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 »
  

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 »
By Todd Brown   
  

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 »
By Todd Brown   
  

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 »
By Todd Brown   
  

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 »
By Todd Brown   
  

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 »
By Todd Brown   
  

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 »
By Todd Brown   
  

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 »
  

AFM 2011: Thai teens want revenge in BANGKOK KUNG FU!
Thai writer-director Yuthlert Sippapak caught my attention with his bizarre genre-bending horror comedy RAHTREE: FLOWER OF THE NIGHT back in 2003 and has long enjoyed plenty of love on these pages, not least for his recent one-two punch of FRIDAY... More »
  

AFM 2011: Gorgeous English-friendly trailer for Gordon Chan's MURAL
A project that started life as a proposed sequel to his 2008 supernatural drama PAINTED SKIN, Gordon Chan's MURAL has since taken on a life of its own and proved to be a substantial holiday season hit with Mainland Chinese... More »
  

AFI Fest 2011 Preview: 10 to Watch - Galas & Specials
Hollywood's AFI Fest 2011 kicks off Thursday November 3rd and we've got a three-part 10 to Watch preview series for you in preparation. Part one takes a look at the big galas and special screenings that the studios use to... More »
  

AFI Fest 2011 to close with THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN North American Premiere
The final piece of the AFI Fest puzzle came together today as the fest announced the closing night gala will be the North American premiere of The Adventures of Tintin. Directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson with... More »
  

Almodóvar Adds 4 Classic Horrors/Thrillers to AFI Fest

AFI Fest have just announced five more titles for their upcoming festival, handpicked by Festival Guest Director Pedro Almodóvar. Focusing on classic horror and thriller films, Almodóvar's picks will join his 1987 film Law of Desire which will screen as... More »
  

AFM 2011: Luc Besson Prepping BRICK MANSIONS, An English Language Remake Of DISTRICT B13
Whether you call it Banlieue 13, District 13 or District B13 - it was released under all three titles in different territories - there's no denying that the Luc Besson produced action film caused something of a sensation upon release.... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

AFM 2011: English Trailer And Sales Art For Prachya Pinkaew's THE KICK
Ong Bak director Prachya Pinkaew has imported a slew of Korean talent to Thailand for his latest feature, The Kick. Choosing to focus on the art of taekwondo rather than his signature fight style of muay thai for this one... More »
By Todd Brown   
  
 
  Next »
Page 1 of 2
Leading Voices in Global Cinema
More »
Featured Videos
1.
Watch The International Trailer For Mark Hartley's PATRICK
2.
Watch The First Trailer For Jeunet's THE YOUNG AND PRODIGIOUS SPIVET
3.
Watch The Stellar Cannes Teaser For Jeremy Saulnier's BLUE RUIN
Featured Articles

China Beat: What did China See in IRON MAN 3?

Much has already been written, both on these pages and many others, about the landmark Hollywood-China co-production that is Marvel and DMG Entertainment's Iron Man 3. The film, directed by Shane Black, is the third solo outing for Robert Downey Jr's Tony Stark, and has proved a phenomenal success around... More »

FEAR & LOATHING AT CANNES, PART 2: I'M IN LOVE WITH EVERYBODY'S GIRL

CHAPTER 4: THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANNA KARINA AND BUTT PLUGSI'm sitting outside at a small Café that my editor told me to meet him at. I'm a 10 minute walk from the Marche Du Film convention hall and I'm still waiting for my editor to arrive so he take guide... More »

CINEMA HOLOCAUST ON THE FRENCH RIVIERA, PART 1: THOSE GOD DAMN FILM BLOGGERS

MIKE'S JOURNAL. MAY 13. MORNINGI wake up sometime around five AM. My flight to France doesn't leave until five PM. I should be there for security check in sometime around 3PM. There is no reason for me to be up this early but I'm feeling anxious. I have an itch... More »

FEAR & LOATHING AT CANNES, PART 1: A MAN'S HANDSHAKE SAYS EVERYTHING

CHAPTER ONE: THE BIGGER THE SIDEBURNS, THE BIGGER THE ASSHOLE. I've hit the big time now. I've finally made it. I'm in like Flint from here on out. I'm boarding a plane to France where I'll be attending the Cannes Film Festival for the first time.No more unpaid blogging from... More »

Destroy All Monsters: Leo DiCaprio and the Myth of the Chick Flick

I have a running argument about whether or not movie box office is a zero-sum game. I tend to attack film earning potential from the "mother of two" perspective - which is that while yes, it's nice to believe that if a film is good it has a theoretically unlimited... More »
Most Popular
Follow Twitch

Never miss a thing! Headlines delivered daily.
E-mail address:

Recent Comments
More »
​