Monthly Archives: January 2005

THIS CHARMING GIRL

By | January 2005

SUNDANCE WORLD DRAMATIC COMPETITION 2005 REVIEW! The South Korean film “This Charming Girl,” making its North American debut at the Sundance Film Festival, manages to create a delicate, quiet character study without becoming insufferably pretentious…

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THIS CHARMING GIRL

Jeong-hae (Kim Ji-Soo) works at the post office, serves everyone with the same simple routine—even the man she has a crush on—and drives her coworkers...

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POLICE BEAT

“Police Beat” can’t quite figure out what it wants to be. On the most personal level, it’s the oddball story of a Senegalese immigrant working as...

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AMERICA’S BIGGEST DICK

There’s not much to say about this one, because there’s not much to this one. Unspooling over a scant four minutes -- and nearly running out of steam...

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NEW YORK DOLL

The New York Dolls are considered, and rightly so, perhaps the seminal punk rock band. Six ugly New Yorkers done up in fishnet and mascara, playing music...

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WALL

“Wall” (“Mur”) studies one of the most apt metaphors to ever come into physical existence. The documentary, directed by Simone Bitton, tackles the...

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SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL: THE JOURNEY OF ROMEO DALLAIRE

By most people’s accounts, even though the United Nations failed in its efforts during the Rwandan genocide, Roméo Dallaire didn’t fail as a person,...

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THE JACKET

A tale that, as it begins, you figure will be going the way of “Jacob's Ladder,” ends up being more “Butterfly Effect” as a Gulf War veteran, who...

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THE HERO

The overcrowded and short-supplied city of Luanda, Angola is recovering from almost 30 years of civil war. “The Hero” examines how the war affected...

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CHAMACO (KID)

While the “chamaco”, the kid (Michel Fabian Sierra-Armenta) of this film is a smart one, able to set himself apart from the other homeless kids that...

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GREEN CHAIR

Sex in movies hasn’t received many positive representations in recent years, often being utilized only for angry and frustrated purposes in Hollywood and...

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