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Trailer: Dallas Buyers Club
Trailer | Dustin Jansick | August 27, 2013If you need any further proof that Matthew McConaughey is an actor worth to be taken seriously, watch the just released trailer for Dallas Buyers Club. There are still folks out there who cannot see past his rom-com typecast...
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Watch: 12 O’Clock Boys trailer
Trailer | Dustin Jansick | August 21, 2013Who would have thought a documentary about a group of inner-city Baltimore dirt bike riders could look so captivating? 12 O’Clock Boys received a lot positive feedback from its SXSW premiere earlier this year which prompted the distributor Oscilloscope...
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Giveaway: Movie Poster Autographed by Lake Bell
News | Dustin Jansick | August 15, 2013Ever wanted an autograph from the lovely Lake Bell? Well here is your chance. Way Too Indie is giving away a signed movie poster of Bell’s upcoming film In A World, a film that she wrote, starred, and directed....
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Watch: Her trailer
Trailer | Dustin Jansick | August 14, 2013Last week it was announced that Spike Jonze’s latest film Her will close out the New York Film Festival in mid-October. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as a lonely man who ends up falling in love with an advanced...
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TIFF 2013: Vanguard and Documentary lineups announced
Film Festival | Dustin Jansick | July 30, 2013Easily my favorite program of the Toronto International Film Festival each year is the Vanguard program. This TIFF program aims to be “provocative cinema that defies convention”, which features films that have an unique look and feel to them....
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TIFF 2013: Midnight Madness program announced
Film Festival | C.J. Prince | July 30, 2013Another week, another batch of announcements from TIFF. This time it’s one of the fests’ staples, Midnight Madness. Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Midnight Madness has dedicated itself to premiering a different horror/comedy/sci-fi/fantasy/you-name-it film each night of the...
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Watch: 5 Paul Thomas Anderson and Fiona Apple Music Videos
News | Bernard Boo | July 25, 2013P.T. Anderson (There Will be Blood, The Master), one of the most lauded directors of our generation, used to date Fiona Apple in the late ’90s. They were the perfect film/music geek power couple, and at the time were churning out...
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San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Coverage Introduction
Film Festival | Bernard Boo | July 25, 2013Tonight marks the kick-off of the 33rd San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, and with the fest’s advancing age comes a cinematic expansion of sorts. This year’s theme is “Life Through a Jew(ish) Lens”, the idea being that the films...
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TIFF 2013: First wave of titles announced
Film Festival | C.J. Prince | July 23, 2013It’s over a month away until the Toronto International Film Festival, which means that the waves of announcements have started to come in. Today, TIFF announced 75 films that will be playing in their Gala and Special Presentations programs...
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SF Silent Film Festival Diary
Film Festival | Bernard Boo | July 22, 2013A few days before the San Francisco Silent Film Festival began last Thursday night at the Castro Theatre, I spoke with festival artistic director Anita Monga. She shared a touching story that couldn’t illustrate the beauty of silent film...
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Watch: Crystal Fairy trailer
Trailer | Dustin Jansick | July 19, 2013Our Bay Area readers will finally get a chance to see Michael Cera and Gaby Hoffman in Crystal Fairy when it hits theaters tonight. We learned in our interview with director Sebastian Silva and Cera that the story about...
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Watch: 12 Years A Slave trailer
Trailer | Dustin Jansick | July 15, 2013Steven McQueen’s highly anticipated 12 Years A Slave is a follow up to his mesmerizing sex addiction film Shame, which also features Michael Fassbender, and the first trailer for the film has just been released. The most notable part...
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Watch: Oldboy trailer
Trailer | Dustin Jansick | July 11, 2013The highly anticipated American remake of Park Chan-wook’s Korean cult classic, Oldboy, finally has a trailer for your viewing pleasure. While many diehard fans of the original are clamoring that a remake is completely unnecessary, others are glad that...
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Giveaway: Win Trance on Blu-ray
News | Dustin Jansick | July 10, 2013In order to celebrate the Blu-ray/DVD release of Danny Boyle’s Trance on July 23rd, we are giving away a copy of Trance on Blu-ray to one of our readers. Trance follows a fine-art auctioneer named Simon (James McAvoy), who...