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Busan Film Fest Reveals Massive New Program

Busan Film Fest Reveals Massive New Program

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 01:30 AM PDT

The 18th Busan International FIlm Festival (BIFF) is just a month away and yesterday BIFF revealed their packed new lineup. 301 films from 70 countries will be screened over the event's 10 days, including 95 world premieres and 42 international premieres. Opening the festival will be the Bhutanese Vara: A Blessing from Bhutan. Closing the event will be The Dinner, the 3rd feature by local indie filmmaker Kim Dong-hyun. Gala presentations include Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer, billed as its major festival debut by the programming team, and Kim Jee-woon's new short The X, which is the first film developed with CGV's brand new Screen X exhibition technology. The Japanese remake of Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven will also get the red carpet treatment. Many of the luminaries of...

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Chicago's Midway Drive-In Needs Your Vote

Posted: 03 Sep 2013 08:00 PM PDT

Every year here in Chicago I attend a knockout horror convention called FLASHBACK WEEKEND. It isn't just a place for folks to get drunk and have stuff signed. The film lineup is always stellar, the guest list is a surprising mix and the feel of it is very laid back. Everybody talks to everybody else and is there to have fun rather than one up or impress each other. It's been going on about 11 or 12 years and is run by this great couple named Mike and Mia Kurz. For awhile they even did an impromptu 35mm drive in at the actual con in the hotel parking lot but that got too expensive. Instead they did something crazy, stupid, wonderful.They bought an actual failed drive-in,...

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Check A Pair Of Trailers For Jon Yeo's LEVIATHAN AGES

Posted: 03 Sep 2013 03:00 PM PDT

The trailers for director Jon Yeo's Leviathan Ages may not tip much about the storyline to his short film but one thing is clear: The man knows his way around an odd and compelling image. Here's how he describes it:High up amongst craggy hilltops sits the ancient and powerful monument. An imposing temple, from where the Empire has been ruled harshly. Inside, a decrepit inner sanctum. Its dull crumbling walls are defaced with tribal markings. Half turned to dust and dead wired, a still and dormant place.The Emperor sits centrally in the chamber. Proud, defiant, adorned in ceremonial robes. These are his last moments, in a trance like state our illustrious leader begins to conduct an aeons old ritual. With telekinetic grace, nine stones levitate,...

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Feratum 2013: Official Selection Revealed

Posted: 03 Sep 2013 02:00 PM PDT

In exactly one month, the second edition of Feratum (the International Festival of Fantastic, Terror and Science Fiction Films) will begin its activities in the "magical village" of Tlalpujahua, Michocán, Mexico. It's sounds awesomely crazy: within just four days (October 3 to 6), Feratum 2013 is going to screen more than 30 feature length films! Not enough? Well, more than 70 short films are also waiting for you. The festival announced yesterday its complete official selection, which consists of five different categories: feature length films, feature length documentaries, international short films, animated short films and Mexican short films. A total of 106 projects form Feratum's official 2013 selection and that won't be all, as some other events (including the special screenings) are yet to be revealed....

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Watch A Pair Of Haunting Teasers For Anthony Scott Burns' MANIFOLD

Posted: 03 Sep 2013 12:00 PM PDT

We have been outspoken fans of Anthony Scott Burns and his work here on Twitch for quite some time now - check some of his previous efforts here - and after wowing us with his for hire and music video direction along with his gorgeous VFX work Burns is poised to show us what he can do narratively with a new short film titled Manifold. Though the film's premiere is not yet announced we're told its coming soon and Burns has just released a pair of enigmatic teasers for the film to whet the appetite. Check them out below....

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TIFF 2013 Preview: 16 Features Seeking the Big Sale

Posted: 03 Sep 2013 11:00 AM PDT

The Toronto International Film Fest is right around the corner. Can you feel the excitement? With all the distribs turning out for one of the year's most important sales events, we decided we'd highlight some of the most exciting sounding films heading to the festival in search of US distribution. Click through the pics below and swing by tomorrow for a refresher course on the TIFF flicks that have debuted at big fests earlier in the year....

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Macabro 2013: An Encounter With Lamberto Bava And Luigi Cozzi (Part 2, Cozzi's Giallo Master Class)

Posted: 03 Sep 2013 10:00 AM PDT

This is the second and final piece about my encounter with legendary Italian filmmakers Lamberto Bava and Luigi Cozzi at Macabro 2013. It's actually just about Cozzi, since Bava wasn't a participant of the conference, celebrated at Mexico City's Cineteca Nacional. Bava was simply another member of the public. The festival asked Cozzi to do a conference/master class about giallo, and well, he ended up saying pretty much everything you need to know about it, and then some. Going from the history of the term "giallo" to personal stories about his relationship with Dario Argento, Cozzi's master class was something to smile at. Without any more prelude, I leave you the gallery with the most memorable quotes from the talk (and from the little Q&A that followed)! Note:...

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Hey Chicago! Win Tickets For INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 Screening

Posted: 03 Sep 2013 09:05 AM PDT

I am stoked for three reasons: (1) James Wan makes fun movies that have tons of re-watchability; (2) He has a penchant for paying homage to Mario Bava; (3) I got to interview him and Leigh Whannell for Insidious and it was a hoot. So, in short, I cannot wait for Insidious: Chapter 2.I have multiple tickets for a Chicago screening that takes place on September 11 to lay on the masses, but first ya gotta win. To win, ya gotta enter AT GOFOBO.Winners will be drawn and notified a few days before the screening....

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Win A Massive FROM UP ON POPPY HILL Giveaway!

Posted: 03 Sep 2013 09:00 AM PDT

Last week we ran a contest giving away five BluRay copies of Studio Ghibli's acclaimed From Up On Poppy Hill and, well, we were just scratching the surface. The film hits store shelves on BluRay and DVD today and we've got a massive From Up On Poppy Hill prize to give away.What's included? A copy of the Japanese poster signed by director Miyazaki Goro. The US poster. A custom Moleskine notebook. A watch. A pair of pins. Flag bandanas. An art book. Collectible cards. And, oh yes, a BluRay edition of the film. Check out the gallery below for photos of the included swag.You want this one? Here's what you've got to do: Email me here and tell me the profession of director Miyazaki Goro...

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The Stack: BAY OF BLOOD is Blu, 5 DOLLS FOR AN AUGUST MOON, FROM UP ON POPPY HILL, FRANKENSTEIN'S ARMY, THE FUGITIVE Runs Onto Blu And More

Posted: 03 Sep 2013 08:00 AM PDT

In this week's edition of my home entertainment roundup, Bava is beautiful on Blu, old English  character actors fight the undead, Miyazaki offers up another masterpiece, a one armed man almost whips Indiana Jones, and NO PLACE ON EARTH rocks off my doc socks. ...

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CHEAP THRILLS And BUSHIDO MAN Join First Wave Of Titles From Ithaca International Fantastic Film Festival!

Posted: 03 Sep 2013 07:00 AM PDT

First off, the Ithaca International Fantastic Film Festival is only in its second year but by golly would any established film festival be happy to have a superb poster like theirs. Golly, that is purdy. Second, it also boasts a pretty good first wave of titles for this year's festival including festival circuit favorites Cheap Thrills, Confession of Murder and Bushido Man. Then to top it all off there will be a retrospective of films written by scribe Dan O'Bannon - all on 35mm print - including Alien, Heavy Metal and Lifeforce. The residents of Ithaca, New York, will be a happy lot this November!The 2nd annual Ithaca International Fantastic Film Festival- November 13-17; 2013The Ithaca International Fantastic Film Festival is returning to Cinemapolis, and Cornell Cinema in...

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