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Jonathan King And Jason Stutter Comment On THE HOBBIT Deal.

With word coming down on the deal swung between the government of New Zealand to keep the production of The Hobbit - a deal that included increased financial subsidies and promised legislation to alter New Zealand labor law -... More >>

by Todd Brown, October 27, 2010 10:04 PM

Video Home Invasion Severin Psychomania Winner + Blu-ray Giveaway!

And the winner's of Severin Films Psychomania give away are...Laura DeLuca - Psychomania DVDVincent Vinas - Psychomania CDCongratulations! You guys should be hearing from us to confirm your details soon.I hope you didn't think that was all, though. Severin Films... More >>

by J Hurtado, October 27, 2010 8:28 PM

Things You Absolutely Need This Halloween To Be Considered Cool: S&MAN; ON BLURAY

Before you run out and get this for your Halloween party read carefully. This is strong, strong stuff. It's also one of the most thought provoking horror films I've seen in quite some time blurring the lines not so much... More >>

by Canfield, October 27, 2010 4:31 PM

Things You Absolutely Need This Halloween To Be Considered Cool: PSYCHO ON BLURAY

Tis the season to be Psycho or at least to make sure you get a viewing in. One of the most written about motion pictures in motion picture history finally arrives on Bluray and to call the image and sound it... More >>

by Canfield, October 27, 2010 4:08 PM

CONSIDER YOUR MIND BLOWN- We Have 3 Copies of the Alien Anthology Bluray Box Set to Give Away!

Heh-heh-heh.... Happy Halloween. Yes, you read that correctly. 3 count 'em 3 Box Sets of the new Alien Anthology to giveaway. Anyone can enter and all they have to do is.... 1. Send an email with this heading ALIEN ANTHOLOGY... More >>

by Canfield, October 27, 2010 3:20 PM

Things You Absolutely Need This Halloween To Be Considered Cool: ALIEN ANTHOLOGY BLURAY BOX SET

Box set of the year? Certainly a huge contender stateside. In terms of fan anticipation, supplemental material and overall improvement in the move from DVD to Bluray, this box set rules. I didn't bother with the egg packaging option but... More >>

by Canfield, October 27, 2010 3:02 PM

Tsui Hark Completes 3D Feature In Secret.

Tsui Hark is happy in this picture because he's fooled us all!On the heels of completing Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame - his best film in ages - Tsui set off to make the big... More >>

by Todd Brown, October 27, 2010 1:51 PM

Shed A Tear For The Shoddy US Trailer For Jalmari Helander's RARE EXPORTS

Good movie. BAD trailer. I give Oscilliscope Laboratories full marks for moving quickly and getting Jalmari Helander's Joe Dante inspired Christmas movie Rare Exports on to US screens on time for the holiday season. It's a smart move that... More >>

by Todd Brown, October 27, 2010 1:02 PM

India Has A BEASTMASTER To Call Its Own With RAAMA: THE SAVIOUR

If you feel like there has been a shortage of animal loving, loin cloth wearing, magic wielding heroes on screen lately then Hadi Ali Abrar has just the thing for you. And he's even throwing in a WWE wrestler... More >>

by Todd Brown, October 27, 2010 12:51 PM

AVATAR 2 & 3 Confirmed For Release In 2014 And 2015

Apparently fans waiting for James Cameron to finally make his long talked about Battle Angel Alita film are going to have to wait a while longer. After lots of rumblings it was confirmed this morning that James Cameron's next... More >>

by Todd Brown, October 27, 2010 12:13 PM

Nolan Says No To 3D, No To The Riddler, And Yes To A LOT Of Viagra Jokes.

Okay, kids, it's time to break out your very best superhero dirty jokes because in an interview at the LA Times Christopher Nolan has just revealed the title of his third Batman film to be The Dark Knight Rises.... More >>

by Todd Brown, October 27, 2010 12:00 PM

Twitch Top Kills: ZOMBIE STRIPPERS

She likes your tongue.... More >>

by Todd Brown, October 27, 2010 12:00 PM

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MONSTERS Review

Shoegazer science fiction. Lo-fi sc-fi. Minimalist alien invasion flick. A lot has been said about Gareth Edwards' Monsters in these here parts, including today's mondo two-part interview with the man himself. I'm not sure what I could add to the... More >>

by Ben Umstead, October 27, 2010 10:00 PM

Sexy Ninjas Pt 2. Pink Eiga's 'Ninja Pussy Cat'

In 16th century Japan, Kotaro the Ninja is murdered after discovering that the Shogun and his son - the heir apparent - are not related. Now it is up to Kotaro's ninja daughter, KAEDE, to avenge her father's death... More >>

by Andrew Mack, October 27, 2010 6:22 PM

SAIFF 2010: GANDU (THE LOSER) Review

For a country with one billion residents, it is sort of strange that the cinematic culture of India seems so homogeneous to the outside world. Bright and colorful musicals dominate the international community's view of Indian cinema. For the most... More >>

by J Hurtado, October 27, 2010 6:06 PM

Hacksaws, Flying Saucers, and Improv: Round 2 with MONSTERS Gareth Edwards

[Can't get enough of MONSTERS? Or maybe you don't have time to explore/enjoy Kurt's ultra-in-depth interview at the moment? Well, here's another option for you, a quick Q&A from Peter with our man of the hour, Gareth Edwards]Team Twitch has... More >>

by Peter Gutierrez, October 27, 2010 6:00 PM

Sexy Ninjas Pt 1. Pink Eiga's 'Sexy Timetrip Ninjas'

Yukimura Sanada,the lord of Sanada clan knew Toyotomi would be defeated by Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa. He consigned a secret encrypted scroll to the legendary Sasuke the Ninja. He is tasked with finding a hidden treasure that will reestablish his... More >>

by Andrew Mack, October 27, 2010 2:55 PM

OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL WRAP-UP - PART ONE

[Our thanks to Kier-La Janisse for the following.]Another Ottawa International Festival of Animation has wrapped, and a recent move to the vicinity has finally allowed me to attend the legendary event, the largest in Canada of its kind, and... More >>

by Todd Brown, October 27, 2010 11:29 AM

Allegories, Expectations and Effects: Round 1 with MONSTERS director Gareth Edwards

One of the more patient and subtle genre films to come along in some time, Gareth Edwards' directorial debut, Monsters, is a film with a title iconic and nebulous enough moniker to build a certain set of expectations like an... More >>

by Kurt Halfyard, October 27, 2010 10:06 AM

CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS 3D Review

This History Channel funded Werner Herzog's foray into 3D filmmaking is a pretty straightforward documentary. Only it's in 3D. It is a rightful companion piece to Encounters at the End of the World where he explored otherworldly beauty of the... More >>

by Dustin Chang, October 27, 2010 12:46 AM

Review: MADE IN SERBIA

How to approach Mladen Djordjevic's first film, a documentary on the Balkan porn industry, in the wake of the current crop of transgressive cinema coming out Serbia? It is cheap and shoddy and experimental - pretty much a on-the-job-training-ground for... More >>

by Kurt Halfyard, October 26, 2010 8:33 PM

SAIFF 2010: GANDU (ASSHOLE) Review

Bold, energetic and by turns both deliberately vulgar and sharply incisive, Kolkata based director Q is sure to turn heads with Gandu - a film that straddles a heretofore unnoticed line between Danny Boyle's Trainspotting and Gaspar Noe's Enter... More >>

by Todd Brown, October 26, 2010 1:50 PM

Blu-Ray Review: HOUSE

Janus Films' aggressive booking and marketing of Nobuhiko Obayashi's psychedelic art-horror film House (Hausu) has quickly turned a heavily-bootlegged Japanese obscurity into a North American pop culture phenomenon. So much has been written about House in recent years that one might get the impression... More >>

by Rodney Perkins, October 26, 2010 7:00 AM

SAIFF 2010: THE IMAGE THREADS (CHITRA SUTRAM) Review:

What better country to make a film about the internet age than India, the largest IT labor exporting country? This serene, visual contemplation on the nature of the virtual world and finding one's identity in it starts with an ironic... More >>

by Dustin Chang, October 25, 2010 10:43 PM

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Shu Qi is ready for her extreme close-up, Mr. deMille!

by Ard Vijn, October 24, 2010 2:19 AM

Some will say she's one of the most beautiful women in the world, some will say she looks like an alien salamander. Either way her looks are stunning. Me, I fall more into the first camp while, granted, the part in me which agrees with the second camp only makes her all the more fascinating. Hearing her name attached to...

Huh? Never knew we had a forum as well?!!

by Ard Vijn, September 28, 2010 10:36 AM

(Twitch has a secret backyard...) The operational side of the Twitchfilm website tends to be a bit anarchic. On a technical level everything is of course well kept so we we keep on being fully functional on-line with precious little downtime. But on an editorial level all of our writers have pretty much an almost total freedom concerning which subjects...

Milla Jovovich is ready for her extreme close-up, Mr. deMille!

by Ard Vijn, September 15, 2010 10:58 AM

When "The Fifth Element" was released back in 1997 I saw it 7 times in the cinema, which is still my personal record. I love the film, warts and all. There is a full perfect hour in it. From just after the flashback in Egypt till Leeloo and Dallas leave the airport, "The Fifth Element" is a rollercoaster full of...

Interviews

Hacksaws, Flying Saucers, and Improv: Round 2 with MONSTERS Gareth Edwards

by Peter Gutierrez, October 27, 2010 6:00 PM

Allegories, Expectations and Effects: Round 1 with MONSTERS director Gareth Edwards

by Kurt Halfyard, October 27, 2010 10:06 AM

BERLIN & BEYOND 2010: Interview With Festival Director Sophoan Sorn

by Michael Guillen, October 19, 2010 3:37 PM

Sophoan Sorn is a Cambodia-born, American multi-faceted artist and film festival programmer. A miracle child, he was born in 1985, two weeks after his mother's water broke, in a refugee camp on the border of Cambodia. He arrived in the United States of America... More >>