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THE SIMILARS (LOS PARECIDOS): Check Out This Gorgeous Poster For Isaac Ezban's Sci-fi Thriller

Isaac Ezban's sci-fi thriller, The Similars (Los Paracidos), will have its world premiere at Fantastic Fest on September 25th, before it moves on to Sitges in early October. Today, our friends at the Morbido Film Festival unveiled this stunning poster... More »
By Andrew Mack   
  

Aruba International Film Fest Announces 2015 Lineup
Anyone ready for a little fun in the sun with some great movies as well? If so the Aruba International Film Fest might be right up your alley. Taking place October 7-11, 2015, the AIFF lineup is no slouch. Highlights... More »
By Ryland Aldrich   
  

Toronto 2015 Review: THE WAVE Delivers Large Scale Spectacle
Since first appearing on the scene with Cold Prey in 2006, Norwegian director Roar Uthaug - not pronounced how it looks to English speakers but an awesome name, nonetheless - has earned himself quite a reputation thanks to his ability... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Toronto 2015: PORTAL TO HELL!!! A Taste of Greatness That Should Have Been
Jack would like to read his book in peace. The trouble is, he is the superintendent of a low-rent building with inhabitants that require too much of his time. Toilets get clogged. Bulbs burn out. Toasters no longer toast. Then... More »
By Andrew Mack   
  

Fantastic Fest 2015 Exclusive: DER BUNKER U.S. Trailer And Poster Bring The Weirdness
Fantastic Fest 2015 is nearly upon us, and so begins the flood of amazing oddities into the world of film fanatics. Among the oddest we've yet seen is the eccentric German export Der Bunker. TwitchFilm is proud to bring you the... More »
By J Hurtado   
  

Toronto 2015 Review: THE CLAN Is Technically Impressive But Emotionally Distant
It should be noted right from the outset that Pablo Trapero's latest, The Clan, both is and is not exactly what you expect it might be. The true story of a notorious kidnapping ring active in Buenos Aires throughout the... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Toronto 2015 Review: SOUTHBOUND Delivers Equal Parts Serling And Splatter
A lonely stretch of highway through the middle of nowhere provides ample fodder for the directors of Southbound, a new anthology project that reunites much of the creative team behind previous anthology hit VHS with a similarly high quality result.... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

FRANCESCA: Poster For Argentinian Giallo Harkens Back To The Old Days
When you make a film that is a shout out to a bygone era of genre filmmaking you are going to make sure that your cross your t's and stab your eyes. No detail can be missed and that also... More »
By Andrew Mack   
  

Exclusive Clip From THE MESSENGER: Talking To Dead People Is Not What It's Cracked Up To Be
My! Conversations between the living and the head are rarely as haunting as the one featured in our exclusive clip from The Messenger. The supernatural horror film stars Robert Sheehan, who has been very impressive as the lead in upbeat,... More »
By Peter Martin   
  

Review: MAZE RUNNER: SCORCH TRIALS Leads to Zombies And War
The messages and metaphors of young adult fiction might be blunt enough to leave a mark as they hit you over the head, but the teen target audience doesn't seem to mind. Perhaps that's because the messages and metaphors, true... More »
By Jim Tudor   
  

Exclusive Clip From ROAD HARD: Adam Carolla Tries To Check Out
Adam Carolla first entered my consciousness when he served as co-host of the MTV talk show Loveline which dispensed wit and wisdom to America's youth in the late 1990s. Since then, he's done a lot of shows in which he's... More »
By Peter Martin   
  

Toronto 2015 Review: COLLECTIVE INVENTION Asks The Right Questions, But Has None Of The Answers
Wrapping a raft of social issues plaguing modern Korean society into a simple allegory, Collective Invention, a quirky new comedy-drama with dashes of the same humor found in Bong Joon-ho's work, is a succinct but relatively straightforward affair. The setting... More »
By Pierce Conran   
  

Celebrate 30 Years Of Glass Eye Pix And Larry Fessenden This October
Coming up next month Glass Eye Pix, run by the man of many hats, Larry Fessenden, is celebrating thirty years in independent horror and genre filmmaking and more. Fessenden and his company have brought us so many cinematic delights over the years and... More »
By Andrew Mack   
  

Review: SICARIO, A Marvelous, Stunning Hybrid
In white writing on a black screen, we're taught that Sicario was the name given to Hebrew Zealots (the name means "dagger men") who fought to expel the Romans in Judea. Now the name is used in Mexico to refer... More »
By Jason Gorber   
  

Watch Man-Bears On The Hunt In New Clip For Lu Chuan's CHRONICLES OF THE GHOSTLY TRIBE
It was reported earlier that director Lu Chuan (City of Life and Death) was venturing into Hollywood-esque effects with his next project and we expected him to deliver something visually spectacular.  Well, it seems this is certainly the case as... More »
By Al Young   
  

Toronto 2015 Review: EQUALS, A Romantic LOGAN'S RUN For Millennials
In the future envisioned in Equals, it is as if Jony Ive ended debates on industrial design and all we are left with is Apple monoculture. Everything is white and smooth surfaced. The architecture is soothingly clean concrete. The film opens with... More »
By Kurt Halfyard   
  

Toronto 2015 Review: Sono's WHISPERING STAR Is A Hushed-Tone Oddity, Even By Sono's Standards
In a career positively littered with oddball entries, Sono Sion's The Whispering Star may very well prove to be the most oddball, the most niche entry in the director's lengthy canon. And, surprisingly, this is because he chooses the path... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Review: Johnnie To's OFFICE, Too Much Like Real Work
In a wild change of pace, Hong Kong director Johnnie To delivers an all-singing, occasionally-dancing adaptation of Sylvia Chang's successful stage play, Design for Living. While the script has undergone numerous changes along the way, and boasts brand new musical numbers... More »
By James Marsh   
  

Toronto 2015: THE MIND'S EYE: Watch This Clip From Midnight Madness Entry
Leading up to its world premiere at TIFF last night in the Midnight Madness program, EW dropped a clip from Joe Begos' The Mind's Eye. Already a seasoned veteran of the Midnight Madness stage from 2013 and his debut feature film... More »
By Andrew Mack   
  

Toronto 2015 Review: THE ENDLESS RIVER, A Gorgeously Rendered But Emotionally Distant Portrait Of Loss
South African festival darling Oliver Hermanus continues his remarkable run of international acclaim with his third effort, The Endless River. Selected in competition in Venice before coming here to Toronto Hermanus delivers a thematically challenging and gorgeously rendered yet emotionally... More »
By Todd Brown   
  
 
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