Monthly Archives: November 2004

SEPTEMBER TAPES

By | November 2004

IN LIMITED RELEASE! If the Afghanistan footage is impressive, Lars’ voiceover throughout the film is stilted, at best, intensely annoying at worst…

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SEPTEMBER TAPES

Christian Johnson’s “September Tapes” obviously wants to blur the line between documentary and reality in much the same way as “The Blair Witch...

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NIGHTFALL

It's one of the oldest stereotypes of war, backed up, I suppose, by reams of anecdotal evidence, that a dying soldier will call out for his mother. (I...

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THE FOG OF WAR

"We all make mistakes." ^ Robert S. McNamara Errol Morris has revolutionized documentary filmmaking with his quirky, thoughtful portraits of, among other...

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OUTFOXED: RUPERT MURDOCH’S WAR ON JOURNALISM (DVD)

For years, my friend Brad and I had a comedy routine that amused our friends. Brad would feign outrage my alleged lapses in good taste or good sense and...

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ED WOOD: SPECIAL EDITION (DVD)

So is the third time the charm? Buena Vista came oh-so-close to officially releasing this film twice before pulling it back, much to the disappointment of...

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ROLLING KANSAS (DVD)

In this offbeat comedy directed by Thomas Hayden Church (of “Wings” sitcom fame), the Murphy brothers (Dick, Dink & Dave) inherit a map that their...

FILM AS PROPAGANDA – ART, TRASH, HEROISM, TREASON, EVIL?

The Supreme Court says that pornography is any act that has no artistic merit and causes sexual thought. That's their definition essentially no artistic...

ARMY OF SARAH GOODMAN

Sarah Goodman’s first feature, Army of One follows three young recruits as they enlist and struggle through boot camp in post-9/11 America. Two years in...

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