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Watch A Pair Of Clips From Jarmusch's ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE

Are you ready for a little vampire action, Jim Jarmusch style? The iconoclastic indie director heads to Cannes with his Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston starring vampire picture Only Lovers Left Alive and while plot information remains relatively scarce a... More »

By Todd Brown

Jarmusch's ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE Added To Cannes Competition

Only Lovers Left Alive - the Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston starring vampire picture from inconoclastic indie director Jim Jarmusch - has been announced as a late addition to the competition lineup at the Cannes Film Festival. Jarmusch was last... More »

By Todd Brown

SNOWPIERCER Character Posters Reveal Post-Apocalyptic Malaise

Not along ago we had our first glimpse SNOWPIERCER's characters through a set of new stills and now we have been given another taste thanks to some fresh character posters for Bong Joon-ho's post-apocalyptic blockbuster. No new information is revealed... More »

By Pierce Conran

First Poster For SNOWPIERCER Rolls In

Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer has just revealed its first poster, which offers a teasing glance of the highly-anticipated pic. The film focuses on a train that never stops, as it makes its way through a futuristic world that is in the... More »

By Pierce Conran

First Look At Swinton And Hiddleston In Jarmusch's ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE

With the European Film Market just around the corner, international sales agents Hanway Films have released the first still from Jim Jarmusch's upcoming vampire film Only Lovers Left Alive. All involved have been playing remarkably coy with details thus far... More »

By Todd Brown

First Shot From Bong's SNOWPIERCER

The world has plunged into a new iceage, the last survivors are loaded on to a train headed nowhere, and Song Kang-ho is stuck in coach. That's the message behind the first official still from Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer.Adapted from a... More »

By Todd Brown

Concept Art For Bong Joon-ho's SNOWPIERCER Reveals Icy Wasteland

Another piece of concept art has been posted for Bong Joon-ho's highly anticipated sci-fi thriller Snowpiercer via Naver. It contains images of the snow-covered land in the futuristic Ice Age and a bath spa within the train. In addition, the... More »

By Al Young

Listen To A Track From Bong Joon-ho's SNOWPIERCER Soundtrack, Plus Concept Art

All aboard! Coinciding with the 2013 new year is the launch of the official site for Bong Joon-ho's sci-fi thriller Snowpiercer, allowing Korean moviegoers to reserve tickets in advance and attend the premiere of the highly anticipated event. Within the... More »

By Al Young

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Learning from the Masters of Cinema: Henri-Georges Clouzot's THE MURDERER LIVES AT 21

While Henri-Georges Clouzot is best remembered for many of his later films, including The Wages of Fear and Diabolique, the French filmmaker's 1942 debut has gone largely unseen by Western audiences until now. The Murderer Lives at 21 (L'Assassin Habite au 21), based on the novel by Belgian author Stanislas-Andre... More »

China Beat: What did China See in IRON MAN 3?

Much has already been written, both on these pages and many others, about the landmark Hollywood-China co-production that is Marvel and DMG Entertainment's Iron Man 3. The film, directed by Shane Black, is the third solo outing for Robert Downey Jr's Tony Stark, and has proved a phenomenal success around... More »

FEAR & LOATHING AT CANNES, PART 2: I'M IN LOVE WITH EVERYBODY'S GIRL

CHAPTER 4: THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANNA KARINA AND BUTT PLUGSI'm sitting outside at a small Café that my editor told me to meet him at. I'm a 10 minute walk from the Marche Du Film convention hall and I'm still waiting for my editor to arrive so he take guide... More »

CINEMA HOLOCAUST ON THE FRENCH RIVIERA, PART 1: THOSE GOD DAMN FILM BLOGGERS

MIKE'S JOURNAL. MAY 13. MORNINGI wake up sometime around five AM. My flight to France doesn't leave until five PM. I should be there for security check in sometime around 3PM. There is no reason for me to be up this early but I'm feeling anxious. I have an itch... More »

FEAR & LOATHING AT CANNES, PART 1: A MAN'S HANDSHAKE SAYS EVERYTHING

CHAPTER ONE: THE BIGGER THE SIDEBURNS, THE BIGGER THE ASSHOLE. I've hit the big time now. I've finally made it. I'm in like Flint from here on out. I'm boarding a plane to France where I'll be attending the Cannes Film Festival for the first time.No more unpaid blogging from... More »