Troubled Rumors Swirl Around Tobe Hooper's DJINN As First Images Surface
Enjoy these images from Tobe Hooper's Djinn because if a report out of Italy is correct they may be all you ever see of the latest from the director of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Poltergeist.Reportedly completed in October,... More »
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Full Trailer For Turkish Historical Epic FETIH 1453
When posting the teaser for Faruk Aksoy's massive Turkish period epic Fetih 1453 yesterday I noted that the full trailer would likely be coming soon. And wouldn't you know it: Here it is.Aksoy tells the story of the Fall of... More »
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Destruction On A Massive Scale In Turkish Period War Epic FETIH 1453
Director Faruk Aksoy is bringing history to the big screen on a massive scale with the upcoming Fetih 1453. Simultaneously enormously bloody and incredibly handsome with what appears to be a literal cast of thousands, Aksoy's picture captures the Fall... More »
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Israel Explores Its Dark Side With Psychological Thriller GOLDBERG & EISENBERG
There is a growing wave of genre film in Israel, a trend we first noticed thanks to the short films of Dan Sachar that built into a pair of zombie projects produced in the country over the past year. The... More »
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Watch Kevin MacDonald's LIFE IN A DAY for FREE!
One of the most ambitious and successful documentaries of the year, LIFE IN A DAY is a beautiful collage of people, places, emotions and lives taking place over the course of a single day. Devised and compiled by Academy-Award Winning... More »
  

Someone Has Stolen This Dog's Fish.
Paul is having a bad day. A dog living in a human world someone has broken into his apartment and stolen his microwave. And his fish. And nobody will take him seriously.A short film blending stop motion animation - anything... More »
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Canada's MONSIEUR LAZHAR And 62 Other Hopefuls Complete Oscar Foreign Language List
It's no secret that Philippe Falardeau's film about an Algerian immigrant who is hired to replace an elementary school teacher is Canada's submission for the category of Best Foreign Language Film at this year's Oscars. I only tout it out... More »
  

EXCLUSIVE: RABIES Directors Reveal SATAN LIVES WITHIN As Second Film
Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado are currently riding a tidal wave of praise and success as their debut feature, RABIES, proves to be delighting and terrifying audiences in equal measure at festivals all over the world. Not only is the... More »
  

MIFF 2011 - The Festival Guide insight
The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF 2011) is just around the corner; it is celebrating 60 years and is one of the oldest festivals in the world. I have chosen 60 (edit 60+) films and would like to share some... More »
  

MIFF Channels World Cinema With New Promos!
The Melbourne International Film Festival is gearing up for its 60th anniversary -- already announcing a teaser program which includes 25 Cannes features including Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive as its closer. No doubt the 60 years milestone will see MIFF bring... More »
  

Cannes 2011: THE TREE OF LIFE Wins Palme d'Or
Well here we are, already at the end of Cannes, and Terrence Malick's The Tree Of Life has been bestowed with the festival's top honor. And one wouldn't have thought it possible at a fest like Cannes, but Nicolas Winding... More »
  

Cannes 2011: Trailer For Ceylan's ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA
Turkey's preeminent arthouse director, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, returns to Cannes this year with the dark drama Once Upon A Time In Anatolia. Any picture with 'Once Upon A Time' in the title now carries a certain amount of heft to... More »
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Israeli PA Flick 'ANOTHER WORLD'. Another Poster. Images. Site Revamp. And Blood!
With all of the news lately about other genre projects in Israel we did a bit of catching up with Eitan Reuven and his project Another World. So he gave us a never seen before poster, some images from the film... More »
  

Dan Sachar Returns To The End Of The World With OVERTURE
There's something brewing in Israel right now, a new generation of filmmakers bringing a more commercial sensibility and love for genre film than that country has seen in the past. Audiences at Tribeca are getting a taste of that right... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

SFIFF54: Press Releases

[Our thanks to Michael Hawley for reviewing SFIFF54's press releases.] While the full line-up for the 54th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF54) won't be made public until next Tuesday, the press releases announcing this year's awards, special events and... More »
  

YBCA: IRAN BEYOND CENSORSHIP

Not only does Michael Sicinski's Cinema Scope feature "When the Salt Attacks the Sea: The Films of Mohammad Rasoulof" outline the current status of imprisoned filmmakers Jahar Panafi and Mohammad Rasoulof, but it questions how international attention has been primarily... More »
  

Clearly Israel Has A Zombie Problem. David Lubetzky Enters The Fray With POISONED.
Something's going on in Israel. And it involves the undead.At the end of January we pointed the way to upcoming Israeli zombie picture Another World and now here comes director David Lubetzky with Poisoned. A fifty minute rom-zom-com produced in... More »
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SFIAAFF 2011: LINE-UP PREVIEW
[Our thanks to Michael Hawley for his preview of the SFIAAFF 2011 line-up.] Rather than wait until its 30th birthday, the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF) has chosen 29 as the ripe age for a makeover. At... More »
  

Israel gets infected in 'Another World'
Not known for putting out genre cinema of this ilk Another World marks a first for the nation of Israel. This will be Israel's first ever zombie film. And it could be a stepping stone for other directors wanting to... More »
  

There's Something Terrible In The Forests Of Turkey. This Guy.
I have no idea at all what's happening through most of the trailer for upcoming Turkish comedy Gunah Kecisi but I do know that the upcoming feature from director Cenk Ozakinci puts a big smile on my face,Perhaps it's just... More »
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