Jared Leto Made a Film About His Crappy Band

Our friends at Grolsch Film Works have a website where you can find out what they’ve been up to and read/watch interesting stuff about films. Every week we'll be plucking the highlights. This is that.

WIN A WARP FILMS 10 BOOK & DVD COLLECTION

To celebrate their tenth anniversary, Warp Films are releasing an awesome-looking book and DVD set, the former of which we've got our hands on for a giveaway. For a chance to win the book, all you have to do is enter our competition below.

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DIRECTOR FRANCOIS OZON THINKS WE ARE ALL PROSTITUTES

Francois Ozon is tired of trite French films that idealize teenage love. So it's no surprise that his Palme d’Or-nominated Jeune & Jolie (Young & Beautiful) is one of the most realistic, unromantic youth flicks we’ve seen in a while (OK, there’s one kiss-on-the-bridge-over-the-Seine scene). Its ruthless 17-year-old heroine Isabelle (Marine Vacth) is ”a symbol of the young people of today.” Ozon explains: ”They’re afraid of nothing. They think everything is easy and possible.” As Ozon claims all first sexual experiences are ”terrible,” Isabelle (Marine Vacth) is quickly disappointed by her lackluster de-virginising on the beach. Taking matters into her own hands, she turns to online prostitution as ”Lea” in order to investigate her desires with much older men.

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THE MOST AWESOME 1990s MOVIE POSTERS

Back in the '90s it seemed as though indie directors were after one thing and one thing only: world domination. And with the help of indie studios like Mirimax (Sex, Lies & Videotape), New Line Cinema (Short Cuts) and production companies like Shooting Gallery (Laws of Gravity), they damn near achieved it. So while we lament those golden years of grainy 16mm indie flicks shot on NYC's grimy backstreets for unthinkably miniscule budgets, let's take a look at some of the best indie posters to adorn history's last smoke-filled movie theatres.

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JINGLE BELL ROCKS!

Every Christmas ushers in the same tired, commercially driven garbage – lame movies like Jack Frost, and crappy Christmas tunes like Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You”. But rather than folding your arms glumly with a defeatist attitude and reluctantly donning that weary-looking Santa hat, you should probably be watching Mitchell Kezin’s heartwarming documentary Jingle Bell Rocks!, following the heroic endeavours of a group of vinyl junkies to create the ultimate alternative xmas playlist. Rejoice!

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JARED LETO MADE A FILM ABOUT HIS CRAPPY BAND

We're still not over the fact that Jared Leto has an awful band with an awful name – 30 Seconds To Mars – and yet here we are, incredulous as ever, with a trailer for the actor's documentary about his awful band with an awful name. (If you're curious about Leto's questionable musical endeavours you should listen to this painfully cringe emo number.)

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