Giant Octopus To Aisle 9! BAIT Scares Up Sequel
It always feels weird including the Venice Film Festival category when I write about Australian shark-in-a-supermarket thriller Bait, but it definitely played there and went onto make $2 million in Italy alone. Indeed it's had such great international success that a sequel has been announced by... More »
  

THREE Review

[With Tom Tykwer's first German-language film in a decade releasing limited today in the U.S. we now revisit Dustin Chang's review from this spring.]I can't find any news article that says Tom Tykwer, the German director known for his celestial,... More »
  

BIFF 2011: 13 ASSASSINS review
Miike Takashi's chanbara flick 13 Assassins will probably strike a lot of people as much more impressive than it really is, if they've never seen a Kurosawa movie, read Lone Wolf & Cub or even missed out on Yôji... More »
  

THREE Review
I can't find any news article that says Tom Tykwer, the German director known for his celestial, kinetic action films, had a breakdown or went through traumatic events in his life. But I'm assuming he had to have been, because... More »
  

BIFF 2011: MEEK'S CUTOFF review
Woe betide anyone who turns up for Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff expecting anything like a typical Western. Languid, spare and dreamlike, other than the setting and the motif of a journey across vast, inhospitable stretches of America there's little else... More »
  

Trailer and Poster for MEEK'S CUTOFF
Sure feels like we've been waiting quite a spell on a trailer for Wendy and Lucy director Kelly Reichardt's western Meek's Cutoff. And now we've got it with a poster to boot. Gaining festival buzz from Venice to Toronto, New... More »
  

Venice 2010: COLD FISH review
After his last feature "Love Exposure" being screened in Berlin, yesterday night Sion Sono's newest work called "Tsumetai Nettaigyo" ("Cold Fish") had its world premiere at Venice's Pala Darsena as part of the fest's Orrizonti section. This time Sono brings... More »
  

The Most Awkward Sex Of The Year Belongs To Athina Rachel Tsangari's ATTENBERG
When it comes to very odd cult dramas revolving around uncomfortable sexual dynamics it would appear that Greece has cornered the market. Last year it was Yorgos Lanthimos' Dogtooth turning heads on the festival circuit and now Athina Rachel Tsangari... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

COLD FISH Trailer Debut!
The cult of director Sion Sono grew exponentially with the arrival of last year's stunning four hour opus Love Exposure and it looks poised to take another big leap forward with the arrival of Cold Fish. Due to screen in... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Venice 2010: Fresh Images From Julie Taymor's THE TEMPEST
Having been fortunate enough to grow up within striking distance of one of the great Shakespeare festivals in the world and to have spent my entire school career with teachers smart enough to take me there every year, I have... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

First Images From Tom Tykwer's THREE
Set to premiere in Venice, Run Lola Run director Tom Tykwer returns with Three, a contemporary love story set in current day Berlin. Hanna and Simon, a couple in their early forties, live together in Berlin. Unknown to each other... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Madness, Feathers And A Little Bit Of Lesbianism. It's The Trailer For Aronofsky's BLACK SWAN.
Natalie Portman. Mila Kunis. Vincent Cassel. All three feature very large in the trailer for Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan, the ballet-set thriller from the director of The Wrestler, The Fountain and Requiem For A Dream that will be opening Venice... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

New International Trailer For Tsui Hark's DETECTIVE DEE AND THE MYSTERY OF THE PHANTOM FLAME
Loved what you've seen so far from Tsui Hark's Detective Dee but wish you could understand what they were saying? Well, your time is now. With the film's World Premiere coming at the Venice Film Festival a new, international trailer... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

A First Look At The Pang Brothers' CHILD'S EYE 3D
The Pang Brothers will be off to Venice soon to premiere their latest effort, the 3D entry into their Eye franchise, The Child's Eye 3D. The story doesn't really seem to matter with these any more but the basic gist... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2010: A Second Trailer For Tsui Hark's DETECTIVE DEE
Freshly announced to have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, a second trailer has just arrived for Tsui Hark's epic mystery thriller Detective Dee. Starring Andy Lau as the titular investigator this one is epic in all senses,... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2010: Venice Announces Complete 2010 Lineup!
The Venice Film Festival has gone genre crazy. The complete 2010 festival lineup has been announced and it includes a host of familiar names, including Sion Sono's Cold Fish, Tsui Hark's Detective Dee, Andrew Lau's Legend of Chen Zhen, John... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2010: Aronofsky's BLACK SWAN to Open Venice 2010
Darren Aronofsky does a 180 degree switch in the world of physical competition.  Going from Pro Wrestling to Ballet.  And it looks like the plot of the film is going to feature intrigue over intimacy.  That photo is an unrecognizable... More »
  

VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2010: Trailer for Julian Schnabel's MIRAL
I could certainly call myself an admirer of Julian Schnabel, the artist turned filmmaker has improved with each film, from Basquiat (write what you know) to Before Night Falls to the exquisite The Diving Bell and The Butterfly.   Simply... More »
  

VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2010: But Will Anyone Else Get A Chance To Talk? Tarantino Names Head Of The Venice 2010 Jury.
In what strikes me as a strangely early announcement - read: they're trying not to be completely overshadowed by Cannes - the Venice Film Festival has just announced that Quentin Tarantino will head the jury for the 2010 edition of... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

A SINGLE MAN Review
The flush of desire inspired by the blush of youth has rarely been as lyrically expressed as in Tom Ford's A Single Man, elegantly adapted from the novel by Christopher Isherwood. But it isn't just the innocence of youth... More »
  
 
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