On the surface, Beyond the Hill is a fairly straight-forward slow-burn psychological thriller about an unseen enemy. However, within this structure, Director Emin Alper weaves in pointed political and cultural allegory along with elements of (deep breath...) dark comedy, revisionist-westerns,...
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by Brian Clark, February 12, 2012 1:32 AM
I'm torn about how to review Iron Sky. Is it really fair to criticize a movie about Nazis from the dark side of the moon invading the earth for being too goofy? Hell, is it really fair to criticize...
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by Brian Clark, February 11, 2012 5:09 PM
(...and blood and sperm of course, because he is Miike Takashi after all.) This year the popular and VERY prolific Japanese director Miike Takashi visited the International Film Festival Rotterdam to present his newest film... well, his newest finished one...
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by Ard Vijn, February 11, 2012 10:49 AM
A few days ago I received a package from New Video, a film distributor that handles a ton of different labels in the US. This particular package had one film on Blu-ray that I had requested for review, Elite Squad:...
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by J Hurtado, February 10, 2012 9:00 PM
Once a month I'll be sending out this reminder of what's gone just before. Hope it helps highlight some worthy (and takes note of some unworthy) stuff that you are still debating picking up. Based on the 1941 novel by...
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by Canfield, February 10, 2012 3:46 PM
Last year, when the earthquake and tsunamis in Japan caused several nuclear reactors to explode, the international media coverage began with articles crying "Panic!" and then seemed to abruptly shift to vaguely ominous, often convoluted reports of which it...
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by Brian Clark, February 10, 2012 3:30 PM
From 1970 to the 2000's, Raymond Chow produced more than 150 movies in Hong Kong and Hollywood, the former Shaw Brothers production manager rising to stardom along with his greatest discovery: Bruce Lee.Chow has not given interviews for years...
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by Fred Ambroisine, February 10, 2012 3:21 PM
French director Luc Besson has been responsible for bringing numerous dramatic adventures to the big screen centring around strong female protagoinsts battling insurmountable odds. But even for the director of NIKITA, THE MESSENGER and THE ADVENTURES OF ADELE BLANC-SEC, the...
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by James Marsh, February 10, 2012 4:56 AM
In Pina Bausch, Wim Wenders found inspiration. In her lifetime, he was collaborating with her for a dance-based film project that promised to be magnificent. With her untimely passing, Wenders is no less inspired by her work. The shape of...
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by Jim Tudor, February 10, 2012 4:01 AM
John Huston was a master of the improbably optimistic protagonist in films. Many of his leading characters were people in search of some grand totem that would make their lives complete, or make the rich, or in some other way...
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by J Hurtado, February 9, 2012 9:35 PM
Taffy. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, the latest cinematic adaptation of an adventure first told by Jules Verne in 1874, moves as though it's picking its way delicately through a field of taffy, not wanting to leave any impression of...
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by Peter Martin, February 9, 2012 12:44 PM
It takes a real man to admit to watching and enjoying a chick flick, and therefore I am here to declare that I watched and enjoyed the latest film by director Wayne Wang, SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN. It...
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by Hugo Ozman, February 9, 2012 6:41 AM
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