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WHAT'S THE DIFF WITH JOHN WATERS?

By | May 2001

The First Annual Dahlonega International Film Festival (DIFF) is pleased to announce that legendary director John Waters is scheduled for a semi-private salon Saturday, June 30 in Dahlonega, Georgia…

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WHAT'S THE DIFF WITH JOHN WATERS?

The First Annual Dahlonega International Film Festival (DIFF) is pleased to announce that visionary director John Waters (Pink Flamingos, Cry Baby,...

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INN OF 1,000 SINS

Historians and other serious academic-types refer to the mid-1970s as "The Golden Age of Smut." It was a time when chicks had more hair down-the-pants than...

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DON'T LOOK BACK

In 1965, folk superstar Bob Dylan made a three week tour of Great Britain. This jaunt was captured on celluloid by documentarian D. A. Pennebaker and the...

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CAMP SCOTT LOCK-UP

"Camp Scott Lock-Up" is a boring documentary shot within the barbed wire confines of a military-style boot camp for nasty teenage California girls with a...

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IN THE WAKE OF THE BOUNTY

The 1933 Australian production "In the Wake of the Bounty" is noteworthy as the first film to introduce Errol Flynn to movie audiences. Long unavailable...

THE WAY OF THE BOOTLEG

Bootleg movies possess their own peculiar æsthetic. A thorough example of the bootleg æsthetic is Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog: The Way of the...

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HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER

Clint Eastwood is the ultimate thinking man's cinematic killing machine. "High Plains Drifter" is his spooky, dark, and vicious version of the Sergio Leone...

MARYLAND FILM FESTIVAL 2001 PHOTO DIARY

The combination of "Baltimore" and "Film" usually stirs up thoughts of either John Waters, Barry Levinson, or the cancelled television series "Homocide:...

COX'D AND LOADED: AN ALEX COX INTERVIEW (part 2)

How often do you write? ^ I am often writing, though mostly it tends to be emails, applications for money, and the occasional piece of journalism. Right...

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THE ROAD HOME

Mainland Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou is well-known in the U.S. for such films as "Raise the Red Lantern" and "The Story of Qiu Ju" as well as the...

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