Monthly Archives: June 2003

PISTOL OPERA

By | June 2003

PREMIERING IN NEW YORK ON JUNE 13TH! I’ve finally witnessed what all the hub-bub is about, even though it didn’t really connect with me. I still can’t tell you what the appeal is. “Pistol Opera” is unique for sure, it just never made me want to follow it down its strange path…

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PISTOL OPERA

I have to admit, this is the first Seijun Suzuki film I’ve ever seen, even though I’ve heard his name float from the mouths of Asian cinemaniacs over...

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GRADUATION DAY (DVD)

Your typical slasher flick from the 1980s was a morality play, of sorts. The guidelines were always apparent, even before Wes Craven laid them out in...

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GETAWAY

A young couple’s attempt to rekindle their faltering relationship is thwarted by a psychotic, axe-wielding maniac in the ridiculous horror film...

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MICROCINEMA’S INDEPENDENT EXPOSURE: SCHOOL’S OUT EDITION

In this new “Independent Exposure” program, there is a heavier mixture of experimental films as well as animation and it couldn’t be better. The...

NEW YORK IS TURNING JAPANESE

The first annual NEWYORK-TOKYO Film Festival, taking place at the Tribeca Grand Hotel, June 13 - 15, will present the cutting edge of Japanese cinema. So...

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WHOSE HOUSE? ARTISAN’S HOUSE!

Artisan has picked up the North American theatrical distribution rights to videogame turned film "The House of the Dead." The release of "The House of the...

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THE EYE

Okay, what is it that Thai filmmaking twins Oxide and Danny Pang have about disabilities? Their last film Bangkok Dangerous was a romantic thriller about a...

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2 FAST 2 FURIOUS

Director : Cars in place. Actors in place. Everyone re-fuelled. Scripts off-camera? Star : Huh, what script? We haven’t got one; we’re just working on...

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TORTURED SOUL

That’s Richard, dressed in black, on his knees and blubbering. He looks like he’s repeatedly apologizing to a gravestone, but the reality is that he is...

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THE FLYING CAR

They’re back. Dante and Randal, our beloved clerks from Kevin Smith’s films, finally have their own movie again. Sure, it’s a short film, but I’ll...

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