Monthly Archives: September 2004

RICK

By | September 2004

IN LIMITED RELEASE! The film does a wonderful job portraying the soulless world Rick inhabits, while imbuing him with just enough of a tattered soul to give the audience hope for his redemption. The result is a gripping thriller that seems more like a classic Greek Tragedy than it is a modern American movie…

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RICK

Rick O'Lette (Bill Pullman) -- just call him "Rick" is a widowed executive at a generic New York firm. While he used to be a nice guy, he hasn't really...

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A DIRTY SHAME

Spoilers Ahead! John Waters' new NC-17-rated film "A Dirty Shame" is easily the most surprising comedy of his career. The surprise: it's not funny. It...

CATCH SOME CONEY ISLAND INDIE FILM

Now in its fourth year, the Coney Island Film Festival continues to dedicate itself to establishing a screening venue for up and coming filmmakers. From...

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “GHIDRAH, THE THREE HEADED MONSTER”

In doing the research for this week's column, I discovered an extraordinary trivia nugget: when "Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster" first played...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “GHIDRAH, THE THREE HEADED MONSTER”

BOOTLEG FILES 048: "Ghidrah, the Three Headed Monster" (1963 Japanese monster mash). LAST SEEN: Earlier this month at New York's Film Forum as part of a...

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“RIVER AND TIDES” COMES TO DVD

The excellent documentary Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time, is coming to DVD on September 28th from Blackchair DVD. In the timeless...

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TREEMONISHA

"Treemonisha" occupies a curious place in the history of American classical music. It is the only surviving opera written by Scott Joplin (1867-1917), the...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: I’M BATMAN

Christian Bale as Batman. The American Psycho donning the cowl and cape of comicdom’s resident psycho hero. (No, comic geeks, that would not be...

HYPEFEST HIGHLIGHTS AT SILVER LAKE

If you missed HypeFest, now is your chance to catch some of the highlights of the festival. HypeFest Co-Directors Leigh Godfrey & Jessie Nagel have...

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2009: LOST MEMORIES

At the center of "2009: Lost Memories" lies a big black cosmic joke, the likes of which would make Harlan Ellison roll over in his grave. If he was dead...

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