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BMW Films' THE HIRE Gets A New Chapter With Clive Owen
Back in 2001, automaker BMW spent a fair bit of money to hire A-list directors to write, produce and shoot a series of short films that had only one stipulation: Clive Owen had to drive a BMW in them at...
Toronto 2016 Review: NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Rends With Savage Grace
If you are an honorable cinephile, right from the opening credit sequence of Nocturnal Animals, you will know you are in good hands. Hyper-glossy and daringly uncommercial in the same breath, it puts some fine Lynchian bonafides on the table...
HEADSHOT: Which Territories Have The Action Flick And Global VOD Launch
Important information for anyone looking forward to the Mo Brothers' action epic Headshot. Deadline has broken news about which territories have acquired the rights for the Indonesian flick which had its World Premiere in TIFF's Midnight Madness program last weekend. ...
BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99: New Flick From BONE TOMAHAWK's S. Craig Zahler Begins Production
Exciting news for fans of S. Craig Zahler and his breakout debut film Bone Tomahawk. Zahler is back to work on his next film Brawl in Cell Block 99 and production has begun in New York. The production has also...
PASSENGERS Trailer: Sony's Sci-Fi Bet Looks Promising
Passengers, Sony's new science fiction epic and their big Christmas bet, has had something of a long legacy. Starting life as a Blacklist script by Jon Spaihts (Prometheus), the film was originally set to star Keanu Reeves and Reese Witherspoon before...
Watch LOOKOUTS, A Highly Impressive Fantasy Short
Inspired by the work of Jim Henson and featuring what appears to be all in-camera creature and visual FX, Lookouts is an impressive fantasy short from new director David Bousquet. Certainly it rivals anything we've seen from recent big budget fantasy...
Fantastic Fest 2016 Preview: DISHOOM REIGNS! 6 Reasons to Set Your Sights on the Indian Sidebar
The theme of this year's Fantastic Fest is Dishoom Reigns, the wild and wonderful world of Indian genre cinema, so it should be no surprise to our regular readers that I am crazy excited for this event. For those...
WILD OATS: MacLaine And Lange in Golden Years Road Trip Comedy, Out on October 4th
A quick service announcement to all you fans of Hollywood royalty the likes of Shirley MacLaine and Jessica Lange. Their latest film, Wild Oats, will be released on DVD, Digital HD and on Demand by Anchor Bay Entertainment on October...
L'Etrange 2016: Frank Henenlotter Discusses BASKET CASE And A Career In Exploitation
Through the ten year period between 1982 and 1992, Frank Henenlotter put his own stamp on the exploitation movie with a slew of twisted creations. Revelling in a world of freaks, gore and gratuitous nudity, Henenlotter crafted a midnight movie...
Have Your Say: What's Your Guilty Pleasure Anime?
Recently, I saw the first two episodes of the Cat Planet Cuties anime series, and noticed to my surprise that I was having a rather swell time with it. Its story is about a teenage boy who gets visited by...
Saskatoon Fantastic Announces Packed 7th Annual Lineup
Anyone going to be in Saskatchewan in October? Well you now have a damned good reason to consider it. The good folks at the Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival just released their full lineup and it's packed with genre goodness from...
Irish Screen America Fest Launches Bi-Coastal Fest This Week
Here's an interesting idea, why not have a film festival that takes place in both New York and LA at (almost) the same time? That's just what the good people from Irish Screen America are doing with what really amounts...
Warsaw 2016 Preview: Central and Eastern European Cinema and Beyond
Phoenix City will be hosting the 32nd edition of the Warsaw Film Festival, running from 7 until 16 October. The programmers have prepared a rich line-up, shining a light on productions from the Central and Eastern regions of Europe, while...
Toronto 2016 Review: SALT AND FIRE, A Lukewarm Climate Change Parable
Roger Ebert once said of Werner Herzog that, 'even his failures are spectacular.' I'm curious if he were alive today, what he would have made of Salt and Fire, a rushed, sloppy and rather turgid film that has been (charitably)...
Blu-ray Review: BLOOD SIMPLE, Satisfying Neo Noir At Its Best
It's always fun to witness the debut of a fantastic filmmaker. In this case, it's the birth of TWO filmmakers, the team of Joel and Ethan Coen, who debuted in the lexicon of cinema with the neo-noir film Blood Simple in 1984....
Now on Blu-ray: VALLEY OF THE DOLLS and BEYOND, The American Dream Melts Into Psychedelic Mush On Criterion Blu
Brand new from the Criterion Collection this month is a pair of whacked out features that chronicle the decay of the American Dream in glorious high definition. Mark Robson's Valley of the Dolls is an adaptation of Jaqueline Suzanne's best...
AMARÉ: A Brazilian Sci-fi Musical From Producer of THE FOSTERING
Here is an upcoming film coming out of Brazil with a compelling premise. Amaré, Spanish for 'I Love You' (putting that in my pocket for my trip South in November), is a new sci-fi/musical hybrid coming in the early part...
VIKING: Second Trailer For Russian Historical Epic Lays Waste While Laying Out The Story
Nearly a year ago - back in November of 2015 - we were smacked upside the head by the trailer for Andrey Kravchuk's Viking, a new historical epic from the producers of the international hit Night Watch movies. Thought that...
Camera Japan 2016: Line-up And Recommendations
Next month, on Wednesday the fifth of October, the 11th edition of the Camera Japan Festival will start. Beginning in Rotterdam and moving a week later to Amsterdam for its last few days, it's a Dutch festival celebrating Japanese...
Toronto After Dark 2016: THE VOID, CREEPY and UNDER THE SHADOW Lead First Wave
Here in Toronto one of the highlights of the Fall movie season is the annual Toronto After Dark film festival. The annual congregation of genre cinemas dependees will meet again at the Scotiabank Cinema from October 13th through 21st. So....
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