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by Matthew Lee, January 9, 2012 3:21 AM
Xavier Gens' superb The Divide basically posits that should the bombs drop and the world get blown to radioactive splinters, the scariest thing that could happen wouldn't be finding out you were screwed. It'd be finding out that given the...
by Matthew Lee, December 18, 2011 9:43 PM
At first glance Alejandro Brugués's zombie comedy Juan of the Dead doesn't sound too promising. Unless you're a devoted follower of the diverse strands of Latin American cinema the idea of an unknown director shooting an affectionate tribute to Edgar...
by Matthew Lee, December 18, 2011 9:37 PM
There are some ideas it's hard to see how people could possibly screw up. Take horror (as in the supernatural) in the middle of a war zone. You've got potentially limitless subtext, the nightmares soldiers and civilians go through literally...
by Matthew Lee, November 27, 2011 11:13 PM
It's great when a director identifies with a film they've poured heart and soul into making, even more so when it's clearly pushed them to excel. Still, what are you supposed to think when it's a story about weak, contemptible...
by Shelagh M. Rowan-Legg, October 16, 2011 2:10 PM
Love can make anyone behave strangely. The chemicals that flood the brain when love arrives turn all our emotions into extremes: we want the one we love to the point of obsession. But some tip over that point into madness,...
by Shelagh M. Rowan-Legg, October 16, 2011 11:10 AM
You never know quite what path Antonio Trashorras is going to take you on. He first gained international attention in 2001 with his screenplay of The Devil's Backbone, a haunting ghost story set in the Spanish Civil War; last year...
by Shelagh M. Rowan-Legg, October 15, 2011 1:45 PM
Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's adaptation of Satrapi's graphic novel Chicken with Plums is a delicious fantasy, one that will leave your heart warm and likely more than a little sad. Presented with a combination of live action and animation,...
by Todd Brown, October 15, 2011 1:38 PM
The Sitges Festival wraps up this weekend with a program dominated by encore screenings and the massive genre festival has released their equally massive list of award winners. Sitges offers a wide slate of competitions within the festival and...
by Shelagh M. Rowan-Legg, October 15, 2011 12:35 PM
Have you ever had one of those days where you wake up in a strange spacesuit, being told by an automated message that the world has ended several hundred years before due to war and alien invasion, and you must...
by Guillem Rosset, October 14, 2011 2:32 PM
You can't say that Hiroyuki Okiura is a prolific director. It's been more than ten years since his directorial debut with Jin-Roh and despite that film's tremendous success it's not until now that his second film sees the light....
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