Todd Brown
Founder and Editor; Toronto, Canada

Todd founded Twitch in September of 2004 under the assumption that nobody in particular would care. Some people did, so he kept going. Todd is also Director of International Programming at Fantastic Fest, a partner at XYZ Films and father to a remarkably geeky child.

Julien Leclerq Delivers Intrigue In First Teaser For GIBRALTAR (THE INFORMANT)
In many ways it is quite strange that French director Julien Leclerq has not yet been snapped up by Luc Besson and the Europa machine, for if there is someone more capable of shooting the sort of glossy, technically impressive... More »
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Second Shot From Wheatley's A FIELD IN ENGLAND Heralds Unique Release Strategy
You don't have to look remarkably hard to find a cadre of loyal fans who would have you believe that Ben Wheatley - director of Sightseers and Kill List - is the future of British filmmaking. The man has built... More »
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Agent Scully Tracks A Killer In Irish Series THE FALL
It's been a while since Gillian Anderson last packed a weapon and tracked a villain but the former Agent Scully is doing exactly that in upcoming Irish serial killer series The Fall. The five episode series begins its run on... More »
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New Poster For Balaguero's [REC]4: APOCALYPSE
With Cannes around the corner the deep thinkers at Spanish production company Filmax want to let people know that their super-popular horror franchise [REC] hasn't wrapped up just yet. Series co-creator Jaume Balaguero is hard at work on the fourth... More »
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Watch The Coen Brothers' INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS Cannes Trailer
The Coen Brothers are headed to Cannes with Inside Llewyn Davis and they've got a new trailer to celebrate that fact. This one plays largely as an extended version of the earlier offering with a good deal of repeated footage... More »
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A Martial Arts Fantasy Anchored In A Tragic Reality, Watch Eric Lim's THE FORGE
There are certain filmmakers here at Twitch that we feel a certain bond with, creators that have somehow crossed over the line of simply being someone who made something cool and have become a part of the extended family. Most... More »
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Dolph Lundgren! Billy Zane! Vinnie Jones! It's The Best Bad Cast Ever In BLOOD OF REDEMPTION
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, one thing can be certain with a film like Blood Of Redemption. With a principal cast made up of Dolph Lundgren, Billy Zane and Vinnie Jones it will be filled with manly men doing manly things.... More »
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It's Fun Time With BUCKLES
It was back in 2008 that we first came across the work of Joe Ballarini here at Twitch. He'd penned indie horror-comedy Dance Of The Dead - still a great favorite - and a couple years later he turned up... More »
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THALE Director Brings Another Forest Creature To Life With Animated MUSHROOM MONSTER
It was back in October of 2011 while we awaited the premiere of Norwegian indie Thale that we first caught wind of an upcoming animated feature from director Aleksander Nordaas. Like Thale, Morkel The Moss Monster would present a revisionist... More »
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James Franco To Star In Wim Wenders' EVERY THING WILL BE FINE
The peculiar career path of James Franco takes another interesting turn with word that the star has taken on the lead role in Wim Wenders' 3D drama Every Thing Will Be Fine and while it's been quite some time since... More »
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Andrew Garfield And Ken Watanabe Anchor Scorsese's SILENCE
It's a project that Martin Scorsese has been trying to get off the ground for roughly twenty years now and his adaptation of Endo Shusako's Silence looks as though it's finally ready to get off the ground with word that... More »
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GRACE Director Paul Solet Gears Up DARK SUMMER
It's been a while since we had a new feature from Grace director Paul Solet. It's been since Grace, actually, which is a surprisingly long time given the acclaim that met Solet's debut. But he's coming back now with his... More »
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Review: ORPHAN BLACK S1E06, VARIATIONS UNDER DOMESTICATION (Or, It's A Party At Alison's And Everyone's Invited Except Max Headroom)
Twice now fledgling scifi thriller Orphan Black has turned in what I'd consider a true misfire of an episode. And twice it has followed up that dog with an absolutely sterling example of what the show can do when firing... More »
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Review: GAME OF THRONES S3E06, THE CLIMB (Or, Time For A Breather)
The big news in this week's episode of Game Of Thrones? There was none, really. In a series with as many plot lines running simultaneously as this one has you will, inevitably, hit the occasional where you simply need to... More »
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Human Horticulture Leads To Death And Mutation In Ishii's THE FLOWER OF SHANIDAR
When Japanese director Ishii Gakuryu released indie drama Isn't Anyone Alive in 2012 it was met with a certain degree of confusion. It wasn't the film itself sparking questions, really, but the name of the director. You see, Ishii Gakuryu... More »
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Watch THE RAID's Joe Taslim In Action In New FAST 6 Clip!
What's that? Wondering when you'll get your first good look at The Raid: Redemption star Joe Taslim in action as one of the new additions to the Fast And Furious franchise? So were we. But now we're not, because we... More »
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Time Hopping Adventure Awaits In THE TREASURE OF LAKE KABAN
Yes, you are quite correct. The poster for Dmitri Korobkin's The Treasure Of Lake Kaban is hysterically horrible. The dog peeking in from the side is a particularly horrid (by which I mean amazing) touch in that department. But the... More »
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AMERICAN BURGER Will Bring 100% Dead Meat Worldwide This Fall
As technology shifts we continue to see independent producers experiment with alternative models to bring their films to audiences worldwide. And while they're not yet saying much in terms of specifics the producers of horror-comedy American Burger are gearing up... More »
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Darth Vader Gets Up Close, Personal, And First Person
[Cue May The Fourth joke here ...]Darth Vader gets up close and personal with the second in a series of videos from Eric Jacobus and The Stunt People titled quite simply First Person Darth Vader. It's exactly what it says... More »
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No Wires, No CGI, Just A Lot Of People Being Kicked In The Face.
You may not know Laurent Buson by name but if you are a fan of martial arts films there is a solid chance you have seen the screen fighter plying his trade on screen, most likely through a featured role... More »
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