by Andrew Mack, May 17, 2012 8:03 AM
Eli Roth, director of Cabin Fever and Hostel, is returning to the director's chair after a lengthy hiatus spent producing and acting and such. Worldview Entertainment has signed on to produce and finance his new horror thriller The Green Inferno....
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by Andrew Mack, May 16, 2012 3:29 PM
I've run it by the rest of the guys that we should participate in 'Movember' next Fall. I think this trailer for the Hola Mexico Film Festival may just be the motivating tool I need to convince them that...
by Todd Brown, May 10, 2012 3:24 PM
With a director list that includes the likes of Benicio Del Toro, Gaspar Noe and Pablo Trapero, anthology drama 7 Days In Havana will be sure to draw major attention when it premieres in Cannes. A seven director project...
by Kurt Halfyard, May 7, 2012 11:14 AM
The 2012 edition of Fantasia will feature the inaugural addition of a Co-Production marketplace, called Frontières (not to be confused with the crazy genre-mash-up from Xavier Gens, but perhaps evoking the spirit of that film.) The very first thing that gets me excited...
by Todd Brown, April 30, 2012 3:57 PM
Venezuelan commercial director Hernan Jabes had best be prepared for a slew of comparisons to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Because his upcoming Rock, Paper, Scissors (Piedra, Papel o Tijera) looks to be precisely the sort of multi-stranded, grittily realistic drama...
by Jim Tudor, April 20, 2012 5:01 AM
If Bob Marley had only written "Three Little Birds" and "Redemption Song", in my book, he'd still be a worthy subject of a two-and-half hour documentary. I'm no reggae connoisseur, owning no Bob Marley albums, (I do own "The...
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by Peter Martin, April 19, 2012 2:26 PM
[Penumbra opens in limited release in the U.S. tomorrow and will also be available widely via various VOD platforms. Here's my review from Fantastic Fest last fall.] No movie is set unintentionally on the day of a solar eclipse,...
by Todd Brown, April 17, 2012 10:58 AM
Pablo Trapero's Carancho was quite simply one of the best films of its year, the Cannes selected dramatic thriller a slow burning exercise in moral decay. At the heart of Carancho was Ricardo Darin and his astounding performance as...
by J Hurtado, April 14, 2012 11:00 PM
Dallas IFF presents Alejandro Brugues' Juan of the Dead as part of their Dark Side of Film series. I reviewed the film at Fantastic Fest, and am revisiting that review on this occasion. It's a winner!There is certainly an argument...
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by J Hurtado, April 11, 2012 11:45 PM
The Dallas International Film Festival is mere days away, and I've been slacking in my duty to inform you all of the great films playing here in my city. Several of the films I've had the opportunity to see either...
