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Derek Cianfrance Talks True Violence, Ryan Gosling's Dreams, and The Place Beyond The Pines
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I first had the pleasure of meeting Derek Cianfrance at Sundance 2010, where he premiered his feature debut Blue Valentine, a heart-wrenching and poignant look at the beginning and end of love featuring milestone performances by Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams. A casual conversation about the film at a Park City-area Starbucks (yes, the one where Tarantino infamously punched a paparazzi) turned into an hour-long discussion as emotionally raw as its subject matter. Now Cianfrance returns with The Place Beyond the Pines, a triptych saga finely woven with themes of regret, redemption, and the choices we make echoing through generations. The film also rejoins Cianfrance and Gosling, a pair of cinematic twins in director/actor form if ever there were a duo. Cianfrance and I also...
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Iffla 2013 Preview: India In The Spotlight Again!
1 hour ago
The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles is nearly upon us with an April 9th opening looming, so we thought we'd give you a little preview of the awesome films coming to the City of Angels. Unfortunately, I won't be in Los Angeles to cover the festival first hand, but I will be presenting a few new reviews for the festival as the week wears on. In the meantime, I've prepared a small list of features that are definitely worth checking out, including links to Twitch reviews from festivals past.Gangs of WasseypurIFFLA's opening night gala screening is Anurag Kashyap's crime epic Gangs of Wasseypur, which will be shown over two nights. We've written plenty about the film here, but I decided to add a little...
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Review: Orphan Black S1E02, Instinct (Or, The Conspiracy Widens)
3 hours ago
While it is true enough to say that the second episode of fledgling BBC America hit Orphan Black is somewhat calmer than the hyperkinetic pilot it is important to note that 'calmer' is an entirely relative term. And in the world of Orphan Black 'calmer' entails an episode kicking off our leading character Sarah (Tatiana Maslany) frantically driving a car owned by the dead Beth (also Tatiana Maslany) out of harm's way while taking gunfire and talking on the phone with Alison (also Tatiana Maslany) with the recently deceased Katia (also Tatiana Maslany) slumped across the back seat with her blood and brains spattered all over the interior of the vehicle due to the aforementioned gunfire. For those keeping score that's two dead Maslanys and...
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Review: Doctor Who S7E08, The Rings Of Akhaten (Or, Real Development Allows Clara To Believably Help Save The Day)
16 hours ago
While I still have problems with last week's messy return taking too long to introduce Clara for the third time, there's little to fault as this episode opens, with it providing real backstory for the Doctor's latest companion. It's a successful and succinct look at her life, beginning back when her parents met for the first time; it elegantly details the values and ideas that she has grown up with. Unlike last week, we're then able to head into the adventure with something to grasp onto, an understanding of her character that makes her somebody we really want to root for.That's important, because this story is really about Clara and what makes her tick. There's a whole load of other stuff going on too, but...
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Snowpiercer Revealed Through New Passport Images
6 April 2013 3:30 AM, PDT
It's a little hard to overstate how excited we are about Bong Joon-ho's (Memories of Murder, The Host) latest here at Twitch. His new sci-fi Snowpiercer has been getting tongues wagging since it was announced and we've all greedily devoured every new sliver of information that has emerged. Today's fresh haul gives us are biggest look yet into the world of Bong's highly-anticipated English-language debut. Rather than normal stills, this new set of images comes from promotional character passports that have surfaced in Korea. They reveal Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, John Hurt, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Bremner, Jamie Bell, Ed Harris, Song Kang-ho and Ko Asung in character, with director Bong on set thrown in for good measure. It's a little bit of a tease as we're...
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Trailer Arrives for Dark Indie Caroline And Jackie
5 April 2013 3:54 PM, PDT
Adam Christian Clark's moody drama Caroline and Jackie found plenty of fans when it premiered at Tribeca one year ago. Written by Acc and produced by Adam Hendricks, the white-people-drinking-wine-dinner-party indie with a twist was picked up by Phase 4 Films who have just released this trailer. Marguerite Moreau and Bitsie Tulloch star as sisters who get together for a birthday where some dark secrets are revealed. On a celebratory birthday trip, Caroline visits her sister, Jackie and her boyfriend. What starts out as a fun evening with close friends quickly goes askew. Caroline and the group attempt to support Jackie for an apparent illness - though it's unclear who really needs the most help. Check out the trailer below and look for the film...
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Brussels 2013 Review: Cult Is A Wacky Found-Footage Horror Oddity
5 April 2013 12:00 PM, PDT
Those miffed by the fact that the monsters in Apollo 18 turned out to be moon rocks with legs will likely be even more enraged by antagonists of the Japanese found-footage horror film Cult. Granted, I never actually saw the evil moon rocks movie, but I'm guessing that those walking pieces of granite couldn't possibly less frightening than the nondescript, floating CGI earthworms in this one. These earthworms are, I think, demons. They enter and exit hosts with little fuss and a soft noise that sounds like a combination of a "whoosh" and a "slurp." Sometimes they just float around the hallway and have what appear to be floating earthworm meetings. So no, Cult is not a very scary movie. That said, I'm not sure...
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Review: Baadshah - Formula, Familiarity, And Fan Service In Telugu Cinema
5 April 2013 11:00 AM, PDT
Something happened around the twenty minute mark of Sreenu Vaitla's new Telugu masala entertainer, Baadshah, that I wasn't entirely expecting. I had been watching intently, attempting to decipher the text without subtitles, hoping to get a firm grasp on the overly complicated plot, when I reached a point of Zen-like calm. The plot no longer mattered. The characters and specifics of the film became like white noise and what remained was a visual and aural bombardment of epic proportions. Not that the film itself was anything particularly outside of the box, in fact, if anything, Baadshah is a perfect example of the Tollywood formula film, it was greater than that. Baadshah is an idea, a perfect concoction of elements mixed just right to provide a...
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Blue Spring Director Toyoda Toshiaki Helming Crows Explode
5 April 2013 10:00 AM, PDT
Through his early career Japanese director Toyoda Toshiaki was something of the patron saint of disaffected youth.Toyoda's first trio of features - Pornostar, Blue Spring and Nine Souls - dressed up raw anger in a high gloss that somehow managed to also run deep, the slomo glamor shots and pounding soundtracks augmenting - rather than replacing - what at their core are remarkably heartfelt stories of young men lashing out in confusion at a world that has largely rejected them. They're quite simply damn good movies, personal favorites, and an enduring argument that Toyoda emerged as one of the most intriguing young talents Japan has seen in recent days.And while he's gotten away from the raw energy of these pictures in recent projects - well...
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Banjong Pisanthanakun's Pee Mak Phrakanong Posts Second Largest Thai Opening Ever
5 April 2013 9:30 AM, PDT
Apparently the staff at Twitch aren't the only ones who have been awaiting Shutter and Alone co-director Banjong Pisanthanakun's horror comedy Pee Mak Phrakanong. Nope. Tucked away in a review at Wise Kwai is the note that Pee Mak has posted the second largest opening of a Thai film ever at the local box office, it's 21 million baht opening day take second only to the original Ong Bak, with the 100 million line crossed on the fourth day - meaning averages actually went up through the first week as word of mouth spread. So, yes, apparently the film is quite good though it sounds as though some of the comedy might be quite region-specific.Beyond the simple fact that we've been fans of Banjong here...
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New Teaser For Malaysian Fight Flick One On One (1 Lawan Satu)
5 April 2013 9:10 AM, PDT
It was back in January that Twitch brought you the first trailer for Malaysian action film One On One (1 Lawan Satu). A gritty, down and dirty action flick featuring a number of legit fighters and an approach that blends traditional martial arts with street brawling, One On One may lack some of the shine and polish of other recent hits from the South East Asian region but it has a certain raw energy to it that makes it appealing.And now that trailer has been followed by a thirty second teaser that, again, showcases a lot of people being punched and kicked in the face. Mikael Andre, Azlan Komeng, Fyza Kader, and Along Eyzendystar. Check it below....
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Brussels 2013 Review: Crawlspace Is Claustrophobic, Derivative Fun
5 April 2013 8:00 AM, PDT
The aptly titled Aussie sci-fi thriler Crawlspace is probably about as much fun as a blatant mash-up of Aliens, Scanners, Event Horizon and the last Doom video game can be. Executive Produced by Greg Mclean (director of Wolf Creek), the film certainly crosses the line between homage and rip-off several times, and offers very few ideas of its own, but it still manages to wrap all of the aforementioned titles up into well-directed, diverting package. I mentioned Doom in that list because the beginning felt like watching someone play it. Here, a number of soldiers are being sent into a secret underground science lab in the desert where the shit has hit the fan. There is a lot of yelling and shooting, and it's pretty...
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Review: What Ghost Sweepers Lacks in Scares, It Makes Up in Humor and Good Will
5 April 2013 7:10 AM, PDT
Korean cinema has proven on many occasions that it can be quite brazen when it comes to generic codes. It can sometimes seem like a kid has been let loose in a well-stocked kitchen as he begins to mix and match the most incongruous ingredients in an oversized pot. While many concoctions have succeeded in offending viewer's delicate palates, just as many bizarre recipes cooked up in the studios have delighted and surprised film lovers around the world. Ever since the landmark Korean cult film Save the Green Planet was released a decade ago, I've been particularly interested by the rather volatile but highly potent mélange of horror and comedy. Given how ridiculous horror premises often are, it may seem like a great combination but...
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Review: Lesson Of The Evil Marks Miike's Welcome Return to Exploitation
5 April 2013 1:00 AM, PDT
Miike Takashi's latest high school flick opens as a serious examination of fractured teacher-student relationships, before warping into a deranged and insanely violent black comedy when the charismatic English teacher reveals himself to be a gleefully prolific serial killer. If nothing else, Japanese director Miike Takashi can always be relied upon to surprise his audience. With close to 90 titles already on his resume, the 52-year-old director is as hard-working as ever, releasing three films last year and with at least two more nearing completion. After making his name with extreme titles like Audition, Visitor Q and Ichi the Killer, Miike's filmography has become as diverse as it is busy. In recent years, he has delivered goofball children's comedies like Yatterman and Ninja Kids! as...
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TV Review: Community S4E08, Herstory Of Dance (Or, Much Ado About Britta)
5 April 2013 12:00 AM, PDT
For those of us who have not given up on the show, we're now a few weeks in to settling in moderate comfort to the Community Moses Port & David Guarascio and their writing staff have made. What started out as a doppelganger with two left feet has turned into a keen footed cousin to the Dan Harmon years of the show. If anything Community is feeling a lot like the feel good times at Greendale that we got in Season 1 with sprinklings of some of the zanier elements that had pollinated by season 2. It's now customary for the Dean to show up in outrageous outfits, for Troy and Abed to reflect on past hijinks and for Annie and Shirley to either team...
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TV Review: Hannibal S1E01, An Apertif That Goes Down Bloody. Bloody Good, That Is
4 April 2013 11:00 PM, PDT
Admittedly this one snuck up on me tonight. If it were not for the commercial promotions earlier in the evening I probably would have closed the night off gaming, reading, or heaven forbid, Spring cleaning. Thank goodness I stuck around, though, because the season premiere of NBC's new thriller Hannibal was worth checking out. Out of the starting gate, I must declare one thing. I have no lengthy experience with serial killer dramas like Dexter. I gave The Following a shot but have fallen behind on that. So my experience may be limited, but on the plus side it will not be tainted so much by those other shows. Nor did I make the immediate connection between series creator Bryan Fuller and one of my favorite...
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Moretz And Moore In Carrie Trailer
4 April 2013 8:15 PM, PDT
Coming this October, just in time for the Halloween season, Carrie is the latest of a string of remakes of another revered horror classic. A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White (Chloë Grace Moretz), a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother (Julianne Moore), who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom. Kimberly Peirce's film will bow just short of 37 years since the original film was released. New audiences will be lining up to see what havoc Chloë Grace Moretz will wreak on the students of Ewen High School and the citizens of Chamberlain, Maine....
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Review: Jurassic Park In 3D Still Inspires A Sense Of Wonder
4 April 2013 8:15 PM, PDT
BOOooooooooommmm......I sat in the theatre, kind of in awe. It was my first DTS screening, the cinema having been recently retrofitted for the technology. The year was 1993, and digital surround technology was finally finding its base (and its bass). BOOooooooooommmm......The water in the cup on top of the dash onscreen rippled, concentric rings fluttering to the sound. I'd found out later how they did the effect, by setting thick, metal, guitar-like strings at the bottom of the car and smacking them, causing sympathetic vibrations to move through the vehicle. The first time I saw it, it was movie magic.BOOooooooooommmm......The almighty roar of the T-Rex blared from all speakers, the twang of the guy-wires and electric cables snapping behind my ears. The snout of a...
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Jason Gorber's Cineruminations: Ebert's Presence, aka Roger and Me [Update: R.I.P. Roger]
4 April 2013 1:53 PM, PDT
Updated April 4, 2013: One day after I posted this article, The Chicago Sun-Times announced that Roger Ebert has died at the age of 70. Click below to view video: Roger Ebert announced late last night what many had feared - his so-called "hip surgery" that resulted in an unusual respite from his torrent of tweets proved to be in fact a recurrence of cancer, the same disease that helped ravage his jaw and left him unable to speak.Typically, I write over 200 reviews a year for the Sun-Times that are carried by Universal Press Syndicate in some 200 newspapers. Last year, I wrote the most of my career, including 306 movie reviews, a blog post or two a week, and assorted other articles. I...
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Us Trailer And Poster For Kim Ki-duk's Pieta
4 April 2013 1:30 PM, PDT
One of the finest works in an esteemed and controversial career, Korean auteur Kim Ki-duk took home the top prize at the Venice International Film Festival with his punishing drama Pieta. And with Drafthouse Films bringing it to theaters May 17th a new trailer and poster have just arrived.Winner of the Golden Lion at the 2012 Venice Film Festival, Pietà is the acclaimed film from the celebrated and controversial Korean director Kim Ki-Duk (Bad Guy; Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring; 3-Iron). In this intense and haunting story, a loan shark living an isolated and lonely existence uses brutality to threaten and collect paybacks from desperate borrowers for his moneylender boss. He proficiently and mercilessly collects the debts without regard to the pain he causes...
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