Monthly Archives: January, 2012

Miffed that this didn't crack the Park City line-up, The Exploding Girl helmer Bradley Rust Gray had the internets abuzz for the right reasons: a teen lesbian werewolf premise and all female cast lead by Jena Malone, Juno Temple, Kylie Minogue and rising starlet, Riley Keough. But there is more to expect out of this and for Magnolia to swoop in and pick up the rights early suggests we might be talking favorable about this indie film late next year.

The last of the Cassavetes offspring to make her feature fiction debut, we anticipate that this vampire pic will definitely come across more Euro-like (due in part to the influx of sexy French actresses), and more unique in terms of design and influences than its crappy vampire-themed flick counterparts.

Producers of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans and Elgin James' Little Birds, my feeling is Alan and Gabe Polsky are just as shrewd about the material they picked up for their first directing gig. They've assembled a curious bunch of indie acting vets in Dakota Fanning, Emile Hirsch, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson and Joshua Leonard, who'll give this batch of crumbling ego a certain crispness. Hipsters' Cinematographer Roman Vasyanov makes his leap into English language film.

Rooted in his backdrop of his native Chile, I'm curious in seeing how Sebastián Silva's might move into a genre item that we normally associate to the Guillermo del Toro's of the business especially after work on minimalist portraits of The Maid and Old Cats. We like three of the actresses he has managed to package in this horror thriller.

Greek/Colombian helmer Spiros Stathoulopoulos blasted onto the scene with the 2007 Cannes Directors' Fortnight selected PVC-1 (one 85 minute continuous shot featuring a human time bomb). This torrid love story has been simmering in post-production for a while now, we're confident that this won't go unnoticed once it hits the festival circuit.