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DVD Review: A MONSTER WITH A THOUSAND HEADS, Desperately Seeking Solutions
It's a nightmare. When a beloved family member falls victim to a debilitating illness, it's devastating. When the diagnosis becomes terminal, the pain becomes indescribable. When a possible medical alternative is refused to your loved one because of bureaucracy, desperation...
Exclusive Clip: A MONSTER WITH A THOUSAND HEADS, "This Will Get Worse"
A cry of pain stabs through the night. It awakens Sonia (Jana Raluy), who is quickly stirred into action. It motivates her actions throughout A Monster With a Thousand Heads, directed by Rodrigo Plá, an angry commentary on the state...
Ariel Awards 2014: THE GOLDEN CAGE Dominates Mexican Oscars
Diego Quemada-Díez's debut film The Golden Cage (La Jaula de Oro), a drama about Central American immigrants travelling to the United States, won big at the 56th edition of the Ariel Awards, the Mexican equivalent of the Oscars. After having...
Sympathy For Mr. Zombie: Here's The International Trailer For HALLEY
I guarantee you won't find another trailer or film that takes to the idea of the zombie with such a sympathetic and existential gaze as you will with Sebastián Hofmann's Halley. Our very own Ard Vijn had this to say...
IFFR 2013 Review: HALLEY Begs Sympathy For The Zombie
(For starters, they're so sloooo-ooow...) While there weren't as many genre films at the International Film Festival Rotterdam as, say, ten years ago, this year it actually featured two new zombie films. Amazingly, both titles managed to bring something new...
Mexico's HALLEY Brings The Undead To The Arthouse
Freshly announced as a selection at Sundance, Sebastian Hofmann's Halley looks to be the most unusual sort of undead film: One that dares enter the arthouse.Alberto is dead and can no longer hide it. Make-up and perfume can no longer...