It’s a crazy, mixed up world and we are thankful for movies that offer proof. Slashfilm’s Weekend Weirdness examines such flicks, whether in the form of a SXSW premiere for a provocative indie, a mini review or an interview. We just heard Robert Pattinson dies from being inside the WTC on 9/11 in his new classic…
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Update: Variety just posted another positive review: "[The film is] riveting beyond all rationality, is something like Jackass, except that here the stunts are dangerous only to standards of good taste -- which, of course, is precisely the point. ...perverse beauty. ...Across the board, tech credits are appalling -- in a good way." One movie we're surprised and…
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Earlier this month, we noted in surprise, as did a number of peers on the web, the sudden announcement of a new film from Harmony Korine, the semi-reclusive director of Mister Lonely. Aforementioned surprise arose because the project, entitled Trash Humpers, was already completed, said to be a 78-min feature, and set to premiere at next…
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Update: I just spoke with someone at the TIFF and she confirmed that Trash Humpers is indeed a feature and not a short film. It's official running time is 78-minutes. The film has not yet been rated, but by default, we're guessing it's R. Gummo writer/director, Harmony Korine, will follow up last year's swell Michael…
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We're back with another batch of movie trailers for some of the smaller independent films playing at the 2008 South By Southwest Film Festival: Barry Jenkins' meet-cute drama Medicine For Melancholy, Jennifer Phang's cosmic family saga Half-Life, Kevin Ely & Beau Leland's rock opera Rainbow Around the Sun, Harmony Korine's celeb-impersonator fantasy Mister Lonely, Marco…
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