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Trailer for CG Animated Short THE MOUSE THAT SOARED

Animation, Comedy, Short Films, USA & Canada

Directed by veteran animator Kyle Bell, The Mouse That Soared is a six minute CG animated short produce from mostly the crew that worked at Laika Entertainment, the studio behind Coraline and Moongirl. The trailer is only 30 seconds long,... More >>

by Al Young, November 20, 2009 3:15 PM

Poster Alert! Gremlins, Alien LA Exclusives!

The peeps over at Mondotees.com are hosting a show in LA tonight at Gallery 1988 and are releasing a few prints as LA Exclusive. The prints that are going to get people all hot and bothered are for Gremlins by newcomer... More >>

by Swarez, November 20, 2009 1:57 PM

Making-of Video for CG Animated Short MEET MELINE

Animation, Continental Europe & Russia, Short Films

Back in late March, a trailer for Sebastien Laban & Virginie Goyons' animated short Meet Meline caught my eye and I became immediately captivated by its charm and magical wonder while leaving me wanting to see how the story develops... More >>

by Al Young, November 20, 2009 11:40 AM

Test Footage From Argentine Sci-Fi EL ETERNAUTA

Mexico & South America, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Without a doubt the largest and most anticipated science fiction film ever produced in South America, there are rumors of dischord circling the film adaptation of Hector German Oesterheld's El Eternauta. There is recent chatter that original director Lucrecia... More >>

by Todd Brown, November 20, 2009 11:38 AM

DougTenNapel Says GO SUKASHI!

Action, Comedy, Cult, Martial Arts, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, USA & Canada

New from Doug TenNapel - still best known as the creator of Earthworm Jim, though his credits go well beyond that at this stage of his career - and Shoko Nakagawa is Go Sukashi! An English language masked hero... More >>

by Todd Brown, November 20, 2009 10:30 AM

First Images From Sergei Bodrov And Guka Omarova's YAKUZA'S DAUGHTER!

Earlier this month Twitch brought you word that Japanese action star Tak Sakaguchi had flown off to the Ukraine where he was hard at work as both an actor and action choreographer in a new film by Sergei Bodrov... More >>

by Todd Brown, November 19, 2009 6:04 PM

The NORWEGIAN NINJA Strikes From Beneath The Sea!

Action, Comedy, Continental Europe & Russia, Cult, Martial Arts

No, sadly, there is not yet any official footage available from Thomas Malling's upcoming Norwegian Ninja, though when that comes you can rest assured you'll find it here. What there is, however, is one fantastic piece of artwork for the... More >>

by Todd Brown, November 19, 2009 2:13 PM

Secret Agent vs Pigeon in CG Animated Short PIGEON: IMPOSSIBLE

Animation, Comedy, Short Films, USA & Canada

What do you get when you cross a secret agent carrying a hi-tech briefcase and a pigeon? Find out what happens in the CG animated short Pigeon: Impossible from director Lucas Martell. The full version has now officially arrived on... More >>

by Al Young, November 19, 2009 12:30 PM

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Reviews

ADVENTURES OF POWER Review

Comedy, USA & Canada

Writer/director Ari Gold also stars as the title character Power in this underdog/rock n' roll/road comedy. The story is as simple as it's protagonist: Power is a full-on loser, who works at the local energy plant with his gruff... More >>

by Sean "The Butcher" Smithson, November 19, 2009 7:15 PM

Chandmani Sum review

Documentary

Little bump as I included the trailer for your viewing pleasure. Mongolia is faraway, barren and mostly unknown territory for us Westerners. Most of us know very little about it, except maybe a little trivia about Genghis Kahn. Rowan Lee... More >>

by Onderhond, November 19, 2009 3:36 PM

A TOWN CALLED PANIC Review

Animation, Comedy, Continental Europe & Russia, Cult

(Our thanks goes out to Joseph Sylvers for the review)The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy's book within the book begins with the phrase "Don't Panic", because the universe is a dizzying, dazzlingly complex place, that to take it all... More >>

by Ben Umstead, November 19, 2009 3:00 PM

FANTASTIC MISTER FOX Review

Animation, Comedy, USA & Canada

[Our thanks to regular reader indiemaker for the following review.] "Uh, my dad's on fire..." Fantastic Mr. Fox might just be one of the biggest surprises of the year for me. 2009 has really shaped up to be a... More >>

by Todd Brown, November 19, 2009 9:38 AM

WHITE ON RICE Review

Comedy, USA & Canada

[Our thanks to regular Twitch reader Indiemaker for the following review of Dave Boyle's indie comedy White on Rice.]White on Rice is a film that has slowly but surely garnered its fair share of buzz these past few months.... More >>

by Todd Brown, November 18, 2009 10:22 AM

Alone review

Reading the reactions beneath the 4Bia 2 review it seems that I'm not the only one who waited a long time before actually sitting down to watch Alone. Since I just saw it yesterday, here's my take on the film.... More >>

by Onderhond, November 18, 2009 10:03 AM

PHOBIA 2 Review

Asia, Horror

Horror anthologies are notoriously uneven affairs, typically ill-matched collections of low budget efforts from little known talent trying to make a name for themselves with a quick scare or two. Such was very definitely not the case with Thai... More >>

by Todd Brown, November 17, 2009 11:56 AM

MID-AUGUST LUNCH UK DVD Review

Comedy, Continental Europe & Russia, Drama, UK, Ireland, Australia & New Zealand

Offered up with an array of awards from its festival run in 2008, Gianni Di Gregorio's Mid-August Lunch (Pranzo Di Ferragosto) finally makes it to DVD on 7th December through Artificial Eye. A warm, likeable and gently comic drama,... More >>

by James Dennis, November 16, 2009 4:56 PM

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Twitch-o-meter

Cheapskate! CHEAPSKATE!

by Ard Vijn, November 17, 2009 10:13 AM

Yes, this title is a pun on two previous Twitch-O-Meters (this one and this one). We all know and love stories about fledgling filmmakers scraping together the tiniest of budgets and managing to create an intriguing, sometimes even phenomenally successful movie with it. John Carpenter worked wonders with "Dark Star" and "The Assault of Precinct 13" on a tiny budget. Even the... More >>

It's in the Game

by Eight Rooks, November 10, 2009 7:53 PM

Nice and simple idea here (I'm sure someone else has already done it); for years gamers have deplored Hollywood plundering their beloved hobby for inspiration and picking all the wrong ideas, with IP after IP farmed out to disinterested studios the world over long before Uwe Boll got the idea of making wealthy German businessmen very happy.Even those few...

[BACK IN THE DAY - 01] 영원한 제국 (Eternal Empire) and Chungmuro's Love-Hate for History

Asia, Drama, Thriller

by X, November 3, 2009 5:21 AM

[Starting with this installment, we'll feature some of the most interesting films to grace Korean shores from before the mid 1990s renaissance, which does have its roots (amongst a million other reasons) in late 80s social protest films, the "proto-blockbusters" of the early-to-mid 90s democratization and the VHS blank-filling impetus of chaebol groups, but symbolically started with the success of...

Interviews

Ask Him Again, His Soul is Still Dancing. 15 minutes with Werner Herzog.

Comedy, Cult, Drama, Toronto Film Festival 2009

by Kurt Halfyard, November 19, 2009 2:53 PM

One of the pleasures of going to film festivals are the Q&A sessions afterwards. If you read humour pieces regarding this aspect of the festival experience, they are often snarky little pieces about the awful questions fielded by audience members, or folks trying to... More >>

Richard Stanley, I presume? An interview with the director of HARDWARE...

by Ard Vijn, November 18, 2009 9:03 PM

Pinning down Richard Stanley can be quite a job, whether you're talking about trying to find where he is or trying to make sense of the bewildering variety of reputations he has. He's been called a genius, a hack, an artist, a troublemaker, an Enfant Terrible... More >>

HASHMATSA / DEFAMATION (2009): Interview With Yoav Shamir

Documentary, Middle East

by Michael Guillen, November 3, 2009 2:46 PM

Simone Bitton's Rachel took the bullet for Yoav Shamir's Hashmatsa / Defamation (2009), which I would have predicted to be the target of outrage at the 29th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (SFJFF). By the time Defamation finally screened, voices were perhaps already hoarse... More >>