updated with English subtitled trailer.]Back in November Twitch brought a selection of stills from Loveless Zoritsa, a Serbian production dabbling in dark fairy tales and even darker comedy. Zoritsa is a village girl who bears an extraordinary curse: Since... More >>

by Todd Brown, February 5, 2012 2:40 PM


 

Your First Look At Superstar Rajnikanth In KOCHADAIYAAN!

I've been waiting for some kind of image to post for Rajnikanth's new latest project, Kochdaiyaan, and the first look poster has finally arrived.Some of you may recall my posts about all of Rajni's post-Enthiran projects going back over a... More >>

by J Hurtado, February 4, 2012 10:30 PM


 

CHINA BEAT: A Flirtation with Classification

Earlier this week, Chinese cinema exhibitor Beijing Bona Starlight Cineplex Management Co. Ltd. announced that it will start applying film classifications to films in the hope of providing better guidance to its patrons and improving box office performance. A subsidiary... More >>

by James Marsh, February 4, 2012 9:40 PM


 

Sundance 2012 Final Wrap

A new year of indie film has officially kicked off with the completion of Sundance 2012. Will it be the fest faves like Beasts of the Southern Wild or The Surrogate that make big waves over the next 12... More >>

by Ryland Aldrich, February 4, 2012 7:17 PM


 

BREAKING: Harrison Ford In Early Talks For Ridley Scott's New BLADE RUNNER

Is Deckard coming back?In March of 2011 word broke that Alcon Entertainment and Warner Brothers had teamed up to return to the world of Ridley Scott's classic scifi Blade Runner. In following weeks Scott himself would sign on to... More >>

by Todd Brown, February 4, 2012 11:29 AM


 

Watch The First Ten Minutes Of 1st Animated Film BERSERK **UPDATE**

[Update 2:  Replace the opening ten-minute video with a slightly better video quality version][Update:  Added another video below from an episode of Imagine Nation where the main topic of news is Berserk and its upcoming animated trilogy.  If you fast... More >>

by Al Young, February 4, 2012 11:28 AM


 

Listen To Susumu Hirasawa's Aria From BERSERK Soundtrack

From the anime series to the video games, Japanese electropop artist Susumu Hirasawa has been the definitive music composer for Berserk and he continues to lend his musical artistry in the animated film trilogy.  On his official site, a short... More >>

by Al Young, February 4, 2012 10:42 AM


 

Impulse Pictures Brings DEBAUCHERY/SEX HELL To DVD This Spring! Nikkatsu Roman Films Return!

These discs are a long time coming.  Back in 2010 Impulse Pictures announced the acquisition of in excess of twenty Roman Porno films from Nikkatsu.  We were promised DVD releases over and over again, but the closest we came was... More >>

by J Hurtado, February 4, 2012 2:05 AM


 

Jane Levy In Talks For THE EVIL DEAD

Never watched ABC's Suburgatory? No worries, you'll be getting to know star Jane Levy soon enough.Deadline are reporting that Levy is in advanced talks to take over the lead role in the Fede Alvarez directed remake of Sam Raimi's... More >>

by Todd Brown, February 3, 2012 4:03 PM


 

Fantastic US Trailer For Oscar Nominated BULLHEAD

Michael Roskam's Bullhead has received a great deal of press in these pages for the simple reason that it is very, very good.And now, riding on the strength of a Best Foreign Film Oscar nomination, a limited US theatrical... More >>

by Todd Brown, February 3, 2012 3:57 PM


 

Watch The Opening Scene From THE WOMAN IN BLACK

The James Watkins directed, Daniel Radcliffe starring remake of classic chiller The Woman In Black opens today and the opening scene has been released on Yahoo for those who want a taste.Arthur Kipps is widowed lawyer whose grief has... More >>

by Todd Brown, February 3, 2012 3:14 PM


 

Tom Cruise Starring Adaptation Of ONE SHOT Hit By A Lawsuit From Its Own Producer

Could the Tom Cruise starring adaptation of Lee Child's One Shot be in trouble? Probably not to the degree that would stop it from being made but producer Kevin Messick is unhappy about the way things are going and... More >>

by Todd Brown, February 3, 2012 2:57 PM


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Reviews and Interviews

IFFR 2012 Review: BLACK'S GAME

(Guns? Guns? Wee don't need no steenking guns!) This year at the International Film Festival Rotterdam there was an Icelandic entry for the Tiger Awards: director Oskar Thor Axelsson's first feature-length film "Black's Game". Normally Tiger Award nominees are artistic... More >>

by Ard Vijn, February 5, 2012 10:18 PM


 

DVD Review: KINSKI/PAGANINI

Of all the hedonistic madmen the cinema has produced, Klaus Kinski may be among the wildest. Kinski's notorious mania and unstable emotional state on film sets is the stuff of legend. His persona even inspired his frequent collaborator, Werner Herzog,... More >>

by J Hurtado, February 5, 2012 9:57 PM


 

Review: URBANIZED

Going by the feverish buzz around city planning documentary Urbanized (the third of Gary Hustwit's recent series of films on modern design, after Helvetica and Objectified), you could be forgiven for expecting some kind of rapturous epiphany on how the... More >>

by Matthew Lee, February 5, 2012 9:38 PM


 

DVD Review: YAMADA: WAY OF THE SAMURAI

Nopporn Watin's period martial arts flick Yamada: Samurai of Ayothaya (a.k.a. Yamada: Way of the Samurai) talks big, claiming to be based on historical events, casting Olympic athletes to pound the tar out of the bad guys and touting itself... More >>

by Matthew Lee, February 5, 2012 9:38 PM


 

Blu-ray Review: TYRANNOSAUR

The opening sequence in Paddy Considine's brilliant Tyrannosaur is a model of cinematic efficiency so concise they ought to teach it in film school. Revisiting the events of Considine's original short Dog Altogether and turning them into a full-blown feature,... More >>

by Matthew Lee, February 5, 2012 9:38 PM


 

Blu-ray Review: SILENT RUNNING

Science fiction films have been around almost since the birth of the medium. They've undergone many changes since Georges Méliès gave us A Trip to the Moon, though, and one of the most important people behind their evolution is Douglas... More >>

by J Hurtado, February 4, 2012 10:05 PM


 

Sundance 2012: The Big Roundup

Ahhh, another snowy year at Sundance (particularly snowy this year) has come to a close. A lot of excellent films have been packed up in their canisters and sent to their new distributors. Even more will move along in... More >>

by Ryland Aldrich, February 4, 2012 1:47 PM


 

Sundance 2012 Review: WEST OF MEMPHIS

Our sincere thanks to Andy Jurgensen for his review of Amy Berg's documentary and comparison to the documentary trilogy by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky. In 1994, Damian Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley were tried and convicted in... More >>

by Ryland Aldrich, February 3, 2012 10:36 PM


 

Blu-ray Review: THE WEIRD WORLD OF BLOWFLY

The name Clarence Reid probably doesn't ring many bells unless you are a soul music aficionado. Reid was among the chief architects of the Miami soul sound in the '60s and '70s and the author of many a hit record. ... More >>

by J Hurtado, February 3, 2012 1:05 PM


 

Review: VISITOR Q (Personal Favorites #34)

Last week I reviewed Takashi Miike (Sun Scarred, Crows Zero, Crows Zero II, Zebraman 2)'s most impressive arthouse venture 46 Okunen no Koi, this week I'll be tackling Miike's biggest anti-arthouse middle finger: Visitor Q. Visitor Q is without a... More >>

by Niels Matthijs, February 3, 2012 7:55 AM


 

Review: CHRONICLE

Packaged as a teen-centric superhuman drama, "Chronicle", eventually manages to wring genuine thrills from a variety of well-worn genre tropes. With its camcorder immediacy and 20+ aged high school seniors, "Chronicle" may look like stale contemporary TV, but ultimately delivers... More >>

by Jim Tudor, February 3, 2012 4:01 AM


 

Review: EL BULLI: COOKING IN PROGRESS

Presentation. Texture. Overall homogeneous. These are some of the immediate hallmarks of truly high-end cooking. Before the dish is even tasted, these factors are already in play. In the new German documentary "El Bulli: Cooking in Progress", renowned Spanish... More >>

by Jim Tudor, February 3, 2012 4:01 AM


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  • Watch The Trailer For Dark Serbian Fairy Tale LOVELESS ZORITSA (CRNA ZORICA)

    by Todd Brown, February 5, 2012 2:40 PM


    [Updated with English subtitled trailer.]Back in November Twitch brought a selection of stills from Loveless Zoritsa, a Serbian production...
  • Watch The First Ten Minutes Of 1st Animated Film BERSERK **UPDATE**

    by Al Young, February 4, 2012 11:28 AM


    [Update 2:  Replace the opening ten-minute video with a slightly better video quality version][Update:  Added another video below from an...
  • Listen To Susumu Hirasawa's Aria From BERSERK Soundtrack

    by Al Young, February 4, 2012 10:42 AM


    From the anime series to the video games, Japanese electropop artist Susumu Hirasawa has been the definitive music composer for...
  • Fantastic US Trailer For Oscar Nominated BULLHEAD

    by Todd Brown, February 3, 2012 3:57 PM


    Michael Roskam's Bullhead has received a great deal of press in these pages for the simple reason that it...
  • Watch The Opening Scene From THE WOMAN IN BLACK

    by Todd Brown, February 3, 2012 3:14 PM


    The James Watkins directed, Daniel Radcliffe starring remake of classic chiller The Woman In Black opens today and the...
 

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