Interview: Traci Lords Dissects The Challenges Of EXCISION

After a successful festival run and a US release on home video Richard Bates Jr's Excision hit Blu-ray and DVD in the UK, giving us the opportunity to talk about the film with star Traci Lords. Here's what she has... More »

By Juan J. Espinoza

Amphibian Mafia: THE CARTEL OF THE SNITCHES Trailer Arrives

Colombia has picked Carlos Moreno's drug crime thriller El Cartel de los sapos (The Cartel of Snitches) as it's entry in the Foreign Film Academy Award category. The film is based on the life story of former drug trafficker Andres... More »

By Juan J. Espinoza

Independence's Blood: TAITA BOVES Trailer

This is an extended trailer for Taita Boves, a film by Luis Alberto Lamata. Again Lamata delves into the Venezuelan colonial history to tell the tale of Boves and his legacy. And by doing so he deals with ghosts of... More »

By Juan J. Espinoza

You Don't Fool Me: THE PUREST OF LIES Review

Film production in Venezuela, at least for full features, is not as prolific as in other South American countries. In a good year there will be five or six Venezuelan features released in theaters, which is considered quite a good... More »

By Juan J. Espinoza

Sniffing Truth: THE PUREST OF LIES Trailer

Here we have the trailer for Carlos Malave fourth film, 'La Pura Mentira'. Having made a name for himself in Venezuela for working at a nerve wracking pace - at least by Venezuelan film standards - this film finds Malave... More »

By Juan J. Espinoza

Leading Voices in Global Cinema

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Brian Clark, European Editor Paris

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 »

Learning from the Masters of Cinema: Henri-Georges Clouzot's THE MURDERER LIVES AT 21

While Henri-Georges Clouzot is best remembered for many of his later films, including The Wages of Fear and Diabolique, the French filmmaker's 1942 debut has gone largely unseen by Western audiences until now. The Murderer Lives at 21 (L'Assassin Habite au 21), based on the novel by Belgian author Stanislas-Andre... More »

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 »

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