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COLD FISH Trailer Debut!
Sep 3rd
The cult of director Sion Sono grew exponentially with the arrival of last year's stunning four hour opus Love Exposure and it looks poised to take another big leap forward with the arrival of Cold Fish. Due to screen in both the Venice and Toronto festivals, the small handful that have already seen Sono's serial killer thriller are already proclaiming it his best yet and Twitch is proud to debut both the official trailer and a handful of new stills. But first, the official synopsis:
Shamoto runs a small tropical fish shop and leads a boring, but stable life. His second wife, Taeko, does not get along with his daughter, Mitsuko, and this worries him. He also feels somehow unfulfilled and dissatisfied with what his life has become.
One day Mitsuko is caught shoplifting at a department store. There they meet a friendly man named Murata, who helps to settle things between Mitsuko and the store manager. Since Murata also runs a tropical fish shop, Shamoto establishes a bond with him and they become friends; Mitsuko even begins working for Murata and living at his house, to avoid conflicts with her stepmother.
What Shamoto doesn't know, however, is that Murata hides many dark secrets behind his friendly face. He sells cheap fish to his customers for high prices with his artful lies. If anyone detects his fraud or refuses to go along with his money-making schemes, they're murdered and their bodies disposed of by Murata and his wife in grisly ways. Shamoto is slowly taken in by Murata's tactics, and by the time he realizes that Murata is insane, and a serial killer who has made over fifty people disappear, he is powerless to do anything about it. But now Mitsuko is a hostage at Murata's home, and Shamoto himself has become the killer's unwilling accomplice!
Meanwhile, the murders, without any trace of the bodies, continue unabated. The police have long suspected Murata and try to get information about him from Shamoto; Murata quickly senses the danger and threatens Shamoto not to report anything to the police.
In the end, the conflict between Shamoto and Murata will result in murder, insanity, and an ordinary man being driven to the edge of the abyss.
Ananda Everingham Is THE RED EAGLE!
Aug 3rd
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It's been a long time coming but Wisit Sasanatieng's masked superhero film The Red Eagle is almost upon us. It was years ago now that the director of Tears of the Black Tiger and Citizen Dog announced his plan to resurrect the classic superhero, originally played in a series of films in the 1960s by mega-star Mitr Chaibancha, the original star dying in a stunt gone wrong on the set of his final Red Eagle film.
And, for a while, it appeared as though this new picture may have carried over the luck of Chaibancha's final effort, with filming delayed when new star Ananda Everingham (Shutter) involved in a serious motorcycle accident just weeks before filming was due to start.
The film is nearly complete now with the final bits of post production just wrapping up for an October release. And today the first teaser for the film arrived to show off the result of all the hard work. It looks, as you would expect, spectacular. Check it below.
It's been a long time coming but Wisit Sasanatieng's masked superhero film The Red Eagle is almost upon us. It was years ago now that the director of Tears of the Black Tiger and Citizen Dog announced his plan to resurrect the classic superhero, originally played in a series of films in the 1960s by mega-star Mitr Chaibancha, the original star dying in a stunt gone wrong on the set of his final Red Eagle film.
And, for a while, it appeared as though this new picture may have carried over the luck of Chaibancha's final effort, with filming delayed when new star Ananda Everingham (Shutter) involved in a serious motorcycle accident just weeks before filming was due to start.
A nuclear power plant is about to be commissioned upon the signing of corrupt and power hungry politicians. The citizens are in frenzy, as they oppose this plan but they cannot do a thing about it. And so, a hero was born, chasing down the criminals and the corrupt, killing of whatever threatens the city's well being. He leaves a card with his name simply as "THE RED EAGLE". However, the hero becomes the hunted, when the politicians send out their best defense, known as "THE BLACK DEMON".
The film is nearly complete now with the final bits of post production just wrapping up for an October release. And today the first teaser for the film arrived to show off the result of all the hard work. It looks, as you would expect, spectacular. Check it below.
Jemaine Clement Is In A PREDICAMENT! An Exclusive Early Look At Jason Stutter’s Black Comedy!
Jul 21st
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Following a pair of sold out and raucously received festival screenings in Wellington, Jason Stutter's New Zealand black comedy Predicament is all set to launch its official site tomorrow offering most the first look at the film's full theatrical trailer. But you, the faithful Twitch reader, are not among that 'most'. For here, right now, we have an exclusive early look.
Flight of the Conchords star Jemaine Clement plays a major role in this one, along with Heath Franklin and Hayden Frost as a trio of would-be blackmail artists who have things go badly wrong.
The production design on this looks bang on, almost as bang on as the sense of deliciously macabre comic timing. Clement - always fantastic - looks to keep his fans coming back for more as the pasty faced con man, while the young stars are engaging and, yes, that IS musician Tim Finn of Crowded House tucked away in there, too. Check it below!
Following a pair of sold out and raucously received festival screenings in Wellington, Jason Stutter's New Zealand black comedy Predicament is all set to launch its official site tomorrow offering most the first look at the film's full theatrical trailer. But you, the faithful Twitch reader, are not among that 'most'. For here, right now, we have an exclusive early look.
Flight of the Conchords star Jemaine Clement plays a major role in this one, along with Heath Franklin and Hayden Frost as a trio of would-be blackmail artists who have things go badly wrong.
The production design on this looks bang on, almost as bang on as the sense of deliciously macabre comic timing. Clement - always fantastic - looks to keep his fans coming back for more as the pasty faced con man, while the young stars are engaging and, yes, that IS musician Tim Finn of Crowded House tucked away in there, too. Check it below!
This July 4th, Behold The Future-Glory Of The Future-President In The Trailer For LITTLE OBAMA!
Jul 5th
[Yep, we ran this a little over a day ago but, hey, it's topical. Little Obama will stay at the top of the page through the day with new material appearing below.]
Watch Little Obama box! Witness his skill marbles! Marvel as the neighbor children applaud his cleverness! Surely he will grow up to be the President of the United States of America!
It's so strange it could only be true. Opening this week in Indonesian theaters is Obama: The Menteng Kid (Obama Anak Menteng) the feature film adaptation of Damian Dematra's fictionalized biographical novel of US President Barack Obama's childhood years spent in Indonesia. Basically, while it's true that Obama spent a handful of years in Indonesia as a child this is not in any way an authorized or verified biography of that time but a fictionalized version of things he may have done. The film's release has been timed to coincide with Obama's upcoming official visit to the island nation and you can see the trailer below.
Watch Little Obama box! Witness his skill marbles! Marvel as the neighbor children applaud his cleverness! Surely he will grow up to be the President of the United States of America!
It's so strange it could only be true. Opening this week in Indonesian theaters is Obama: The Menteng Kid (Obama Anak Menteng) the feature film adaptation of Damian Dematra's fictionalized biographical novel of US President Barack Obama's childhood years spent in Indonesia. Basically, while it's true that Obama spent a handful of years in Indonesia as a child this is not in any way an authorized or verified biography of that time but a fictionalized version of things he may have done. The film's release has been timed to coincide with Obama's upcoming official visit to the island nation and you can see the trailer below.
Action, Violence And Skin In MACHETE MAIDENS UNLEASHED
Jul 1st
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How do you follow a film like Not Quite Hollywood, a critical and crowd favorite chronicling the history of exploitation film in Australia? If you're NQH director Mark Hartley you cast your eye over the sea to the Philippines, hotbed of American funded exploitation film production throughout the seventies. The end result is Machete Maidens Unleashed, another riotous, energetic blast of film insanity from the days when there seemingly were no rules about what could and couldn't go on screen and what rules there were were happily ignored.
How do you follow a film like Not Quite Hollywood, a critical and crowd favorite chronicling the history of exploitation film in Australia? If you're NQH director Mark Hartley you cast your eye over the sea to the Philippines, hotbed of American funded exploitation film production throughout the seventies. The end result is Machete Maidens Unleashed, another riotous, energetic blast of film insanity from the days when there seemingly were no rules about what could and couldn't go on screen and what rules there were were happily ignored.
Partially funded by the Melbourne International Film Festival, Machete Maidens Unleashed will premiere there in July. Check out a the insanity in trailer form below!From the early '70s well into the '90s the Philippines was a back-lot for a bevy of B-movie mavericks and cinema visionaries alike. The country was utilized for its inexpensive labour, exotic locations and distinct lack of rules. A large body of genre work emerged that somehow managed to capture the raw, chaotic energy of contemporary Filipino culture. These productions (a cavalcade of monster movies, jungle prison movies, blaxploitation and kung fu hybrids) were miraculously made at a time when the country's political situation was repressive at best.
MACHETE MAIDENS UNLEASHED! is the ultimate insiders' account of genre filmmaking in the Philippines. A role call of local and international survivors from this period have been interviewed, all adding their distinct and honest account of this Devil-may-care school of filmmaking. Sitting alongside the talking heads are a dazzling array of outrageous film clips from key Filipino titles.