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Hayao Miyazaki at the 65th Venice Film Festival
To date from the 65th Venice Film Festival we have shown you Coffin Joe, Fabrice Du Welz, Kaiju and now Hayao Miyazaki! A super size image of him at the festival today is at the link below and several more... More »
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Monster X Strikes 65th Venice - Rock Me Sexy Kaiju!
We have already seen Coffin Joe stomping down the red carpet of the 65th Venice Film Festival (here) and now at last we see Minoru Kawasaki stomping down the red carpet Takemajin-style! While audiences and critics seemed shocked the Coen... More »
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VINYAN - Images from its World Premiere
Vinyan, a film we have been covering fairly thorough here at Twitch, had its world premiere today at the 65th Venice Film Festival. Reviews and comments should start streaming in over the course of the next 24-48 hours. At the... More »
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More Images For Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo On The Cliff
REMINDER: Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo On The Cliff will be screening at the 65th Venice International Film Festival on August 31st (event listing). From all accounts so far of the film it seems Miyazaki explores new ground this time around with... More »
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NIFFF 2008 - Gunnar B. Gudmundsson Talks Astropia/Dorks & Damsels
If in an alternate universe, Edgar Wright had a brother living in Iceland making his own Spaced feature on the fanboy culture, then Astrópía (Dorks & Damsels) is at that film and Gunnar B. Gudmundsson is that brother (no they... More »
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Puzzle - Lars Weird Wednesday Intro
With its Wait Until Dark nods, underwater sea helmut night lights, chainsaw action, amnesia, bad guys with nonstop colds and a tiny dog named Whisky all in tow, the 1974 Duccio Tessari giallo Puzzle (L' Uomo senza memoria) manages to... More »
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NIFFF 2008 - More with Jesus Franco
Jesus Franco is one of the most prolific filmmakers alive and one of the few that makes Miike look lazy by comparison, which is really saying something! At the 2008 NIFFF (Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival) in Switzerland I sat... More »
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NIFFF 2008 - Let the Right One In Interview
Tomas Alfredson has crafted one of the most memorable films I've ever seen with his latest effort, Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in). I recently had the chance to talk with him about his film. Magnet... More »
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NIFFF 2008 - Hideo Nakata on Nobuo Nakagawa & Amityville Horror
In previous editions of the Hideo Nakata interview at the 2008 NIFFF (Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival) we have covered upcoming projects, horror remakes and more. In this last part of the interview we go over Amityville Horror and filmmaker... More »
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NIFFF 2008 - Perfume of the Lady in Black Interview Part 2
In part one, I neglected to mention the Raro DVD for Il Profumo della signora in nero (The Perfume of the Lady in Black). According to Manlio Gomarasca, this video release was possible with the personal uncut pristine film print... More »
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NIFFF 2008 - Perfume of the Lady in Black Interview Part 1
I've already spoken here on my love for the 1974 giallo, Il Profumo della signora in nero (The Perfume of the Lady in Black), After the link bump we have part one of my interview with Italian filmmaker and noted... More »
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Sitges 2008 - This Could Be One for the Ages!
Salivate and prepare to be completely blown away by the first half of the Sitges 2008 program! With a furious drum beat and TNT Jackson kick to the face and Braveheart battle roar, Sitges 2008, announced one amazing lineup today... More »
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VINYAN - Fabrice Du Welz on Clearing Censors
On July 8th, the latest film from Belgium director Fabrice Du Welz cleared censors with a 12 and under rating. We chatted with Fabrice on this and the film. Previously Todd posted the incredible trailer to his latest film (view... More »
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NIFFF 2008 - Remakes, Remakes... Remakes!?!
Collin talked about sequels (read here) and now let us talk about all these remakes! At the 2008 NIFFF (Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival) in Switzerland, I talked with filmmakers - Hideo Nakata, Xavier Gens and Jesus Franco on what... More »
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NIFFF 2008 - Jesus Franco Talks 99 Women (1969)
Back on June 19th we brought you the Lars introduction to Jesus Franco's 1969 women in prison film, 99 Women (view here), and today we have Jesus Franco himself talking about the film. This interview took place at the 2008... More »
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NIFFF 2008 - Hideo Nakata on L: Change the World
At 2008 NIFFF (Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival) in Switzerland, I finally saw L: Change the World and had the chance to sit down with its director, Hideo Nakata to discuss it. The following does have some spoilers if you... More »
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NIFFF 2008 - More with Xavier Gens
From the recent NIFFF 2008, I have already posted clips of Xavier Gens talking Vanikoro, La Horde, Snow, Vinyan, Martyrs and more. In this latest edition we cover a wide range of topics including a very funny bit with Xavier... More »
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NIFFF 2008 - Jaume Balagueró Talks [REC] - Final Part
I sat down with [REC] co-director Jaume Balagueró yesterday and in this final part of the multi-part video interview done at the 2008 NIFFF (Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival) we learn even more about [REC]. SPOILER ALERT for this clip!... More »
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NIFFF 2008 - Xavier Gens Talks La Horde (2009)
The Post Apocalypse is upon us in the upcoming film La Horde, as a zombie wave is spreading across the world devouring humanity while at the top of a skyscraper in France cops and gang members are battling it out.... More »
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NIFFF 2008 - Winners Announced - Sleep Dealer Takes Top Prize
I imagine Michael Guillen should be smiling with this announcement that Alex Rivera's film Sleep Dealer has taken the top prize out here at the 8th Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival. The jury headed by Joe Dante also handed out... More »
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