John Woo's FLYING TIGERS To Release In Different Formats Locally And Internationally |
- John Woo's FLYING TIGERS To Release In Different Formats Locally And Internationally
- 100 BLOODY ACRES Teaser: Morgans Organic Will Get Your Garden Growin' Great!
- Abe Forsythe, Summer DeRoche, Darcy Prendergast, Natasha Pincus Among First St Kilda Programme Announcements
- Tribeca 2013 Review: Inside the Mind of MICHAEL H. PROFESSION: DIRECTOR
- New STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS Clip Shows That Out Of Context, STAR TREK Is Hilarious
- Shia LaBeouf Could Play Robert De Niro's Annoying Son in Father-Son Spy Thriller
- The Writer And Star Of PONTYPOOL Enter The HELLMOUTH! Help Bring It To Life!
- Udine 2013 Review: MARUYAMA, THE MIDDLE SCHOOLER Is A Surprisingly Endearing Comedy About Self-Fellatio
- Tribeca 2013 Review: FLOATING SKYSCRAPERS, The First Polish LGBT Film, A Boldly Intimate Story of Forbidden Desire
- Cannes 2013: AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS Leads Critics' Week Sidebar
- Tribeca 2013 Review: HARMONY LESSONS, A Brilliantly Directed Tale of School and State Cruelty Straight Outta Kazakhstan
- Review: ORPHAN BLACK S1E04, EFFECTS OF EXTERNAL CONDITIONS (Or, Someone Call The Dermotologist)
- Twitchvision: Talking OBLIVION, MOLLY MAXWELL, and HOTDOCS Tease
- Review: GAME OF THRONES S3E04, AND NOW HIS WATCH IS ENDED (Or, Never Trust A Woman With A Dragon)
- Udine Far East Film Festival Is Underway! Just Look At This Stellar Asian Film Lineup!
- Masters of Cinema Announces June/July Slate: Shindo, Murnau, Griffith, Rivette
| John Woo's FLYING TIGERS To Release In Different Formats Locally And Internationally Posted: 22 Apr 2013 11:30 PM PDT  One of John Woo's many projects will begin production in 2014 and depending on where you live in the World you are going to see it in a different form than others will. Flying Tigers, John Woo's film about the 1st American Volunteer Group in the Chinese Air Force from 1941 to 1942, is going to be released two ways. If you live in China you will get to watch the project as a double film release in your local cinema. If you live anywhere else chances are you will be watching it as a six part mini-series. Not one to mince on the details Woo is no stranger to the grand saga. His costume epic, Red Cliff, was released as two films in China before... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| 100 BLOODY ACRES Teaser: Morgans Organic Will Get Your Garden Growin' Great! Posted: 22 Apr 2013 08:30 PM PDT  During the Melbourne International Film Festival last year, one of the most raucous premieres was for horror comedy 100 Bloody Acres. While it starts off as a slow burn, once it gets going the movie is pretty damn funny - and horrific - with some near-classic scenes. I imagine it'll be sold as an Australian version of Tucker and Dale vs Evil, although I enjoyed this more.Starring Damon Herriman and Angus Sampson (who you might recognise from their roles in Justified and Insidious respectively) and directed by brothers Colin and Cameron Cairnes, 100 Bloody Acres is now gearing up for an Aussie cinema release. The Cairnes brothers, who cut their teeth making parodies of amateur films in addition to other shorts, have made two ads for the fictional Morgans'... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Posted: 22 Apr 2013 07:30 PM PDT  One of the best short film festivals of the annual calendar is St Kilda. While there have been many pretenders over the years, St Kilda has remained as the premier event for short films (and music videos) in Australia. This year as it celebrates its 30th annual event, the fest is taking it to another level, partnering with SXSW to deliver a few special sidebars, and screening rare and archival films including a 40-years-lost documentary on pop group The Easybeats. The fest has also announced a first taste of short films and music videos to whet the appetite and set the scene for 2013. In the headline I've listed a few selected filmmakers that I'm a huge fan of - the latter two have directed selected... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Tribeca 2013 Review: Inside the Mind of MICHAEL H. PROFESSION: DIRECTOR Posted: 22 Apr 2013 04:00 PM PDT  You think you know Michael Haneke? Director of such uplifting films as The Piano Teacher, Cache, and Amour? Look at that Austrian death-glower. It shrivels the soul. He's got to be one of the most humorless individuals on the planet, right? Wrong. As depicted in Yves Montmayeur's Michael H. Profession: Director, the man can be downright jocular, and his sets are a playground of puppy dogs and rainbows. At least for him they are. According to one crew member, they're a nightmare for everyone else. Haneke might not be the curmudgeon most people expect, but he can vacillate between Falstaffian joie de vivre and exacting auteur from one take to the next.This is the kind of candid insight afforded the viewer throughout. Montmayeur has shot... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| New STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS Clip Shows That Out Of Context, STAR TREK Is Hilarious Posted: 22 Apr 2013 03:45 PM PDT  I watched Galaxy Quest again recently and as well as showing that it gets better with age (Sam Rockwell's later role in Moon actually adds further comedy layers to his panicked spaceship crew-member) it also shows that actors running around in spandex delivering bizarre lines of dialogue is preposterous when viewed in any way outside the context of a show.And so it is with the new clip from Star Trek: Into Darkness, which features even sillier uniforms, lots of sweat and panic in some kind of disaster scenario, and with unintentionally funny lines like, "That's going to render him inert." Check it out below.... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Shia LaBeouf Could Play Robert De Niro's Annoying Son in Father-Son Spy Thriller Posted: 22 Apr 2013 03:30 PM PDT  Paramount has picked up rights to Spy's Kid, a story set in the world of espionage with Shia LaBeouf and Robert De Niro in talks to play a father and son spy duo. Now just when you are hoping to hear Robert Rodriguez's name right now, which would be a genius move for this sure-to-be-comedy-gold, the studio is also in talks with D.J. Caruso to direct.According to THR, the movie will be based on a dramatic six-part series of articles by Bryan Denson that were published in The Oregonian in 2011 and told the true story of a traitorous spy who enlists his son to continue his work.Jim Nicholson was a 20-year CIA vet who in 1996 was convicted of spying and sentenced to 23 years... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| The Writer And Star Of PONTYPOOL Enter The HELLMOUTH! Help Bring It To Life! Posted: 22 Apr 2013 02:45 PM PDT  The words written by Tony Burgess sound awfully good coming out of the mouth of Stephen McHattie, or so seems to be the general consensus among those who have seen Bruce McDonald directed zombie film Pontypool. McHattie took the lead in the picture adapted by Burgess from his own novel and now Burgess has written a new, original script also starring McHattie- this time helmed by Exit Humanity director John Geddes.Titled Hellmouth the film, which stars McHattie as the grave keeper in a cemetery over a portal to hell, is now in post production and given that it's a green screen production that means lots of post. Thus they are putting out a call for supporters on Indie Go Go to bring on more VFX... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Posted: 22 Apr 2013 01:30 PM PDT  Before seeing Maruyama, The Middle Schooler, I would have said that making a two-hour comedy about a fourteen-year-old boy who's primary ambition throughout the film is to, as the omniscient narrator puts it, "to touch his own weeny with his tongue," was, at best, not advisable. But I stand corrected. Directed Kankuro Kudo (Brass Knuckle Boys, Writer of Zebraman) has managed to take the paper-thin concept and expand it into a hugely entertaining, sensitive, hilarious and whimsical pop-comedy gem. It's true that he can't quite sustain the momentum for the film's entire overlong running time, but the hour and a half he manages is so much of a delight, that the final quarter is easily forgiven. So yes, Maruyama is indeed a middle schooler and... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Posted: 22 Apr 2013 12:00 PM PDT  Floating Skyscrapers is described by its director Tomasz Wasilewski as the first LGBT Polish film, which makes the film itself as taboo-breaking as its main characters themselves, who struggle to assert their desires, and their right to express them, in a society that is unceasingly hostile to this. Wasilewski's second feature, receiving its world premiere at Tribeca this year, enlivens its familiar coming-out story with interesting architecturally designed details, an intriguing approach to sound design, and a visual motif (as hinted at in the title) that at times recalls Tsai Ming-liang's similarly water-based imagery.The narrative centers mostly on Kuba (Mateusz Banasiuk), a young man who has been training for 15 years to be a champion swimmer. While he undeniably has talent, as his coach constantly... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Cannes 2013: AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS Leads Critics' Week Sidebar Posted: 22 Apr 2013 11:35 AM PDT  With much speculation that David Lowery's Sundance crimer Ain't Them Bodies Saints would sneak into a top spot at Cannes, there were a few raised eyebrows when the film was absent from the announcement last week. Never fear Riveiera-goers, the Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara starrer, which has been continually compared to Terrence Malick, will indeed be at the Cannes film fest, though it will be playing at La Semaine de la Critique, aka the Critics' Week sidebar. Sometimes thought of as the Next section of Cannes, the Critics' Week program often highlights films by first and second time directors. Other notable films include Canadian director Sébastien Pilote's second feature Le Démantèlement, British director Paul Wright's For Those in Peril, and the opening night... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Posted: 22 Apr 2013 11:00 AM PDT  A village school and the surrounding area in rural Kazakhstan is the backdrop for the brutal Darwinism, of both the social variety and that found in nature, depicted in Emir Baigazin's astonishing debut feature Harmony Lessons, whose extraordinary accomplishments in visual, thematic, and psychological terms belie the fact that this is his first feature. Baigazin has created a viscerally potent portrait of the concentric cycles of cruelty, violence, and ultimately murder that characterize the lives of everyone in the harsh, economically depressed village of his film's setting.Harmony Lessons focuses on Aslan (Timur Aidarbekov), a 13-year old boy who lives with his grandmother in a farmhouse on the steppes. We are introduced to Aslan in a deceptively humorous way: he is chasing a sheep in the... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Review: ORPHAN BLACK S1E04, EFFECTS OF EXTERNAL CONDITIONS (Or, Someone Call The Dermotologist) Posted: 22 Apr 2013 10:00 AM PDT  Right. Having gotten through the breakneck premiere (excellent), the rule setting second episode (solid), and then through the transitional third episode, taking us away from premise and into the format and story arc that will presumably drive the rest of the show (horrible start, excellent finish) we have now reached the meat of Orphan Black, the point of the series where we are over the suspension-of-disbelief hump, we've got a feel for the principal characters, and the time has come for the show to settle into a rhythm and simply be what it is and tell its story as well as possible through until the end of the season and possibly beyond. And if episode four shows us what we've got in store from here... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Twitchvision: Talking OBLIVION, MOLLY MAXWELL, and HOTDOCS Tease Posted: 22 Apr 2013 09:30 AM PDT  Scott Laurie's back in the Anchor's chair, and we got to talk about Cruise's latest film that seems to incorporate just about every Sci-Fi film ever made, but in a kind of good way.Also chatted about Molly Maxwell by Director Sara St. Onge, a charming, nuanced tale of a high school girl falling for her teacher that succeeds by avoiding many pitfalls that usually beset such a tale.Finally, a tease of a couple films that'll be opening at Hotdocs this week, including The Manor, Muscle Shoals, and Tales From The Organ Trade.... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Review: GAME OF THRONES S3E04, AND NOW HIS WATCH IS ENDED (Or, Never Trust A Woman With A Dragon) Posted: 22 Apr 2013 08:20 AM PDT  Well, hello there Alex Graves. Nice to see you. Alex who? Let me explain ... though the primary force driving Game Of Thrones will always be the writing the more I watch the easier it is to identify the directors capable of handling the sprawling, multi threaded narrative and to do it with a sense of style that makes it all fall easy. When you hit a director less able in this direction you get something still well above the average piece of television - the writing itself sees to that - but when you get someone with this particular skill set then things really sing. And Graves - a first time Game Of Thrones helmer with a long history in Aaron Sorkin and David... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Udine Far East Film Festival Is Underway! Just Look At This Stellar Asian Film Lineup! Posted: 22 Apr 2013 07:00 AM PDT  If you want a comprehensive survey of what's new and exciting in modern Asian film, just glance at the below list of what's playing at the Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy. The festival kicked off last Friday and runs through April 27, and with their extensive lineup, filmmaker panel discussions and workshops on everything from Asian cooking to martial arts techniques, FEFF has completely transformed an Italian town full of Venetian Piazzas and Friulian cuisine into Western Europe's go-to point for Asian film and culture. I'll be reporting back over the next several days with reviews, but for the moment, take a gander at the program below (Shout out to our Korean correspondent Pierce Conran for transcribing and organizing these by region) and... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Masters of Cinema Announces June/July Slate: Shindo, Murnau, Griffith, Rivette Posted: 22 Apr 2013 06:00 AM PDT  Eureka Entertainment's always-excellent Masters of Cinema series has just announced its new titles for June and July, which includes five fantastc new releases. There will be Blu-ray upgrades of Shindo Kaneto's The Naked Island and Kureneko, which will be released in June together with a re-issue on both Blu-ray and DVD of F.W. Murnau's excellent Tabu: A Story of the South Seas. In July, D.W. Griffith's ground-breaking The Birth of a Nation will be released on Blu-ray in the UK for the very first time, alongside Jacques Rivette's little-seen Le Pont du Nord.We will be sure to share more information about these releases as the information becomes available, but for the time being you can check out the gorgeous new artwork in the gallery below.From... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
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