Review: THE CHILD FROM MARACAIBO, Life, Death, Noir, And The Fantastic
The Child from Maracaibo is Miguel Curiel's second film. His previous movie, Una Noche Oriental was released more than 25 years ago (!), so I will treat this one as his real 'first film.' Watching it, I couldn't stop thinking... More »
  

Watch The Trailer For Jodorowsky's LA DANZA DE LA REALIDAD
An old master makes his long awaited return to the big screen with La Danza de la Realidad, and while it must be said that CGI visual effects and digital photography are not particularly Alejandro Jodorowsky's friends long time fans... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

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 »
By Ard Vijn   
  

The SHE WOLF Prowls Argentina
The She Wolf (Mujer Lobo) is prowling the streets of Buenos AIres - or, more accurately, it's bars and nightclubs - looking for prey in the third feature from Tamae Garategu. The film tracks a sexual predator preying upon lonely... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Watch The Teaser For Sofia Carrillo's Gorgeous Stop Motion Short THE SAD HOUSE (LA CASA TRISTE)
Sofia Carrillo is a great favorite here at Twitch, the Guadalajara based animator turning out consistently stunning stop motion gems.The level of craftsmanship is always truly remarkable with Carrillo and while that necessitates a bit of a gap between projects... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Hey NYC! Experience THE NIGHT OF THE CHIHUAHUA For Free At The Friar's Club Comedy Film Festival!
Hey, New York! The Friar's Club Comedy Film Festival kicks off next week and while I sincerely have no idea whether or not there is a full moon in store I am quite certain that if there is it will... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Sympathy For Mr. Zombie: Here's The International Trailer For HALLEY
I guarantee you won't find another trailer or film that takes to the idea of the zombie with such a sympathetic and existential gaze as you will with Sebastián Hofmann's Halley. Our very own Ard Vijn had this to say... More »
  

Children Are So Scary, Claims New COME OUT AND PLAY Trailer
Remaking a classic horror movie, even when it's little-known among the general populace, is always a dicey proposition, simply because people who love the original really, really love the original, and woe betide the filmmaker who doesn't make good choices... More »
  

Full Trailer For Argentinian Hitwoman Film MALA (EVIL WOMAN)
Back in December we came across the first teaser for Mala (Evil Woman), a violent hitwoman affair from director Israel Adrian Caetano. And with the film hitting Argentinean screens on Valentine's Day that first tease has now been followed by... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Watch The First Trailer For Mexicali Action KISS OF VENGEANCE
Atrocious director Fernando Barreda Luna has something very different in mind for his next film. No more bumps in the night or shaky point of view camera here. No, instead he is cooking up a violent and stylish tale of... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

And Now For Your Christmas Counter-Programming: New DJANGO UNCHAINED And AFTERSHOCK Trailers
Ah, Christmas. A time of peace and love and earthquakes and slavery and bad club music. Yes, while - being male - we spent our weekend wrapping up the last minute shopping a pair of remarkably not-Christmasy trailers arrived online.First,... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Review: ON THE ROAD Hits the Right Beats
The idea of adapting a novel as precious to the American psyche as On the Road would be terribly ambitious, even without the narrative complications of Jack Kerouac's famously stream-of-consciousness storytelling style. Ask Francis Ford Coppola. He has been working... More »
  

Celebrate Valentine's Day With A Crossbow And Argentinian Hitwoman Thriller MALA
See that woman with the crossbow? She'll be lining up the shot with Argentinian audiences on Valentine's Day when Adrian Caetano's hitwoman thriller Mala hits the big screen.  Natalia Oreiro plays Rosario, a killer who specializes in taking out pimps,... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

NO, Don't Watch This Trailer, Unless ...
Pablo Lorrain's NO stars Gael Garcia Bernal as a Chilean ad man who takes a turn into politics. The new trailer for its upcoming U.S. theatrical release sets up the premise and the historical period, then unleashes a torrent of... More »
  

By The Time You Say It, She's Shot Yours Off. First BRING ME THE HEAD OF THE MACHINE GUN WOMAN Trailer!
Ernesto Diaz Espinoza's Machine Gun Woman arrived at Fantastic Fest with her guns blazing, prompting our own Ryland Aldrich to proclaim the latest from the director of Mandrill and Mirageman a dose of "wildly sexy violence". A should you be... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Things Look Grim In Dark Border Drama LA VIDA PRECOZ Y BREV DE SABINA RIVAS
Though there is much, much more to Mexico than Narco gangs and border issues there's also no denying that those two issues loom large over everyday life in some territories. And director Luis Mandoki looks to be wading right into... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

DAEMONIUM Chapter Two Arrives Friday, Watch A Trailer Now
Director Pablo Pares has long been a favorite on the Latin American genre circuit, his Plaga Zombie, 100% Lucha and Zona Mutante winning fans with their scrappy energy and infectious love for the genre. And while Pares latest effort, Daemonium,... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

MALDITOS SEAN Director Visits THE CORPORATION
Argentinian director Fabian Forte turned heads on the international genre fest circuit last year with his feature film Malditos Sean (Cursed Bastards) and he's gearing up to do so again with his new effort La Corporacion (The Corporation). An ultra... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Mexico's HALLEY Brings The Undead To The Arthouse
Freshly announced as a selection at Sundance, Sebastian Hofmann's Halley looks to be the most unusual sort of undead film: One that dares enter the arthouse.Alberto is dead and can no longer hide it. Make-up and perfume can no longer... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Música y Mórbido es muy bueno!!!
(Yes. Morbido 2012 drew to a close over a week ago but for this separate post I had to wait for one of the musical artists to return from a quick tour)Normally we would not focus so much on... More »
  
 
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