After director / star Tony Jaa had a very public meltdown while working on his recent Ong Bak 2 it comes as no surprise that producers Sahamongkol Film have been keeping things quiet as far as progress on Ong...

In what was billed as a world first, Australian shark thriller The Reef opened up its set to the world this week with a compelling live stream that gave audiences a chance to see what happens on a film set. Over...

For those in the know about recent Spanish genre cinema, this is a collision of talents to be excited about.  Producers Telecinco (Pan's Labyrinth, The Orphanage) and M.A. Faura (Hierro), director Eugenio Mira (The Birthday) and writer Antonio Trashorras...

Fans of classic Oxploitation film and viewers of recent doc about same Not Quite Hollywood need no introduction to Tony Ginnane.  A veteran producer who has long embraced comparisons to Roger Corman, Ginnane built his name in the seventies...

Looks like producer Thor Sigurjonsson owes me a coke. Magnolia Pictures has, according to IndieWire.com picked up the US distribution rights to Dagur Kári's third film The Good Heart, starring Brian Cox and Paul Dano.This should make Todd a happy boy.IndieWire...

With Kick-Ass and Scott Pilgrim vs The World already generating buzz, it appears that 2010 will be the year of the unorthodox superhero. Now you can add another one to the gang, with news that an indie superhero movie Griff...

Six's very disturbing yet absolutely engrossing horror film is winning fans and prizes around the globe!Chalk up another win for Tom Six's The Human Centipede. From Austin to L.A. and now to Sainte Maxime in France where his film... More >>

How fortunate can Twitch be to have two of the Bay Area's best film writers offer previews of what I consider to be this weekend's winner of--as Michael Hawley aptly terms it--November's "smackdown." Film festivalism has never been more... More >>

[Our sincere thanks to Frako Loden for contributing her preview of this year's 3rd i line-up to the Twitch readership.] All the leaves are brown, and the skies are gray. November is here, and so is the most excellent... More >>

Fresh on the heels of yesterday's announcement of the brand new Sushi Typhoon label of cult excess from Japan's Nikkatsu Corporation comes the specifics of the first product of the new label.  From writer-director Seiji Chiba and action director...

You can't miss it if you're here at the American Film Market.  Mass emails, sign-waving picketers, and rolling sign trucks claiming that action picture Kill Speed is stolen goods and any purchase or sale of the film a violation...

Given the widespread success of Ti West's House of the Devil - the first product of a production relationship between MPI Media and Larry Fessenden's Glass Eye Pix - the expectations are high for Jim Mickle's Stake Land.  The...

X had alluded to the same press day near the end of last week; where Donnie Yen cleared up any misunderstanding that led everyone to believe that he would retire soon. The set of one of the most anticipated...

Some have called it Japan's 'national legend'. The story of the 47 Ronin has been told in numerous mediums but the last time it was ever told on the big screen was back in Kon Ichikawa's 1994 film, Kon...

Break out the rain slickers, kids, because there's a massive spray of blood on the horizon.  Japan's Nikkatsu studios have just announced the creation of Sushi Typhoon, a goofily titled new sub-label that will exist to create the sort...