Sitges 2012 Dispatch: MANIAC Crowds, STITCHES and SLICE AND DICE: THE SLASHER FILM FOREVER

My second day at Sitges was the day of the slasher movie. Besides watching the Irish comedy/slasher, Stitches, and a blood-soaked documentary on the evolution of the genre, I once again contemplated the Maniac remake, which I found inspired and... More »

By Brian Clark

Fantastic Fest 2012 Preview: Australia & NZ Attack Austin

There are many reasons to be fired up about Fantastic Fest this year, and my biggest reason is the awesome selection of Australian (and New Zealand) genre films playing the festival - after yet another year of these countries churning... More »

By Simon de Bruyn

FrightFest 2012: The Whole Bloody Affair - Part Two

And so continues my blow-by-blow account of Film4 FrightFest the 13th at the Empire Leicester Square (23-27 August, 2012). Click here to read Part One.Day 3 - Saturday, 25th August Eurocrime! The Italian Cop And Gangster Films That Ruled The... More »

By James Marsh

Books to be Scene: Chris Womersley's BEREFT

Quinn threw down his cigarette and ground it out under his boot heel. A woman and her young daughter indicated they wished to pass, prompting Quinn and his new companion to stand back as far as the cramped space would... More »

By Matthew Lee

FrightFest 2012: The Whole Bloody Affair - Part One

Now that the blood has had time to curdle, the ominous shadows have retreated from whence they came and the screams of terror finally ceased ringing in my ears, it seems an opportune moment to look back over the... More »

By James Marsh

Let's talk quantity

Time for a confession ladies and gentlemen. Like many other male specimen on this planet, I suffer from a very serious, yet very common disease. Well ... maybe it's not an actual disease, it's more like a default really. I've... More »

By Niels Matthijs

HANNA and the Top 5 Pint-Sized Killers of the Past 5 Years

To call Hanna far superior to Sucker Punch is to damn Hanna with faint praise. Coming from director Joe Wright, who make the good-looking but dramatically unsatisfying Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, and The Soloist, Hanna is a total shock, a... More »

By Peter Martin

Five For The Future!

With this being my last shot at writing a Twitch-o-Meter in 2009 I've decided that rather than looking back - as I normally do with these things - I'm going to look forward. This column is dedicated to five young,... More »

By Todd Brown

Go To Your Happy Place

I’ve been a little blue lately. Reason being, we’ve recently wrapped production on a short film that had rattled around the back of my mind from January to April and occupied all of it from May up until about a... More »

By Collin Armstrong

Remakes Done Wrong

A little while back, yours truly posted a ToM dealing with remakes that I felt, at the very least, equaled their inspiration for one reason or another. It shouldn’t surprise that reader response was pretty divided, with some people decrying... More »

By Collin Armstrong

Nicholas Roeg's BAD TIMING and the Art of the Bad Relationship

This post will remain at the top of the page for a single day. There are countless films about obsessive relationships but one of the very best is Nicolas Roeg's 1980 film Bad Timing. Roeg's film is an absolutely beautiful... More »

By Rodney Perkins

What Came Before 101: A Big List Of All Twitch-O-Meters So Far

[Twitch-O-Meters will remain at the top of the page for the duration of the day they were published. Please scroll down for today’s film news] Time flies when you're having fun, especially if you can't count. I expected that shortly... More »

By Ard Vijn

Movies That Apparently Have Nothing in Common

Do these five movies have anything in common? 5. Jersey Girl (2004) The most damning praise that can be heaped upon Kevin Smith's Jersey Girl is to call it "sweet" and nothing else. All his movies have a core of... More »

By Peter Martin

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

[In accordance with Twitch Law this post will remain here at the top for the one day. Please scroll down for today's news. I'm a day late but I have an excuse. In a couple hours I heading out to... More »

By Andrew Mack

Time to put together your 'Dream Team'

[Abiding by the Twitch-O-Meter rules of conduct and fair play this post will remain up top for one day. Further posts about far more interesting things are below this. Scroll down!] Well, Day 5 of the Olympics came and went... More »

By Andrew Mack

The Home Depot. You can kill it. We can help.

Whenever I am at Todd’s house we’re doing one of a few things. Either we’re playing video games with the boy or we’re talking about movies and all things Twitch. Last week I was in a mild state of panic... More »

By Andrew Mack

Disappearing Acts

There are filmmakers whose new works you await with baited breath. Something different from the mind of someone whose vision you respect and admire is always an exciting proposition. Unfortunately, sometimes that proposition takes the better part of a... More »

By Collin Armstrong

Animals Amuck!!!

Ever since a giant ape ascended the Empire State building and swatted down a squadron’s worth of bi-planes, nature – specifically animals – running wild(er than usual) has been a staple trope for filmmakers with fantastic bents. Along with... More »

By Collin Armstrong

The Heebie Jeebies

I wasn’t the type of guy who went out of his way to watch scary movies. Still to this day, the Horror genre- and it’s many off-shoots- are not tops on my list of genres of film I want... More »

By Andrew Mack

Video Screams!

There was a time when “film” only meant something which was filmed, not captured on another moving medium. Despite long-form video productions airing on TV around the globe in the 70s, most countries were slow to accept video as... More »

By Collin Armstrong

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Ryland Aldrich, Festivals Editor Los Angeles
James Marsh, Asian Editor Hong Kong
Brian Clark, European Editor Paris

FEAR & LOATHING AT CANNES, PART 3: EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL AND I'M TRIPPING BALLS

CHAPTER 6: THERE'S NOTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN A PURPLE BEACH SMOTHERED IN MELTING TROMMETTES DURING A CRIMSON TINGED SUNSET ON THE FRENCH RIVERIA, HOLY SHIT I'M TRIPPING MY FUCKING FACE OFF.It's night. When the fuck did it become night? I'm naked. Where the fuck did my clothes go? I'm on... More »

Destroy All Monsters: I Think We've Been This Way Before, Mr. Spock

They can remember it for you wholesale, and they do. At some point, we licensed our pop cultural nostalgia to a handful of multinational conglomerates (well, to be fair, they always owned the licenses) and now they're selling them back to us - though, I guess, not at wholesale, but... More »

Interview: Twitch Talks to HANGOVER III's Ken Jeong

Ken Jeong may often play a lunatic on both big and small screen, but in person it's quite disarming to see just how calm and considerate he comes across. While he got his big screen start in Judd Apatow's Knocked Up, Jeong's real breakthrough was taking a small-on-paper role... More »

Hollywood Beat: Notes On Cutting The Cord And NBC's Genre Programs

I cut the cable cord last year, but I'm not always happy about it. I had to wait a year before seeing Season 2 of Game of Thrones, for example, and will have to wait to see Season 3 until next year. I only have to wait to see Mad... More »

Twitchvision: Talking STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS, MUD and THE ICEMAN

Another Twitchvision chat with Scott Laurie, this time me gushing about J.J.'s latest Star Trek film, which I unabashedly loved.Also talked about he fabbo Mud, and the less fabbo The Iceman, both with Michael Shannon doing his thing.Video embedded below.Update: Was asked to come in today and pick a few... More »