Industry News

For the movie news week that was we capture both the highs and the lows in one neat little package. Enjoy!

I'd never heard of Japanese film-noir or even knew that such a genre existed until I watched Takeshi Nomura's hard-boiled thriller, A Colt is My Passport a couple of weeks ago.

Movie powerhouse Hoyts have this week announced the purchase of DVD hire franchise Instant DVD

WOLVERINE director talks about the self-loathing and inner conflict of the X-Men film's hairy hero.

A celebration of special effects, and a story that resonates for longer than the 60 seconds it takes to watch it. 

The first of three weeks' worth of Tube Ray Army at large.

Let’s be honest, we all have TV families and friends that we probably like better than our real ones.

Interview with a vampire.

A tired imitation of the first film in the series, the 3-D offers little to improve this vacuous and unnecessary sequel.

An exciting action-packed story with a host of fantastic voice actors, this is a contender for best animated movie of the year.

Best Foreign Language Film Oscar winner, this is quirky, quietly moving and often comedic journey of one man discovering himself.

Woody Allen's supposedly undiscovered masterpiece is a complete failure, featuring a one-note performance from the usually hilarious Larry David.

The Queen's writer and star reunite in this majestic football drama that takes the sports movie genre to a new and fascinating level.

BRITISH actor Charlie Bewley tells how the main stars formed their own tight-knit group.

Filmmaker was delighted to the following email today, which began: "From the ashes of Kim's video come's THE THIRD FLOOR, a new group of curators devoted to presenting to you, the general public, movies we like. In just the right way. On a screen. With some bands. Somewhere that you can drink. With all your friends. For money." Together with 92YTribeca, this collective of former-employees and devotees of the late, great, irreplaceable Kim's Video is starting a screening series. It begins October 30th with THE WICKER MAN, a 1973 cult horror masterpiece featuring Britt Ecklund and Christopher Lee. Following the evening’s screening, there will be performances inspired by the folklore inspiration for Paul Giovanni's trippy-creepy original...

The latest chapter in this sadistic yet highly entertaining horror series is the cinematic equivalent of a slow and painful death.

All the action from this week's movie premieres and film events.

Let's return to the Walt Disney Animation studios in California for more fun 'n' games, shall we?

Moon - one small step for a man and one giant leap for debut director Duncan Jones.

As you may have read, Four-Eyed Monsters co-creator Arin Crumley has launched a new project, OpenIndie, that aims to create a new model for the distribution of independent film. I'll let Crumley explain it: As Crumley notes, OpenIndie is using Kickstarter to fundraise towards its goal of $10,000. With 17 days to go, OpenIndie needs just over $7,000. If you're intrigued after seeing the video, please consider heading over there and contributing. A $100 contribution gets you a one-hour consulting session with Crumley on the distribution of your own film. Also, check out this latest podcast from Lance Weiler and his "This Call is Being Recorded" series. It's with Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler, who talks about his new...