Actress Charlize Theron has denied a documentary made by her production company shows a pro-American bias in the problems facing Cuba. "East of Havana" tells of three young rappers whose love of hip-hop faces censorship by the Communist government. It has faced criticism for taking a rose-tinted vie...
Read More »The artist formerly known as Black Francis answers the phone and explains that he can't talk; he is in crisis. I have been chasing Thompson for several days now, eager to gauge his reaction to "loudQUIETloud", a rambunctious little documentary about the Pixies's 2004 reunion tour, which debuts today at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Directed by Steven Cantor and Matthew Galkin, the film is a bit like a Pixies song itself. It is film where simmering tensions erupt into primal storms, where high tragedy goes cheek-by-jowl with low comedy, and where the drummer goes mad and won't finish his solo. When the Pixies reformed, they invite...
Read More »Germany's FantasyFilmFest started out 20 years ago as a one-off presentation of science fiction and horror films in Hamburg. This year, the FFF toured seven German cities, spending a week in each location, and has become a veritable powerhouse for the release of genre and crossover films. For the fi...
Read More »352 films from 61 countries are on tap for the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival, which will open on September 7th with the previously announced world premiere of Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn's "The Journals of Knud Rasmussen." Organizers today unveiled the complete lineup for next month's...
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