Fantasia: Shion Sono's STRANGE CIRCUS (KIMY√î NA S√ÇKASU), starring Masumi Miyazaki, Issei Ish

FOR TRAILER, SEE THE BOTTOM OF THIS ARTICLE Shion Sono's Strange Circus (Kimy√¥ na s√¢kasu) is scheduled to be screened at the 2006 Fantasia Festival in Montr√©al on Thursday July 13th at 9:45 p.m.. The screening is to be... More »

By The Gomorrahizer

Yorgos Noussias' EVIL (TO KAKO), w/ Meletis Georgiadis, Pepi Moschovakou, Argiris Thanasoulas, Mary

FOR TRAILERS AND STILLS, SEE THE BOTTOM OF THIS ARTICLE This is a reminder that Yorgos Noussias' Evil (To kako) is scheduled to have its North American première at the 15th Philadelphia Film Festival (PFF) on April 3rd at... More »

By The Gomorrahizer

Mitsuru Meike's THE GLAMOROUS LIFE OF SACHIKO HANAI (HANAI SACHIKO NO KAREI NA SHÔGAI), w/ Emi Kuro

FOR TRAILER, SEE THE BOTTOM OF THIS ARTICLE Thanks to Twitch's own logboy for bringing to my attention the fact that Mitsuru Meike's The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai (Hanai Sachiko no karei na shôgai) - an extended version... More »

By The Gomorrahizer

Trailer for Yûdai Yamaguchi & Jun'ichi Yamamoto's MEATBALL MACHINE, starring Issei Takahashi, A

FOR TRAILER & PRODUCTION STILLS GALLERY, SEE THE BOTTOM OF THIS ARTICLE There's an English-subtitled trailer for Yûdai Yamaguchi and Jun'ichi Yamamoto's Meatball Machine (a.k.a. "Mîtobôru mashin") - a remake of the latter's 1999 movie of the same title... More »

By The Gomorrahizer

PFF: Yorgos Noussias' EVIL (TO KAKO), w/ Meletis Georgiadis, Pepi Moschovakou, Argiris Thanasoulas,

Yorgos Noussias' Evil (To kako) is scheduled to have its North American première at the 15th Philadelphia Film Festival (PFF) on April 3rd at 5:00 p.m., and to subsequently be screened there on April 5th at 9:45 p.m. and... More »

By The Gomorrahizer

PFF: Yûdai Yamaguchi & Jun'ichi Yamamoto's MEATBALL MACHINE (a.k.a. "Mîtobôru mashin"), starr

FOR PRODUCTION STILLS GALLERY, SEE THE BOTTOM OF THIS ARTICLE Yûdai Yamaguchi and Jun'ichi Yamamoto's Meatball Machine (a.k.a. "Mîtobôru mashin") - a remake of the latter's 1999 movie of the same title (Japanese Movie Database entry) - is scheduled... More »

By The Gomorrahizer

PFF: Pål Sletaune's NEXT DOOR (NABOER), starring Kristoffer Joner, Cecilie Mosli, Julia Schacht, An

FOR TRAILER, SEE THE BOTTOM OF THIS ARTICLE Pål Sletaune's psychological thriller Next Door (Naboer) is scheduled to be screened at the 15th Philadelphia Film Festival (PFF) on April 4th at 12:30 p.m., April 5th at 9:30 p.m., and... More »

By The Gomorrahizer

The Pain! The Pain! Complete Philadelphia Film Festival Schedule Online.

The complete website isn't up yet but the good folk at the Philadelphia Film Festival have just uploaded the entire program book in PDF format and it looks fantastic. A first scan turns up a LOT of films we've talked... More »

By Todd Brown

Philadelphia Film Festival's Danger After Dark Lineup Announced!

Ooooh ... Travis Crawford, the Danger After Dark programmer for the upcoming Philadelphia Film Festival, has just given me the heads up on this year's lineup and it is absolutely fantastic. I'll be in Philadelphia for about half of the... More »

By Todd Brown

Two Clips From Steve Buscemi's Lonesome Jim

Steve Buscemi's Lonesome Jim was one of my favorite films at this year's Philadelphia Film Festival and, thankfully, some footage is finally starting to leak out ... a pair of scenes from Buscemi's smart, funny and teminally depressed romantic... More »

By Todd Brown

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

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 »