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Terror Films Expands Digital Offerings in Deal with Playnow Media
Horror distributor Terror Films has made a move to expand the digital footprint of their growing library of titles in a new partnership with Playnow Media, according to an official release. The deal with Playnow Media offers the upstart label...
LA Asian 2015 Review: THE CHINESE MAYOR Manages To Be Portrait And Landscape
The documentary scene in China is difficult to approach, especially when so many of the works are strictly forbidden to be shown there. With so many independent film festivals being banned and even raided by Chinese government officials, it's truly...
Tribeca 2015 Exclusive Clip: THE ARMOR OF LIGHT, At The Intersection Of Guns And Abortion
'So we need Jesus, the gospel, and a sidearm, right?" In an exclusive clip from The Armor of Light, which will soon debut in the Spotlight section at the Tribeca Film Festival, that question is raised in a very calm...
San Cristóbal De Las Casas Reveals Full 2015 Lineup
The San Cristóbal De Las Casas International Film Festival revealed yesterday the full lineup for its very first edition, which kicks off next week (January 16). The definitive highlight is the Ukrainian silent film The Tribe, which for me is...
Los Cabos 2014 Review: THULETUVALU Showcases The Consequences Of Global Warming
The documentary ThuleTuvalu is here to connect the Pacific Ocean island Tuvalu with the small town of Thule in northern Greenland. Never as visceral as the doc Leviathan, though still quite graphic, Matthias von Gunten's effort firstly exposes the world...
Fantastic Fest 2014 Review: DWARVES KINGDOM, A Surprisingly Balanced Exploration Of The World's Strangest Theme Park
I had never heard of the Kingdom of the Little People in Kunming, China before seeing Matthew Salton's documentary, Dwarves Kingdom. I'm hardly surprised that it exists, however. In this world of fake triple-breasted women, Crispin Hellion Glover films with casts...
Busan 2014: 19th Busan Film Festival Unveils Full Program Guide
The 19th Busan International Film Festival hits South Korea early next month, and it brings with it a sharper focus and a dynamic program that still remains faithful to the diverse offerings from niche Asian regions.The festival opens 2nd October...
Crowdfund This: Joe Zerull's THE NEWSCASTER
Indie director Joe Zerull occupied a fair amount of space in these pages a few years ago with A Cadaver Christmas, a gleefully low budget holiday zombie affair that won itself a loyal following on the festival circuit and modest...
Durban 2014 Review: 1994 THE BLOODY MIRACLE
"The true miracle of the 1994 elections, is that they happened at all. If this was a miracle, it was a truly bloody one." John Kani, narrating for 1994 The Bloody Miracle.1994 The Bloody Miracle, a documentary three years in...
Australian Distributor Madman Entertainment To Release STREET FIGHTER: ASSASSIN'S FIST Late 2014
Excellent news! The highly stylized and well produced web series will be getting a slick home and digital release in Australia and New Zealand as Madman takes keen interest. From the official statement:Madman Entertainment are pleased to announce the acquisition of...
MINERS SHOT DOWN: South African Mining Massacre Doc Premieres At One World Film Festival
Renowned South African documentary producer and director, Rehad Desai, has premiered his second feature, Miners Shot Down, at the 2014 One World Film Festival in Prague. The film revisits events surrounding the August 2012 Marikana mine massacre, during which police...
Ha Jung-woo, Jun Ji-hyun, And Lee Jung-jae Circling 30s Thriller ASSASSINATION
Korean hitmaker Choi Dong-hoon is back at it again with a new 1930s set action thriller purported to be in the $12 million budget range. Titled Assassination, the project is eyeing some big talent for leading roles. Ha Jung-woo, Jun...
Review: SUSHI: THE GLOBAL CATCH Tells Us Why We Should Eat Sushi Responsibly
The title of Mark Hall's first feature documentary might be somewhat misleading to all the viewers who got so accustomed to watching artistic, eye-pleasing but not entirely memorable foodie pictures. Sushi: The Global Catch is not as much about sushi in...
Review: THESE BIRDS WALK Delivers Emotional, Behind-The-Scenes Realism
Striking a poetic cord, These Birds Walk finds a symbiotic naturalism between those filming, newcomers Omar Mullick and Bassam Tariq, and those being filmed, the unwanted children of Pakistan. Pakistan, more than any other country, feels like an innocent bystander...
Busan 2013: Tarantino Declares BIG BAD WOLVES Best Film Of The Year
Yesterday in a regular screening of Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado's Israeli thriller Big Bad Wolves, Quentin Tarantino, who had popped into Busan to have a chat with Bong Joon-ho, was in attendance. Sitting mere seats away from me, we...
Venice 2013 Review: UKRAINE IS NOT A BROTHEL, A Powerful Documentary That Strips Down Femen Movement
For a few years the Femen Movement in Ukraine has been trying to raise awareness for gender and feminist issues worldwide. Thanks to provocative and risky happenings, often acted out bare-breasted in public places, the press has been jumping on...
UKRAINE IS NOT A BROTHEL Trailer Bares The Truth Behind Topless Feminists
Recently screened at the Venice Film Festival, Kitty Green's documentary Ukraine is Not a Brothel has received a strongly positive response from two of my ScreenAnarchy colleagues who have seen it. Here is the festival's intriguing synopsis: Ukraine Is Not...
Review: TERMS AND CONDITIONS MAY APPLY Investigates The Death Of Privacy
A mere click of the mouse is all it takes for you to strike an almost Faustian bargain with one of the mega corporations on the planet. With that click we get access to fantastic email service, genius music players...
Review: Eco-Doc ELEMENTAL Brings Global Catastrophe Down To A Personal Level
Fresh from garnering two Social Impact Media Awards (Special Jury Prize, Best Editing), Gayatri Roshan and Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee's Elemental opens May 17 in New York City with subsequent rollout to San Francisco, San Rafael, Washington D.C., Austin, Portland, Bellingham, and...
MSPIFF 2013 Review: THESE BIRDS WALK Delivers Emotional Behind-The-Scenes Realism
Striking a poetic cord, These Birds Walk finds a symbiotic naturalism between those filming, newcomers Omar Mullick and Bassam Tariq, and those being filmed, the unwanted children of Pakistan. Pakistan, more than any other country, feels like an innocent bystander...
