African Diaspora International Film Festival 2013 Brings An Eclectic Mix of Films to NYC |
- African Diaspora International Film Festival 2013 Brings An Eclectic Mix of Films to NYC
- Watch A New Clip From Von Trier's NYMPHOMANIAC
- Crowdfund This! Giallo Masters Return! Poster Art! Prisons O'Plenty! The End Of The World!
- Famous Polish Poster Artist Waldemar Swierzy Has Died (+ A Gallery Of His Posters)
- FOUR CORNERS: Watch The Gripping Trailers For South Africa's Oscar Submission
- AS THE LIGHT GOES OUT: Derek Kwok Delivers Thrills With First Trailer For Firefighter Drama
- 17th Japanese Film Festival 2013 Review: THE GREAT PASSAGE Explores More Than The Making Of A Dictionary
- The Stack Holiday Gift Guide 2013 Part One: Books! A CABINET OF CURIOSITIES, THE WES ANDERSON COLLECTION, THE ART OF JUAN ORTIZ, And More
| African Diaspora International Film Festival 2013 Brings An Eclectic Mix of Films to NYC Posted: 29 Nov 2013 02:00 PM PST  The 21th edition of the African Diaspora International Film Festival screens in New York from November 29 through December 15 at Teachers College at Columbia University, Thalia Cinema and Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space, Quad Cinema, and the Black Spectrum Theatre. Below are reviews of some notable selections of this year's festival. For more information on these and other festival films, and to purchase tickets, visit ADIFF's website.... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Watch A New Clip From Von Trier's NYMPHOMANIAC Posted: 29 Nov 2013 01:30 PM PST  If you, like me, thought that Lars Von Trier and Team Nymphomaniac would take a little break from the marketing machine following the recent release of the film's trailer, well ... we were wrong.A new clip has been released from the film, this one from the sixth 'chapter', titled The Eastern And The Western Church. This particular clip features Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jamie Bell and a whip and - like it needs to be said at this point - is very definitely NSFW. You'll find the clip below.... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Crowdfund This! Giallo Masters Return! Poster Art! Prisons O'Plenty! The End Of The World! Posted: 29 Nov 2013 12:00 PM PST  Our weekly overview of interesting projects in the world of crowd funding returns with a second installment of Crowdfund This. And all fans of old school Italian genre film will want to pay particular attention ...Remember you can use the contact form if you'd like to suggest crowd funding projects for future columns!... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Famous Polish Poster Artist Waldemar Swierzy Has Died (+ A Gallery Of His Posters) Posted: 29 Nov 2013 11:00 AM PST  November 27 marks the end of a very important era for both film lovers and poster aficionados. Waldemar Swierzy, one of the founders of the Polish School of Posters (1950-1980) and one of the most prominent graphic designers in the world, has died after a long battle with cancer. He created more than 1500 posters since his graduation from the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts in 1952. He was the author of numerous series of film posters, many of which were exhibited during major film events and served as symbols of the pictures that they advertised. He won several awards at many important poster festivals and was recognized by The Hollywood Reporter for his posters for The Promised Land and The Dogs of War.Although over the... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| FOUR CORNERS: Watch The Gripping Trailers For South Africa's Oscar Submission Posted: 29 Nov 2013 09:00 AM PST  Located just outside Cape Town, South Africa's Cape Flats have been plagued with issues of poverty and gang violence for generations. In a nation that currently has the 15th highest murder rate on the planet, the Cape Flats district of Mitchells Plain posts the highest rates of murder, violence and property crime in the nation by a healthy margin with neighboring districts also posting what reports describe as 'abnormally high' murder rates for more than a decade. All of which makes the Cape Flats a compelling setting for Ian Gabriel's Four Corners - this year's official South African submission to the Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film.Cape Town today. Home to South Africa's toughest maximum Security prison - Pollsmoor. When Farakahn (Brendon Daniels) a general... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| AS THE LIGHT GOES OUT: Derek Kwok Delivers Thrills With First Trailer For Firefighter Drama Posted: 29 Nov 2013 08:00 AM PST  Ah, the wonders of parallel development, that odd quirk that - from time to time - results in two films with remarkably similar premises hitting screens in close proximity to one another. Why it happens is up for much debate - a spike in public awareness around a similar issue triggering interest from multiple quarters, the urge by one producer to beat another to the punch and steal their thunder are the prime reasons - but it definitely happens. Thus Hollywood produces Deep Impact and Armageddon right on top of one another while in Hong Kong right now we have multiple competing firefighter thrillers.In one corner - and releasing first - there are the Pang Brothers with Out Of Inferno, a Lau Ching Wan and... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Posted: 29 Nov 2013 07:00 AM PST  Ishii Yuya's (Mitsuko Delivers, Sawako Decides) latest film charts the twelve year development of a 'living dictionary' dubbed The Great Passage. In what is perhaps the most boring concept for a film ever, Ishii's realist style and nice characters that pepper the tale add to its most engaging aspects. Although these people are working in a dictionary editing department, the story concerns their lives, hopes, dreams and futures.Ishii's previous works follow strong but stuck female protagonists caught between the now and the potential future. In The Great Passage Ishii has toned down these inclinations, as every character simply conforms to the idea they will be working on the dictionary until completion. The strong and inherent values of Japanese society are present throughout the film, acting as a display... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Posted: 29 Nov 2013 06:30 AM PST  Welcome to the first part of The Stack Holiday Gift Guide! This segment covers books that any self respecting geek would be thrilled to find under the tree. Some of them are art books of the kind that inspire filmmakers and other storytellers and cover topics like the art of Fritz Kahn, the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen and the history of the circus. Some of them explore the minds and history of filmmakers like Ray Harryhausen, Guillermo del Toro and Wes Anderson and franchises like The Terminator. Some of them simply celebrate the end product and the way geeks and other creative types make it their own. ENJOY! The next episode of the Gift Guide will cover older TV series like China Beach, The Mod Squad, Diagnosis... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
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