quietearth [Celluloid 01.27.12] scifi drama rs

Beautifully shot and utterly enigmatic, Marin Malesevic's second feature attempts to prove life after death through apophenia which is seeing meaningful patterns or connections in random or meaningless data. I use the word enigmatic because the trailer gives nothing away. I'm guessing this will be a quiescent exploration on the limits of consciousness and perception w... [Continue reading]

quietearth [Celluloid 01.27.12] action thriller adventure

Check out this trailer for Tasmanian Tiger survival thriller The Hunter with Willem Dafoe. With this, plus The Grey eating up early accolades, we're hoping there's a man vs. nature resurgence happening. [Continue reading]

kilowog [Film Festival 01.27.12] comedy

There were few films at this year's Sundance Film Festival anticipated more greatly than Colin Trevorrow's directorial debut, SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED. Billed as a quick-witted, sci-fi romanticist comedy shepherded by indie darlings the Duplass Brothers, the proof proved to be in the pudding. Providing a briskly entertaining adventure that will leave you guessing just... [Continue reading]

agentorange [Cathode Ray Mission 01.27.12] zombies horror

AMC has released a new midseason teaser trailer for the February 12 return of The Walking Dead. After the slow moving, character focused first par of season 2, this teaser suggests the sh$t will hit the fan and that perhaps, as Rick states, "this will not end well". [Continue reading]

agentorange [Celluloid 01.26.12] apocalyptic

No this isn't some ironic internet meme, but an honest to god promotional video for a television series that's in-development about a Panda in the apocalypse. [Continue reading]

agentorange [Celluloid 01.26.12] horror

One could wonder if Nazis are destined to become the next big concept to cross over into the mainstream, like Zombies before them. The indie horror scene is certainly all over them these days with Full Moon's Puppet Master series the next to adopt them as well. [Continue reading]

kilowog [Film Festival 01.26.12] drama fantasy

The overwhelming number of films at Sundance 2012 quickly become irrelevant when focusing on the breathtaking debut feature of filmmaker Behn Zeitlin with what is undoubtedly the most festival's talked about film, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD. Zeitlin set out to take on the three major don'ts of moviemaking: don't shoot on water, don't shoot with children, and don't sh... [Continue reading]

kilowog [Film Festival 01.26.12] scifi comedy drama

When you hear Frank Langella's name a number of things come to mind, robots may or may not be one of them. Sundance 2012 unspooled Jake Schreier's ROBOT AND FRANK this week; moving forward with the hope that the two words shall become synonymous. Played for laughs, sentiment, and even small thrills this sci-fi adventure proved to be a crowd favorite even as the fest... [Continue reading]

agentorange [Celluloid 01.26.12] scifi comedy

Monty Python will re-team to voice CG aliens in Terry Jones' next outing, Absolutely Anything, a scifi comedy about said aliens endowing an earthling with the power to do "absolutely anything" just to see what a mess he'll make of things -- which is precisely what happens. [Continue reading]

quietearth [Celluloid 01.26.12] thriller fantasy mystery no

They only found about half the body. Beautifully atmospheric with it's German Expressionistic palette, Thale is a mystery wrapped around old folklore about a girl with a cow tail. Why a cow tail? I guess they don't have many things with tails up in Norway. This makes me wonder if you could milk her. But I digress, read on. [Continue reading]

quietearth [Film Festival 01.26.12] drama uk

This succinct story of two twins attempting to emerge from a metaphorical bomb shelter due to their lack of life experience felt terse in it's rendition. Wholly one dimensional and lacking in character development, the story didn't stray from the subject matter: a control freak and a confused young man wearing women's clothing. [Continue reading]

quietearth [Celluloid 01.26.12] scifi drama fantasy es

We busted out the incredible looking Spanish android coming of ager Eva back in 2008 and followed that up with Animals in 2009 (unfortunately the promo is long gone), and now we have what seems to be a bit of a teaser although I could be wrong and it's the original promo. [Continue reading]

agentorange [Celluloid 01.25.12] apocalyptic

Apparently El Fin (The End) is about the impending end of the world, but you wouldn't know it from this non-subtitled trailer that's all sappy music over heartwarming scenes of friendship and pallin' around. Of course, in light of the glut of apocalypse films that predict humans would go all agro in light of the apocalypse, a more positive outlook on human nature migh... [Continue reading]

quietearth [Celluloid 01.25.12] scifi comedy fi

"Zat is not a computer, ZIS is a computer! Do I really need to say anything? We've been waiting on this flick forever but I have a question, why isn't this premiering at Sundance or Cannes? Did part of their multi-headed financing deal require a release in Europe first or is there some problem with it? [Continue reading]

quietearth [Film Festival 01.25.12] scifi

Berlinale 2012 have released their full Panorama selection and a major highlight includes the world premiere of moon Nazi flick Iron Sky. [Continue reading]

agentorange [Celluloid 01.25.12] zombies comedy

Imagine if the Walking Dead was an 80s sitcom complete with upbeat intro song (here, courtesy of Growing Pains). [Continue reading]

quietearth [Celluloid 01.24.12] horror history

1944. The greatest evil wants immortality. History is at Stake. What a great logline. Based on the idea that the Nazis and Allies vie for control over Count Dracula, I'm really digging this coming wave of historical re-imaginations. Hopefully at least one of them is good. [Continue reading]

quietearth [Celluloid 01.24.12] comedy drama arthouse

I didn't find the teaser for this Sundance premier very captivating, but considering it's part of the New Wave of Greek Cinema, we decided to put it up. However, the full trailer which was just released feels a bit like a Roy Andersson film with it's absurdity, pensive caricatures and still shots. [Continue reading]

quietearth [Celluloid 01.24.12] thriller drama uk

Having it's world premier at Rotterdam is Pat Holden's (Awaydays) poltergeist thriller which is supposedly based on a true story. Described as having some incredible 1970's art direction, the story revolves around a family who moves into their dream home only to find an unwelcome 'presence' who soon makes friends with their 12 year old daughter. The film is produced b... [Continue reading]

quietearth [Celluloid 01.23.12] post apocalyptic drama gr

From the few details available, this looks like it's going to be a quiet, reminiscing, character focused drama somewhat akin to Roland Vranik's Transmission which is much loved here at Quiet Earth. Emerging 37 years after self imposed exile, 6 people wander aimlessly in the remnants of civilization going mad. The film is directed, written, scored, shot, edited and nar... [Continue reading]

agentorange [Celluloid 01.23.12] scifi horror comedy

Jon Wright's much anticipated UK horror comedy Grabbers, is premiering at Sundance this week and a clip has surfaced (get it? That's the spirit!). In brief, it's the tale of ravenous sea monsters that can't handle their liquor. [Continue reading]

agentorange [Celluloid 01.23.12] horror

The Culling comes from a long line of supernatural thrillers that use a haunted location to bring an eerie vibe to audiences. Films like Spider Baby (1968), The Amityville Horror (1979), and Poltergeist (1982) defined the modern era of the haunted house style of film with surreal aspects of filmmaking and mystery. [Continue reading]

quietearth [Celluloid 01.22.12] scifi drama biography documentary history nl

WOW. I have no idea how we missed this incredible looking documentary/biopic with heavy scifi elements which premiered at Venice. Variety had this to say: [it] has all the weirdness, cerebral depth and envelope-pushing style that David Cronenberg's .. "A Dangerous Method," lacks and we're just getting started. Based on the autobiography Memoirs of My Nervous Illness w... [Continue reading]

quietearth [Celluloid 01.22.12] scifi documentary

The Hollywood Reporter put out a report 2 days ago that a couple of producers are claiming earth-shattering findings like an underwater Mayan City, a UFO landing pad, and human contact with extraterrestrials which will be revealed in their upcoming 3-D documentary Revelations of the Mayans 2012 and Beyond. While details are (obviously) scarce, producers Raul Julia-Lev... [Continue reading]

quietearth [Celluloid 01.22.12] scifi adventure

While our own kilowog will be attending the Sundance screening of Grabbers to provide us a review, I had a chance to trade emails with director Jon Wright on his next film called Our Robot Overlords. While the title gave me visions of a 1950's style schloky scifi, something akin to Zonad, it turned out I was way off base. [Continue reading]

quietearth [Celluloid 01.22.12] horror thriller

I'm getting the feeling this will be this years Insidious based on the footage below and the tagline being a terrifying ghost story! But as our own kilowog is set to see a screening at Sundance, we're going to find out. [Continue reading]

quietearth [Celluloid 01.22.12] scifi

The only problem with this short film (in full below) is that it's far too brief. From Aaron Sims whose done character design on a long, long list of films like Rise of the Planet of the Apes and The Thing along with visual effects design on the likes of Sucker Punch (which was clearly the only good thing about Zack Snyders flop) comes a 5 minute Robocop like explorat... [Continue reading]

quietearth [Film Festival 01.21.12]

The Berlinale Forum secioon contains 26 world premiers, the competition section adds four world premiers and a special screening of Haywire while the Generations section adds 15 including all of which are world premiers except for four. Big lineup lisgt following. [Continue reading]

quietearth [Film Festival 01.21.12]

As I've been busy the past week or so, I'm putting up a megapost here of all the IFFR announcements I've missed. Fifteen films will compete for the Tiger Awards competition, 8 of them are world premiers. Out of the Bright Futures section, fourteen are world premiers. Check out the list below. [Continue reading]

quietearth [Celluloid 01.21.12] drama

This is one of my top picks out of Sundance which I stated in my first post on this seemingly subversive shindig. Based on a little girl who leaves destruction in her wake, Kid-Thing is part of the Frontiers section which pushes the boundaries of cinema. It's also getting it's international premier at Berlinale. [Continue reading]