THE MASTER Has Found The Source Of All Creation
While major festivals have been less than happy about ongoing, early sneak peek screenings of PT Anderson's The Master effectively blowing up their much desired premiere status, the marketing campaign thus far has been nothing short of, ahem, masterful.Recognizing full... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

First Trailer For Robert Redford's THE COMPANY YOU KEEP
Robert Redford doesn't work a whole lot any more, neither in front of the camera - his last acting role was in 2007's Lions for Lambs - or behind it, and so any time Redford steps up as either actor... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

First Look: LOOPER Launches TIFF In Style
The much anticipated big(ger) budget feature by Rian Johnson will slam into Toronto next week. After the likes of a U2 Documentary and the National embarrassment that was Score: The Hockey Musical, TIFF organizers have set what's likely to be... More »
  

THE SAPPHIRES Wows Australian Box Office
I don't normally write box office reports, for good reason. Analyzing and comparing numbers for a story that replicates so many other better articles out there is a grueling and unrewarding task. However every so often there is a film that's worth the focus. The Sapphires is one such... More »
  

TIFF 2012 Tease: VANGUARD Programme Finds Its Own Voice
TIFF's Vanguard has always kind of been the bastard step-child of the Toronto festival, something previously had never really found a clear and definitive voice for the general festival patron.  With Midnight Madness guru Colin Geddes bringing a stronger sense... More »
  

Intense Trailer For Dark Norwegian Drama ALL THAT MATTERS IS PAST
A woman wakes next to a river, battered and barely alive, with the bodies of two men prone next to her. So begins the trailer for Sara Johnsen's All That Matters Is Past (Uskyld).The director of Vinterkyss and Upperdog, Johnsen... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Chris Is A Sensitive Lover. Watch The Trailer For Ben Wheatley's SIGHTSEERS!
Ah, Yorkshire. Land of love. Land of caravans. Land of murder.UK director Ben Wheatley turned heads around the globe with his stunning Kill List, a film that has quickly vaulted to the upper reaches of all time great UK genre... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Newest Trailer For LAND OF HOPE Proves Sion Sono's Got Real Dramatic Chops
With Sion Sono's new film, Land of Hope, having its world premiere in a little over a week at the Toronto International Film Festival, it's time for more footage!This second trailer actually appeared on YouTube at the end of July,... More »
By J Hurtado   
  

Director Matthew Cooke Would Like To Teach You HOW TO MAKE MONEY SELLING DRUGS
Director Matthew Cooke has a lesson for you, a lesson in how you could go from being dirt poor in the streets to having a lucrative career in a growing industry. Yes, you too could be selling drugs. Sure to... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Two Trailers For Kiyoshi Kurosawa's PENANCE
It's been four long years since director Kiyoshi Kurosawa last graced cinema screens but it's not like he's spent the time doing nothing. Earlier this year Kurosawa's latest work turned up on Japanese television, a miniseries titled simply Penance. And... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Estonia's MUSHROOMING Trailer Starts Calm, Gets Weird Quick
Watching a passel of trailers for the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival reminded me of how difficult it is to convey properly the intended tone of a movie, but the trailer for Toomas Hussar's Mushrooming makes great use of music... More »
  

Trailer for Chen Kaige's Thriller CAUGHT IN THE WEB Takes on Cyber-Bullying
Chen Kaige's period action drama Sacrifice may have only reached theatres in the U.S. recently, but it came out in Asia back in 2010. In the meantime, the director has staked out new territory by making Caught in the Web,... More »
  

Second Trailer For Stephen Fung's TAI CHI 0 Shows Off The Steam Driven Tank
Soon to arrive at the Toronto International Film Festival, Stephen Fung's Tai Chi 0 is quickly establishing itself as the most anticipated Chinese language martial arts film in quite some time. It marks the return of Fung - one of... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

TIFF 2012: Marisa Tomei Has Got That Look in First Clip from INESCAPABLE
Alexander Siddig plays a Syrian ex-pat who has to return to his home country after 25 years when his daughter goes missing in Ruba Nadda's upcoming TIFF thriller Inescapable. As we can see in this first clip, he also finds... More »
  

Paraguay's 7 BOXES contain a Whole Lotta Kinetic Energy
When a street barrow-courier in the most chaotic urban marketplace in capital city of Paraguay gets the gig of watching over seven rather large and mysterious crates, things are sure to get out of hand, and in this trailer for Juan... More »
  

Sweden's CALL GIRL Trailer Promises A Stylish, Sexy Thriller
Based on a true story, Mikael Marcimain's Call Girl promises to turn more than a few heads when it premieres at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival. Stockholm, late 70's. The model utopian society. Political neutrality and atomic power march... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

New DREDD Trailer Dives Deeper Into The World And Story
With Pete Travis' Dredd about to arrive at the Toronto International Film Festival, a new trailer has arrived for the film. Where others went for full on action, this one gets us outside of the main building where the action... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

TIFF 2012: Get All Hot and Bothered with First Trailer for Brian De Palma's PASSION
Brian De Palma has been written off before, and it may be that Passion, his remake of Alain Corneau's Crime d'amour (AKA Love Crime), is nothing more than a job for hire. Or, perhaps it's an opportunity for an old... More »
  

Serbia's CLIP And Sweden's CALL GIRL Lead The New Wave In Toronto's Discovery Program
Controversial Serbian film Clip - freshly in the news following an outright ban in Russia - and Sweden's Call Girl - featuring the bulk of the technical crew from Let The Right One In - are among the obvious highlights... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Jackie Chan And Johnny Depp Anchor Toronto's Mavericks Program
There is certainly plenty of room to argue whether Jackie Chan and Johnny Depp are 'mavericks' in any sense of the word at this stage of their respective careers but there is no doubt at all that the duo will... More »
By Todd Brown   
  
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