by J Hurtado, January 27, 2012 2:35 AM
My hopes were extremely high heading into tonight's opening of Karan Malhotra's debut feature, Agneepath. After seeing the first teaser for the film last fall, it immediately shot to the very top of my Bollywood-blockbusters-to-see list. The challenge with films,...
by Chase Whale, January 26, 2012 3:03 PM
Young and in love, married couple Kate and Charlie Hannah like to get smashed. Like GG-Allin-meeting-your-Christian-parents smashed, someone is going to vomit and piss themselves at some point in the night. They spend their days in bars getting drunk and...
by Andrew Mack, January 26, 2012 11:39 AM
Leader of the Japanese theatrical troupe The Shampoo Hat, Akahori Masaaki, will be adapting his own stage play Sono Yoru no Samurai for the big screen. Sakai Masato [Golden Slumber and Sukiyaki Western Django] and Yamada Takayuki [Crows Zero, Gantz...
by J Hurtado, January 26, 2012 9:05 AM
2011 was a banner year for Vittorio De Sica fans. Kino International released four Blu-rays of his '60s work and Arrow Academy released Bicycle Thieves on Blu-ray and Il Generale Della Rovere & The Garden of the Finzi-Continis on DVD,...
by Todd Brown, January 25, 2012 2:06 PM
For those who have followed Japanese film for any length of time Jason Gray's name is a familiar one. Gray has long covered the Japanese industry for the trade papers in addition to work translating subtitles for Japanese film...
by Todd Brown, January 25, 2012 11:27 AM
While the cinema world mourns the passing of director Theo Angelopoulos - killed when struck by a motorcycle yesterday - the news is balanced some by the fact that Greek cinema is in better, albeit weirder, shape than it...
by James Dennis, January 24, 2012 4:49 PM
As January drags to a close, what better way to blast out those winter blues than with the cracking sci-fi romance, Perfect Sense. What's that? Still waiting for a post-Christmas pay day? Well, fear not Twitchers, because to celebrate the DVD release...
by J Hurtado, January 24, 2012 12:40 PM
I hope you're sitting down...Eureka's Masters of Cinema Series has announced their second quarter slate and it is a corker! I don't think I have much commentary to add, but I will post the press release and released cover art...
by Simon de Bruyn, January 24, 2012 12:19 PM
Every so often an Australian actor makes the leap into directing (with various degrees of success) by joining the overpopulated Australian short film circuit. Some recent examples that spring to mind are Damien Walshe-Howling, Damon Gameau, Angus Sampson and Matilda Brown. Now we have...
by Canfield, January 24, 2012 10:59 AM
Fans of HBO and good TV in general, had ample reason to think that Boardwalk Empire was going to be great and Season One was a major reward of that trust. The show manages to do what many great recent...
