Title: Elite Squad: The Enemy Within Director: Jose Padilha Starring: Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos, Andre Ramiro, Pedro Van Held, Maria Ribiero, Sandro Rocha, Milhem Cortaz, Andre Mattos, Seu Jorge A sprawling tale of power, sleaze and ambition in the vein of “City of God,” ”The Departed,” “Infernal Affairs” and “The Wire,” writer-director Jose Padilha’s “Elite Squad: The Enemy Within” is a howling, labyrinthine lament against the brawn and fraudulent self-protection of entrenched institutions that could and perhaps should well find a welcome audience amongst #OccupyWallStreet cineastes. Brazil’s official Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film submission, the movie — which is set in Rio de Janeiro and unfolds at the intersection of drugs, crime and high-level governmental corruption —…

Title: Viva Riva! Writer-director: Djo Tunda Wa Munga Starring: Patsha Bay Mukuna, Manie Malone, Hoji Fortuna, Marlene Longage, Alex Herabo, Diplome Amekindra Foreign cinema conjures up a collection of very specific stereotypes, even (perhaps especially) for seasoned film fans. After all, myriad cultural dictates play a huge role in not only what types of movies get made internationally, but which are lauded and/or positioned in a fashion to then penetrate the American cinematic market. “Viva Riva!”, a flamboyant and sprawling crime picture whose style and plotting recollects movies like “Shottas” and “City of God”, is a foreign film that smashes some of these preconceptions of what an African movie is,…

Alliance Films released another cool character photo of Alice Braga for the thriller “Blindness” by director Fernando Meirelles (City of God) and starring Julianne Moore (The Private Lives of Pippa Lee), Mark Ruffalo (Shutter Island) and Alice Braga (Crossing Over). This monochromatic movie poster features actress Alice Braga as the woman with the dark glasses. Plot: A doctor’s wife becomes the only person with the ability to see in a town where everyone is struck with a mysterious case of sudden blindness. She feigns illness in order to take care of her husband as her surrounding community breaks down into chaos and disorder. Based on a novel by Nobel Prize…

Miramax sent us a brand new movie clip entitled “Nothing” from the thriller “Blindness” by director Fernando Meirelles (City of God) and starring Julianne Moore (The Private Lives of Pippa Lee), Mark Ruffalo (Shutter Island) and Alice Braga (Crossing Over). Plot: A doctor’s wife becomes the only person with the ability to see in a town where everyone is struck with a mysterious case of sudden blindness. She feigns illness in order to take care of her husband as her surrounding community breaks down into chaos and disorder. Based on a novel by Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago. Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for the latest Blindness news and…

Miramax sent us a brand new movie clip entitled “The King” from the upcoming thriller “Blindness” by director Fernando Meirelles (City of God) and starring Julianne Moore (The Private Lives of Pippa Lee), Mark Ruffalo (Shutter Island) and Alice Braga (Crossing Over). Plot: A doctor’s wife becomes the only person with the ability to see in a town where everyone is struck with a mysterious case of sudden blindness. She feigns illness in order to take care of her husband as her surrounding community breaks down into chaos and disorder. Based on a novel by Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago. Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for the latest Blindness…

The upcoming film “Blindness” from Miramax, in theaters this Friday October 3rd, is triggering a growing wave of protest at the depictions of blind people in the movie. Marc Maurer, the president of the National Federation of the Blind, based out of Baltimore MD, told the Associated Press “[t]he movie portrays blind people as monsters, and I believe it to be a lie, […] Blindness doesn’t turn decent people into monsters.” Maurer says he plans to organize protests against the film on its opening day. “Blindness”, starring Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover, and Gael García Bernal, is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by José de Sousa Saramago, about…

In celebration of the theatrical release on October 3rd, Miramax is giving away two movie posters to two Toxic Shock TV forum members from the upcoming thriller “Blindness” by director Fernando Meirelles (City of God) and starring Julianne Moore (The Private Lives of Pippa Lee), Mark Ruffalo (Shutter Island) and Alice Braga (Crossing Over). The contest ends on October 15th, 2008. Only active members qualify, Click Here to sign up today. Plot: A doctor’s wife becomes the only person with the ability to see in a town where everyone is struck with a mysterious case of sudden blindness. She feigns illness in order to take care of her husband as…

Miramax sent us the final movie poster from the upcoming thriller “Blindness” by director Fernando Meirelles (City of God) and starring Julianne Moore (The Private Lives of Pippa Lee), Mark Ruffalo (Shutter Island) and Alice Braga (Crossing Over). Plot: A doctor’s wife becomes the only person with the ability to see in a town where everyone is struck with a mysterious case of sudden blindness. She feigns illness in order to take care of her husband as her surrounding community breaks down into chaos and disorder. Based on a novel by Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago. Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for the latest Blindness news and trailers.

Here’s another brand new character movie poster from Alliance Films for the upcoming thriller “Blindness” by director Fernando Meirelles (City of God) and starring Julianne Moore (The Private Lives of Pippa Lee), Mark Ruffalo (Shutter Island) and Alice Braga (Crossing Over). This monochromatic movie poster features actor Mark Ruffalo as The Doctor. Plot: A doctor’s wife becomes the only person with the ability to see in a town where everyone is struck with a mysterious case of sudden blindness. She feigns illness in order to take care of her husband as her surrounding community breaks down into chaos and disorder. Based on a novel by Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago….

Alliance Films recently released another new movie poster for the upcoming thriller “Blindness” by director Fernando Meirelles (City of God) and starring Julianne Moore (The Private Lives of Pippa Lee), Mark Ruffalo (Shutter Island) and Alice Braga (Crossing Over). This monochromatic character poster features actor Gael Garcia Bernal (Babel, Amores perros, Y tu mamá también). Plot: A doctor’s wife becomes the only person with the ability to see in a town where everyone is struck with a mysterious case of sudden blindness. She feigns illness in order to take care of her husband as her surrounding community breaks down into chaos and disorder. Based on a novel by Nobel Prize…