Oleh Arnold

29 December 2013

Posted: 29 Dec 2013 02:00 AM PST

And here we are, at the end of our year-long exploration into the shadowy reaches of classic cinema where we have dared not venture before now. Each of us now experienced up to a dozen highly praised works for the very first time - some we have enjoyed, some which have failed to live up to their reputations - but all can now be strucken off our Lists of Shame and of which we will forevermore now hold a real opinion.2014 will see a whole new incarnation of this feature unveiled, again focusing on overlooked films of historical and artistic merit but taking a remarkably different tact - but more about that in the New Year. Before then, Team Twitch tackles a cracking selection of...

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Review: Quentin Dupieux's WRONG COPS Are The Right Cops

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 01:00 PM PST

Wrong Cops is a film you feel in your organs. Like the Oizo beats that make up the soundtrack, it pulses with the life force of humanity's birthplace. Those primal urges that shape the evolution of mankind: the struggle to survive, the need to create, looking at breasts.Dupieux's latest oddity has had an interesting journey to the screen. It started out as a series of vignettes, the first of which received a quiet debut at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012. Chapter one features Mark Burnham as Duke, a dirty, weed dealing cop, and Marilyn Manson as David Delores Frank, who is NOT a street hooker, because prostitution is wrong. The two have a disagreement over what constitutes good music. Hilarity ensues. It is 14...

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Twitch's Best Of 2013 - Best New Talent

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 04:00 AM PST

The year that was 2013 has almost run its course, so the time has come for Team Twitch to pool its ever-growing troupe of contributors from the four corners of the planet, gather its collective thoughts and pay special tribute to those films that have made a particularly strong impact over the past twelve months. While we all love to follow the careers of certain filmmakers and flock to see our favourite stars in their latest roles, at Twitch we are also passionate about new talent. There is an incredibly rewarding sense of discovery when you stumble upon a new director or actor, and Twitch has always championed the work of new and innovative voices in the world of cinema arguably even more than the...

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