Hiroshi Teshigahara is mostly recognized for his borderline avant-garde collaborations with novelist and screenwriter Kobo Abe; Pitfall (1962), Woman in the Dunes (1964), and Face of Another (1966). However, Teshigahara's cinematic resume extends well beyond these three features as exhibited by his...
The 11th Annual ReelWorld Film Festival began in impressive fashion last night with Rohan Fernando’s tsunami drama, Snow. Sri Lankan born actress Kalista Zackhariyas plays Parvati, a devastated young woman who saw everything she knew swept away amongst the...
What would you do if you knew you had less than eight minutes to live? For Jake Gyllenhaal's Captain Colter Stevens it's not a matter of choice, but rather of necessity. A terrorist attack has just taken place...
No sappy high school romances; no shirtless Taylor Lautner; and definitely no sparkles are to be found in this refreshing, made-for-adults modern day vampire tale. Zak Kilberg stars as Jacob, a young man with a rare skin disorder...
From 'visionary' director Zack Snyder, the mind behind the disappointing Dawn of The Dead remake, the godawful 300, and the surprisingly gratifying The Watchmen, comes his latest visual feast, Sucker Punch. Emily Browning stars as Baby Doll, a young girl...
Be it the marketing of the films or merely misjudgment on my part, but I always associated the Swedish film adaptations of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series with the Twilight franchise in terms of both content and target audience. An...
Have you ever peered deep into the eyes of a parent or grandparent and thought about the life they had long ago? A life before kids; before grandkids. A life you'll probably never know. For most, that look has...
The theatrical release of Johnathan Lisbesman’s sci-fi actioner, Battle: Los Angeles, triggers the official beginning of the spring/summer blockbuster season; unfortunately it does so in rather dissatisfying fashion. This third-rate alien invasion film opens on a bright and balmy...
The Sword of Doom was directed by Japanese filmmaker Kihachi Okamoto, who’s other notable works include Samurai Assassin (1965) and Kill! (1968). While Okamoto began his career behind the camera with melodramas, he quickly became known as a specialist...
From the creative mind of Gore Verbinski, the man behind The Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, comes the latest in computer-animation, Rango. In the title role, Johnny Depp lends his distinct voice to the character Rango, a domesticated chameleon...
Hungarian filmmaker, Béla Tarr, represents everything that is right with contemporary cinema and through the international film festival circuit he has garnered critical acclaim as well as developed a strong reputation based on his very unique sense of directorial...
Not to be confused with Hou Hsiao-hsien's The Flight of the Red Balloon, The Red Balloon is a 1956 imaginative short film directed by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse. Its story centres around a young boy, played by Lamorisse's...
