Monthly Archives: July 2003

ALCOHOL, TOBACCO & FIREARMS

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Georg Simmel was an early 20th century German sociologist who criticized the mechanized lifestyle of living in a metropolis. If Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai were to address Simmel’s ideas, he would probably make something like Mario Pinzon’s short “Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms…”

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ALCOHOL, TOBACCO & FIREARMS

Georg Simmel was an early 20th century German sociologist who criticized the mechanized lifestyle of living in a metropolis. He argued that the inhabitants...

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WOODSTOCK SLINGIN’ THE GOODS

The online bidding is coming to a close for the Woodstock Film Festival Not-So-Silent auction. There are some great one-of-a kind artworks, indulgent...

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BOYZ UP

When This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner) came out in 1984, thirteen year-old Max Kucar couldn’t decide if Spinal Tap was an actual band or not. At the time,...

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WHO WANTS TO MARRY DARTH MAUL?

Dark Sith lords need love too. That’s the sentiment shared by “Who Wants to Marry Darth Maul?” which has Darth searching for a mate on a show led by...

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WINGED MIGRATION

Someone should check: has one summer ever hosted so many bloated, big budget sequels? It seems unlikely. It also makes the arrival of a one-of-a-kind,...

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EMPIRE OF ONE

Heath Hyche definitely has a parody of Gunnery Sgt. Hartman (R. Lee Ermey) going on in “Empire of One”, being that his portrayal is a very, very, very,...

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THE GOOD THIEF

There are hundreds of movies about the criminal who gets out of jail and tries to live a clean life. The outcome can go either way, and you know that going...

FILMS FOR CHILDREN OF THE WORLD

SAN FRANCISCO – Catapult Productions founder Katy Kavanaugh is gambling that children are smarter than Hollywood studios – indeed, American filmmakers...

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FIRST RUN ANIMATION

First Run Features has acquired all North American rights to "Suspended Animation," the new feature by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker John Hancock...

TALKING PICTURES: SPRING & FALL

“I’ve been anxious to see this movie for a long time,” murmurs David Allen Sibley. “Way back in March, I began to hear about it at bird festivals...

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