Monthly Archives: March 2000

ROMEO MUST DIE

By | March 2000

It was back around 1990 that Hong Kong cinema restored my faith in the movies. The wild and enthusiastic movies of this city-nation reminded me why I love films in the first place…

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ROMEO MUST DIE

It was back around 1990 that Hong Kong cinema restored my faith in the movies. While Almodovar, Greenaway, and Jodorowsky were hitting peaks, the wild and...

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THE ROAD TO EL DORADO

At least it's not "Pocahontas". Jeffrey Katzenberg is now on his third animated feature with Dreamworks since leaving Disney, and at least each is a bit...

METHODFEST ACTS UP A STORM IN PASADENA

What's the motivation? In the case of the 2nd Annual Method Fest Independent Film Festival, it's to put the focus on the actor. Set to take place on June...

LAIFF INVADES!

The Los Angeles Independent Film Festival is held April 13-18 at the Director's Guild of America in Los Angeles. The Festival showcases the best in...

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ENIGMA (LOVE IS A 4 LETTER WORD)

Most people, when they write a script, do nothing but talk about it. Max (Jack Wouterse), on the other hand, is a truly obsessed do-it-yourselfer. He goes...

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NORIEGA: GOD'S FAVORITE

Remember the bad old days when Hollywood would crank out westerns with white guys, their faces smeared with red make-up, cast as "Indians?" It was an...

DARIO'S DIMENSION: AN INTERVIEW WITH DARIO ARGENTO

Dario Argento is something of a living legend. His unique images of violent surrealism and darkest horror have influenced and scared the crap out of an...

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ORPHANS

Quiet desperation may be the English way, but the Scottish apparently require a little more noise and alcohol. Actor Peter Mullan ("My Name Is Joe") makes...

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RATS

Considering that this film takes place in Washington, D.C., the fact that it concentrates on the four-legged rather than the two-legged rodents who inhabit...

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STEAL THIS MOVIE!

One wouldn't normally link Abbie Hoffman and "The Brady Bunch" together in a game of word association, but this sanitized look at the late, infamous 1960s...

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