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Antiviral
Movie | Dustin Jansick | April 19, 2013Antiviral 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
Film Festival | Dustin Jansick | April 18, 2013The 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
Movie | Dustin Jansick | April 17, 2013Ulrich 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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Interview: Antonio Campos – Simon Killer – Part 1
Interview | Bernard Boo | April 16, 2013In Simon Killer, director Antonio Campos weaves a tale of the evolution of loneliness and isolation into madness. The titular hero is a recent college grad who, hurting from a bad breakup, takes a trip to Paris, disconcertedly seeking...
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To the Wonder
Movie | Dustin Jansick | April 15, 2013Considering 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
Trailer | Dustin Jansick | April 14, 2013I 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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Evil Dead (2013)
Movie | Bernard Boo | April 12, 2013As I watched a demon-possessed girl split her own tongue in half with a rusty boxcutter, and then proceed to partake in the most disgusting French kiss I’ve ever seen, I was so overwhelmed with disgust that I forgot...
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Benny Loves Killing
Movie | Amy Priest | April 11, 2013It can be stated right from the start that this film is technically adept, masterfully shot and uses blindingly beautiful colour; Benny Loves Killing is one hell of a picturesque indie film. There have been some very powerful phrases...
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Interview: Gabriele Angieri – Profile of a Killer
Interview | Dustin Jansick | April 10, 2013Gabriele 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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Spring Breakers
Movie | C.J. Prince | April 9, 2013When the news came out that Harmony Korine, director of Gummo, Julien Donkey-Boy and Trash Humpers, was making a movie about spring break involving James Franco and Disney starlets, the reactions ranged from shock to boundless excitement. Korine’s sudden...
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Video Essay: The Screen Poetry of Terrence Malick
Features | Nelson Carvajal | April 8, 2013At the core, the cinema is the most powerful art form between sound and image. From his most direct, plot-driven narrative, Badlands, to his most abstract, polarizing film The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick has been progressively moving toward...
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Profile of a Killer
Movie | Dustin Jansick | April 8, 2013After 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
Movie | Dustin Jansick | April 5, 2013For 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
News | Dustin Jansick | April 4, 2013It 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...