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EWAN MCGREGOR LAUGHS HIS ASS OFF

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Upon hearing the title for “Episode II,” Ewan McGregor couldn’t help but burst out laughing. See the video..

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EWAN MCGREGOR LAUGHS HIS ASS OFF

Upon hearing the title for "Episode II," Ewan McGregor couldn't help but burst out laughing. McGregor was at the Hollywood Film Festival along with Nicole...

THE SAGA CONTINUES…

Things started to smell bad back in September, 1998, when George Lucas announced the title for the first film of the Star Wars prequel trilogy -- "The...

CRUMBY DIRECTOR: A TERRY ZWIGOFF INTERVIEW (part 2)

How do you go from making "Crumb," a documentary, to a narrative feature like Ghost World? ^ Not much carried over. There's not much overlap. The one...

CRUMBY DIRECTOR: A TERRY ZWIGOFF INTERVIEW (part 3)

Have you ever thought about publishing the screenplays? ^ We had a deal to publish one of the screenplays once. In fact, Crumb did a few drawings for it....

CRUMBY DIRECTOR: A TERRY ZWIGOFF INTERVIEW (part 4)

Thora Birch really did an amazing job in the film and according to Dan, put on 30 pounds for the role. It's a long way from being a kid in "Monkey...

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PORGY AND BESS

Thirty years ago, the Otto Preminger film version of the classic opera "Porgy and Bess" was withdrawn from circulation by the estate of George Gershwin,...

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AIDA’S BROTHERS & SISTERS: BLACK VOICES IN OPERA

The struggle to tear down racial barriers within the world of classical opera is the subject of the intriguing yet curiously jumbled documentary "Aida's...

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FLY TRAP

Roger Milato (John Gregorio) is an average, thirtysomething guy taking a class in Spanish. He just happens to be smitten with a beautiful, young classmate...

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DA HIP HOP WITCH

It's hard to believe how much of an impact a cruddy, little movie like "The Blair Witch Project" can have. Every small-time, hack filmmaker seems to want a...

NOT THE SAME OLD SONG-AND-DANCE: HOW THE MUSICAL CAME BACK TO THE MOVIES WITH A

DANCER IN THE DARK ^ Whose big idea was it? ^ Danish filmmaker Lars Von Trier was one of the co-conspirators behind "Dogme 95" as well as the director of...

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