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Some people are calling it the “Veronica Mars” effect. The wildly successful Kickstarter project for a Veronica Mars movie (which met its $2 million goal in less that 11 hours, eventually raising nearly $6 million by the end of the donation period) sent a reverberating shock amongst the film industry, whose traditional method of funding films comes almost exclusively from studio deals. And now, other…
A film’s success can be determined by how much power it has over a viewer’s emotions. If it brings out his or her laughter at one point, only to expertly reduce the viewer to tears five minutes later, then it warrants serious accolades. Flemish Director Felix Van Groeningen has created such a film with The Broken Circle Breakdown, a sweeping drama about a Flemish couple finding their love and faith…
At the Tribeca Film Festival on Friday, April 26th, I was treated to two genres of horror movie: a collaborative found footage film and a satiric gore-fest. The former, V/H/S/2, was the sequel to a moderately well received movie of the same archetype, and the latter, Fresh Meat, was a sociopolitical commentary hailing from New Zealand. Here’s a glimpse at both, along with some insight from Erin, who…