L'Etrange 2012 Video: Bob Clark's DEAD OF NIGHT with Live, Rockin' Score by 7 Weeks

It's becoming more common for live bands to perform scores over silent movies... but what happens when a heavy post-grunge band plays over a B-Movie talkie? Well have a look at this clip from Bob Clark's post-Vietnam zombie classic Dead... More »

By Brian Clark

L'Etrange 2012 Video: Sayona's Live Score to Shazzula Nebula's BLACK MASS RISING

Attention fans of stoner metal, the occult and Kenneth Anger-style experimental film: L'Etrange Festival has a present for you. This week, Belgian DJ/Filmmaker/Musician Shazzula Nebula (known for her work in White Hills and Aqua Nebula Oscillator) premiered her debut feature,... More »

By Brian Clark

L'Etrange 2012 Video: RESOLUTION Directors Meet Satanists En Route to Paris

After wowing audiences at Fantasia and Tribeca, the directors are bringing their inventive horror movie Resolution overseas... er, they are trying to. The film will screen at L'Etrange Festival in Paris on September 14 and 15 (that's Friday and Saturday!)... More »

By Brian Clark

Leading Voices in Global Cinema

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James Marsh, Asian Editor Hong Kong
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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 »

5 Favorite 50s Sci-Fi Flicks

Quick! A meteor the size of Texas is heading toward Earth and you only have the next five minutes to name your five favorite sci-fi flicks from the 1950s! While you're mulling that over, let me waste some more of your last minutes on Earth by noting that Star Trek... More »

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