First Shot From AMER Directors' Latest THE STRANGE COLOUR OF YOUR BODY'S TEARS
The directing duo of Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani created quite a stir with the release of their debut feature, Amer, in 2009. A gorgeously rendered tribute to the giallo films they adore the film was a hit on the... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Katana Means Japanese Sword! SAMURAI COP Restored And Headed To DVD!
What's that? You've got a gang of Japanese criminals invading your city and you need a specially trained crime fighter trained by the authentic martial arts masters of Japan to deal with them? Have no fear! The Samurai Cop is... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Kickstart This! Ralph Bakshi's LAST DAYS OF CONEY ISLAND
Ralph Bakshi - the iconic cult animator responsible for Fritz The Cat, Coonskin, Cool World, Fire And Ice and the animated Lord Of The Rings - is getting back in the saddle and he needs your help to - as... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

New SPRING BREAKERS Trailer Wants To Show You James Franco's Shit
Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers is a strange one, no doubt about it. A weird sort of fever dream of American excess and aimless youth populated by former Disney girls and an utterly mad James Franco it is a film that... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Have Sex. Save The World.
Fresh off appearances at the Warsaw and Rotterdam film festivals and on its way to SXSW, Michal Marczak's documentary Fuck For Forest is sure to raise eyebrows for its racy subject matter.Berlin's Fuck For Forest is one of the world's... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Sometimes All It Takes Is A Title. Meet The Toilet Zombies Of STALLED.
Soon to pop in at the European Film Market, Christian James' Stalled is proof that sometimes all you need to sell a movie is a good concept. And a man fighting off zombies while trapped in a women's toilet stall... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Sundance 2013 Review: STOKER Is A Triumph Of Beauty And Violence
Around these parts, a new Park Chan-wook film is an event to be highly anticipated. So I was quite excited to have the chance to see the maestro's latest film, Stoker, his first in English to boot, at Sundance last weekend. His uber-violent... More »
  

The Stack. COMPLIANCE, LIGHTNING BUG, WAKE IN FRIGHT, THE POSSESSION, and JACK AND DIANE
Welcome back to The Stack. This week's releases were exceptionally fun to sift thru and I'm especially glad to be able to chat about some obscure stuff you might not have heard of before. The disturbing Compliance, the surprisingly effective... More »
  

Here's Your First Look At Ti West's THE SACRAMENT

Run, AJ Bowen, run!... Or well, that appears to be the indie horror mainstay in the above still, the first from the Savannah, Georgia set of Ti West's latest entitled The Sacrament.Produced by Eli Roth, we don't know a whole... More »
  

Sundance 2013 Interview: WRONG COPS with Quentin Dupieux, Mark Burnham, Steve Litte, Arden Myrin and Eric Wareheim
The day after Quentin Dupieux unveiled the first half of Wrong Cops, his follow up to Wrong, I had the opportunity to sit down with Quentin and the cast to discuss this wonderfully wacky work in progress. The cast... More »
  

Black Movie 2013 Review: Carlos Reygadas Brings the Devil Home in POST TENEBRAS LUX
As I review more and more films out of festivals, I'm beginning to notice a pattern: I'm much more forgiving and enthusiastic about films that shoot the moon and fall somewhere short than with serviceable movies trodding well-worn territory that... More »
  

Slamdance 2013 Review: Atmospheric JUG FACE Is Ultimately Half-Baked Horror
The Deep South can be a very strange place for outsiders. Mired in traditions and rituals which may now seem foolish or outdated, it is still a ripe place to cull old legends anew, projecting them up on the silver... More »
  

Arrow Video Is Killing Q2! FOXY BROWN, SPIDER BABY, KNIGHT RIDERS, BARON BLOOD, BLACK SABBATH, MOTEL HELL, & Many More!
Is there a finer genre home video label in the world than Arrow Video right now? Probably not, and they're only putting distance between themselves and the competition with every new announcement. Today's list of amazing releases is for the... More »
By J Hurtado   
  

Red Band Trailer for Federico Zampaglione's TULPA

Audiences at last summer's Film4 FrightFest in London will have no trouble remembering the world premiere of Federico Zampaglione's giallo homage, Tulpa. From the cheesy sex scenes to the poorly dubbed Italian cast, Tulpa proved a highlight of the weekend,... More »
  

FEAR & LOATHING @ SUNDANCE PART 2: Leaving Park City
CHAPTER 2: THESE FUCKERS MAKE THE BOURGEOIS LOOK THE PROLATERIATThe moment you reach the entrance of the Salt Lake City airport, the first thing you realize is that you truly are out in the middle of nowhere. I look around... More »
  

Win DEAD SUSHI On Blu-ray!
Japanese splatter comedy master Iguchi Noboru enlisted High Kick Girl Takeda Rina for his latest effort, Dead Sushi, and fans will be soon be able to watch the action queen fight to keep dinner from having her for dinner in... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

More Mad Doctor In New FRANKENSTEIN'S ARMY Stills!
With the World Premiere of Richard Raaphorst's Frankenstein's Army right around the corner at the International Film Festival Rotterdam a pair of new stills have been released from the film. And as was the case with the previous pair of... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Hey London! Don't Miss THE ECHO OF ASTRO BOY'S FOOTSTEPS This Saturday!
One of the real highlights of Summer 2012 for me was the opportunity to attend Zipangu Fest - a 3-day orgy of some of the most eclectic and avant garde Japanese Cinema, curated by the singular talents of Jasper Sharp... More »
  

Ben's 2012 In Film: Reflections & Favorites
I start this new year on the road with no relative home or job to speak of. In this state of flux cinema feels like the only anchor and identifying marker of self I currently have. Perhaps it is also... More »
  

Coppola Lifts From Gilliam In New Red-Band GLIMPSE INSIDE THE MIND OF CHARLES SWAN III
Roman Coppola's A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III is available now on iTunes and VOD prior to a February 8 theatrical release and to convince you that you should see it he's nicking a vintage trick or... More »
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