Monthly Archives: August 2000

BLESS THE CHILD

By | August 2000

NO STARS! This one may be called “Bless the Child” but it could easily be renamed “Damn the Audience”…

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BLESS THE CHILD

OH, THE HORROR! THE HORROR! This Christian mythology/millennium thriller is so silly, cynical, and half-assed, I kept thinking Jay and Silent Bob would pop...

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HELICOPTER

Ari Gold's hypnotic short "Helicopter" effortlessly binds together the sometimes fractured elements of loss -- the confusion, the sensory shock and stunted...

SHOOTING GALLERY: PART DEUX

The Shooting Gallery Film Series at Loews movie theaters will soon begin its sophomore season of critically-acclaimed films. Building on the Spring 2000...

RON BONK: BUZZING THE BARE BUDGETS

When it comes to film festivals, Syracuse, New York is where the fun is! Sundance may have the insiders, Miami the great weather, Cannes the flash and New...

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DO YOU KNOW ROGER CORMAN?

Many loyal Cormanites have spread the word that "Roger Corman: An Unauthorized Biography of the Godfather of Indie Filmmaking" captures the man better than...

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ASTROTURF

This animation showpiece is basically a short vision of technology through the ages, and through the jutting, bulbous eyes of a handful of colorful,...

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MARY PICKFORD: A LIFE ON FILM

One of the most fascinating women to grace the silver screen and the grimy world behind the camera was Mary Pickford. To film audiences of the 1910s and...

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PATRIOT

No, not "THE Patriot." Just "Patriot," although one would suspect that if this film was shot back in 1997 and the filmmakers are still sending out trailers...

INDEPENDENT VISION: A DEAN DEVLIN INTERVIEW (part 2)

Okay, I have to say I'm not a fan of your interpretation of Godzilla. In fact, I really hated it. I've read that this is exactly the film you wanted to...

INDEPENDENT VISION: A DEAN DEVLIN INTERVIEW (part 3)

The Patriot has to be the best film ever made about the Revolutionary War, which is odd since there are about three movies about this war. Why do you...

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