Dave Canfield
Chicago, Illinois

Canfield is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association but can't decide if that makes him a critic. He is a writer for the well respected Magill's Cinema Annual and has been with Twitch Film since the beginning but can't decide if that makes him a writer. He's often called to speak and teach various people but is not sure if this makes him a teacher. If you think you know what Canfield is please write or call the guys at Twitch Film. There is a substantial reward leading to the successful identification of this man.

Meeting The Criterion: VANYA ON 42ND STREET, WORLD ON A WIRE, 3 WOMEN, THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE.

The process of self-education continues. This month a theme emerged connecting all the films for me. Characters trapped, by the past, the future, the need for identity and finally by death itself peopled the stories told by the likes of... More »
  

Review Roundup: THE SHRINE, Ken Burns' The WAR Blu-ray, SHERLOCK Series 2 Blu, and Indie Horror Drama DEAD WEIGHT
Typing just as fast as I can. May brought some films I seriously loved. Some are classics you and I have seen often, some newer films that will fall into that category. Nothing to warn you about this month. Didn't... More »
  

Chicago to Get Rarer Than Rare Screening of Restored NIGHTBREED (THE CABAL CUT)!!!!
This is major. Clive Barker's film Nightbreed is famous for being butchered at the last minute by 20th Century Fox. Besides trimming out all the violence (which is usually almost a character in and of itself in any Clive Barker film),... More »
  

CHICAGO gets rare 35mm screenings of MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE and FIST OF THE WHITE LOTUS!! June 1.

My jaw dropped when I heard about this and yours should too. This is a really rare opportunity to see 35mm prints direct from the Shaolin Archive. Friday, June 1! Mark it on your calenders Chi-Towners. This is the day... More »
  

Review Reminder Roundup: FROZEN PLANET, SHAME, BEING ELMO, SLEEPING BEAUTY
Hello fellow sojourners in the stateside mass media marketplace. Here's another chance to reminisce about the last month or so in home entertainment. Virtually everything you see here is something I wanted to see, a personal favorite or a film... More »
  

FREE Chicago Double Feature MAY 3. LARRY COHEN to Present New Film and rare screening of seventies horror classic GOD TOLD ME TO.

Ordinarily I wouldn't bother posting something at this short notice. But this is a very rare FREE opportunity. Ever seen God Told Me To (1976)? The seventies horror flick written and directed by Larry Cohen, featuring the screen debut of... More »
  

Writer, Director Drew Goddard Talks CABIN IN THE WOODS, CLOVERFIELD 2 and ROBOPOCALYPSE

Twitch was created because so many good little films fall through the cracks of fandom. When one of those movies is rescued from obscurity, or especially from studio politics or just plain because we get a little crazy around here.... More »
  

REVIEW REMINDER ROUNDUP: Battle Royale, Wizards Digibook, Game of Thrones, and more...
I submit to you the latest review reminder roundup. It was an interesting batch of stuff last month. Highlights for me def included the emergence of Battle Royale and Wizards on Blu as well as the release of Melancholia and... More »
  

GRETA GERWIG speaks DAMSELS IN DISTRESS

A short exchange with Greta Gerwig goes a long way. She's identified with a loosely defined film movement called mumblecore but she is beholden to no style but her own. Scene stealing work in Ti West's House of the Devil... More »
  

WIN TIX: SCI-FI SPECTACULAR 6 with NIGHT OF THE COMET star KELLI MARONEY in person APRIL 28!
I has 3 pair of passes (each one good for 2) to giveaway for this ultra-cool event. Sci-Fi Spectacular is 14 hours of genre madness featuring all manner of retro, shorts, and debut films. Been there many a time and... More »
  

ATTENTION CHICAGO TWITCHERS Enjoy a screening of Cabin in the Woods on us.

CHICAGO ONLY   If you don't live in Chicago then don't bother. But IF YOU DO LIVE IN CHICAGO  why not head down to www.gofobo.com/rsvp and enter RSVP Code TWITCHE9BF . There you can download a free pass to an early sneak... More »
  

Meeting The Criterion: TINY FURNITURE, THE RULES OF THE GAME, KURONEKO
Before I tackle my second set of Criterion releases I thought it might be good to talk a little bit about where I'm coming from regarding arthouse cinema. I consider this an everyman column or, to put it in another... More »
  

INTERVIEW with THE RAID: REDEMPTION Director GARETH EVANS

Gareth Evans sat there. I had brought a gun to our interview knowing he would appear perfectly harmless and sure enough, the bastard just sat there, calmly waiting for me to ask him questions, giving me thoughtful, interesting answers etc.... More »
  

SIDESHOW COLLECTIBLES gets big and blue with NEYTIRI LEGENDARY SCALE FIGURE

About the same time I was writing this review I got a new TV. It's a biggie, 60 inches. So I sat down to re-watch Avatar, mainly because my boys (8 and 12) wanted to, but also because I thought... More »
  

REVIEW ROUNDUP

Hello you bleary eyed denizens of the new media. Believe it or not I am finally catching up on this column and while most of these released in February  the March column is almost done. So here's looking forward and... More »
  

WIN TIX: Chi-Town advance screening of THE SILENT HOUSE
Loves me that found footage cinema. Just does. Don't like it? Don't enter this contest. Strictly speaking I'm not sure this is actually a found footage film but it is shot hand-held in one continuous take and stars Elizabeth Olsen... More »
  

MOD Roundup: GOG, VISION QUEST, PAC-MAN and more
In the age of extras packed BluRays shelling out twenty bucks (twenty-five by the time you figure in shipping) for a barebones MOD DVD might seem a little less than fun. But cine-nuts like us should be happy the studios... More »
  

SIDESHOW COLLECTIBLES busts out with LIFE-SIZE BATMAN BUST

Sideshow's acquisition of the DC License was, to my mind the biggest collectible news of the year. The idea of Sideshow finally being able to turn their team loose on Batman and Superman and the Joker ...um....wow. I had no... More »
  

REMINDER ROUNDUP: January 2012

Once a month I'll be sending out this reminder of what's gone just before. Hope it helps highlight some worthy (and takes note of some unworthy) stuff that you are still debating picking up.  Based on the 1941 novel by... More »
  

MEETING THE CRITERION: Reviews of GODZILLA KING OF THE MONSTERS, ISLAND OF LOST SOULS and RUSHMORE on BluRay.
This month kicks off a new and very regular Criterion review column by yours truly, handed over some months ago by the faithful and much missed Rodney Perkins. As I've been cycling through the discs I've come to the conclusion... More »
  
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I cut the cable cord last year, but I'm not always happy about it. I had to wait a year before seeing Season 2 of Game of Thrones, for example, and will have to wait to see Season 3 until next year. I only have to wait to see Mad... More »

Twitchvision: Talking STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS, MUD and THE ICEMAN

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Learning from the Masters of Cinema: Henri-Georges Clouzot's THE MURDERER LIVES AT 21

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