by Swarez, November 6, 2009 8:53 AM
Looks like producer Thor Sigurjonsson owes me a coke. Magnolia Pictures has, according to IndieWire.com picked up the US distribution rights to Dagur Kári's third film The Good Heart, starring Brian Cox and Paul Dano.This should make Todd a happy boy.IndieWire...
by Eight Rooks, October 30, 2009 5:02 PM
The Battle of Changping was one of the decisive military engagements between the rival dynasties of Warring States period China; it all but wiped out the losing side, and still ranks as one of the deadliest confrontations in history....
by Michael Guillen, October 30, 2009 3:04 PM
Speaking with Diana Sanchez at the start of this year's Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), she advised that one of her criteria for choosing Latino films for TIFF is to determine the films that most characterize the cinematic landscape...
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by Todd Brown, October 27, 2009 9:51 AM
One of the most acclaimed animators in Canada, the only complaint about director Cordell Barker is he just doesn't make very much, his painstaking hand-drawn process guaranteeing gaps of years between his projects. And so a new film by...
by Kurt Halfyard, October 12, 2009 5:26 AM
When it was announced that Australian director John Hillcoat would be taking up the challenge of bringing the bleak and difficult novel, The Road, to the screen it seemed liked the absolute perfect match of director and material. After...
by Michael Guillen, October 12, 2009 12:53 AM
Straight off, Adam Nayman deserves some kind of commission for convincing a small squadron of film journalists to catch Pedro González-Rubio's sophomore feature Alamar (To the Sea, 2009) at its last public screening at the Isabel Bader. Boasting its...
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by Todd Brown, October 6, 2009 11:30 AM
You could say that the mark of a good film maker is that they give you want you want. And if that is true then I suggest that the mark of a great film maker is that they give...
by Todd Brown, October 5, 2009 4:44 PM
Nemo Nobody is dying. Nemo Nobody is in love. Nemo Nobody is old and infirm. Nemo Nobody is a wide-eyed child. Nemo Nobody is rich and successful. Nemo Nobody is a wild-haired bum sleeping on a park bench. Are...
by Todd Brown, October 5, 2009 4:43 PM
Put all thoughts of Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant out of your mind. With the exception of the title - which he tried to wiggle out of - Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Herzog's film has...
