As part of the screening put together in relation to the SXSW Title Design Competition, Ian Albinson from the website The Art of the Title Sequence put together a nice two and a half minute compendium of excellent film titles. (That features an occasional piece of television, too.) For any long-time film lover, this little…
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For an awards show that purports to honor outstanding achievements in film, the Academy Awards seem oddly drawn to the familiar. The movies with the most nominations at this year's Oscar race, for example, are The King's Speech and True Grit -- two films with a great deal of critical acclaim backing them, but ones…
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My original title for this piece was 'Kanye West Loves Enter the Void, But Not Enough to Credit It.' Because the video for the Kanye West single 'All of the Lights' is dominated by strobing full-screen text missives that are pure imitations of the brilliant and assaultive credits sequence for Gaspar Noe's Enter the Void.…
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This week, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, Russ Fischer, and Adam Quigley discuss some of the best films at Sundance 2011, react to this year's Academy Award nominations, and deconstruct Kevin Smith's controversial remarks at the Sundance Red State screening. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Join us for our next live broadcast…
Read MoreThis Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. ENTER THE VOID Enter the Void is unlike anything I have ever seen or experienced. It's a one-of-a-kind work of stunning ambition…
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Ever since its 2009 premieres at the Cannes and Toronto Film Festivals, Gasper Noe's Enter the Void has been a rapid topic of film geek conversation. The opening credits, the how-did-he-do-that shots, the amazing concept and, of course, the disturbing content about a murdered drug dealer whose spirit watches over his sister, have each been…
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Quentin Tarantino has released a list of his favorite films of 2010. Hit the jump to see the list. Quentin Tarantino's Favorite Movies of 2010 1. Toy Story 3 2. The Social Network 3. Animal Kingdom 4. I Am Love 5. Tangled 6. True Grit 7. The Town 8. Greenberg 9. Cyrus 10. Enter The…
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As the year comes to a close, more Top 10 lists are being published. Last week, British filmmaker Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim, Hott Fuzz) filed his annual listing of the top five movies of 2010. Hit the jump to find out what movies made Wright's list this year. Edgar Wright's 's Top 5 Movies of…
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This domestic trailer for Gaspar Noé’s Enter the Void is the best look yet at the colorful head trip of a movie that premiered over a year ago at Cannes. IFC picked up domestic distribution rights and will release the film on September 24. This is the company's first major promo effort for what must…
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Bunch of new movie posters for you today, and shockingly, with the exception of one, they're all pretty good. They're also all over the map, subject-wise. There's the questionable Joaquin Phoenix 'documentary' I'm Still Here, the M. Night Shyamalan-produced Devil, the US one-sheet for Gaspar Noe's Enter the Void,the Philly drama Night Catches Us with…
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For the past year IFC has bought up a lot of left-field, genre and oddball movies to distribute in the States. It started with Antichrist -- not such a weird buy, given the prestige status of Lars von Trier -- and then went to Valhalla Rising, Human Centipede (First Sequence) and Enter the Void, among…
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I'm certain that within the next week, as Sundance 2010 goes down in Park City, UT, at least a handful of new 'must-see' films will crop up for this year. In the meantime, one of the year's big films for me is from last year -- Gaspar Noé's Enter the Void. (Which actually gets a…
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The website of French TV station Canal + is playing host to a video of the entire Cannes Film Festival opening ceremony. Easily the most exciting section is a long montage of clips from different films that will be playing there over the next couple of weeks though you might enjoy the rest, perhaps most…
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A few days ago, just after it was announced that the Cannes line up would feature Gaspar Noe's Enter the Void, the official website for the film was opened up. All of the images in this post come from that site. Whle only the third feature by Noe in over a decade, Enter the Void…
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