MIFF: Melbourne International Film Festival Reveals A Provocative Next-Gen Program |
- MIFF: Melbourne International Film Festival Reveals A Provocative Next-Gen Program
- Trailer For Swedish Thriller RE. Someone Else Is In The House!
- Tribeca 2013 Review: Does MR. JONES Take Found Footage Horror To A New Dimension?
- A Heroic Misfit: Filmmaker Trent Harris Talks Hollywood, Sean Penn, Mitt Romney, and Much More
- 70s Rewind: STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE Still Goes Slowly Where No One Wants to Go
- Now on Blu-ray: THE WOLF CHILDREN, Hong Kong Release
| MIFF: Melbourne International Film Festival Reveals A Provocative Next-Gen Program Posted: 12 May 2013 09:10 PM PDT  The Next-Gen program, a suite of scheduled films that tackle cultural and social issues in a way that is accessible to a younger audience, is as strong as ever this year, and the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has just unveiled the full lineup.It is an ambitious program with sensible goals to enlighten and educate youth (from primary to senior secondary age) about film and its contexts, but do not be deterred; there is plenty here for adults to enjoy.In total there are 13 events in the program that range from documentary to Japanese road-trip drama to wonderful animation. Here are my top picks from the diverse list, which can be found here.The stirring documentary Valentine Road is about 14 year old Brandon McInerney from Oxnard,... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Trailer For Swedish Thriller RE. Someone Else Is In The House! Posted: 12 May 2013 01:00 PM PDT  While Sweden may not be a hotbed for genre cinema, thankfully there are a handful of filmmakers in the country who feel that Sweden's exports should be more than just bikini teams, easy to assemble furniture, meatballs, and pop quartets. Enter filmmaker Andrea Lindergard, who returned to Sweden in 2006 after a lengthy stay in Los Angeles. And after cutting his teeth on television and short film projects, he has gotten one of his own films RE in the can now, and we have the first trailer to share with you."RE is a psychological thriller where we follow Emma as she returns to her childhood home only to find her past catching up with her. She is well aware that some things are not real, still she... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Tribeca 2013 Review: Does MR. JONES Take Found Footage Horror To A New Dimension? Posted: 12 May 2013 12:00 PM PDT  "Scott is a filmmaker in need of inspiration..." in a film whose very genre is in need of inspiration: found footage horror. The TFF festival guide bills Mr. Jones' writer/director, Karl Mueller, as someone who has "taken the found footage fright film to a new dimension, introducing a completely unique labyrinth of terrors." It's a bold statement, but one I took with a grain of salt. So many horror films have made similar claims, and those films have been liars. When you're sprinting through a herd of cattle, it's hard not to step in the bullshit. And speaking of shit, at first it seemed like we could be in for some of the "same old" variety. The trick to any found footage film is coming... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| A Heroic Misfit: Filmmaker Trent Harris Talks Hollywood, Sean Penn, Mitt Romney, and Much More Posted: 12 May 2013 11:00 AM PDT  When I heard that Trent Harris, one of America's premier cult directors, of such films as Rubin and Ed, Plan 10 from Outer Space and The Beaver Trilogy would be in New York for his traveling mini-retro, I couldn't help but feeling giddy like a little kid on his first day of school. I was an awkward kid, both growing up in Korea and later here in the US. So the outsiders, heroic misfits, if you will, in Harris's films, however over the top and ridiculous they are, always have a special place in my heart.In person, I found Harris easygoing, guileless and incredibly open. The following interview is an excerpt from our hour-long lunch conversation: we talked about everything from his tumultuous career ("career... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| 70s Rewind: STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE Still Goes Slowly Where No One Wants to Go Posted: 12 May 2013 09:59 AM PDT  In December 1979, Star Trek: The Motion Picture was a major letdown. Earlier in the decade, a handful of my school friends banded together to form the Science Fiction Club. Initially, we discussed Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy, Ray Bradbury's stories, and other disrespected literary works. We rode our bicycles to the nearest branch of the public library, and often stopped by a nearby used paperback book store, where we carefully examined the science fiction shelves -- they were low, near the floor, and we had to sit on our haunches, but we were young -- and picked out what we could afford on our tiny allowances. (The owners were always kind and appreciative of our regular patronage, no matter how few pennies they made from... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Now on Blu-ray: THE WOLF CHILDREN, Hong Kong Release Posted: 12 May 2013 09:00 AM PDT  (Kids: can't live with them, can't abandon them in the forest...) We are big fans of anime writer/director Hosoda Mamoru here and for a good reason. After the man left Studio Ghibli following a big row with Miyazaki Hayao over creative differences, his output has been consistently fantastic. The three films he has made since then have all been instant classics, earning him critical and audience acclaim, as well as awards and money by the bucket-load. The latest of these films is The Wolf Children, and I was lucky enough to catch it theatrically at the Imagine Festival in Amsterdam this year. Its story concerns Hana, a student who falls in love with a werewolf. She gets two children, but when the werewolf dies Hana... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
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