Snowpiercer

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Snowpiercer, uncut and unlobotomized, is finally hitting US theaters in the first phase of the platform release that was part of the compromise between director and distributor.

Snowpiercer showtimes at Fandango

If your city’s not listed, bug your friends in the cities that are to go see it because the nature of platform releases is such that if it does well in the first round, the second one will be bigger. And so forth.

(You don’t have to bug me, I'm hopefully going this weekend.)

Also, now's a good a time as any to remind folks that the long-awaited English translations of the original French graphic novel (Le Transperceneige) are available. I think it might be just the first two volumes (of three), but I'm also pretty sure the film is only taken from the first volume, and quite loosely at that. I haven't checked out the translations -- I read it in the original -- but the story is sharp and the art is striking and it's definitely worth the read.

Also posted at DW.