Dustin Jansick
660 articles written by Dustin Jansick
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Quite a Conundrum
Quite a Conundrum’s official synopsis lets the viewer know what kind of film they are in for and perfectly summarizes the film; “Sex, drums, tequila, social networking, a pirate, morning after pills, Jesus and a gun. It’s one hot...
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Modest Reception
Modest Reception is a foreign indie film by Mani Haghighi that is both a dark comedy and a psychological exploration of the human soul. The film travels on the wild joy ride of two people that hand out millions...
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Timecrimes
It does not take long to notice that even the smallest of details in Nacho Vigalondo’s Timecrimes are not without purpose. As with most time-travel films, if you were to break everything down you are bound to find plot...
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List of 2013 Cannes Film Festival trailers
So far only a handful of films that will be playing at this year’s Cannes Film Festival actually have trailers available. But as we begin to get closer to the start of the festival, more and more trailers being...
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Paradise: Love
Ulrich Seidl packs a punch full of irony in Paradise: Love where neither paradise nor love is anywhere to be found. On display instead is a voyeuristic view of a shy woman in search of love who goes wild...
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Antiviral
Antiviral is a high-concept sci-fi film debut from Brandon Cronenberg, son of legendary director David Cronenberg. It is not completely far-fetched to imagine a future celebrity obsessed society where fans receive a virus that their idol has in order...
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Cannes 2013 Lineup Announced
The wait is now over as the lineup for the 2013 Cannes Film Festival has been announced this morning. While a few film festivals such as Sundance and Berlin have already given us a small taste of what is...
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Import/Export
Ulrich Seidl has a knack for making his audience uncomfortable and Import/Export is certainly no different. If any amusement is found in the film, it generally comes at someone else’s expense. The theme of Import/Export is an unwavering look...
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To the Wonder
Considering that Terrence Malick has never put out consecutive films less than five years apart, one time it was two decades, putting out a film only a year after Tree of Life is very uncharacteristic. Rumor has it that...
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Watch: Black Rock trailer
I was initially intrigued by Black Rock when I heard it was written by Mark Duplass and directed by his wife Katie Aselton, who also stars in the film. A trailer for Black Rock has landed and it looks...
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Interview: Gabriele Angieri – Profile of a Killer
Gabriele Angieri stars as the retired FBI profiler in the indie crime thriller, Profile of a Killer (review). Angieri sat down with Way Too Indie to answer some questions about the film. He talks about how his theater experience...
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Profile of a Killer
After writing credits for blockbuster titles such as Beyond Borders and The Island, Caspian Tredwell-Owen extends his talents beyond just writing and into directing with his debut of the indie crime thriller, Profile of a Killer. Even if the...
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Upstream Color
For all intents and purposes, Shane Carruth has completely disappeared off the filmmaking radar ever since his mind blowing indie sci-fi debut of Primer eight years ago. The only place his name has appeared since then was in the...
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Roger Ebert Passes Away At Age 70
It deeply saddens me to report that legendary movie critic Roger Ebert passed away today at age 70. With his incredibly successful and equally influential television program “Siskel and Ebert and The Movies”, he not only provided entertainment around...
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Lollapalooza 2013 Lineup
It is doubtful that the folks running Lollapalooza are pulling an extravagant April Fools day joke, joining sites such as Google and Microsoft, by announced the lineup today ahead of the previously scheduled date of April 9th. The lineup...