Visit Jorge Olguin's Ghost Ship In First CALEUCHE: THE CALL OF THE SEA Images
Chile's Jorge Olguin returns to screens across the region November 8th with his new feature Caleuche: The Call Of The Sea. The story revolves around Isabel (Giselle Itié, a Boston based marine biologist who opts to return to her family... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

We Now Have a FORUM Again, Ho Ho Hooo!
A few weeks back Twitch closed down its old forum, creating a new one in its place. And here it is: at the top right of the Twitch Facebook page. Just hit the "TTF" button. Why the move to Facebook?... More »
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Concept Art And Behind The Scenes Shots From Carlos Gananian's AMFM
It was all the way back in 2006 that Brazilian director Carlos Gananian wowed us with his atmospheric vampire short Akai. A film that demonstrated Gananian's uncommon ability to carry a story almost entirely without dialogue, Akai marked Gananian as... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

TIFF 2012 Review: COME OUT AND PLAY Drops the Ball
A textbook case of a remake failing to improve on a classic original, Come Out And Play not only loses the context of the hidden Narciso Ibáñez Serrador directed gem, which was released on the heels of the Vietnam War... More »
  

TIFF 2012 Review: HERE COMES THE DEVIL, And He's Looking For Sex
Here Comes the Devil is only the second film I'm seen by writer-director Adrián García Bogliano, following a recent viewing of his "geriatric lunatics with nitroglycerine" horror movie Cold Sweat only a few weeks ago. Seeing both films in such... More »
  

The Rio International Film Festival Announces Extensive Midnight Programs
The Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival kicks off September 27th and Twitch has been given first word on their extensive midnight program lineups. And, yes, you read that right. That lineups, plural. While most festivals have just a single... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

COME OUT AND PLAY Director Makinov Delivers A Perplexing Manifesto
There are many things that Come Out And Play director Makinov doesn't want you to know. Who he is, for one thing. He claims to be Belorussian but given that he never appears without wearing a mask - which he... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

TIFF 2012 Review: EVERYBODY HAS A PLAN Offers A Double Dose Of Viggo
As if performing in a foreign language isn't enough of a challenge, Ana Piterbarg's Argentinian thriller Everybody Has A Plan features Viggo Mortensen playing not one but two roles entirely in Spanish. It's a casting choice from Piterbarg that -... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

TIFF 2012 Review: 7 BOXES Are All Full of Genre Treats!
It's a hot day in the capital city of Paraguay and the exchange rate for US Dollars is running as high as the mercury in Asunción's bustling marketplace. Narrow rows of stalls glutted with people, consumer goods, and hanging animal... More »
  

COLD SWEAT And PENUMBRA Director Brings The Devil To Toronto
While the Midnight Madness program at the Toronto International Film Festival generally steals all the thunder in terms of press attention for big genre titles you can always count on a few other gems being scattered throughout the other programs.... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Telluride 2012 Review: NO, An Absurd, Funny (and a Little Sad) Look at Politics
I assume you're well-versed in Chilean politics of the 1980s. I mean, who isn't, right? But even if you're not -- even if you're, say, an American who barely recalls the name Pinochet and is already exhausted by the 2012... More »
  

FrightFest 2012 Review: HIDDEN IN THE WOODS Is Bloody Disgusting
The first (but certainly not the last) film to rub audiences the wrong way at this year's FrightFest was Hidden In The Woods, the latest effort from Chilean director Patricio Valladares. A relentlessly rough, misogynistic and amoral story of brutality... More »
  

Paraguay's 7 BOXES contain a Whole Lotta Kinetic Energy
When a street barrow-courier in the most chaotic urban marketplace in capital city of Paraguay gets the gig of watching over seven rather large and mysterious crates, things are sure to get out of hand, and in this trailer for Juan... More »
  

JIMFF 2012 Review - TROPICALIA
Seen at the 8th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (JIMFF). Ah nostalgia, what a curious beast it is. This documentary whisked me back to my college days when I was an avid music collector with a rather eclectic set... More »
  

JIMFF 2012 Review - THE LAST ELVIS
Seen at the 8th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (JIMFF).Whether it be gods, sovereigns, athletes or rock stars, idolatry is something that has pervaded human society at the very least since our civilization's records began. What leads to the... More »
  

MIFF 2012 Review: WHORES' GLORY
The 61st Melbourne International Film festival is now underway! I will be bringing you coverage for Twitch as the days blitz by over nearly three weeks!A triptych. That's how Michael Glawogger's masterful documentary Whores' Glory begins. Three panels, each depicting women in the oldest profession... More »
  

Blu-ray Review: CASA DE MI PADRE
When the first teaser for Matt Piedmont's Spanish language comedy, Casa de mi Padre, appeared online, I was simultaneously baffled and exciting. Will Ferrell is an actor who has had a lot of mainstream success, but who doesn't get a... More »
By J Hurtado   
  

Video Home Invasion: ¡Bienvenidos A MONDO MACABRO Latino!
One of the many reasons that Mondo Macabro is so revered among cult film freaks around the world is their dedication to digging up the best stuff from corners of the world usually ignored by the masses.  In this case,... More »
By J Hurtado   
  

MIFF 2012: The Dark Side of Cinema
The internet is buzzing right now with thoughts on the 61st Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), one of the biggest and oldest film festivals in the world. Many thought provoking and hype-fused articles have surfaced with the official public availability of... More »
  

Ernesto Diaz Espinoza Demands You BRING ME THE HEAD OF THE MACHINE GUN WOMAN
The machine-gun woman is coming. The question is whether she will be alive or dead when she arrives. Chile's Ernesto Diaz Espinoza - director of Marko Zaror star vehicles Kiltro, Mirage Man and Mandrill - is bringing a new hero... More »
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