Francis Ford Coppola doing an Italian-American film again
It’s been a while since the name Francis Ford Coppola has inspired visions of greatness, but I think deep down everyone wants to ...
Sympathy for Mr Vengeance remake is happening, depressing
Yeah, it was kind of inevitable. With the release of the Oldboy remake coming ever closer and the announcement of a remake of Lady Vengeance, ...
Features
Yes, a bad film remake actually can ruin the original
Every time a remake of a beloved film or franchise gets announced, there will be at least one person who says, “This is ...
Reviews
Review: Before Midnight
To follow up Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, two of the best character pieces ever made, was always going to be a challenge. Keeping ...
Next Korean Movie Night NY series features Sunny (YAY!!!)
I love Sunny. I love it so much that I don’t feel awkward typing like a preteen girl talking about how fantastic it ...
Reviews: Whitewash and Big Bad Wolves
I like film festivals for a lot of reasons, but one of the best is the way films are forced into context with ...
Character posters for Bong Joon-Ho’s Snowpiercer are dark
Usually “gritty” imagery doesn’t get me particularly excited by things, but I can’t pretend that seeing these character posters for Bong Joon-Ho’s upcoming ...
Trailers
Trailer: Manborg
Honestly, there’s not much to say about this one. It’s a film called Manborg and it looks like a film called Manborg. Because I’ve ...
Reviews
Tribeca Review: Oxyana
A couple of weeks ago, the 1995 patent on the painkiller OxyContin expired. OxyContin is a particularly potent form of the opioid Oxycodone, ...
Reviews
Tribeca Capsule Review: Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
Here’s an interesting fact: Taiwan is among the most gay-friendly countries in Asia. Gay marriage is not explicitly legal (a bill attempting to ...
Sion Sono casting his next movie via Youtube auditions
I’m not the biggest Sion Sono fan in the world, but I generally respect the man and his work, even if he did ...
Reviews
Review: Byzantium
Imagine you are in a large store and off in the distance you see a quilt. It’s an intriguing design, and you walk ...