THIRST
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 127 minutes |
The combination of vampires and Emile Zola seems an unlikely one, but that’s exactly what Park’s pulled off.
Posted on July 23, 2009 by Mariko McDonald
WEAK SPECIES
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 34 minutes |
PHILADELPHIA QFEST SHORT FILM! Writer/director Dan Faltz seems at odds with the formulaic expectations we have for such roles, and serves up an equally disturbing and darkly comic experience.
Posted on July 22, 2009 by Matthew Sorrento
DEPARTURES
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 127 minutes |
A moving rumination on the link between the living and the dead along with a fascinating portrait of life in rural Japan.
Posted on July 22, 2009 by Rick Kisonak
WATCHMEN DIRECTOR’S CUT: TWO-DISC SPECIAL EDITION (DVD)
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 127 minutes |
Given “Watchmen’s” standing as a major comic book classic, I would like to have seen more bonus features.
Posted on July 21, 2009 by Brad Cook
MUST LOVE DEATH
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE! Delirious, surprising, and insanely entertaining.
Posted on July 21, 2009 by Mariko McDonald
LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 88 minutes |
FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE! A lighthearted and predictably silly take on Le Fanu’s Carmilla that is heavy on cheesecake and light on horror.
Posted on July 20, 2009 by Mariko McDonald
MY NORMAL
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 83 minutes |
The film does have some funny moments, and I’m always endeared to films in which the characters lead perfectly productive lives whilst smoking fat blunts.
Posted on July 18, 2009 by Jessica Baxter
THE BOOTLEG FILES: DEMENTIA 13
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of classic and kooky flicks that can only be found on bootlegged videos and DVD. This week, Phil ducks while Francis Ford Coppola swings an axe.
Posted on July 17, 2009 by Phil Hall
THIRST
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 127 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! One thing I like about Chan-wook Park movies is the cleverness of the little details, the grace notes.
Posted on July 17, 2009 by Nick Antosca
ROD SERLING’S PATTERNS: THEATRICAL VERSION (DVD)
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Year Released: 2005 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
“Patterns” depicts a call of humanity caught in a competitive world.
Posted on July 16, 2009 by Matthew Sorrento
MARK ARNOLD AND THE TTV FUN FACTORY
A new book celebrates the once-vibrant but long-forgotten studio that gave us Underdog, Tennessee Tuxedo, and the Go-Go Gophers.
Posted on July 15, 2009 by Phil Hall
NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL GIVES OUT AWARDS FOR SHEER HELL OF IT
In an unusual precedent, the Incredibly Strange section of the New Zealand International Film Festival is handing out awards to films before they have even screened to the general public.
Posted on July 14, 2009 by Film Threat Staff
WAITIN’
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 14 minutes |
The short “Waitin’” reveals itself as a glimpse into the mind of someone who is hurting, and through its ambiguity, the film allows viewers to project their own experiences onto Sally’s confusion.
Posted on July 14, 2009 by James Teitelbaum
MUMBLECORE DOES THE HUMP!: INTERVIEW WITH LYNN SHELTON AND MARK DUPLASS
Film Threat’s Jessica Baxter catches up with Shelton and Duplass as their Sundance winner rolls out nationally.
Posted on July 13, 2009 by Jessica Baxter
IP MAN
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 107 minutes |
FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! An even and compelling balance between jaw-dropping action and heart-wrenching drama.
Posted on July 13, 2009 by Mariko McDonald