Russell Crowe Set To Make Feature Directing Debut With THE WATER DIVINER

"Are you not entertained!?" He's won an Oscar for his acting, fronted a rock band, played Superman's dad and led the hunt for UFOs in Sydney (seriously). Now Russell Crowe, Renaissance Man, wants to add feature directing to his resume, according... More »

By Simon de Bruyn

V/H/S/2 To Go Direct To DVD In Australia

Oh, the irony. Roadshow Films has confirmed that the much-anticipated sequel to last year's horror anthology V/H/S won't have an Australian theatrical release, and will instead go straight to DVD.While this is a great shame for genre fans who were... More »

By Simon de Bruyn

Now On Blu-ray From Third Window: VULGARIA & FOR LOVE'S SAKE

Third Window Films continues to impress with their latest pair of Blu-ray releases, Pang Ho-Cheung's Vulgaria and Miike Takashi's For Love's Sake. The films could not be more different from one another, but both are amazing in their own ways.... More »

By J Hurtado

Climb Into the CRAWLSPACE Script

After snaking around the world and playing at a string of genre festivals, Justin Dix's sci-fi horror Crawlspace is coming to Melbourne for a hometown premiere extravaganza at the Astor Theatre on Sunday 7 July. In the lead up, Dix is... More »

By Simon de Bruyn

Revelation Perth Secures A FIELD IN ENGLAND Australian Premiere

Earlier this week Twitch reported that Wright, Pegg and Frost would be coming to Australia for the premiere of The World's End, specifically to the East Coast cities Melbourne and Sydney. After the story broke I checked on Twitter to... More »

By Simon de Bruyn

"I Am Siege Face" Declares ALAN PARTRIDGE: ALPHA PAPA In The Latest Trailer

Steve Coogan has appeared on our screens, both big and small, in many guises over the years, but absolutely nothing the comedian has created comes close to Alan Partridge - one-time chat show host, erstwhile radio broadcaster, perennial ABBA aficianado... More »

By James Marsh

Justin Dix's CRAWLSPACE To Premiere in Melbourne at The Astor Theatre, With Q&A

After screening at Sitges, Screamfest LA and a bunch of Australian festivals -- and helping director Justin Dix get the attention of Fox for his next film -- sci-fi thriller Crawlspace will finally have its hometown premiere at the glorious... More »

By Simon de Bruyn

Wright, Pegg, Frost To Visit The End Of The World For Australian Premiere Of THE WORLD'S END

Well this is awesome - the Australian premiere of the final film in the much loved 'Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy' The World's End will be in Melbourne and Mr Edgar Wright himself is attending! That's not all - he brings the... More »

By Kwenton Bellette

It's Organic Blood And Bone In The 100 BLOODY ACRES Trailer

Coming to cinemas and VOD in North America from June 28 is 100 Bloody Acres, the fantastic comedy horror debut from Colin and Cameron Cairnes. Like the Leyland brothers and Spierigs before them, the Cairnes brothers are carving out a... More »

By Simon de Bruyn

The GRABBERS Are Headed To US Shores! Grab A Pint And Watch The New Trailer!

Irish horror comedy Grabbers hits US shores on July 19th and local distributors IFC Midnight are doing things up right with an absolutely fantastic new poster - click the image in the gallery down below for a large version -... More »

By Todd Brown

The BBC Offers DOCTOR WHO To ...

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Rory Kinnear. You may have noticed him playing Tanner in Skyfall and Quantum Of Solace and you'll soon see him with Chris O'Dowd and Nick Frost in Cuban Fury, but you're about to hear his name... More »

By Todd Brown

Character Posters for THE WORLD'S END Reveal Designated Pubs

Having lived in North London for nearly three years, I feel as though I've gotten to know the world of Edgar Wright a little better (also it helps to live near the house that served as exterior to Spaced and... More »

By Shelagh M. Rowan-Legg

Well Go USA Picks Up MYSTERY ROAD For North America As Director Ivan Sen Prepares His Chinese Sci-fi LOVELAND

Ivan Sen's modern Western Mystery Road opened the Sydney Film Festival this week to early critical acclaim, and following the premiere came news that Well Go USA has picked up North American rights for an early 2014 release. Starring Aaron Pedersen,... More »

By Simon de Bruyn

St Kilda 2013 Awards: JOEY, EXPLOSIONS, TIDIEST TOWN 2002 Get Gongs

We've written about the SoundKilda awards already, and here are the results of the St Kilda Film Festival awards, which may sound similar but are a very different series of gongs given at the same festival to reward the 100... More »

By Simon de Bruyn

Sundance's TWO MOTHERS Becomes ADORATION, Because 'A' Titles Are More Visible In VOD Menus

Sundance 2013 adult drama Two Mothers (as it was titled then) has had an identity crisis since it was first announced as The Grandmothers before filming began. The Grandmothers is the title of the Doris Lessing novel the film is based... More »

By Simon de Bruyn

SoundKilda 2013 Awards: Darcy and Shanks Take Everything

It's nice to back a winner, and it's even nicer to back two. Last week at the SoundKilda music video competition as part of the 2013 St Kilda Film Festival, directors Darcy Prendergast and Michael Shanks -- whom Twitch has... More »

By Simon de Bruyn

DRONE Trailer Explores The Psychological Impact Of Armchair Killing

Remote warfare is a terrifying proposition. With death-dealing taking place at the press of a button in rooms far removed from the killing field it's no wonder filmmakers are starting to examine what happens when the human psyche is put... More »

By Simon de Bruyn

Watch The Increasingly Angry Morgan Brothers Tell You To Buy Australian

I'm loving this 100 Bloody Acres secondary marketing campaign. Directing brothers Colin and Cameron Cairnes have applied their considerable talents to putting together a series of fake ads that brilliantly parody the terrible Australian TV ads made by well-meaning but... More »

By Simon de Bruyn

Paranoid Procedural with UK's CLOSED CIRCUIT

There is something inherently ominous with the aesthetic of all those camera-feeds in security conscious Londontown. Furious 6's London setting failed to properly make use of them, but they seem to be at the heart of the matter for Jon Crowley's (Boy A, Intermission) mature... More »

By Kurt Halfyard

DocsBarcelona 2013 Awards Top Prize To THE ACT OF KILLING

Already feted in Berlin, Telluride and reviewed by Jason Gorber at TIFF for Twitch last year, The Act of Killing continues to impact on jury members and festival goers alike. This time, DocsBarcelona wrapped up five days of shenanigans by... More »

By Carwyn Jones

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Destroy All Monsters: Retire Superman

While the internet is tearing itself apart in its efforts to empirically determine whether Man of Steel "sucks" or "is awesome" - because such things are now apparently possible, given Superman Returns' near-unilateral, and intellectually disturbing, dismissal - I'd like to pause to make a gentler request: may we please... More »

Fifteen Unfilmable Novels And The Directors Who Should Try Anyway

Ah, the 'unfilmable' novel. Go back ten or fifteen years and it seems everyone had some sort of list of great novels that could never be brought to the screen. The limitations at the time were largely technical and in recent years those lists have dwindled with titles such as... More »

Jason Gorber's Cineruminations: On MAN OF STEEL, SuperJesus, and THIS IS THE END's Jewpocalypse

Back in 1933, while Hitler was ascending into power in Germany and diasporic Jews throughout the world looked on with concern, two high school students created one of the most indelible mythical heroes of the last century. Borrowing from the Nietzschean concept of the Übermensch, Joe Shuster and Jerry... More »

Twitchvision: Talking MAN OF STEEL and THIS IS THE END

This is the big week of Superman's return, with Zack Snyder's take on the caped saviour hitting our screens. While my opinion's kind of mixed on the film, there's still plenty to admire about it. I also discuss the overt Jesus imagery throughout, as expanded in a full cineruminations column... More »

70s Rewind: Bridges, Barbra, Bogdanovich, Brynner

Amazon's Prime Instant streaming service is not as well-established as Netflix and has far more modest offerings in off-beat and strange cinema. Still, since I temporarily dropped Netflix, I've been diving deeper into Amazon's catalog, and discovered a good number of films from my favorite movie decade. Here's a selection... More »