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Before Midnight Makes You Want to See More

And more never-ending film stuff from the Grolsch Film Works blog.

Earlier this year, VICE Films and Grolsch Film Works teamed up with the directors Harmony Korine, Alexey Fedorchenko and Jan Kwiecinski to make a three-part film called The Fourth Dimension. Now, Grolsch Film Works have a new 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.

THE 20 MOST IRRITATING MOVIE CHARACTERS

Sometimes, an actor (or character)’s every move has the ability to rise up endless levels of bile – either making or ruining the film-watching experience. For me, it’s a toss-up between Owen Wilson and Miranda July in the Bile-Inducing Irritation Stakes, but of course, one (wo)man’s annoying is another’s dreamboat, and I observe some notable omissions: floppy-haired fops Keanu Reaves and early Leonardo DiCraprio, for example, will always hold a space in my heart, no matter how irritating. I also generally avoided the Annoying Comedian (the Adam Sandlers, Ben Stillers, Jim Careys and Robin Williamses), because, well, duh. And is Hugh Grant a comedian? That question alone threw me into an existential crisis, from which I only emerged with the thought that he’s still pretty annoying in straight roles, and therefore game.

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BERLIN REVIEW: BEFORE MIDNIGHT

One of the most anticipated films at this year’s Berlinale is perhaps one of its most determinedly low-key. Director Richard Linklater’s languorous, charming Before Midnight is the third in his series (following 1994‘s Before Sunrise and 2004‘s Before Sunset) tracking the relationship between American expat Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and French Celine (Julie Delpy).

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A LIST OF BAD DATES

Bad dates make great cinematic fodder, probably because they’re a cheap and easy way to make you squirm in your seats, bring back horrible memories, or even seal fresh ones if you’re on a date as you watch them. So here are some pitfalls to avoid in our rundown of the top ten most terrible dates. As Woody Allen says at the end of a particularly awful date night in a punk club in Hannah and Her Sisters: “I had a great evening. It was like the Nuremberg trials”.

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MOVIE POSTERS OF THE MONTH

Are we the only ones who thought the Les Misérables movie poster sucked? And what about that poster for Beautiful Creatures? (That font!) Don’t even get us started on that strange Sex and the City-esque poster for Russian film Girl Talk (they’ve got a lawsuit on their hands, surely). But not everyone was churning out the vomit-inducing movie posters this month, as our rundown of the best attests…

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Keep your peepers peeled for more Grolsch Film Works updates next week. Go to grolschfilmworks.com to see what’s happening right now.