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9 May 2012 6:56 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »

Voting is currently underway on the Sight & Sound poll for the greatest film ever made, which takes place every ten years, and is generally seen as one of the most definitive of such polls. And one film that's near-certain to place in the top ten, given that it's been there in every poll since 1982 (and placed second in 2002) is Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo." The film was relatively poorly received on release, and indeed, remained unseen for twenty years, one of the five films to which Hitchcock bought back the rights to leave to his daughter (the so-called Five Lost Hitchcocks, which also include "The Man Who Knew Too Much," "Rear Window," "Rope" and "The Trouble With Harry"). But since its re-release in 1984, the film has grown into the great director's most acclaimed masterpiece, and is now one of the most examined, deconstructed and written about films in the history of the medium. »

- Oliver Lyttelton

27 February 2012 10:18 AM, PST | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »

In the vein of classic "evil kids" cinema like The Bad Seed, The Exorcist, The Omen and more recently The Children, we've landed a whopping 5 clips from Childish Games (also going under the title Dictation in Spain), which was directed by Antonio Chavarrías from his own screenplay. Unfortunately, all five clips are in Spanish. Filmax, the company behind the [Rec] franchise, is giving birth to this demonic flick. Starring Starring Juan Diego Botto, Barbara Lennie and Marcia Perez, Filmax has now locked a March 9, 2012 date for the Spanish thriller to premiere overseas. Check out the clips below, along with the poster. »

24 February 2012 9:02 AM, PST | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »

In the vein of classic "evil kids" cinema like The Bad Seed, The Exorcist, The Omen and more recently The Children, we've landed the official poster and images for Childish Games (also going under the title Dictation in Spain), which was directed by Antonio Chavarrías from his own screenplay. Filmax, the company behind the [Rec] franchise, is giving birth to this demonic flick. Starring Starring Juan Diego Botto, Barbara Lennie and Marcia Perez, Filmax has now locked a March 9, 2012 date for the Spanish thriller to premiere overseas. Check out the full image gallery by clicking the still above. The Spanish poster can be found after the break. »

15 February 2012 1:49 PM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

5 Movie Psychos Worthier of a TV Series Than Hannibal Lecter

Watch out, Clarice: The Silence of the Lambs’s unforgettable cannibal Hannibal Lecter is coming to NBC in his own series for at least 13 episodes. Anthony Hopkins’ classic role is both an obvious choice for serialization and a seemingly uninspired one: We’ve already seen two theatrical updates of Hannibal’s tale, and neither did much to buttress his legacy. Here, I name five freaks worthier of a full-season pickup.

Mommie Dearest’s Joan Crawford

I don’t have to tell anyone here that Mommie Dearest is an unforgettable feast of shrieks, delirium, and Joan Crawford’s Egyptian death mask of a face. Though the movie is remembered as a cult classic, an episodic chronicle of Christina Crawford’s unfortunate, hanger-throttled childhood could make for an enthralling CW series.

Potential Episode: Christina accidentally brings up Bette Davis’s name at »

- virtel

1 January 2012 9:00 AM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

10) The Hedgehog The debut of director Mona Achache, The Hedgehog, based on a popular French novel, centers on Paloma (Garance Le Guillermic), an 11 year old girl that, fed up with her world, has decided to kill herself on her twelfth birthday. Formidably (and thankfully, not annoyingly) precocious, Paloma is fascinated with art and philosophy, decided to film her world around her as she moves forward with her plan, narrating her opinions to us on what’s wrong with her parents and the world at large. Paloma meets a kindred spirit in the form of the cranky and seemingly unhappy Renee (an absolutely fabulous Josiane Balasko), the building janitor. The arrival of a new tenant creates some ripples as he flirts with the avid reader Renee through Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina and the cinema of Ozu, and soon a very endearing and unpredictable romance ensues. Touching, tragic, and funny, The Hedgehog is an excellent debut, »

5 items from 2012