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Review: In MEMORY, Liam Neeson Returns to Familiar Action-Hero Mode
The return of Martin Campbell, the Brit director who successfully rebooted the James Bond franchise not once but twice (GoldenEye, Casino Royale), on opposite sides of the millennium and gave English-language audiences Antonio Banderas as the title character in The...
Now On Home Video: THE TREATMENT And RECKLESS From Artsploitation Films
Artsploitation's July releases are in our hot little hands (a wee bit late, but that's on me, not them), and they are really solid films from North America's most confrontational distributor of contemporary world cinema. How do they stack up?...
DukeFest 2015: THE TREATMENT, NORWAY, VHS Delights And More Coming To London
Hang on to your hats and comb your mustaches, London! DukeFest, that amazing four-night festival of the weird, wacky and just plain mind-boggling returns. From Sunday June 28 to Wednesday July 1st, at the Prince Charles Cinema and Phoenix Artist...
Hey, Glasgow! Get Ready For The FrightFest Invasion!
London's premiere horror festival will be making its way to its second home, to bring a weekend of chills and thrills to Glasgow! Celebrating its 10th year in the north in conjunction with the Glasgow Film Festival, this fabulous FrightFest...
Fantastic Fest 2014 Review: THE TREATMENT Flays A Serial Killer And His Victims
A murderous meal prepared with familiar ingredients, The Treatment (originally titled De Behandeling) should, by all rights, be little more than a standard potboiler. The film follows the sensational case of a serial killer who first kidnaps mother, father, and...
Mr. Halfyard: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love 2013
The theme of the year (if it can ever be boiled down to just one thing) is that "GREED is no longer GOOD, it is complicated." Perhaps this is just fall out from filmmaking projects that likely were conceived at...
BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN Tops European Film Award Nominations
Felix van Groeningen's Broken Circle Breakdown looks to win big at the European Film Awards where it tops the list of nominations with five including Best European Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay.Other familiar titles include...
Review: THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN, A Gloriously Devastating Bluegrass Masterpiece
"You'll rue the day that you were born. For givin' me the devil cause I wouldn't hoe corn." This is the stuff of old country music, the purest of joy taken, perhaps from mistakes made, perhaps just fate teasing and...
Euro Beat: Get To Know The European Oscar Contenders
Yesterday was the deadline for each country around the world to choose a film to submit for Oscar consideration. While only a few of them will make the cut come January 16 when the final nominations are announced, this moment...
US Trailer for THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN Offers Bluegrass Joy and Pain
Felix Van Groeningen's vivid emotional drama of life, love and Bluegrass tunes with its mouthful of a title, The Broken Circle Breakdown, is quite simply put, one of the best films you will probably see all year. The Flemish director...
Fantasia 2013 Review: BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN, A Gloriously Devastating Bluegrass Masterpiece
"You'll rue the day that you were born. For givin' me the devil cause I wouldn't hoe corn."This is the stuff of old country music, the purest of joy taken, perhaps from mistakes made, perhaps just fate teasing and cruelly...
Fantasia Film Festival Preview! New! Expanded! More Picks From More People!
The 2013 Fantasia Film Festival is now officially upon us! One of the largest, longest running, and just plain longest genre film festivals in the world, Fantasia has an overwhelming number of films and film related events to offer every...
Intense Full Trailer For Von Groeningen's THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
Belgium's Felix Van Groeningen is quickly building a case for himself as the patron saint of family dysfunction. Van Groeningen rose to international prominence with The Misfortunates - a film that blended ultra dark comedy with searing emotional intensity -...
The Director Of THE MISFORTUNATES Returns With THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
Back in 2009 Belgian director Felix Van Groeningen caused quite a stir with The Misfortunates, a film about a family living on the outer fringes of society. Rude, tragic and frequently very funny The Misfortunates established Van Groeningen on the...
Erik Van Looy's THE ALZHEIMER CASE Gets A Sequel With DOSSIER K
In 2003 Belgian director Erik Van Looy did something very unusual. He took on Hollywood on Hollywood's own terms and came away a clear winner. Sure, the Hollywood Van Looy was living in was arguably more the 1970s version than...
