AFI 2012 Fest Review: ALL THE LIGHT IN THE SKY Shines on Love, Life, and the Wonders of Living in L.A.

There's a warm fire to Joe Swanberg's All the Light in the Sky. Co-written by and starring Jane Adams (Happiness, Hung), All the Light follows a few days in the life of a moderately successful actress, Marie (Adams). She... More »
  

AFI Fest 2012 First Impression: HITCHCOCK Does The Legend Justice
AFI Fest 2012 got off to a rousing start last night with the packed world premiere of Hitchcock. Set amidst the director's filming of Psycho, the movie focuses on both his personal and professional challenges, painting an intimate portrait of... More »
  

AFI Fest 2012 Preview: 10 to Watch - Midnight, New Auteurs, & Young Americans
If you've been counting down the days, then you know that AFI Fest 2012 begins tonight with the opening night gala screening of Hitchcock. We covered this and the other galas in part one of our 10 to Watch... More »
  

AFI Fest 2012 Preview: 10 to Watch - World Cinema & Breakthrough
AFI Fest is rolling into Hollywood this Thursday, November 1. We took a look at the Gala and Special Screenings sections yesterday in part one of our 10 to Watch preview series. Now we turn our attention to the... More »
  

AFI Fest 2012 Preview: 10 to Watch - Galas & Specials
Hollywood's big pre-Awards festival AFI Fest is set to kick off this Thursday, November 1 and Twitch has got you covered. We've got a three-part 10 to Watch preview series for you beginning now with a look at some... More »
  

AFI Fest 2012 Review: Amy Seimetz' Feature Debut SUN DON'T SHINE Haunts and Thrives
There's a small scene in Sun Don't Shine that keeps playing over in my head. A woman is telling a story about the time she was making a pizza and almost burned her house down. She mixed her prescribed... More »
  

AFI Fest 2012 Announces Midnight, World Cinema, Breakthrough, and Shorts Lineups

Los Angeles's big awards season festival, AFI Fest will kick off on November 1 and they've just announced the lion share of the rest of their film programming (see the announcement of Young Americans and New Auteurs from a... More »
  

AFI Fest 2012 Announces Seimetz, Cronenberg, Lindholm in Young Americans and New Auteurs Programs
It's less than a month until the kickoff of Los Angeles's AFI Fest 2012 on November 1, and we have the first lineup bulletin for you out today. Announced so far are the Young Americans and New Auteurs sidebars featuring... More »
  

THE COLLAPSED Gets U.S. And German Distro!
Congrats to local filmmaker Justin McConnell and his cast and crew of Canadian PA flick The Collapsed. Repped by the fine lads at Raven Banner Entertainment they sealed the deal at AFM2011 for American distribution, as well as more overseas... More »
  

AFI Fest 2011: BULLHEAD, THE LONLIEST PLANET, WUSS Among Award Winners
AFI Fest 2011 wraps up tonight with the closing gala premiere of The Adventures of Tintin. Awards were handed out this morning to a crowded Roosevelt Ballroom which attendees were informed hosted the very first Academy Awards ceremony. There was... More »
  

AFI Fest 2011: HAYWIRE Review
As Steven Soderbergh tells the story, he was up late one night after being fired from directing a major motion picture (it was Moneyball) when he flipped to a mixed martial arts fight on TV. Having never watched MMA, he... More »
  

AFM 2011: Mark Hartley To Do The ELECTRIC BOOGALOO
The American Film Market is now winding down but not without word of one more fascinating project making the rounds first.Australian director Mark Hartley rose to international attention thanks to his documentaries Not Quite Hollywood and Machete Maidens Unleashed. And... More »
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AFM 2011: Paul Andrew Williams' SONG FOR MARION Goes To The Weinstein Company
Best known for darker fare such as London To Brighton, The Cottage and Cherry Tree Lane, UK director Paul Andrew Williams took a dramatic - you might even say risky - turn into more arthouse fare with his latest effort,... More »
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AFM 2011: MONSTER BRAWL And EXIT HUMANITY Land Multi-Territory Sales Deals
Canadian indie genre imprint Foresight Features are having themselves a quality time at the American Film Market, having just announced a fistful of international distribution deals for each of their films Monster Brawl and Exit Humanity.FORESIGHT FEATURES FLYING HIGH AT... More »
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AFM 2011: Elijah Wood Is Alex Aja's MANIAC
Frodo is getting a makeover in the Alexandre Aja produced remake of William Lustig's cult 1980 horror hit Maniac.Wood will be taking the lead role in the Franck Khalfoun (P2) directed remake scripted by Aja and his regular writing partner... More »
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AFM 2011: Animetropolis And IDA Bringing TAILCHASER'S SONG To The Big Screen
American and Japanese forces are teaming up to bring Tad Williams' fantasy novel Tailchaser's Song to the big screen. It has just been announced that US production house Animetropolis is teaming with Japan's IDA - the animation studio responsible for... More »
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AFM 2011: YOU'RE NEXT Star Sharni Vinson Joins Mark Hartley's PATRICK
While producers continue piecing together the financing for Mark (Not Quite Hollywood, Machete Maidens Unleashed) Hartley's long gestating remake of Australian cult classic horror film Patrick, the project has taken a big step forward with some significant cast attachments. The... More »
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AFM 2011: Drafthouse Films Picks Up BULLHEAD and CLOWN for North America
Crime drama Bullhead and raucous comedy Clown, two of the best films from this year's Fantastic Fest, have been acquired by Drafthouse Films for distribution in North America. Bullhead, Belgium's submission for Academy Award consideration as Best Foreign Language... More »
  

AFI Fest 2011 Preview: 10 to Watch - New Autuers, Young Americans & Midnighters
AFI Fest 2011 kicks off tonight with the world premiere of J. EDGAR. We took a look at that film amongst our Galas & Specials Preview as well as choosing 10 films for our World Cinema Preview. Now we turn... More »
  

AFI Fest 2011 Preview: 10 to Watch - World Cinema
Yesterday we brought you a look at 10 films from the Galas & Specials programs ahead of Thursday's kick off of Hollywood's AFI Fest 2011. Today we've got a preview of a few highlights from the extensive World Cinema program.... More »
  
 
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