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Sundance 2014 Review: LIAR'S DICE Gives A Rising Star Another Chance To Shine

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Sundance 2014 Review: LIAR'S DICE Gives A Rising Star Another Chance To Shine

Sundance 2014 Review: LIAR'S DICE Gives A Rising Star Another Chance To Shine

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 10:00 PM PST

Indian independent cinema has been on the rise for the last couple of years. A rapid increase in visibility and growing interest in the biggest film industry in the world have fed this sudden surge in homespun tales of life in one of the world's most booming economies. This new wave of serious minded filmmakers and performers has more than its fair share of heroes, but perhaps none as ubiquitous as the sudden star of the silver screen, Nawazuddin Siddiqui. It's difficult to talk about Geetu Mohan Das's debut feature, Liar's Dice, without approaching the film from a Nawaz-centric perspective. This film, a tale of a woman on a desperate hunt to find the husband who left to find work in the big city, is...

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Sundance 2014 Review: DRUNKTOWN'S FINEST, A Compelling Snapshot Of Contemporary Navajo Life

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 09:00 PM PST

It may be a controversial statement, but this movie, that recently premiered at Sundance 2014, is better and maybe more enjoyable than Alejandro González Iñarritu's film of interconnected stories, Babel (I choose this one because it's the most recent of that genre that I remember watching and seeing something good in). Going into similar territory, all of the three stories around the three main characters are more interesting, more complex and more easily relatable than any of the stories in Iñarritu's film (except the story starring Rinko Kikuchi, if you made a film out of her story alone, that would be a masterpiece).I don't know if saying all this is high praise, but the movie itself is really good at portraying a small community where the...

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Sundance 2014 Review: THE OVERNIGHTERS Packs A Powerful Punch

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 07:46 PM PST

It's a rare and beautiful thing when a film can surprise you. I was taken completely off guard by The Overnighters, a film that I figured would be a stark if a bit earnest take on post-recession America. What I was not prepared for was such a nuanced, sophisticated take that tackles the very core notions of community, responsibility, and compassion and how they are reflected by varying notions of just what it means to be a Christian.The core of the film is the following of a pastor in the boom town of Williston, North Dakota. Fracking has created an economic bubble and like waves of other booms in the US, men from all over the country have left their communities and support structures to...

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I, FRANKENSTEIN Opens Big ... In Russia

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 01:30 PM PST

By now you have may have heard that I, Frankenstein, the only new wide release opening this past weekend in the U.S., died an ignoble death at the box office. Its estimated earnings totaled just $8.3 million, leaving it in sixth place. Lionsgate vigorously promoted the film, and star Aaron Eckhart dutifully appeared on all the required talk shows, but the advance materials made it clear that the movie would be little more than a spin-off of the Underworld franchise, which had already run its course. In my review, I commented that I, Frankenstein is "nothing more and only a little bit less than what I expected," and, clearly, that was not enough to draw audiences back into theaters. Of those that attended, some 60%...

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Review: Electric Song Kang-ho Leads Courtroom Drama THE ATTORNEY

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 01:00 PM PST

The combination of politics and cinema has led to some of the most incendiary films the medium has ever produced. Though a tricky balancing act that requires a deft handling of ideologies and a sensitive navigation of contemporary political climates, political works have the potential to transcend both the artistic and diversionary aims of cinema. Be they wake-up calls or calls to arms, or even painful reminders of moments of history that should not be allowed to slip into anonymity, this is one of the few 'genres,' for lack of a better term, that can have a real impact on society. Falling into this new category, or rather bursting into it after swiftly cracking the ten million viewers barrier in Korea, is The Attorney, the...

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Sundance 2014 Review: NO NO: A DOCKUMENTARY With Soul Power

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 12:30 PM PST

"I pitched every game in the Major Leagues under the influence of drugs," reveals Dock Ellis, the late baseball player who in 1970 threw a "no-no" (no-hitter) for the Pittsburgh Pirates while he was high on LSD. This is the story that kicks off No No: A Dockumentary, a soulful account of Ellis' life that certainly goes beyond the instantly engaging no-hitter on LSD premise. Let me put it this way: this has a soul-funky-blaxploitation vibe, with a Super Fly reference included, but it is as well a tough film about drug addiction, redemption and the not-so-pretty aspects of one of America's most beloved sports (baseball). Nowadays, it is no secret to anyone that big baseball stars like Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez...

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You Could Win A Free Screening Of BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR!

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 07:00 AM PST

One of the most hotly buzzed titles of the past year, Abdellatif Kenchiche's Blue Is The Warmest Color hit SundanceNOW, Cable VOD, iTunes and other digital outlets on Friday and one lucky Twitch reader is going to win an online code to watch the film for free on SundanceNOW.The sensation of the Cannes Film Festival and the most controversial film of the year, Blue is the Warmest Color made cinema history as the first film ever awarded the Palme d'Or to both its director and its actresses. In a star-making role, Adèle Exarchopoulos is Adèle, a passionate young woman who has a yearning she doesn't quite understand until a chance encounter with the blue-haired Emma ignites a flame and brings her to life. Léa Seydoux...

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Twitch Can Read: Lob & Rochette's SNOWPIERCER In English For The First Time

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 04:30 AM PST

While most of the English-speaking world is still yet to see Bong Joon-ho's science-fiction masterpiece, Snowpiercer, the good people at Titan Books have acquired the original French graphic novel and are publishing it in English for the very first time.Written by Jacques Lob and drawn by Jean-Marc Rochette, Transperceneige was first published in 1984 and tells the story of a post-apocalyptic future in which the Earth has been enshrouded by a nuclear winter. The only humans left survive aboard a giant train, 1000 carriages long, that circles the Earth, never stopping, never slowing down. Those inside are divided into First, Second and Third Class sections, with conditions aboard the train varying wildly from carriage to carriage.Famously, when the South Korean filmmaker discovered the book in...

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