Fantastic Fest 2014 Review: HIGH FIVE Revels In Drug-Fueled Mayhem |
- Fantastic Fest 2014 Review: HIGH FIVE Revels In Drug-Fueled Mayhem
- Review: THE BOXTROLLS Is Corrugated Yet Impressive
- Fantastic Fest 2014 Review: SHREW'S NEST Unleashes A Torrent Of Pent-Up Emotions
- Dallas 2015 Announces Dates, Invites Films, Asks Only For Love
- Fantastic Fest 2014 Review: DWARVES KINGDOM, A Surprisingly Balanced Exploration Of The World's Strangest Theme Park
| Fantastic Fest 2014 Review: HIGH FIVE Revels In Drug-Fueled Mayhem Posted: 26 Sep 2014 01:30 PM PDT  Manuel Facal's High Five (Relocos y Repasados) is an Uruguayan stoner comedy that belongs in the company of the greats. While drug movies have been around for at least 50 years, it wasn't until the legendary Lou Adler's adaptation of the work of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong became the first true stoner blockbuster, Up In Smoke, that the subgenre became a viable box office force. Since then drugs have popped up again and again in popular comedies in supporting roles, but lately, with the growing popularity of proud potheads like Seth Rogen, Matthew McConaughey, and Woody Harrelson, the drug film has been revived.Facal's story is that of 20-something slacker Elias, a manchild on the verge of adulthood, whose hesitance to complete his college studies is... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Review: THE BOXTROLLS Is Corrugated Yet Impressive Posted: 25 Sep 2014 02:00 PM PDT  You give a kid a flashy brand-name mechanical toy, but he'll have more fun playing with the box. As that old truism goes for kids, perhaps it'll prove just as true for filmgoers. In 2014, Transformers: Age of Extinction - the massively branded, biggest, shiniest movie based upon popular mechanical toys - demonstrated a noteworthy drop in popularity in comparison to its more financially successful predecessors. While still technically a hit, the reception that greeted this fourth Transformers film made very clear that the newness has worn off, and the culture is moving on. Enter Oregon based stop-motion animation studio Laika with the box. And a swell box it is... For good measure, the movie itself is full of actual cardboard boxes, and of course has... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Fantastic Fest 2014 Review: SHREW'S NEST Unleashes A Torrent Of Pent-Up Emotions Posted: 25 Sep 2014 01:00 PM PDT  A maelstrom of highly-charged, dysfunctional family dynamics, Shrew's Nest (Musarañas) unleashes a torrent of pent-up emotions in the form of a bloody suspense thriller. The movie sets up easily as a two-hander about the tense relationship between Montse (Macarena Gómez) and her much younger sister (Nadia de Santiago), who has just turned 18. With both parents long out of the picture, Montse has become a stern maternal figure; she's a fragile creature who can only exercise her authority by dispensing corporal punishment to the younger woman as she sees fit. Further complicating the relationship, Montse suffers from agoraphobia, so she can't step one foot out of their apartment before collapsing in a fit of anxiety and stress. Montse's sister has learned to get along by... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Dallas 2015 Announces Dates, Invites Films, Asks Only For Love Posted: 25 Sep 2014 08:32 AM PDT  My current hometown of Dallas, Texas, plays host to the Dallas International Film Festival annually, and next year those important dates will be April 9-19, 2015. New films may now be submitted to the Dallas Film Society for consideration.This will be the ninth annual edition. As a point of full disclosure, I will acknowledge that I served as a screener for the festival during its first edition, where I got to know programmers James Faust and Sarah Harris. They are both still programming films for the festival, albeit with additional responsibilities; Mr. Faust serves as Artistic Director and Ms. Harris is Senior Programmer. After eight editions of the festival, I can honestly say: I have no idea what they will program. If you ask me again... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Posted: 25 Sep 2014 07:00 AM PDT  I had never heard of the Kingdom of the Little People in Kunming, China before seeing Matthew Salton's documentary, Dwarves Kingdom. I'm hardly surprised that it exists, however. In this world of fake triple-breasted women, Crispin Hellion Glover films with casts made up entirely of actors with Down syndrome, and Twilight, nothing really surprises me anymore. What is a bit surprising is the remarkable amount of charm this film packs into what could be a rather dismal portrait of what has been remarked upon as a modern day freak show. However, through a remarkable number of balanced interviews with both proponents of the park and refuges from the park, Salton paints a fair and balanced picture that allows the viewer to draw his own conclusions.First, a... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
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