by Canfield, March 17, 2010 4:43 PM
When I was a kid the allure of celebrity endorsement was a little different. Besides being a little more impressionable I had to look a lot harder for "cool" stuff. That's one reason people are so fond of the back...
by Andrew Mack, March 16, 2010 8:53 PM
Oh joy. Na-hong Jin's first film The Chaser got a lot of love around these parts when it came out so now that news is juuuuuust starting to come out about his sophomore effort titled The Murderer then we're going...
by Canfield, March 16, 2010 5:09 PM
The fourth kind is about as memorable as the average alien abduction. Except for some minor discomfort the viewer is liable to be left asking "Whahappn?" That a film like this could get made is the only real indicator of...
by Todd Brown, March 15, 2010 11:47 AM
On the eve of Bong Joon-Ho's much loved thriller Mother hitting US screens - where you can see it now - regular contributor to these pages Diva Velez had the chance to sit and chat with the director. Here...
by Eight Rooks, March 14, 2010 12:26 PM
[With Simon Rumley's Red, White and Blue having it's North American premiere at SXSW we now re-post our review from the world premiere in Rotterdam.]It could be hard to sell people on Simon Rumley's Red, White & Blue. It...
by Todd Brown, March 13, 2010 10:00 PM
[With Amer screening as part of SXSW 2010 we now re-post my review from the film's premiere in Sitges.]When dipping in to a long abandoned style, adopting a language and syntax of film distinct to a particular era, a...
by Michael Guillen, March 12, 2010 6:22 PM
"I wish Francis 'Oggs' Cruz, Richard Bolisay, and Dodo Dayao would get space in the broadsheets, because they're far more interesting than anyone writing there regularly."--Alexis Tioseco, "Wishful Thinking for Philippine Cinema" Lessons From the School of Inattention has...
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by Eight Rooks, March 12, 2010 2:25 PM
[With pan-Nordic thriller The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo screening at SXSW we now re-post our earlier review from the film's appearance in Leeds.]Yes, it comes with baggage. How could it not? In one sense Swedish author Stieg Larsson...
by Todd Brown, March 12, 2010 1:28 PM
Popskull director Adam Wingard is a big favorite around these parts, a natural talent with a remarkable ability to manipulate mood and tone and not just function on impossibly small budgets but to actually excel in that world. That...
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