by Charles Webb, January 13, 2012 10:00 AM
Weird, wild, crazy, frenetic: there's no one definition for what we here at Twitch would consider the "Twitchiest" film, but like the Supreme Court once (almost) said of pornography, "We know it when we see it." The Raid (Indonesia) Director:...
by Charles Webb, January 12, 2012 12:00 PM
We wouldn't dare neglect the selection of bite-sized cinema from around the world. Here are the Twitch contributors' favorite shorts and web series from 2011. Shorts Hope (Canada) Director: Pedro Pires by Todd Brown Though Jesus Orellana's Rosa is arguably...
by Charles Webb, January 12, 2012 10:00 AM
Some films just couldn't, for whatever reason, quite hit the mark. Whether it just didn't meet the high expectations set by the combination of talent in front of and behind the camera, or was simply a good idea poorly executed,...
by Charles Webb, January 11, 2012 12:00 PM
Sometimes it just takes one little moment to make (or break) a film. These are some of the moments that made our Twitch contributors' list for the best of the year. Milocrorze: A Love Story (Japan) Director: Yoshimasa Ishibashi by...
by Charles Webb, January 11, 2012 10:00 AM
It's always someone's first time: in this case we're looking at first-time filmmakers and performers who made their mark in 2011. Carre Blanc (France) Director: Jean-Baptiste Leonetti by Todd Brown Jean-Baptiste Leonetti's Carre Blanc is the sort of film that...
by Charles Webb, January 10, 2012 12:00 PM
In some cases it's a case of overcome expectations, in others it's a movie or filmmaker that somehow came in under the radar, but all of the following selections were our Twitch contributors' Biggest Surprises of 2011. Michael Smiley In...
by Charles Webb, January 10, 2012 10:00 AM
These were the news items throughout the year that made us all perk up our ears or affected the industry in a very real way in 2011. Lars Von Trier's Melancholia Meltdown (Denmark) News: Lars Von Trier Questioned by Police,...
by Charles Webb, January 9, 2012 12:00 PM
It's always great to be able to (re)discover a movie during its home video release. These are some of the recent discs that excelled in enhancing or expanding some of our favorites Santa Sangre (USA) Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky I wrote...
by Charles Webb, January 9, 2012 10:00 AM
The Twitch contributors run through the films that were able to deploy music with skill and precision in 2011. Beyond The Black Rainbow (Canada) Director: Panos Cosmatos by Todd Brown Scifi headtrip Beyond The Black Rainbow doesn't just use music...
by Ard Vijn, September 30, 2011 7:10 PM
If you've read any of my recent reviews it will probably come as no surprise that I am fairly fond of anime. Actually, that is understating it quite a bit. While I will agree that there is loads and loads...
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