by Matthew Lee, November 27, 2011 11:13 PM
The problem with Swedish teen drama She Monkeys is there are two approaches artistic filmmakers seem to gravitate towards when they want to explore the subject of young and/or inexperienced people finding out about sex. Either they go gritty, intimate,...
by Ben Umstead, September 26, 2011 12:06 AM
[Our thanks to Christopher Bourne for the following review, which is being crossed published at Chris' website The Bourne Cinema Conspiracy.]The filming of a sex scene proves to be no simple process (if indeed it ever is) in Joe Swanberg's...
by Ben Umstead, July 25, 2011 1:14 AM
I was greatly impressed by Lisa Aschan's She Monkeys (Apflickorna) at this year's Tribeca. Evidently so was the jury as it won for best narrative feature at the festival. While statements like "the best Swedish debut since Lukas Moodysson" have...
by Matthew Lee, July 15, 2011 9:50 AM
It would take a pretty great film to get anything genuinely surprising out of a story where one day the protagonist discovers the world is convinced he doesn't exist, given how many spins on this idea we've seen in recent...
by Oggs Cruz, March 18, 2011 5:43 AM
Salton Sea, a salt-water lake in the middle of the deserts of California, used to be the place to be several decades ago. Nowadays, it stands as a testament as to how time diffuses luster. The once pristine beaches...
by Todd Brown, February 14, 2011 5:19 PM
If Magnolia continues on their currrent path they're going to own all of Scandinavia by the end of the European Film Market.Hot on the heels of announcing they have acquired Lars Von Trier's Melancholia it was also announced that...
by Todd Brown, February 14, 2011 4:05 PM
Lars Von Trier's vision of the end of the world will be hitting screens across America thanks to Magnolia Pictures.Rumors began to circulate the market floor of the EFM that Magnolia were making a play for the picture almost...
by Todd Brown, February 14, 2011 4:32 AM
No, this is not going to be available to the public - it's too spoilery - but with principal photography wrapped up a first promo for Finnish produced, English language science fiction comedy Iron Sky is available for viewing...
by Todd Brown, February 14, 2011 4:20 AM
Singaporean auteur Eric Khoo is diving into the world of animation in a most unusual way.A project undertaken very quietly - nobody seems to have heard about it until international sales company The Match Factory announced that they were...
by Todd Brown, February 12, 2011 10:23 PM
I tweeted this earlier - and if you're not following Twitch on Twitter, you should - but it bears repeating.First thing Saturday morning I was fortunate enough to be present at a screening of the first promo for Lars...
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