Monthly Archives: January 2005

MIRRORMASK

By | January 2005

SUNDANCE PREMIERE 2005 REVIEW! I think the number one problem here is that there needed to be a more capable filmmaker on hand to direct. Dave McKean just ain’t cuttin’ the mustard…

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MIRRORMASK

Welp, I went in expecting a little something like “Labyrinth” and all I got was this crummy movie. Oh, Jim Henson Company has it really come to...

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DIMMER

In desolate areas that were good enough for Jim Jarmusch, Terence Malick, and David Gordon Green, Talmage Cooley puts his camera to wide abandoned parking...

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UNKNOWN WHITE MALE

“How can you reconstruct a man,” director Rupert Murray asks in thoughtful voiceover, “from events distorted by the camera and the man behind it?”...

JENNI OLSON BRINGS JOY TO PARK CITY

With "The Joy of Life", Jenni Olson, film archivist, programmer and the author of The Ultimate Guide to Lesbian & Gay Film and Video, brings us a San...

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MONSTERTHURSDAY

Even (Vegar Hoel) is suffering a bit of a crisis: his best friend Tord (Christian Skolmen) is getting married. No big deal, you say? How about if I told...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: THE CLANSMAN IS YOUR FRIEND

Now that George W. Bush has entered a second term, I felt like it was time to dig up a classic of American cinema, one that is considered by many critics...

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LACKAWANNA BLUES

“Lackawanna Blues” is a joyous, jumbled mess of nostalgia overflowing with fascinating memories and good music. While sometimes infuriating in its...

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THE LAST FULL MEASURE

A nine-year-old girl faces a vividly imagined version of her deceased father in the haunting short “The Last Full Measure”. Somah Haaland is stunning...

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MORE QUEER LOUNGIN’ AT SUNDANCE

Last year’s Park City sleeper hit, the Queer Lounge, will make its triumphant return to the city this January during the Sundance and Slamdance film...

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CRY FOR HELP

Nicholas McCarthy’s “Cry for Help” is equal parts horror and comedy, telling the story of a young man, an unbalanced hippie, and the Rapture. Tiring...

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