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The ANCHORMAN 2 Trailer Does Its Part For Race Relations
Breaking down barriers with facial hair. That will be the legacy of Anchorman 2. Yes, Ron Burgundy is back in the game, he's bringing his mustache with him, and he's here to heal the rift between races in America. The... More »
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Russell Crowe Set To Make Feature Directing Debut With THE WATER DIVINER
"Are you not entertained!?" He's won an Oscar for his acting, fronted a rock band, played Superman's dad and led the hunt for UFOs in Sydney (seriously). Now Russell Crowe, Renaissance Man, wants to add feature directing to his resume, according... More »
  

THE CROSSING and THE ROCKET Win Sydney 2013 Audience Awards
Earlier this week we heard the Jury picks for the 60th Sydney Film Festival; Refn and Gosling's Only God Forgives won the Official Competition prize and Buckskin won the Foxtel Documentary Prize. Now comes the Audience Awards.Two Australian films won both prizes.... More »
  

THE LEGO MOVIE Trailer Will Make You Shit Bricks
Out of all the movie trailers that leave me hyperventilating with excitement, from stunning teases of Scorsese or Coen Brothers films to crazy/awesome looking Polish semi-documentaries, you might be surprised that a little film coming out in 2014 from Warner might... More »
  

LA Film Fest 2013 Review: Mumbai Drama I.D. Can't Establish Credentials
To comment on Indian cinema growing beyond the Bollywood aesthetic that has defined it for so many years would be almost passé at this point. With films like Gangs of Wasseypur crashing onto the scene with great flourishes of... More »
  

LA Film Fest 2013 Review: AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS Sure Is Pretty, But It Ain't Quite Divine
As someone who spends a good portion of his days talking and writing about cinema, there comes an interesting moment when certain difficulties as to how to communicate rear their ugly head in either form of discourse. Sometimes it is... More »
  

Dolph Lundgren Plus Robots Versus Zombies! Watch The English Language BATTLE OF THE DAMNED Trailer Now!
What could be better than Dolph Lundgren battling zombies in a post apocalyptic Singapore? Simple! Dolph Lundgren battling zombies in a post apocalyptic Singapore with the help of heavily armed robots! Yes, kids, it's Battle Of The Damned and while... More »
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Get A First Glimpse Of Tsui Hark's YOUNG DETECTIVE DEE
Tsui Hark had a big hit on his hands with his Andy Lau starring Detective Dee and he is no doubt hoping lightning will strike twice for him with the character as he prepares his prequel offering Young Detective Dee:... More »
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This Poster Boy Will Crush You With His Giant Nazi Stilts
Thanks to MPI Media/Dark Sky Films we have the new poster for Frankenstein's Army, coming to VOD and theatres in select US cities on July 26. Directed by Richard Raaphorst from a script by by Miguel Tejada-Flores and Chris Mitchell, Frankenstein's... More »
  

A Surprisingly Weepy First Trailer For Dante Lam's UNBEATABLE (MMA)
Would you care for a dose of melodrama to go with that punch in the face? Because that's what Hong Kong action auteur Dante Lam is serving up in the first trailer for his Nick Cheung and Eddie Peng starring... More »
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Mainstream Cinema is Still Dead at the Filipino Film Critics Awards
The mainstream industry is (artistically) dead. That's what the Gawad Urian, the society of the Filipino film critics, made clear once more with their latest awards celebration. This is nothing new, since its been years since the organization nominated the... More »
  

Fifteen Unfilmable Novels And The Directors Who Should Try Anyway
Ah, the 'unfilmable' novel. Go back ten or fifteen years and it seems everyone had some sort of list of great novels that could never be brought to the screen. The limitations at the time were largely technical and in... More »
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It's A MASSACRE ON SET And Things Are Going To Get Bloody!
Ah, Argentina, the land of (seemingly) many, many crazy directors seemingly all too happy to spray blood and breasts across the screen. And among the craziest of the crazy is La Memoria Del Muerto helmer Javier Diment, who I once... More »
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Euro Beat: Is It Art Or Porn? France Re-Opens The Debate
For the first time in many years (at least since 2000's Baise-Moi), sex in cinema has become a point of controversy in France. That's thanks in large part to the fact that the two most critically acclaimed films to come... More »
  

Dolph Lundgren Confirms Tony Jaa Aboard For SKIN TRADE
Dolph Lundgren and Tony Jaa are making it a pair. Lundgren made headlines back in April when he joined the Tony Jaa directed retro-western A Man Will Rise - that film already listed as in post production, by the way,... More »
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Kim Basinger Takes The Lead In Morgenthaler's PETIT
Regular readers of Twitch should be well familiar with the work of Anders Morgenthaler by this point, the popular Danish cartoonist proving to be a restless and intriguing talent. Already well known in Denmark thanks to his comic strip work,... More »
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Coming Soon In Mexico: BLANCANIEVES Will Finally Arrive With Director Pablo Berger And Star Daniel Giménez Cacho In Person

The Spanish black-and-white silent film Blancanieves premiered last year at the Toronto Film Festival and ever since it has garnered acclaim and accolades all around the world, including the highest honor at the 2013 Goya Awards. The reception in Mexico... More »
  

China Box Office: Lack Of Competition Sees SWITCH Dominate
As expected, Jay Sun's spy thriller Switch breezes to the top of the Chinese box office charts as the opposition waits wisely in the wings. Rank Title Origin 10/6-16/6 (US$) Total (US$) Screening days 1 Switch China $32.84 $41.04 8... More »
  

PiFan 2013 Reveals Treasure Trove of Fantastic Delights
Here at Twitch, we're huge fans of the PiFan (Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival), the largest celebration of genre cinema in Asia. So we've been eager to discover the program of their 17th edition, taking place next month. The wait... More »
  

Kim Ki-duk Cuts 21 Scenes In Bid To Get MOEBIUS Past Censors
The latest work from South Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk was effectively banned by the Korean Media Rating Board (KMRB) earlier this month, after it awarded Moebius a "restricted rating". Such a rating limits the film's release to "speciality theatres" rather... More »
  
 
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Fifteen Unfilmable Novels And The Directors Who Should Try Anyway

Ah, the 'unfilmable' novel. Go back ten or fifteen years and it seems everyone had some sort of list of great novels that could never be brought to the screen. The limitations at the time were largely technical and in recent years those lists have dwindled with titles such as... More »

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Back in 1933, while Hitler was ascending into power in Germany and diasporic Jews throughout the world looked on with concern, two high school students created one of the most indelible mythical heroes of the last century. Borrowing from the Nietzschean concept of the Übermensch, Joe Shuster and Jerry... More »

Twitchvision: Talking MAN OF STEEL and THIS IS THE END

This is the big week of Superman's return, with Zack Snyder's take on the caped saviour hitting our screens. While my opinion's kind of mixed on the film, there's still plenty to admire about it. I also discuss the overt Jesus imagery throughout, as expanded in a full cineruminations column... More »

70s Rewind: Bridges, Barbra, Bogdanovich, Brynner

Amazon's Prime Instant streaming service is not as well-established as Netflix and has far more modest offerings in off-beat and strange cinema. Still, since I temporarily dropped Netflix, I've been diving deeper into Amazon's catalog, and discovered a good number of films from my favorite movie decade. Here's a selection... More »

LA Film Fest 2013: Twitch Picks 12 Must-See Films

It's LA Film Fest time with LA's downtown fest kicking off tonight with Pedro Almodovar's I'm So Excited. Twitch will be on hand with a small crew to bring you news and reviews from around the fest. You can follow us on twitter at @TwitchFilm | @BenUmstead | @AlexKoehne... More »
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