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Antiviral

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Brandon Cronenberg follows his father's path into the gruey world of body horror with this assured satire on celebrity culture. Read more »

Fernando Just Watched

Promised Land

Promised Land

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a controversial and environmentally damaging method of mining for natural gas, explored in the Academy Award nominated documentary Gasland (2010). Promised Land, picks on this highly lucrative business and tells, in a very gentle way, a fictional story of how two resource industry sales people, played by Matt Damon and [...] Read more »

Podcasts

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Dispatch 32 – The Great Gatsby And Upstream Color

on May 20, 2013

This week we turn our attention to two very different romantic tales. First, we discuss Baz Lurhmann's highly caffeinated adaptation of The Great Gatsby. Then, we compare notes on Shane Carruth's enigmatic work, Upstream Color. Read more »

Star Trek Into Darkness

Dispatch 31 – Star Trek Into Darkness And Ivan’s Childhood

on May 12, 2013

This week we discuss two very different films. First we compare notes on the second instalment of the rebooted Star Trek franchise. Then we take a look at acclaimed Soviet director Andrei Tarkovsky's first feature film, Ivan's Childhood, which was recently re-released as part of the Criterion Collection. Read more »

SNITCH

Dispatch 30 – Snitch, Romantic Comedies And The Criterion Collection

on May 6, 2013

This week we discuss Fernando’s upcoming move to Tokyo, before turning out attention to the action blockbuster Snitch. We then consider the somewhat dire state of contemporary Romantic Comedies (RomComs), looking at films like Celeste And Jesse Forever and The Big Wedding. Finally, we explain our plan to add some regular reviews of recent Criterion [...] Read more »

Reviews

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REVIEW: Antiviral

Written by James Marsh

First-time Canadian filmmaker Brandon Cronenberg proves himself to be every bit his father’s son in this darkly satirical sci-fi thriller, where celebrity has reached such extremes that fans will pay top dollar to contract their idols’ ailments and diseases. Syd March (Caleb Landry Jones) is a top executive at the Lucas Clinic, but is secretly [...] Read more »

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REVIEW: Upstream Color

Written by James Marsh

Shane Carruth follows up his impressive, confounding 2004 time-travel mindbender, Primer, with this equally ambitious science fiction thriller. Less easy to pigeonhole, Upstream Color is the story of a young woman, Kris (Amy Seimetz), who is drugged, abducted and hypnotised by a mysterious man, referred to only as The Thief, who then cons her into [...] Read more »

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Review: The Great Gatsby

Written by Fernando Gros

Director Baz Luhrmann rose to prominence in the 90s on the back of two critically acclaimed and highly successful films. His first feature was Strictly Ballroom (1992), which used the glitzy, if somewhat shallow world of competitive ballroom dancing to tell a riveting and poignant tale of two lovers separated by class, race and society’s [...] Read more »

About James Marsh

Based in Hong Kong, James is Asian Editor for Twitchfilm.com and a freelance film critic, focusing on New Asian Cinema and genre films from around the world. He also programmes for Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX. You can follow James on Twitter via @marshy00.

About Fernando Gros

Based in Singapore, Fernando is a musician, photographer and writer. He has written extensively on religious themes in cinema and has an abiding passion for Bollywood, Film Noir and the work of David Lynch. You can follow Fernando on Twitter via @fernandogros.

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