Walter is in trouble. He killed the wrong man, and then had to kill the right man, and now his boss is mad at him for creating a mess, and so Walter is sidelined for the moment. His friend Francois suggests that Walter fill in for him on a job that will take him away to a mountain retreat, where he can enjoy the peace and quiet and build snowmen, one week tops, good money. But things are never quite that easy for professional assassins. Snowman's Land features oddball characters and an unusual narrative trajectory, coupled with a great sense of visual style. Tomasz Thomson, who wrote and directed, apparently only has one feature film to his credit -- 2001's Silent Storm (Stiller Sturm)...
- 9/19/2012
- Screen Anarchy
The fall movie season is getting off to a pretty slow start, but on the bright side, at least some of this year's awards contenders are finally starting to surface. Resident Evil: Retribution is the biggest release of the week and is well-positioned to rake in some serious cash considering the lack of competition. Finding Nemo 3D is the only other major release, and it remains to be seen whether it can be as successful as some of the other Disney 3D re-releases. In select theatres, P.T. Anderson's The Master finally opens today, and although it's playing on just five screens, it will be expanding the following weekend. Other limited releases include the Richard Gere thriller Arbitrage, revenge heist flick Stolen starring Nicolas Cage, and high school reunion dramedy 10 Years starring Channing Tatum and Rosario Dawson. What will you be watching this weekend? Resident Evil: Retribution Finding Nemo 3D...
- 9/14/2012
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
By MoreHorror.com
Starting next week, on May 4th through May, 20th, Porto Alegre will be the Latin American Capital of Genre Cinema as Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival 2012 unleashes.
Fantaspoa – International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre, the biggest genre film festival of Latin America will be back for its 8th edition, with 17 days of pure cinephilia, exhibiting 150 films – including 87 features from 32 countries: 5 having their world première, 12 in national première and 43 in their Latin America première. The festival will also bring more than 35 guests, including the duo that will be getting a Career Achievement Award: David Schmoeller and Stuart Gordon. Schmoeller, in the occasion, will also have the première of his first feature in 14 years: “Little Monsters”.
The festival will open and close with two world premières: “Nervo Craniano Zero”, directed by Paulo Biscaia Filho will open the festival and “Cell Count”, directed by Todd E. Freeman will close it.
Starting next week, on May 4th through May, 20th, Porto Alegre will be the Latin American Capital of Genre Cinema as Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival 2012 unleashes.
Fantaspoa – International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre, the biggest genre film festival of Latin America will be back for its 8th edition, with 17 days of pure cinephilia, exhibiting 150 films – including 87 features from 32 countries: 5 having their world première, 12 in national première and 43 in their Latin America première. The festival will also bring more than 35 guests, including the duo that will be getting a Career Achievement Award: David Schmoeller and Stuart Gordon. Schmoeller, in the occasion, will also have the première of his first feature in 14 years: “Little Monsters”.
The festival will open and close with two world premières: “Nervo Craniano Zero”, directed by Paulo Biscaia Filho will open the festival and “Cell Count”, directed by Todd E. Freeman will close it.
- 5/1/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Fresh off a successful opening salvo of films, Fantastic Fest is proud to announce the second wave of pictures for the week of September 22-29 in Austin, Texas. As always, it looks like an impressive line-up.
And seeing how this is the film festival that has launched such films as Zombieland, Trollhunter and The Human Centipede, you'll just have to trust them. They've proven time and again they know what's good.
In addition to the line-up of 17 new films making their world, North American or Us premieres, Fantastic Fest has some great contests and one hottie of a new director in Kristen Bell.
So, without further ado, here's the info for Fantastic Fest, Second Sequence.
From the Press Release
Fantastic Fest is proud to announce the second wave of programming for the seventh edition of Fantastic Fest, happening September 22-29 in Austin, Texas. The second wave includes 17 new World, North American and Us premiere films,...
And seeing how this is the film festival that has launched such films as Zombieland, Trollhunter and The Human Centipede, you'll just have to trust them. They've proven time and again they know what's good.
In addition to the line-up of 17 new films making their world, North American or Us premieres, Fantastic Fest has some great contests and one hottie of a new director in Kristen Bell.
So, without further ado, here's the info for Fantastic Fest, Second Sequence.
From the Press Release
Fantastic Fest is proud to announce the second wave of programming for the seventh edition of Fantastic Fest, happening September 22-29 in Austin, Texas. The second wave includes 17 new World, North American and Us premiere films,...
- 8/18/2011
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
The 3rd Annual Arizona Underground Film Festival, bigger and better than ever this year, kicks off their screening schedule tonight with a film I have been eagerly awaiting as much as any film in this year's lineup. At The Screening Room tonight, 8:00Pm showtime, Snowman's Land, a dark, violent, comedic thriller directed and written by German filmmaker Tomasz Thomson will be making its U.S. Premiere at Azuff. Snowman's Land follows bumbling killer for hire Walter who has just botched his most recent gig, forcing his quick exit from town. Trying to blend in and keep...
- 9/18/2010
- by ericshla
- Examiner Movies Channel
I came across this movie trailer for Tomasz Thomson's Snowman's Land on FirstShowing. although it was originally found on Twitch. The German-language hitman dark comedy does have a Coen Brothers-vibe to it, but that might just be the subgenre itself. The movie tells the story of a professional killer who takes up an offer to protect the house of a crime boss in a remote region of the Carpathian Mountains.But when the crime bosses wife is accidentally killed, the glorified vacation "becomes a fight for survival for all parties involved." Watch the trailer now embedded after the jump. Please leave your thoughts in the comments below. Official Plot Synopsis: Hapless contract killer Walter has screwed up a hit badly, and he has to leave town Fast. Intent on keeping a very low profile, he agrees to take a job guarding Mr Berger's (a former underworld boss) house, in...
- 7/6/2010
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
When did the Coen Brothers become German? An official trailer for the upcoming German hitman comedy Snowman's Land has made its debut on the internet on the film's official website (via Twitch). This looks like a beautifully shot, very dark hitman comedy inspired by the Coen Brothers, and I can't wait to see it. It just showed at the Edinburgh Film Fest a couple of weeks ago, but other than we're not sure when we'll see it show up again. I wish it had subtitles, and I'm sorry we have to keep featuring good foreign trailers without subs (or a dub), but this was just too good to pass up. I still suggest checking it out anyway, so watch below. Watch the official trailer (with subtitles) for Tomasz Thomson's Snowman's Land: Luckless contract killer Walter (Jürgen Rißmann) takes a job for former underworld boss Berger (Reiner Schöne) who...
- 7/5/2010
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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