A Trailer For Edmund Yeo's KINGYO

Malaysian film maker Edmund Yeo has become a great favorite in these parts recently. Very active in the current Malaysian indie scene, having worked as both a producer and editor on some of the more widely traveled and acclaimed pictures... More »

By Todd Brown

Sitges 2009: TETSUO THE BULLET MAN Review

Brace yourself for disappointment. As painful as it is to say, Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo The Bulletman is far indeed from being the triumphant return to the iconic world that created a rabid cult around Tsukamoto. Worse than that, not only... More »

By Todd Brown

[MAINLAND REVIEWS] 斗牛 (Cow)

In case anyone had forgotten, 2009 movies seem to keep reminding us that, yes, it's indeed the year of the ox. In Korea, they did so with one of the most shocking success stories in Chungmuro's history, the three million... More »

By X

VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2009: Todd's Thoughts On THE HORDE

Great concept. Great promo materials. But, good lord, The Horde might just be the worst film I've seen all year. Bad writing, worse acting, a massive over-reliance on film speed up and dropped frames in the edit to make it... More »

By Todd Brown

VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2009: Award Winners Announced

Closing this year's edition of la Mostra Internationale d'Arte Cinematografica, better known as the Venice Film Festival, the official award ceremony just took place at the festival's Sala Grande. So who took home the awards? This year's GOLDEN LION for... More »

By Peter van der Lugt

VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2009: Sidebar Winners Announced

Though the announcement of the official prizes at Venice won't come tomorrow, the sidebar awards were all announced today with two films featured heavily on Twitch taking home major prizes. Tarik Saleh's Metropia took the Future Film Festival's Digital Award... More »

By Todd Brown

International Trailer For Tsukamoto's TETSUO THE BULLET MAN

We ran the first teaser for Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo The Bullet Man a couple days ago and today we've got a second, longer trailer for you. This one is the international version and shows off much more of the film's... More »

By Todd Brown

VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2009: First Teaser For Tsukamoto's TETSUO THE BULLET MAN

While I found the film itself to be a whopping disappointment - you can read my review here - there are, no doubt, many rabid fans of Shinya Tsukamoto and his Tetsuo films who are going to want to judge... More »

By Todd Brown

Edmund Yeo's KINGYO Goes To Venice

We've been following the progress of up-and-coming Malaysian filmmaker Edmund Yeo, and seen him grow from strength to strength. We highlighted his very first Japanese short film, Kingyo, sometime back, a film shot in Tokyo with a largely Japanese... More »

By The Visitor

Foxes! Vintage Clothing! Typeface! Yes, it's Wes Anderson's THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX Trailer

Despite the stop-motion animation and talking animals, it is not very hard to identify all of the Wes Anderson trademarks (not to mention nearly every voice actor here as worked with him in the past) on display. Adapted from the... More »

By Kurt Halfyard

VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2009: Official Lineup Announced

From the luxurious Westin Excelsior in sunny Rome comes news on la Mostra Internationale d’Arte Cinematografica, better known as the Venice Film Festival. Today the official lineup of this year’s edition, already number 66, has been announced by festival director... More »

By Peter van der Lugt

VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2009: "Chengdu" announced as closing film

Chengdu, Wo Ai Ni (Chengdu, I Love You) is to close this year’s edition of la Mostra Internationale d’Arte Cinematografica, better known as the Venice Film Festival. Filmed in tandem by Fruit Chan and China's most famous “alternative” rock star... More »

By Peter van der Lugt

VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2009: Giuseppe Tornatore’s BAARÌA to open 66th Festival

God knows how many Twitch writers “work” on the always thoroughly Twitch reported Toronto International Film Festival. Shortly before that party starts though, another one takes place at the other side of the ocean: la Mostra Internationale d’Arte Cinematografica, also... More »

By Ard Vijn

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China Beat: What did China See in IRON MAN 3?

Much has already been written, both on these pages and many others, about the landmark Hollywood-China co-production that is Marvel and DMG Entertainment's Iron Man 3. The film, directed by Shane Black, is the third solo outing for Robert Downey Jr's Tony Stark, and has proved a phenomenal success around... More »

FEAR & LOATHING AT CANNES, PART 2: I'M IN LOVE WITH EVERYBODY'S GIRL

CHAPTER 4: THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANNA KARINA AND BUTT PLUGSI'm sitting outside at a small Café that my editor told me to meet him at. I'm a 10 minute walk from the Marche Du Film convention hall and I'm still waiting for my editor to arrive so he take guide... More »

CINEMA HOLOCAUST ON THE FRENCH RIVIERA, PART 1: THOSE GOD DAMN FILM BLOGGERS

MIKE'S JOURNAL. MAY 13. MORNINGI wake up sometime around five AM. My flight to France doesn't leave until five PM. I should be there for security check in sometime around 3PM. There is no reason for me to be up this early but I'm feeling anxious. I have an itch... More »

FEAR & LOATHING AT CANNES, PART 1: A MAN'S HANDSHAKE SAYS EVERYTHING

CHAPTER ONE: THE BIGGER THE SIDEBURNS, THE BIGGER THE ASSHOLE. I've hit the big time now. I've finally made it. I'm in like Flint from here on out. I'm boarding a plane to France where I'll be attending the Cannes Film Festival for the first time.No more unpaid blogging from... More »

Destroy All Monsters: Leo DiCaprio and the Myth of the Chick Flick

I have a running argument about whether or not movie box office is a zero-sum game. I tend to attack film earning potential from the "mother of two" perspective - which is that while yes, it's nice to believe that if a film is good it has a theoretically unlimited... More »