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Life Imitates Art In Korean Thriller KILLER TOON
Life imitating art is the central premise of upcoming Korean thriller Killer Toon, the story of a series of murders closely mimicking the works of a popular comic artist.Popular horror webcomic artist Ji-yoon finds life imitating her own work when... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Yamaguchi Gets Claustrophobic With ABDUCTEE
Best known as the yin to Takasguchi Tak's yang - the duo work together incredibly frequently - director Yamaguchi Yudai has built himself a very well earned reputation as one of the merriest of merry pranksters in the Japanese underground... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

US Trailer And Fresh Stills For Eron Sheean's ERRORS OF THE HUMAN BODY
With the US release of Eron Sheean's scientific thriller Errors Of The Human Body just around the corner a new US trailer has been released along with a handful of new stills. Best known as the writer of Xavier Gens'... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Hey, NYC! Wanna See TRANCE For Free?
Well of course you do. After all, it's a new movie from one mister Danny Boyle. So here's what's up: Twitch has Ten pairs of Run-Of-Engagment passes to give away to folks who live in the NYC area. All you... More »
  

Stellar First Trailer For Erik Matti's Hitman Thriller ON THE JOB
Twitch has a long history with Filipino director Erik Matti and his hitman thriller On The Job. Based on an actual scandal in which it came out that government officials, prison wardens and gangsters were collaborating to release prisoners on... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

First Trailer For Swedish Indie Thriller I AM MY OWN
Production of the Swedish indie crime drama I Am My Own (Jag Är Min Egen) is complete and the production team has cut the first trailer to begin enticing festival programmers, international sales agents and distributors to take an interest in writer/director Johan... More »
  

Dave Boyle Will Find The MAN FROM RENO
Dave Boyle is about to get dark. The American indie director has long been of interest here at Twitch, his quirky fare revolving around the culture clashes of Asian Americans and showcasing Boyle's love for Japanese culture. From Big Dreams... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Aksel Hennie Hits The Deep Water In First Trailer For PIONEER
Though we've been talking about Norwegian star Aksel Hennie for years here at Twitch, for many his first real exposure came through international hit Headhunters. So how do we greet the news that Hennie has reunited with the producers of... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

First Shots From RABIES Duo's BIG BAD WOLVES
It was just yesterday that Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado's sophomore feature Big Bad Wolves - the follow up to acclaimed Israeli horror Rabies - was announced as a world premiere at the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival. And today we... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

What's He Doing With That Pickaxe? First Art From Dante Lam's THAT DEMON WITHIN
Why, yes. That's Nick Cheung with a pickaxe. And given that it's Hong Kong action maestro Dante Lam who put it into Cheung's hands you can rest assured that it is almost certainly going to be put to very unpleasant... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Interview: Park Chan-Wook Talks STOKER
Park Chan-wook needs no introduction to any longtime Twitch reader or fan of 21st century Korean cinema. With Stoker, his first English-language film, it is very likely that his star will shine even brighter and higher for even more of... More »
  

Serpents And Sinners In Trailer For Mitchell Altieri's HOLY GHOST PEOPLE
William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor and the like had it right. When you take people somewhere off the beaten track and stoke a religious fervor in them, strange things can happen. You don't even need to go off the beaten track... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Gritty US Trailer For Ron Morales' GRACELAND
Twitch has been covering Ron Morales' Filipino thriller Graceland from the very beginning, premiering the first trailer for the film before its world premiere at Tribeca and subsequent festival appearances at Fantasia and Fantastic Fest, among others. And with the... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

English Subtitled Trailer For Arty Swedish Thriller CRESTFALLEN
Just this past week I was reading an article in The New Yorker - the lady has better taste in reading than I do - arguing that a core factor in the export of Scandinavian thrillers is their abundance of... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

First Teaser For Paranormal Crime Thriller THE GIFTED HANDS
In Kwon Ho-Young's upcoming crime thriller The Gifted Hands (사이코메트리), a detective seeks a psychometrist to help solve a case. What is this paranormal phenomena known as psychometry? According to Wikipedia, it is described as "a form of extra-sensory perception... More »
By Al Young   
  

Fear The Phone! Full Trailer For Dutch Thriller APP!
Dutch director Bobby Boermans is bowing to the inevitable. No, more than that, he's pushing things to an even greater extreme. You see, while others are waging the war against cell phones in movie theaters Boermans is going the other... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Sundance 2013 Review: THE EAST is a Decent Studio Pic with No Indie Spark
Zal Batmanglij has worked up quite a fan base since his debut feature Sound of My Voice premiered at Sundance in 2011. Though it was initially overshadowed by the big sale buzz of that year's other Brit Marling film... More »
  

Watch Choi Min-sik In Full Trailer For THE NEW WORLD
2013 will not see a finer cast assembled in Korea than director Park Hoon-jeong has gathered for upcoming crime drama The New World. How do I feel confident saying this of a film that releases in February, with most of... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Haunting First Trailer For Berlin And Slamdance Selected Thriller FYNBOS
Selected for both the Berlin and Slamdance film festivals following a world premiere in Durban, award winning commercial director Harry Patramanis has crafted a unique and haunting dramatic thriller with his debut feature, Fynbos.A real estate developer, on the brink... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Action-Packed Trailer For Korean Spy Thriller THE BERLIN FILE
[UPDATE:  Added second trailer containing character spotlight and two making-of video.]CJ Entertainment has released the trailer for Ryoo Seung-wan's spy thriller The Berlin File, promoting it as Korea's most anticipated action blockbuster of 2013.  From the director of Arahan and... More »
By Al Young   
  
 
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