HK Filmart 2013: Top HAF Prizes Doled Out To DOOMSDAY - PARTY And BARBER'S TALES |
- HK Filmart 2013: Top HAF Prizes Doled Out To DOOMSDAY - PARTY And BARBER'S TALES
- HELLFJORD Gets US Remake at Showtime
- TV Review: COMMUNITY S4E07, Economics Of Marine Biology (Or, It's Starting To Feel Like Home Again)
- Review: ADMISSION Allows Entry to An Agreeable, If Shallow, Experience
- PATLABOR Live-Action... Something... Is About To Be Made
- SXSW 2013 Interview: Twitch Talks to the Mooninites Behind LUNARCY!
- EXCLUSIVE Clip And Poster: Lee Jung-Jae Bleeds For Justice In This Clip From NEW WORLD
- SXSW 2013 Wrap: Twitch Puts A Bow On Austin's Big Fest
- Dave Boyle Will Find The MAN FROM RENO
- Hey, Toronto! Win Tickets To See Classic Japanese Drama SUZAKI PARADISE This Saturday!
| HK Filmart 2013: Top HAF Prizes Doled Out To DOOMSDAY - PARTY And BARBER'S TALES Posted: 22 Mar 2013 03:00 AM PDT  The Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum wrapped up on Wednesday and handed out its awards. The major prizes were picked up by Ho Hong and Jun Robles Lana. 25 projects took part, whittled down from 250 submissions, and the two big prizes (worth $19,230/HK$150,000) were destined for a Hong Kong film (of which there were five) and one of the remaining broader Asian hopefuls. This year's HK prize went to debut helmer Ho Hong's Doomsday - Party while the Filipino project Barber's Tales from Jun Robles Lana took home the other top prize. Both projects were also handed ARRI prizes, which entitles them to €30,000 worth of rental equipment from the camera manufacturer. In addition, Barber's Tales took home the Technicolor Asia Award worth $25,000... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| HELLFJORD Gets US Remake at Showtime Posted: 22 Mar 2013 12:53 AM PDT  Well, this is exciting news. Deadline is reporting that Norwegian writer/director Tommy Wirkola (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters) is re-teaming with producers Adam McKay and Will Ferrell for an English-language version of the superb TV comedy series Hellfjord for Showtime. While I seem to have been one of the only critics who liked Wirkola's anarchic Brothers Grimm update, it has just crossed US$200 million at the global box office, and off the back of news that a sequel has been greenlit, it seems Wirkola is on a roll.Hellfjord is the story of a disgraced Oslo police detective who is banished to the remote climes of Northern Norway after accidentally killing his own horse. The bizarre small town of Hellfjord boasts an oddball population all aged... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| TV Review: COMMUNITY S4E07, Economics Of Marine Biology (Or, It's Starting To Feel Like Home Again) Posted: 21 Mar 2013 11:00 PM PDT  No doubt I've been extra wary towards Community this season what with new showrunners David Guarascio, Moses Port and their (largely new stock of) writers taking over for the old hands that have moved on. I've sometimes been very critical of a show that while never perfect, felt ever more clunky and uneven in its quest to keep the formula that creator Dan Harmon and co. kept so lively for three seasons.A few episodes back with Jeff finally meeting his estranged father things started to fall into place with Joel McHale delivering an incredibly rich and rewarding performance, building Jeff's humanity in all its many shades to something so poignantly bitter and broken, yet strong. Last week Greendale rallied behind supporting Chang in his imaginary... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Review: ADMISSION Allows Entry to An Agreeable, If Shallow, Experience Posted: 21 Mar 2013 10:01 PM PDT  The latest film from director Paul Weitz sits comfortably alongside his earlier comic and ultimately melodramatic explorations of 30-something adult anxieties about parenthood, mid-career crises, and personal growth. As he himself grows older, though, Weitz's indulgence in soapy sentimentality is increasing. Weitz does not receive credit for the screenplay -- that goes entirely to Karen Croner, based on a 2009 novel by Jean Hanff Korelitz -- but it's easy to imagine why the material appealed to him. Portia Nathan (Tina Fey), like the central characters in About a Boy (2002) and In Good Company (2004), is settled into a comfortable routine that is about to be shaken to its core. In her professional life, Portia has risen to a high position within the admissions office... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| PATLABOR Live-Action... Something... Is About To Be Made Posted: 21 Mar 2013 06:30 PM PDT  Is it a film? Is it a series? Whatever it is, it's a new adaptation in the Patlabor franchise, it's going to be live-action, and it's coming in 2014. To say that "not much is known" is an understatement: all that we have is one picture from production company Tohokushinsha Film Corporation, presented earlier today at the Tokyo International Anime Fair. Patlabor is an anime franchise which started in the 1980s, and has so far included an OVA series of seven episodes, three movies, and a long-running popular television series. The franchise concerns the adventures of a police squad in the near future, specialized in "labor" crime. "Labors" are big robot-suits which are generally used for construction work, but can wreak immense havoc when used... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| SXSW 2013 Interview: Twitch Talks to the Mooninites Behind LUNARCY! Posted: 21 Mar 2013 02:00 PM PDT  Lunarcy! is a charming and humorous story of four eccentrics who've dedicated their entire lives to the Moon. We've got Christopher Carson, the young founder of the Luna Project and a supporter of abandoning Earth forever in favor of a new lunar colony, Dennis Hope, president of the Galactic Government and the official owner of the Moon, Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the Moon and the world's leading astronaut painter, and Peter Kokh, space advocate and editor of the Moon Miner's Manifesto. Ahead of Lunarcy!'s SXSW premiere, we spoke with lead character Christopher Carson, director Simon Ennis and producer Jonas Bell Pasht about the dreaming big and finding the right crater to call home. Twitch: How did this film come together?... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| EXCLUSIVE Clip And Poster: Lee Jung-Jae Bleeds For Justice In This Clip From NEW WORLD Posted: 21 Mar 2013 12:45 PM PDT  Ah, the drama is thick in this one. New World is the gangster thriller from director Park Hoon-Jung (2011's The Showdown, he also wrote I Saw the Devil), starring Lee Jung-Jae and Oldboy star Choi Min-Sik as an undercover cop and his handler attempting to bust open a vulnerable crime syndicate. We've got a clip below of Lee in action as well as this exclusive character poster from the film. Here's the official synopsis: The head of the Goldmoon crime syndicate is dead, leaving his top two lieutenants. Seizing the opportunity, the police launch an operation called "New World," with the perfect weapon. The boss' right hand man, Ja-sung (LEE Jung-jae, THE THIEVES), has been a deep-cover operative for 8 years, closely watched by handler... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| SXSW 2013 Wrap: Twitch Puts A Bow On Austin's Big Fest Posted: 21 Mar 2013 09:00 AM PDT  The SXSW mayhem has come to an end and most of Austin has about shaken off the hangover. There was a ton of fun and plenty of great films on display at SXSW 2013. We had it all covered for you here at Twitch and while there will be a few more reviews and interviews trickling in over the next week, it's time to wrap it up with some thoughts from our contributors and links to our coverage thus far. Previews Preview: Headliners and Competition Slates Preview: Spotlight and Visions Programs Preview: Midnight, 24BPS, SXGlobal, and Festival Faves Twitch Raises the Curtain with Our Top 20 Picks Reviews and First Impressions Review: AWFUL NICE is Painfully Funny by Ryland Aldrich Review: BIG ASS SPIDER!... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Dave Boyle Will Find The MAN FROM RENO Posted: 21 Mar 2013 08:00 AM PDT  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 Little Tokyo to White On Rice and Surrogate Valentine, Boyle's particular vision has been developing and sharpening up. Which makes the news of his latest quite surprising. Yes, the cross cultural element remains intact but it would appear that the humor is being traded in for dark thriller elements.In a small town south of San Francisco, Sheriff Paul Del Moral is driving home through the fog one night when he accidentally strikes a pedestrian, a lone Japanese man. However, before an investigation can take place... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Hey, Toronto! Win Tickets To See Classic Japanese Drama SUZAKI PARADISE This Saturday! Posted: 21 Mar 2013 08:00 AM PDT  The Twitch curated Tokyo Drifters: 100 Years Of Nikkatsu screening series continues at the TIFF Bell Lightbox this Saturday with a rare screening of Kawashima Yuzo's Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District. Considered one of the greatest Japanese films of all time by a master filmmaker largely overlooked in the west, Suzaki Paradise will screen from a subtitled 35mm print and you can win tickets now!A more sombre offering from Nikkatsu, Yuzo Kawashima's Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District offers an unsparing look at postwar poverty and desperation. Young married couple Tsutae (Michiyo Aratama) and Yoshiji (Tatsuya Mihashi) arrive in Tokyo with little more than the clothes on their backs and take up residence just outside Suzaki, one of Tokyo's most notorious red-light districts. Lusting after the... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
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