Brace Yourself For The Teaser Of THE ESOTERIC BIRTHDAY!
One of the great things about animation is that it allows for nearly unbounded creativity and diversity. Here at Twitch, we often wonder why so many mainstream animated films apparently have to look so similar to each other, given that... More »
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Now on Blu-ray: In STARLET, A Bittersweet Friendship Between Women Spans Generations
The low-budget indie drama Starlet, beautifully shot by Radium Cheung, sensitively directed and edited by Sean Baker (the documentaries Prince of Broadway and Take Out), and performed with sparkling confusion by Dree Hemingway and genuine warmth by Besedka Johnson, follows... More »
  

Will Schwarzenegger Prove Non-Toxic In THE TOXIC AVENGER Remake?
Yes, you read that right. A remake of Troma's 1984 cult hit The Toxic Avenger is in the works, and according to Variety, Arnold Schwarzenegger is in talks to star. For those thinking Arnie would be either atrocious (or perfect)... More »
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DVD Review: HAIL Experiments, Causes Headaches
Hail is not a pleasant film - it is in fact alienating and dismisses the concept of an audience as the film is clearly not made for them. It immerses you into a mire of ugly imagery aided by scattershot... More »
  

Indie Beat: What We Talk About When We Talk About Independent Cinema
(Zoe Kazan recovers from a stressful moment in Bradley Rust Gray's 2009 film "The Exploding Girl")My mindset in talking and writing about film has always stemmed from an inner dialog which goes something like this: "Well if I were out... More »
  

Kitamura Ryuhei Talks NO ONE LIVES, VERSUS 2 And Sakaguchi's 'Bullshit' Retirement
Japanese director Kitamura Ryuhei has been a favorite here at Twitch since the day he first broke on to the international scene with 2000 effort Versus. And with his latest English language effort - No One Lives - about to... More »
  

Twitchvision: Talking THE GREAT GATSBY, BLACKBIRD and ROOM 237
Scott's back in the anchor chair, and we're talking this week about Baz's much maligned Gatsby (hint: I didn't hate it!), along with indie film Blackbird and the mind-boggling insanity that is Room 237.Check out video embedded below!... More »
  

Tribeca 2013 Review: Does MR. JONES Take Found Footage Horror To A New Dimension?
"Scott is a filmmaker in need of inspiration..." in a film whose very genre is in need of inspiration: found footage horror. The TFF festival guide bills Mr. Jones' writer/director, Karl Mueller, as someone who has "taken the found footage... More »
  

A Heroic Misfit: Filmmaker Trent Harris Talks Hollywood, Sean Penn, Mitt Romney, and Much More
When I heard that Trent Harris, one of America's premier cult directors, of such films as Rubin and Ed, Plan 10 from Outer Space and The Beaver Trilogy would be in New York for his traveling mini-retro, I couldn't help... More »
  

Eureka Acquires COMPUTER CHESS for Masters of Cinema
Eureka Entertainment has announced its acquisition of Computer Chess, the award-winning new comedy from Andrew Bujalski (Beeswax, Funny Ha Ha). The distributor will oversee a UK & Eire theatrical run of the film later this year, following a "major UK... More »
  

Review: I DECLARE WAR Goes To Battle With Boys And Bullying
One weekend day a number of the nerdier kids from the local middle school gather their sticks and twine and balloons filled with red dye, and head into the local woods to play capture-the-flag. Oh, those tweens today with their... More »
  

Review: WHITE FROG Cries Out For Love, Tolerance, Tenderness
Everyone grieves in their own way and in their own time. White Frog establishes a happy family before promptly destroying it. Promising and popular high school senior Chaz Young (Harry Shum Jr.) dies unexpectedly. His mother (Joan Chen) goes to... More »
  

LA Happenings: Czech Films, Experimental Shorts From Slamdance And... GALAXY QUEST!
I am probably flattering myself a little too much in thinking that there is an eagle-eyed reader or two who noticed that this East Coast Editor no longer resides on the east coast. Yes, as you can see from the... More »
  

Buy A Trap. Kill A Cub.
What do you mean you don't think 'Belgium' when you think 'horror'? Okay, fine, the nation known best for its monastic beer has never been much of a player in the horror scene but director Jonas Govaerts is looking to... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Review: AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR Needs A Commercial Break
Still lean and handsome in his 50s, Bruce Greenwood has proven to be an incredibly versatile actor over a career that stretches back to the late 1970s. In many of his roles, Greenwood has exuded great intelligence, whether he's playing... More »
  

Review: HE'S WAY MORE FAMOUS THAN YOU Is Excessive, Obnoxious And Hilarious
He's Way More Famous Than You is a zany bit of fame-whore lambasting, with co-writer and star Halley Feiffer fearlessly taking aim at just about everything under the Hollywood/celebrity sun, most notably herself, and more importantly her appearance in "Noah... More »
  

Review: NO ONE LIVES Takes On A Certain Kind Of Lunatic Charm
What new stalk and slash move No One Lives does well: It gives Versus and Midnight Meat Train director Kitamura Ryuhei ample room to stage and execute a series of elaborate and gory kills. What it does poorly: Everything else.... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Brooklyn Film Festival Reveals Their 2013 Line Up
It was just yesterday that I was extolling the pluses of watching movies in a place like Brooklyn, what with the fifth Annual BAMcinemaFest happening there in June. Well Today, and not to be out done (because no one is... More »
  

Hot Docs 2013 Review: 12 O'CLOCK BOYS Is A Hell Of A Ride
It's no surprise to long term readers of my reviews that I'm kind of enamoured with David Simon's Baltimore. From Homicide: Life On The Streets, through The Corner and of course The Wire (still perhaps the best programme that has... More »
  

Second Shot From Wheatley's A FIELD IN ENGLAND Heralds Unique Release Strategy
You don't have to look remarkably hard to find a cadre of loyal fans who would have you believe that Ben Wheatley - director of Sightseers and Kill List - is the future of British filmmaking. The man has built... More »
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