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REVIEW: Etienne!
There are two kinds of pet owners in the world: cat and dog owners, and bird/fish/reptile/rodent owners. I've recently joined the ranks of the former, but for a good part of my childhood I was one of the latter. Due to my dad's reluctance to own a dog (he was once bitten by a rabid German ...
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Winter 2009-10 Lineup @ The Trylon microcinema
One of the things I've loved about the upstart Trylon microcinema is that a great variety of films has been featured in just the few months since it's opened: Buster Keaton, New York crime thrillers, David Cronenberg, Frank Capra, and music films as part of Sound Unseen 10. The little theater ...
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REVIEW: Colin
Exactly how do you make a film with a budget of $70 (Yes, that's seventy dollars.) "We bought a crowbar and a couple of tapes, and I think we got some tea and coffee as well -- not the expensive stuff either, the very basic kind." Such was the itemized budget according to British ...
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Getafilm Gallimaufry: This Is It, Wild Things, Flute-Playing Goat & Tyler Perry
[ Note : This series includes scattered thoughts on various movie-related topics. I was looking for a word that started with the letter "g" that means collection or assortment, but lest you think I'm some elitist wordsmith, know that I'd never heard of "gallimaufry" and I don't even know how ...
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Taking It Home Good Hair
"Good hair" really couldn't be any worse for you... Chris Rock's Good Hair is kind of like one big weave: it's fun, it looks great, and it moves naturally, but you really don't know what actually exists at the roots, underneath the gloss and sheen. Framing the documentary with a ...
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300 Words About: The Box
So lemme get this straight, that's two disasters in a row from Richard Kelly, right? Literally the first words I heard after a promotional screening of Richard Kelly's The Box were, "I'm so glad I didn't have to pay for that," from a relieved audience member as he left the theater. ...
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People's Republic of Cinema @ the Walker, Nov. 4-23
Beginning tomorrow night and continuing through Nov. 23 is yet another fascinating film series at the Walker Art Center: The People's Republic of Cinema: 60 Years of China on Film . I know as much about Chinese cinema as I do about aerospace engineering, which is to say I'm a total ignoramus ...
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REVIEW: Ink
Is it fair to judge a film based on its bang-for-the-buck value (low budget, high production), and ignore otherwise standard criteria like writing and acting? Is the bar set a little lower for independent films, making the mediocre ones appear good and the good ones appear great? Your ...
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Class of '84 Blogathon: The Gods Must Be Crazy
[This remembrance is brought to you as part of Joe Valdez's Class of '84 Blogathon at This Distracted Globe, a celebration of films from on the 25th anniversary of what many people consider the best film year of a generation.] There are few movies that define the period in which they ...
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