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Cannes 2013 Review: Anurag Kashyap's UGLY Is a Riveting Thriller About Awful Things

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Cannes 2013 Review: Anurag Kashyap's UGLY Is a Riveting Thriller About Awful Things

Cannes 2013 Review: Anurag Kashyap's UGLY Is a Riveting Thriller About Awful Things

Posted: 17 May 2013 08:00 PM PDT

Anurag Kashyap's follow-up to the widely admired Gangs of Wasseypur announces itself with a cacophony of discordant noise screeching over an attempted suicide. It's almost as if Kashyup decided to warn viewers up front, this one won't be easy. And, in many ways, it's not. Here is a thriller about an awful event (a child kidnapping), populated exclusively with awful people, almost all of whom reveal themselves to be more awful than originally thought, which ultimately reaches a conclusion more awful than everything that came before. Sounds like fun, right? Surprisingly though, and to Kashyap's credit, it is. Maybe "fun" is too strong of a word, but this Fargo-meets-Mumbai-police-procedural is compulsively watchable, thrilling, darkly funny and extremely well-directed -- about as close to a good...

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Cannes 2013: Weinsteins Trot Out Lineup, Slightly Less Exciting Than Last Year

Posted: 17 May 2013 06:24 PM PDT

Harvey Weinstein said it himself at this year's Weinstein Company Cannes showcase, "2012 was a year as good as any year we had at Miramax." The three films highlighted at last year's event (Django Unchained, Silver Linings Playbook, and The Master) went on to snag 16 Oscar nominations. This year's crop of films... well let's just say they have some work to do to live up to their older siblings. The only film that received an audible reaction from the crowd was the cut scene shown from Nicolas Winding Refn's Only God Forgives. The nearly five-minute scene featured Kristin Scott Thomas grilling her son's new girlfriend with the kind of language that would make a sailor blush. Gosling's character sat there taking it all...

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Cannes 2013: Quinzaine Organizers Denounce Iranian Filmmaker

Posted: 17 May 2013 02:30 PM PDT

A bit of controversy over at the Directors' Fortnight sidebar (or Quinzaine des réalisateurs) yesterday when Iranian director Alireza Khatami made some pretty scathing remarks for the stage about the Taiwanese film Taipei Factory. As filmbiz.asia reports: Khatami said that he had been a victim of racism during the shoot in Taiwan. He denounced the film project as a political pawn in the re-election campaign of Taipei City's mayor. And he added that he was ashamed that he hadn't chosen to leave the project earlier.The omnibus consists of four short films directed by four teams of directors, pairing a local director with a foreign counterpart. Khatami was partnered with Taiwan's CHANG Jung-chi, director of festival-favourite Touch of the Light, a celebrated drama about a blind...

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Cannes 2013: Why Would Someone Want To Blow Up Christoph Waltz?

Posted: 17 May 2013 02:17 PM PDT

A live broadcast of Canal Plus show Le Grand Journal - broadcasting from the Martinez beach during Cannes - was interrupted today when two blanks were fired into the air by a man holding what appeared to be a grenade in his hand. A pair of Cannes jurors - Daniel Auteuil and Christoph Waltz - were being interviewed at the time and were rushed off stage. There were no injuries but between this and yesterday's jewel theft that netted roughly a million dollars worth of jewelry meant to be lent to stars walking the red carpet this year's festival is proving to be rather eventful. Oh, right, there's the whole Ghadafi prostitution ring thing, too. Welcome to France.Check out video of the incident below....

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Hey, Toronto! Win Free Passes For The Lost Episode Fest!

Posted: 17 May 2013 02:00 PM PDT

Remember that episode of the original Star Trek where Spock won the break dancing competition? Yeah, that was awesome. Or, it would be if it existed. And it could exist if you made it. Welcome to the core concept of the Lost Episode Festival, a not for profit festival devoted to satirical takes on classic series presented as lost episodes of those shows. Here's how they describe themselves:The Lost Episode Festival Toronto (LEFT) is an artist-run, not-for-profit film festival in Toronto, Canada which offers screenings of independent film submitted locally and from around the world. We are pleased to be hosted by the historic Bloor Cinema, which is now over 100 years old. LEFT is a not-for-profit cultural organization founded by veterans of the arts...

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FEAR & LOATHING AT CANNES, PART 2: I'M IN LOVE WITH EVERYBODY'S GIRL

Posted: 17 May 2013 01:30 PM PDT

CHAPTER 4: THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANNA KARINA AND BUTT PLUGSI'm sitting outside at a small Café that my editor told me to meet him at. I'm a 10 minute walk from the Marche Du Film convention hall and I'm still waiting for my editor to arrive so he take guide me to the film market and be my tour guide for a while. It's a beautiful day and I'm in a beautiful town, surrounded by beautiful people and although it's only a quarter past two, I'm well onto my way to having a beautiful buzz. Maybe I could actually enjoy any of this if I hadn't been stuck listening to some stranger drone on and on about all of their ambitions for the last two...

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Chinese Only Trailer For Jet Li's BADGES OF FURY Aims Up-Kilt

Posted: 17 May 2013 01:00 PM PDT

Let there be no doubt about it. While the western marketing for upcoming Jet Li starring picture Badges Of Fury has done everything in its power to present the film as an action thriller, this is a comedy through and through. A very, very goofy comedy.Here's how the film is being described for international markets:When a spate of eerie murders erupts across Hong Kong two troublemaking cops are assigned to the case. Young maverick WANG and grizzled vet HUANG who is fed up with his reckless younger partner always landing them in hot water. Reaching a dead end after discovering all the victims were former boyfriends of aspiring starlet LIU, the detectives must play a deadly game. One of them must go undercover as Liu's...

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Yuen Woo Ping To Direct ZU WARRIORS In 3D For Tsui Hark

Posted: 17 May 2013 12:30 PM PDT

It's Yuen Woo Ping this week here at Twitch. Only yesterday we heard news the prolific director and veteran stunt coordinator would direct the sequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and not to be outdone, Hong Kong filmmaker Tsui Hark today announced him as the director for a new Zu Warriors movie.Titled Zu Warriors: Dawn Of Darkness, the $35m fantasy epic will be the third entry in Tsui Hark's Zu Warriors series. The film will be shot in stereoscopic 3D with the view to there also being an IMAX release. Cast have yet to be announced. Shooting will begin late July in Beijing. ...

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Watch The International Trailer For Mark Hartley's PATRICK

Posted: 17 May 2013 12:00 PM PDT

What, ho? Could that be Tywin Lannister menacing a man in a coma? Why, yes it is, Charles Dance having taken on the role of a sinister doctor in Not Quite Hollywood director Mark Hartley's long awaited remake of Australian cult hit Patrick. The story of a young nurse who becomes the object of obsession for a comatose man with psychokinetic powers, Patrick has been teasing out images for the past while and with the Cannes Marche du Films now upon us, the picture's international sales agents have released the first international trailer for the film. And, oh yes, it looks rather good.Sharni Vinson (You're Next) and Rachel Griffiths (Six Feet Under) also star. Take a look at the trailer below,...

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Calvin Lee Reeder's THE RAMBLER Has A New Trailer & Theatrical Dates!

Posted: 17 May 2013 11:30 AM PDT

Fresh from destroying the minds of festival goers in the US and abroad, Calvin Lee Reeder's latest mind-melter, The Rambler, is now preparing for a limited theatrical run. Who would've thunk? The film is not only non-linear, it is anti-linear, taking to task the dogma of logic and slavishness to reality in a way that will repulse and engage in equal measure. We're happy to have the latest trailer for the film as well as the first theatrical dates for The Rambler, beginning on June 7th in advance of its home video/VOD debut on June 25th. I absolutely love Reeder's work and definitely would like to see the film again, so I'm happy that Dallas is back on the schedule. If you are in one of these...

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Watch A Clip From Jeremy Saulnier's BLUE RUIN

Posted: 17 May 2013 11:00 AM PDT

Back on Wednesday Twitch was proud to present the first teaser for Jeremy Saulnier's Cannes selected revenge thriller Blue Ruin and with the premiere edging nearer a new, extended clip from the film has now arrived as well.A beach bum finds his quiet life upended by dreadful news and sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of revenge. Proving an inept assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.Macon Blair and Amy Gargreaves star, check the new clip below....

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Watch The First Trailer For Jeunet's THE YOUNG AND PRODIGIOUS SPIVET

Posted: 17 May 2013 10:00 AM PDT

Are you ready to see what happens when Jean-Pierre Jeunet delivers his particular vision of Americana? Because that's what's coming in his first 3D film, an adaptation of Reif Larsen's The Selected Works Of T.S. Spivet starring Helena Bonham Carter, Kathy Bates, Judy Davis, Callum Keith Rennie, Dominique Pinon and Kyle Catlett. A 12-year-old cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.The first trailer for the film has arrived in France and it's every bit as charming as you would expect. Take a look below....

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Shudder With The First Teaser For Danish Horror POSTPARTUM

Posted: 17 May 2013 09:00 AM PDT

Ah, children. We're supposed to love 'em all the time but if we're honest the process of making them is kind of icky, kind of sticky while having them is even moreso, smells bad, and - if I may dare a very bad pun - has a tendency to leave parents leaving rather hollow after such a long build up.Enter Danish director Michael Panduro and his debut feature, Postpartum.Postpartum is a feature length tale of having children - and all the bodily horrors that come with it. It's a psychological, slightly surreal and very gory horror-film, that plays on the idea of children as parasites and explores themes not normally seen in Danish cinema. Think Cronenberg's The Brood mixed with Von Trier's Antichrist and you're...

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Is Christopher Nolan in Talks to Direct BOND 24?

Posted: 17 May 2013 08:40 AM PDT

After Sam Mendes ruled himself out of directing a second James Bond film after the phenomenal success of last year's Skyfall, speculation has been rife about who will take on the super spy franchise for its 24th official outing. Christopher Nolan is a name that has been bandied about many times, but The Daily Mail is now claiming that he has been aprrochaed by the film's producers.While the actual source of the news is unclear, the British newspaper seems pretty sure that early talks have commenced between Nolan's people and Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. Nolan is currently in pre-production on Interstellar, a sci-fi epic exploring gravity fields and wormholes starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain. That will keep his...

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Hong Kong Hits The Marche! New Posters For Donnie Yen Starrers SPECIAL IDENTITY And THE ICEMAN COMETH Plus Dante Lam's THAT DEMON WITHIN

Posted: 17 May 2013 08:00 AM PDT

You want poster art? The Cannes Marche Du Films - the sales market component of the Cannes Film Festival - has got poster art. Lots and lots and lots of poster art. And popping up over the last twenty four hours are a trio of new sales posters for some hotly anticipated Hong Kong action titles in a pair of Donnie Yen star vehicles and the latest from action maestro Dante Lam. Check out the posters for Special Identity, The Iceman Cometh and That Demon Within in the gallery below and remember you can click to enlarge....

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Siren Visual Unleashes a MONSTER Anime On Australia

Posted: 17 May 2013 05:00 AM PDT

The German-set serial murder meets surgery psycho-twist anime series Monster has been acquired by Siren Visual for Australia. It is in the early stages of being live-adapted by Guillermo Del Toro and HBO but you can see it in its original Japanese and English dubbed glory on DVD starting November this year.Monster is the story of a Japanese brain surgeon who chooses to save the life of a young boy over the life of the city mayor. Bizarre serial murder follows. Monster is an intense psychological thriller spanning 74 episodes which will be released in 5 installments beginning November 2013.See here for more information on Monster and stay tuned to Twitch for more news as it comes in....

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