ScreenAnarchy
{{Short description|Canadian film review website}}
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| url = {{URL|screenanarchy.com}}
{{URL|twitchfilm.com}}
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| type = Film news, film criticism
| language = English
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| author = Todd Brown
| launch_date = September 2004
| current_status = Active
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ScreenAnarchy, previously known as Twitch Film or Twitch, is a Canadian English-language website featuring news and reviews of mainly international, independent and cult films.{{cite web|title=About|url=http://screenanarchy.com/about/|publisher=ScreenAnarchy|access-date=15 February 2013}} The website was founded in 2004 by Todd Brown. In addition to films, the website covers various film festivals from Sundance, Toronto and Fantasia to Sitges, Cannes and the Berlinale. They partnered with Instinctive Film in 2011 to found Interactor, a crowd funding and viral marketing site,{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2011/biz/news/duo-pact-on-interactor-1118033899/|title=Duo pact on Interactor|last=Punter|first=Jennie|work=Variety|date=2011-03-14|access-date=2016-03-14}} and with Indiegogo in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/indiegogo-pact-canadian-film-centre-1201299781/|title=Toronto: Indiegogo Pacts With Canadian Film Centre (EXCLUSIVE)|last=Punter|first=Jennie|work=Variety|date=2014-09-07|access-date=2016-03-14}} Brown is a partner at XYZ Films, and Variety credits Twitch Film as helping to popularize the production company's films.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/xyz-films-quartet-hits-it-big-with-overseas-raid-1118063023/|title=XYZ Films: Quartet hits it big with overseas 'Raid'|last=Longwell|first=Todd|work=Variety|date=2012-12-05|access-date=2016-03-14}}
Brad Miska of Bloody Disgusting wrote that Twitch "...quickly established itself as the online world's leading source for international, independent, cult, arthouse and genre film news, review and discussion." He also wrote: "Over the years I have become increasingly impressed by what Todd Brown has done with Twitch Film, he has cornered the market for all edgy international releases and has given life to foreign films that might never have seen the light here in the States."{{cite news|url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/11427|title=TwitchFilm and Bloody-Disgusting Team-Up!|last=Miska|first=Brad |date=February 29, 2008|work=Bloody-Disgusting News|access-date=9 February 2010}} Ain't It Cool News has linked to Twitch Film pages on multiple occasions and UGO.com quoted a Twitch editor among its list of "critics" at its appearance at Sundance 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.ugo.com/movies/frozen-reviews-trapped-on-a-ski-lift |title=Frozen Reviews Trapped on a Ski Lift |last=Abrams |first=Simon |date=January 27, 2010 |work=UGO.COM |access-date=9 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131090441/http://www.ugo.com/movies/frozen-reviews-trapped-on-a-ski-lift |archive-date=31 January 2010 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.aintitcool.com/?q=node/21074|title=Twitchfilm|date=August 23, 2005|work=Ain't It Cool News|publisher=Harry Knowles|access-date=October 1, 2010}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.aintitcool.com/?q=node/20632|title=TwitchFilm|date=July 3, 2005|work=Ain't It Cool News|publisher=Harry Knowles|access-date=October 1, 2010}}
ScreenAnarchy has a large body of writers who reside in most major film markets in the world, including the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Australia and the United Kingdom.{{cite web|title=Global Voices|website=Screenanarchy.com|url=http://screenanarchy.com/globalvoices/}}
Key personnel
- Todd Brown - Founder and Editor
- Peter Martin - Managing Editor
- Andrew Mack - Editor, News
- Ard Vijn - Editor, Europe
- Benjamin Umstead - Editor, U.S.
- J. Hurtado - Editor, U.S.
- James Marsh - Editor, Asia
- Kwenton Bellette - Editor, Australia
- Michelle "Izzy" Galgana - Editor, U.S.
- Ryland Aldrich - Editor, Festivals
- Shelagh Rowan-Legg - Editor, Canada
- Christopher Bourne - Featured Critic
- Diva Vélez - Featured Contributor
- Dustin Chang - Featured Critic
- Jim Tudor - Featured Critic
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://screenanarchy.com}}
Category:Canadian film websites
Category:Magazines established in 2004
Category:2004 establishments in Canada
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