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First Shots From Ghibli's Upcoming WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE

First Shots From Ghibli's Upcoming WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE

Posted: 23 Apr 2014 03:50 AM PDT

[Fourth UPDATE: Quad poster and third image added.]Studio Ghibli have released the first image from Yonebayashi Hiromasa's (The Secret World of Arriety) upcoming big screen adaptation of of Joan G. Robinson's children's novel When Marnie Was There and it sure aint ugly.The image arrived via Ghibli's official Twitter feed and was intriguingly labeled "1 of 4" so keep an eye out for further images [Images being added to the gallery as they are released]. Here's the Amazon description of the source novel:Anna hasn't a friend in the world - until she meets Marnie among the sand dunes. But Marnie isn't all she seems...An atmospheric ghost story with truths to tell about friendship, families and loneliness. Anna lives with foster parents, a misfit with no friends,...

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First Teaser For Animated MONKEY KING RELOADED

Posted: 23 Apr 2014 02:00 AM PDT

Media Asia is producing its first English-language 3D animated film, called Monkey King Reloaded. Directed by Felix Ip and Paul Wang of Hong Kong-based Unicorn Studios, the former production team of the now-defunct Imagi Animation Studios that previously brought us TMNT and Astro Boy. Canto pop-star Leon Lai serves as producer.A zoo monkey in Sichuan travels to New York City to rescue a human friend from a trio of nefarious kidnappers, only to realize the Demon King is behind it all. With the help of a huge pig, he learns to channel the power of the Monkey King to defeat the villains.The animated comedy is expected to see a release before the end of 2014. You'll find the teaser embedded below....

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Miyazaki's CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO To Get Digitally Remastered Release

Posted: 23 Apr 2014 01:00 AM PDT

A new digitally remastered edition of The Castle of Cagliostro, famously as the first feature film to be directed by Studio Ghibli maestro Miyazaki Hayao, will be released on Japanese cinema screens on May 9th. This new transfer has been three years in the making and arrives on the 35th anniversary of its original 1979 release. The film sees classic manga character and master thief Arsene Lupin III attempt to rescue a princess from the clutches of an evil Count and foil a counterfeiting operation in the tiny nation of Cagliostro. Joined by his regularly gang of allies and adversaries, including chain-smoking partner in crime Jigen, samurai Goemon, beautiful rival and sometimes-partner Fujiko and with Inspector Zenigata as ever on their heels. Miyazaki came to make the...

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Seasonal Ruminations: Melbourne Cinematheque And The Significant Magnificent Luis Bunuel

Posted: 23 Apr 2014 12:00 AM PDT

The original enfant terrible, Luis Buñuel, together with Salvador Dalí and poet Federico García Lorca formed the nucleus of the Spanish-Surrealist avant-garde, hoping to shock and insult the intellectual bourgeoisie.Melbourne Cinematheque is a sublime curated mix of auteur and period driven cinema that aims to reignite the passionate and educate the eager. The current season highlights over twenty years of Bunuel's famous and infamous work, including a sly double feature of dinner party parody and horror with The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie and The Exterminating Angel. The season wraps up with The Phantom Of Liberty and his 1930 extremity L'age D'or. Click through below for highlights of the program which runs from April 16 to April 30.Check out the Melbourne Cinematheque site to book your tickets...

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Tribeca 2014 Review: Slinging Potatoes And Pills BENEATH THE HARVEST SKY

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 04:00 PM PDT

People have been trying to escape small towns since the existence of small towns. In fact, you could argue that The Garden of Eden, as perfect as it was, was the first small town, and Adam and Eve subconsciously wanted to get thrown out. Life certainly got a lot more interesting once they did. This urge to explore is ingrained in our DNA, so it only makes sense that it's reflected in our art. Whether it's four guys from Dancer, Texas, or a whiny kid working a moisture farm on The Great Chott Salt Flat, we identify with characters looking to get the hell out of dodge. But a hometown exodus doesn't come cheap, especially if the dust you want people to eat is produced...

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Poster And Trailer For UK Indie SciFi BEYOND

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 11:30 AM PDT

Due to have its world premiere as part of the SciFi London Festival later this week, the official poster and trailer for Tom Large and Joseph Baker's Beyond has arrived online.For a brief moment in history, the world stood still. All eyes and minds focused on the skies and the colossal, unidentified object that was discovered on a collision course with Earth. Now, shrouded in mystery, the vast alien spacecraft looms ominously in sight above Northern Europe bringing with it an uncertain future. Amidst the chaos of the ensuing global catastrophe one young couple, searching for their infant daughter, their lost relationship and the hope of salvation embark on a perilous journey across a beautiful but treacherous landscape. They are driven on by hope, confronting...

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NYC Happenings: Mizoguchi Kenji Retro At MoMI Will Feature All His 30 Surviving Films

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 11:00 AM PDT

Museum of Moving Image will host the massive 30 films retrospective of Mizoguchi Kenji, one of the Big Three of Japanese cinema (along with Kurosawa Akira and and Ozu Yasujiro). Simply titled Mizoguchi, the retro will feature every surviving film of the Japanese master in celluloid, 35mm and rare 16mm prints.Known for his exquisite mise-en-scene and portraying enduring human experience in many of his films, Mizoguchi was hailed by many film scholars, critics and cinephiles as one of the greatest filmmakers ever lived.On the opening weekend of the retrospective, Saturday, May 3, film scholar David Bordwell will introduce a screening of Sansho the Bailiff, with a special presentation titled "Mizoguchi: Secrets of the Exquisite Image."Known for the exquisite beauty of his films and hailed as...

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Gritty Second Teaser For Icelandic Thriller CITY STATE 2

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 10:30 AM PDT

Icelandic director Olaf De Fleur returns to the scene of the crime with City State 2, the sequel to the surprise Icelandic hit which is currently slated to be remade in the US by James Mangold. The first was a compelling bit of crime fiction, a realistic take on police corruption and organized crime, with this latest effort picking up right where the first left off. And while there may be no subtitles included on this second teaser that doesn't seem to matter very much because, as our resident Icelander puts it, it's 'all dramatic and shit'. He is correct and it's hard to argue with that logic. Check it out below....

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Review: HARDKOR DISKO Hides Shallow Critique Behind Luscious Visuals

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 10:00 AM PDT

"Be intense or be nothing", says one of the characters in Marcin Skonieczny's dazzling yet ultimately flavorless debut feature Hardkor Disko. Generalizations aside, it's merely a statement that aspires to characterize the youngest generation and its relation to the overpowering embrace of all sorts of modern media manipulations that support a somewhat alarming tendency for pictures to be visually striking and shocking, but sometimes not as creative when it comes to storytelling.While it's undoubtedly true that some films, which tend to glorify form over substance, find success, Hardkor Disko unfortunately puts too big of an emphasis on the nevertheless luscious visuals and never clarifies its lukewarm social critique to the extent that all the given opinions eventually lose depth.Hardkor Disko looks like a picture that's...

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First Footage For Kitamura's LUPIN THE THIRD Unveiled!

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 09:30 AM PDT

Versus and Azumi director Kitamura Ryuhei's live action adaptation of the popular manga and anime series Lupin The Third is now in post-production. Filming took place in Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines and Hong Kong. The film tells the story of Lupin, Jigen, Goemon and Fujiko before they become a team. Oguri Shun plays Lupin and Asano Tadanobu plays Detective Zenigata Koichi. Following the recent release of images of the principal cast, the first footage has also been shown on Japanese television and you can check it out below.  Lupin The Third the live action film will be released in Japanese cinemas on August 30....

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Exclusive Trailer And Poster Premiere For Indie SciFi Horror EJECTA

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 09:00 AM PDT

There are reasons to fear the things that go bump in the night in Ejecta, the latest offering from indie Canadian genre film outfit Foresight Features (Septic Man, Exit Humanity, Monster Brawl). As with Septic Man the script here comes courtesy of Pontypool author Tony Burgess with Matt Wiele and Chad Archibald in the director's chair and we're proud to present the official trailer and poster below.EJECTA is the story of two men who witness an unexplainable event in the atmosphere on the eve of a historic solar storm and must survive a terrifying life form that's hunting them. An anonymous group will stop at nothing to unearth the truth behind what happened to the men that night and prove to the world that we...

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Mickle, Takahata and du Welz Headline Director's Fortnight Lineup

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 06:00 AM PDT

Sundance hits Whiplash and Cold In July along with Melbourne winner These Final Hours feature prominently in the lineup for this year's Director's Fortnight sidebar in Cannes, a selection that also includes the latest from Studio Ghibli co-founder Takahata Isao and Belgian shocker Fabrice du Welz. Fortnight has built a reputation as the edgiest section of Cannes over the years and this year looks like no exception capped as it is by the 40th anniversary restoration of Tobe Hooper's Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Check out the full selection below.2014 CANNES DIRECTORS' FORTNIGHT LINEUP OPENER "Girlhood" (Celine Sciamma, France). With this drama about a group of teenage girl rebels, Sciamma completes a thematic trilogy of films centered around adolescent sexuality that began with her 2007 debut,...

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