by Hugo Ozman, February 3, 2012 5:34 AM
Director Jafar Panahi is a key figure in Iranian cinema, having made some amazing films during his career like THE WHITE BALLOON and THE CIRCLE. Sadly he was banned from making films for 20 years and placed under house arrest...
by Jim Tudor, February 3, 2012 4:01 AM
Presentation. Texture. Overall homogeneous. These are some of the immediate hallmarks of truly high-end cooking. Before the dish is even tasted, these factors are already in play. In the new German documentary "El Bulli: Cooking in Progress", renowned Spanish...
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by J Hurtado, February 2, 2012 11:05 PM
Project Nim, the latest film from Man on Wire director, James Marsh (no relation), was the benefactor of a fortuitous set of release circumstances. Marsh's film deals with a behavioral experiment performed on a chimpanzee to determine if these primates...
by Todd Brown, February 1, 2012 4:00 PM
Though you may not know his name there is a fighting chance that you have seen the work of artist Wayne White. In fact, if you've ever seen Pee-Wee's Playhouse that's a certainty. A multi-talented artist White is the...
by Ryland Aldrich, January 30, 2012 4:00 PM
When LCD Soundsystem front man James Murphy announced he was closing up shop on the band he founded, filmmakers Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern had to know why. They approached Murphy with the idea of making a movie about...
by J Hurtado, January 29, 2012 9:28 PM
When Intervision Picture Corp announced their first releases back in the fall of 2010, these two titles were on the list. They opened with a couple of minor Jess Franco films, and among the initial slate of DVDs, this double...
by J Hurtado, January 23, 2012 10:45 PM
I had no idea what to expect when I received Shut Up Little Man! in the mail. I'd heard that it was good, but I didn't bother seeking out any other information on the film. It was a film that...
by Al Young, January 18, 2012 3:13 PM
Martial arts legend Bruce Lee has been the subject of many documentaries before, yet the world can't get enough of the man. Even after over three decades since his death, his spirit and inspiration continues to burn fiercely to this...
by Simon de Bruyn, January 17, 2012 10:53 AM
We posted the cut-from-real-life short drama Cicada a fortnight ago, and now we have the teaser trailer for Amiel Courtin-Wilson's feature follow up, simply titled Hail. Hail is the evolved beast-cousin of Cicada, and is another docu-drama based on the real life...
by Al Young, January 13, 2012 2:38 PM
Stan "The Man" Lee. You may have heard of the guy. Who is he? Well, he's only the co-creator of Marvel's Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, and the Fantastic Four - iconic characters that revolutionize the superhero...