What is probably an outrage is that I’ve got to admit that I’ve never actually seen any of Takeshi Kitano’s previous films (does Takeshi’s Castle count?)
Find out if I’m likely to pop my Kitano cherry here
The New Daughter – Our Sitges Preview
It’s got serial sex-pest Kevin Costner in it and looks like it went straight to DVD in The States so expectations aren’t exactly high for this one.
Granted, he’s got JFK, Bull Durham and The Untouchables in his locker but what has he done worth watching since 1991?
Please send answers to:
Who Gives A Shit, Corridorstyle Towers, Derby, England
See if there’s a happy ending for us here
A Woman, A Gun and A Noodle Shop – Our Sitges Preview
Normally the fact that a film had this title and was a remake of an early Coen Brothers film would make it a certainty that we’d be watching this.
However, click here to see if we’ll be packing our chopsticks…
The Violent Kind – Our Sitges Preview
Now if someone can send me a review of this but only covering the scenes where we see Christina Prousalis, specifically detailing how much we get to see of her in those scenes, I may be persuaded to change MY VIEW. Until then, this is of “the not watching kind”
Kaboom – Our Sitges Preview
It’s been compared to Twin Peaks and has stirred up controversy at Cannes, but is Kaboom going to blow us away?
Click here to find out
Norwegian Ninja – Our Sitges Preview
The guy that runs my local pub is Norwegian. Now that I think about it he does tend to wear a lot of black.
Does Norway really have ninjas? We may have to buy a ticket and find out.
We’re not complaining but…….
We certainly wouldn’t want to be accused of slaughtering our favourite film festival but amidst all the excitement of today’s press release we recalled last year’s pre-festival program teaser and the mention of a certain Stanley Kubrick film.
Let’s hope some of this year’s announcements don’t get the axe.
Heeere’s Johnny! Sitges announce the inspiration for the 2010 festival.
Before you ask…….no. We couldn’t come up with a more original title for this post. We’re just too excited.
The festival organisers have today announced that the 43rd edition of the festival will mark the 30th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick’s “THE SHINING” and we’ll have the dubious pleasure of staring down these two spooky gals as we flick through the program each day.
There will be additional tips of the hat to “BACK TO THE FUTURE” for passing the quarter century mark (boy! does that make us feel old) and “PSYCHO” for bringing up its half century.
Brush up on your Spanish and follow the link below for more details:
“THE SHINING INSPIRES THE FESTIVAL’S 43RD EDITION”
And even if your Spanish “no es muy bueno” you can still figure out many of the fantastic films the organisers have already lined up for us by following the link below:
These announcements officially kick off the Corridorstyle run up to the festival where we’ll be bringing our personal previews of all the films featured in the official program along with the likely contenders for our “must see” list.
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Official Fantastic Selection opens with Let me in
Should England serve us up another kick in the nether regions on Wednesday (a concern for Spain too until last night) we can at least draw some comfort from the fact that the organisers in Sitges have begun opening the drip feed of information for films featuring at this year’s festival.
A somewhat controversial choice here at CS sees the Official Fantastic Selection opening with LET ME IN.
Having been blown away by the original Swedish version LET THE RIGHT ONE IN at Sitges in 2008 we were dismayed at the announcement soon after that Hollywood thought Tomas Alfredson’s film was sooooo good that they couldn’t wait to remake it for him, no doubt correcting his mistakes and giving the film that X factor it was obviously missing………….hmmm!
We’ll try to remain open minded and give LET ME IN the benefit of the doubt, however, I imagine we’ll ultimately find something better to watch while this remake is screened. Now if only we could find someone who could remake the 1986 World Cup quarter final so that the hand of Peter Shilton actually gets to the ball before the hand of God
Los ojos de Julia to open Sitges 2010
Ever ready to lend it’s support to Catalonia’s film industry, the festival have announced that the Guillem Morales film LOS OJOS DE JULIA will open this year’s festival.
Morales made an impressive debut (writer/Director) at the festival in 2004 with his film EL HABITANTE INCIERTO picking up a nomination for best film and a best actress award for Monica Lopez. Los ojos de Julia stars Belen Rueda who featured at the festival in 2007 with EL ORFANATO, a film produced by Guillermo del Toro who again lends his weight behind Ojos.
Here’s a little taster with the trailer for Los ojos de Julia:
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