Few directors have had as big an impact with their debut film as Na Hong-Jin of 추격자 (The Chaser) had last year, convincing critics that we might have a major talent on our hands, but also selling over five million...

Easily one of the most impressive things I saw in the American Film Market was the sales promo for Colm McCarthy's dark Irish fantasy thriller Outcast.  A surprisingly realistic spin on the folklore of the sidhe - the Irish...

We don't cover a lot of web series material here on Twitch because, honestly, most of them just aren't very good.  But there are exceptions.  And recent UK series Girl Number 9 is one of them.  A serial killer...

The last two years of Seol Kyung-Gu's career have been a rather puzzling collection of ups and downs, with plenty of box office success which further elevated his name in the eyes of the casual viewer, but also a distinct...

With super powers come super responsibilities.If there's anything that India's insanely vibrant and varied film culture has taught us to expect, that is its continued defiance of any and all expectations. And when it comes to Kollywood, Tamil Nadu's own...

(Screened as part of the 23rd Leeds International Film Festival running from 4th-22nd November 2009.)What makes the Decaillon Brothers' vampire thriller Sodium Babies so special? It's an obvious calling card, yes, messy, gaudy and hyper-kinetic, throwing every low-budget editing...

We've had batmen, spidermen, zebramen, but wait for it.... Chicken Man is coming, courtesy of Kollywood (the Tamil "cousin" of Bollywood, if you will). Susi Ganesan's fourth feature film கந்தசாமி (Kanthaswamy) is - at least on paper - one of...

(Screened as part of the 23rd Leeds International Film Festival running from 4th-22nd November 2009.)Yes, it comes with baggage. How could it not? In one sense Swedish author Stieg Larsson assured himself a place in history when he died...

Paranormal Activity was suddenly brought into the mainstream light from its grass roots by Director Oren Peli, who created it three years ago. Perhaps this was the intention all along. With the hype surrounding its initial small midnight releases with... More >>

(Bumping this review before the film screens as part of the 23rd Leeds International Film Festival, 14/11/09 at 4am as part of the Night of the Dead event, and again 15/11/09 at 2pm. While I wasn't blown away, I...