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The October Crisis (2012) is a short film with a running time of about 14 minutes, written and directed by American filmmaker Marc Wilkinson, available to view online (bottom of the post or at theoctobercrisis.com) before playing festivals later in the year. The film follows two adult brothers (Nick Chandler and Continue Reading
Following the success of 2009 indie-horror The House of the Devil, American director Ti West brings us The Innkeepers (2011), a new horror starring Pat Healy (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford [2007]) and Sara Paxton (The Last House on the Left [2009]). The Yankee Pedlar Continue Reading
An almost palpable sigh of relief could be heard during the announcement of this year’s 66th Edinburgh International Film Festival programme. Last year’s failed attempts to react to government budget cuts and the collapse of the UK Film Council culminated in a heavily-criticised festival. Whilst the films on offer were Continue Reading
Thanks to our friends at the BFI, we have kindly been given THREE DVD copies of the fantastic The Ozu Collection: Three Melodramas, which includes Early Spring (1956), Tokyo Twilight (1957) and the rare silent Woman of Tokyo (1933), to give away to our world cinema-loving readers. This is an Continue Reading
To celebrate the Blu-ray and DVD release of Roman Polanski’s hilarious comedy Carnage (2011), starring Kate Winslet, Christophe Waltz, John C. Reilly and Jodie Foster, we have THREE Blu-ray copies of the film to give away to our lucky readers. This is an exclusive competition for our Facebook and Twitter Continue Reading
The 66th Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) runs this year from 20 June to 1 July, and to celebrate its launch we’re giving away a PAIR of tickets to see the Opening Night film, William Friedkin’s Killler Joe (2011), at the film’s UK Premiere at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre on Wednesday Continue Reading