Monthly Archives: December 2003

HIGHLAND PARK BLUES (DVD)

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I felt sort of shoved around as the plot mechanics tried to resolve four plots in an upbeat manner for characters who didn’t really earn that much of an upbeat ending…

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HIGHLAND PARK BLUES (DVD)

I think I’ve finally figured out the most common mistake with these kinds of twentysomething slacker films. Too many people. Let me explain. "Highland...

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HOME MOVIES BY PETER KIRBY

“Home Movies” is an accurate title for this collection of three shorts, insofar as the phrase pinpoints its relevance to the viewer. In fact, most home...

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STANK TITS WEDDING VIDEO

This eight-minute video short was made by some very stoned guys who might still be in high school, though one of them has a pretty developed goatee, so I...

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NOT TOO MUCH REMEMBER

This film is made entirely from found footage, mostly from educational films, which seem to date from the 1950s and 1960s, concerning psychological...

THE 10 BEST UNSEEN FILMS OF 2003 (1-5)

1. SAINTS AND SINNERS The emotional topic of same-sex marriage is given a sensitive focus in this remarkable documentary from Abigail Honor and Yan...

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A SKY PIECE

"A Sky Piece" presents a poetic montage of images which never quite cohere into a story. A young man is hitchhiking on an empty stretch of highway, under a...

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CAN’T MAKE IT TO PARK CITY? CATCH THE AWARDS SHOW ON THE SUNDANCE CHANNEL

Actors Zooey Deshchanel and Jake Gyllenhaal will co-host the 2004 Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony which Sundance Channel will broadcast live from...

THE 10 WORST UNSEEN FILMS OF 2003 (1-5)

Of course, sometimes audiences don't know just how lucky they are. This part of the annual list highlights films which are best left unseen. Strangely...

THE 10 BEST UNSEEN FILMS OF 2003 (6-10)

6. GIMME GIMME OCTOPUS The retro discovery of the year (hell, of the century!) is this DVD compilation-feature offering the short films from the...

THE 10 WORST UNSEEN FILMS OF 2003 (6-10)

6. SO HAPPY TOGETHER Another non-comedy, this time about a paranoid neat-freak pre-med student who believes his sloppy roommate is trying to destroy is...

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