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Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 5:53 PM

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With all the (deserved) media attention \"Un Prophète\" has been getting you\'d almost think it is the only prison drama worth watching this year. But even at the International Film Festival Rotterdam it wasn\'t isolated in its genre, as the Danish documentary filmmakers Tobias Lindholm and Michael Noer presented their first narrative feature film: a prison drama called \"R\"... Yet though both films give a gritty and none-too-favorable view of prisons as gangster academies instead of as places for rehabilitation, their storylines have little in common. While \"Un Prophéte\" tells the extraordinar..." + "

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Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 10:25 AM

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Fedor Bondarchuk Ushering Russia Into The 3D Era With STALINGRAD

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I\'ll put money on it now. Fedor Bondarchuk\'s Stalingrad will re-write all Russian box office records upon release. How can I feel so confident about a film still in pre-production? Simple. First, Bondarchuk is a proven commodity, his films routinely topping the Russian box office chart. See hits like 9th Company and Inhabited Island for proof. Second, this is poised to be Russia\'s first ever 3D film. Look what Avatar did. That\'s going to happen in Russia. Third - and most importantly - Russian passions still run very high indeed on matters relating to WWII and the fight against Nazi Germany...." + "

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Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 6:00 AM

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PSIFF10: DAWSON ISLAND, 10: Interview With Miguel Littin

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\"We wanted to change history, but destiny led us to this strange sensation of uncertainty and defeat. What did we do wrong? What mistakes did we make?\"--Sergio Bitar, Dawson Island prisoner, and author of Isla 10. \"I felt like the protagonist of one of those World War II movies. When we arrived at the camp, some of us cried to see so many wire fences. There were 27. It was difficult to believe.\"--Baldovino Gomez, Dawson Island prisoner. \"A story starts when someone is born, someone dies, someone leaves, or someone arrives.\"--Director Miguel Littin, quoting Ernest Hemingway." + "

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Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 4:11 AM

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Neil Gaiman confirms writing an episode of Doctor Who.

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First, I\'ll quote Rob over at ToplessRobot, \"FUCK. AND. YES.\" And now we will quote Neil Gaiman, a considerable favorite of ours around these parts, who has broken news to SFX Magazine that he has written an episode of Doctor Who... \"Over the years SFX, and its readers and their votes in the polls, have always been very kind to me. I thought I\'d return the favour with what used to be called, in journalistic circles when I was a boy, a scoop. As anyone who\'s read my blog knows, I\'m a big fan of a certain long-running British SF TV series. One that started watching -- from behind the sofa -- w..." + "

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Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 12:12 AM

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SXSW 2010: Simon Rumley\'s RED, WHITE AND BLUE Gets Bloody In First Teaser!

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It was a big hit amongst Twitchers lucky enough to catch it in Rotterdam, it\'s one of the more anticipated titles at the upcoming SXSW, and now everybody has the chance to check it out in teaser form. It\'s Simon Rumley\'s Red, White and Blue and the very first teaser has just arrived at Cinematical. Here\'s how our own Ard Vijn wrapped up his review from Rotterdam: Red, White & Blue is a tight little thriller which looks great, is interestingly scripted and structured, and most of all features stellar acting. The real revelations here are Amanda Fuller as a major talent to keep in sight, and ..." + "

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Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 5:18 PM

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Full Animated Short for PIVOT Online

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Not all animation always needs a rich visual details and realism to work in aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Adopting the motto that less is more, the CG animated short Pivot from Netherlands apply a unique style of \"low poly\" count in its character models and environments for a minimalistic approach. It was animated and designed by a Dutch team - Kevin Megens, Floris Vos, Arno de Grijs, and André Bergs - with music/sound design by Alex Debicki. When a man is witness to a murder and takes pictures of the killer, he has to run for his life. During the chase he is able to turn the tables and..." + "

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Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 3:43 PM

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SXSW 2010: Final Trailer For Belgian Neo-Giallo AMER

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In a word: Brilliant. That describes both Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani\'s neo-giallo Amer and the brand new, final theatrical trailer, which you can see exclusively right here, right now for a limited time before it spreads out into the wild. We\'ve said enough about this one in these pages - check the links below - so we\'ll just head straight to the trailer, shall we?" + "

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Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 2:30 PM

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SXSW 2010: Chad Feehan Talks WAKE

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Best known in horror circles as a producer on All The Boys Love Mandy Lane, Chad Feehan is doing it all on upcoming psychological horror film Wake. Serving as writer-director-producer on the film, Feehan is currently prepping for his big debut at SXSW but he took some time out to answer a few of our questions. TB: You\'ve done a few films as producer before, but not as director. How imposing for you was it to go into something like this where so much was riding on you not just producing, but also as writer and director? Unlike my previous experiences, there is no veil to hide behind as the wr..." + "

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Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 2:00 PM

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LOURDES Review

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Lourdes tracks the pilgrimage of wheelchair-bound Christine (Sylvie Testud) to the titular holy town in the south-west of France, accompanied by a disparate group of both sick and healthy. Not of particularly strong faith herself, she sees the trip as a way to escape the solitude and boredom of her day-to-day life, struggling with feelings of uselessness and the frightening thought that her life is just passing her by. When her designated volunteer from the Order of Malta (the young, carefree Maria) proves unreliable, Christine befriends the elderly Madame Harti who in turn prays for her rec..." + "

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Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 1:02 PM

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54th BFI London Film Festival Dates Announced

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This year\'s BFI London Film Festival has been confirmed as taking place from Wednesday 13 October through Thursday 28 October 2010, so block out your diaries... The full line-up will be announced in September." + "

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Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 10:05 AM

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THE STORM WARRIORS review

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Oxide and Danny Pang are known to go berserk when they can get their itching hands on CG, with varying results. It\'s not that they lack creative vision, but their budget doesn\'t always allow for great excesses. The Storm Warriors changes all that. Epic in all respects, this is the moment both brothers were able to prove their worth. And they did. The Storm Warriors carries quite a legacy. The original saga comes from a manga, which spawned a number of TV series, an animated film and one live action film. It\'s a huge franchise in the East, sadly it never really caught on in the West. This mak..." + "

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Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 9:24 AM

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[DVD TRAILER ADDED] See Jackie Chan act! THE SHINJUKU INCIDENT comes to UK DVD and Blu-ray

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Although I\'ve never really warmed to Jackie Chan\'s unique blend of mayhem and mirth, I\'ve seen enough of his action pics to be more than a little intrigued by the prospect of him attempting some \'proper\' acting. It reminded me of those heady days in the mid 90s when Sly decided that his time machine gunning assorted middle Eastern baddies was over and he\'d rather gain weight, take a pay cut and play a partially deaf sheriff. Of course, he\'s now seen sense and gone back to the weights machine, and in the case of The Expendables, dragged along a few of his mates. Good man. The Shinjuku Incide..." + "

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Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 6:22 AM

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No Doubt About It. You Want Golden-Age Style Hong Kong Action, Talk To Dante Lam.

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You want hard boiled cops, vicious thieves, lots of gun play and dangerous stunts o\'plenty? You want Dante Lam\'s Fire of Conscience. The investigation of a prostitute homicide brings headstrong, heavy-handed Detective Manfred in an unlikely collaboration with sly, man-of-the-world Inspector Kee from the Narcotics Bureau. When the DNA samples of one of Manfred\'s fellow officers are found at the crime scene, implicating him as the prime suspect, Manfred must look beyond the obvious to get to the truth. Meanwhile, Kee\'s uncanny eagerness to lend a helping hand every step of the way outside his ..." + "

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Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 6:16 AM

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Pang Ho-Cheung\'s Rom-Com LOVE IN A PUFF, In Teaser Form!

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Mark my words: If Pang Ho-Cheung\'s \'strangers falling in love in a smoking pit\' rom-com Love In A Puff ends with the leads quitting smoking because they\'ve found each other it\'s going to spark a bidding war for remake rights. That may well happen anyway but it\'s got a better chance if things on a PC happy ending. Since 2007, the Hong Kong health authority has implemented an anti-smoking law that bans people from smoking in all indoor areas, including work places, public places, restaurants, and karaoke lounges. This pushes office smokers to take their cigarette breaks outdoors in the stre..." + "

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Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 6:07 AM

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Baran Bo Odar\'s German Thriller DAS LATZTE SCHWEIGEN Impresses.

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Mmm, very nice indeed. Baran Bo Odar\'s Das Letzte Schweigen not only continues the odd trend of Danish actors appearing in German thrillers - Mads Mikkelsen in The Door, Ulrich Thomsen in this one - but also just plain impresses with its impeccable atmosphere and slowly building dread. With a story revolving around kidnappings and killings of young girls over a span of decades it\'s hard not to compare to recent UK effort Red Riding but this looks to go far more for arthouse chills than Red Riding\'s crime-noir vibe. Here\'s the synopsis from the IMDB: 13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summ..." + "

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