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BIG CITY DICK

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SLAMDANCE 2004 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE! How can a film about someone’s life be so somber yet so uplifting?

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BIG CITY DICK

How can a film about someone’s life be so somber yet so uplifting? No, it isn’t about someone diagnosed with a fatal disease which finally motivates...

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EASTER

“Easter” is one of those films that is filled with interesting ideas and quirky characters, but ultimately doesn’t do much with them. It’s also...

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HENRY FOOL (DVD)

I honestly thought this would be The One. Not a monster box office hit, but a financially successful film that would catapult Hal Hartley to a slightly...

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THE BEST THIEF IN THE WORLD

The paradox with “Best Thief in the World” is while there is plenty that is taking place on screen when it comes to the story relatively little...

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IRENE’S LAST CALL

“Irene’s Last Call” (Renie Oxley) is about a bar in Detroit, Michigan and the woman who opened it. Irene Kress is her name and Kress Lounge is her...

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LIVE BAIT

Visual hallucinations are common side-effects of starvation. The fisherman in Sarah Brown’s stop-motion/claymation short “Live Bait” knows all too...

FERNANDO MEIRELLES: CITY ON FIRE

Fast, furious and ultra-violent, “City of God,” Fernando Meirelles’ tale of two boys growing up in a seedy neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, is said to...

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TIPTOES

I love Matthew Bright! I really love Kate Beckinsale! I'll even cop to liking Matthew McConaughey and admit I'm warming towards Gary Oldman (I just feel he...

FERNANDO MEIRELLES: CITY ON FIRE

"City of God" is your first feature film, but you did other shorts. What was it like making your first feature? Actually, "City of God" is my second...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE IMMORTAL STORY”

BOOTLEG FILES 017: "The Immortal Story" (Orson Welles' 1968 made-for-French-TV feature). LAST SEEN: A rare one-time screening is slated for April at New...

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