Watch The Stellar Cannes Teaser For Jeremy Saulnier's BLUE RUIN
If you think you know what American indie director Jeremy Saulnier is all about from his splatter comedy Murder Party then let me tell you this: You don't know anything. Saulnier will be in Cannes with his sophomore picture, Blue... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Cannes 2013 Preview: Midnight, Un Certain Regard, and Everything Else
Today is the day! The 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival kicks off this evening with the European premiere of Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby . Both European Editor Brian Clark and I have been setting the stage with our... More »
  

Jeonju 2013 Review: Lee Sang-woo's Thrilling EMERGENCY EXIT is a Poetic Gutpunch
Every year, the Jeonju International Film Festival commissions a pair of omnibus features. The longest-running and most famous of these is the Jeonju Digital Project, which has featured a number of star Asian directors over the years. The other is... More »
  

Watch The Cannes Trailer For Erik Matti's ON THE JOB Now!
If it feels like we've been tracking Erik Matti's Filipino, based on true events hitman thriller On The Job forever now, it's pretty much because we have. And with the film soon to premiere as part of Director's Fortnight in... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Bruce Dern Talks, Jukebox Plays "Sugar Sugar": First Clip From Alexander Payne's NEBRASKA
Set to premiere at Cannes ahead of its theatrical release later this year, Alexander Payne's Nebraska is sure to start the critics talking. (Twitch's Festivals Editor included it in our review of the Competition titles.) The first clip from the... More »
  

Watch A Pair Of Clips From Jarmusch's ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE
Are you ready for a little vampire action, Jim Jarmusch style? The iconoclastic indie director heads to Cannes with his Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston starring vampire picture Only Lovers Left Alive and while plot information remains relatively scarce a... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Cannes 2013 Preview: The Official Competition
Yesterday European Editor Brian Clark and I took you through the Critics' Week and Directors' Fortnight sidebars and today we turn our attention to the main event, the competition for the coveted Palme d'Or at the 66th Annual Cannes... More »
  

Sydney 2013 Preview: Opening and Closing Films Plus Official Competition Picks
As the 60th Sydney Film Festival approaches, feelings of excitement and eager anticipation are shared by all of the city's film lovers. Why? Well, the recently unveiled festival program features a truly spectacular line-up, and there is really something for... More »
By Hugo Ozman   
  

Watch The Astounding International Trailer For Ari Folman's THE CONGRESS
How do you follow a ground breaking film like Waltz With Bashir? If you're Ari Folman you break more ground with the next one, the next one in this case being a loose adaptation of Stanislaw Lem's The Futurological Congress... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Cannes 2013 Preview: Critics' Week and Directors' Fortnight Sidebars
It's that wonderful time of the year again where brightest stars of the film world take to the French Riviera to unveil their latest masterpieces -- with a few duds likely thrown in as well. Yes it's almost time... More »
  

Melbourne International Film Festival 2013 Reveals A Provocative Next-Gen Program
The Next-Gen program, a suite of scheduled films that tackle cultural and social issues in a way that is accessible to a younger audience, is as strong as ever this year, and the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has just... More »
  

Tribeca 2013 Review: Does MR. JONES Take Found Footage Horror To A New Dimension?
"Scott is a filmmaker in need of inspiration..." in a film whose very genre is in need of inspiration: found footage horror. The TFF festival guide bills Mr. Jones' writer/director, Karl Mueller, as someone who has "taken the found footage... More »
  

Fantastic Fest 2013 Announces a New Home in NW Austin
We always thought it was a bit ambitious to hope the South Lamar remodel of the Alamo Drafthouse's main digs would be done in time for this year's Fantastic Fest. Today brings news that delays have indeed reared their... More »
  

Hot Docs 2013 Review: 12 O'CLOCK BOYS Is A Hell Of A Ride
It's no surprise to long term readers of my reviews that I'm kind of enamoured with David Simon's Baltimore. From Homicide: Life On The Streets, through The Corner and of course The Wire (still perhaps the best programme that has... More »
  

Hot Docs 2013 Review: AFTER TILLER Is Important, Vital Look at Late Term Abortion Doctor in US
On May 31, 2009, Doctor George Tiller was murdered while attending his regular Sunday church service. The doctor was one of a handful trained and willing to perform what are almost antiseptically referred to as "late term" abortions, the termination... More »
  

Hot Docs 2013 Review: MUSCLE SHOALS Is A Stunning, Soulful Achievement
It's a rare thing, the truly engaging music documentary. You have to have a number of things come together to make it more than just a series of clips from some music you feel palatable. The best films are those... More »
  

Watch The Coen Brothers' INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS Cannes Trailer
The Coen Brothers are headed to Cannes with Inside Llewyn Davis and they've got a new trailer to celebrate that fact. This one plays largely as an extended version of the earlier offering with a good deal of repeated footage... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Sci-Fi London 2013 Review: MARS ET AVRIL Deserves Greater Attention
Oh, what a wonderful, rich, glorious treat of a film Mars et Avril is. A sci-fi steam-punk romance with a terrific score, it is a delight to the senses. Visually stunning, melodramatic in its storytelling, and unafraid to delve into deep... More »
  

Full Program for the 60th Sydney Film Festival Announced!
The much anticipated full program for this year's Sydney Film Festival, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary, has just been announced. The 190-film program looks filled with wonderful treasures for all film lovers. At first glance, some highlights, besides the... More »
By Hugo Ozman   
  

NYIFF 2013 Review: FILMISTAAN Illustrates South Asia's Filmi Fanaticism Beautifully
I've made allusions to the absolute mania that follows Bollywood stars around the globe, but it's hard to truly express what that is like to someone who is completely unfamiliar with this singular phenomenon. In India and South Asia in... More »
By J Hurtado   
  
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