As we welcome in the Year of the Dragon, China's vast workforce is still celebrating, making the most of their time off to visit relatives in the far-flung provinces. As a result, the country won't be kicking back into gear until next week and the box office results for the weeklong holiday have yet to be released. Here in Hong...
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It has indeed been nearly 40 years since the release of the British cult film about cults: The Wicker Man. Director Robin Hardy has a fairly sparse resume in the ensuing years, only a single film, and a single TV show in the 1980s. But the legacy of The Wicker Man is a lasting one. After the publication of...
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Prime Minister David Cameron struck fear into the hearts of British Indie filmmakers and exhibitors in Britain last week when he announced, in anticipation of an exhaustive official report on the future and current state of the British film industry, that the UK should become more "dynamic and entrepreneurial" and make "commercially successful pictures that rival the quality and...
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While the majority of Bildstorung's catalog focuses on the European arthouse cinema of the past, there is a growing portion of their acquisitions that are moving far from their German home. The company has licenses for films from as far away as Australia, the US, and India in an attempt to get wider recognition for these under-seen and under-appreciated pieces....
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Today is the big day! At last, the Sundance Film Festival kicks off this evening in an increasingly snowy Park City. Twitch has boots on the icy ground, ready to brave the cold and tell you everything there is to know about all the buzz-worthy titles you'll see rolling out over the next year to screens big and small....
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While I hold the franchise in great esteem as a whole, I certainly don't think the first movie is a great horror movie and I think there's some intere...
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I bet you they tie this into the whole beowulf viking thing somehow
Hmm, there is a beowulf film shooting in iceland right now, Beowulf & Grendel. Are we to get a revival of things Norse?