The RESOLUTION Boys Go Deep Sea Diving, Guerrilla Style

In preparation for their trip to the Imagine Film Festival in Amsterdam next week, The gentlemen behind Resolution, one of our favorite smart horror subversions of the past years, have taken to some most dire of straights to make sure... More »

By Ben Umstead

IMAGINE 2013 Reveals Its Dizzying Line-up

What started decades ago as The Weekend Of Terror soon had to be renamed into the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival, because it incorporated more than just horror. A good thing too, as this inclusion of other genres made the festival... More »

By Ard Vijn

IMAGINE 2012 Winners Revealed, and THE RAID Scores the Audience Award!

This weekend saw the end of the 2012 edition of the Imagine Film Festival in Amsterdam, a member of the European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation (EFFFF). Several films were awarded in different categories but the Sp!ts Silver Scream Award 2012... More »

By Ard Vijn

The 28th IMAGINE FILM FESTIVAL is open for business!

(UPDATE: ticket sales has started!) Amsterdam's very own annual genre festival returns from the 17th till the 28th of April, and you can find a partial full line-up here (yes, this sentence is a link)! The list looks very yummy.... More »

By Ard Vijn

IMAGINE 2011 reveals full line-up!

Ehm... this is a definite case of "Title Says All". What started as "The Night of Terror" several decades ago (a tiny one-night festival for horror afficionados who could watch four films in-a-row) grew into "The Weekend of Terror", branched... More »

By Ard Vijn

English-friendly SUMMER WARS in October 2010?

Back in January of this year, Manga UK twittered that they hoped to be able to release Mamoru Hosoda's excellent "Summer Wars" in UK-cinemas in September, followed by DVD and BluRay releases in October (thanks Ulrik!).And now one of the... More »

By Ard Vijn

A very, VERY NSFW trailer for "LIFE AND DEATH OF A PORNO GANG"

Really, is there a trailer category above "red-band"? We might need it... Through the site of the Imagine Festival (formerly known as the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival) I learned about the trailer for the Serbian shocker "Life and Death of... More »

By Ard Vijn

Leading Voices in Global Cinema

Todd Brown, Founder & Editor Toronto
Peter Martin, Managing Editor Dallas
Ryland Aldrich, Festivals Editor Los Angeles
James Marsh, Asian Editor Hong Kong
Brian Clark, European Editor Paris

FEAR & LOATHING AT CANNES, PART 3: EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL AND I'M TRIPPING BALLS

CHAPTER 6: THERE'S NOTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN A PURPLE BEACH SMOTHERED IN MELTING TROMMETTES DURING A CRIMSON TINGED SUNSET ON THE FRENCH RIVERIA, HOLY SHIT I'M TRIPPING MY FUCKING FACE OFF.It's night. When the fuck did it become night? I'm naked. Where the fuck did my clothes go? I'm on... More »

Destroy All Monsters: I Think We've Been This Way Before, Mr. Spock

They can remember it for you wholesale, and they do. At some point, we licensed our pop cultural nostalgia to a handful of multinational conglomerates (well, to be fair, they always owned the licenses) and now they're selling them back to us - though, I guess, not at wholesale, but... More »

Interview: Twitch Talks to HANGOVER III's Ken Jeong

Ken Jeong may often play a lunatic on both big and small screen, but in person it's quite disarming to see just how calm and considerate he comes across. While he got his big screen start in Judd Apatow's Knocked Up, Jeong's real breakthrough was taking a small-on-paper role... More »

Hollywood Beat: Notes On Cutting The Cord And NBC's Genre Programs

I cut the cable cord last year, but I'm not always happy about it. I had to wait a year before seeing Season 2 of Game of Thrones, for example, and will have to wait to see Season 3 until next year. I only have to wait to see Mad... More »

Twitchvision: Talking STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS, MUD and THE ICEMAN

Another Twitchvision chat with Scott Laurie, this time me gushing about J.J.'s latest Star Trek film, which I unabashedly loved.Also talked about he fabbo Mud, and the less fabbo The Iceman, both with Michael Shannon doing his thing.Video embedded below.Update: Was asked to come in today and pick a few... More »