Two Clips From Salles' ON THE ROAD

Peter Weller Is The New BATMAN

Tom Hardy In LAWLESS Clips

IFC Takes Wheatley's SIGHTSEERS

THE GREAT GATSBY Trailer

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[SHITTY UPDATE!!] Make Every Day FATHER'S DAY With Astron-6 On Blu-ray This June 12th!

UPDATE! In their infinite wisdom, Troma have decided to scratch nearly all of the great sounding bonus material from the Blu-ray release of Father's Day. There will be no director's commentary, no feature length making-of, and, most sadly, no CD... More >>

by J Hurtado, May 23, 2012 11:25 PM

Korean Sexy Card Caper Film TAZZA: THE HIGH ROLLERS Coming To The US From 5 Points Pictures!

There is a new home video distributor out there who seems to have the kind of massive cojones it takes to jump into the ever expanding niche home video market. That distributor is 5 Points Pictures (the live-action distribution arm... More >>

by J Hurtado, May 23, 2012 11:05 PM

Watch Five Minutes Of Gael Garcia Bernal In Pablo Larrain's NO

While the awards won't be handed out for some time yet, Pablo Larrain's No is clearly already one of the big winners. Widely hailed by critics, the Chilean director's third film has already been picked up for US distribution... More >>

by Todd Brown, May 23, 2012 4:00 PM

Kylie Minogue Sings In Mind Bending Trailer For Leos Carax's HOLY MOTORS

Leos Carax's Cannes-selected Holy Motors is a weird one. And it's got itself a weird trailer to match. From dawn to dusk, a few hours in the life of Monsieur Oscar, a shadowy character who journeys from one life... More >>

by Todd Brown, May 23, 2012 3:15 PM

Twitch And MO Pictures Present A Free Screening Of LOVELY MOLLY With Live Q&A By Director Eduardo Sanchez

Hey Toronto! Twitch and MO Pictures - the genre imprint of Canada's Mongrel Media - will be presenting a screening of Eduardo Sanchez' Lovely Molly on Saturday, May 26th at 11pm in the Bloor Hotdocs Cinema and we want... More >>

by Todd Brown, May 23, 2012 3:00 PM

Two Clips From Walter Salles' ON THE ROAD

Walter Salles' adaptation of Jack Kerouac classic On The Road takes a bow in Cannes this year and US distributor IFC Films / Sundance Selects have just premiered a pair of clips to give audiences a first look at... More >>

by Todd Brown, May 23, 2012 2:30 PM

Peter Weller Is The New BATMAN In THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS

RoboCop is the new Batman. Or, at least, he is the new voice of Batman.Warner Brothers currently have director Jay Oliva hard at work on a two film animated adaptation of Frank Miller's 1986 comic miniseries The Dark Knight... More >>

by Todd Brown, May 23, 2012 2:20 PM

Trailer For Thomas Vinterberg's Cannes-Selected THE HUNT

Thomas Vinterberg's The Hunt (Jagten) has had a warm reception from both critics and distributors in Cannes - the competition title has already been picked up for distribution in more than twenty territories around the world - and the... More >>

by Todd Brown, May 23, 2012 1:55 PM

Two Clips, Seven Character Posters For John Hillcoat's LAWLESS

Fresh from its premiere in Cannes, two clips and seven character posters have been released from John Hillcoat's prohibition era action-drama Lawless. LAWLESS is the true story of the infamous Bondurant Brothers: bootlegging siblings who made a run for... More >>

by Todd Brown, May 23, 2012 12:15 PM

Two Teasers For Sorkin's THE NEWSROOM

If ever a talent were engineered specifically for the TV minds at HBO I imagine that talent would emerge looking very much like Aaron Sorkin. The creator of The West Wing and writer of David Fincher's The Social Network,... More >>

by Todd Brown, May 23, 2012 11:46 AM

David Cronenberg To Infect Toronto In New Travelling Exhibition

Props, artifacts, interviews and freshly restored film prints ... it's everything a Cronenberg fan could possibly hope for:TIFF CELEBRATES DAVID CRONENBERG WITH NEW EXHIBITIONTIFF's first ever major original touring exhibition launches in Fall 2013Toronto -- Days away from the... More >>

by Todd Brown, May 23, 2012 10:40 AM

Natalie Portman To Star In Lynne Ramsay Western JANE GOT A GUN

It seems Natalie Portman is ready to get back in the saddle, both figuratively and literally. Having taken a good block of time away from work following Black Swan to focus on being a parent, Portman is at the... More >>

by Todd Brown, May 23, 2012 10:25 AM

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Reviews and Interviews

DVD Review: Stephane Gauger's SAIGON ELECTRIC, B-Boys In Vietnam

If someone had approached me a year ago and said, "Hey Josh, we're going to throw a film at you that involves Vietnamese B-boys dancing to save a community center and you're going to love it!", I would probably have... More >>

by J Hurtado, May 23, 2012 8:50 PM

Talking With OSLO, AUGUST 31'ST Director Joachim Trier

Joachim Trier's second feature, Oslo, August 31'st is a day in the life of young Anders (played in a great turn by Anders Danielsen Lie), an affable and seemingly nice young man, who happens to be a recovering junkie,... More >>

by Sean "The Butcher" Smithson, May 23, 2012 7:01 PM

Blu-ray Review: The Ghost In THE WOMAN IN BLACK is Kind of a Jerk

If only the isolated village where James Watkins' The Woman In Black is set simply took the time to put up warnings in front of the imposing manor where the titular vengeful spirit dwells, things might have worked out better... More >>

by Charles Webb, May 23, 2012 10:40 AM

Review: THE FLOWERS OF WAR (Yimou Zhang)

Yimou Zhang is back with a new film and once again he means business. The Flowers Of War is China's most expensive film yet and it's one of the first major Chinese films to prominently feature an American Hollywood star... More >>

by Niels Matthijs, May 23, 2012 7:37 AM

Review: MIB3 3D - an Acronymical Acrimonious Anachronistic Amusement

MIB3 is this big budget comic-book movie summer's sequel that nobody in particular was clamoring for. It's almost forgotten that the first Men In Black film theatrical gross nearly sextupled its original budget fifteen years ago. It reaped financial rewards... More >>

by Jason Gorber, May 22, 2012 11:13 PM

NYIFF 2012 Review: GATTU Flies High On Hope And Charm

We don't get many feel good films about impoverished orphans these days. The time when Little Orphan Annie could perk us up have gone, and we're more often left with sad bastard films that wrench tears from our bodies mercilessly,... More >>

by J Hurtado, May 22, 2012 10:05 PM

Blu-ray Review: AGNEEPATH Is Worth Your Money

My favorite new film of 2012 has finally secured a Blu-ray release. Agneepath blew me away when I first saw it on opening night, and a week later when I took my wife along, I was even more impressed. Indian... More >>

by J Hurtado, May 22, 2012 9:15 PM

Blu-ray Review: CHINATOWN

"Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown"They knew they had the line down when they shot it. It's given to a secondary character, but the look on Jack/Jake's face is what sells it visually. It's a kind of mantra, when you rewatch... More >>

by Jason Gorber, May 22, 2012 4:40 PM

Cannes 2012 Review: KILLING THEM SOFTLY Murders Them Stylishly

With its premier at Cannes one year on, it's hard to imagine that Andrew Dominik's KILLING THEM SOFTLY won't be compared frequently to Nicolas Winding Refn's 2011 hit DRIVE. The comparison would be apt. Both films portray a stylized,... More >>

by Ryland Aldrich, May 22, 2012 11:11 AM

Cannes 2012 Review: RUST AND BONE Stays too Grounded for its Own Good

Rust and Bone's narrative reminded me of an old-school pulpy melodrama from the 50's or 60's, the type of film where most of the narrative momentum comes not so much from cause and effect, but from traumatic stuff happening every... More >>

by Brian Clark, May 22, 2012 8:32 AM

JEONJU 2012 Review: Raya Martin's THE GREAT CINEMA PARTY

Raya Martin's The Great Cinema Party, the final third of the 2012 edition of the Jeonju Digital Project which includes new works by China's Ying Liang and Sri Lanka's Vimukthi Jayasundara, is uncharacteristically joyous. Despite starting with several minutes... More >>

by Oggs Cruz, May 22, 2012 3:39 AM

TV Review: GAME OF THRONES S2E8, THE PRINCE OF WINTERFELL

[Twitch is reviewing Game Of Thrones on an episode by episode basis throughout the current season. Please note that these are being written from someone who has very deliberately NOT read the books so as to come to the... More >>

by Todd Brown, May 21, 2012 9:43 PM

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Cannes 2012 Preview: The Palme d'Or Competition

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Did the first clip from Ben Wheatley's SIGHTSEERS touch you?

Cannes 2012, Comedy, Continental Europe & Russia, UK, Ireland, Australia & New Zealand

by James Marsh, May 13, 2012 2:16 PM

We love Brighton-based filmmaker Ben Wheatley. From his brilliant armchair gangster flick DOWN TERRACE to the international hitman sensation that was the chilling KILL LIST, he is doing everything he can to wipe that stuttering, self-depracating Hugh Grant/Richard Curtis image of England from your minds once and for all. His... More >>

Official Trailer For Wong Kar Wai's New Short Film DÉJÀ VU

Asia, Cannes 2012, Drama

by Hugo Ozman, May 21, 2012 10:59 AM

As many of you would know, Wong Kar Wai's The Grandmasters now has a scheduled released date of December 2012. While the world is waiting with anticipation and WKW is presumably busy with post-production(and possibly shooting / reshooting scenes) of... More >>

Cannes 2012 Review: LAWLESS Sets the Barn Burnin'

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by Ryland Aldrich, May 20, 2012 5:16 PM

Guns are a-blazing in John Hillcoat's prohibition era back woods gangster flick LAWLESS. With a knockout cast lead by Tom Hardy, Shia LeBeouf, Guy Pearce, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, and Gary Oldman, Hillcoat delivers a true crowd pleaser. While he... More >>

Xavier Gens to Direct a Comedy Crime Caper

Cannes 2012, Comedy, Continental Europe & Russia, Thriller

by Peter Martin, May 19, 2012 3:00 PM

Director Xavier Gens made a big splash in the genre pool with the very impressive and hard-edged Frontière(s) before tangling with Hollywood on the ill-fated Hitman and then delivering the apocalyptic (and divisive) The Divide. Now he's set to... More >>

Cannes 2012 Review: Brandon Cronenberg's ANTIVIRAL

Cannes 2012, Continental Europe & Russia

by Brian Clark, May 19, 2012 2:05 PM

As a stomach-churning, jet-black satire of modern culture, Brandon Cronenberg's Antiviral is a resounding success, and is directed with precision and conviction. However, for these very reasons, it's also cold, sterile and mostly void of humanity or even emotion. It's... More >>

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