Is There More BLACK DYNAMITE In Our Future?

Michael Jai White spoke about his future plans while at the premier of Freaky Deaky at Tribeca the other night. And if all goes well we may have another Black Dynamite film! "We hope to shoot 'Black Dynamite 2' at the end of... More »
  

Tribeca 2012 Review: CONSUMING SPIRITS, Hard Times in Animated Appalachia
Every frame in Chris Sullivan's American Gothic saga aches and echoes from a place of unique artistry, meticulous craftsmanship and great imagination. And though most viewers will remember Consuming Spirits for its always inventive, lovingly hand-crafted animation, which consists of... More »
  

Tribeca 2012 Review: JOURNEY TO PLANET X
Who doesn't love a good doc about the trials and tribulations of the aspiring filmmaker? I'm not talking your Heart of Darknesses or Burden of Dreamses, as classic as those films are. I'm talking VHS Kahloucha, Audience of One, and... More »
  

Tribeca 2012 Review: RUBBERNECK
Actor and director Alex Karpovsky has been a fixture in the past few years in low-budget American indies, many of which have fallen under the rubric (though I hate the term) of "mumblecore." In many of these films, both directed... More »
  

Tribeca 2012 Review: In REPLICAS Hysteria Isn't Always Enough
The sense of dread and terror first time director Jeremy Power Regimbal sets in the opening moments of Replicas is potent, and remains so, until that creeping, crawling something-is-a-miss turns into out and out hysteria by the film's mid-point. It... More »
  

Tribeca 2012 Review: FRANCOPHRENIA (OR DON'T KILL ME, I KNOW WHERE THE BABY IS)
The symbiotic relationship between celebrities and their adoring public is an interesting one. And it's films like James Franco's FRANCOPHRENIA (OR PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME TYPE OUT THE FULL TITLE EVERY TIME) that force me to consider my own role... More »
  

Tribeca 2012 Review: POSTCARDS FROM THE ZOO Offers a Menagerie of Wonders
According to Lana there are three types of beings that find themselves at the Ragunan Zoo in Jakarta. Firstly, there are the visitors (the watchers and those that want to be watched). Then there are the animals (those who watch... More »
  

Tribeca 2012 Review: WAR WITCH
I am of two minds when it comes to cinematic depictions of the African continent, in both fiction and documentary films. On the one hand, the sad reality is that civil war, corruption, political instability, and famine are inescapable features... More »
  

Tribeca 2012 Review: JACK & DIANE, A Dark Romance With Little Bite
The practice of transposing horror elements for the use of visual metaphors and nightmares in a film which is more or less a drama isn't a new thing. We at Twitch come across films that aren't quite full on horror... More »
  

Tribeca 2012 Review: RESOLUTION
"I think they were searching for monsters... and found each other."This bit of dialogue isn't the tagline for Resolution, and in fact isn't even spoken about the protagonists (the reverse would be closer to the truth), but it does offer... More »
  

Tribeca 2012 Review: UNIT 7
As anyone reading, or writing for, Twitch will probably tell you, there's a fine line between genre conventions and outright clichés. To an outsider, someone who's not a fan of a particular genre, anything that looks somewhat familiar can be... More »
  

Tribeca 2012 Review: POLISSE Makes for an Atypical & Harrowing Procedural
It's been over eight hours since I left the theater; eight hours after taking in the third film from filmmaker/actress Maïwenn, largely my first experience with her work. Polisse (a clever, simple, kid-inspired misspelling) is an in-depth and very intense... More »
  

Hey NYC! Wanna Win Tix To Tribeca Screenings?
Dear readers, I'll be brief here, sapping wi-fi from the Tribeca press lounge and in need of some sustenance. As luck (and correspondence) would have it we have 2 tickets each to give away to the 4/20 screening of Rat... More »
  

Tribeca 2012 Review: EDDIE - THE SLEEPWALKING CANNIBAL
With a title that screams "campy fun ahead," Eddie -The Sleepwalking Cannibal both telegraphs its pleasures and sells them short. Yes, this Danish-Canadian co-production is pure fun from its first moment to its last (and beyond: stay for the credits),... More »
  

Tribeca 2012 Review: YOUR SISTER'S SISTER
There are many pleasures to be had in watching Your Sister's Sister, the fourth feature by writer/director Lynn Shelton (We Go Way Back, My Effortless Brilliance, Humpday), one of the great highlights of Tribeca 2012.  For example, there is the... More »
  

Tribeca 2012: The Twitch Team Raises the Curtain With Our Top 15 Picks
What time is it, folks? Tribeca time. This evening the 11th annual Tribeca Film Festival opens with a gala screening of The Five-Year Engagement, the latest written-by-and-starring project from Mr. Nick Andopolis himself, Jason Segel (oh, it's also directed by... More »
  

Tribeca 2012 Preview: Spotlight
You've read about the Galas & Competitions and taken a tour of the Cinemania & Viewpoint sections, now we conclude our TFF2012 preview series with a look at a handful of the films on tap in the enormous Spotlight program.... More »
  

Tribeca 2012 Preview: Cinemania & Viewpoints
Tribeca 2012 kicks off tomorrow and we've got another installment of our preview series for your perusal this morning. Yesterday we took a look at the TFF2012's Galas & Competitions, today we tour the midnight-ish Cinemania and boundary-bending Viewpoints sections.... More »
  

Tribeca 2012 Preview: Galas & Competitions
Well folks, it's just about Tribeca time. New York's big Spring fest kicks off this Wednesday, the 18th. TFF2012 has quite the diverse lineup this year and we're mobilizing the troops to bring you the festival news, features, and reviews... More »
  

These Exclusive Behind The Scenes Photos from EDDIE THE SLEEPWALKING CANNIBAL Have An "Entrail" or Two to Tell
Well, if that ain't one of the Twitch-iest sounding titles up there. That's why it pleases me damn well that we've got two exclusive behind-the-scenes photos to share with you today from Canadian filmmaker Boris Rodriguez's feature debut. Keen on... More »
  
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