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• LONDON TO BRIGHTON

  31 Jan 2008

  Paul Andrew Williams' directorial debut is a triumph of budget filmmaking. Written in a single weekend and shot in three weeks for a total budget of £80,000, London to Brighton is an intense chase thriller set in the seedy world of organised crime.

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• WEB STORE RESTOCKED

  29 Jan 2008

  Just a short note to say that we have just completed a major restocking of the web store. There are still a handful of titles that are out of stock, though most are now back in. Happy shopping.

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• UNBELIEVABLY BAD #7 OUT NOW

  25 Jan 2008

  

  Issue #7 of Unbelievably Bad, arguably Australia's best underground music and culture magazine, is out now. The new issue features part seven of the never-ending Herschell Gordon Lewis interview and a cracking review of the Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky box set. Plus, interviews with Eye Hate God, Jay Reatard, Rose Tatoo, Baseball, Darkthrone, and Depression.

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• NEW DOCUMENTARY AWARDS CHALLENGE THE OSCARS

  24 Jan 2008

  Earlier this year leading film news site indieWIRE reported on plans being hatched for an independent documentary awards program to challenge the Oscars. Film producer AJ Schnack enlisted Toronto International Film Festival programmer Thom Powers and online independent distributor IndiePix to produce the awards.

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• THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK

  23 Jan 2008

  The Devil Came on Horseback exposes the tragedy taking place in Darfur as seen through the eyes of an American witness who has since returned to the US to take action to stop it. The film utilises exclusive photographs and first hand testimony of former US Marine Captain Brian Steidle, taking the viewer on an emotionally charged journey into the heart of Darfur, Sudan.

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• BILLY THE KID

  22 Jan 2008

  Siren Visual has acquired the award-winning documentary Billy the Kid, a provocative coming-of-age story about growing up different. Winner of countless awards at film festivals around the world, included the Audience Award at the Melbourne International Film Festival, Billy the Kid has won over cinephiles for its heartfelt portrayal of adolescence.

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• MORE NEW TRAILERS

  18 Jan 2008

  It has been a big week for trailers. First we updated the Takashi Miike surreal yakuza flick Gozu and the French self-mutilating In My Skin. Now we have two very exciting new acquisitions: Ex Drummer and London to Brighton.

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• CANNIBAL FEROX SCREENING IN SYDNEY - TASTY

  17 Jan 2008

  Umberto Lenzi's exploitation classic Cannibal Ferox (aka Woman From Deep River) is being screened as part of the Cinematheque at the Chauvel Cinema in Sydney.The screening is part of a focus on exploitation cinema coinciding with the limited screening of Grindhouse.

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• NEW TRAILERS ONLINE

  17 Jan 2008

  Trailers of our February releases have now been uploaded. Click here to see the trailer for Takashi Miike's surreal yakuza tale, Gozu. Click here for the trailer for Marina De Van's haunting exploration of the human body, In My Skin. More trailers coming soon. You can pre-order both In My Skin and Gozu now.

   

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• WE CALL BULLSHIT

  16 Jan 2008

  Magician/Comedian duo Penn & Teller are famous the world over for their humorous stage shows and social commentaries. Their hit TV show Penn & Teller: Bullshit has garnered the duo countless and awards and screened on Channel Nine in Australia. Siren Visual is excited to announce that April will see the release of Season One on DVD in Australia.

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• GRINDHOUSE STICHED BACK TOGETHER FOR A LIMITED TIME

  15 Jan 2008

  Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's homage to the trashy drive-in and "grindhouse" double features of the 1970s is being released as it was intended – as a double-bill complete with mock trailers, missing reels and print wear.

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• THE RIDICULOUS HUMOUR OF RED VS BLUE COMING SOON

  14 Jan 2008

  Siren Visual is proud to announce the impending release of the hugely popular ‘machinima' Red vs Blue. The show combines the hugely popular Microsoft game Halo with an irrevenent humour not dissumilar to South Park.
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• JODOROWSKY’S DUNE THAT NEVER WAS

  11 Jan 2008

  News is out this week that the sci-fi classic Dune is to be remade by The Kingdom director Peter Berg. This confirms the rumour Ain't It Cool News floated last October. A self-confessed obsessive fan of Frank Herbert 1965 book, Berg has promised Time Out the film will be "big, big, big".
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• EX DRUMMER DIRECTOR'S NEW FILM

  10 Jan 2008

  Koen Mortier, director of the stylish and intense Ex Drummer, is currently working on his next film - 22nd May. Details are almost non-existent, though Twitch has an excerpt from the Rotterdam Cinemart submission. From the looks of it the film is shaping up to be some sort of disaster film.
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• BOXING DAY RANKS ON CRITICS END OF YEAR LISTS

  09 Jan 2008

  Despite its limited theatrical release, Kriv Stenders' powerful film Boxing Day ranked a mention in several critics 2007 wrap-ups. The Age's Philippa Hawker named Richard Green's performance recovering alcoholic Chris as one of the year's finest in her piece A Year In The Cinemas. Now the current issue of The Big Issue has named Boxing Day "one of the best Australian films of the year".
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• ONE MISSED CALL REMAKE OPENS TO MIXED REACTION IN THE US

  08 Jan 2008

  The US remake of Takashi Miike's One Missed Call has received mixed and indifferent reviews from critics and public alike. Variety gave it two-and-a-half stars, calling it "decent if derivative", while CHUD.com described it as "too bored with itself to muster even a measure of that cynicism". Despite the luck-warm critical coverage the Warner Brothers produced film defied expectations with a strong showing on its opening weekend in the US, taking US$13.5 million. According to ICv2 News the film wasn't predicted to top US$10 million.
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• BOXING DAY SCREENING IN FRANKSTON

  07 Jan 2008

  After an exclusive season at the Nova Cinema, nail biting Australian film Boxing Day will open the Frankston season of the Travelling Film Festival on Tuesday. MIFF'S Travelling Film Festival rolls into Frankston from 8-10 January and will open with the nail biting Australian film Boxing Day, directed by Kriv Stenders.
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• WE'RE BACK

  07 Jan 2008

  We've had our holidays, we're relaxed, we've suffered through the heat, and now we're back and all geared up for 2008. Thanks to all the people that placed orders over the holiday period, we're shipping them out today so you'll be seeing them soon. We hope you've all had a good holiday and an awesome New Years. Stay tuned for more news about what's coming up in this year.

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